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lure to the waiting upon God. Men wish an immedi- 1
ate answer to prayer, and think themselves lorgotten j
unless the reply he instantaneous. It is a great mis
take. The delay is often part, and a great part of the,
answer. It exercises faith, and hope, and patience:
and what better can be done for us than strengthening
th use graces, to wh <se growth shall be proportioned;
the splendors of immorality? It is good, then, that we
wait. “They that wait on ihe Lord shall renew their;
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles: i;
they shall run and not he weary, and they shall walk;
an i not faint.—/far. Henry Mr'vi!!;.
H o ull)’s Dtp ar tmcnt.
i RUCTIONS FOR A YOUNG DISCIPLE.
t. hove u> be unknown ; fbrifthou wilt enter into lifi-.
verily lb ;.i is more profitable Lr thee, than to have the esteem
and applause of men.
2. it'’ a lover of mankind, and do good unto all according”
lo thy power, aid without respect of persons.
3. Never be burdensome to any ; but bear rather the bur
d. ns nl'others : so shall tins Comforter come umo thee ; and
as thou supportest. so shalt tlna alsobe supported.
I. Keep thy heart Irani wandering thoughts ; keep thy
mouth from vein speech ; and all thy senses under the reins
of Christian discipline.
11. Choose poveity and simplicity, before superfluity and
multiplicity ; and be contented with a lew things, so shalt;
thou not be easily <!i- fjui't- <I.
6 Such as persecute thee, and spruit all manner of evil
against thee, ‘lo thou esteem as thy very friends and benefac
tors ; for if thou rightly cousiderest the matter, thou shall
bvtln-in reap no small advantage.
7. Let the least gilisot tied be esteemed great, and thou
shalt he accounted worthy to receive greater.
8. Despise nobody ; hurt nobody ; condole with every
tine that is in affliction ; and assist, so fur thou canst, every
on’ that is in need : yet fbr so doing, never extol thyself.
9. Do nothing against thy conscience, either for fear orj
love. In matters that are doubtful, have recourse to the
Holy Scriptures, and to such us are set over thee by God for
thy soul’s gOr.d.
10. lie more willing to he taught, than to teach; and
learn to be silent lu firetiioU speak ; and re’y not too much
ou tliitie own understanding.
71. l.earn to do everything in time and season,so shalt thou
rejoice much in reaping the fruits of so doing.
12. From it passionate man, from nn undisciplined man,!
and from an unguarded man, depart thou, abide alone with
Clod in silence.
13. Do temperate in tliv diet, modest in thv apparel, pru
dent in thy speech, honest in thv m anners, and ‘liberate in coun
sel, strong in adversity, bumble in prosperity, grateful lor
benefits, dice-fill under contempt, patient under pain, and
discreet in ever’ action.
!I. Be feaNiil nfofr-ndfng God, even in the very last ne-|
gleets or defects of duty.
10. Neither presume at success, n>r despair at disappoint
liven!.
10. Let ('lil ist be thy life ; let him be thy study and thy
1 ssiin ; let him be thv meditation and thv discourse. Let
Christ be the salt of thy conversation, and the pleasantness of
thv friendship ; let hint be thy whole desire, thy whole gain :
let him be all tliv hope and thy reward.
17. Wli'ii thou seekest anv other thing but God, thou
shalt surely suffer loss; and if thou seekest not also God pure
ly, thou shall sutler loss i.i like manner.
18. lie v.lio praisetli God always in tribulation, doth
sing sweet hymns to God ; and by the songs of the night,
flowing from a devout soul under the cross, may heaven be
opened with the melody !
l.t. ‘1 lie service God is the happiness of mull; it is
health to the mind, understanding to the spirit, and the life of;
the heavenly court.
20. The service of the world is the misery of man ; it is)
the’ bondage ol the soul, the distraction of the mind, the burry i
of tltP spirits, the bunting of shadows, and the loss of life,
liberty, and honors.
21. The service of the flesh is the slavery of the soul; i:
is the destruction of all that is good ; it is the fuel of clis- 1
• uses, the corruption ol bodies, and the pollution of minds;
it is the food ol devils, and the life of brutes.
