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For the Christian Index.
Ministers and Deacons’ Meet inf.
Minutes nf the Ministers ami Deacons’
meeting of the 3d district of the E'wwzet
.Association, commenced with the Church
at Kooky ('ecek. Lawrence county, on the
2d. 3d, and 4111 of February, 1644.
The Introductory Sermon was delivered
by brother William K. Ste Ic, (the brother
appointed, not at riving in time.) from Mat*
thew 28th, 19, 20 vs.
The meeting was opened by singing, and
prayer by luo. Joseph Ross.
Ist. Fleeted J. Ross Moderator; A. W.
Pies ton. Clerk.
21. Called for the report of the arrang
ing committee.
The said report was read, accepted and
adopted. The report is as follows : Your
committee on the arrungiuenl of business to
come before the M nisters anil Deacon’s
meeting beg leave to report: After a pray
erful consideration outlie necessity of cul
tivating a spirit of Unity in doctrine and dis
cipline amongst us as It iptists, we bi g |ea> e
to recommend the following lesolutions,
viz: I,st. That we as Ministers and Dea
tons feeling the tl let riotts effects of diver
sity in doctrine and discipline, resolve to
meet more frequently in order to interchange
our several views, on the pure doctrine of
the Itihlc, and that we shall he more earn
esilv engaged in prayer lor and with each
other, that we all may be one in our views,
and that we will he guided alone in disci
plinary acts, by the Unerring word of God
that abounds with directions for the adjust
ment of all eases whether public or private,
whether against an individual member or
against the whole church.
2d. And as we believe that religious
knowledge has a tendency to perpetuate
a unity of doctrine, of discipline and feel
ing. we most earnestly recoin end to the
church the necessity of reading the snip
hires more frequmlly. and supplicating the
throne of grace more fai'hliilly, that God
would nuke us in deed and in truth, breth
ren who dwell together in Unity. 3d.
Fach member shall do what he can, to make
the churches that have hitherto neglci ted to
attend by their Ministers and Deacons, feel
it to"be their ihterest'to unite with us. 4th.
We would likewise recommend for our mu
tual benefit, that brother 1,. Ilohhs at our
next meeting, preach from Mat. 11 eh. 12th
v *r. Hrother l<. B. Los from lir t I’etcr
sth cli. Bth ver., and W. R. Steele from
M it. 20tli eh. 1C h ver., also brother Steele
to preach the next In roduc nry Sermon.
The following q leries we now beg leave
to present:
Ist. What ought to be done to make our
brethren more punctual in unending
their conference meetings l 2d. What
is or should lie the qttal fications of a
brother, before he is set apatl to the office
ol a deacon ? 3d. Ought a broihei having
no wife, or an unbelieving wife, or a wife
of another dem initiation to be considered in
order for the office of a deacon ? 4th. is
it Gospel order for members of the Baptist
church to commune with other denomina
lions, if believed lobe cluistians? sth. Are
spirituous liquors any advantage to the
cause ol Glirist ? fi.h. \\ hat constitutes a
Gospel Baptism ? 7ih. What is the best
plan to In* adopted in raising up young gifts
i t the church ? All of which it submitted.
The Ist query was taken up and after dis
cussion, the following answer given: Thu
Deacons to hv6 pravci meetings weekly,
and solicit the brethren to attend and to have
preaching regularly every Lmd't day. The
answer to 2nd qnei v : I t. lie must he re
generated. and born again. 21. Sound lit
the faith. 3d. And nil active man of busi
ness. Answer to q lerv 3d. : tie ought
to be blessed w ith a wile, sound in faith, I
Tun. 3. 11. 12. 2nd. If he has the quali
fications of a deacon, and lias an unbeliev
ing wife, or a wife of another dennuiiua
lion, according to nnr •■pinion, lie w ill do.
1 Cor 7. 12-14. Or if he has no wile,
and possesses the gilts required to set him
ap irt ; 1 Cor. 7. 7. 8. Answer to query
4th: It is not accord ng to gospel order.
