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Mills Memorial Library
MtMastor University
( I
HONEY FROM THE ROCK
OF AGES
BY
REV. ALBERT SIMS
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AUTHOR OF
n..XPS TO B.HLE StUOV," ",5,nUE SOLVATION ANI, POPULAR ReUO.ON
Contrasted," etc., etc.
OSS
PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BY THE AUTHOR
OTTERVILLE, ONT.
™
F.nterert accord.njr to Aet of the Parliament of Carnda in th»
c.^ht hundred and ninety, bv Rk.v A S.«s Oft: , r'' "'"'*''"'"">"''
Of the Minister Of Agriculture,- at Otaia ""' ''"'■' '" ">« °'«-
INTRODUCTION
)ne thoiigand
in the ofticu
T^HIS book is intended as a companion vol-
-i- ume to Bii3LE Salvation and Popular
Religion Contrastkd. We firmly believe that
such truths as are herein contained need to be
widely circulated in these days. This is our
only apology for its i)ublication. No doubt
some portions of it will be considered unpala-
table to the tastes of this Laodicean age ; but
we have not written to gratify itching ears,
or to pamper to the modern deman-' for a
religion made easy. VVe are profoundly more
concerned to promote vital godliness, and to
encourage those who are inquiring for the old
paths, than to secure the applause of men. This,
then, is the aim of the present volume, and if it
shall accomplish this purpose, we shall be abun-
dandy satisfied. Reader, will you not give these
pages a prayerful and candid consideration ?
ALBERT SIMS.
•I
CONTKNTS.
Marks of Oexuine Love -
What .Sort? ....
Cai-tain Ball's Kxpkiuence -
Chafk and Wheat .
'i'liE Fot'NTAiN OF Song ....
John Wesley's Directions f,.r Conoreoatio
Band Society Rdles of the M. E. Church
A Prayer Answering (ioD
A VALnARLE Bank Note -
Commercial Lying ....
The Way to Heaven
The Infidel's Test ....
Shall We Meet? ....
Thanksgiving Ann ....
Scrh'tural Giving ....
The Proper Tralv • , of Children
A Dozen Good Rules
The Hapi-y Man's History .
Imdy Ann Erskine ....
Dr. Talmaoe and Secret Societies
Selling Dead Horses
The Christian Soldier ....
Jacob Schoonerhaven on Sanctification
Worldly Conformity in Dress .
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MARKS OF r.KMIXI-: LOVE.
'T^RUE love to God is not a mere sentimental affec-
A tion. It is not simply a(lmirin<r the perfections
and attributes of J)eity. Many admire God, but their
hearts are utterly averse to his love. It was said of
some who excelled in religious rites and duties: "This
people draweth nigh unto me with their lips, and
honoreth me with their mouths, but their heart is far
from me." Real love is a living, active, heavenly
flame, that Hi-es the whole soul. But it is more
than a feeling— it is a principle -a .livine principle,
inwrought into our very nature. It comes, not by
growing into it, nor yet by ottering certain sacri-
fices for it. No; "The love of God is shed abroad
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost given unto us."
Bless God for ever! Before any one can love the
Lord, the Lord himself must send his Spirit of love
into hJs heart ; and then it will naturally flow out
of it. If you want an idea of this love, still more
explicit, we refer you to Paul. He says : " Love suf-
fereth long and is kind ; love envieth not, love vaunt-
eth not itself; is not puffed up, does not behave itself
^nseemly; seeketh not her own, is not provoked;"
" thinketh no evil ; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoi'c-
eth in the truth;" "beareth all things, belioveth all
8
MAUKS OF GEXUIXE I.OVK.
Love
« '°ve for the cl,mZ\TZ"" '^^l^'T '"■ ^^ i
have pa,secl fr„„, death „„to iffo h '""'"' *^' ''o
ciudes those of your little ero, '7 °°' ""'^ '»"
^»n but the whole fann^ f ^^^f T '^°™'"-
Real iove for the brethrfn t „j ' .''""'» °" ^^h-
denominational wall, „.,»:„ , , ""■^umscribed bv
^''jn. nor temporal ci',:„~/»™''-i-. -lor I,
have a clannish fond„e;rfor "h! "T" """- ^hoy
a" others, however pious ,1°'!'"""''"'"'™''; 1,„-I
^n'empt. But. tha'tGolil?' ,"'",' '^"^ •"'"
neither bigotry „„r pro^t T ^ ^ '"'" '"'ows
one condition: "Is th ne W V"""*" "f™ only
■ne thine hand." It irsaW tVl" ' " " '^- «'-
characteristics of a citijn of 7 T" °* "« "hiet
them that fear the Lord ■ V'"'!' """ " ''^ honoreth
«tent of this love, the apostle sa,^'.'^*'"' '"^'''y ""d
down our lives for the bretl en"^' ' "^^ °"S'" to lay
-Inis Jove doe'? n^f c
'owship with e :,; nltr,""^' "' ■*^" "-e fel-
fo' there are many vh„ly t'™'' '° '^ " «''™«an ;
whose works plainfy dechZh' farTn'^ ''°''''- ''"'
A second tesf i*u ^i i- ^ ^^® ^ot-
^ tesc IS obedience in p^.t
nee to Gods commands. To
^ffs. Love
ove? The
proofs by
'• One is,
w that we
3 Jove the
only in-
enoniina-
5n earth,
"bed by
color of
'h many
They
cJi; but
»rn and
knows
n only
s> give
i chief
noreth
iy and
to Jay
■e fel-
itian ;
i, but
To
MARKS OF GENUINE LOVE. 9
make sxire that you can really stand the first test, you
need o try this one, for. "By this we know tha "we
love the cluldren of God, when we love God and keep
his comn.andments." As this is so all-in,portant, we
refresh your nnnds with some of these plain but
commonly neglected commands :
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in
he world. .'Ben. conformed to the tvorH-'-that
IS to Its principles, maxims, fashions, pride or show-
not to wear gold, pearls, or costly array. "Whether
herefore. ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do do all'
to^ieglory of God." "Be ye holy," yesLly,'t o, n
all your depoi^ment, and not indulge in foolih ta k-
'ng, jes mg, etc. "Be filled with the Spirit" "Be
perfect. "Cleanse yourselves from all filthiness o
the fiesh and spnit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
Present your bodies a living .sacrifice, holy
:^t'' ^.B?T'" '"''"''^'^ ^^ ^°-- — ^^
service But I say unto you, love your enemies
b ess them which curse you, and pray for them wh ch
despitefully use you, and persecute you." "If thine
enemy hunger, feed him, if he thirst, give him drink^
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his
head. As ye would that men should do to you do
ye even so to them ; for this is the law and 'th!
prophets." " Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself "
mak? ' 7J^ ^ ^T'^''' '''^y '^y' "Jt does not
make any difference how one dres.ses; a fashionable
lady may be just as devoted a Christian as one who
dresses plainly." A I.ady in fashionable attire, Id
10
MARKS . F GENUI.NE LOVK.
with th„.,e pcitive ;TI , ? '" """''''■" °' '^o ""V
-tl^nco, it is not sufficienf for.
;ay he loves the bre^^n o 7Z'i:'' '^ '''' '^
lead to a life of obedience o cJv ' "^^'^ "°*^
far from ]ovin.. God he ? '""™""^^^*^«t«' '^o
■spiritual cJu-ldre; John , t !^"\ '''" ^'^^'^ ^^^'^
the love of God that we L^ to" " 'T ^ " ^''' ^'^
in others words, this is fch. ^«"^™^ndment,s ; " or.
God is shown, ii^s^it::^^;: "'f ''' '^'^ '^
ways. It always and eve! J "' ^" ^^^^ ^^ his
can easily distinguish it from all the fT , ""^'^ ^°"
world. It is not a soft Tj f u '''' ^°^^^ ^^ <^J^e
muscle nor bone. It doesnou "^ "-^' "^"^ "^''t^-
and sanctimonious looks '„, '^ ^ '^'^' ^^^'^^
born and solid article He Zl'u '' " "" ^^--
trials, lose property, business Jdf ', '' °^"^ ^"^'^^
and buffeted; but,'^^nfrcro7-tr?^^ '^ '^"^P^-'
lie down and die than di K ^^ ^' ^°"^^ ^^o"'^^
kicked, cuffed. sneJred a. tf? •?°^' ^^ "^^ be
- God's scale anrht wiH I'^l^'' '"^ P"^ h-
every time. '" '°""^ ^^^n full weight
'^^:^:^f!^''^,^^''^<^^Y>'0 .i.e „o.
-fn fact, many of them bitterly
MARKS OP GENUINE LOVE.
11
oppose some of tlie plainest commands of the Bible
John says of such characters : " He that saith T know
him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar and
the truth is not in him."
3. Look at the awful state of those who do not love
God. "Let him be Anathema Maran-atha," that is
let him be accursed. It is evident from these words'
that mere abstinence from open sin does not prove
that we are not great sinners. But the person who
loves not God, is guilty of a most awful sin. ' God
says: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy (Jod with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and great commandment, and
the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neicrhbor
as thyself." Judged by this law, you have sinned
every second. of your existence; so that if you have
lived thirty years, you are already charged with more
than 900,000,000 sins ! And this does not include the
countless forms of other sins, which you have com-
mitted against high heaven !
Good desires, good intentions— in short nothin.^ can
be substituted for divine love. precious soul, if you
are void of this love, the curse of God is upon you
WHAT SORT?
amount— a trifle ? because it is a snial!
«n undercha^t?'^ °™"'"«"- •>»' ^ «'-' about
What sort of morality is that which seek, ,n j
J^e™.eah,the«or„ot'Jrrr";eh:
»"er:a;Ler:;ti:^:te:t^r;ir^
WHAT SORT?
13
What sort of morality is that which provides for his
own wife and children, by defrauding' the wife and
children of another man, dead or alive, to whom he is
justly indebted for things which have been used })y
the debtor's family for their own enjoyment or profit ?
What sort of morality is that which ij^nores moral
obligation as to a debt, and pays only when the civil
law compels ?
What sort of morality is that which lightens the
obligation to pay a just debt in proportion to the
length of time since it was contracted ?
In short, what sort of morality is that which disre-
gards the command, " Thou shalt not steal ? " — Chris-
tian Neighbor.
.'J^
^^
CAPTAIN HALL'S KXPRRIEN'CE.
AS BELATED BY HIMSELF.
'S
"I ^^kV *""! .* '*"■""«" «Perience," said Cant.-
■I Ball, speak ns with mii„l, J <-aptain
about three weeks ago I h"" kMh "■ " " '^S"
very good trades; a„d one i'htV"™ "'"'''"«*'""'
reckoning np „y gains an>f! r """' "*"« '■°"'«^
triumph in the start I h»d^ ff "^ " P"''« "d
"Lrewflness and etrtitnf l "' """ "^ "^ "-"
very still ; I eould hardlv he "• ''*''''«'>'' ™<1
onekets and the tra';"!/ ^yhoLrth^'d ' k "^^
when suddenly a voice said ■ What shS> . "^■
man if he shall ffain fk» i, , *" " Profits
own soul ? • ' ""^ *''°'« ^""-W ™<1 lose his
-MJ-as it actually a voice r I questioned
nod'::u"r:w:r.t"'»'r "was,Ihave
Ho.y Spirit^in theTnti neftt' le™'"' °' ^--^
was just as distinct and une:.pected as f it hT."°"
spoken by some person in my llr 1 1 . f ''"'"
with my minister. I wanted f! . "' *° '"'^
where I thought I should belaft "Th"? ""' °''""''
'.on of repentance and a changfof heart r° """"^P"
o" pastor would commence ^ut i^Stg mTr:
CAPTAIN ball's EXPERIENCE.
15
CE.
d Captain
' It began
^ing some
ing home
ride and
' my own
?ht, and
the field
irk road,
profit a
lose his
) I have
5 of the
Jression
id been
to talk
church
Joncep-
pposed
abnnfc
doctrines, and so forth, to let me know what I would
have to understand and believe before I could become
a church member. But he didn't take any such course.
He made me go into the house and sit down in his
•study, where he talked with me a long time about the
blessedness of religion, and its value above all other
things of this world, independently of its rewards
hereafter. Then he said :
'"Captain Ball, do you know the first thing to be
done, if you would be a Christian ? '
" ' I do not know.'
"'The Christian life— the life of a faithful follower
of Jesus Christ,' said he, 'can be founded onlv upon
repentance. Now, it is easy to say we repent, but the
only repentance that is worth anything is an active
repentance— by which I mean not only sorrow for
sin, and an earnest desire to avoid it in the future, but
one that goes to work, and seeks, as far as it is in' our
power, to make amends for every wrong we have
ever done. Is there a person in the worfd, Captain
Ball, who can look you in the face, and say you have
wronged him ? '
"He knew my weak point," added the captain-
" Every man has his weak point, and I suppose the
lancet must be applied there first. That question was
like sharp-scratching steel driven to the soul. I writhed
and groaned inwardly, and struggled and perspired a
long time before I could answer. I saw it was cooing
to be dreadful hard for me to be a Christian. I
meant, however, to get off as easily as I could. So I
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CAPTAIN BA,.;s KXi.Kit,,xc,.
J-'ia you wron<T Petor ? ' „ i i xP'
■.,f,7''.'"='"'°J'»"tl™k,'»„idhe.
actual .enL' not e/t™ it P™«>',S"J-«-o.U, f„^
■steady bs„,t worth ,1 'l' ""''*''°' '"'•'■■""■'> "
'lollar., to boot. So I h^ne i' '";: T"'' '"'^"'y-"'"
Anrl with seventv-fivp Wnllo. • ""-irs.
belonging to poo. PHe'sl;' t? d?,r rT^'™"
can coramence a litV of CI,,.; *■ ■* """'' y™
".ink that Christ will hea .l"" '""■"^'- ^° ^ou
with stolen moneyin y„ri .""P^J-^-f-Panlon.
"I ^id .so.nethL about .tff • ""' *' ™'"i^'<"-'
must lookout tor thenX' vh T ""^'- ™'' '"»
hut he cut me short they swap horses-
wh;:h'';:;:rs2s^r;„;:;" '-" ^'"»" '"« —
hoads':rrr,Sbr^a:t'',^"".' =-' -^^ ">»
Deacon Rich ; he tZTll "' """"■ there's
he can.' "'"'■' '" ^'"'^"- a-d shaves when
■"No matter,' said he, 'whose b„„,l • . -
matter what Deacon Riih doT, V "l °°' °*^' ""
with your own soul, and with he r , ^T '" ''^»'
-. 0„, Whether you a;'^:,^----
IKXCK.
w'""ch I suppose
•ws me— i„y horse
',i,'-
'he minister.
le.
wind -broken nnu;
'Y giiy—worth fur
I'l ffofc in return u
f^-i'l fcw-enty-fiVe
^'' said I, 'that
k'e dollars,
your possession
you think you
'^'ty ? Do you
•yers for pardon,
ii<i the minister,
trade, and men
'^ swap horses
mit the excuses
i'l cut off the
nine. There's
shaves when
is cut off; no
have to deal
AqcI I will
church or in
'■VTviN HAi.i.'s i;\i'Eiiir;NCE. 17
your^,..c.. to ,„k ,„,„. »„„ i„„ ,,, ,^,^ „^. ^^3;;
"Xcoul.ln't ,t»„d timt. The Spirit ct Ood used
tl.o,„ word., with terrible effect „p„„ „,yl,eart iTa,
S.-eatIy a,.it.ted. The truth .p'ken iy h J pi,™
appeaed to ,n,. u„der.t»„di„s with irresi^tihl p,™
I weut „way, but I c,u,M,,t rest. So I took »ev „t ''
hve doOars ,u,d weut to Peter and p.id hi,„ ,„a|<it
paid back the ulej — "-»'™ke„ and had
whal'iid::;;: "*.;';•?.:?'"■ "^""'' "-^ ""' -■">
'More merit in me than if ; • f , , ' "°
[ vif ^ / ^ *'' '^"''''' '"y hands before
I sit down to sumier On fV, . , i^ciore
»..pect that .n/Luds tre oH u:^', r;:r^H'°
woa d.? let u, n r'^' ""■ '"' ■"-*• ""--■""^
that on'ei tLhiut m::! ^rtrd'!;::"''" '" "-""
heart to believe the He. NCtrrl'-r,:;:
oittei'Jy dishearfpnaH t+ • , , '^ ^^''
beino. « pj ^';\^^"«^- ^^ ^v^'^- indeed, so much harder
XI t: t'r:;;: tturri '\"k\r "^^
.nauwh„had«reatp,_;o!:i\:ltot'rpr:f
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CAITAIN JUM/s EXPJCinKNCK.
a
goin^ a^vay .sorrowful. IJut ,ny I.eart burned within
me. and I was forced to speak.
"'In the way of busino.ss/ .said I, '„o doubt I have
taken a.lvanta^e here and there-as everybo.ly does
-as church mornbers the.n.selves do when they can.'
VN hat everybody does is no rule for you and me
Cap a,n Bali; .said the n.inister. ' It is to be Christiaas
n the fullest .sense-not simply church n.embers-
that we must strive wifci, nil our hearts. The fact of
our being in the fold does not u.ake the lan.b ; there
iu't^.: r" V- " '°'\''^^^^
just.hed m doing as th. wolves do, even when they
iii'pear m sheep's clotliing.' ^
Rich' 'f ,f :\^t"'"- .; ''''"' '^"^ '■ ' ''''■'' '•« I^--n
R.ch-I think he paid me a note twice. The first
time he paid it we were tran.sacting other business
and by some mistake the note wasn't destroyed 1
found It among my papers afterward. I was a good
deal excited, and lay awake more than one night
thinking what I ought to do about it. The Deacon
was a hard man. I considered, and took advantage of
people when he could. He had driven more than one
hard bargain with me,' "
The Deacon who was present, and heard the allu.sions
to himself, whined and coughed uneasily. Captain
Ball went on without appearing to mind him
" 'So' .said I to the mini.ster, ' I concluded I would
serve the Deacon as he would probably have served
me under the same circumstances.'
"'I kept the nofe by me a good while, and when I
lurned witliin
Joulit 1 have
erybody does
en they can.'
you and mo,
be Christiaas
1 nionibers —
The fact of
lamb ; there
•y no means
wlien they
re is Deacon
The first
ler business,
2stroyed. 1
was a good
one night
The Deacon
I vantage of
re than one
he allusions
'. Captain
m.
ed I would
ave served
nd when I
CAPTAIN hall's EXI-EUIENCE.
19
proof tLMU u, """ ,™» ""-: ,"»"'• There was „o
out hi, pock ti",'";, ■'""'■ ""•' ''""-"y >>« 'ook
that, on reflectioL i ! ""' ""'=' ''"J' '■"'' ''i"'
and i .as wrotabouuLT?"'" """ '" "•"' ""'"
an,l returned tt njnf hrst payn.ent of the note,
Ball it; d'tsatr """'"■" '^™""-' Captain
such a way of stirrin. L !, """"''"■ ""^ ^as
-nud at the botri „":;Z""" ""f ^-'-S
because it is out of Jlr.i! '' "'"^l^s that
And I knew that 1^ I ' " " "° ""P°"'y tho™.
".i»«ter, s ™et t! "' ff "^ ^ *»ded to see the
-efuliy into I7be ™1 t^^l^,^ ^r'''"'
■nortgage which I had forecTo" d on ""'*""• "' "
got away his farm, when heTad „ ''''°''- "''"■ ""<"
would give him tim to re"lee„T B "TT" ^"' '
had got into mv , •'' "'^' "'"»"' ■'
mj po,.se,,,,on property worth two
20
CAPTAIN HAM/s KM-KUIKNcK.
than half that amount Hnf .^ ^ "•'"' "'°">
no legal da,,,, upon „,e, I groane.l an,l „,„u™d ove
. I?t IW '" '™' '" "'^y • '™' '^o' ™o,.tsa.eo°IL
ii;,^nt between mv praver anrl rj,.ri „ i i "
-s.t the appeals "oi .on.^.J 4\^l 'j^ '^ »'
again to the minister T f^i i k- ° ^^"'^
asked hi,n whaTltould do "' "" '"""''' "^'
"'There is a simple test/ s ., ,e ^\. ,,
your neirrhbor as yourself ? Tf ... i ^ " ''^''^
-».;nua.e/.o4i.tiii°r;x";:^t
iially pay.nnd
■I'rtlizcfl morn
in<? was legal,
ny awakineti
a poor I nan's
; the law of
lan sanctions
f .soul ; your
ou wipe out
fs whom you
I rebelled a
a thousand
in the time
like takin<T
let so much
^ who had
>urned over
tgage came
ven looked
could not
tnd I went
ouble, and
' you love
^ill be just
3u have in
out stag.
'OGod,'
'■AmrN iiAU's Kxvam.scK. -y,
I -ai.!, ■ how can I bo a C;l.ri,sti«n ? ' |!„,. | i,.,,, . .,,
l.e » n,.;,W,., I knelt bofoa. (i„,, „„,, ,,„|„„,„, ,.; '
^.r .» .,.k., „,. t,,„ .,„k„„,. „., [;--
wouM „„ „„ly ,|„ j„,t|y to the poor ,„an 7;,
wronye,:, but w„„i,| „iv„ up, if „„„, ',, ,„ j; \ '
m the world so that I „,i,,|,t „„,, p,„ „ „ H „ l'
vo.ceseo„u,lt„say,.Th„u,., you lo.,e all yt^t
peace, shall he left you— the besf nnrl r>r,i, f
^c \ • "^ "^ '*'''f^ on V true snnrno
o bapp,„e.s., and life.' An.l in the .„len,n „i ,bt t "^
af er I save up the .struggle, that comfort .^eu.ed to
mc .so great and precious that I felt willi„„ if it ;"'
only .stay with ,„e, to accept poverty and t„
the world poor and despised.^" ;„t;"uj° «." ',"'"
^es.sin to „,y heart. tL ne.t dTy' "A^tt ^ Ts'
flhadw.ngs. Nothing coul.l keep me frcn,^„ „t
to Isaac Dorr, with a couple of h„„d,ed dollar, i^n";
pocUt and a note for the remainder of what I „7ed
hiJlee'k/.to'nV """:'::■ "'"^ ""■' ^n-n^down
made known mv erran.l P t , ^^^'^ ^"^
couraged, and'hT/;:'!,!"; 'hrmi^n^d' .^^""t r '
wife and children and go to Califol™ " H Sre,:
r aitt ?at, ?it::;//^ ^r' '--' ''"- '"-
I - -, i h„,. acted according to law, she said,
22
CAPTAIN BALI'S KXrERIENCE
and^ W, ea«,e. and i„proWUe„e, wa. g,ea% to
a fool over t„ g,t i„"deC YZIZ^]:''- ,""" ' ™'
any man w„„l,l „ot take an \ I T " *ancy that
-e tl,i, woman and hZZ' '""'""'' ""'' '""'^ y™
andlhZSeV^i'ir"™^^''^'"*^''*^
coIl'n;o:;'„J'XtT" " ' T" ^P^--^- 'I »"e
«.e law d„e.n-e ,";":" 7 l"^ honest even when
because G„,l connnan , t , ^,' ' ""*"' '" <i° "Sl"
«.at yon needn't ir' , t^w f ^rr '?" ^^
you prefer to. ^ ^'^'^^^ yet, unless
"'Prefer to — rro off ;„+„ „ ,
leave them here to suffer he T"T """'*'^- """
eWldren in hi., arm, and'w™,:™ ';;; . 7^\' ""^
sobbed a,, if hi,, heart would bre'ak " '""''''"'<'
note; and .such .surp se 11 VJ".""'' f ™ •>"" the
They would have kL n; feetTr:' M I"' •^''"■
them It seemed to me a, if he "" '"'™ '<"
and therc-and it waTonL^ . '" were opened then
a flood of light and j ; asl .Ir ""^ '''"■'■ ""•■ ^"^h
thought po.sSible, befle "'™ '^•''P"''=''«ed, or
"My friends," added the cantain I,! ,. .
now almost a. meilow <^ ZZ^ ^ ^'f '"'"^
woman s, his cheek.s still
IS greatly to
a desperate
e, but I was
n fancy that
hen the law
nd here you
:ed at them,
K ' I have
even when
to do right
to tell you
yet, unless
"try, and
aught the
hand, and
ught, and
e him the
iver saw.
have let
ned then
■^ith such
sneed, or
i
3
,1
CAPTAIN liALl/s EXPEHIENCfi. 2^
moist with tears, "I have been constrained to make
this confession; I thank you for listening to it The
mimster tells nic a man may be a church member and
not a Christian, I mean to be a Christian first, and if
i tail —
He could proceed no further, but sat down with an
emotion more effective than any words.
I have nothing to add to this narrative, except that
he became a church member, and that his example of
thorough repentance, of childlike faith in Christ and
of vigorous, practical, every-day righteousness elevated
t^e standard of Christianity among my people.-TAc
Reader, it costs something to be a real Christian
To be a mere nominal Christian, say prayers and go
to church, IS cheap and easy work. But to follow
Christ requires much self-denial. It will cost you all
your sins-especially your darling sins. It will cost
you your self-righteousness, your ease, your worldli-
ness. It will cost you persecution, self-denial, and
cross-bearing. " Strive to enter in at the strait gate •
for many! .ay unto you shall seek to enter in and'
shall not be able.
rd voice
sks still
CHAFF AND WilFAT.
they aro of the world. TI,o„,';i,„,. wo .1 i ^^ -,„ 7„'
»p.r., and .„ truth; now. too iVe,,„„.,,.J4V::! -p"
But in no one respect fs the chanoe „,ore m,rke,I
han m tl.e oonfi.leneo witl, which p^otw," III j
he,r prospects of heaven. It w„„M ,seo,n as t I
those who are in good standingin the chnrch, tee i"
hardly a po,ss,l„l,ty of being lost The ser, ,„, tl e
prayers, and the .sacred melodies,_aIl take t t
granted that the .salvation of those within tt pi J
the chnrch ..s secured, alu.ost beyond the possibUUv of
a fadnre. Hymns of penitence have Mven wav ll
self denial f, ?''^"'''r "'"' ''"''"'™'' >"^ditati„ns
selt-den al and beanng the cross „,eekly for Jes„,
mean,, ol grace that the .saints of other generlu^"
cons,dered essential to every one who laid claim to the
Christian character -have been .supplanted Iv H
opera and the theatre, by balls and ^!^' ^^
thing betokens a feeling of the utmo,st see, Z
B-ven among those who are decidedly religion ."S
,1
t^n.ii'K AM) wiii:at.
25
ken place, in
istian world,
lain, hurfi!>Io
ti loaders of
world- now,
Pped God in
'icy worship
ore marked
5ors talk of
■m as if, to
ch, there is
irmons, the
ake it for
the pale of
ssibility of
en way to
plications;
editations ;
'f Jesus —
enerations
aim to the
'1 by the
E very-
security,
ious, who
appose these incursions of the woi-ld upon the church,
there is, it is to be feared, a feeling of .safety which tlu;
leiil, relijrious state does not warrant. The Scriptures
warn us faithfully a^f^ainst self-deception. A searching
time is coming, when every vail that hides one's true
character will be torn oil", and every one will appear
to be what he is in reality. John said of Jesus,
" His fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
purge his floor, and nather his wheat into the gar-
ner ; but he will burn up the chafl" with unquench-
e hre.
^ While there are points of resemblance between the
righteous and those who appear to be righteous, there
is also a marked difference in their character, and a
striking contrast in their final doom.
1. The chaff and the wheat grow together in the
same field and from the same root. The same soil
affords nutriment to both. So one may go to heaven
and another to hell from the same family, the same
school, or the same church. The instructions and the
discipline received, and the doctrines believed may be
the same, and yet the fate be entirely dissimilar. It
is no evidence that one is in a state of salvation,
because he is an acceptable member of a pure church,
and sustains its interests and observes its regulations
with commendable fidelity. Much of the "religious
teaching of the day implies this, though it may not be
asserted in so many words. The platform of Chris-
tianity is made so broad, that every one who is not an
avowed infidel feels that if he does not already stand
upon it, but very little change is necessary to place
J
i
26'
^'"AFF AND WHEAT.
w
'II in thprp 'vi
»Pec,o„3 Atheism, and tl. „ re„„ 1 ' f"?"""'' "'""sh
Cl.ri»tian. Hi. ,„o™l cl,l"a., ■" ''" """*' !■« a
";«ke .t .so ; and why Zuldf ^'^ "' ''" ""'"I'™''- '"
"I'urch, and eniov the n ""' '"•''<"'« to the
f '•»• T,,„ wheat'e ,:^';'»; ^™ »"" ">= blighting
So. one ,„ay have a deep Imn »f "" """ "''"'»"t it
diking in the narl? rv' '^ ""■ ">"* -'>» ««
tl.em in time., of persecution as ^e/^L""' ''^""l"'
and a,, so many do at the ,";tenf , ' '1'"' «'■''«■■.
companion of those who talfe" J ,"'';. " """^ """^
their goods, and ,„ay afford H,^'*' ""^ "Po"ing of
P-t«etion. He may c™ tri 1" '" T""'^"-"- and
-ot to gratify rolCdo, ^Hj ^ f "' '"' '""""^
real cause of God. He Zl i , '° P™"""" the
tew professing Christian: Stt, *'"'^-'^'"* -
-an. yet not be in the way of t,"r' '"'""S" '° ''o
doubtle.,,, many who worlled „n .';'""■ '^''^« »"■■«
who «.ere not saved T tV„ "PO" /he aric for Noah
'>,»J» had helped to^o ^7"' "■""' ">* »-'
"ght-Iaboring for the cause of p^^-r'"""'^ '"r the
-■'goes. But thi,s is n„::ru! °Yt ^ =7," '' '»'
-ir':i::-re3Vei.::;i-.;":r^^^^^^^^^^^
lan Pantheism
'y tlru wn. He
-eHoss, thou^rh
hu must be a
. accord incr to
le pJ-opo.se,s to
'«'""g to the
3Jievin^r that.
