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God has led me, H
Though the pal
On the way from e
Many a song.
Through the valleys
Still the glories
He has opened ma
Many a stream
How His grace has
W1U1 its wondi
Many a sunset He
Many a flower.
Often has restored
Made the shad*
Rescued nie from n
Many a tear.
Then, for all this k
May I sing His
Tell the debt to H
Through my d:
Praise the Lord for
All the bountie:
Since His mercies
For His Heave
Orange, New Jersey.
THE DISCIPLINE
By Rev. T. E.
(Printed at reqti
I
God Requires his
We have considered ca;
administered discipline,
the Bible in which God hi
officers of the Church air
crcise it.
When God organized th
ham, and instituted the s
directed Abraham to see
And upon the man who
ecclesiastical penalty. "T
liis people; he hath broke
not mean that he was to
that he was to be exclude
as Christ expressed it, "I
.heathen man."
When God instituted tl
(Exodus 12), "Whoso eat
shall be cut off from Isr;
plied in other cases; to li
thing and then while unci
Leviticus 7:21 ; to him wf
.refuse to make the offerit
to him who should eat
should treat his peace 01
feasting on it after the se
*ny of his seed unto Mol<
THE PRESBYTERI.
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ributed
GIFTS.
Strang Baird.
e has given,
th be long,
^artli to Heaven,
down the mountain,
3 gleam;
ny a fountain,
overflowed me
ous dower,
has showed me,
me double,
>ws clear,
aany a trouble,
:ind bestowing,
praise,
ini I'm owing
iys.
ail He's spared me,
s given,
have prepared me
ni
J OF THE CHURCH.
, Converse, D. D
lest of Presbytery.)
II.
Church to Discipline.
?es is which God personall
Now turn we to passages c
is deputed this duty to th
d has ordered them to e*
e visible Church under Abrs
acrament of circumcision, h
that it should be observe<
should neglect it, he put a
hat soul shall be cut off fror
in my covenant." This doe
be sent into exile, but simpl
d from covenant privilege, c
.et him be unto thee as
le sacrament of the Passove
eth leavened bread, that soi
ael." The like discipline af
lim that touches an unclea
ean partakes of the Passove
10 should offer a sacrifice an
ig at the tabernacle, (17:4)
blood (17:10); to him tha
fifering in a gluttonous wa]
cond day; to him that givet
ech (20:3) ; in all these case
AN OF THE SOUTH.
God required the ruler of
cate.
In the New Testament
Christ to the rulers of his C
thy brother trespass against
lect to hear thee and to 1
imurcn ; ana it he neglect t
be unto thee as a heathen
excommunication.
In Acts 8:20, we find ]
To Simon Magus he says, "
lot in this matter, . . for
the gall of bitterness and
Verse 24 shows that Simon
der discipline.
In I. Corinthians, 5:4, \
session of the church at C
who was guilty of incest
He orders them to "deliver
the destruction of the flesh I
in the day of the Lord Jesu
refers to this as "punishmen
the spirit was saved; for w<
brought the erring one to re
In I. Timothy Paul by ex
young preacher, to exercise
meneus and Alexander, wl
Satan, that they may learn
5:17 he commends the "elc
in 6:5, he orders Timothy
communication.^ "If any m
from such withdraw thyself
Titus. 1 :<z. T. Peter c "?
? ? %> ?*
If Public Sentiment Fai
In conferring with my bi
reply has been made, that
Church in this country, d
y That its efficacy depends ve
,f rence of the members of tl
e the present so large a propo
_ low spiritual life that they
its proper light and they ?
one rather than with Christ
e we do ?
j. In the realm of civil law
n At Reelfoot Lake lately pul
n opposed to the punishment
lS volved in lynch law. Must
v to hold court, or try the ac
,r But the responsibility of c
a than of civil officers, and i
must render our account to
P Itf tirVlO^ <?????
:r i-?ut w iiai sajr s tlic Otl lpil
il people there have been tir
>_ people was intensely antagc
n cipline, and the elders did n<
r. One such case was at K;
d ness. The twelve spies tre
; that God caused them to di<
it of Israel ought to have exer
timent was against them^ar
h God disciplined the elders
:s suspended the whole natior
May 26, igog.
his Church to excommuniwe
find like orders from
hurch. Matthew 18: 17. "If
t thee . . and if he negicar
them, tell it unto the
0 hear the Church, let him
man," and this amounts to
Peter exercising this duty. H
Thou hast neither part nor I
I perceive that thou art in
1 in the bonds of inquity."
Magus felt that he was unve
find Paul requiring the
orinth to suspend the man
from church membership,
such a one unto Satan, for
that the spirit may be saved
s." In II. Corinthians Paul
it." It was effective in that
: read that the discipline
pentance.
ample teaches Timothy, the
discipline. He says: "Hylom
I have delivered unto
not to blaspheme." And in
lers that rule well." And
to proceed if need be to ex
an teach otherwise, . . .
' 99
Is to Sustain Discipline.
ethren about this duty, the
in the present state of the
iscipline is impracticable,
ry largely upon the concurle
particular church, and at
rtion of the members are of
do not sec the discipline in
sympathize with the erring
or his officers. What can
there are analogous cases.
>lic sentiment was intensely
of those who had been inthe
judge therefore forbear
cused?
:hurch officers is more grave
For the one reason that we
God direct. j
ire? In the history of God's
nes when the -spirit of the
nistic to the exercise of disot
attempt it.
idesh Barnea, in the widerspassed
gravely, so gravely
; by the plague. The elders
cised discipline. Public senid
they took no action: Then
and the whole Church. He
i from the sacrament of cir