Ileb. 13.9. 10. Answer to query oth : A
man sound in the faith, who has come reg
ularly un ter the imposition of hands, when j
lie baptizes an applicant upon a profession j
of Ids faith in Christ, we consider it a gos- j
pel baptism. The last query will be an-;
swe red at the next meeting.
Resolved, That our next Ministers and
Deacons’ meeting be held with the Duck
Eyu O lurch, to Cos unt nice Thursday be
fore the 4th Sabbath in October next. We
hope our Ministers and Deacons will meet
us on the first day of the meeting.
Resolved also. That the Church request
the publication of the Minutes in the Index.
W. R. STEELE. P. 11.
Uniox Grovk, Feb. 13. 184 4.
Dear Rrothrr, —I send von five dollars,
which you will please to place to my cred
it—l have delayed longer than I intended
with the view of obtaining some subscribers
to the Index, hut as yet have failed to do
so. The brethren of the Union Grove
Church, are making arrangements to Guild
a meeting house, and ns they are generally
in moderate ciicmnstances. they seem to
think it will require all the means they pns
sees to accomplish that desirable object. 1
have been much confined at home this win
ter from had health and nth r causes. I
Have given up the care of all the churches
except the Union Grove Chinch, where I
have my membership and which is on my
premises. I have been compelled to do so,
in consequence of my not being able to at
tend the .. in the winter season; but they
are supplied by promising young ministers,
which is giatifvmg to me. lam pleased
witli the change of the form of the index,
and do not see why any should object toft.
I have done much in former days to sus
tain the Index w ithout ever claiming any
r ward, and feel as desirous as evei that it
should be well susta nod. if not more so,
hut circumstances beyond my control have
prevented me. I commenced my minis.e
riat labors in the early settlement of Gwin
nett county. under very unfavorable circum
stann s, and have labored in that county,
and the counties of Newton and ()i kalb as
a Pioneer—have been instiumeutal in plant
ing a number of churches, and have Ire
qnentlv had the pastoral care of lour church
e at the same time—have assisted in build
ing three good framed meeting houses, be
sides several temporary ones in the liist net
tling of this section of country. My con
stitution had been greatly impaired previ
ous to my enteting on the duties of the
ministry, cons-qitently have labored under
much affliction with a large lamily—limit
ed means and without being churgnhle to
the churches—l have given you a brief
sketch of my former labors in this recently
wilderness country which has indeed ••blos
somed as the rose.” My principle design
I repeat is to correct some erroneous views
as to ministerial support, which I imbibed
even before entering upon the ministry—
this I design to do in the Index il it should
meet your application, which 1 have no
doubt of, if I should he able to treat the sub
ject according to its meiils—l have thought,
under circumstances as they now exist on
inv, part, that I might be able to bring the
minds of some to reflect on the subject.—
Since I last wiote you, I have had the pleas
ure of baptizing seven innibcis at Union
Grove, ami those among the best citizens
in this community. We however are do
mg but little at the present. I have noth
iug of interest to cheer you.
Please accept, limn one who never had
the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with
you. his siuceie li iendship and ce istian re
gard. LUKE KOII IN SON.
N. It.—l send the money privately, as
it is very doubtful, if the money was pub
licly mailed at Kockdale at the present,
whether it would reach you. L. R.
For the Christian Index.
Baptism Esseutiul to Salvation.
The llapiist, as a denomination of Chris
tians, are licqiieiuly charged w ith making a
Savior of the ordinance of baptism. To
which we have always objected. In the
2d chapter of the general Epistle of James,
we are admonished to shew < tir faith by
our works. Our Siviour. in the 7th chap
ter of Matthew, has told us that, bv their
finite ye shall know them, and consequent- j
ly. we think, in justice, that we should not
only be known, but that we should have
the liberty of knowing others, by this rule.