« wheat. It
he blinrhting
without it
lose who are
not forsake
his Master,
le may be a
spoiling of
enance and
his money
omote the
-which so
'rage to do
'here were
for Noah,
heir own
^ for the
od as far
' be right,
best, the
you are
fe right.
CHAFF AND WHEAT.
27
It IS m reality a suspicious circumstance. If you
can ass,gn no better reason for your conduct than that
others do as you do. you had better reform l7th.
Much as the chatt and the wheat resemble each otl„.r
there ^ a radieal difference between them '
„b *K !f ^" ""''''• '''"''''>' "Sht and easily driven
about by the wind. There is nothinc. settles a man t
..genuine, religion., experienee. Hi dth ^ up La
demonstiation. He bioiK that he ha. «,.,,,.,/ (,„„,
death unto life. But one who has head reltion™!
was rea.soned into it, and n,ay be rea.s„ned o I of it 1"^^
.« diven about ■' by every wind eC doctrine and
aeceive. He generally agrees with the preacher whn
-\r:nT':x':^ri.rXi„rrti' rr
and then, instead of beinj. destrofTVv. ^ ''''
readv fnr „.. o ^ tlestroyed, it becomes ust
X must be !:Z """r"'" "'" ^°'y --'-V '-i'^d.
to Xe r Tb"^ ?t '^"""""^' "'• ""^y ""■<= liable
they z,x:''C:^x^'::'t::'^. ^y -
™n endure neglect and contemnt Tl, '^ "^^'"""'
e-on, and when it ^Xlar^riXS:
28
■■I
CHAFF AND WHEAT.
' ■ ^^^''■''^^ possesses vitalitv. Burv it in f).
and cover it un • if wJli "• ,. *^ "^ *^^ gi'ound
-"e thirty al'l L" ,:'",'"' /°f' »<• b-' fruit
'™Lvrig„tf„u,,„,„ °flJ ",„':;: ']«*J- So with a
An and ,„ e„,„.» to li ea! „ '1fet '^T"' °'' ''"'
his intluoncc, a,,,] it „in h 7 calumny burv
He l,a» life iVo^ b " t ','" ''°'"'"« «™"»«»--
kill the body, but ultl i ,f '"* '"" '"" "«■» »»'
•'-•f"i o„,u.it in' trrto ':;:'« t,rr '^ "•"-
""'' '"» wheat Jesus will n • ''"*n "nd
"«• : The righteous sb J -^ "' '""' ^is sar-
'■ They shall bo M "■ C '' f /"'? "'» -"'la'"",.
"P My jewels," Ira,„b;' i '^»'''. " when I n.ake
«od-s ..ight hand. 'Lut tl e 1^: ,:r^ '■— »'
everlasting p„„i.,b,„e„, R^^dtw ' ' ^° "™^ '"'"
character? Are vn„ , ,■! ..''"'■'' y""'' 'rae
the Lord Jet!/ D?*''' ';''"'• *«"«' f"""-er of
i"'««.-ity that nnd.es °HfX'",'" ,"'"' P™-P'« ot
endure perseeution, and t K i r f '^'"' J'""
-l«; Have you the fe 'g' d'^ff'' '" f'^"''
">'» .s your true cbaraeter tlnnl -I^ ^7 ™"' ' "
""'■d. But if not-if ,!,■?'' "'' P--"'' '»■•-
unreliable-pray to O0.I u "ti hi «" "'"^ "'"''^' ""''
weight of loie.--' &,,;.' -',,'!„?"' ^™ -'"> ail Hi.s
f'/ts
^ Jesus' sake,
t have "r^reet-
in the .s_j-na-
and seeks his
n the ground
i bear fruit
So with a
f^wdof. Kill
'umny bury
S'enerations.
■r them that
^'hat a won-
5 characters
"chaff and
to His gar-
everlasting,
^n I make
eive of the
forever at
away into
your true
o I lower of
'ncipJe of
Can you
'or Jesus'
soul ? If
•ress for-
'I'^hy and
^ all His
THE fou::t.\i}: of soxg.
T^RUP. song is fue gift of God our Maker He
giyeth songs even in the niglit ; and son^s have
ever celebrated his glory and his grace. The creation
the world was heralded by song. "The mornin.
ftrtv"''Tr^lT'' "'"" ''" ■""•^"^' ^^°^ '^'-"^^3
o jo^ Ihe deliverance of Israel from Pharaoh and
the Red Sea was celebrated in a song. The advent of
(.hrist to our world brought all the hosts of heaven to
«ing a joyous strain above his lowly cradle The
renewing of the soul by the grace of' God awakens
thanksgiving and the voice of melody. Thr Ps^dmist
when brought up from the horrible pit and the miry
clay, had a new song put in his mouth, "even praise
"nto our God." The last act of our Saviour's minlt^
before he went out to his agony, was to sing a hymn
\\ hat music that must have been ! The establishment
ot the angdom of God and the overthrow of all his
enemies will be hailed and greeted with strains of
rupturous melody ; and the glad ages of Messiah's
eign will be ages of perpetual song. Song is the
language of thanksgiving, of devotion, of triumph
hence. t IS the legitimate expression of the emotions'
ot those who joy m God, having become reconciled to
30
THE FOUNTAIN OF SONG.
I'im, and thus prenarprl fo i
Hiere is, probahlv ..^ "^ ' virtue.
».'ved a„,i |„,t, i, ,„ J , :^^j«';'; ;™.t.^. and „;„„„,,
»on.^ .Said tw- ftal,,,;,^ .f^ ^^^ «"<'» expression i„
"--. O God, tl.on God of '""?''■"'" '.'"O'teuilti.
'™.S..o .shall ri„, ah°^l of r ' r"°"-- »"'' ".y
»ly break., forth in son. B„t ■"'''•;;"" J°^' ?"?<.'"-
'."... a.Kl tl,e dark uncertain^ *^i '.""" ™'^<"'."a-
>vakeno son.,, within r^n "' " '«'P"1<'« fut„rf
a.ck.sii,,i„/„„;r:t:,tt™,-,r'r'*'-'"""'--*
l.e heart their •• for™,, ToZTt "" '° """f™'"
;;'.<." of the church Wow;, •^'"S'"« Wi.s the con-
''t«e music in their .souls De/?'"-'-'^"" ^'^ very
'o praise God for the™' LivL' S,"™ °' "'"' ''"""'^
»oon We sinner., to eat their brlkffT' """'^ "'
™s their psalms. Ni„htiZ.le?f '^ ">«■» .^^ '»
'.""'ing for owls and riv nft ™' 't* ^° »»' go
«o"g.^ or mornin. carols '"'''='' ">«"vening
;f'■'™;:^Kur■-.Sr^^T«-^
^.bout A.D. 107) to the'anpe r T .^'■^'"■^' "'°'^
Clr,st,a„s"werewonttomeetto',^ Trajan that the
before it was light, and ,/l °""'? ^^'''tatcd day
'he ages of conflict and vfcto"f„f' f"™ *™"«'' »"
victoiy, of storm and sorrow.
¥
tJie praises of
'ii'tue.
3 the difference
and sinners
n the depart-
' ^"ng.s peace
t^xpression in
1 'j'oodnruiitj.
>"•• and my
■mess" (p.sa.
joy perpetu-
i condenina-
eless future,
vinor hearts.
;o sinir fi-of^
'Us the con-
have very
lire sinners
' would as
them as to
do not go
ir evening
the time
lia, wrote
that the
ated day
es, alter-
■ouffh all
sorrow,
THE KorXTAIN OK yox,..
31
ot persecution and trlu.nph, the voice of rejoicin-r has
been in the tabernacles of the righteous, an.l sacred
■song has arisen from the lips of the redeemed. Tlie
themes of o-race and glory have inspired the church
with never-ceasing songs; an.l, in this respect, infidel-
. y has never been able to imitate true Christianity
What hymns and tunes can infidelity show that have
sung themselves into the hearts of sceptics on every
shore ? What infidel hymn can be sung, in which a
vast assembly of sceptics will join, as Christians in
ten thousand cluu-ches will unite in singing one of their
hyn.ns of joy and hope ? Infidelity has few ioys •
why should it have songs ? What ha.; it to sing about ?
Angels smg. but when did the wildest fancy ever
dream of a singing devil ?
One of the mightiest forces which God has thrown
mto this world, is sacred song ; not the mere artistic
and mechanical "rendering" of certain notes and
•strains of music, but the spontaneous outgush of the
emotions of the sanctified heart, telling the sorrows
and the joys, the sympathies and the affections of the
renewed soul. Such music is not purchasable. Those
who think to buy or hire it. greatly mistake its
character. It has its fountain in the joy of God
implanted in the Christian's soul, and meets it.
response in the hearts of those who know whom they
have trusted, and who expect to sing His praises for
evermore Infidels can sneer and swear, but can they
smg ? What have they to sing about ? What had
the heathen world to sing ? If we leave out a few
iH)tal)I(> st
unst
'''""'• ^'OUNTA.N ,„.- .s(,X„
nil
'" *'<»•', wlui^
",^ ^'''i^'I' ..ckn.nvl.Ml,
tl
''■'" ''iftics; o.Ie,s wl.id
'■''""liris l.ufc III
;" '"I'l honor tJ„.
u-oufc uikI lulnlu
""".i? "I- sent t
■'■oils (Iciti
t'oI('l.nit(><| tl
""'■•>iis ami hac'cl
luriu
<* prison i„
"lost of wl
'•' 'lets of (.„f.
<'ni
"".V <l»'tv„tly ci\ ilix,,| I
'X'fcs, and a wok,. I
In th
"l^O I'HS.Sloiis i*
"'111 \Vo„|,| |„
iind
mitvil I
!'.'■•••"" ^\-l'<"ro tl.oso ]
'"'■''•Iv '''»"t.-..n iMni.ln.l
.sonir.s
'iM(l th(
IMOS
volumes of
••'leJi of wliici,
wnt(>r Ji,i,s
iUCJvd Iivi
»il.sr
arc
vol
'i"io.s of sncrcd I
('ontainod
•"IS and
•nirit
i'^ of poetry, an.l melody
Jill lo i,..i /I •/
'i". is but tl
«l'l'n two otlHT li|_
nearly tl.,-,.,. fi
, - mice tliousan
th
'3-".ns an.I poetry. An,l all
and h
'Jiivc sounded do\\„ f
;^'^'^''<'"fthe heavenlvl
SI
",l? of the u-rand
I'om i).
intluMii of tl
glories of redom
eiirs of c!rv.'ati
"pper si.
lore
(!m
"iniiom-es tliat
'^'■'""n.v, alx.ut th
Kies.
'I' niornhio- stars
ption, we but
on, we l;ut
wh
H'heu wo
'•<'-echo the
t^'i We sinn^ of tl
"^^■^' ^Ih^ plains <,f ,.5,th|
l"U<L'-<rl<. M' „,...ii- ,
repeat the un.-vl
IH
■itl-U
L'iiem ; win
SO/ljr
'vhearse the 1
wh
f f>""ie. „f vie,,, „„:; :;:m'-v« -^
n'm
"s of the sweet
<;n WH^ sin^ of joys to come
•siUije
'iinsic of th
numpli, wt
!• Of Israel ; and
'i-'fore the throne
new sonfT
we only anticipate the
Which sliall at last be
Tl
sun
^"' °'»- themes of sacred
o
eav
that earth or h
or unbelief to put
th
«""S' are tJie ,i,-rand
•en affords. And\vhat I
'est
P"t in the place of
as infidelity
Poen.s, the son.s e 7 i . " ^^^^^^r^
that have been bo
are
Infidelity
» oi darkness, doubt, and
ims no hy,nns ; it },
as
grand anthems,
unbelief ?
nothino^ to sinj^ for
!■'»'' honor til,.
Hrid l.accliHiiu.
t' HCt.S of (.„fc^
■'""" wouM I,,.
^''\''i>;<'<l lan.l:
'Jel'mtt'd I,u,s,.
^'•■M tIi(>ro urc
' ''yiiins and
'••^T lil.raik.s,
''i-' thousiin,]
^'I'l all theiv
'l'»'>Ut tll(wil
"lonie.s that
'■•'-t'C'lio the
■^'■''.i,' of tl„.
we Sinn- ,J
■iuiiip),, H'O
'^'•'icl ; un.l
'^'iputo tho
sfc be .sunir
' ffmndest
infidelity
'Vliere are
anthems,
unbelief ?
sing for
'''"' '•""'NTAIX (,K SON,; ....
-'H) (;od,no hope, no Cvato:,,,,, |',,.s..nv,. no rhrisf
J'icture an assenil.lv (.ffcstivoinc I I • • ,
wliieiUill H„.i, u,.s .Ctl™ ".t,o,,,ati„„.s
iiiitwi'cn two vuHt ctonn'tics
_ J^ilti lifH, :i val.) of mrmw ;
I"V we :^1,„11 .lie tn-„„„.,,,w.
Asceudin.i,' fn.Mi <,iir ni„llusk -,„1,
A f,'I<)i-iouH jmUi we travel -^
OurcourHe, commeucin^Mnthe,..u,l,
feiiall fiiusli ii, the gruvel.
Wo recollect once, after pointin- out the 1.......
of infidelity in respect to s L.v, b'trrenness
j^ X ii„-,|M.i.u to sacred son"- we wi>vi> ,^l,.,..:\ i
^a^.tie, who stoutly disputed :.:^rtr^^
nlldehty had no hynms, and said ho had an infide
hynni-book which he would brine, to show us W
m
S4
'■'"^ i-OVSTMs ,„.■ SONO.
'•"^v to ".nk.u pair of shoos inf. •
"»'<"• ''avin. pocket..,] th . 1 ' 'T''"'' '^'"' ^^''^^.
«->'iy prclucv.! a pair f ^ "'^">"^^'^ '^^^ ^^^^'crovv.l.
«hoe,s % ,.,,,,-,, ./J,';;;;; '7''^^' --J "-I. them into
We remomher the .storv m- *k x
^--'-ouMheHrnJ^i^ttll'^'i'-f ^^^
-^^er for hi.s release, trav i^ I T ", "'^'^""^ ■^^■'•^•'->^.
-;/^,«lo the U.U1/0 : ,^"''; ''"'■' ^•^''^ncUn,!
wl.ich were hi.s Weh'-^ht i„ Z "^''"" *''^ '^""^^
'^^ the strnin of n.us^c ro e r'""'' ^^■•^- '^' '-^'tj,
^vnll, there ca.ne h Ino . l"^'"^"' ^•>- ^ ^'" -^tlj
fr^ the captive .vr,::'V^^^^^^^
•It'l.verarice M'u.s opene,! "''^'''''^' '"'<' the way of
>^l"'ch Satan Jm.s erecto.l nV 1 • .?''''"^ '^"'""^'^^ wall
'-t .sinner whon. Satn ' T' ''"' '"--'"^ <"' -'-•y
--•'<n.vetheson;: ;t7fV-^thisu.i,,.vve
^^1- that scne i.npison 7s^ f "'""^ ^""^' ^" the
«^ the strain, and k,.ow he 1" i^^,' ''''^■^' ^^'^'^^ '""-•«
P^-oeluin. liberty to til- cJ "* ^"'" ^^'^^« ^'^'"^ to
the pn.son doo'r^ to tl' th.::' "'' \'' ^'^^^--^ ^f
■aastcuf/s. "'^'" tluit are bound._^^ ^
'"•t«'.s, uri,l who,
es of the crowd,'
"'i'l<^' thoin into'
'vo prince who
oi" whom hi.s
'tl'f'ul Norvuut.
'' to land, and
'on tho ,son<'.s
•''• At ion;L,''th,
' 'in old cnstle
ated window
t'lo way of
'liinifoon wall
n'lii,' of ovtiry
t I'i.s will, we
■'^»"«'. in the
-Ji f'he iiuj.sic
^vho caiiio to
' opening' of
ind.— //; X.
JOHN \vr:sM:vs dikkctioxs for
ni.XCKKCATlOXAI. SI.\(;i\G.
piIAl tins part of divine worship ,„ay he n.oro
J- ucceptul.le to (Jod, us well us n.ore prolitahle to
yourseli .Mid others, he careful to oh.serve the following.
directloris. =
1. ^y <dL See thut yo„ join with the con-rre-ra.
t.on us tre,p,ently us you cun. Let not u slight de-^ree
ot weukness or weuriuess hinder you. If it i. u cmss
to you, tuk-e it up, ui.d yo„ will find a hjessin-r.
2. Sin- Lmtlln, and with a -ood couru-e. ° JJewure
ot sinjrin. us if you were half dead or half asleep ; but
litt up your voice with .stren^t^th. 15e no more afraid
ot your voice now, nor more asha.ned of its bein..
heanl, than when you sang the souir.. of Satan
3. Sing modestly. Do not bawl so as to be heard
above, or distinct from, the rest of the congre^.a.ion
that you may not destroy the harmony; but stive to'
unite your voices together, so as to make one clear
iijolodious sound. '
4. Sing in th^. Whenever time is sung, be sure to
keep with It. J)o nr.t run before, nor stay behind if
but attend closely to the leading voice.; and movj.
1111
o*G
if
■'■«^ono.v. ,,„„ o,».uKc.vr,„K.u. «»„,,„.
therewith as exacflv n^ ,
-n,M.ottoosloTThL :ir"^ '^''^ -- 3-ou
onaIlwhoaroW;..:;tte:Tr'"-^^''^
Irom amono. us. and sin<. all on t„n [ "' ''""''^
a.s we did at first. """" ^"'^ *^'^ quickly
5. Above all, sinrr spiritiialJ,. w
in every word you sim! t^' , ^f''' '" "^'^ ^° ^^^
than yourself or anv oT. ^ '"•^'"" ^'^"^ "^^''^
t^^-> attend str t 7to hi "'"'""^ '" ^^•^^-- ^« ^^
and see that your he::^t;:2H,?^'^'°^^^"^^
«0"nd, but otti>red to oJ \^'^'"''^' ^way with the
-'.-. ^-sueh: t et ;:;; r'''-''^^ '^^ •^^^'^" >--
^•eward when he con^etb 7 ''f'^'^-^'^ here, and
-^^^.voi..w:;:;;:';;r'^'^^'^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A greater than Weslev 1.., ■ • i ■. r
XINGIXG.
take care you
laturally.stfuJs
to drive it out
u«t an quickly
an eye to God
Off him more
1 ordei' to do
'at 3'ou sing;
vay with the
*o .shall your
^f Iiere, and
of lieaven. —
H silly witli
derstandin<«-
» liim must
4:24.
I5AXI) SOriHTY RULES OF THE M E.
CHURCH.
DRAWN UP DECEMBER 25th, 1738.
^HE dcsio-n of these meetings is to obey that com-
1 mand of God, " Confess your faults one to another,
and pray one for another, that ye may be healed ;" to'
speak, each of us in order, freely, plainly, the true state
of our souls with the faults we have committed, in tem-
per, words, or actions, and the temptations we have
felt since our last meeting. To desire some one of us
to speak his own state first, and thus to ask the rest in
order, as many and as searching questions as may be
thought necessary concerning their state, sins, and
temptations. The following questions are proposed
before admittance amono- us •
1. Have you the forgiveness of your sins ?
2. Have you peace with our Lord Jesus Christ ?
'f .,?''i:^ >'"" ^^*^ witness of the Spirit that you are
a child of God ?
4. Is the love of God shed abroad in you heart ?
0. Has no sin, inward or outward, dominion over
you ?
6. Do you desire to be told your faults ?
7. Do you desire to be told of all your faults and
that plainly ?
3<S
i
BAND SOCIKTV nULES r,,,- t(,f m p
'"!• ])oyou desire that
cei'iiinn- \'()u
;;;-f''y one ,.f „, ,,,^„,,,
oever is i
tell
^^ .. . -^. " ""!• liearfc con-
lU'iir coiicprnino. yo„ , " *>" ''■'"■. wli.-itswviT M-e
clo"^«;oSl'h;:/;;''7S'|'« -o»I.o„l,i co,„o a,
all ot,,„; ocS„,;';;x."^-' :;;;««" '» '.« <« t,,., a„.,
out .lisguise and witl.out reX,"' f' '"" '° ■''P™lc, ,vitl,-
•^'^y of the nrepe.lJn.r
- often as occaJ^^XsTrr"^ '^ ^«^-^'
^>vory meetinc.: ^"- ^^'^ *°"r foUowin,.. at
1- WJiat known sin h-ivo ,-^
meetino- ? '''" '^•''^^' you conmutted since last
*• What Jiave von thmir,-).*. " • i
yo„ .loubt whoth/r it bo a"s',* ™',!iT' "'™" °' ^'"»''
J^irections — 1 Nnt ir^ ,
l»l"nJ his hack and to 'T ■;, "'" ''"■"■" "^ ™v
2. To wear no no^d C „ U I "'°" V"-' ">''t di
rings, necklace or ruffles "'' "' ''"""• «'-
A pravj-:r a\s\vhkix(; vahi
BY A MiNLSTEirs WIFE ON THE FIlONTJEK'.
T REMEMBER a day durino- one winter that stands
J- out like a boulder in my life. The weather was
unusually cold, our salary had not been regularly paid,
and it did not meet our needs when it was. My hus-
band was away, travelling from one district to another
i..uch ot the time. Our boys were well, but my little
Ruth was ailing, and at ])est none of us were decently
clothe.l. I patched and repatched, with spirits sinkin-r
to their lowest ebb. The water gave out in tlu. wel?
an<l the wind blew through the cracks in the lloor.
The people in the parish were kind, and generous
too, but the settlement was new, and each family was
struggling for itself. Little by little, at the time I
needed it most, my faith began to waver. Early in
life I was taught to take God at his word, and I
thought my lesson was well learned. I had lived upon
the promises in dark times, until I knew, as David did,
" who was my Fortress and Deliverer." Now a daily
prayer for forgiveness was all that I could offer My
husb.and's overcoat was hardly thick enouo-h for
40
Oetohc
•^ I'RAYRU ANSWRitiNo
(!()]>.
soiiir iiiccfiii
'■• ■■^"'i I"' was ohlinvd
"'■ ''"iicral. M,
to ride
miles to nttoiid
^^■"■s India,, (vik,. ,.„„|
Christ,
tl
""■' '^''"^'^ t'<.,„i„o.; (hoc-hil.l
■I'ly a time our l-nvikfasfc
', ;*"'',!'*' ^"' ^vitl.out s„.ar.
"eir presents. [
•■^"lootlLaiKltliel
''t'lllCIIlli,.,. f]
ilutJ
tliat tJ
•"\s were each cravin
'>'!> always oxpeote.I
"■ 't'*' was thick an.l
'. >n M'l.u. u.iaceou.ital.I
(-' \va
'I pair of skates.
^vajited a iiie,', I
<' wei-c 11,, )
'y> had taken a fancy
J knew it
i'i4>'<'ne,an<I insisted i
<'ii,i,aTsnitaM,
Sim
^■ive eacii child it
Wl.Sl,„p„,ssihK.; ],„(. ,,,,. J
•'f'^-^^rted ns, but I ,ji,, „^;^
H
(Mvorked so
■s present, it
tell
" pray inn- for it.
ifw I wanted ti
:o
to I
oarnes
'e as hopeful a
;tly
and ]
'lea I
■^^•^■"led as if God had
J»>y hnsl.and all this.
cJieerful Avitl
Ncantv }neal
e\-er. J 1,
■tily. I
1 an o
k-e
pt t]
■^"I'p<»*ed him
n
s as
'IH'n fire, and tric^I
mvitin-rly as I could.
10 .sittin,<r-room
to
■serve our
e niornin^o- before Christn
"■■""".1 M. no,.,, : :7 .i:,';':;' ;"^- '*"■'■ ■*»"■'
'loy. I eo„xe,l tho el,il,l,,.„ to bX ,"■'■■ '"'P'^'''''^"
"Ot boar to hoar t,„n Wk VV ^ '^ ^ •=""'''
lisloncl to Lor nr..vor ! , '™ """' »-™'. I
"°.st ...xpUoi.Ij. tL 1 r' Ml " "7 /■"■ ""^ '"'^^ "■">"
brotlior... Ho.,. I,ri, I . ' ?"'' '""• »'^-'"™ *« hor
«I.i.«po..o.l to ,c 1. v„; ? '""';"',■"• '"«'y "l>"' *»
-'^' '»—..,;, „or™::::i:':f f p'l' ^^ '--
A I'KAYF1{ AN',S\Vi;iUN(i flOO.
41
to nttend
5 oxpecfcod
''lick and
of skates.
' ''I fancv
ii'»l<!; .sho
n^' for it.
anted to
(^0(1 liad
-•ill this,
'■■^ed him
nir-rooiu
I'vo our
'ailed to
is lunch
shawl
•I'onii.so,
'ly lips,
opeles.s
■ couUl
^ent, I
fc time
or her
en she
e here
i.2:ht I
di.sap-
pointni(!nt, I sat down alone and <(ave way to most
I litter tears.
Before lonrr James return.'d, chilled and exhausted.
He drew off his hoots; the thin stockin-s slipped o|[
with them, and his feet were red with cold. I
wouldn't treat a do^r that way, Irt alone a faithful
servant. Then, as I rrlanced up and saw the hard
lines in his face, and the look of despair, it flashed
across me, James had let <ro too. 1 hrou<rht him a cup
of t(!a, feelinsT sick and di/zy at the v.ny thouirht. He
took my hand, and wo sat for an hour without a wonl
I wanted to die and meet God, and tell him his
promise wasn't true; my soul was tall of rehellious
despair.
There came a sound of bells, a (piick step and a, loud
knock at the door. James spran<r up to open it
There stood Deacon White. " A hox came for you hy
express just before dark. I brou-ht it around as soon
as I could nret away. Ileckon it mii^ht be for Christ-
mas ; at any rate they shall have it to-nii,dit. Here is
a turkey n)y wife asked me to fetch aloni^, an<l these
other thinnrs I believe belonjT to you." There was a
basket of potatoes and a ban- of Hour. Talkinir all the
time, ho hurried in the box, and then with a hearty
SOO<l-night, he rode away. .Still without speaking.,
James found a chisel ami opened th.e box. I drew out
at first.a thick red blanket.and we saw that beneath was
full of clothing. It seemed at that moment as if Christ
fastened upon me a look of reproach. James .at
down and covered his face with his hands. " I can't
42
A PRAYEli ANSWERiNf; fiOD.
il
touol, tl,o,„." ho exclai,,,,.,!," I l^vonV K .
"■lion (Jo,l l,u»l,,,.„ t„i., , r '"'™ t™". just
know n„,v „„„. e ;:;";: ";";*'°'-' *» ""«. i
""'ay fro,,, GoJ." .. i,':' ;',. "" '^"''" "^-^ of 'urnin,,
■■"""■'take i6 to ho.,™ ;„ M:"''/""f"f/° >■■■".
<>"Kht to have helpe,l vm, w •„ "" '" """"'• I
to fo,-aivo „,,- „ \y2 ■ " " »''" "^^k hi,,, together
>'«<■ tlK.„ he w„„t „ "7,"'°"'' ''"'"■ ' ^"""ot Wk
-"I -y l.«a..t b oh „ :;r'"': '■'"""■ ' <<"«" "own
^•ii *o „t„hh„..„ne:, ;",„:':::"■■'/" "-^ "'"•'^--'
".1 »to„,l before „,e, but^or^'th ST> """" """■"
Hoo,lo.l„,yso„l iLT'T" 'on''<-'™«s and joy
.' »- Wf„,.e Ja„i e,.;;.:;!,/ t't f T" ''°r '""«
"« 'Lank Oo,I t„.eth ;■ .'..Z;'™', "'''•■■■ «'"•' '■». " l.'t
of praise ; liihle ;o,*' fo ^ ',"' ''" l""'"'' ""'""-!»
our thanl«,,ivi„,. u „ T "'"'". '■'■'■= <=""l'l "^l-ress
low, and th,;,, „,i; t, :;,^; -'"> o-foek, the fiJw,,.
b"t tl.e wan,, hla^,' « ' '','«,■"'' """■.-..g touehed
"'■■■ treasures. We .C" , '*'" *° ''-^"'""»'»
James try it on „s th . " , T ■ °''"""'' ' "'»<!=
"While aL,nd hi,. La I "= • T' "'' ^ ''-^d
returned. Then ,1 1 "7 ';«'>t-l«'artedne,., had
-eing ,„e in it t,::' if ™'^- »" ">» "'»i»ted in
"-oth ,a„,hed ,ir;^:,L;:'sr^:e::: -
PRAYEIl ANSWERING GOD.
43
iOMif
warm suit of clothes also, an<l throe pairs of woollen
hose. There was a dress for ,ae and yards of (lannel,
a pair of Arctic overshoes for each of us, and in mine
was a shp of paper. I have it now, and mean to hand
It down to my chiklren. It was Jacob's blessing, to
Asher, " Thy slices shall be iron and brass, and as thy
days so shall thy strength be." In the o-loves, evi-
dently tor James, the same dear hand had written "I
the Lord thy God, will hold thy right hand, ..win^'
unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee." It w;s a
wonderful box, and packed with thoughtful care.