22. The beginning and the end of every disciple of Jesus
Christ is to love God with the heart, to glorify hint with the
mouth, and to edify others by bis good example. Ilis first
selling out is the contempt of the world, bis progress the|
imitation of Christ, and bis end the vision of God.— Keqipis's
i' ; o;:’s Exercise, written about 1150.
PERSONAL PIETY.
My son, if thou lookest lbr sound comfort on earth, and
salvation in heaven, unglue thyself from the world, and the
vanitiesof it; pul thyself upon thy Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ; leave not til! thou fmdest thyself firmly united to
him, so ns thou art become a limb of that body whereof lie is
head a spouse of that husband, a branch of that stem, a stone
laid upon tlmt foundation. Look not, therefore, for any
blessing out of him ; and in. and by, and Iron) him, look for
all blessings. Let him be thy life; and wish not to live
longer than thou art quickened bv him : and him thy wis
dom, righteousness, sanctification, redemption ; thy riches,
thy strength, thy glory. Apply unto tlivsell nil that thy
Saviour is, or It ith d• >. Wouldkt thou have the graces of
God's Spirit ? fetch them from his anointing. Wouldst thou
have power against spiritual enemies? fetch ii from his sov.
ereignty. Wouldst thou have redemption ? fetch it from :
his passion. Wouldst thou have absolution? fetch it from
>r
,his perfect innocence, from the curse? fetch itlj
from his cross. Satisfaction ? fetch it from bis sacrifice. —
Cleansing from sin ? fotcli it from his blood. Mortification?
fetch it from his grave.'jNewness of life ? fetch it from his
resurrection. Right toßavcn? fetch it from his purchase.:
i; Audience in all thy suijfr fetch it from his intercession. —
Wouldst thou have salv%npti ? f teh it from his session [sit
;;ting down] at the right liwul of Majesty. Wouldst thou have
ill ? fetch it from him wto is “one Lord, one God and Fath
;er of all, who is above till,‘through ad, and in all.” Eph. 4 :
And as thy faith ahull thus interest fl ee in Christ,
; iliy Head, so let thy charity unite the lo his body, the
hchurch both in eartli and heaven. Hold ever an inviolable
[Communion with tlmt licly and blessed fraternity. Sever
not thyself from it, citherin judgment or uff ction. M ike ao
count there is not one of God’s saints upon earth hut hath
a prop Tty in tliee, and thou mayest challenge tho same in
each of them; so that tlmi canst not be sensible of their pas
sions ; and be freely coAinriUiiicHtive of all thy graces, and
all serviceable offices, ty example, admonition, exhortation,
||consolulion, prayer, beifrficineo fir the good of that sacral
I community. And whetMhuu raisest up thine eyes to lien
! veil, think of that gloricty soei. ty of blessed saint* who are
gone before tlac . and are there tiiumpbing, and reigning in
i eternal and incomprehensible glory : b'tss God for them
and wish thyself with f¥t>m ; tread ii: tie Imly step, and b
i ambitious of that crown of glory and immortality which
j j thou set st shining on their hi ado. —Bishop Ha!/.
iect c U .
HOW TO WOVE THE WORLD.
i; One day a Philosopher came to Athens, from a far coun
try, to learn the ways oftlie wonderful Greeks, and perhaps
|j to teach them the very great love lie had treasured in liis|
; heart. The wise melt heard him, sought his company in
! the gardens, an l talked with him in private. The young
men loved him. Ho passed fir a wonder with that wonder
loving people. Among those that followed him, was a son
Ij of Sopbroniscus, nn ill-favored, though thoughtful, young
man, a mechanic of humble rank, lie was one of the few
that understood the oriental doctrines of the age, when
j; he spoke of God, Man, Freedom, Goodness, of the life that
never dies. The yotUg'tnan saw those doctrines were preg
nant with actions, and'would one day work a revolution in j
the affairs of men, disinheriting many on ancient sin now
; held legitimate. So lie said to himself when lie saw a
i rich man or famous, —“Oil that I also were rich and famous,
j I would move the world s > soon ! Hero are sins to bo pluck
ed up, and truths to bh planted. Ob, that I could do it all !
I would mend the world right soon.” Vet did nothing but
wait for wealth and fnfme.