We have el way given it as our opinion,
that God. the Father, could, through the
covenant of Grace entered into by himstll
and >on, save our little infants, when liv
ing in infamy, without the assistance ol
man. Yes, it does appear Jo me a haz id- j
ous attempt, with the lute ol Uzzab, named j
in the 6 h chapter of 2 I Samuel, placed be-1
fore a man's eyes, to step forward and think
of assisting God in saving the little cove
nanted spirit, by laying his hand on \iw tot
tering ark. Sufficient for us, my brethren,
to remember and comply with the com
mands of our Saviour, recollecting that the
man.of God (to-w it) Paul, has told us ••that
when Christ shall be revealed from heaven,
it will be to take vengeance, not only on
them that know not God. hut on them also
that obey not the gospel.
The above remarks have been elicited bv
an occurrence which took place in mv im
mediate vicinity, which l will give you,
leaving evciy one to look on the fruits and
judge lor yourselves. Sonic lime dining
the month of October, in the enlightened j
age of 1843. in the Town of , Dr.
■ ‘s infant Child, aged 1(1 days, de
parted this life, hearing, no doubt, the joy
ful invitation. •• Suffer little children to
come unto me and forbid them not, lor of
smb is the kingdom of Heaven.” The
evening before it expired, about 19 o’clock,
the Physician pronounced it dying, which
was evident to all attending on it. With
much anxiety did the weeping liieuds stand
around, watching for evident changes, when
between the hours of one and two of the
next morning, seeing of a truth that the lit
tle spirit yvas about to leave the earthly ark.
the parson must be amused from his slum
bers. Accordingly in a few minutes he
was present and administered the ordinance
of Baptism, as he would call it. After the
death of the infant, the Phvsirian enquired
of the parson, •• who he supposed was ben
efited by the application of the ordinance ?
was it the child or the parents ?” To which
he replied. •• The child as n matter of
course.” Nilotic I suppose wilt say. much
less think, that the child was benefited in
time, as it was then leaping into eternity —
consequently the supposed benefit must be
in eternity. a Baptist.
For the Christ tun Judex.
Tlie fallinf Star.
I gated upon the cloudless aky glittering
brightly with the light flaming from thou
sand Suns, and my mind was raised.from
the transitory things of time, and fixed upon
that Power that ‘upholds a countless num
ber ol worlds and guides them on widv har
mony j,) their never-ceasing rounds. Oh!
it was a scene of beauty, of love, and of
grandeur, and my heart leapt with joy at
the thought that it was supported bv the
same hand that created and governed such
a universe.
As I gazed and mused upon the Heavens
of majesty a bright star, seeming to detach
itself from a cluster of flaming orbs, shot
forward across the broad canopy, making
its way in silent grandeur .tmiil the glorious
bust till it died away in darkness, leaving
it* image for a moment stamped upon its
pathway in a long, streaming line of light.
How beautiful! how sublime! Anil what
a true picture of luminu life is the Failing
Slur! llow short its passage from light to
darkness, anil how soon its image is lost
from the home of its existence!
Though the scenes of life appear bright’
in tlu-ir opening hlooin. vet is our brief ca- |
reer oft blighted by fate, and the Soul j
shrouded quickly in darkness. Lonely
Pilgrims! through this vale of tears we i
travel onward to the grave, while each cher
ished tie that makes us wish our life pro
longed, must also sink beneath the dark
wa>cs of Death.
But though we are doomed to weep for a
season mi the shores of Time,
there is a hrighier, bettor land beyond its
raging Ocean: aland where smiling Hope’
shall ever wave her spotless plnuie, when
all things of Eurth are mouldering in the
duet.
Bid our eyes look up, Sun of Righteous
ness and Pence and guide our footsteps on
in Hulety to that Happy Land. S.
ll'hi.'esville Geo.,
For the Christian Index.
Effect* of “ lltr I Disll.”
Mr. Eii'nr. —Sir. What a pity. Mrs.