The,e was a suit of clothes for each of the boys, and a
htt e red gown for Ruth. There were mittens, scarfs
and hoods ; down in the centre a box ; we opened it
and there was a great wax doll. I burst i.ito tears
again ; James wept with me for joy. It was too much
and then we both exclaimed again, for close behind it
came two pairs of skates. There were books for us to
read ; some of tliem I had wished to see ; stories for
the c liildren to read, aprons and underclothing, knots
of ribbon, a gay little tidy, a lovely photograph
needles, buttons and thread, actually a muff, and an
envelope containing a ten-dollar gold piece. At least
we cried over everything we took up. It was past
midnight, and we were faint and exhau.sted even with
happiness. I made a cup of tea, cut a fresh loaf of
bread and James boiled some eggs. We drew up to
the table before the fire ; how we enjoyed our supper!
And then we sat talking over all our life, and how
sure a help God had always proved.
You should have seen the children the next morn-
i i
i i
44
iiiLS Mio I
A PRAVFIt ;\>Js\VRU
IN'(.' <i()U.
A'S.
'T '■'^'•^•"' ■•I '^''ont at (.1,.. si.rl.t of fl
ciiclfc
'I \\<>'''l, tllcll .sh
t
'.V her 1m'(|. \V|
wi'mI, into I
icir
\'
■<» inc
I I
to tl
l<ii('\v it would l)(> 1
•'"'^li''c;uin'l)uck,,s|„.\vl
"''■ •■•»<)in nil. I
iis|)(!n
wif
ii'ink (Jo.I just t!
<'. Neo tlic ,|i(|
't' s.-uiie, vou I,
'I'ui thciV W.MV (li,. I
•skatiiiu- ,„, ti
ilUslllUK
1'I(>I1C(>
'•''••^'"■iininaj.ut I w,u,te,I
""^v-." " Look hero.
W,
"'J'^ out of tl,,. 1
wont to tlio wind
'ow.
c'liurcli ill tl
1*^ cnist with ull tl
"'<' ' !'<)th triod to ,vt
'•'"■^<' aliv;idy_ and
My
'*''r nii"lit.
t'.'ist thiitsont ustho I
'ini thanks to tl
10
torot.mi thanks unto (Jod
Jfnrd tiuios 1
0(1 ovory day sinci
'OX, and have tried
trust
lave conio no-ain and
of 1;
'^'•1 in luni, droadin.o- notl
>^'^iwi hut wo h
nvo
IS protoctino' caro. ()
"•'i^' '^o n.uch as a, douht
Pi-ovod that - thoy that sod
^i'v and ovor
any (.'ood ti,i„
g. — ^v^-,•^',/
tho Loni shall
ngaiu wo liuvo
not want
A VAUTARLE lUNlv NOTF
;;%r?o,/-__ThoHankoVsnan,o.
;W/.v.^V'///"-Ipronusotopay.
^_^y/.Vc>.n-,uY./ "-The amount.
Accord uuj to hii^ riches "-Tlio canifnl .f n i .
: z^'.;'^.. "--Location of tho l::r^''^^^''^"'^-
'>.'/ Jesus tVir/rf "— Tlio Ci-ili;,,,.'.
TlMelu.clc.b„oki.,ri,ilippi„„,,4^<,
be „,a.lo known ,„ aodr-^^J^"^' '"' ^■°" ■•'='1'"=»'^
n)M\IKK("|.\L LVIXC.
"^r^IIIO IuIm-! mill (Icscrii.tioii on vv,.iy box of tliat
A- soap is ji lie, from lH';^iiinin<r to cikIjukI Mr. ,
tlu- in.'umfucturt'r, knows it us well ,-is 1 .h, ; mid yet lie'
continues to nuikcit, mid to print mid ufliN tlicso labels
and descrij.tions to every l.ox of it he n.ukes, mid to
send It all over the; Imid ; und he is -rowin- Heh ),y it,
thou-h lie knows the .so»p itself is a fnui.l, and thii
lahol on it is a (iownri<,dit falsehood ! " Such were the
words of a travollin<,' salesman who was sellin-,' this
very soap thron-h town after town, in state aftei"stato,
and who said he know it was wron<r, but lio would ho'
discharged in a uionient if he told the truth about tho
soap he was sellincr. And yet the manufacturer, mid
employer of this and many other agents, would have
said he was outrageously insulted had any one charged
him with lying, or dishonesty, or want oi' integrity in
liis business.
Another travelling salesman came to Ids minister to
ask, "What shall I do ? I am sent out by my em-
ployer," he continued, " to sell goods by tlie sample. If 1
were to tell just what I know is the truth about them.
I could not sell a yard ; and it is only by misrepre-
!
46
Nontation and
.ijfood
COM.MEKCIAI, l.vixf;
</o
•sales.
'"■iinKlit lyinjr ii,„t
' "111 alilo to innl;
1)0
;f ,"■»' «.o .seat.,. L:'/::;f : ;f,"r; " ■•» -""«.
"'-" I can't sell Cl" r /r' "' ' ''""'' "'"ko
without i„.a,i.' What ',,;;;/,';[ '^.''"■■''^-" "^^ wt
Another a elovL- v i
'» " ttc.,,,1, who was, t L ^" r' "'■ '■■-■""''""■ -^iJ
"i'»"""»Mc,u,,,,,T:c;;'st ^^''^^^^^
l'l"c<.' in tl,„.,to,o. To ,dl "■"' ''"'^P "'y
L-" (the on,|,l„yt.,)" and ,.!,'" "'*l«'od.s; and M,-.
- -0 all ovory day , oLf H.'-^'f' "" """, "° «'""
■ cliiirch, and attendrrn 7, ■ " '"""'Ixirof th..
■noro idoa of Christian ,.i^° '■ ■ ''""'"" '° ''"^ "o
t"»o since, into the store of a le, r ^ "'""'' ^°»''
in the city of „„Tl , '"" °««l'ant tailor
".o cost of asuitfr^tiettl" »";""" °'°""' ^■^'«<'
the price was stated ,e ' ° i '" ,P''»'«1 ^i.n. When
too high. « It r;„ , T, .""" " ''^™-='l "'"eh
"these'tine Enll, ,:;;"'' '"''■" -M «>« tailor;
"'«. they wear-; tuct^trr T, ''"'' '•™''' ' ^"'
'■-'■--ethi„.t;rr:;;:.t:,fc:f-^
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An.oricHn i^oo.ls." ■■ Uow n.ucl. l.ss," aske.l tl.e uunU-
cIo h ? We ,lo i.ot keop Arn.nean ,i.oo.l.s," said the
tailor Most ot our custo.nor.s «ro particular, a.ul
ko t he best k,nds of goods, ar.d so wo keep only
Knohsh cloths.' And as illustrating^ and in.pJessin?.
Ins ren.arks, he pointe.l the n.inister to the labels a.id
wrappers bearin,,. the nanu-s of the Kn-dish n.anufac-
turers and dealers, who were some of the first in Great
ijritain.
After some further talk, the minister ordered a suit
wlucli m due time was sent home. 8oon afterward
mvnig ,t on, he culled in at the counting-house of Mr'
t5., u large manufacturer with whom he was well
aajuamted, and while sitting in conversation witli
hun. Mr B., looking at the suit he had on, remarked
pleasantly. "In. glad to see. Mr. —, that you are
patronizmg our tactory." " What do you refer to ?"
asked the nnnister. -Po the suit of clothes you have
on, saul Mr. R " I see they are from the cloth we
makea our nulls." "Why no !" said the minister;
_ I got them from Mr. C. (the tailor), and he deals o.dy
m English goods, and therefore charged me an extra
price tor lus work." "English goods !" said Mr B
with a snnle; " why Mr. C. buys all his cloths from us'
He has none other in his store. I should know them
anywhere. The ndnister. greatly surprised, sai"
Jr ""1 '/i!" ?"''■ ^'' ""''^"'^^"' *'"'- ^^'- C- not only
told me that he kept only English goods, but I .saw
the wrappers and labels, with the English marks and
4N
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M
1.0 munuhtchnv,,' „„,„„, „„ t,,„,„ „„
1 ool„.,| ,a t:,™." '■Ye»,»»ui,lMr.B.,"w "e
all ■„,,...«•,■„,.,„>,■„ and laWls w„ have tl„.,„ ,„ ,t ,
bytl,c,«,„, ,l,™"( „ti,« will, hi,, fi„,,„r)..y„u
!;r,". '"","' '""' • ■■""' "» 1 "«■'■> ''•-■fo.-e, m; c. !,„„!
"" "■".''""'■■' "' "^' " '" '"- ■'»' a yar,I „f En„li*
goods in his store I" ^"„iisii
Here, then, was u loa.li„o. merchant tailor, in a lea.l-
1"^ city ot our land, deliberately and ],abitnally work-
ing witl. a Jead.ng n.anufacturer to pass off American
goods as English; the tailor deliberately lyinc to Z
customer, and saying the cloths were'^Englith
manuiacturer preparing the labels to help on th • lie
he tailor exlnbiting these labels to make his lie pass'
tor the truth; and both doing this as an everyday
business; and yet both nien would feel outraged if
->y one had called them to their fac. what they mxlly
were, cheats and liars and villains. And these are hit
afewo scores of similar case., in which men, in the
way of business, are debauching their own con. fences
and teaching their clerks and dependents to be de-'
ceivers and cheats.and undermining the morals of trade
In view of such facts, we would ask one or two
questions, which we commend to the thoughtful con-
Mderation of all, and especially of all business men
1. Are there two standards of truth, of integrity of
honesty, one tor the ways of business, and anJIhef f^
COMME]»;iAL LVIN(i.
4!)
otl.cr spl.orcs of life ? And if you nro not trutl.ful and
honest in the one sphere, are you lilcdy to he .so in the
2. Are your example and tenchino- in t!H> ways of
.usiness hke y to do ...od to youn,- ...on, oKo corrupt
thear pru.ciples ?~to keep then. o>.t of the kin-.iom
oi heaven, or to Iea<l tlunn to it ?-to make then, hi-d,-
"un< ed, honorable, truthful n.en of business, or cheats
and liars, and swindlers ?
.*i. At the bar of conscience, is not a con.mercial lie
s bad as any other kind of lyin,. ^ And at the day
ot ud,Mnent, will not the business liar .o down to
dea b.un.ler as deep ..,oondeun.ation as ;ny other ^
mSiT •'" "'^^»-*''>""<l true that "all
. s hall hav.u.eirpart in the lake that burneth
with hre and brnnstone, which is the secoml death ^"
—Amencfin 7', -act Society.
Hear the word of the Lord : " Becaus. vo have said
We have made a covenant with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the overHowin^,. scoun^e
shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we
Imve ma<le lies our refuge, and und-r falsehood have
we hid ourselves. . . . An<l the hail shall sweep
away the re uge of lies, and the waters shall overflow
the hiding place." Isa. 2S : J 5-17.
THE WAY TO I1EA\ EN.
nPHERE are many professedly easy ways of i^oin-. to
X heaven. Jesus says : " Strive to enter in at^tlie
InZfVT"'""^' ^ "'^""'^ y''""' '^'^^ -^'^ to enter
^^ hen the Devi cannot prevent a person from seeking
alvation. he will endeavor to deceive him by turning
I'lm m a wrong direction, or by inducing him to
.s,sume a profession of religion that falls "infinitely
•short of genuine salvation. We shall point out son.e
of these easy ways, by which thousands are deceived
to their eternal undoing.
1. In the bulk of the popular revivals held to-dav
genuine repentance i. practically ignored. The so-'
cal e, converts have no real contrition of heart, no
burden oi soul they do not pray for m.rcy ; they
hatred of It as to induce them to forsake all their
Christless ways and much-loved idols. All that is
deemed necessary is simply to come forward and kneel
down. In many places not even this much is required
but simply hohling up the hand to be prayed for
onsi ered sufficient. They are then encouraged to
.]oin the church and profess religion. If they dro.sed
THE WAY TO HEAVEN.
51
talked and acted like the world before, they can do so
still ; and thus the carnality of their hearts is but
little disturbed. This easy method pampers to flesh and
blood, and cries peace— peace, to their smothered con-
sciences, while they are wrapt in the very slumbers of
death. Of course, it is very easy to have numerous
converts on this line. Simply seeking or desiring
salvation, however, lands no one in heaven. The road
to hell is paved with good intentions and desires.
2. Another easy method is to join the church
Thousands are taught that if they only join the
church, attend the meetings, and perform a few other
duties, it will be all right with them. The great effort
of the bulk of preachers in this day is to 'induce the
people to join their church, and if they can only suc-
ceed in doing this, they seem well contented. Multi-
tudes are swept away by this delusion. To join some
live, uncompromising denomination is all right, but
being a member of a church never took any one to
heaven, and never will. Suppose you fell into a river
and was drowning, do you think it would keep you
from going down to the bottom, if you liad previously
become a member of a society of persons who had been
saved from a watery grave ?
3. Others teach that if you are only baptized you
are sure of heaven-that no one is converted until
he has been baptized. But while baptism is a scrip-
tural ordinance, and has its proper place, it should
be remembered that it is only an outward sign of an
inward grace, wrought in the heart by the power of
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TliE WAY TO HEAVEN.
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baptised with water, and his heart bo still steeped in
orrupt:on Si.non Magus was baptised, anS 4
immediate y after his baptisn, his conduct was of such
a depraved and vile nature, that Peter said to hi" :
Ihy heart IS not ri^ht in the sight of God. Repent
therefore of tliis thy wickedness, and pray God u'
perhaps the thought of thine heart „..,v iff '
flir.« T? T . "tart may be torgiven
hee. For I perceive that thou art in tlie gdl of
gl'saP ""^ ^" "^^ '^^^^ °i" i-qviity" (Acts 8:
4. Again, others insist that the way to heaven is
merely giving up outward sin, and leading a reforu.e.l
Jite. Hence, great stress is laid upon ■' doing better "
--"pon niaking good resolutions, signing a pled^^
being conhrnied, partaking of the sacrament, etc.. efc'
itfinitr '■', T^/°°^ «° ^^^'-« it Soes, but it falls
mfiniely short of what is required of every candi-
date lor heaven. The Bible shows plainly [hat an
mdividual can go beyond all this-can have the gift
ot prophecy, understand all mysteries, bestow all their
goods o feed the poor, and even give their bodv to be
Coi 's"t, ' '' '"f '"'^ '' '''^'"'^ ^^--- See
Hf^ Vi. ; 1 ^,°r» '"^'' ^'-"^ ^''^^^ «"«b a reformed
1 tc, that he could say of the commandments • " All
these have I kept from my youth up." Notwithstand-
mg tliis he missed heaven.
5. "Feeling better," is another very easy way. In
many places, when a sinner becomes awakened and
convicted oi sin, he is dealt with somewluxt nft^r this
TIIR WAY TO HEAVEN. 53
fashion: "You feel better tlmn you did, don't you ? "
"Yos I tl.ink I do." "Well, now then, praise the
Lord for wliat he luis done for you." The penitent is
taught to believe tliat" feeling better" i.s conversion
and so he goes no further, but at once professes
religion. It is quite possible for an awakened sinner
to " feel better " without having been made better-or
regenerated. The moment any one decides on turning
tr -1 he will feel better. This arises not from any
cu:m,..-o of heart, or from any consciousness of sins for-
given, but from the approval of the conscience-an
emotion which always arises from a purpose to do
right. The result is that such persons .soon return to
their old ways, and though they are reported as havin.r
fallen from grace, they are not backsliders, for thev
were never converted. 0, how true the words of
Christ: "Many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in
and shall not be able." Reader, there is but one way
to heaven, and that is the Bible way. Are you an.xious
to know that way ?
1. Tiie first thing necessary in every one who would
win heaven, is a clear consciousness of his <ruilt and
danger. Without such conviction no one can become
intelligently converted to God. Every one must see
his own great sinfulness and depravity before he will
make any effort to " flee from the wrath to come." If
this is your state of mind, begin at once to pray Call
on God with all your heart, and if you are honest in
this matter, the Lord will have mercy upon vou
Some say it is wron- for a person to pray before he is
in
if 'I 1
''* '''"K ^VAY TO IIEAVKN.
savo,l. IVtor toM Simon to ,]o the very things somo
..an,el.ts say tlu>y slH.
ina. 1 e publican also prayed, an.l found reli^Mon.
b, ml of larsu. prayed. His conviction for ,sin w.ts so
;nten.ethatfortluv..day.heneitlu,.ratoorrnk
pra}cth. 11ns looks hke an answer to prayer
Josus says -'Ask and it shall be ,.iven you." Snie y
sinners and_backsli<lers are included in this pron.ise "^
^ 2. Enter ,n at the "strait gate." Bible repentance
js compared to a " strait gate," which means t'hat
ow and narrow-hence, not very easy to enter. The
IS attended with great difficulty. Why ? L u u,
cause God does not want to save souls ? No Is it
because there is no room in heaven for them ?" No
Please understand that the dilHeulty is not in the
gate, for it is wide enough to admit every one of t !
enter it. There is too much of you : you have so
many sins chnging to you, so many idols, that the
nm <e it inipossible for you to go through with them
lour secret lodge, your fashions, plumes and feathers'
your tobacco, and your ungodly associates, can never'
pass I'rongh this "strait gate." The Lord knowing
h^^<hhcult It isto abandon these bosom sins sa^l
Strre to enter in at tlie strait gate," i.e. literally
agomze to go through. Less striviii; would b : !^
ary bu tor pnde, lust, sinful pleasures, and worX
associations; but it costs us soa.e striving before we
THE WAY TO HRAVKN.
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are willinor to nrJve them uj). Whatevr yor. can oar. y
throuo-h this -ate you will have no .limct.Ity in takinrr
over tlio narrow way. You will have a clear track-^
all wei.i^.hts -„ne ! Says one : " (), yon make r(,.lin-ion
appear a very har.l thin-," Not l,y any means. We
are not showin<r what relini,,,, is, hut siiiiply what, has
to be done in order to obtain it. Remember this
gate IS not the entrance into heaven. It is merely
the entrance into the Christian life. O precious
soul, confer no lon-er with flesh and blood, but enter
in at the strait gate. ])o not be led by the multitudes
who profess to become Christians without passin.r
througli this gate. Christ says : " Feiv there be that
find it."
3. Having given up all your sins and idols, and pre-
sented yourself at the footstool of sovo-oign mercy,
you must now exercise faith. The faith necessary to
save you is not simply an intellectual faith, or assent
to the truths of the Gospel. "Devils believe and
tremble." It is " witli the heart man believeth unto
righteousness." Do not be led away with the fatally
delusive teaching, "Believe you are saved, and you are
saved." Tiiis is not only unreasonable, but untrue.
You are not called upon to believe that you have been
saved, or that you will be saved. It is your duty to
trust in Jesus as your personal Saviour, and trust
him to save you notv. Throw yourself on the aton-
ing blood, and there rest your guilty soul— stakino-
your eternal interests upon Christ without the leas^t
reservation.
! f 4.
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™ii I\F[I)Kf;s Tr:ST
THE scene was in Konfupk-ir- t-u^ ,
" U' M,. 11- "^ wnicn was readily irranted
of an L'iwZT'-t r''' '" "'■"^°- *°" '"= —ion
ui an muividual, Uiat inan would K^^,'e^Ur k„
within twenty-four hours ? ' ^ ^' '°"^'^'^^
"He would," replied Mr. Hamilton.
"Then," continued Mr. W «T wnni,] ri x ,
twenty-four hours be eonverted, I shall abjure MJe i v
and become a Christian • if he .1,, ii ■'""'"""''""7
exeusen,ef„rstil,re.ai;;n?:„t;u""'-™""'"''
Done, ,aid Mr. Hamilton ; •' name your man »
W,th ev,de„t embarrassment at the prompt and
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THE infidel's test. 57
unoxpectc.l acceptance of his bold challeno-e Mr VV
hesitated, and then replied : o • .
"I believe I cannot now think of one whom I should
•ke to name and would prefer that you would make
the selection.
"Very well, we'll take Esquire W.." immediately
r sponded the man of God. Then, turnin. to the
church he earnestly exhorted them to fervent and
faithful prayer, and dismissed them with the words
^ lo ^your teats, Israel ! and every man to his'
Esquire W returned to his home, no doubt reilectin^
that tuey had a tough stick on their hands now ; that
1 they had chosen some ignorant, profane and supor-
•sti lous man, there might be a chance of alarming him
but with a man of his morality and intelligencertherc;
was no show at all. He retired, but fou^d that he
could no read, y compose himself to sleep ; he turned
on tlie other side, and succeeding no better, he turned
Mrs W ' "'''' P^^'^"-^^' '^"■^^•^•^' '^^ ^--' *«
vo/^^7'/ '''' '''[y^^^^ -0 wakeful as to disturb
you. A strange restlessness has come over me some-
how ; but don't let me disturb you longer Go to
sleep, and I'll soon doze off too "
Mary tui^ed her face to the wall, l..t not to sleep
After a half-hour of forced restraint, the Esquire arose
and paced the floor, sayina "Mnrv Tnm ,' '^ ^'°'^
, , * ' 'v"'n< -'»-i'ir;y, i am very sorry
to have awakene.1 you, but a strange nervnn. snH! ha
come over me. and I think, by walking a" while, my'
I
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THE infidel's TEST.
Mary „a, very quiet, but .,!,„ Ui.ln't ,leon, nor ,lid
her h„,,ba„,l, E„,,,c,. with care for l,i,s st k he
morn,„g h,s nmul wa, diverted, „n.l he ate hi» hroak-
l«»t „,t , apparently hi, usual cheerfulne,. Then
,?omg to the timber, he eut firewood. Hiseu.ploy „ „t
be „« n,erely u.eehanieal, his mind, despite L effort
to the contrary would revert to unwelcome redectiC
Hav,ns chopped off one " cut," he s„l!lo,,ui.ed : °7Z'
vaut after a„, the Bibie is true ; but'l won't thhk
".I.OU ,t, and he vigorously resume,! his work
WeUt these Methodists are right, I'm in a pLtv
bad hx; and again he applied his axe. Anothe lot
stakmg the axe ,nto the end of the lo.v he started
w, h rapul strides to the church, threw himself attf
pardon ^Z^'Z "'"' ""™'" ''^P™"'"- P'-^ '-
pardon But httle more than twelve hours had
elapsed, when Esquire Willian.s was reioicin, in a
tZwly ™'""'™"y-'''- *'■ ^%'«. i« The
novor
SHALL WE MLLT?
^HE following poem was written by H. L. Hastino-s
A in the city of xNew York. i,i the year 1858, and
sent as a letter to an only brother. A part of it has
been repeatedly set to nmsic, many miHions of copies
ot It have been printed, and it has been suno- in every
quarter of the n]obe. In this edition the words arc
given entire. A tune has also been composed by the
wife of the author, with the original refrain,
" Shall we meet, shall we meet ?
Say, Brother, sliall we meet?"
for "Songs of Pilgrimage ; a Hymnal for the Churches
of Christ, in which will be found a large number
ot new hymns from the same pen.
In its complete form the little poem has been cir-
culated by hundreds of thousands, and we have reason
to believe has proved a means of comfort to many
and of salvation to some. '
Shall we meet beyond the river,
Where the surges cease to roll ?
Where, in all the bright forever,
borrow ne'er shall press the soul ?
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SirAKL WE jMEET?
Shall wo moot with thoso (lepaite</
^ Who havft bowed hcnoatli .loathe wave?
Sliall w(! i,„.,-t tlie Iioly myriads,
WIio are ransomed from the <,^'ravo ?
Skull 'U'fi meet? shdl ive meet?
Say, Brother, shall ive meet ?
Shall we meet in glory's mornincr,
After time's dark, gloomy night ?
Shall we hail its radiant dawni'ng,
Scattering sorrow with its light ?
Shall we meet where all time's"shadows
To oblivion Hee away ?
Shall we meet amid the brightness
Of an everlasting day ?
Shall we leet with all the ransomed,
When our pilgrimage is passed ?
Shall we reach that blessed mansion
We so long have sought, at last ?
Shall we meet beyond the desert.
Far beyond the weary road ?
Shall we meet in joy innnortal—
Shall we in our flesh see God ?
Shall we meet in that blest harbor,
When our stormy voyage is o'er ?
Shall we meet and cast the anchor
By tliu fair C(>lestial shiire ?
SHALL WE MEET ?
Shall we rest from all our labors
'Mid the swelling of the tide ?
Shall we meet and rest foiewr,
By our blessed Saviour's side ?
Shall we meet the shinini; angels
Who have guarded us while here ?
Shall we listtiu to their welcomes,
Ai;d return their W(;rds of cheer ?
Shall we be their bright companions,
Fur beyond this land of tears ?
Shall we share their holy raptures
Through the lapse of endless years ?
Shall we meet in yonder city,
Where the towers of crystal shine,
Where the walls are all of jasper,
Built by workmanship divine ?
Where the music of the ransomed
Rolls in harmony around.
And creation swells the chorus,
With its sweet, melodious sound ?
Shall we meet by life's pure river,
Where pellucid waters glide ?
Where the healing leaves and tiowers
Deck the shores on either side ?
Where salvation's blessed harpings
Float in holy melody ?
Where the monthly fruits are ripening
On life's fail immortal tree ?
(il
oz
Sliall we jucofc, lonely pilf,'riiu,
Wlion the hunlen we lay down ?
SIi.'ill wo cliani,^^ our cross of aii-ui.sh
For tlie hiinht, unfadinjr crown ?
Do wo love our Lord's apponi iiig ?
Sliall wo <rla(!ly soo IiLs face '"
Shall it !)eam with smiles of u , Icoiuo ?
Shall ho brin<,' us endless grace ?
Shall we meet, O weary wanderer,
Say, oh, will you meet mo there',
When earth's glory shall be darkness.
And Its joy shall be despair ?
When before the throne of judgment
Wo shall all together stand
Will you pray and strive to meet me
With the blest at Christ's right haiid ^
Shall we meet in realms of glory,
^ With the ransomed and the blest ?
Shall we meet with all the holy.
When they enter into rest ?
Shall we meet with those whose brightness
Shall the noonday sun outshine ?
Who shall bear the Saviour's likeness
In its majesty divine ?
Shall we meet with many a loved one,
^ That was torn from our embrace ?
Shall we listen to their voices,
And behold them face to face ?—
SHALL WK MEKT? QQ
All the cliorishctl and the lonj,'ed for,
Those wlioso graves are moist with tears ?
Those whoe absence iniule life weary
Through ...c .h rk and tedious years ?
Shall we i>ic. t thos,. l,n<ls of promise
^ BliM-hteu ^-..- dout' s chilling hand ?
Shall wo see . eii- fadeless beauty
Blooming in the goodly land !
Shall our hearts no more lie bleeding
'Neath the strokes of sorrow's rod"'?
Shall love's bands no more be sundered,
In the paradise of God ?
Shall we meet with those invited
To the marriage of the Lamb ?
Who shall then put on their glory,
And forget their earthly shame ?
Shall we meet the shining myriads
Who the songs of glory sing ?
Shall our voices join their prai^ses
To th(; everlasting Kin<>- ?
Shall we meet with Christ our Saviour,
When he comes to claim his own ?
Shall we know his blessed favor,
And sit down upon his throne ?
Will he bid us share his glory,
Whore no shame shall ever be ?
Will he bid us sing his praises,
On that radiant crystal sea ?
( If
TIIA.NKSGIVLXG A\.\.
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T N the kitchen doorway, umlerneath its arch of
I swaying vines and dependent pu,-ple clusters the
o d wonian sat, tired and wann, vigorously fanning he
face with her cahco apron. It was a dark face, sur
Zbtd t f ' IkT''"' wearing, just now, a lo;k of
t oubled thoughtfulness not quite in accordance with
let name -a name oddly acquired from an old
church melody that she used to sing somewhat on thi
vv ise —
„ ^ . " Thanksgivin' an'—
Johnny, don't play dar in de water, clnle'!
„ "Thanksgivin' an'—
Kun away now, Susie, dearie !
^ " TJianksgivin' an'—
Take care o' dat bressed baby ! Here's some ginger-
bread for hmi. '^ *
" Tlian: jgivin' an' do voico o' melody. "
You hu,gb ! But looking after all these little things
as her work her duty; and she spent the intervals
- smgnig praise. Do many of us make better use o
our spare moments ?
^So the children called her Thanksgiving Ann : her
other name was forgotten, and Thanksgivin<. Ann she
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65
would 1.0 now o the end of her days. How many
these days had already l.een, no one knew. She had
1--1 w>th Mr. and Mrs. Allyn for year, whetLr ^l^!
....stress or servant of the establish. nent they could
-u.eely te ; they only knew she was invL^Ma
She had taken a grandmotherly guardianship of all
the clnMrer, and had a voice in n„ t matters that
concerned he father and mother, while in the culinary
department she reigned supreme.
The early usual breakfast was over. She had be-
.s^ipved unusual care upon it, because an agent of the
b.be Society, v.sitmg some of the country places for
con n buttons, was to partake of it with thlnn. But
wlule she was busy with a Hne batch of delicate
. a Hes the gentleman had pleaded an appointn.ent.
. nd, talung a hasty leave of his host and hostes.s, had
; eparte.l unobserved fron. the kitchen window ; and
^lh^.mksg,vmg Ann's "Bible n.oney " was still in her
, " ^^''^""'^ ^•'^^ '''^- "«r ffive me no chance. Just ',s if
cause a pusson's old an' colored, .ley didn't owe de'
Lord nufhn; an' wouldn't pay it if they did," she
n.unnured, when the state of the case became known
Howeve,-, Silas, the long-limbed, untiring, and
.shrewd, who regarded the old won.an with a furious
inuxture of patronage and veneration, had volunteered
to run after the vanished guest, and "catch him if be
vv^s anywhere this side of Chainy." An<l even while
Ihanksgiving sat in the doorway, the n.essen^er
returned, apparently unwearied in
cl
lase.