One day the sage he rd him complain with himself, and
said, ‘'Young man thou speakest as one of the silly women.!:
I The Gospel of God is writ for all. Let him that would
move the world, mvo first himself, lie that would do good;
jjfor men, begins wftMkwluit tools (Lad lias given him, and,
gets more as the w >i!d gets on. It asks neither wealth nor
lame to liv* out a noble lif', at the end of thy lane in Athens, j
j, Make thy light thy Life, thy thought thy Action ; others w ill
I!come round. Thou nskest a place to stand on hereafter and
move the. world. Foolish young man, take it where thou
.'stundest and begin now. So the work shall go forward. —
‘Reform thy little self, and thou hast begun to reform the;
wort I. Fear not thy work shall die !”
The youth took tin hint; re termed himself of Ilis coarse
ness, his sneers, of all meanness, that was in him. Ilis idea
became bis Life; and tint blameless and lovely. His truth
passed into the public mind as the sun into the air. Ilis
influence passes like morning, from continent to continent,
and the rich and the poor are blessed by the light, and warm
ed by the life of Socrates, Plough they knew not his name.
I'M TOO BUSY.
A merchant sat at his office desk ; various letters were
i spread before him; his whole being was absorbed in the in
tricacies of his business. A zealous friend of mankind, en
tered the office. ‘I want to intr rest you a little in anew of
’ fort for the temperance cause,’ said the good nma. The
merchant cut him off by replying, ‘Sir, you must excuse me,
1 but really I'm too busy to attend to that subject now.’ ‘But,
sir, intemperance is on the increase among us,’ said his friend.
‘lt is? I’m sorry ; but I’m too busy at present to do any
tiling.’ ‘When shall I call again, sir ?’ ‘1 cannot tell. I’m
very busy. I’m busy every day. Excuse me, sir, f wish
you a good morning.’ Then bowing the intruder out of the
t office, lie resumed the study of Ids papers. The merchant,
had frequently repulsed the friends of humanity in this man
• ner. No matter what was the object, lie was too busy to
1 listen to their claims. He had even told his minister lie was
too busy for any thing hut to make mon >y. But one morning;
a disagreeable stranger stepped very softly to his side, lay
ing a cold moist hand upon his brow, and saying, ‘Go home
with me.’ The merchant laid down his pen ; his head grew
dizzy; his stomach felt faint and sick; he left the counting- j
room, went home am! retired to his bed-chamber. Kis un
welcome visitor had followed him, and now took his place by
the bed-side, whispering ever and anon. ‘You must go with
me.’ A cold chill settled on the merchant’s hear!; dim
spectres of ships, notes, houses and lands, flitted before his
excited mind. Still his pulse beat slower, his heart heaved
heavily, thick films gathered over his eyes, his tongue re
fused to speak. Then the merchant knew that the name of
bis visitor was Death ! All other claimants on his attention,
except the friends of Mammon, lmd always found a quick
dismissal in the magic phrase, ‘l’m too busy.’ Humanity,
mercy, religion had alike begged his influence, means, and
in vain. But when. Death came the excuse was,
powerless; he was compelled to have leisure to die. Let
us beware how to make ourselves too busy to secure life’s
great end. When the excuse rises to our lips, and we aro
about to say that we are too busy lo do good, let us remem
ber we cannot be too busy to die.
Immersion. —The Halifax Christian Messenger has the fol
lowing :
A friend at Charlottown, Prince Edward’s Island, upon
whom we cun rely, informs us that the ordinance of baptism
was performed in the beautiful river upon which the town is
situated, on Sunday morning the 2tili of Sept., by the Rev.
Dr. Jenkin- Episcopalian min-sler of that place. Tiie ad
ministrator and candidate, who is a respectable magistrate
residing at Charlottown, accompanied by a few I'rh-iids, re
paired to tiie river side in the morning, whereafter the prop
er preliminaries were gone through, they went and ;vn into the
water, both tho minister and the candidate, and he immersed
him, after which they came up out oftlie water, and went orr
their way, we trust rejoicing. M'c are pleased to hear of
every return to tiie primitive mode. I low interesting it must
he to all concerned, to beatib: lo relate the account of a bap
tism almost in ibe very words of scripture. ll,>w embarras
ing one would suppose it must r • when this cannot be done.