11. ever sent abroad her invitations jo the
Alphabetical dinner. She lias ruiiliji one
of our ministers of quite populai tnlclls.—
How rum h he ate is unknown, luiti ever
since, he ha* been swelling, to siieiila de
gree, that he cannot enter any ori/tnary
dour. Those of hi* own house have been
enlarged for Ins convenience, and he per
forins his pasimal duties on- hmse hack,
just caking, as lie is sensible his enormous
hulk cannot crowd into the houses of his
parislinners. lie was and
sit in a piazz i on a stout bench : but rats,
chicken* or dog* made a noise beneath and
he sprung up as if die fl nir was giving way.
and he did not temain long enough lor fam
ily prayer, lmlieil a* used to h* express
ed concerning a lull youth over f> feet 0.
that .he need mu ask hr a blessing for lie
was lull e ough to reach up and take it :
bo with our hero in his own estimation.—
Praying was never a besetting sin with
him. and now, if possible, lie prove less.
He has a morbid appetite for skins, not
exactly tanned hides, such as onr common
curriers prepare with bark, lime. Sir. but
such as ate used for engraving or writing
upon in an elegant manner. Os all persons
he meets he makes enquiries about the
: price. Some wags. I suppose, sent him
one c rlifyiug tli.it he was the most learned
man in the country ; but it was discovcid
that they bail made their marks ot signs
merely, not being ahle to write their names;
hence he was not satisfied witli it, and seeks
lor anoflier.
The community believe he is crazv ni a
monomaniac, hut I account for Id* oddities
liv the influence of the •• I dish” which he
lasted at Mrs. IPs dinner. It is answered
that the effects of a dish would not last so
long, and lie was actually threatened with
a strait jacket.
He actually went to a tanner’s shop and
offered any price lor a skin ; hut was in
formed, when Ins object wasdist'h sed, that
hides tanned with hark, was not the thing
—it required a peculiar class of men to pre
pare it; such as could make certain maiks
and characters mi it in an unknown lan
guage, as would convic.ce all of the great
learning of its possessor.
It was supposed, last week, that lie would
soon get hold of one to suit his dcsiies, and
wi ll ml which 1 fear he will burst, unless
hooped ; but it has not yet reai bed him.—
It was an non need in the papers that one !
had been executed for him in due form and
would he fort coining, and he nearly foun
dered his horse in morning calls to he con
gratulated ; but no one, to his regret had
seen the announcement. Even ibis was
the wink of a ivag. while the piioterwas
busy in another part of the shop.
Os what materials the •• I dish,” which
I learn by your paper nearly ruined several
of von. was composed, I cannot say, nor
why he slum dhe so greedy of skins. It
seems strange that he should have as tve
Georgians say, alter the ingredients of that
fatal dish, but surely there were no skins in
it, yet skins is the subject of all In* conver
sation and lie brings it into the pulpit: lor
lately lie discoursed. •• Escaped with the
skin of his teeth,” and he actually under
took to estimate the square feet on the 24
teeth of a hearty maw. anti wondered if it
would not make parchment.” Tim is suf
ficient proof to dm people that he is crack
ed.
fie lias been repeatedly told there is no
intrinsic value in that which he desire* so
intently ; but. he says it may be of use at
some.future day to myself or family. “Mr.
Editor, iliil you ever, when a young man
] and lonil of the girls, feel as restless as a
fish out of water, till you obtained your ob
ject ? Well our pieacher is one hundred
fold mure resiles* than you were. Did you
ever get the mitten or ••get kicked,” as we
say in Georgia? Well, if you had seen
him alter that morning’s ride, when iincon
gratulated. ami when ihe hoax was discov
ered, die loss us flesh was a Caution to all
fat men.
Now, Mr. Editor, I think you might to
bear the blame of this calamity and send us
another preacher, as lie has gone down die
river on a raft or canoe. He passed M——
last Saturday, tie never would have tasted
that fatal dish had lie not seen you first put
in your spoon; hut having stronger nerves,
you weie not wrecked as lie has been : at
. anv tale, il is no more than fair that vim
should immediately publish a remedy in
the Index ; for perhaps poor G. in some
! lucid moment, may gel hold of your paper,
| read ami be relieved. .Mrs. 11. deserves no
furgivene.-s. Why did she mingle ingre
dients in a popular dish which she oughtto
hate known would prove disiriictivc !