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T)lAM\,S(;lVI\(i ANN.
" Wa-II, I caiiic up witl) liiin— iold yv \ would <rive
him tlu- (luTc ildllars. II.. srciiicu kind of thistorcd
to have uussed sucli a )iUL;i;(;t; and he said 'twas a
j>'iiu,'rous jo,iutioii-r.|ual to your iiiastur's ; which
proves," said Silas, shuttiiii;- one eye, and ai)i)enrin<r to
survey the ol.ject niediiativrly with the other, " that
some follvs eaii do as nmeh uood ju>t otriiiind as soiuo
otlier folks can with no end of |)inehin' and scrowin'
hoforeliiviul."
" Think it proves <hit folks dat don't have no -,n'eat
'mount can do as much in a oood cause by thinkin'
'hout it a little aforohand, as other folks will that has
more, and puts der liands in der pockets when de
time comes. I believe in sy.steuuitics 'bout .such
tilings, 1 docs ; " antl with an energetic bob of her
head, by way of empbasizin-- her words, old Thanks-
giving walked into the house.
" Thaiiksgiviii' an' de voice o' moloily."
she began in her high, weird vt)ice ; but the words
died on lier lip.s — her heart was too burdened to sing.
"Only three dollars out'n all her 'bundance ! " she
murmured to herself. " Well, mebby I oughtn't to
judge; but then 1 don't judge, 1 knows. Course I
knows when I'se here all de time, and sees de good
clo'es, an' de carr'age, an' de musics, an' de fine times
— folks, an' horses, an' tables all provided for, an' de
Lord of glory let" to take what liapi)en when de time
comes, an' no prep'ration at all ! Sure 'nough. He
don't need der help. All de worlil i.s His ; and He
THANKSGIVING ANN. §7
.sends clo'es to His naked, an' l.rea.l to His hungry an'
B.blos to H:.s heathen, if W.y dont ,.ivo a cent b.^t
c^en dey-re pinchin' an' ,.an^in^,.rVn deu. ,soui^^
Well- tamt my ,soul ! l.;u I iovo.s en, an' dev'ro
iiussin' a great ble.ssin'." ^
th JnlT ^'"'""^ "" ^"^'''^'' I""' ''^^''^ ""'^"tion to
the old woman s opunon upon what she called "sv,-
tematics in (jivin'." -^
■•The idea of counting up on,,'., incomo, ,m,l .,ottin.-
aM<lo H fixed ,,„rt,„n of it for charity. a„,i then cillin"
only what ro„,a,ne,l one', own, ,nake. our reli.-ion
.^™ ar„traryan,l exacting; it i.,h-|<e a tax," ^ai,:
Mr»^ Allyn, one day ; "and I think such a view of it
ought by all n,ea„, to he avoide.1. I like Z ! ve
freely _a„J gladly of what I have when the C.
■■ If ye aint give .,o freely and gladly for Mi,,, Su,ie',
now necklace, an' yer own new dre.„e, dat ye "w
grvTnrAnn^^" '' """" '=""'"^'" '"'-""-' '""-^^-
"I think one give, with a move free and generou,
mg to heed the interruption. "Money laid a,ide
beforehand ha, only a .,en,e of duty a,ul no Zeh
* e mg about ,t ; be.,ide.,, what .liHerence can it n,ak
-long a, one ,loe., give what they c.,n when therri^'
dJ/ Tn':'"''; '■'"' *" '"= •"'""''"-' '•'"■ 'I'" way "
declared Thanks<riv n-r « w«« .r,n 1 t ^'
sl«v. 'f^v — oi-W nab, once, when I was a
slave, fore I was de Lord's free wonmn. Ye sec, I
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was a young no-'count gal, not worf thinkin' much
'bout ; so my ole massa he let" me to take what liap-
pened when de time come. An' sometimes I hap-
pened to get a dress, an' sometimes a pair of old shoes,
an' sometimes I didn't happen to get nuffin', and den
I went barefoot ; an' dat's jist the way—"
" Why, Thanksgiving, that's not reverent," exclaimed
Mrs. Allyn, shocked at the comi)arison.
"Jist what I thought, didn't treat me with no kind
of reverence," answered Thanksgiving.
"Well, to go back to the original subject, all these
things are mere matters of opinion. One person likes
one way best, and ano^.her person another," said the
lady smilingly, as she walked from the room.
'Pears to me it's a matter of whicli way de Massa
likes best," observed the old woman, settlijig her tur-
ban. But there was no one to he; her conunent, a.ul
affairs followed their accustomed n, .t-ne. Meanwhile,
out of her own little store, she car.'.ully laid aside one-
eighth. " 'Cause if dem old Israelites was tol' to (dve
one-tenth, I'd like to frow in a little more, for "ood
measure. Talk 'bout it's bein' like a tax to put s'ome
away for such things! 'Clare! 1 get stu.lyin' what
each dollar mus' do, till I get 'em so l.,adened u{. wid
prayin's and thinkin's dat I mos' believe dey wehdi
double when dey does go. °
" O do Lamb ! de lovin' Lamb !
De Lamb of Calvary !
De Lamb dat. was slain, an' li--- --/ain !
An' intercedes for me."
laiincd
THANFvSOlVINO ANN. qq
And now another call had come
"Caine, unfortunately, at a thue when we were
ather sUon," Mrs. Allyn .aid, regretfully. <• W
-ver, we gave all we could," .she added. ''I hope it
W.H o goo. and I wish it were Hveti.es as Zlh!"
Old Ihank.sgivnig shook her head over that cheerful
d sn.,ssal ot the subject. She shook it n.any t n e
that morning, an.I seemed inten.sely ti^.ughtful as she
moved slowly about her work.
'• 'Suppose I needn't fret 'bout other folk.s' duty-
da am t none o my business; yas 'tis, too, 'cause dey's
cal dll T; V ""■\'""- '"'""' ^^^^'^ '' ^-y didn't
call (larselves Hi.s, neither."
Mr. Allyn brought in a basket of beautiful peaches
he hrst ot the season, and placed tl,em on the [aUe by
hav.'^r.' ' "'"T """■ '''^'"''»g'""S ? Let the children
'ZC^- " "^ "^'"" ''"' ■■ ""' S- the. to u.
«un^:;:^'^i'ii^r ^™ ^" "- '^■" »"- -p™^»''.
^^^Oh. h„w nice! Thanksgiving Ann. may I have
" And I ? "
"And 1, too?"
"Help yourselve.s, dearies," an.swered the old wo-
man, con.posedly, never turning to see how ofteTono
f.
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what extent hor injunction was (.I.eyed. She was seated
in the doorway a,^.ain, l.nsily .sewir.jr on a calico apron.
N.e still sat th.re wh.>n, near the dinner lionr, Mrs
Allyn passed t]noao:h t]n kitchen, and a little surprise!
at Its coolness and (juietness at tluit hoar, asked won-
(le)Mnnrly ;
V\'li;,t has Imppened, ThanksLdvivuT ? jiaven't de-
cided on a fast, hav<^ j-ou ? "
-^ No. honey : tliou,crl,t I'd ^ive you what I happened
to have when the time come," said Thanksj^ivin^ Aim
cooxly, hol,l,.n<r up lier apron to measure its len<rth.
■ It seemed a little odd, Mrs. Alhi, thonirlifc! Rut
tlien old Thanksj^ivui- needed no over.si<rht;"sl,e liked
iH'V little surprises now and then, too; and douhth-ss
sh.' had something all planne<l and in course of pre-
paration ; so the lady went her way, more than half
expecting an especially tempting board because of her
cook s apparent carelessness that day. But when the
dinner-hour arrived, both master and mistress scanned
the table with wide-open eyes of astonishment so
plain and meagre were its contents, so unlike any
dinner that had ever been served in that house.
" What has hapi^ened, my dear ?" asked the o-entle-
man, turning to his wife. ^
"Dat'sall the col' meat there was— sorry I didn't
have no more," she said, half apologetically.
" But I sent home a choice roast this morning," becran
Mr. Allyn, wonderingly; "and you have no potatoes,
neither— nor vegetables of any kind ! "
" Laws, yes ! But den a body has to • k about it
■«T>J
n^
Rut
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71
a soo,l .vl.ile aforehan.! to oot a roast cooko<l, an' jest
tlK. sa.n.. with tators; an" [ tl.on.l.t IM give yo what
1 happe,u..l to hav. wh,>n th. ti.no come, and I di<]n't
happen to have nuich of nnilin. 'Cbire ! 1 fc„..rot de
brea(l ! " an.l, trottincr away, slie returned with a plate
ot cold corn cake.
" No brea<I I " murniUT-cd Mrs. Allyn.
^ "No lux.ey ; us.d it all up for loast dis n.ornin'
Might have made hiscuit or n.uffins. if I ha.l planned
or en, long .nongh ; hut ,lat, ki„d o' n.akes a body
eel.s ,f ,l,y/,,n/ to do it, an' I wanted to get dinner
tor yer all ,.' n.y wMr.r, fc-elin's, u lum de time come."
'VVhen a n.an h.-is provided hountifullv for his
household, it seems as if ],<■ might expect to enjov a
Hn.all Shan, of it himseli". even if the preparation does
require a little tronhle." remarked Mr. Allyn, impati-
ently, but still too bewildered atsucli an unprecedented
•state ot affairs to he thoroughly indignant.
"Cur'us how things make a body think o' Bible
verses, .said Thanksgiving, musingly. " Dar's dat one
^bout'whogivethusall things richly to enjoy;' an'
what shall I render to the Lor,l for all his benefits
to ard me. Dar ! I didn't put on dem peaches." '
"Has Thanksgiving suddenly lost her senses?"
que.stioned the gentleman, as the door closed after her
"I suspect there is a 'method in her madness'"
rephed his wife, a faint smile crossing her lips.
The old woman returned with the basket, sadly
despoiled of its morning contents ; but she composedly
bestowed the remainder in a fruit dish
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l^Ht,salI: l)cehiI,K.reata.oo.l muny, an .W
WHS used up one way an' notlu-r. I',, sorrv ,lar ain'I
nouK,j.;l.utIlu,,osy-l,>ywl.at.Ia..is.an'i:^
twas five tun,;.s us i.mcli."
A look of .su.l.len inteJlin^enco flashd into Mr. Allyn's
ey^, he ,at l.is iip. ,.. . ..„.,,,, ,,,, ,^,^^ J^;,
J Couldn't you have laid aside .on.e for us, Thanks-
givm^r ?
" Wall, darnow! s'j)oso I conld " «..;,! fi. i i
1 ,■ , I"-"-"-' X cuuKi, said tile 0( servant
relentin, at tl.e tone ; " b'lieve I will, next tinu. v" '
be on hand was so nmch freer an' iovin'er a way o'
ezvan deni ye love best, dat I thought I'd try it. Hut
t does pear as if dey fared slini, an' I specls I'll '
back to de ole plan o' systeniatics " ^ "
•' Do you see, George r' <iuestioned the wife, when
they were again alone.
_" Ye.s, I «ee. An object-le.sson with a ven-eance ' "
And It she shouhl be right, and our careless ..ivinc
s^n.^gHkethis." paused Mrs. Allyn,;iti::
"She is right, Fanny; it doesn't take much aro-ument
to show that. We call Christ our King and fia,^ r
^heve that every blessing we have i^ this world J
His direct gift; and all our hopes for the world to
come are ii Him Wp nrof^v. f i .
nun. Ue piotess to be not our own, hut
ili.s to be journeying towards His royal city; am]
that His service is our chief business he;. And yet
strangely enough, we provide lavishly fo. our own
TirANKS(;iV(.\(j ANN.
n
ai)I.uo hn;^..Mto,-tain.uoatan.l cus., arul apportion „,.-
wnnhn^- ot Mi. work ; hut l.u.. tl.at to u,.y chan e
pence tl.tn.y happen to ..M.ftaiW all ou^
an anca. are ,,ratilie,l. It Woe.n't see.n very like
huUitul 0.- Iov.n, .ervice/- Mr. Allyu aM.we.ed. M
j b.ve been tlunkin, in that direction oeca^onally;
come to a ,lec,sio,i an.l make any chan-^e."
inch^T -.7^ ' 'T ''"' '"^^ ^'''^^ <linner-tahle-
ndeed, :t .h.l not furnish opportunity for nmch other
-Ployment and that afternoon the husband nd
wife o.xannned into their expenses and income, and Tet
aparta certain portion as sacre.l unto their Lord doi"
.^^mewhat after Thanks^ivin,. plan of << ,ood 1 2
^ure. To do hzs, they found, required the ^ivin. up
luxuX R^ "^ "-'"1^— a few ac^customeS
iuxuries. But a ca.use never orow.s less dear on
account of the .sacrifice we n.ak^ for it, Ind a he"
what to bestow here and what there, they awoke to a
new appreciation of the ma,^nitude and .dory of the
work, and a new interest in its success tL 1
if , ,, . '''" ^^'^ 'Success— the begin) nnj;
ot that blessing pronounced upon those who "sow
beside all waters."
Mr.,. Allvn told Thanksgiving of thdr new arra„„e-
me„, and concluded, laughingly, t,,o„g,, ^^e tea^
Stood m her eyes :
" Ann, now, I suppose, you are satisfied ? "
brills'"'' W ''fl t' '^^^'-k^^-i"^. looking up
bngh. ., , but ml.sfced-.M', a long, deep word? an'
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THANKSraVlNfJ AN'N.
II .i
m
\m
de Bible says it will be when we ' awake in His like-
ness.' "
' Well, ,iow, I don't p«,rt'es.s none „' these kind o'
t nngs," sai.l Silas, sUnla^ ua one \'n.A„ and swin-dnc.
the other, "but I don't nn'nd tellin' ye that I think
your way's right, an' I don't b'lieve nobody ever lost
nothin' by what they give to God ; 'cause He's pivtty
certmn to pay it back with eo.upoun.l interest to them
you see; but 1 don't .s'pose yon'.l call that a ri-d.t
good motive ; would you ? "
"Not de best, Silas ; not de best ; but it .lont make
iolks love d. Lord any ,le less, 'cause He's a -ood pav-
njaster, and keeps His word. P.ople dat "starts in
gnm to de Lord wid dat kin.l o' n.otives soo^, out-
grows <'m~it soon gits to be paylv' rad'er dan givin'."
" Wa— II, ye see, folks don t always feel ri<rh"t" ob-
served Silas, dropping dexterously on the oth.^r foot
"JNo, they don't. When ebery body feels right an'
does right, dat'll be de millennium. But I's Ha,! of de
faint streak of dpt day dat's come to dis hou.i ! " And
■she went in, with her old .ong upon her lips •
rimnka^ivin' an'
voice of melody."
1. God clni,!, a portion of our substance
And all the tithes of the lan.l, .-hrtkrr of the seed nf fcho lund
(L; ^. ^0$."' ''^ '"'^' '' *'' '^"'■" ■ ' '''■' '"'-' ""^^ ''- "^^
'aim is to rob God.
- y' ave robbed me. But ye say.
hee ; hi tithes and offerings (Mai.
2. Withholding th-;
Will a man rob (Jod ?
Wherein have we robbei
3: 8).
TIIAXKSfJIVING ANN.
7".
••?. Th.reforo the clain, shouM he attendnl to
proiiintly.
An.l as sunn ,s Mu. ,-.nnn,-u.,I,n..nf .....o ;vlm.H.I, th. d.il.l.vn
of Isruol .n.u.ht ,n uhuM.iaMco tl.. tn.t fruits of ..,,,., nin. a .
4. W,,,Mly pros, nty promi.se.I to tho,so who honor
i'OfI witfi their suhstaiiw.
Hon,,,, tl... Lonl ..M. thy H,.I.H,anoe, an.l with Mu, Hrst fn.its
of .1 flun.. innvam, ; ho .shall thy hurns I,.. ,ilh..l vvi.i, nh,,fv
-'<! tl'.v ,..vss,.,s .shall l.ur.s, o„t with n.,.w wh.e fPn.v. ;; -u'm.
r>. It is Mocepte.i aoonlino- to what a man hath
For .f thoro is first a willing ,ni,.,l if. y. ,„eept..a aoconlin. to
^woa .n,„ ,,„h, ,ou/ not a.-conli... to that he hath not (2 Cor^
G. It sliould bo given willingly'.
Every nmnacconling ash.. puri^Ith in hi.s heart, ,., /./ /„•,„ ■
K^vJr "^t"f """' "---ty ; for Cod h.veth a cheerful
7. Does poverty or lindted means excuse any one
Irom crivinrr to the Lord ?
They shall not appear before the Lor.l empt kvkk' --.n
SHALL u. , H as he is able, according to the blessing of th-' t.'.rd
thy God which he hath given thee (Deut. 16 : 17, I8).
8. Jacob's \ ow.
Of all that thou Shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth
unto thee (Gen. 28 : 22). J' s ''« ^"e i^ntn
Will you act on these principh^s ? If so, .sirm your
name to this and begin to-day. "
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11
BV A I.AVMAN TO TIIK RkADEK.
Will you not write .vo..v.nun.e on the opposite pu.e .
No matter wl.at your incon.o. nor fron/ what om-ce
^ on.e.s. No n.attor how old you are. or how youn...
You receive ,s...V/, .,,,. .Sot ..side one-tenth of ft ; try
It tor a year, any way. -^
"Can't afford it!" You can. You will nmke
-oneybyit; not only to sper.d tor Ch^ T ,t
|?ood >ut you will have more money for your wn
"«e, It you do it. You cannot afibrd not to do it
L^er Zn^ f'"'' ' ^"'^^' '' ''''^ ' ^^"^ ^ 'Stran-
ger than that you can do more work in a year, work-
ing SIX da.ys in the week, than if you work .even
givmg are trying it-and their testi.uony is uniform
as to Its benefits. ^ ""norm
It pay.s! PayH i„ spiritual blessings; pays in
temporal prosperity; pays in happiness pays
embraced opportunities for u.sefulne.ss and d^im, "^ood
pays m a h.gher. deeper, broader, happier Chrrstian
experience; nays in every ,7000^ sense.
"I)o7i't kno'w your exact income." You know
approxunately. You know what you have .0. ; tith!
that. Do ^ now! You know what you receive to-day
--this week. Make the start. Take the first step
Light will come as you need it You have your
Fa hers pronn.ses : take him at his word. They
include temporal as well as spiritual blessings Test
them by .saying, " I will." " "
SCRIPTURAL (;iVIN(;
Wfiv Should VVk (Jivk?
nrran..r Un,l rowmmuls ^Ivhuj. He says of his
h-l.lo. None .shall appear before „.e e.ni.fcy (Exo.l.
Becrmse f/ivin;, i, a good Inrc.^tmunt. But this I
say He which soweth sparin.Hy shall reap also spar-
insly; ^HKl he which soweth bountifully shall reap
also bountifully (2 Cor. 9:6).
Because it is not mfr to refrain from givivrj. Who
so stoppoth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall
cry hnnselt, but shall not be heard (Prov 21 • 13)
liecause love prompts giving. But whoso hath thi.s
worMs .oods, and seeth his brother have need, and
•shut eh up his bowels of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him ? (1 John 3 • 17)
Because givivg is a privilege. Remember the
words of the Lord Jesus, how he said. It is more
blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20 • 3.5)
Beccmse God gave his Son for us. ' For God so
Wed the worl.l, that he gave his only begotten Son.
that whosoever bebeveth in him should not perish
but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
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SCRIPTURAL GIVING.
lil:
What Shall We Give ?
Ourselves and our chUdren to God, so tlutt each of
us can como to God, .sayino- : Behold 1 and the chil-
dren which God has given me (Heb. 2 ■ 18)
Of our property, into God', trea.ar^. ' Honor the
Lonl with thy ,sub..tance, and with tho'h.t fnl
ail thme increase (Prov. 8 : 9)
The thanks of grateful hearts to God. What .hall
ilTT T."^' ^°'' ''' '''' '''^ ''--^ts toward
nie ? I will ofler to thee the sacrihce of thanks-dv-
mg, and will call upon the name of the Lord (P,s.
Of service to God. And who then is willin.. to
consecrate his service this day unto the Lord^ (1
Ohron. 29:5). Lord what J\h Ti v. ^
do? (Acts 9: 6). ' ^^''" ^'^"' "^^ *°
two^f^r^T'l-'^''^'^''^ '' *^' ""'"^y- He that hath
two coats, let him impart to him that hath none and
he tha hath meat, let him do likewise. (Luke 3 • 11)
behold, all things are clean unto you (Luke 11:41)
J^or 1 there be first a willing mind, t is accept d
accoi^n^-tothat a man hath, and not accord "igto
that he hath not (2 Cor. H : 12).
How Should We Give?
S>/stematically. Upon the first dajj of the week
let every one of you lay by him in store, as GodlZh
prospered him (1 Cor. 16:2).
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79
mth shnplicity. He that giveth, let him do it
with .smiphcity (Rom. 12 : 8).
. ^I'f'-f'^^h livery man accor.linu as he purnoseth
in his heart, so let him gi„e ; not gruch^in^ly or of
necessity ; tor God loveth a cheerful giver (2 Cor 9 ■ 7)
M,)^ But when thou doest alms, let not thy
Mt^^hand know what thy right hand doetli (Matt.
In faith. By fuitli Abel offered unto God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained
witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his
SiHs , and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh (Heb.
11:4). Every man shall give as he is able, according
to the blessing ot the Lord thy God which he hath
given thee (Deut. 16:17).
To Whom Should We Give?
To God in hi. sanctuary. Bring ye all the tithes
nto the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine
hoase, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of
hosts, If I will not open you the windows of lieaven
and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
room enough to receive it (Mai. ;i : 10).
To th. foltoiorrs of Jems. And whosoever shall
give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of
cold water only in the name of a .lisciple, verily I sav
unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward (Matt
10 : 42).
To oar poor brethren. If there be anir.n- .^ou -i
poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy
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I
sates, m thy land whicli the Lord thy God ..ivcth
thee. tl,ou Shalt „ot harden thin. hJart. nor" sl)ut
thin(; hand from thy poor hroth.r; hut thou shalt
open thine hand wide unto him, an.l shalt surely lend
huusuHieient for l>is need, /. M.,i which he wanteth
(JJeut. 15:7, .S).
Toimrcnemlrs. If thine enemy he hun.r.y o-ive
HU. bread to eat ; an.l if he be thirsty, j^ive hhn w^ter
to drink (FVov. 2.",: 21).
To all. whon> v:e can hd,>. As wr have therefore
opportunity, let us do o-ood unto all ..o^, especially
unto them who arc of the household of faith ((Jal
: JO). 6'/ r. to h hn Ihal adrth thve ; an.l from him that
u'oul.I borrow of thee turn thou rmt away (Matt, r, : 42)
How Much .Siiolili) Wk Give?
neUhnul devlsrth lUn'ral tidng. ; an.l by liberal
things shall he stand (Isa. .32:8). The ri.diteous
j,nveth and spareth not (Prov. 21:26). Freely ye
have received, freely <rive (Matt. 10:8).
Give a,ul if .hall be given unto gou, good measure
pressed down, and shaken t.,oether, and running over
shall men give into your bo.som. For with the same
measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to
you again (Luke (! : ;{,s).
And she vevf, an.l ,lid according to the sayin..' of
thjah : and she, and he, an.] her house did eat many
days. And the barrel of meal waste.l not, neither
did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the
Lord, winch he spake by Elijah (1 Kin-rs 17- 1.5 ig)
SCKIl'TiriiAL (JIVINc;.
8]
And he W, Ot a truth I say ,.nt,. you, that this
poor widow hath cast in ...on. than thoy all For
all these have of their abundance cast into the otfer-
mpsot God: but she of luu- penury hath cast in
all the living that she had (Luke 21 • \\ 4)
Therefore^ as ye abound in everythin^^, in faith, and
utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in
your love to us ; see that ye abound in this grace
(ot giving) also (2 Cor. ,S : 7). ^
In the >ao,nin>j sow thy seed, and in the evening
Withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not
they both ,sAa// be alike good (Eccl. 21.6).
Some people," says Rev. halal, ItHd, " treat lightly
the matter ot tithing, or giving a tenth, and seem to'^feel
|t they do not say it, ' I thank you to mind your own
business and I wdl mind mine.' Please bear in mind
that. To dedicate the tenth of whatever one has is
n^evednfy, charity begins beyon-i it; free-w^l offer-
ings and thank-offerings beyond that.' Will you
please now, take your Bible and re.d up carefully and
prayerfully the following references :-.G en 14 20-
14.. 2, 2 Chron. 81:0, 6, 12; Neh. 10:37- Neh
2:44; Neh. 13:12; Mai. 3 : 8-10 ; Matt. 23 ^3
Luke 11 : 42 ; I Cor. 16:2; Ifeb. 7:8.
" This searching of the Scripture will show you that
titliing is no mere ceremonial
.'irrarig('m(!nt, but is an
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SCRIPTURAL GIVING.
Old regulation running through the Word of God
beginning, ,so far as we have any account, with Abra-
ham, and reinforced by Christ himself
"By attention to the reading in Numbers you will
observe that the tenth went to pay the preachers, so
at all other cerenionial expenses were in addition to
the support of the preachers. The tenth, therefore
could not have been the highest amount required.
J; ro.n Deuteronomy we learn that the grain was to
be ithed each year, and that a consequent blessing
might be expected. ^
"A farmer we met this summer who had been follow-
ing this plan had been signally blessed in basket and
store since he first began it.
"*^;-0'n the reading in Chronicles, we find the tithe
uf the Jield, also oxen and sheep.'
"As we read it in Mai. 8:8-10, it is a fearful crime
to withhold tins portion, namely, ' robbery of God.'
Yet how ightly many treat this matter. With all
that has been said on this ,,uestion, we know an
mstance, occurring this season, where some workers
were urged by the people to go and hold a meetin.:
and though the work was much owned of God yS
the people sent away two of the effective workers the
one without a cent, and the other with not enough
funds to pay car-fare to the next appointment,
bhall we wonder that some workers backslide, or turn
"You will also note that .Christ did nut recall this
SCRIPTURAL GIVING.
lis
CO
reguiation. Yet we „ft,„ l.
'»«. plan, that it wafo:", »r """"' '"'■<'"' '" «■«
«»ay. % the above r" L,, '"'"' ""' ''" •<™-
both antedate., and afterdtftr '"" "'" ''"'■'""""
'ion. It .,eem, to , „"''"^'' "«^ <=«re,„onial di.,,,„nsa.
Have a fou.'.ltL IZTT 1 ™°" "'^ '^'-»
fidelity." "^ ^•'JVetousness or in-
«--. That . e™T B t":f alf; r"' '■",' """-
command to keen tho ^.l K n T^ "''''' ^^^*^<^ the
a". Vet by »ea^;Mn,' ttw"^. "r'^ '» '''""^"^ °"
you cannot fl„d .,„ e^mn.and 1 I wT"' "7'""^
■"g at it from thi., .standooint 7 ™- ^°°k-
'he other, Chri.t hi„™ f el'HM "™'" "" '""'""« "»
pay tithe of n,int aLd „.nT 1""= "'" ^'^'' ' Ye
ou«htye to have do" „; tho" """""""• "'^- "'-o
-"j^Uonedthegivingof tUhe' "' '"''"'' """ «■=
thouT-lfwerHh; 'o"bitio "7;" ''^ "-"* "-»'
Testament regulation tfo o J ' V "™^' ,7 "" «'"
inquire:— ^""ows. Very well ; let us
it »oJ: iX^Zt thtt'ih . 7'" f "" '-^ '- ^ ^^-
maintained on Mount Mor.bT"'' "°"'"P 'h™''' ""^
the Son of God"h™ d r ,"" """ "'" """P^l of
V^a» the Jewil tr lin ,''"'"^'^' '" "" ""e world 1
than the command of C fri '^f-'''*''"''^ =onnn„nded
and preach the fl„sp,| to ev ,. ^'° ""° "" "'" *orId
2. Wa, the .spirit of n, , -^ "'""''"•'* ' "
^P".t of Juda,.,m, no, e benevolent than
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SCRIPTURAL GIVING.
the Gospel ? The Gospel oriri^inatcd in the Iniinite
Benevolence. " God so loved the world that he gave
his only beffotten Son," etc. ; and " ye know the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was ricli, yet
for our sakis he became poor," etc. Again, see tlie
spirit of benevolence as manifested among the early
Christians : " For as many as were possessors of Iniids
or houses sold thorn, and brought the prices and laid
them down at the apostles' feet.
H. Hlionld a Christian be less liberal than a Jew ?
Im the Gospel designed to confer greater benefits
upon man and bring higher glory to God than the
Jewish worship ? If it originated in the iidinite love
of the Father and is revealed in infinite benevolence of
Christ, can we exhibit the true spirit of Christianity
and ha less benevolent than the Jew ?''
" Were the whole reahu of nature mine,
That were a present far too small,
Love so amazing, so divine.
Demands my aoul, my life, my all."
Till: FKOPKR TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
Vly HEN the rrround is soft and gentle, it is time
VV to sow the seed. Wlicn the branch is tender
we can train it easiest; when the stream is small, we
can best turn its course."