The Eric Bootes on Baptism. —’Ve lost week referred to
new works, d.-signed lo “settle'’ the baptismal qumubui,
from the pen of fir. A. Peters, and Dr. Edward Beecher;
but alas, alas, even these two excellent men cannot agree.—
They take opposing positions, and actually destroy each oth
er. For, the aim of Dr. Ileecher is to show, that the word
baplizo is a generic term, meaning ‘to purify’ in any mode,
while Dr. Pi ters’ object is lo prove that the word is specific,
meaning simply ‘to sprinkle.’ It is obvious, however, that
no word can he both generic and specific at the same time.
It is cither the one or the other. And so, os our friend of tho
Watchman and Reflector has it : “In view of these facts, it
seems likely that there will lie two parties among our Podo.
Imptist friends, the Peteraians and B-.-t-elierites—ortiie sprink
lers and purifiers—unless they conclude todropthe subject
and bury it in silence, l! they pursue it, then, as both can
not be right, one party must give in to tiie other, or else coma
over to the roCkv grounds which the Baptists have fur ages
occupied.”
Power of Prejudice. —V hen the scales of prejudice aro
removed from the ison of general information,
tiie truth appears to him. in so clear and striking a light, that
he is surprised that others do not perceive it as forcibly as
be does himself. This state of things is almost sure to hap
pen to those of our p dobaptist brethren, who occasionally
become converted to the Baptist faith. The whole argument
i in favor of Baptist views appears to such so conclusive and
convincing, tlmt they are not only astonished that there
i should ever have been more than one opinion or. the subject,
hut think that they can soon make others see the matter as
they do tin ms* Ives. Hence they are apt to become the most
jj^algtps^itid,successful ad.vocut -s of Baptist sentiments. As
an example of this, I)r. Shaw of Washington, late a minister
in a pedobaptist church, thus concludes a recent letter to us:
—“I have been astonished nt the cumulative evidenbe which
my studies almost daily present to me, ol the vantage ground
the Regular Baptists occupy, fortified by Hol v Scripture, and
logical induction from history and common sense.”— Bib.
; Recorder.
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Religious Liberty in German)/. — The German Diet, in ses
sion nt Frankfort, have adopted as a fundamental law for all
the German Nations, among otlmr articles, the following:
Every religious community (church) orders and adminis
ters its affairs independently; but it remains like every other
society in I lie State, subject to the laws of the State.
No-one religious community enjoys by means of tin
State, privileges above the rest. Moreover, there exists r.o
State church.
New religions communities may be formed; is it not ne
cessary that their confession he acknowledged by the State.
Changes in Sentiment. —Rro. Day reports 3 Methodists
baptized into the church at I’leasant Plains. Bro. Haynia
reports the baptism of a Methodist Preacher by the name of
Cart me 11, and bis wife into the fellowship of the Mt. Tabor
church. Bro. Boriim reports 3 Methodists, baptized by Bro.
Young, also 1 Presbyterian and I Methodist, by Bro. Peyton
Smith. At a church constituted by himself and Bro. Young,
a Cumberland Presbyterian Mioi-oer. Bro. Arnold reports
the baptism of 4 Methodists. In all 11. Quite a littla
church, and two ministers to supply iff We hope our breth
ren will still report. — Tenn. Baptist.
Premature Morality-. —l have known a child to have a con
science of such extraordinary and premature sensibility, that
at seven years of age she would bo made ill by remorse for
a small fault. She was brought up by persons of excellent
understanding, with infinite care and affection, and yet, by
the time she was twenty years of age, she had. next to no con
science and a hard heart. A person who bad. some experi
encaof precocious consciences observed to.me. in respect to
those children who are said to be too good and too clever to
live, that it was very desirable they should not.
A Troublesome Congregation. —On Sunday, says the Lon.
don Standard, when the ministerof Undey entered the kirk,
lie was no less surpr:*d than indignant to find that “daft
Jamie, Fleming,” had taken possession of the pulpit.
“Come doon, Jamie,” said his reverence.
“Come ye up sir,” answered Jamie, “they’re a stiffneckt
and rebellious generation, sir, an’it will tack us baith. to,
them,.”
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