Pakisiionkr.
Oconee, Ga.
In accordance with the suggestion of our
correspondent, we give the following pre
scription lor till: ease lie lias reported :
Take ol Jl'jlcc/i m, 2 grs—j]as this is a
very active ingredient, a small quantity of
it produces a very powerful eff cl.]
Conserve of Conscience —3 Scruples—
[a very bitter ingredient but very salutary.]
Self Kn iwledgc —B Drachm* ;
Forethought —l Ounce.
Add to the above as much of die Love of
Jesus, as will c.iu-e the s -vcr.d ingredients
to incorporate thoroughly and give to the ;
compound a proper consistency. M.
T ike the whole at one draught, and re
peat the dose as often as David did his songs
of praise—seven times per day. Sec Ps.
III). 181.
It is necessary that the patient pay par
ticular attention to
R'gimcn.
Lx.rrci ■>e.—See that he exercises him
sell always to have a conscience void of ol- i
telice, both towaid God and man. Acts 24, |
10, that he visits ••the fatherless and wid
ntvs in their allliciion,” and keeps ••him
self unspotted limn die timid.” J*. 1.27.
Diet.—— 11 is diet should be confined piiu
eipallv to the U and G dish, lie may be
allowed to pnitake, in moderation, of die F I
dish, provided lie will repeat, mental.y.
while partaking of il. the stanza.
•• Why was lin ule to hear his voice !
And enter while there’s loom.” <fcc.
Or such passages of scripture as tire found j
hi Tit. 3.5; I Gor. 4. 5 —ls. 10, JLc.
Drinks. —He should drink freely of the!
water of life, fresh from the fountain of di-1
vine love. There is no danger of anv in
convenience from the quantity taken, how
ever freely lie may drink of it.
Rest. — tic should never he allowed to
repose oil the downy bed of Worldly Pieas
u c. but tt hen lie seeks rest il should be on
a solid matrass, stuffed full of divine prom
ises. It is of importance to attend, even
then, to bis position— il should be such
that his face shall he turned heaven-ward.
Those who recline on this matrass with
their lace earth- ward are apt to die sudd ‘ll-
Iv ol self-riglitcoiisn ss. A distressing and
alarming disease, that engenders a great
deal of putrid and infectious matter; and the
dead that dir thereof, do ever leave conta
gion behind them.
Let the above directions he lullnived itn
p icitly, and we will insure to the patient a
sane mind, health of spirit, the good will
of men, and honor in heaven—he shall
graduate in the skies and he clowned with
a garland of immortality, by the Master ol
the grand assembly of the universe, amid
songs of rejoicing ami loud anthems of
praise, sung by angelic hosts that cluster
around the throne of the Eternal.
For the Christiun Index.
A Call to thr Devoted Friendi of Colonization.
To found a colony on a distant and un
frequented shore, m the midst ot a barbar
ous people, was a hold experiment; but its
; success has been triumphant. rhe bless
ings which it ha* already conferred, and the
far more ex'emled i lessings tt Inch it prom
ise*, fully prove the wisdom of those who
planned, and the perseverance of those j
who have conducted the enterprise.
But it is nut notv in the situation to he j
abandoned. The work is merely begun-
That which has been done in the past, mi
lt shnwsNivlial may he accomplished in the
flt'ure, and mgs its prosecution with in
creased energy and enlarged resources. It
is true there is eslab ished in that dark
quarter of the globe a free Republic, an
Asylum to which the scattered and de
spoilcd children of Africa may return.—
But A r rica is not yet enlightened! Her
barbarous and enslaved population is nut
vet changed into an educated and Christian
community. The colored people of thi
country are not yet separated from a eng
the white race, where they are deprived n’t
the social and civil privileges necessary to
their elevation! They are not fvi estab
lished in that land of their fathers, “where
all citcuiustaiicM lavor their elevation, mid
all motives siir them up to duty.”