1. Begin to train your children from the cradle
From the earliest infancy inculcate the necessity of
obedience— instant, unhesitating obedience. Obedience
is very soon understood even by an infant The
mother of Jolin Wesley thus wrote : " In order to form
the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to
conquer their will [stubbornness] and bring them to
an obedient temper. To inform the understanding is
a work of time, and must with children proceed by
slow degrees as they are able to bear it, but the
subjecting the will [stubbornness] is a thing which must
be done at oRce, and the sooner the better. By ne^rlect-
ing timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness
and obstinacy which is hardly ever after conquered ;
and never without using such severity as would be as
painful to me as to the child. In the esteem of the
world they pass for kind and indulgent, whom I call
cruel parents; who permit their children to form
habits which they know must afterwards be broken.
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THE PROPER TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
Whenever a child is corrected it must be conquered,
and this will be no hard matter to do if it be not
grown headstrong by too much indulgence. No wil-
i'ul transgression ought ever to be forgiven children,
without chastisement le.ss or more as the nature and
circumstances of the offence require. I insist upon con-
quering the will [stubbornness] of children at an early
age, because this is the only strong and rational founda-
tion of a religious education ; without which both
precept and example will be ineffectual. But when
this is thoroughly done, then a child is capable of
being governed by the reason and piety of its parents,
till its own understanding comes to maturity, and the
principles of religion have taken root in the mind.
" I cannot yet dismiss this subject. As self is the root
of all sin and misery, so, whatever cherishes this in
children, insures their after wretchedness and irre-
ligion ; whatever checks and mortifies it, promotes their
future happiness and piety. This is still more evident
if we further consider, that religion is nothing else
than the doing the will of God, and not our own° that
the one great impediment to our temporal and eternal
happiness being this self-will. Heaven or hell depends
on this alone. So that the parent who studies to
subdue it in his child, works together with God in the
renewing and saving of a soul. The parent who in-
dulges it does the devil's work, makes religion im-
practicable, salvation unattainable; and does" all that
in him lies to damn his child, soul and body, forever."
Rev. John Wesley says: "A wise parent should
THE PROPER TRALVrNf; OF CIIILDREV. S?
begin to break their will [stubLornness] the movwnt !f
appears. In the whole nrt of Christian education
there is nothmg more i.nportant than this. The will
of a parent is to a little child in the place of the will
ot God. Therefore studiously teach them to submit
to his while they are children, that they may be
ready to submit to God when they are men But in
order to carry this point you will need incredible firm-
ness and resolution, for after you have once begun you
must hold on still in an even course ; you mu.ft never
mtermit your intentions for one hour, otherwise you
wil lose all your labor. From a year old make your
child do as he IS bid, if you whip him ten times running
Let no one presuade you it is cruel to do this it Ls
cruelty not to do it. If you fear God how dare' you
-suffer a chi d above a year old to say, ' I toiU do what
you forbid or, 'Uvon't do what you bid,' and to .o
unpunished ? Why do you not stop him at once, thlt
he may never say so again ? Have .>ou no compassion
for your chi d ? No regard for his salvation or destruc-
tion ? Would you suffer him to curse and swear in
your presence and take no notice of it? Why diso
bedience is^ as certain a way to damnation as cursin<.
and swearing. Stop him, stop him at once, in th^
name of God. Do not ' spare the rod, and spoil the
child. If you have not the heart of a tiger, do not
give up your child to his own will-that is, to the
devil. Though it be pain to yourself yet pluck your
offspring out of the lion's teeth. Break their wills
Lstubbornnessj that you may save their souls."
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THE PKOPER TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
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2. [Inite firmness witli ^'entlonoss. Lot your cliil.lren
understand tliat you mean exactly what yon say and
that your wishes are not to be triHed with. A irodly
mother, eminent for lier success in training a lai'ire
family in the ri^^ht way, says : "One wouhTthink, to
hear sojue parents talk of their relations with their
children, that they did not posses.s an iota of power
over them. All they dare to do seems tr) he to reason,
to persuade, to coax. I have frequently ]>eard mothers'
usinjr all manner of persuasion instead of exerting the
authority which God has given for the safeguard and
guidance of their poor children. They give their
commands in such a voice as leaves it optional whether
the child shall obey them or not, and this he unde -
stands very well ; there is no command, no fir.iinesa,
.t»o i!r;«i,sion, no authority, and the child knows it l)y its
ivbilJMcts just as an animal would. Men are much
wi'^f.i in breaking in and training their horses than
their sons, hence, they generally get much better served
by the former than the latter !"
" For I know him that he will command his children
and his household after him, and they shall keep the
way of the Lord to do justice and judgment, that the
Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath
spoken of him " (Gen. 18 : 19). " For I have told him
that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity
which he knoweth, because his sons made themselves
vile and he restrained them not " (1 Sam. 3 : 13). It is
especially re-iuired of those who labor in the Gospel to
rule well their children, " one that ruleth well his own
TrrE IMIOI'EU TIJMNING OF dllLDRRN.
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house havintr his childron in sul.joction with all
j,'ravity. For if a man know not lunv to rule liis
own house, how ,shui) he take care of the Church of
(iodV (1 Tim. .S;4, o).
3. Never f^'ive them anything' ' ^au.se they cry for
it— absolutely nothing, -reat oi' ; ; else you undo
your work. Says We.sley : " If you are not willing to
lose all tlu' labor you have been at to break the will
[stubbornnes.s] d ' your child, to bring hi.s will into
subjection to yours that it may afterwards he subject
to the will of (;od, there is oiie advice, which though
little known, should be particularly attended to. It"i,s
of more consequence than one can easily imagine-
never on any account give a child anything it cries
for. For it i.s a true observation, if you give a child
what he cries for, you pay him for ci'ving, and then he
will certainly scream again. 'But if I do not give it
him when he cries, he will cry all day long.' °If he
does, it i.s your own fault ; for it is in your power
effectually to prevent it, for no mother need suffer a
child to cry aloud after it i.s a year old."
4. Seldom threaten, and be always careful to keep
your word. Some parents threaten their children
what they will do to them if they do not behave— but
they seldom, if ever, carry out their threats. Some-
time.s they promise to give them certain thing.s if they
will .nly obey them, but they very frequency break
their promi.se.s, thus teaching the children lying and
deception. It is fearful to think that children should
be taught to lie and deceive from the mouths of their
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t y sorwSh '" ''f ""^"(P~^-- "2:24). "Casten
jny son wh.le there ,s hope, and let not thy soul snare
or h,s cry,ns;" (ftov. ,0 : ,«). „ Withhohfnot orT
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and the ch, d w.ll reap but little advantage » Do not
be always flapping the children, and never use ^ ,e„
or temty,ng p„nishment unless necessarv T.I . t^
ro<; let, ^tingle and pray «o,l to St. I it!
1 , .':r?.S""'y "'■ 'yi"g an'' ■■"ealing. Hisfa h r
talked w,th h,m on the greatness of his sin "^ Mh^
~ of I't ?rwr rhrhi'" ''- t '--
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THE PROPER TRAININO OF CHILDREN. 91
both falsehood ami .lishonesty. A few angry wor.ls
and violent blows would have produced no such
etiect.
G. On no account allow them to do at one time what
you have forbidden under the same circumstances at
another. " My son, keep thy father's commandment
and forsake not the law of thy mother. Bind them
contmually upon thine heart and tie them about thy
neck. When thou goest. it shall lead thee; when
thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou
awakest it shall talk with thee " (Prov. 6 : 21, 22)
7. Teach them early to speak the truth on all
occasions. If you allow them to shuffle and deceive in
small matters, they will soon do it in greater, till all
reverence for truth is lost. " Lying lips are an abomin-
ation to the Lord, but they that deal truly are his
delight" (Prov. 12:22).
8. Be^ very careful what company your children
keep. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise
but a companion of fools shall be destroyed" (Prov.'
lo : 10).
9. Make your children useful as soon as they are
able, and find employment for them as far an possible-
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich " (Prov'
10 : 4). "He also that is slothful in his work is brother
to him that IS a great waster" (Prov. 18-9) "For
even when we were with you, this we commanded
^?" fj ^"^ "^""'^ "°*^ ^^'•^' "«i<^her should he
eat (2 Thess. 3 : 10).
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THE PROPER TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
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10. Teach your children not to waste anything; to
c^he iTl :" '■ '" '^^^^ '''' ^*" '^"^ ^<^ --d their
clothes to have "a phtce for everything, and keen
everything an its place." "Let all things be done
'lecently and in order » (1 Cor. U : 40). "When he v
fragments that renmin, that nothing be lo«t" (John
11. Never suffer yourself to be amused by any im-
nodes action; nor by a smile encourage those^elds
tjuj't' unless destroyed, will b^.g fo::h ^
iruits 01 vice and misery.
12. Encourage your children to do well ; show then,
yoa are pleaded when they do well. A word of en-
Zof 2f """"^'o^''^ ««' "-o-Pli* much. But
do not Hatter or praise children to their lace much
less pamper to their He.,hly appetites, pride and ^dty
l.J. Irain your children at an early a»e t Z
Take the,n alone with yo„ into some room an I'
pray wth and especially for them. This will mak^ I
a*ng nnpression upon them-it will have an untold
blos,sms to descend on you and yours. •■ But as for
mean my house, we will serve 'the Lord ""j 1 ^
heart ■^■(Ps.' Toi ^f ""'" '"" '""" "'"^ " ''''^'''
U. Impress upon their minds that eternity is before
them, and that those only are truly wise who .secur:
thing;
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THE PROPER TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
93
eternal l.lossings. Say, " My child, what concerns you
most, what I ain most anxious about is, not what you
are to be, or to possess here, for a little while ; but
what you are to be and to have forever ! " As early
as possible teach them the depravity of their hearts,
and absolute need of a Saviour. Teach them honesty,
truth and strict integrity. Show them the terrible
consequences of sin. Follow up the instruction they
receive in the Sabbath-school and church by catechis-
inrr them at home. " Ye fathers, provoke not your
children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurtwe
and admonition of the Lord" (Eph. (J • -S). "And ye
shall teach your children, speaking of them when thou
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the
vi^ay, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of
thine house and upon thy gates. That your days may
be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the
land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give
them, as the days of heaven npon the earth " (Deut
11 : 19-21).
The son of a certain moth'^r had committed murder,
and was in jail awaiting the execution of the dreadful
sentence. The broken-hearted mother, in visiting him
one day previous to his execution, remarked, " O my
boy, I never taught you to do such things." " But,
mother," said he, " you never taught me what I should
do."
It is not enough that you do not teach them to do
wrong, it is your solemn duty— a duty enjoined by
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THE PROPER TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
Go J himself to teach them how they u.ust live
„ '„«na. and indifference, train them in ;„»t fi,
oppo„te. See that n.other ,eate,i ., '' "
piMo of work which ,h, i ■'"'""' ""I«rtant
baby with her doll iT Mo, 7 ' 7 '"''' '^"^
and, without asking pern i«i"on ! . V'T"""""-
cart from hi» youn J br C wtcr ^pl; th""' "'
scream, and presently a H<.ht lit! , '^iM " " "
her work restorin.. ,1, t. , °' '"^"8 aside
to Cham; Xt7t°: nlt:^ l""".^"^- '^'"^'"'"^
brother's toy, andt^th ""J""' *° '"''*= '>i»
rather su&r wrpj M y°""«" »'= 'hat he should
on with h:: wTk,^*:?. ;'^ch:n:;t'i* ---^^
naughty boy, and makin- the vlrv 1 " "'"^
that she thinks there ne°ver wl e'sucTTr™ U "'"'
chi dren as hers ' M„„ i, troublesome
efTeet it „ m' , ' *''° '="""'" »«<> the different
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THE PHOPKK TJUININ(i OF (.'HILnilEN. 95
and confess tl.cir fault, and voluntarily exchanrre the
kiss of reconciliation and l.rotliorly attection ^ ""wimt
if It had taken lialf an hour of her precious time, would
not the gain be greater than that which w(juld accrue
from any other occupation, however important?
Mothers, if you want your chil.lren to walk in the
way they should go, you must not only teach, you must
bo at the trouble to TRAIN."
16. Above all, let parents be themselves what they
would wish their children to be ; for it is only by the
power of the Gospel of Christ in our hearts that we
shall be enabled to bring up our children for God. A
godly example before your children is absolutely
necessary. This will act as a monitor and check.
It IS useless to talk to your childn^n about honesty,
truthfulness, and other virtues, if you do not practise'
these things yourself.
Take an illustration. "A person calls to see you
whose society your child knows that you neither
esteem nor desire, but you are all smiles and compli-
ments, pressing her to come again, and assuring her
that her visit has given you very great plelsure.
What more effectual lesson could you give your won-
dering little one in deception and double-dealin^r than
this?"
"I and my house will serve the Lord,
But first, obedient to his Word
I must myself appear :
By actions, words and temper show
Tliut I my heavenly Master know.
And serve with heart sincere.
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THK I'KOI'KK THAININ(; uK ClULDitJ^v.
" I must tlic fair cxaiiiplo sot ;
From thoso that on my i)K.asiiro wait
The stuml.liiin-l.lock iviiiove ;
Th(-ir duty by my life explain,
An(I still in all my works maintain
The (liijnity of love.
"Easy to 1)0 entreated, mild,
Quickly appeased and reconciled
A follower of my ihnl;
A saint in<loed I lonjr to be,
And lead my faithful family
In the celestial road.
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"Lord, if thou didst the wish infuse,
A vessel fitted for thy use
Into thy hands receive :
Work in me both to will and do ;
And show them how believers true,
And real Christians live."
— Charles Wesley.
Concluding remarks. Remember it Is not enou-h
to pray for your children unless you also instru'ct
them ; it will bo in vain to instruct them if your own
example contradicts your teachin,cr, and in vain will be
your prayers, instruction and example, if, like Eli
you do not correct them. You can ben.l a small twicr,'
but a fidl-nrown oak never .' *^'
A DOZEN GOOD RULES.
\1^ E were struck lately I.y the orderly l.el.avio.ir of
^J H larffe family of chiUlren, particularlv at the
table. Wo spoke of it to their father, aiul heVointed
out a paper pinrH..l to the wall, on which were written
some excellent rules. W. l,e<.ged a copy for the benefit
ot our readers. Hero it is :
^^^.l.^^Shut every door after you, and without slam-
2. Don't in.ike a practice of running, shoutinir or
Jinnpin<T m the jiouse. ^ui^mj,, or
'I iNeyer call to persons upstairs or in the next
4. Always speak kindly and politely to evervbodv
if you would have them do the same by you ^ ^'
•'. VVhen told to do or not to do anytliin- by either
parent, never ask why you should not' do it" ^
b. lell your own faults and misdoinrrs, not those of
your brotliers and sisters.
7. Carefully clean the mud or snow oflF your boots
before entenng the house. ^
8. Be prompt at every meal
9 Never sit down at'tl.e fable or in the sitting-room
With dirty hands or tumbled hair. "
10. Never interrupt any conversation, but wait
patiently your turn to speak.
bnJ h.;!'"'''n'^''' r'f -^"'V' -"°'^ "^^^^^^^ for company
but be e(iually polite at home and abroad
mother '«"•;• ?'l^' '^'^''"^ ^^^^^ eontidante be your
mother.—Brihsk Juvenile. '^
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Tim HAPPY MAX'S HISTORY.
T^HE happy man was born in the city of Regenera-
tion, in tlie parish of Repentance unto life ■ he
was educated at the school of Obedience, and lives now
iM Perseverance. He works at the trade of dili-rence
notwithstanding he has a large estate in the county
ot Christian Contentment, and many times he does
jobs ot self-denial. He wears the plain garments of
humility, and has a white robe to put on when he aoes
to court. He often walks in the valley of Self-Abase-
ment, and sometimes climbs the mountain of Spiritual-
mmdedness. He breakfasts every morning on spirit-
ual prayer, and sups every evening on the'same He
has meat to eat that the world knows not of, and his
drink is the sincere milk of the word. Thus happy
he lives, and happy he dies. Happy is he, having
gospel submission in his will, due order in his affec-
tions, sound peace in his conscience, sanctifying rrrace
in his soul, real divinity in his mind, true humili'ty in
his heart, the Redeemer's yoke on his neck, a vain
world under his feet, and a crown of glory over his
head. Happy is the lot of such a one; in order to
attain to which, pray fervently, believe firmly, wait
patiently, work abundantly, live holily, die daily
watch your heart, guide your senses, redeem your
time, love Christ, and long for glorj.^Old Methodist
Magazine, 1816.
L\I)V A\X KRSk'IXK.
An I„n;/,nt in th, L!f, of /!,,-. /.■„„•/„,„/ ///,'/,
Now listen ca moment, tlear frien^I,
A story I now will unfoM,
A marvellous tale of a wonderful sale,
Of a notable lady of (,],l ;
How, hand and heart, at an auction mart,
Her soul and her body she sold.
'Twas in the kini,^'s hiirhway so broad-
Time has rolled on— a century ago,
That a preacher stood, to accomplis^i -rood,
Telling the people, the high and the low
Of a Saviour's love, and a home above,
Of a heavenly peace that all may know.
A crowded throng drew eagerly near,
And they wept at the wondrous love,
That could wash away their vile.st sins,'
And give them a home high above ;
When lo ! through the crowd, a fair lldy proud
Her beautiful chariot I'c. drove.
" Open wide-make us room," cried the groom,
"You obstruct the king's highway;
My lady is late, and their majesties 'wait.
Give way there, good people, give way ! "
But the preacher heard, and his soul was stirred,
And he cried to the rider, " Nav ! "
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I'ADV ANV KRSKrNE.
I '
f ■
i I
W •
kl.
"isoyo.likotholi^.l.tnin. (I,,sh.,sout;
ills voice like a trumpet rin.rs •
" V^our .ran.l fete .lays, your fashio'ns and ways
Are all only perishin- thiiKr.s • '
'Tis the king's highway, l.ut f hohl it to-,lav
in the name of the Kin- of kin^rs ; "
Then he cried, as he j^a/e.l on the lady fair
And .narked her soft eye to fall •
" Now h.-re in His name, a sale I proclaim.
And hids tor this fair lady call •
Who will purchase the whole, her' body and soul
Her coronet, jewels and all ?
'Three bidders already I see:
. ««e the World steps up as the first
My treasures and pleasures, my honors I -ive
*or which all my votaries thirst;
She n be happy and gay through life's bright day
W ith a quiet grave at the worst.' " ^
Next out spoke the Devil and boldly bids.
_ The kingdoms of earth are all m'ino •
Fair .ady thy name with an envied fame
On the brightest fair tablets shall shine'
Ordy give me thy soul and I give thee the' whole
Their glory and wealth to bo thine "
And what wilt thou give. sinner's true friend
Thou man of deep sorrows unknown ?
He gently said. "My blood I have shed"
lo purchase her all for Mine own •
To conquer the grave and her soul to save,
1 orod the red wine-press alone.
^ADV ANN KKSKINE.
'''vvill^.iveWMycms.sot'.su(r..rin..I.ure
MycupotMeepsorn.wto.sI.ar." '
JlH;nuith.|oryan.llovoinMyl,o.Mouhovo
i^orever to dwell with Me there;
She shall walk in Hght in a robe of white
And a radiant crown shall wear."
" '^'^°" ^""'^ h^'^'^'i the terms, my la,ly fair
Now oliorcd by each for thee : ^ '
Which wilt thou choose and which wilt thou lose
The hfe ot the world, or the life to be ^ '
^7/-7V""'"'' ^"^ ^'^« choice i.s thine
I>ear lady, which now of the three ? " '
Then nearer and nearer the preacher's stand.
Ihe .room with the gilded chariot stole •
An^l each head is bowed a. over the crowd.' ,
Ihe earnest Gospel accents roll • ^
And every word which the lady heard
Burned deeply into her sinful soul.
"Pardon good people," she kindlv said
As she rose from her cushioned seat •
Yon TTm"''? ^"^' y^- ""^''^t -l-ost say
You could hear her pulses beat • ^'
And each head was bare as the lady fair
Knelt low at the preacher's feet. '
She took from her hand the jewels rare.
1 he coronet from her brow
' ^/^"f f ^.r'' ^' '^' ^^^^^ h«r head.
The highest bidder, I'm sure, art thou.
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102
I.ADY ANN KltSKINE.
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Thou hast (lied for my sake, and 1 <,a-atefu!ly take
Thy oti'ur— and will take it now.
' I know the pleasures and treasures of earth,
At best they but weary and cloy,
And the tempter is bold, but his honors of gold
Prove ever a fatal decoy ;
I long for thy rest— thy bid is the best ;
C) Lord, I MPcoot it with joy !
' I turn from the pride and ambitions of earth,
I welcome thy cross, now so dear;
My mission shall bo, to win soids to Thee,
While life shall be spared t:,) me here;
My hope ev(!r found with thee to be crowned,
When thou shalt in glory appear."
"Amen!" said the preacher, with reverent frace,
And the people all wept aloud ;
Long years have rolled on, nnd all have gone,
Who around that dear altar then bowed :
Lady and throno; have been swept along,
As on the wild wind is a morning cloud.
Hut soon, oh, how soon, the glory and gloom
Of the world shall pass away ;
And the Lord shall come to his promised throne,
With his saints in shining array ;
May we all be there with tiie lady fair,
On that great coronation day !
—Jlevkcil hij Hkv. Tl. Cii.itKiiT.
ly take
rold
DR. TALMAGE AND SIlCRKT SOCIETIES.
K
OOME time ago Dr. Talmage preached a sermon in
^-^ favor of Secret Societie To this sermon the
editor of The Christian Cynosure, Rev. J. Blanchard,
under date of May 12, 1887, replied as follows:—
ace,
one,
KHT.
AN OPEN LETTER.
Dear Brother,
When I first read your sermon on secret socie-
ties, my first impulse was to write you a private letter.
Such was my confidence in your integrity and piety,
I felt certain you would recall and retract leading
sentiments of that discourse; and I still think you
will live to deplore its eflfects on its thousands and
ten thousands of readers.
You say, " We will, in secret, plot the ruin of all the
enterprises of Satan," I need not remind you that
Christ laid no secret plots, but says, "I have not
spoken in secret from the beginning" (Isa. 48:16).
You seem to be unconscious of the great truth which
you bring out, to wit, that Freemasonry is a secret
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•];
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It;'
I . '•'
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t
I I;
conspiracy ag»inst tl,e worl.l uf „„..! l
enemies are treated in war I, tL H ■'" ^'
a minister uf C]n-i,t win " reasonn.g of
(John lS:20)?T"d., «'?.,,;" """?' '""•^ "°"""S"
justiHed by i nvadi . r "' "S» ord.narily ,l„„e and
by comn,on „ Z::Zn7l " ■""' "°""'
hung or shot. '° '''' ""P"s"ned,
"ordl^Cnd™"';:":;' f "r- ---'yupinto seeret
ten^porary privacies of oX^ ^'""dL^ed T
decency or prudence. ,,l,il„ yo„ a^re well u 'uf t, T
":s;lf^;tdrr::r^rr^-"^
sirstc^rs^litq.;';:::,!:::-^- --; «>«
rirnJoa'' f -^ ^^^ OJ^^y words of
praise for secret societies which l,.,v/i ,
objects, as "maintenance of ri'ht 'f^^^'^^^nt
^^"^ "om the Freemasons and Odd Fellows tn th.
»uperHciality unpardonable n tini^ 7^' Cl" T
you «.ve no statistics, though there TplU'- ^'i^'
E.S.
=1, an«l you
citizrn.s as
-'asunino- of
I nothin(r"
'' <Ione aud
ice, would,
iipn.soned,
nto secret
sworn to
with the
tated bv
varo that
creation
in dero-
Christ.
ly of the
vords of
nevolent
wrounr''
widows
ig tlieir
)f .secret
3 to the
ranean ;
oquali-
ve pro-
with a
Christ,
within
DR. TALMAGE AND SECRET SOCIETIES. 105
your reach, showing their professions to be hollow and
talse; and that even the Odd Fellows, as shown by
their official reports, pay out but one dollar in benefits
while they receive three in dues and de-ree fees ; and
the freemasons, after the burning of Chicago, pub-
lished in book form the report of their Board of Relief
•showing .S90,000 received, and but $30,000 paid for
relief. Cadwalader D. Golden, a former mavor of New
york and member of Congress, who had taken all the
degrees then known in Masonry, in a statement pub-
lished by request of citizens, stated, as the result, of
his knowledge and experience, that not more than one
dollar in a hundred received by Masonic lodges was
paid for objects of real benevolence. To give°a loose
unsupported, ministerial endorsement from the pulpit
on the Sabbath of secret orders, which are absorbing,
our young men by thousands, and their money bv
millions, is to say to the wicked, "thou art righteous"
He that saith unto the wicked. Thou art righteous
him shall the people curse: nations shall abhor him"
(Prov. 24 : 24).
But the manual of the Scottish Rite of thirty-three
degrees, now the most widely diffused form of Free-
masonry in the world, says, " Genuine Freemasonry
ts a pure religion " (Cunningham's Manual, p 20)
And that It is a religion, with altars, prayers, a creed
and ritual, professing to save men without Christ its
burial service, nay, its fundamental writers, everv-
where proclaim. Yet in your sermon on " The mor"al
influence of Freemasonry," and other secret societies
lOG
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t
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ri I
B: "
r>n. TALMAGE AND SECRET SOCIKTIK.S.
you wholly irrnore the fact that
>.s astonishin,. We cannot belie,. ....^o, ,nter
ally nnsload the thousands who read and trust
ijut the whole discourse
it is a relij
gion. This
leve that you intention-
you.
seems to us to proceed from a
mind under an eclipse: like the disciples on the n
of the betrayal, when Christ said to the multitud
e nitr
•ht
fTiorvQvi ~e ' ^ -wu tu tiie multitude at
the ga den ot agony, where '• his sweat was as it were
great ,l™p, j t|„„,, ,,„; „ „^^._^ ^ "ere
(Luke 22 : 4*) ; when the brave and honest Pete", sift .1
by .Satan suecunihed to the "great multitude" (Matt,
iC.47) who came with Judas, resolved, iilce the Free-
masons, to nd themselves and the world of Christ-
trutv'C b ■ '"t'' *"' '" •'"=" '"'»• That was'
truly an hour and power ot darkness." Was it
rndeed true as reported to the New York Trihv.m
ho cm! r" "" "'""■'°' ^™ "'"'' "»' know tTat
tto Chicago Congress of Churches to discuss the secret
lodge system was gotten up by persons opposed to the
up, and that Drs. McCosh and Storrs would endorse
the call a convention friendly or indifferent to uL
lodge system brother! let us hope that if y„„
have faltered l,ke Peter, like him you will weep 'vl
terly over this matter. ^
But you "have hundreds of friends" in the old
edges who are pillars of the church, patterns of piety
pa 1 bear" '". "'"^' ""' '' ^^ ^^^ --'^^orf Ind
pall-bearers when you are dead. And do you suppose
here were no kind, "personal friends ""^amonft,
three thousand who fell at Sinai for submitting to L
I i;,s.
gion.
This
I intention-
trust you.
seed from a
1 the night
altitude at
as it were
e ground"
eter, sifted
ie " (Matt,
the Free-
)f Christ;
That was
Was it
Tribune,
now that
the secret
ied to the
n getting
endorse
it to the
t if you
'eep bit-
the old
of piety,
;ors and
suppose
ong the
ig to be
DR. TALMAfiE AND SECRET SOCIETIES. 107
stripped like Freemasons an.l joining in a worship
without a Messiah? "For Aaron had made them
naked to their shame" (Ex. 82 : 2.-^). Can you have
informed yourself as to the spiritual nature of these
lodges, of their relation to our late terrible war, and
that they are now disintegrating the churches of the
coloied people of the South, where thousands of toil-
worn mothers are boarding their husbands whose
earnings are consumed by the dues of the lodges ?
But the bad logic and worse morals of this discourse
culminate in your condemning as "perjurers" those
who having been entrapped by fraud and falsehood
into Masonic lodges, have repented of the folly and
blasphemy into which they have been decoyed, and
have felt it their duty to God to warn others of its
snares and falsehoods. July 4th, 1828, one hundred
and three masons met in Leroy, N.Y., and, appealing
to Almighty God for the rectitude of their motive",
renounced the lodge and solemnly and unequivocally
testified to the truth of Morgan's disclosures. And for
you, a native of that state, before the men are dead
who knew many of tho.se men, to stand in your pulpit
and call those men perjurers, thus endorsing the oaths
of Masonry as morally binding, is simply a moral
monstrosity. A Masonic oath is not an oath, but a
trap ; and, as the great and good Dr. Nathaniel Colver
said, from his own bitter yet joyous experience, the
only duty of those taken in by it is to repent of it,
renounce it, and warn all others to avoid it an,! escape'
from it as the bird from the snare of the fowler.
yt $
108
DH. TALMAOE AXD SKCH.T SOcrKT.Es
over that drea.lFul fall i, ' ,^,- T^ " ^^'^^'P bitterly"
your sermon will lead infn f"i . "'"''*' "'""^^ ^'''"'"
your brother in ClIrLt. ' ^"'^'' '' '''' r>rayev of
J- Br-AXcifAliD.
The editor of The Free Methodist Rev B T R v. .
A.M., under date of May 1« 1S87 , '"•
follows:-^ 7 ' ^^' ^^*^° r'^P^i^'J as
If the rtron. eonll I !"°" "> PoP"!" "Tongs.