Why then have our Annual Subscriber*
failed in send in iheir contributions? They
surelv do not imagine that this work ran he
cariiedon without their aid? ill years that
are past, when they paid iher*uhscriplioiv<,
promptly, we were unable to do all that the
Cause demanded. Now the work has in
creased oil our hands. We .have laid our
plans calculating iipon die payment of their
subscriptions. Do they know, can they
know, how much tve are embarrassed by j
their delay? Nearly Itto months of die
present year are now gone. We are o-1
hliged to fit out an expedition from New
O. leans immediately with about 80 emi
grants. who are under the necessity ol leav
ing the country speedily. W lien our friends
understand tins, they sorely will not lon
ger forget their obligations lu the matter.
We will therefore consider il a special
favor if those who have pledged us live,
ten. fifty, or a hundred dolla s annually,
will remit us hy mail the amount notv due,
and not wait to he called upon bv ail agent.
| We have many ot cr patrons, who have
not given any formal pledge to contribute a
certain amount auoiiaily, hut tvho are al-1
ways ready to give liberally when applied !
to hy an agent— To all such tve wish to
say, no stronger pica can be in ale to you j
titan that tve itotv bring—no louder c-ul can
you ever bear, Tne necessity winch com
pels us to make this public appeal is ur
gent ami pinching in the extreme. We
are earnestly called upon to enlarge ou
operations bath in this country'and in the
minin'. Bui if tve experience any falling
..If limn the receipts of die last year, (as tve
in com non with ttie odicrheiietole.itsocie
ties leal) our scales of action must tie re
duced, ami die cause suffer irreparable
loss. Sueli of our friends ttirrcfore as ar ••
deeply interest ‘d in tin: ean-e will allo.v u
to approacri them witli earnestness, with ti
tidily, and with facts, and lav on their c mi
sciences aid on tli ir heart* 111.’ present
pi'CsSl g elaniH of Inis society. Ton
have helped us on lormct nee isious. W ill
! they fall us uott! Race they lone a l they
Ica i for this can e? W Idle others arc com
and sel.ish, they tvli >sc conscience me
! ipnck. tvliose leelmgs are aliv •, aid tvho
I tenderly sympathize with the perishing.
! must conn: f r.tartl and double tin ir con
j iribulions in order to supply the and, iicieiict
caused hy the backwardness of others.—
To them tve say. emphatically.send us, lit
mail, your five dollars, or t onr hundred
dollars, nr whatevci the amount mav he.
but send it sp e.lily! We present vnu in
tins cause a i lni.n upon your high st amt
liberal regards. You may nmv redeem
some poor Aim-ail limn Ids degradation,
and restore him to Ins father-laud! You
in ay thus kindle a light of civilization, ol
liberty and of religion ou the hil s or amid
1 the tallies of Africa ivliicn shall uevci g
! out. You mat lay up tlnis lor voursell a
treasure tt Inch shall never rust, which
shall enlarge and accumulate ore ver and
gather its interest in a nation redeemed from
oppression, and beam In and with tlm gar
ments of salvation! —What tliotl dost.”
1 then, “do quickly and with all tliv might.’’ ;
In behalf of the Executive Gununiuee ol
the American Unionization Society;
W . Mci.AlN,
Washington City. 13 1 44.
Thinking one’s self Perfect.
| Dr. Sainu 1 Hopkins, front whom the
; system ol Hi pkiniSiii is derived, having al
! ways maintained an irreproachable moral
j eharaetei, was received as a meud>< r nf l .e
I church io Wuteibury, Conn., his nalivc
town, without having experienced a change
jol heart. lie was then a member of Yale
College, and maintained the habit of dailv
reading the scriptures and of prayer. So
holy and blameless was bis life, that he
writes ol linsell lespectmg bis evening de
votion*. “When I thought ol confessing
the sms that l bad been guilty of that dn .
and a-kiiig for pardon, I could not recollect
that I had cuiiiiiiilied one.” It was not un
ill lus last collegiate tear thath di-eoverc.
the entire depravity of his heait. during, a
revival under the preaching of the Rev.
Gilbert Tcnneul. From that lime he was
anew ‘cceature in Christ Jesus, and as
would appear from his diary and writing*,
never experienced again that peculiar diffi
culty in his devotions either morning or
evening, although his life was illustrious
for its uncommon purity of practice and
its heavenly temper.
This instance should stand as a warning
against the proicsstous of those persons:
who can find in themselves no sin to con
less. How great was the s.-ls delusion of
Hopkins! Ilotv different his impressions
tv lien the command.cent caine*hoine to his
conscience, with a convincing, power and
.iglit. The same danger ol self delusion
tvas illustrated in the ease of the good
young man tvho went away sorrowful be
cause he had great possessions. The
same principle tvas exhibited in the A pns
lie Paul, who “tvas alive without the lav.’
• Oil, would some pctier the gil'tie gi'e’us.
••To see ourselves as others see us.”
Il is much heller io prav to Him tvho
searches the heart, that he will enable us to
know ourselves as tve appear in his sight,
than to imagine ourselves neilert. If men
the most renowned for piety alivavs mani
j fest some iui|ierfeetions even to the eve of
! their neighbors, liotv far foil perfect sin
lessness must they seem to the all penetra- i
ting eve of Heaven! Nnr will it do to say J
t e,e I tile sins are not tvertli collating, lar j
every sin is an evil and hiurr thing for |
men, and ail abominable thing to a liolv
Go I.—.V. E. Evan.
Spirit of Lorr.
Lst all bitterness and tvrath, and anger, j
•mil clamor, and evil speaking he put mvav
I rout you, with all malice: and be ye kind
one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving
>n > anothet, even as God for Christ’s sake
hath forgiven you.—Eph. 4. 31. 32.
We Wave here a rule for the reciprocal
intercourse of believers. It bears upon it
the pure stamp of heaven. It is meian j
vholv indeed, that Christians should need j
such Camions and coui.ssis as tne above.—
But alas, who that knows his own heart, is
not sensible how necessary as well as pciii
neni they ate ! The remaining corruption
—still lingering in the heart of the most
sanctified believer—exposes him to tempta
tion. When tve are injured, or when tve
imagine ourselves to he so. hotv prone are
tve to tesent it ! The first impulses gener
ally are sinful. We tfau even use harsh
and hitter terms in application to the con
duct or motive* of our proses ing brethren,
iTo be liable to such sallies of passion is a
great evil. They rob our own bosoms of
| peace—injure the cause of Christ*—and give
occasion to the wicked to triumph. O. (or
inure of that sweet forgiving spit it, which
dwelt in the bosom of our Lord! Consid
er the argument of the Apostle: “even as
Go.I for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.’’
Exercise towards thy real or supposed ene
my the spirit of forgiveness which God
hall: manifested towards thee. Surelv, to
tvar Is thy brethren—those tvho are co-heirs
tviihthee of die heavenly inheritance— thou
shmildst entertain no feelings Imt those of
the mo3t generous attachment. If thou
; ha-t aught against a hrntner. go to him alone
j and let the breach lie heal-d hv mutual ex
| planation an I forgiveness. E iibmz m not
I'm faults of any member of Christ's hndv.
Carry ah nit with thee the mantle ol chari
ly. Open not, thy month to calumniate,
nor tliine ear to receive the calumny of oth
ers. Away with the spirit of deirai limi.—
When tempted to think evil or to speak
evil of others, reinemh r how ilinn thyself
wind.lst npp ar. were God to ‘real the -as
severely as tliotl art disposed to treat oth
ers- Uu'tivale a meek, forbearing spirit
under injuries ; remembering that, “ love
worketh no ill t.i his neighbor.”
The R's'np tn l the Rastinuln. —The
N. Y. Oberver states that lasi Sunday e
piinig. :it the Monthly Culvert in Rev.
Mr. M iclaue’s church in llm eitv.Rev. Dr.