-^piracy aga^n.t the Ihlof . """"'='' '""^'' " '=™-
_^^_^ ° "«'''>• "'My portion of his Miow-
-zoning i. weaklTtwtiot H %"*™'''- ^'»
■n tlieir defence is based unonl , "" "'■«""•<""
that „,an's desire for !. '^ °°"'' '"'^"™t But
confesses; for he savs th./ f^\.^''''™S« substantially
to any of the " /reaTselt ;"'"' """^'^ ■"" '"'""S
KS.
as he did
• I'ittcTly "
'I'ly wJioin
pi'ixycv of
fCHARD.
'• Roberts,
eplicd as
fesponsi-
wronc's
preacher
I a con-
' f'ellow-
es is an
'd. Its
?ument
;• But,
t with-
ntialjy
belono-
I there
ey are
■i Dr.
ass of
DE. TALMAGE AND SECRET SOCIETIES. 100
mankind in all
has
ai^'cs
they are not needed.
As to the "violent discussion/' the violence is con-
hn.Ml to one si.le. We have heard the evils of secret
•societies set forth plainly, hut always calmly an.l with
appeals to reason and conscience alone. We have
never heard of a single instance in which those who
oppose secret societies resorted to violence. We wish
we could say as much of their advocates. But they
have made, and are making, too bloody a record for
that. Morgan's exposure of Freemasonry as a darurer-
ous institution led to his abduction and murder Prof
Charles Blanchard was put in jeopardy of his life at
\ ineknd, delivering a lecture against secret societies
i he Rev. Mr. Rathbun has been shot at twice, and
attempts have been made to poison him for darincr to
lecture on Masonry Even classic Boston mobbed a
convention composed of godly men, some of them
preachers of J3r. Talmage's denomination, for discuss-
ing calmly the evils of secret societies. In fact
violence appears to be the weapon commonly used by
secret societies to overcome their adversaries Th.>
kind of violence varies according to ci; 'umstance.
rangrig from the dynamite of anarchists to the boy-
cotts of the Knights of Labor.
Dr. Talmage makes some very extravagant asser-
tions, which he leaves entirely unsupported! He says •
" The men who want the whole earth to themselves
would have got it long before this had it not been for
the bandmg together of great secret organizations "
110
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W. TALMAOE AND SECUET SOCIETlKs.
One would think thnf ..* i .
aehieve,„„nt.. would have r' ""' "' -^'> «™t
'">' 1.0 doe, not memio!! 1 '?'"='''^'' ''^ ■"""<•.
fo.- the .sufficient "I" ""hi 7° ,";^'^""°' ''™''"-'
The farf i« n r ' "" ''"'"''I not.
»ome advantage,, wWch in H T '° "'"' "«''"'«'«
aey would n'ot hav ften r"""™'""""' *h-S».
Jo not attain tl,eobieet for" ,?'.r " '*""'•''■ '^^y
There i.,no despotil It^''"^ "^l^ '"''"'"'^d
ci.se., such tyranny over woZ ™ ""■* """ ««■•-
union.,. The n'-ht tOwZ ."""'™ "" <'° ""-' '"'^
what wage, we p el i ""'V'' ?'■=«<>.«" J for
right, of'humaniwlnrt™; "''''' '""''"'ental
availed by the minion., ott,e ,"",", •^'"'^"°«^^y
'0 e,tabli.,h a monopoly of eTaf "V "'"J' "'■"
scruple at no mean, somefi. ."'' """•■""■ They
ing the defencele"!' """f '""'' ■">' <>ven at murder-
scheme,,. ' '° ""'■y »"' 'heir outrageou,
fo.tinf::?lTi?:;f;^;» ".- atroeitie, i„ the
like tyranny over their ^'■?*''"^'=<'^'>^ a"y'Wng
violent interfereno" wk "'""' "'' «" 'orbiS
belong, to their „„ro"orr„:"^--k-'.e'her he
declare their di.«,u,tw"thnv T''", "^ "' "'«' ""'
■n England by ?he JtaSer^B^n " *''' P'^-^''
t'on, whieh ,ay, any m^ fl, . '^"'^^^er.' A,.,oeia.
Kl'ond a certain spe"d ,hnl ™""'"» "' """-kins
«-t offence, 5s. f"r the ,ef t ^""^ -'"'^' '"' ">e
if »«11 porsiLtingsLu bT, • 'V°' *' ""-^d, and
think proper." **" ""* as the committee
IKS.
such great
by name,
3, doubtless
'Jves selfish
I" members
' of things,
'ure; they
instituted,
that exer-
the labor
', and for
daniental
fderously
they aim
t- They
niurder-
trageous
J in the
nything
forbid
ther he
fid will
passed
^s.socia-
orkinff
or the
d, and
fnitteo
BR. TALMAGE AND SECRET SOCIETIES. Hi
How does Dr. Taln.u-e know that tlioy will cease
from such outrages, as even he cannot defend ? Have
they shown any signs of reforming ? It is in the very
nature of tyranny to grow more exactint,'. Free-
masonry was originally a trades union. Now to a
large extent, it controls church and .state. If' these
secret societies cease from their outrageous violations
of the natural rights of man, it will be when compelled
to by public opinion and law.
His argument, drawn from the fact that success in
business and in war .sometimes depends upon a discreet
silence as to plans and methods, is too weak to be
noticed. What has that to do with secret oath-bound
societies ?
Again, he says: "There are old secret societies in
this and other countries, some of them centuries old
which have been widely denounced as immoral and
damaging in their influence, yet I have hundreds of
personal friends belonging to them, friends who are
consecrated to God, pillars in the church, faithful in
all relations of life, examples of virtue and piety."
Does not Dr. Talmage know that men are sometimes
better and sometimes worse than the institutions with
which they stand connected ? The leading man be-
longing to the largest church in a village near us owns
and runs the largest liquor saloon in the place Yet
he never drinks ! He lives in a palace, is all that could
be a^kedjor in his domestic and social relations, and
"^ -^■- -1- appears '"
selling to be right ? Many of
>es that prove rum-
any of the most liberal and
112
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J;
r!
ft
' • • • As mild a mannered man
As ever cut a throat or scuttled ship."
But he did not ndopt the lo-ic of J)r T„I
argue that, therefore piracy ;nd n nH ' "''' ''"^'
son.e circumstances, he H^ht " """'' ""'^^
wnn],l/7-T ' ^''"'^ ''^^^-^^^ society men "I
Mould certain y rather fnl'o fv, • x .• ^ ' ^
horrid oath. ad,;iZt d ^ Jn Xo' ,"" '"'" ^^
whatever to administer »„ '^t , "" "° "«>"■
convicted by the Zl of of, ' """'"""J'' '^
forth fruit nfeet for r'p ,ta„ee il^Tf ' ""' '""="■'
by a d«,tor of divinity a r T , ^ »"K™atized
I)K. TAI,MA(iK AND SKCUET .S()(;iKTIKS.
113
e-hohlcrs
ed James
kind in
fjr a cow,
1 in such
lat they
at is no
'lie poet
Qfo, and
, under
;o show
e, who,
led the
en. "I
re!,mrd
! who,
isaults
joins
ot by
right
rds is
)rin2fs
itized
Was
President Chiulcs (i. Kinney, a man vvliose memory
is revered },y the ('hristian world, u " confessed per-
jurer?" lie must he, aecordinjr to Dr.Tahiiafre. The
hist book ho wrote was otu; wliich shows clearly that
Freemasonry is an anti-C;iiiistian and a <hin^i,'erous
institution. We coiiniiend this ])Ook to tlie careful
study of J)r. Talm!i<,'e. Hundreds of godly men Inive,
for Christ's .sake, renounced and "assaulted" Free-
masonry. But the fact is, there is no conflict of testi-
mony, as Dr. Talmage a-sumes that there is. Elder
J^avid Bernard, a godly Baptist preacher, in his " Light
on Freemasuniy," has given tlie oaths of Freemasonry
as he took them. Among all tlie preachers who belong
to the lodge, liave any testified that Bernard and
Finney have not truly set forth the nature and char-
acter of Freemasonry? Ministerial eulogies of the
order are abundant, but all that we have ever seen or
lieard evade the issue made with the order as adroitly
as Dr. Talmage does. We have never seen a flat,
square denial that the oaths administered are substan-
tially as given by Morgan, Bernard, Fimiey, Ronayne,
and otliers. There is no contiicting testimony.
Dr. Talmage divides secret societies into good and
bad. He gives, as one text, " their influence on home;"
but instead of showing how any home can be made
happier by the husband's consenting to receive secrets
which he must not impart to the wife of his bosom,
under the " no less penalty of having his throat cut
from ear to ear," he proceeds to read a lecture to wives,
because they complain of the absence of their husband.s
114
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in the evenings. He .say.s, " That wife soon loses her
influence over her husband who nervously and fool-
ishly looks upon till evening absence as an assault on
domesticity. . . That wife who becomes jealous
of her husband's attention to art, or literature, or
religion, or charity, is breaking her own sceptre of
conjugal power." Why not allow her to share in such
" attention to art, or literature, or religion, or charity?"
There are, of course, some good things in this sermon,
but they are found in bad company, " Dend Jllea
cause the oinfmmt of the apothecary to send forth a
utivl'i ii(j saroiir."
D. L. Moody, eminent divines everywhere, twenty-
one entire religious denominations, and parts of others,
the best part of the n^ligious pres.s, and nearly the
entire " holiness movement " unite in saying, " Come
out from the lodges. No Christian can consistently
belong to them. Bo separate,"
For further information on this aubjeot the reader is referred to
our tract on Srrrrt Sorhtvx, 2r.c. per 100; to Chap. X. of Bible
Salvation nnd I'oimJnr Itiliijioii Cmilraded, paper covers, 30c., cloth,
50c. ; and to Romnjiir's Hnwl Buuk of Frcnna-ionuj, price 50o.
riES.
)on loses her
<ly and i'ool-
n assault on
linos jealous
iterature, or
n scpptre of
hare in such
or cliarity?"
til is sermon,
"Dead flies
end forth a
ore, twenty-
rts of others,
1 nearly the
'•ing, " Come
consistently
r is referred to
ip. X. of Bihle
5rs, 30c., cloth,
rice OOo.
sklli.nt; dkai) ikjksi-s.
*. very depressniif occupation, hut huyin.. a dead
horse would seem to ho still less inspir-inc, "
. ^^"PPr- ^""^ ^-'^^•"P'«> ^ n^an says. " Wlmt will you
give me for my horse ? " ^
" Which horse ? "
"Do you wish to sell him V
"Yes, I wouldbe wiliin^^to."
" What is your price ? " "
"Well that depends. If you ^ill pledge me your
word of honor that you will never under Tnylcum
stances dxvulge the particulars of the trade to an J
person, but wdl always conceal and never re^e any
thnig pertainm:,^ to it I will soil ^m, +i * i T -^
h..ndredand ^^V dollar! tdlafe^rX:;^^^^
one year from date with interest." ^''"' "°*" P^^^^le
The man considers the matter; he has seen t\.
thinkmgth. bargain a good one he makrth.pnr^ha^e
wntos the note and hands it ovor, and is told '
IIG
SELLING DEAD HOUSES.
" You will find tlie lior.se in the fioM buck of the
barn ; go and get him whenever j^ou plcdse."
He goes, and to his astonishment finds tlie horse has
been dead a week, and is frozen stiff as a rail. He
comes back in great wrath and disgii.st, an.] reproaches
the sharper who has thus wronged him, but is met
with an emphatic —
" Hush ! Did you not promise me most solemnly,
upon your word of honor, that you would not under
any circumstances divulge the particulars of this bar-
gain to any person ? "
" But you are a swindler and a cheat, and I will
never pay you the money."
" Be (juiet, my friend," is the reply, " some one may
hear you. You promised never under any circum-
stances to mention tliis trade, but always to conceal
and never reveal the facts in the case. I hold your
note for the hundred and fifty dollars ; I regard ^our
note as good; I believe you to be a man of honor; I
expect you will jwy the note at maturity and make no
fuss about it. Remember I have your pledo-e never to
mention this matter to any person under a/??/ circum-
stances ; and if you violate your promise in this
respect, who will believe you in any statement which
you may make ? You will confess yourself a liar and
a wretch destitute of honor and integrity, and thus
will impeach your own character and discredit your
own assertions."
A man wdio had been thus overreached would
probably consider himself in rather a disagreeable
SELLING DEAD HORSES.
ii;
back of the
so."
he horse has
a )ail. He
I re|)roaches
, but is met
st solemnly,
d not undei'
of this bar-
, and I will
me one may
my circum-
1 to conceal
I hold your
rei^ard your
)f honor; I
nd make no
Ige never to
ny circiim-
ise in this
nent which
t" a liar and
y, and thus
nedit your
hed would
isagreeable
predicament. Whether he would pay the note and
avoid trouble, or refuse to pay it and defy his adver-
sary, would depend partly on how much courage he
had, and partly on his estimate of the power his adver-
sary possessed. If he found that the man who had
overreached him had sold the same horse to a hundred
other persons, and had bullied them in the same way,
he might perhaps make common cause with some of
them, and they together might resist the swindle. If,
on the other hand, he found that nine-tenths of the
men who had bought the horse had paid their notes to
save disgrace and had concluded to reimburse them-
selves by the same trick, and had been selling dead
horses to their neighbors in the community, s^o that
nearly every one of them had got his money back by
swindling some other simpleton, and that they had
bound and banded themselves together under the most
solemn obligations, and decided by every possible
means to misuse and abuse those who divulged the
particulars of their craftiness, it is possible if he was
a timid man that he would deem it his safest course
to get his hand out of the lion's mouth as easily as
he could ; pay his note, pocket the loss, and go about
his business.
But no man looking at such a swindle in its legal
aspects would counsel submission to it. Any lawyer
would advise a man to refuse the payment of such a
note as that if it remained in the hands of the person
to whom it was given, and, if the claim vvas carried
into court, to plead a want of consideration ; and,
118
SELLING DEAD HORSES.
#
furthermore, to prosecute the man for swindling and
fraud, and send him to the State's prison.
The business ol' selling dead horses sounds a little
strange, but something remarkably like it prevails to
a large extent. There are societies of men which pro-
fess to sell to their fellow-men great secrets, hidden
depths of wisdom, honors, titles, and dignities which
are of great value. The bargain is always made in
secret. The purchaser is bound never to disclose the
terms of the transaction ; he must never tell what he
purchased, nor the price he paid ; the most solemn
obligations are imposed, and the most fearful penalties
are appended in case those obligations should be vio-
lated ; and thus a man having paid his money and
given his note, his pledge, or his promise, receives in
return, what ? A dead horse ? I^Io, but certain
secrets, grips, passwords, and similar useless flummery,
concerning which, on examination, he finds that the
secrets have been published to the world for years ;
that the terms of the bargain have been disclosed a
hundred times ; that the grips and passwords are thus
known by multitudes outside of the association, and
that the whole thing, so far as wisdom, knowledge, or
value is concerned, is a deceptive swindle, compared
with which the sale of dead horses may be regarded
as an honorable transaction.
But under these circumstances the man finds himself
bound by the most tremendous pledges, and under the
sanction of the most awful penalties, never, on any
account, or under any circumstances, to divulge the
SELLING DEAD HOKSES.
llt>
indling and
unds a little
' prevails to
I which pro-
:ret.s, hidden
lities which
-ys made in
disclose the
iell what he
lost solemn
Pul penalties
Duld be vio-
money and
receives in
)ut certain
> flummery,
Is that the
for years;
disclosed a
ds are thus
liation, and
3wledge, or
i, compared
e regarded
ids himself
under the
er, on any
ivulge the
secrets of the transaction, or the particulars of the
obligations imposed upon him. He must abide by the
bargain which he has made. He cannot fail in the
performance of one jot or one tittle thereof ; and he
must furthermore see others hoodwinked and swindled
in the same manner that he has been, and as he values
his life, must lift no warning voice, and impose no
obstacle to prevent the wrong that is being done. And
if his conscience will not allow him to do this, then he
must be branded as a false and perjured traitor, and
no terms of reproach or infamy are too severe to
express the detestation in which he is held by those
who, having swindled him, are determined to swindle
others in the same way.
Of course, a judicial review of the matter would at
once liberate him from all obligations ; he has but to
plead a lack of consideration ; he bought a horse, not a
dead carcass ; he paid for ivisdom, not folly and tom-
foolery ; he purchased secrets, and not open and well-
known matters which have been blazed and published
from Dan to Beersheba. When he bound himself to
keep the secrets it was with the understanding that
there were secrets to keep. Said a Masonic minister
to the writer :
" You cannot reveal the secret h of Masonry, no r.ma
can reveal them ; how can you reveal that which has
already been revealed and published to the world a
dozen times ? "
Twenty-five cents jtidiciously invested in anti-
Masonic publications, will give more real knowledge
f«l
120
III f
SELLIxXG DEAD HOUSES.
.'t freemasonry than twenty-five dollar, invested in
dead horses an th« shape of initiation to asoni"
decrees; only let purchasers be sure that they obtZ
<^emane anti-Masonic publications instead of 2
spunous Morgan books issued by Masons the^ el
±or the purpose of nusleadin, and deceivin,. the pub'c
The dead horse flourishes. Whoever darp. fn
.t he doe., no m,pedl hU life, everything whi^h c^n
not tail to Le done. Let .sensible men take warnin.r ■
let young men look before they leap • le, tb!!, f '
no seeret bargains, and buy „i ht'r^e, ' X^l^
::^'^^^
^
r,s invested in
n to Masonic
at they obtain
stead of the
ns themselves
inyr the public.
-res to expose
1 villain," and
ing which can
■rassinent will
•ko warninrr ;
'fc them make
till they can
dead or alive.
THE CIIRISTI.W SOLDIER.
" StMi.a fust ill tlie faith, quit you like men, be stn.,,..
Colt. xvi. V^. ' o-
^HE lanoruage of the apostle is military. The quali-
i- tications and duties, to which he refers, are those
required by every soldier of an earthly kin-- and
especially when enoaged in battle. Surrounded by
lurkmg foes, he needs to watch. Beset by temptations
to give up his difficult work, he requires to be firm
and steadfast. His enemies being great and numerous,
it IS necessary for him to be courageous. Havino- very
arduous and long-continued labor to perform it
behoves him to be strong. The qualifications required
by every follower of Christ are pre-eminently those of
a soldier. His position is no moi-e f.ee f>-om assault
from hard Hghting, and fatiguing labor, than is that of
the military man on the field of battle.
"Stand fast in the faith." As ye have exercised
saving faith in the Gospel of Je,sus-as ye have
received the doctrines of Christianity, and believe
them as the truth of God, cling to them with a tena-
cious grasp. Let not the false, plausible teachings of
men lead you to renounce these truths. Let iiiipos'tors
and deceivers promulgate their fascinating heresies
but stand ye in the faith of the old Gospel. °If infidels'
and sceptics ridicule and despise its teachin.^s
f!.| I
■ I ;
III
) >
n < I
1 1
122
THE OHRj.sTlAN SOLDIER.
bo cast out as evil • K.f ... '"'^ •^'^"'" "am(3
you; Jet yourpc ;on ^ ' ^''^'"'^ ^^ taken fron.
threatened an./:;::^:^:::::^^^^^-^^^
but Hinch not Remp.nJ / , ^'°"'' I'°'"tion-
be encourao-ed bv fln^'r '''"^''^^^ '"ound them, and
need „„„ a» ever io/Z.l^tZ.'^^^J ^ ""if
to contend for ti,e faith once del "re , to 1^""^^
On every hand corrupt system, of Z ?'"''■
tauglit in the most 1,„ ■ <loctnne are being
havL, "a f": „T jS»=; ■?""- . S«'-ers-
arepr„pa.atin„ab„°.nnable'h e,:,Te?t'h ^"''"'■r
faith of some and m„l,i„ "'^"""'''•.'■'^""iromng the
Ood. The land td:;tl:HV: "r "'"^^^ °^'
publications of the most dTl^ ?'*'' ^"^ ^^^^^
ideas. Men call W T ^ T ^'"^^ ^°ti-.scriptur^l
works to disprove if r.r-K ^^'^'■^^•^^ns.are writing
™..ta,d„ct,fn:::f''s^:v;--^^^^^
"' ^""~uu<Jer the cu se of f-rnfi. • ^-i •
their minds the most f«^«l ' '"'^'^ '"^o
1 , "lu.'it ratal errors " v,^ 4.1 i-
beloved, seeincr ye know fi. .1 ' therefore,
1 , " "^ Know these thince KnV-.,. i,
>-' 3'e aiso. being led away with^the't™: ':Z:
than evoi'.
ur aJherenc*'
' your naino
taken from
your life bo
Jur portion,
lartyi-.s who
J them, and
endure all
1 to face as
' there are
Js than the
is as much
1 earnestly
the saints.
' are beino'
'cducers —
power" —
owing the
Church of
md other
scriptur-1
e writinof
»st ftjnda-
5 endeav-
■inare the
fi«til into
herefore,
'; bewai-e
I- of the
THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER. 12,^
Wicked, fall from your own steadfastness." "Quit
you hke n.en." One of the most essential ,ualilL-
tions for the Christian warfare is courage What
could a lot of timid soldiers accomplish on°a field of
ba le ? No matter how well armed and trained, they
wd stand but a poor chance, if they are not brave
Jnst so m the battle against sin. If we would ^ain
glorious conquests over the powers of darkness" we
must quit ourselves like men"-not cowards. Every
Christian has giants to fight. Worldly confornutj^
unbe lef, pride, secret societies, rum and tobacco are
popular gzants To conquer them, we need a great
deal of moral bravery-a bravery implanted by the
Holy Ghost. If in this conflict we can prevail on
none to join us, but have to fight alone, never mind,
" Stand like the brave,
With your face to the foe."
"Be strong." _ It is the privilege of every Christian
to become a mighty giant in grace-to possess such
an abundant measure of divine power in his soul as
w.l make him strong in prayer, strong in faith, stronc.
in love, .strong in meekness, patience, long-suffering
and m all other graces. There are too many dwarfs
m Christendom to-day, and worse still, they seem con-
tented with their weakness. Hence all this stumblin..
and humiliating defeat of which we hear. It is well
to be conscious of our own inherent weakness But
we can be so filled with the power of God, as to be
able to say with Paul, " I can do all things throu^^h
Christ, which stiengtheneth me." Amen.
JACOB SCHOONHRHAVFX ON
SAXCTIFICATIOX
' I
I . 1 f ^ '■°'"'' '""'° '"^ '"•°""=' Theodore and
-I my»ll exp,,„enc...J reli^-iou. Soon after our con
vem,on, he professed .sanotitioation and urged "neTo
-k for .t. I e„n,i,lered the subject. "Thlorl
t.d«,t, but no more d,.interc,sted. He „a, „reedv
«-",«■"' -^-wa in speculation, taking advCge
ot h . keen pereepticm to a,„as, wealth, havinc hi!
co„st.tut,onaI «cW»h„e.. ,,till ,tr„ng. still blindfn: 1,
Ju.lgn,o„t and causing hi,„ to think he o„.^ to
recewe h,gher wages than others Cor public st vie "
or ,„echa„,cal labor. What he sells ough to brin"
a higher pr.ce what he buys ought to be got „?
1 ttlo. My brother has never scrupled to buy nrope tv
at a ow pr,ce, which he knew was about to' ri^
was abo'utTo Wl '"l 1 ' "«" P™' "-' -^
was about to tail. He has not scrupled to buv as
cheap as possible, young animals of great promi^
™n. men who knew not their value,^„d tH
oft young animals ot no promise to men who knew
not hen. worthlessness. All this, he said, was accord
ng to laws upheld by public sentiment, and agreeabt
to hi.s conscience. '^oiceauie
I con,si,lorerl the subject of .sanctification in the
ON
leodore and
:'ter our con-
rged me to
Theodore,
more con-
vas greedy
fidvantace
having his
blinding his
ought to
ic services
t to brino-
be got for
y propeity
ut to rise
lat vi'hicli
buy, as
t promise
1 to shift
fho knew
IS accord -
agreeable
n in the
JACOIJ SCIIOONEIIIIAVKN ON SANCTIFICATION. 1 li.")
light of loving God with all my heart and loving
my neighbor as myself— not so much a work of the
emotions iis of tlie judgment—a lifetime union and
harmony with God ; self lost in humanity ; self lost
in God ; living for the honor of God and'for human
welfare, at all times, seven days in the week, thn.,,'
hundred and sixty-five days in the year ; in all places,
at home and abroad ; in the sanctuary, at the mill
or at the market ; in all places of business, laboring,
buying or selling. I went into the woods and praynl
for sanctification, and the Lord said, "Jacob, dust thou
love my will, my law, and my goverinnent, with all
thy heart?" I said, "I do. Lord." And the Lord
said, " Dost thou love thy neighbor as thyself ?" I
answered, "I do, Lord." And the Lord said, "Very
well ; and now, Jacob, prove thy word in thy life."
A week after this 1 took a work down on military
.science, and was reading, having a great ambition
for military fame. The Lord said, "Jacob, remeudxu-
thy word." I saw my ambition was self. I dropped
the book, and never took it up again. I had made an
arrangement to join a lodge of Masons, and was on
my way riding fast, when the Lord said, "Jacob,
remember thy word." I saw that my desire to be'
a Mason was self. I turned and rode home
I had coveted two colts, which I knew would
become horses of great value. They were rough and
lean, and the owner, not knowing their value.^vould
sell them low. I was on my way to l)uy them. Tlie
Lord said, " Jacob, remember thy word." ' I saw I was
m
It i
126 MCOB 8C„00NEnHA,E.V ON „A.V.T,ncAT,OV '
'IW not think tl,om v;i„„We C , J^"''' '"'"'• " I
you an,l your brother 1,7 ""'' J'""' '»■■
-y nu.n'l evo° a" 7 """u """'" ''"■''» """■
.Wl-.fo.yourLo:rod.e Tt now S^ " *"r"^
the fact is, I „,„,. „,|7l! . hnlioonerhaven,
iand,„hiehi:tr:l ™!V^",7^•»^»'''
yo„ .h„»e lot,; ttep"tLrth?"°' ""''''' '""
j:w.ea... xt...r:iVttn:rt::io::i:
-e^ev? z^sr"™ ,r"""'r-. .''"-- '-»-
".lue of property", and .1'"' o S":?' of "^
t7f::-:i^S!:::-sr?;-"r
I have instructed hundreds of honest i„^„ * •
poor, and kept them from ,Z J "id»stnou«
My eye was 'single „n;,itt Z d"""'?'""-
'^"ow,ed.e of H,ht Ind i.^ J"^^ ^^ »-
FICATION.
■vent on and
Lko the most
iter said, "I
5ve you, for
horses tlian
a tliousand
oonerhaven.
house an I
'd you the
keep your
d them for
3 buy some
he offered,
word." I
«ake, sell
list fail in
e lots into
se lessons
from my
It of the
• cominff
no more
^ evident
'culation,
lustrious
culators.
and my
and hu-
JACOB SCHOONERHAVEN ON SANCTIFICATIOX. 127
inanity; my perception became keen to understand
what was consistent with loving my neighbor; to
understand what it was to do to otners as I would
bo done by.
One moining I was awakened by the Lord -" Jacob,
arise, and be sanctified. Remember thy word." T
arose and coming from my lodging .om, I met n
committee of three, informing me that, for the part I
liad taken in an anti-slavery meeting, I must recant
or come to trial. I rememlxTcd my word, .stood by
ray trial, and was excluded. To be separated from
the church of my choice tore my heart. 'J'he Lord
said, "Jacob, lovest thou me more than these?" I
answered, "Yea, Lord, I love thee more than all."
The cau.se of temperance long before cost me a .similai-
trial.
I had from early life set apart all of my income,
above the plain support of my family, for charity,'
and with much prayer sought for the most needy.'
I had passed a day under the most clear impres.sion
that a sore trial was coming. At evening I stopped
in my barn and cried : " Speak, Lord, for thy servant
heareth." The Lord said, "Jacob, art thou ready
to be sanctified in the loss of all?" I .said, "Yea.
Lord, take all. Thou gavest, and if thou takes't away]
blessed be thy name." I answered a rap by stepping
to the door. Three fugitive slaves, a mother and two
daughters were there. The mother mournfully said,
I' Will you send us back?" And the Lord said!
" Jacob, wilt thou obey my laws, oi the laws of man ?"'
if
; t
128 .,ACOB SCHOONKUHAVKX OX SAXCTrnOATroX.
I answered, "I will obey thy laws I „.■ 1"
and lost all-ho...so, land, herd and (lol r "'
.athe..d a little by ,.., woH< in o. a'e Tl. s uT
cottage IS n.ine, with a few arres of l.nd Mr-
-conciled; n.y peace is like a r ver ^n d n,v^, '^
i^ in heaven. ^ treasure
The word sanctification I,as beco.n« „ f
reproach. so,a,„, «,„„,, p.„„„ ,,,'r ;;,,';,:'
often roleiTcl to us a „„„|,,| .,„n=tit,«l „„tn ir i
the Maine ,aw and „a. g„„e w'ui, t '^.i^ "p r,:
wa t ;;":', „r™' ^'"'^- ™^ j""»- "^ '"o"
was stiipped ot my possessions professed sin^h-hV
;on. We should, „„weve,., be Z^lt^T^ -
our affection, teu.per and spirit, and in all „'^r I .n
ne,., transaction,,. All other sanctification i, rre
emobonal excitement or enthusiasm, and is consign
w h^dft^ness, cruel oppression and grinding h
rCATION.