Armstrong stated that die mission of die
V u rein Board at i.rzrooni is cxperiei’c
i -i! great opposition from the Armenian
i> shop. Priest |] had manifested a dispo
~iii mi to hen: lavor 1 1>1 v Irom the in s-io ia
ries. and ha I-begun to teach die mult* of
r e gospel to soin • oflns own charge, t lie
B s nip coped the priest h fire him. ami
‘email ‘ed that he s'mn and give up all iutcr
eosir c tviih the missio-iarcs. This tlic
uriesl relusi-d The Bishop he-anie eurag
ol. ordered his feet to he .placed in the
‘took*, and dmii gave orders that the basti
nado should he applied. As the priest had
never been tried nor urensed of anv crime,
the servants declined m ailminister the pun
ishment. and the Bishop, seizing the hasti
n idn. inflicted ninety blows with his own
hands. The priest fainted after twenty-five
were inflicted, hut life monster Bishop eon
tinne.l the flagellation until lie tvas himself
exhausted. The poor priest, still insensi
ble. was hound with a chain and i-at into
orison, but the next dav was released hv
‘lie iiltetfeience'of bis friends.
T e J-n io Uotso — The London rnr
respnndent of the N'etv York Post writes
under dale u( the 12tli ol Jauuaiy, us 1..1-lotvs:
lotvs:
•• The Emperor of Russia has issued his
imperial ukase’ re j c -tin the p tor Jews.
I I housands of families ate ali'erlcd by if—
Tiiev receve pass-ports t iling th -in where
they have to reside in h turn, an I are ex
!'fried to dt-p -se ol'lht ir propt rty in a fetv
days. Think ol thousands mu* being
‘timed out of house and home, and in the
ino'dl o a Russian winter, merely be
cause it is the-will of the Emperor.’ A
desse I country is that same'Russia! The
Emperor has lately been presiding ct the
•inaiigurniiun’ of a monument erected In
bis order at Koti ns, to commemorate tlie
result of the French invasion of 1812.
The inscription is brief and epigrammatic:
God is against the aggressor! In 1812.
-even hundred thousand hostile troops en
tered Russia; of this iiitimber onlv seventy
thousand marched back.*
Character of an Honest Lawyer.— ln
the ** character of an honest law vet” print
ed, I think, in 1.90. it is said among other
things, that he is one that practises the law
so as not to forget the gospel, hot alivavs
wears a conscience as well as a gown, lie
weighs the cause more than gold ; and if
that will not hear the touch. Ins generous
seoro puts h.irk the fee. Though lie knows
all llic criticisms ol his Jaculiv and the nice
| *nnpperadoes of pradii e. yet he never uses
i them, unless in a defensive way to counter
mine the plots of knavery, lot lie affects
not Ihe devilish skill of out baffling right,
nor aims at the shameful glorv of making a
had cause good ; hot with equal contempt
hates the wo f's study and the dog’s elo
quence. and disdains to grow great hv chi
canery. or bud 1 himself a fortune on the
spoil of the oppressed, or the min of the
widow and orphan. He has more rever
ence for his profession than to debauch i;
for unrighteous pm poses; and had tatlier
he dumb, than to suffer his tongue to pimp
for injustice, or.cltib his parts to bolster up
a cheat with the legerdemain of law-craft.
To follow the above, is the advice that I
would offer in every otic nfthe profession,
and 1. t no man reject it, for it is a great, a
mighty lesson.
Means to be Con’cnt. —Consider you
i D r, vi* what God allots von; what his prnvi
i donee allows you. Y’onr crosses and enm
! lons are mixed hv his hands, it is tlie will
j"I Goil that you -liould he thus and ihus.
Labor then, to have that that will he dear
er to thee than anything in the world.—
j Mason.
PERFECTIONISM.
As to the doeiri ip, “that a man can he
P rfect in this life,” Mr. Wesley never
taught, or held it He held, and taught,
that a man might he a perfect Christian,
that is, might love God with all his heart,
and soul, and mind, and strength, and his
neighbor as himself; hut he never helieved
that he could he freed from human infirmi
ty. and without this he cannot be pet feet as
; a man.— V. V. Christian Advo,