^'''1 — COIllr
ivent to jail
'k- I have
'Hi is little
My God is
iiy treasure
«- term of
hifjh pro-
1 100*1 ore is
I- He has
ri'l dollars
I'avor aiKj
; opposed
«t profane
y whom I
sanctih'ca-
'U flay in ■
.si,i,'n,s; in
our busi-
is mere
ionsistent
fling the
WORLDLY COXFOKMITV jx hrkss.
>Mth th.. exception „f a few original ran.arkH-are cnn.iled from
ho wntin,. of iiev. C. v.. Fi„„ey (Con,re:,,,onaU TX^^
(h»-.cop„Uan an.l Mrthodisl), B. T. Rol.ertH (Fr„) Ut UuU,i
inn,r,s,), M,.,. A.noiia 15arr, and «on.e others ' "
\1/HY is it wronnr for Christians to follow" the
» ^ tashions of the world ?
1. Because the Word of (;od plainly and positively
forl,.ds It. " I will that women (and hy parity Jf
reason, men too) a<lorn themselves in modest apparel
with shamefaccdness and sobriety, not with broi.lered
(curled) hair, or -old or pearls (one kind of precious
stones, which was then most in use, put for all) or
costly apparel ; but, which becometh women professinc^
godliness, with good works " (1 Tim. 2 : 9 10) Af^in"
"Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adornincr'
oi plaiting (curling) the hair, and of wearing of golcf
or of putting on of aj)parel. But let it be the hidden
man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible even
the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which 'is in
the sight of God of great price " (1 Peter 3 : 3, 4)
The following articles are condemned by the above
Scriptures; (1) The wearing of gold; (2) precious
130
"'<)IIM)7,V intJFdrDNTY IX 1)|,ess.
»tono. f.i) costly upparol-tl.u i., „pp,,,| ,,„,.„ ,.„,.
ot ..ppa.c . PuttMi!,- on of upparol for ailoi-nin,, h
JUS us pln,„|j. f„,|,ul,lc.n a.s gol,, o, eostiy appa," °
or those parts of ,|.,s» w„™ „„,,„ j,^ „„,„^ ™
j^c :.tr 'rVT'^"'' """"■•"'''-■-^' '•™"'. X
•11 ,. ,. " ^-"t-^ f'ajs. J>uy no velvets nn
Miles, no ime In,.,,, no s„por,l„i,i„s, „„ „,,ro orna , nt^
fongh ovc,. so ,„uch i„ fashion. Woar no i i„ '
ongh you have itah-ea.ly, which is of a Zin" 2'
o wh,ch ,s „, any ,, ,,„y ,^^^,,,^,; .lor,
notI,„g ,,,„<Ie ,„ the very height of the t^shion noth '
mg t„att,-aet tl,e ,^lte^tion of by.stan.le,-.,. Id";!.
a.lv,se vvo„,cn to wear ring.s, earrings, necklaces l"c,
-of whatever k„„| „r c„,„r_„r ruffles, wl,ich l,y i t ;
an, htle n,ayeas,ly .shoot out f,.o,„ „ne to Lolve
.nchos ,lcep. Neither do I advise n.en to wear . li tt r
.ngorco.stly buckles or buttons, either on their lofj
or on the.r. sleeves. It is true these are lit, , vj .y
httle Inngs, wh,eh are not worth .iefending ; the efZ
g.ve the,,, np, let them drop, throw then, 1 vay ^^ th
out another word ; else a little needle ,„.ay caufe ,n, h
pa,n .,, tl,e llesh, a little self-indulgence ,^ueh h^rto
■■Uut can not the force of these two p,^ss».es bo
ova, e,l ? Yes, an,l nearly every c„n„„and .'^i ."^c^ntu e
can be eva,led, and every doctrinal assertion pe ^.t",
Plaus,blyand hand.so„,ely too, if we .set aW it t
ESS.
fu-el worn for
of .superiority
(•"'; " pnttinrr
or atlorninrr is
y apparel. It
us ornament.s,
lanie of triin-
, braid, strips
10 velvets, no
re ornaiuonts,
ear notIiin,i(,
^liflarinnr color,
i; or showy :
ashion, notli-
I's. I do not
;ck laces, laco
lich l)y little
e to twelve
wear glitter-
i thoir coats
little, very
y, therefore
away, with-
cause much
uch hurt to
oassnnrcs be
n Scripture
^ perverted,
'bout it in
WORLDLY COXFORMITV IN DRFSS. ,•},
tHepassag;r!u:^onryr^:r^^.r-"
and godly sincerity, wl eth r th ... "V^'^^P^'^'^y
a^ plain as the sun at noon av ^ n '"^ /' ""' ^''''
the authority of 1 ^ "^°'"'' y- ^^all we, then, bow to
From th: ^^thor ; Zl'w ''"'?' "' '''^'^ '^^ ""^ '
usages and fas,.: s'ofth "eT^K '" ^ ^"^•^"^""
the missionaries you hav^s^n o ^ e he^ re^-l Tj'
toandfro,:;^!;;::,:;^^^^^
the worid continn-.IIxr K ' '^"'^ l<eeping
concmually channfmo- ? Thora o.,
nev.-r would euiploy that tailor ^ ".'^"''f"'^ ^hey
Tho..a.Jpa.„/;;;:t::;;,;;:;™;--o-.i"..
m :
132
¥
■ - <
■ ■ r ■;
WORLI)r,V CONFOimiTV IX DRKSS.
enable them to make a " resnnpHl.lo " ov,,
+ .1 • , . i<->iJcc[ai)ie appearance nnd
.;;?;:":.",?'■ ':f'r ■■■' -^ "-p-'^'e- ,„;„„:
tli.it i.s, to follow the fashions." Nine-tfintlis „f .k
the uoilc does,,)!- to follow the fashion.s. For this
hey strum every nerve. And this is what the
hearts are set on. and what they live Ja man
:^r;ui^tr''r^^°'-^'^^^^^^^^^^^
his -; ^" •"''"^' '^^'^^ °^* ^he people mind
h. , the r mm.Is are set upon it, the thing which thev
ook tor m hie is to have their dress. e,,aipa. .7
lOsjMictable, ,v they call it—Fhinei,
protession W hen people join the church, thov Dro
:hio:,"";i "" "" -^p''" '^"' «-- "- 1"' h"
fashions. Thoy profess to renounce the noo,n „„ l
van.ty of the world, to repent of theTr nril'^to ',11
the n,eek an,, lowly Savi„'ur_to C C Sod Tnd
»ow what do they do? You often see profetort of
^:szr *°"7.-'-- of fashion. N^ot ;;
miistgne up the.r business, if their conscience will
notP-.n.t then to follow the chan,,es o, Zt:!!!
CSS.
pearance, and
ble " manner ;
tenths of the
:han to do as
Hs. P\)r this
what their
tor. A man
that fashion
people mind
: which they
ipage, furni-
fashion, or
iry to their
1, they pro-
mise to the
pomp and
e, to follow
God. And
"ofessors of
ithing will
ashion. A
cientiously
her bread.
)rofessedly
ions in all
, and they
iience will
fashion. —
WOKLIM.Y CONFORMITY IN DRESS. 133
J!r\"r'""'''^ ^"^'■'" "^' *^« Methodist Church-
L,,M. for^LeisMp iH^i^rf ' ""T '''
"Anrlnli +1 1 ' iLCjuiied to avoid, .says-
Ami all these wn k-nnH7 ii;„ c< • •. . > v-
awukencl he, ■•"' 1 e„ di,t!"'; Z "'T "'"'^
PmI „'wi , ^i-ccoiuino to these "General
4. Thi, confor,„itj- i„ a broad and complet,. annmv,.!
ot tJie spirit of the world Wliat i. it li "'."PP"";''
l.oteoi,i of all thi.s .sMfti„,'ll ; "wVlr^ '"
chrtia„j:.i:vii':L:;rf:Lr "■-
nonnceall this innocent A I ^, .*''''' 7' ^'^^^ P^'o-
and«™ea„dth„u;:":iuit^::;L;::i,t;;s
lier seal to when she conforms to the world •■ fl.
not cm,/orn„d lo thi. uvHd •' (Ron, i, . o t *
5. " Nay, further, another reason is th-U inVf ™*
thp fnuli,-,.^ ,. ,, , ^^'^''O" i'^. tnat in tollowinf
Father is not in him ' (John 2 : l..)."-./It. "
134
WOHLDLY CONKOKMIT. m DHESS.
I, (
■-■ (
gi
Ji. J
» ■ '" , ■
v.-\.--
'i'
L^'^ »-''«
1
'I . r'-s J
V
^^V
>'
1
--
t
f
I
■.'i
1
iter
^
evident that they love acW„r ■""? "* "™- I' «
principle, to go ri.ht no r"""*? "''"' ''''">^'-'
-P hy the pride, a^ldCh'on 'n'' "'"'"^ "»' "^ >«='
, 7. ''ByLfoJ„^to7he w M°'*'r""«°'''^^"
show that you do ntt 7 l , "^^ '" '"'W"". you
Ooa fonhe^,na„t -r^S ^ronr™"'"^ *»
You practically disown .r T "^ "'^ ^'*^"^ money.
in Jo„r po.eiot "b/ :;:*™'*"'P "^ "->.oney
your own vanity and ]„,t ^ *^. , "'°"'y '"gratify
°»; that truth, wL:h ou'htrcut th ! ''" '"™ '''«»
who is living to hi„„Jt Tf "■ ■'"""'"• '" t"».
that the earth i« the Lord" Jrll'^"^ f™^'"«
-o~ii.,a„dai,tohet;.;:;ttX"
'he\:/it:o'^y:'„;r::i'°"^« -"'■^"'- ^-^^
ignorant and the lost ,f a^^ „ ,"'' "'"''■ '""" *»
help UV and every week f """""■'•' C""e over and
Gospel, to sen,l traetTand BmT '""^ ™" '" ^""'^ «>»
those who are perish^r tt [• o/""' "Tr'^''^' *°
choose to expend money in M '^"7'^Jse. if you
is a demonstration that relt"*^ *° '^""ons, it
pose now, for ...he Jte „f '^ " " y""'' i^ol- Sup-
in the w;rd o r&d to foil" "tf ■ " '^ ""' ""'''bi'e'i
P'-ofessin, Cristts, f't: 't^u'^''"'"- """ "''"
follow the fashions (I deny thar ' "^ '™°"'^"*'y
suppose it were), does not tL t ., " "'"°"""' !=«'
1. uoes not the fact that they do follow
3, they show
men. It is
tery, ju.st as
h Christian
that are set
e ungodly?"
Ashion, you
mntable to
our money.
tlie money
to gratify
keen edge
tier in two,
y denvinjr
I'ttle on a
Ws glory,"
>1. When
from the
over and
' send the
narie.s, to
:e, if you
■shions, it
)]. Sup-
'ohibited
and that
nocently
ent, but
follow
WOiir.DLY CONFOKM.TV IX iniKHH. l;^^
them—when there are such poII . +•
men ? Take thp ,.,,.. i? ^i ' "*^^ ^'^'^ •'^O"''^ oi
insIaver;td:irs1^;::r^"-'--'-^-'^i«
i^r his redemption. TW "he ' ?'" '"^"'^^^ --'^^
rising up eaHy,and si^".: up "^^ll^/^t^^^""-
bread of carefulness, becaust^ h • .' , "'*'""' ^''^
of her children th. f .i i . u ''"^'«^"''-the father
^^ow „o to h"; ; h^-youth-^s in slavery.
vy .^o lo tliat woman, and tell her th-if ,> ; . ;
tor her to follow fl„> f i • "^ '"* ""locnt
docs not ,k..,i,-c to ,lo it sV ■ ^* ''-''"»" «l'o
P.C..S prohibition f,.„,„n„,"' ''""^ ''" "-'' "" <••■^-
■"junction to take what is noedfn f T ''°""'™
fort, and tl,o support of In's o™ (o , "'^ T'T'""
rich, did not lav o„t •^"''""O". "Iio wore «,
i^insd„,n oT Jo ri, ":::, tt ,'" .■^'"■*"""^' «-
light that professor., now el" ■ ' t "*' "'•i?^' "'=
as allowahle in you -is it >v„ ■ ' /'"' ""PPo.'io it were
be rich, and to ,; :, ''"' ^'"^'""" °'- "-W to
display, and pon,, an , hiT'" '' '"" '"'^'^ '»
-%i-ee,^i^i,o,thr:th:T::trs,s:
13(5
WOULDLY CONFORMITY JN DISESS.
i! {
would wi.sh to lay out money in fashion, when they
could lay it out to gratify the (tU-aIm,rhim/ passion to
do <,'ood to the souls of men ? How many precious
souls have gone down to death with a lie in their right
hand, having never heard of the true God and the
only Saviour! Some of these miseries might have
been mitigated ; some poor wretch have felt" his pain
relieved ; some widow's heart been made to sing for
joy; some lielpless orphan have been taught in the
Sabbath-school, and trained up for a ha{i|.y life here
and hereafter. The Holy Bible and valuable tracts
might have been far more extensively circulated in
heathen lands, had you not been afraid of beiiiL'
thought unfashionable, and not 'like other folks;' had
you not preferred adorning your p.'rsons, and cherish-
ing the sweet seductive feelings of vanity and pride."
— Judson.
0. "By conforming to the world in fashion, you
show that you do not diifer from ungodly sinners.
Ungodly persons say, 'I don't see but that these
Christian men and women love to follow the fashions
as well as we do.' Who does not know that this leads
niany to infidelity."
10. "By following the fashions you are tempting
God to give you up to a worldly spirit. There are
many now that have followed the world and followed
the fashions, till God seems to have given them over to
the devil for the destruction of the tlesh. They have
little or no reJi^ious feeling, no spirit of prayer no
zeal for the glory of God, or the conversion of .sinners ;
WOItF.DLY CONFOIIMITY IN DRESS.
137
I'hen tlioy
)a.s.siun to
precious
heir right
and the
^'ht have
his pain
.sing for
it in the
life Ik- re
Ic tracts
ilated ill
3i' being
k.s;' had
cheri«li-
1 pride."
lion, you
sinners,
it these
fashions
lis leads
einpting
lere are
'ollowed
over to
ey have
ayer, no
iinners ;
the Holy Spirit seems to have withdrawn from
them.
11. "You tempt the church to follow the fashions.
Where the principal members — the elders and leaders
in the church—their wives and families, are fashion-
able professors of religion, they drag the whole church
along with them into the train of fashion ; and every
one apes them, as far as they can, down to the lowest
servant. Only let a rich professing Christian lady
come out to the house of God in full fashion, and the
whole church are set agog to follow as far as they
can, and it is a chance if they do not run in debt to do
it. Especially is this true of fashionable missionaries
to heathen lands. By their example they teach and
encourage the heathen to wear what God has forbidden,
and thus they give them a false representation of the
Christian reliixion."
12. "You tempt yourself to pride and folly and a
worldly spirit. Suppose a man who has been intemper-
ate, but is reformed, should go and surround himself with
wine and lirandy, and every seductive liipior, keeping
the provocatives of appetite always under his eye, and
from time to time tasting a little; does he not tempt
himself ? Now, see that woman that has been brought
up in the spirit of pride and show— that has been
reformed, ana has professed to abandon them all ; let
her keep these trappings, and continue to follow the
fashions, and pride will drag her backwards as sure
as she lives. She tempts herself to sin and folly."
138
VVOULDLY CONFOJIMITY IN DIIESS.
I i
I
u
tic' '
is ; (
'i I
f! (
1-^. " \ ou are tempting the world. Yoii are settin-
the world mt.^ a more fierce an.l hot pursuit of these
thi„gs. The very things that th. world love, and that
they are sure to have so'uples al>out their beijir. ri..ht
professing. Christians fall in with and follow, ami thus
ten.pt the world to continue in the pursuit of what
will destroy their souls in hell,"
14 "By following the fashions, you are ten.ptincr
the devil to t.n.pt you. When you follow the fashions"
you open your heart to hi.n. You keep it for him'
e.upty, swept, and garnished. Every woman that
suffers laerself to follow the fasliions may rely upon it
sho IS helping Satan to tempt her to pride and .sin
She thus creates and fosters a flame of lust, leadin- to
the worst crimes. In this way many women Imve
been damned.
1.-). "You lay a great stumbling-block before the
greatest part of mankind. There are a few persons
who are puisuing greater objects than fashion. They
are engaged in the scramble for political power or
they are eager for literary distinction, or they are
striving for wealth. And they do not know that their
hearts are set on fashion at all. They are followin<.
selfishness on a larger scale. But the great mass of
the community are influenced mostly by these fluctu-
ating fashions. To this class of persons it is a .^reat
andsore stumbling-block, when they see profe.^ino-
Christians just as prompt and as eager to follow the
changing of fashions as themselves. They see. and say
What does their profession amount to, when they
are settinnf
it of these
), and tliat
iing riglit,
, and thus
t of wliat
tempting
fashions,
/ for him,
nan that
y upon it
and sin.
eadinnf to
len have
eforc the
' persons
II. They
ower, or
they are
hat their
bllovvinof
mass of
e fluctu-
3 a great
'ofessinff
How the
and say,
en they
WOllLULY CONFORMITY IN DUESS. 139
follow the fashions as much us anybody ?' or 'Certainly
It IS ngl,t to follow the fashions, for see the professin,.
Oliristians do it as nmeh as we.' "
j(i. "Another reason why professing Christians are
no to be coniornu.1 to the world in fashior, is the great
nlluence their disregarding fashion would have on
he_ world. If professing Christians would show
heir contempt for these things, and not pretend to
lollovv them or regard them, how it would shame the
worl,] and convince the world that they are livin.- for
eterniy How irresistible it would be! What an
overwhelming testimony in favor of our reli-non '
Ji^ven the apparent renunciation of the world, by many
cmlers of monks, has doubtless done more than any-
thingelse to put down the opposition to their reli<aon
and oive it currency and inH.ience in the world Now'
suppos^all this were hearty and sincere, coupled with'
all that IS consistent and lovely in Christian character,
and all that is zealous and bold in labors for the con-
version of the world from sin to holiness. What an
influence it would have! What thunders it would
pour into the ears of the world, to wake them up to
follow after (^oiU'—Fhmc)/.
17. The foregoing remarks also apply to the wearing,
ot mourning fashions. "
^ "Why do we wear black garments and call them
mourning? Black is by no means now the special
livery of grief. If it ever had any significance in this
respect the sacredness of the idea is cjuite lost. So
universal is now the assumption of black raiment, that
140
WORLDLY CO.NF(.liMITY IN DRESS
il
.'' <
> ■ I
] I
; (
i I »
i- II
no M-arrlrobe is complete v.-ithout a suit of it. Ti.orc-
n ken the exclusivonoss of its claim as a n.ourninc.
lMl..t; since it is as likely to be a si^a of vanity as o1
''Besides if we believe that our beloved have .one
o that land where there is no shadow of ,leath no
ears, and no n.^ht. why should we wear a color which
;lonot:nc. ,nvat,on of life, aU <led^^^^^^^^^
Iho Mohamn>e,lan chouses blue, because it is the
visible emblen, of heaven. The ancient Greeks and
^n ur. chose white, as typical <.f purity, and durin,
the .la>s ot their mourninu- consecrated the flowers
and .arlands of their festivals to the graves of th
X- oved. Even pa.an Cldna favors the san.e color of
1 ^ht and purity. It is our inodern Christianity which
ch^ooses for itself the shadow and the dolefufness of
"Yet Christ handselled the grave in .spotless linen
and the early Christians carried their dead to the'
^ w.tlihymnsofjoy. St. Jerome c.mrnends thos
who omit a mournmg liubit. Cyprian goes much
further, and .says he was 'ordered by divine revelation
to preach that Christians should 'not Went ^i;
brethren delivered from the world, nor wear any
mourning dress for them, seeing they were gone to p„^
on white raiment, lest they gave occasion for the scorn
unlx,hever,s by lamenting those as lost, whom we
aihrm to be with God.'
" -But supposing that ' mourning ' is really worn as
it. Thore-
o.stuuie has
t niuuriiinir
iuiity as of
have ^'one
t' Wcatli, no
olor wliicli,
«s of life ?
it i« the
Ji'cek.s and
ind (lurinnr
lie flowers
tJs of their
lie color of
nty which
fulness of
'less linen,
id to the
(nds those
)es much
■evelation
ent their
^'ear any
me to put
the scorn
^honi we
worn as
W()ll|,|)|,V COM-,, KM, TV IN !)|!RSS. 14]
an cnblem of .nef, why, then, n.ake it of tho ,„ost
costly n.aterials, .nd in th. n.<,st fushionahle styles ^
Why cal „. the aids and extravagances of crap, and
heavy :ulkHnd dull jet ^ That this is hal.it.all- don,,
defeats all that can be said in favor of the custon.
and makes it the thinnest of mockeries
"Black garments for the dead are part of the
priestly machuiery of an ac^e which .loli^dited in mak-
ing: transition 'horrible; which ori<,dnated the skull
and cross-bones as an emblem and set a skeleton at
every grave s mouth. It is a vulgar and sensational
sentiment, the growth of a superstitious and ignorant
ajre. and it naturally developed itself further in lon.^
■strings of crawling black carriages, in black hearses
and awiul funereal plumes, in the ghastly shroud and
(Jlack pall and crape ' weepers.'
"The early English divines, the Nonconformists, and
especially tlic Quakers, protested vigorously a.rainst
such a misrepresentation of the highest and holilst of
our hopes; and their arguments are worth recallinc.
tor our own consideration. °
1. "They contend that the mourning habit had its
origin in semi-barbarism, and before the revelation of
eternal life through Jesus Christ.
2. "That the trappings of grief are childish where
the grief is genuine, and mockery where it is not
genuine.
3. "That if mourning garments are intended to
romind the mourner of his lo.ss, he ought not-^if his
.sorrow is true-to need any such memento ; and if they
142
\V()ur,nr,Y confohmity in diiess.
'.
'■■'
f 1
i':
? "
ar
TO <i..s,i,n,..l to point o„t Lis griof to oflirrs, thoir
ol.iocti,sunnocos.saryan,l iuunoml ; while if tl...y are
'I<'Mone,l as a consolati<.,i to tho .nonruer, tli(.y"nnist
nuss the intention by constantly reiuin.li,,^. Iu,a of a
past forever j,'ono.
4. " Their inconvenience. Into the solemnity of the
house of death, and perhaps into the very presence of
overwhelnuno- sorrow, must come dealers in mournin.^
wares.and the makers of them; hired stran-ers may
be sewinn. i„ the hushed rooms, and the household
work is increased instead of lessened.
o. " Their bad moral inHuence. It is impossible but
that the wearers of mourninir must occupy themselves
about the materials, lit and style, and thus the lesson
God would teach by the bereavem.-nt, is much
weakened, if not lost, in the consideration of veils and
bonnets and mantles.
G. " The expense of such a habit. Often the neces-
sity comes after Ion- depletinrr sickness, the pur.se is
low, the heart anxious and heavy with many cares
and for the robing of the body, the soul is kept so
troubled about debts and oblirrations that it misses
altogether the lesson it ought to have learnt. The
dead are not justly dealt with in such ca,ses, their very
memory becomes an anxi.^ty, all the sweetness of their
love and life is forgotten in the straits with which
their death is mostly reinemliered.
" Scarce anything in our whole social economy needs
such thorough reformation as the rites surroundin-r
death and burial. If we believe that Christ died and
Hicrs, tlioir
it' tlicy arc
they must
•j; liiiii of a
nity of the
)rcsence of
I ni()urnin<r
n,i,'or.s may
hou.sohold
ossihlo but
themselves
the lesson
is much
veils and
the necos-
i purse is
my cares,
8 kept so
it misses
rnt. The
blieir very
I-' of their
th wlijoli
my needs
•roundin<f
died and
WOULDLV ('()NR)|..MiTV IV DURSH. | ].;{
rosn a-ain, and that throu-h hi,,, we also shall havo
oternal l,fe, why th-n wear the -arments of despai,' f
It IS pa,irHn, not (JhrisHan, to assume even the appear-
ance of those who sorrow as haviu^r no h(,pe. Xothin-
not even death, ou-ht to prevail a,l,^ainst us, or disturli
our cheerful faith in the assurance 'it is well with the
dead who die in the Lord.'"— J/vu A. T. Jiarr
Hence it will he seen that Christian parents ,ire
bound to refrain from puttin- ornaments on the dress
ot their chddren as much as on their own clothin-
Ihose who indul-e their children in superfluous orna-
ments, commit the double sin of doin.- w,-ono. the.n-
selves and teachin- their children to do what God has
positively forbid.len. Do not try to satisfv vou,-
co,isc.enc.) by n.erely ,,.■ .lain you.-selves. "(Jod
re.piires that you sh., ..,. train up a ehil.l in the wav
1h' should go," and you will be held responsible at th'e
.Judgment l(;r the performance of this duty.
OBJECTIONS.
^ 1. OtI, r professors of religion wear those fashions
• What IS that to thee, follow thou me." " Thou shalt
not follow a multitude to do evil." Christians should
set, not follow the fashions.
2 Our ministers say there is no hann in adornin^.
the body. "If any ,nan preach any other Co>pei unto
you than that you have (already) n,>ceived, let 1dm be
accurs^ed." We have already prove] from th. Word of
God that conformity to the world is sinful. Whoever
144
WORLDLY CONFORMITY IX DRESS.
II I ,
Ul
if* '
Pi '
therefore says, "There is no harm in these tliin-s "
may as well say, " Tliere is no harm in stealing" o'r
adultery."
n. I love God, and my heart is not set on these
thin-,s. You inav think so ; but if all you.- ornaments
were stripped ort' you would soon find the contrary.
"This is the love of God, that we keep his command-
ments." " He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not
his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
him."
4. One mi-rlit as well be out of the world as out of
fashion. " Ye are not of the world ; but I have chosen
you out of the world." A dead bird has no use for
feathers.
5. I can afford to wear these things. " Yo are not
your own; for ye are boun;lit with rprice ; therefore,
j,Worify God in your body and spirit which are God's.''
"So, then, every one of us shall give account of him-
self to God."
6. I never had the light. " Thy Word is a lamp unto
my feet, and a light unto my path."
7. Why, I never think of these little ornaments
Well, if you never think of them, why do you remem-
ber always to put them on ? " If any man be in Christ,
he IS a new creature ; old things are passed away ;
behold all things are become new." " When I was a
child I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as
a child ; now that I am become a man, I have put
away childish things."
cS. Did not th*' Israelites wear ornaments, and was
vS.
leso tliinirs,"
I .stciiling or
Jct on these
r ornaments
be contrary.
s cominand-
keepeth not
h is not in
1(1 as out of
lavo chosen
i no use for
5^0 are not
; thei'ofore,
are God's."
mt of him-
lamp unto
Drnaments.
3U remem-
J in Christ,
led away ;
m I was a
houo-ht as
have put
;, rind was
WORLDLY CONFORMITY IN DRESS. I45
not Ilehocca presented with a. set of jewellerv ' Admlf
tin- the fact does not prove th-.^ if " 'i .
p;i I • ,. . , „ piove tJiat it was ric-ht TIui
td ir; ""'/"' '''"'""■'■■ " --'i^ '1- fan,,.,
thev would n.f ^ '''^" ^"""^ Israelites
proof th-it thn I J "''' ''^^ ^'^^'« P'^^itivo
'oot that the /.rVy women of old abstained from tho
use of superfluous 01 r.a.n.-nts " F .. n .,
(that is without COM Tr snorfh, ' '^"^ '"""""•
oM time, the hol^ l;,::': s^ J,::?"'??.^' '" '"'
adorned themselves." ' ° ^'"'^'"^ '" «'^''.
0. What is the standard of rJress ? I dn nnf
d..,£...
snip with the dt'smns and nv;r.-;v 1 i- , ^••^w
14G
W01{LI)LY CONFORMITV IX I)1;ess.
I u i
%i 1 f
I:
inen. Ana directly at pleasing Go.l. 2. Let economy
l-e lust consultpd, und tlu.ii convc^iiience. JAjIIow Chris-
tian economy— tliat is, save all you can for Christ's
service; and tlien, let things Ik. as convenient as Chris-
tum economy will admit. ',]. Aim at promotino- the
health of the body; it is (^od's temple. Drci on
samtary i,rineiples. 4. Let your dress be made so as to
promote neatness, tidiness, simplicity and good taste
—not slouchily or repulsively. 5. Dress 'so that a
sound rcas„n can br given for the wearing of every
article. (:. Let your .hvss be a rebuke to unreasonable
fashion and extravagance, and a model woithy of
mutation. 7. Do not be afraid to profess religion by
your dress. Do not shrink from the singularity of
being right in this particular.
iO. "]f God has given us plentiful fortunes, if we
ni-o placed in the highor ranks of lif.s we must act
suitably to our fortune. Wo ouglit then to dress
according to our rank, that is, in gold and costly
apparel." Where is this written ? Our Saviour on
one occasion, said, " P.ehold they who wear gorgeous
(splendid) apparel are in kings' courts ; " but helloes
not say they ought to be even there ; he neither enjoins
nor countenances it. And where is this either enjoined
or allowed by him, or any of his apostles ? Bring
forth plain scriptural \,Youi for your assertion, or it
cannot be allowed,
11. "But did not God give express command by
Moses that some even among his chosen people should
be adorned in tlie most extjuisite irianner with gold,
Let economy
lAillow Cliris-
1 for Christ's
lent as Cliris-
roniotino- the
0. Dress on
made so as to
d f,'ootl taste
ss so tliat a
I'inff of every
umeasuriable
il wottliy of
is religion by
ngularity of
rtunes, if we
WG must act
leu to (h'ess
1 and costly
Saviour, on
jar gorgeous
»ut he does
ither enjoins
her enjoined
les ? Brin<«:
sertion, or it
inimand by
iople should
■ with gold,
WORLDLY CONFORMITY IN DRESS. J 47
Aar^n an Tr '^ ^' «o"-'anded this with regard to
Aaron and his successors in the high priesthood. But
to t us ue answer: (1) This direction, which God .ave
a" ctnTr:^ '" f" ''''''-'' ^^^»'^ priest, can certriLy
attect no person here. (2) The Jews and we are under
diiierent dispensations. The glory of the whole Mosac
dispensation was chiefly visible and external where"
vJMwc ami -iitual nature.
tcr; Wi,y uavo they a place in the creation ?" ..what
'iZ7r "'";'°' '^" ■ ■^''^- -« abundance o
creation^ 's'""'° /", "'""^ P"'™"" » P'""" '- '■^-
u e nl ,T "• '" ™'"""-^' '"•■'""" they ,nay be
useful, they are certainly not to be nse.I in snch .,
.nanner a, God ha, expre.,»ly forbidden."
IS. « Bnt ,f all men were to dres,s plain, how would
tradesn.en hve T' To this 'f'^ley rlfliel. ■■ m God
e r arnly c„n.,idered this, when he ga've the e corn
"and,. And he would never have fdven them had
he not seen that, if they were universally observed
men n, general would live better than they oth "wS
cou a better in this world, as well as thit to cTme
Hut (.), there ,s no danger at all that they should be
un.versally observed. Only a little n„lk in an
cviiized nation will obscrve'them till" the knowledge
14:
WORLDLY CONFORMITY IN DRESS.
r.
'I J'
1^1
of Go.1 covers the earth. (.3) If tliose who do observe
tho.u employ the money they thus save in the most
excellent manner, that part of what before only served
to fit a few rich tradestnen for hell, will suffice to
teed, and clothe, and employ many poor that seek the
kinprdom of heaven. (4) But it is not this, it is not a
regard to trade, or the good of the nation, that makes
yor disobey God. No, it is pride, vanity, or some
other sinful temper, which is the real cause of these
sinful actions."
14. " But we cannot carry on our own trade without
dre.ssing like other people." " If you mean only con-
formity to those customs of your country that are
neither gay nor costly, why should you not ' dress like
other people ?' But if you mean conformity to them
:n what God has forbidden, the answer is ready at
liand. If you cannot carry on your trade without
breaking God's command, you must not carry it on.
But I know no trade which may not be carried on by
one who uses plain and modest apparel. I fear you
love these things, and therefore think them necessary.
Your heart carries away your judgment. If you were
not fond of them you would never dream of their
necessity."
15. "Is it best for Christians to be singular?"
Certainly ; Christians are bound to be singular!" They
are called to be a peculiar people, that is, a singular
people, essentially different from the rest of mankind.
To maintain that we are not to be singular, is the
same as to maintain that wo are to bo conformed to
m. I ^j,.i
;ss.
10 do observe
; in the most
e only served
'ill suffice to
that seek the
lis, it is not a
1, that makes
lity, or some
Luso of these
rade without
san only con-
bry that are
it ' dress like
nity to them
is ready at
ade without
carry it on.
irried on by
I fear you
n necessary.
If you were
am of their
singular ? "
ular. They
1, a singular
f mankind,
ular, is the
ju formed to
WORLDLY CONLOUMITV IN DIl 149
the world. "Be not sin-ular" thnf k 1 r. ,
value the,u Theelnn ^^ t™ """ i'"" ''»
a proper te,ti,,,lnv 1^ ,^ '" *'""'' y™ ■="» l«^ar
mean tharl 1' ] Tr= P'"'"'^' ^^^ ''° »°'
you should 'eonsur«,„::t,:™^:'''"'^- ^"' "-'
"The real otr":i-"''""' '""'"" >'^" "'*- H"
the pride of the world if all fl,e Ph . '''" ""
2-,-earing.,r.J:^.^-^^^^
artificial distinctiou be w ^n it , ^ '^^^ "'--
world?" The diw ''^'"'''^ ^^^^ the
-ine di'ect reverse of this is tn.P T^
nearer vnn brin<r fh,> „v , , , ""'^- ^he
^- — ""o i-^c cliurch to the wnrh) n, .
vou annihilate the ...on that o.^::'^Sl:
150
WORLDLY CONFORMITY IX DRESS.
1;
p I
view of the world, for their changinjr sides and comin<j
over to the church. Unless you go right out from
them, and show that you are not of thetn in any
respect, and carry the church so far as to have a broad
interval between saints and sinners, how can you make
the ungodly feel that so great a change is neces-
sary ? — Ft line)/.
1«. " You will throw obstacles in the way of persons
becoming Christian,s. Many respectable people will be-
come disgusted with religion. If they cannot be allowed
to dress as they choose and be Christians, they will take
to the world altogether." This is just about" as reason-
able as it would be for a temperance man to think he
nmst become drunk now and then, to avoid disgusting
tlie intemperate, and to retain his influence over thenS^
The truth is, that persons ought to know, and ought
to see in the lives of professing Christians, tliat if they
embrace religion, they must be weaned from the world,
and its pride, and show, and folly, and live a holy life!
in watchfulness and self-denial, and active benevo-
lence. — Ibid.
19. "Is it not better for us to disregard this alto'
gether, and not pay any attention to such little things;
and let them take their course ; let the milliner a"nd
mantua maker do as they please, and follow the usages
of soci(jty in which we live, and the circle in which we
move ?" Is this the way to show conr mpt for the
fa.shions of the world ? Do people onlinarily tak- this
course of showing contempt for a thing, to practise it?
Why, the way to show your abhorrence of the world,
:ss.
!s and comin<,'
Ljjht out from
tlietn in any
have a broad
lan you make
nge is neccs-
ay of persons
eople will bo-
lot be allowed
;hey Avill take
mt as reason-
n to think ho
lid disjrustinir
ce over them,
w, and ought
, tbat if they
)m the world,
■e a holy life,
tive benevo-
ird this alto-*
little thinrrs;
milliner and
w the usaires
in which we
uipt for the
rily tike this
.) practise it ?
jf the world,
WOIJUH.Y COXFOKMnv IN l)|{|;ss. |.-,1
is to follow ah^ng i,. the customs and the fashions of
the world! Precious reasoning, this ! The fact is it
^. wrong to dress as the carnal n.ind pleases, whetlier
thrs fact IS believed or not-/7.;,Z. <■ if we believe
not^ he a adeth faithful ; he cannot deny hhuself."
We ought not to please ourselves, . . . for even
Uhri«t pleased not hitnself."
20._"No matter how we dress, if our hearts are
r|gh.. lour heart right! Then your heart may be
right when your conduct is all wrong. Just as well
might the protane swearer say, "No matter what words
I speak. It my heart is right." xNo, your heart is not
right, un ess yop:- conduct is right. What is outward
conduct, but acting out the heart ? If your heart were
right, you would not wish to follow the fashions of
the world. — Ihui
21 _" Wouhl you have us all turn Quakers, and put
on plain dress ? " Who does not know that the plain
dress of the Quakers has won for them the respect of
a^l the thinking part of the ungodly in the community ^
Now, if they had coupled with this a zeal for God
and the weanedness from the world, and the con-
tempt for riches, and the self-denving labor for the
conversion of sinners to Christ, which the Gospel
enjoins and the clear views of the plan of salvation
which the Gospel inculcates, they would lon<^ since
have converted the world.—/ bid "
22. "Would you have; us become Methodists." Who
does not know that the Methodists, when they were
noted ior their plain .Iress, and for renouncing the
152
WOKLDLV CONFOIl,AI,TV IN DUESS.
Ill
fa-shion and sliow of the world .,«nrl * i
with G„„ i„ pray., „„j thl :; V , ';'7.'"'"-
-spect of the w„,.l.l a. since. CUrX^" Zrr'
does not know that .,i„co thoy havo Ki;i . f I
P™ulia,ity,an,leo„fon„e,l to fho "™rl 1 ' „ T ""!
other thin..,, an,l seemed to ho t .-i " fl "h ?" ,""''
world h ^''"•^™;"'!^^«" '^"*i sain iniiuonco with the
world, they are losincr the power of prayer ? Oh!
a.e." so n,a.v any «„„„ thhi: r:7™." ^ -
.» no re,«on why it shonl.l n.tt he u,^ f it "' "f
shown to he good. \VV. „„t it i , i ', " ™" *"=
i» that any reason whyV t iti: L n'l '" l'^'"'^
Ood a,ul love., the sol of C",tu """"""""■'
-ans which n.ayn,ake an hnp^tXttost"
.separated from the worl.J an,! r. ■^^'^ ^^
;;^^i.ions of the ungodly in'thc,rth::':r;: "-
their way to hell ?—/(,»,/. ^^ '" dancing
24. "This is a s,„all thing, and it ou^ht not u. ,.,
.^on,nchofan,ini.,te,-s ti.ne in the p„l u ■ t^ "''
an ol:,ect on often heard f.on, worldl/; ^t^orf Bn^
the n»ni..iter that (ears God will nof L , . "; ^"''
Ho will pnrsne the snhiec In i , '""'^' ''•
CiMi,tia„s are cut „H- iv™ tl Tr 7 ^''"''''''"^
«"H>.orcuto.fro.nthe;tri-;r;::;r:.:';;
ss.
have power
lie universal
? And who
<J aside this
in dres.s and
t themselves
'e with the
r? O.thafc
It Was one
;em to have
by a plain
, as Well as
>toud as We
^ut that
it ean be
' objector;
-who feai's
t'yiect the
lat she is
ipt on the
B danciniT
o take up
This is
sors. But
I'ed by it.
rof'essinof
Y to the
t nieiuly
WOKLDi.V C0.N1.0RM1TV IN j.uess. lr,;j
tl,c drc, „3 dro,„, l,„t it is tlio c- nfar.nity to the
Uock m l,e way ot „,„„«■,. ri„w ean the worl.i Ce
converted wh.le protcsin,- Christians are eonfo „
to the w^-hl > What good ,viil it do to give money to
end he Gcspel to the heatl,„n when professin," .is!
m t'"'T-,''"'"""' ''"" '"'«'■' ''« ''eaufen ak
Wliat proht 1., ,t to become Christians, when those
who pro ess to be Christians are pursui ,, the" w rid
w.thallthe l,ot haste of the un.-odly ," The Zea^
h.ng necessary for the church i. to break otrC
eontorunty to the world, and the,, they wilf 1
i:::;i.-/tr '"'''■''■"'■ ^"'''''"™'^»i''''«-^
Whatever the nngodly call yeu-fanaties, Metho.lis
« anytlnn. else-yon will he known as CI risti , d
m e secret consciences of ,„en will he aeknowledi "d
i^ " rr •■ ^°"' "■"■' '■' "'"' ""^' "-ly Chris-
tians ? Ihey hved separate f,-om the world and it
ma o such impression that even inlidel writer ay
o then, hese n,en win the heart, of the ,nass of
tie people, because they give themselves np to deed
o char.ty and pour c„nte„,pt on the world" Depend
upon ,t, ,t professing Ch,.istians would live so now
he last ertort of bell would soon be ex,,ended i^ Zn
the spread of th
would flow abroad, till the I
io Oosj)el. VVav<; aft
vr wave
\v
t-re covered with the waters of life.-y/>a/
iif^iiest mountain tops
If
U>i
H'"IU,|.f,Y CONFOILMITV IX ,„:ksS.
fn;.
IJM
I
r -1 '
!! ' !■
KEMAKKS.
1. " By .ion-confor,„H.y t„ tl.o world, you miv s»ve
l..n,i ,n,.y « ,„,,.,, ,y t|,„ „|,„,^,, y,^,f ^ ™'»^
rawed tor the spread of tl„. (!„»,„ |, ""'■"
2. "By non-conformity to the world, a great deal of
tune n„,d>t be .saved for doin. «o„d that I now con
.ned and w„,,t,,, i„ following the f„.,hionZ an.l
ol..v,„S the n,axn„,s and joining in the pursuits ;f the
S. "At the .sa,„o time, Christians in this way ,vould
preserve the.r peace of conscience, would enjoy com-
"""""" -tl. (io.l, would have the spirit o LTr
an, would possess far greater usefulne.Js. You p X'
vuuls ,t, ,t they s.nk r.ght hack again into confornuty
w,th tl,e world ? Of what use is it to try to con" rt
snmers, and to n.ake tl ™ feel there is .son.otZIt
ei.g,on, and yet, when they go to trade with yo„° Z
oe you ,n the street, you contradict it all. and tell
the „. hy you, conformity to the world, there is
nothing in it r—Fmneu.
As Dr. Judsoi, has truly remarked : " Great things
depend on small; „nd in that case, things which
3,r:f™:' ';j"'°'«='"«' »- - ,j, m tt
.■^ghtot God Many there are who praise the principle
o sell-denisl „, general, and condemn it in alfits pa
™hu. ap, :cat„.ns as too minute, scrupulous, and
^e^erc. Ihe enemy is well aware that if he can secure
WOKLDLV CONRiUMITY I.V DltliSS.
1 .-).')
may save
a <,Meater
ever been
at deal of
now con-
ions, and
I its of the
ay would
joy com-
f prayer,
u profess
5ufc what
nforjnity
) convert
Jthinfj in
you, or
and tell
there is
b thinfjs
s which
' in the
)rinciple
its par-
'us, and
1 secure
the iiiinute units, \hr. sum total will he liis own. Think
not imytliin^' small which niay have a hcarinj^ upon the
kin,i,nloni of Cln-ist and upon tlio destinies of eternity.
How easyto coiiceive.froiu many known events, that the
sin<,d.' fact of a lady's diviistint; herself of a necklace for
Christ's sake, may involve eoiise(|Uene(s which shall be
felt in the remotest parts of the earth, and in all future
generations to the end of time — }'ea, stretch away into a
boundless etenn'ty, and be a subject of praise millions of
ao-es after this world and all its ornaments are burned
up.
"Beware of another sUL'^'estion made by weak and
erriiii,' souls, who will tell you that then* is more dan-
ger of being proud of plain dress and other modes of
self-denial, than of fashionable attire and self-imlul-
gence. Be not ensnared by tliis last, most Hnished^
most insidious device of the great enemy. Rather
believe that he who enables you to make a sacrifice, is
able to keep you from being proud of it. Believe that
he will kindly permit such occasions of mortiHcation
and shame as will preserve you from the evil threatened.
The wvcrcst 'part of self-denied consists in evcuanter-
imj the disapprubation, the envy, the hatred of one's
dearest friends. All who enter the straight and nar-
row path in good earnest, soon find tliemselves in a
climate extremely uncongenial to the growth of pride.
"The gay and fashionable will, in many cases, be
the last to engage in this holy undertaking. But let
none be discouraged on that account. (Jhrist has sel-
dom honored the leaders of worldly fashion by appoint-
I.IO
}
:<
I
> '
!
!!
f ••
II
woiir.m.v co.vtvjiiMrjv ,n |„„,.ss
in« tlK.,n loa,l,T» i„ hi,, cause. Fix it i„ your l.eart,
oneinu,,,,,„„a,,..™nr„'Mi;:v:;:j;:,'^^^^^^^^^^
oxanun„t,on Hn,l »„,„„ ,rti„„ „,,,;„,, ,„; ;,° ;''
P^sed w,th l„r p„,.p„.,o., „f el„„ity, an.l ,1,,,, \,Z
J.M>on*, „,th m co,„p]ia„eo with tl,c ap J.lic e„,
-'I. V'a,t „,.t, therefore, for the fashi' „„,,,„ t^'t
u.oxa,„pe; wa,t n.,t fur one another; listen,, Vto
1 . ^"*-*^yt.ot Uhn.st IS upon vou. ])eaHi i*«
;-«en,„. to strip you of your ornan.e.L. an, o rn
your ia,r (or„,s into corruption an,l ,lust.
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tl.at awlul bar, in the pre.se„ce of that Bein. wl "^
^yesarea,,a„au>eof «re, and whose irr«.oc2hl fa
will hx you forever in heaven or in hell, and mete out
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youthen w.,h that, in defiance of his authority, y!
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■stones, and costly attire, cherishing self-love aX
life ol- S d °^""' '•"' """ '"^^ ''» '-^'' =■-- a
Jite of se f.den,al, renounced the world, taken un the
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of hungry souls. ' "'"^ '" *''" «^"^ti(ieation
CONTENTS:
Part I.-POPULAK RELIGION.
1. The State of the Church.
2. Spurious Conversions.
3. Spurious Holiness.
4. Compromising Preachers.
5. Backsliders.
6. Church Entertainments.
7. Pride in the Church.
8. Rented Pews.
9. Sabbath Desecration.
10. Secret Societies.
11. Fasliionable Suicides.
i2. Coveteousnes-s.
IS. Dancing and Skating Rinks.
1 ^^^l''t ^^'^^"^'"g With
the World.
Part II.- BIBLE SALVATION.
1. The Xaturo and Necessity of
liriientancc.
2. MaWis of a Jnstilicd State.
'i. 1 he Mature of Entire Holint.ss,
4. Living VVitliout Sin.
5. Can We be Made Entirely
Holy m this Life ?
b. Ho\y to Obtain Ifoliness.
7. Entire Holiness not Received
at ivonversion
8. Results of Entire Holiness.
11. I rohibition a ]}ible Doctrine.
12. Choice of Companions and
-Marriage.
religion, and enable l-t to st hfs col^on'^h '] ^"'^1 P''"^''^^-'' "^
Holiness Record. condition before God. -Michigan
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corSi^ t^sA Ks ;^e;3.^feraffir •
We
If
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nott^nrboX-r/^jP-er about it that attends the reading of
^a of worWIy co\.forn;ityt th \,uTX' "T ''^'^'^^ "^^ '^^ A'*
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action than almost any other book ^ubithTcf r. ■7"''"S P^^^^'' *»
n It, for the purpose of loaning it to '!u- "^ 'j'f^y «ents invested
unvarnished truth to the Ses and he 'r^' 7" '^'^"^ *'>« T^h^^^
twelve months' time How m„!l ^'^"^^^ °f "^^nv families in
'" the Lord's cause in tht^-ay SG^sl^fpIam^e" "'""^ ^'^ ^^-«"
teJt^fii^i^fjSSll^l^r^-'y r^V^"-S — , style
w.th the whole truth SmnJf'''1 *'' ^^"^'^ ^ho are iA love
We heartilycommend^h^ wo Ks worth v.f" ^%'^l''>' appreciated!
been personally profited and fir'rto n^«. ''''■1^"'u''?''"'«' '''^ving
-tensely interesting and P-ctica?'hemer-S Wesfeyln:"^ '''
MOKE TKSTIMONIALS.
conviSt^K'i''Lr;:tTrt r^ ''°'^'^' ?^^« = " I* -nfir.ned my
was honest, but deceived," '''^'°''' ''"'' ""l-V * ''ca.I theory. ^
^^r^^f^r^t^t^^:^ Z^^}^ P-yer. I have prof....,
Mon of religion several^a Xfo e r^-ofv'^"'!!: ^•'"''^•'^^ " P-f.-s'
1 .lul receive the witness I calle.Ut „ ,n.-^^fi .• "^l^'"''- ^^'l'^'"
came into my hand, which states o S J"^ r" ^^ '^"" >'""- '<
cation and sanctification, I saw cleaWv r ^ ?''P'''"'*'"'-« "^ 1''^^''!-
sanctihed—H. H. Harpham ^ ^ '''''' """^ been out.r.ly
Or how to Read, Search, and Study the Word of Pn^
secure an ever-increasing interest in th. ' ^"^ *' **»
deeper spirituah . and greater usefnlnet ' ' ^'""^'°^ ^'^''^^•
and the contents made inueh ml. ■ "^' '''' new chapters.
beautifally and strongly ^llTi^Toor"""- "'"' -^-«'
I the reading of
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'Using people to
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r manner, style
ho are in love
y appreciated,
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lade a pt'oh's-
loss. Wlien
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ni;e of jii-tifi-
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on
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F this work,
w chapters,
oth covers,
CoNTKNTs OK Ni:\v Rr.i rroN.
Chap. I. Dtfff.rbntMkthoi.s OK HiRiKSTinv r- ■ *i.
rience and advice of the mo t T'vor I ". ''"^ """ "'P'-
students of the day. '"^ """'^ >^nccessM Bible
'""' b/. tac c,r :rs,H ?"'™r-'""'"'" *"" -'"■ ^ '"-^
y a larfee class of Clinstian workers more instructive and si.iri
Chap. 7. Miscellaneous Help.s — All rhr;..*:
have this book, and especL^ t^se'irwTshr lie"
t:t:::T 'r 'T ^*^""'°^"* °^ '-Hness-noncoTf rmt
to the world. It ,s adapted to all who are thirsting for a deeper
acquaintance with the Word of God. '
Catalogue free. ^°' "^*'- ^n^ for particulars.
11
Improvkments in thk Nkw Edition.
n.any students of T/o n,'' '\%,nTt nstn, ' l''''''' 7"^'" *"""'' '^^
other portion of the lH)..k "t lA.t « ' '"':' ^P""*""^' '^'^ ■'^"y
instruct ve and practieal •,i,l« .,., ] 1 i T' . ,"" ""-''"lux a variety of
and 24. ..uestio.i^t:;S^l;^ClSS ^UttS^'^^ ^^"^'^>^-
outline being given i/ttSt edition ""*"'''^ '"'"' ""'^ '^ '--
3. The whole has been thoroughly revised.
5. The quality of th, paper and binding is much superior
wtzc^c ^^h-.ritiv )tR| r' r .- '^C
its contents, law, historv noetrv '^ ^ " '-"h^'-a'^ter of
What are th'e ceniral anll'^o' Sltu'jJ^^ru-'r';^'"^^ '•^^
here refuted? (->) What n.onitn» ^ tiuths. (4) What errors are
(6) What biogripLyXe^irJo : .f^^?';S^ 'r '^^^^^'^-
book with other parts of fh,. ^j !;' / ' »; 'i*t wnn tion has this
people is this book';:?ulLrlysuSr"- ''^ ''°^ ' "^^* ^'-« "^
7. It contains 162 more pages than the first edition.
pi^^^ofl^:::^t^t^':^t:r^- - --^ - that the
at 50 cents. '^^ ^'-'^^ *han the first one was
Thk Nkw Edition is Esp.cu..v S.itko kor thk Fou.owino
Classes :
>^4'^IvZnll: :r, t^-S^gZ^^T- •-^i--t-ewith the
using it. "esiious to become n.ore successful in
entire holiness and non-conForn^ty^t; The world?'" *^" '*""'''°*"* «^
^r.
I 1
VIZ, "Thk
)e found by
piritual as ;iny
liaid to niako
(Ics a variety of
of the (JospeLs,
ible.
' eiilar^'ed. In
w, only a bare
.i. Ihobe who have neglected the study of God's word Thio
book IS intended to sharnen th.. ■.nn..fir f .• , " ^"'*
turyy snarpen tue appetite for searching the .Scrip-
subLt'^l?uVdr,-I.'Tv,""! *"r t". '•-■'^^l voluminous works on this
cSr!lndT,!th; *'' '••"*'^ ^'"PP'^^^ ''^^ -" -'-'--ty. pointed,
-.. Those who wish the above advantages at a low price,
men.'! vo^trSe I ^°" ''?' '^ '"^'^' "^ *''" «'''^* ^'l'*'""' ^^ ^ecom-
ih:nle'crthis\':nL' "voi^^rdi;^ "" "'^'^^ *" '^"^'^^^^^ -^^
fl is, therefore.
ipenor.
practical than
s analysis the
hor? Where,
■ character of
rophecy ? ('A)
lat errors are
!cr" fullilled ?
tion has this
' 'lilt class of
nder that the
first one was
FoLr,ov,'iNo
ace with the
ucceasful in
Qgelists, and
tardpoint of
What is said amuvt thk }U>uk.
dolS^^ut ^.h?Tu\\^ <}^l''y, P/"rl*''^ *''^' I ^-""l^l °ot take five
(lolJais toi Helps to Bible Study ' if 1 could not get another. "
The Illustrator : " Those who find the IJible uninteresting will
be tunulated to study it. Those wiio love it, but do not know Imw
make the most of ,t will enjoy these helps. The book Ts th^
result of careful painstaking study. "
Guide to Holiness: "A very instructive and suggestive book
to those wlio wish to be well versed in the Scriptures We
cordially commend it." ouiipoures. vve
A., ""^he Highway : " We find it l)rief, practical and comprehensive
An oug the mass of matter on tlie introduction to the vaHoirbooks
of the Bible published, we find here a reasonable and well selecS
and arranged chapter on each book. Besides this, the^ is a gooa
God's Word." '"^"""' ^"^^ '^^I'^ol^^te'l to aid' in the study o!
amo^n?o? m^H^'^H?^''^- "^'> T^^ l'""*'^''' ^"'' ^o°t*i"« >^ vast
amount of matter Mr. Mms, m the preparation of the book h-is
availed himself of the labors of Dr. Angus, Dr. Smith Messrs
Conyl)eareand Howson, Canon b'arrar's work on 'The Early Davs
of Chris lanity,' an.l other books of kindred character. mT S
book will be found a useful little book for stud, at« and teachers of
Bible c asses The Sunday-school student will, we dare say. find i'
snulU pdce "'"' "''" "' ^"'■^' '"' ''"^"'^* -^^ information at ^:
nf ^^^.f- ^®*.li«>«iist . "It would be difficult to iind another book
Of Its dimensions so full of information ; and it is a matter of
K .f\u , . ** "' ''^"'^y piesentov are, ,u,ite pracr,' a! and
opportunities, as well as to those morr ..vjinnded."
Canadian Advance :
value anil usefulnesa. "
The whoJu forming a work of liiuch
Record of Christian Woric : " This hook .;, th.. oiifsro^vth of
fnl'->Y"7 P'^'-'^;'."^' «t"'ly of th. IJible, and >vas sot' orl' ^1 v
int. >..d.c! for puMjcation hut the presei.tation of the matt, 'o
de. i..\v Interested Ih.KSe who he.rd him that, at their r.M it is
)ook lit. lui^ gathered from the whole Hehi such thint-s as he
t whol"r"'i'"' /''^ ''"'f «V'l-t''-'-tter understSing o?
tliewho.v ..>ok Ur.o wonders how the author wa-. .ble to crowd
so much tni.f ,a helpful into such a small book."
Christian Guardian : " The author makes manv s ;duable suc-
K^stion. a. to the best methods of Bible study, and has alsoSn
in^h^^^ne^^'"!^^*.^^""^^^ ^^^i^^ -'» Christvn wofi:^
helpful."
students and general readers will fiEd the book
Messiah's Herald : " The ' Analysis of the Books of the Bible '
and'heTr.f^' ^T"' ^^'^ f "^*= "'''•''• '^°'' "'^' ^e found suggSuve
dnd helpful : like a map of a country through which a traveller has
to pass. It gives him a general view of his journey." ''^'''^"®'^ ^^^
hr X^f^^ Cynosure : " The author and compiler of this useful
book has tor some years been known to us by his contributions to
Ike Cs/no.««, and every page of this volume, shows his charac erTstic
industry and faithfulness to truth. It is divided naturally Tnto an
explanation of the different methods of Bible study, the rules of
interpre ation the interpretation of symbols and types, an analysU
of the different books, and miscellaneous helps. Since the Bible a
.«'hnol?T "^ff "SP?/'*^"* ?^ *" books, those next in order must
be books about the Bible, such as this. Money expended in securbS
8uch helps If they be genuine helps, is never wLted. This HtTlf
volume will be of constant use in every Christian family."
Uxbridge Guardian : " The work before us is remarkably well
arranged, the sketches are brief but pithy, and will be found
exceedingly interesting to all who read the book, and we are sure it
will be read with spiritual profit. As a work of referen . " t L
eminently practical, and we trust it will be sold broadca.«. o.v>r the
country." '' ^"^
(\ sold it siKii a
e priicE' al, and
I capacities and
work of iiiuch
I'j outgrowth of
i ;iot orighially
the matt' • so
ir request, it is
ive and helpful
li things as he
ideratanding of
-.ble to crowd
y v;i,luable sug-
has also given
risc'un workers
1 ficil the book
8 of the Bible '
ind suggestive
a traveller has
■ of this useful
intributions to
characteristic
urally into an
, the rules of
3s, an analysis
e the Hible is
in order must
ed in securing
I. This little
ily."
narkably well
'ill be found
^e are sure it
;feren o it is
cas o, or the
Shining Lights.
■pnt'l'!.'' "r '*'"'''\' «^''"« -sketches of .,
Piiiiilgliii
better tone to our fuelin<'s md witl! . ' ' ^ ' '"^'''''''' '^"'^
stimulate to higl, amrlS^rl^Jea^r"'^* constranung n.Huence
they S tr^;X'*;::^S'5' r -i-^Chnstian^ have left bdnnd
to the possession of an eternal ^ow T ,' eJ 1 u" ''T "^ '""•''"-'''
follow then, as tliey followe Christ V ' n , ^" If^^t^-'ty to
they warn of danger ; hrtel L of ttir S .Mi ^ h""^' "''"' '""^
conflicting cliampions to ..ir n tl ,. wl I ^t^ ^"n.nion still
"We gather up with pious care,
What happy saints have left behind •
I heir writings in our memory Ijear
Their sayings on our faithful mind.
Iheir works which traced them to the skies
As patterns to ourselves we take • '
And dearly love and highly prize '
The mantle for the wearer's sake."
— C. Wedey.
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