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RESISTING SIN AND TEMPTATION.
A SER.TION,
By Rev. A. D. Newman, Roehester, N. T.
O, wretched man that I am!—Romans vii, 24.
Who utters these words of profound
est despair? Is it the thief on the
cross expiating his career of crime ?
No. Is it the worm-devoured Herod;
his spirit devoured by worse than
worms, and about to depart to the re
gions of darkness ? No, it is not
Herod. Is it Saul, the persecutor,
struck down by the power of God, on
his errand of mistaken and cruel zeal- ?
No, not Saul, the persecutor. It is
Paul, the apostle. Paul, the apostle,
then, probably, when he was reviled
and persecuted, or when he was ship
wrecked, or when he was beaten with
forty stripes save one, or when having
been stoned, he was draged out as
dead, or when he was forced to fight
with wild beasts at Ephesus? But,
no ; there may have been, on these oc
casions, temptation to such utterances
of despair, but Paul would have been
the very last man to suffer himself to
make them. Nay, he conld rather
glory in being thought worthy to suf
fer or to die for Christ. Still, this
same apostle it was, who uttered these
woeful words. But he uttered them
at a time when, as far as we know,
worldly matters —yes, and the great
work of his life, the evangelization of
the heathen—were going on prosperous
ly. Paul wrote these words after he
had, for a long time, been a most zeal
ous follower of Christ, and preacher of
the Gospel. What could have been
the condition of Paul’s soul, when he
felt constrained to exclaim, “0, wretch
ed man that I um!”
We know very well what his condi
tion was not. We know that Paul was
not, at this time, in any sense, an un
regenerate man. We know that he
had accepted Christ as his Saviour and
Master; that he had a faith in Christ,
a loyalty to Christ, that wavered not.
We know that his life was fully con
formed to his faith, and to his lovalty.
He labored more abundantly than did
all the other apostles. Paul certainly,
then, could not have Uttered the words
of the text, in the sense in which a
man first convicted of sin, and as yet
without hope of salvation, would utter
them. He could not have made the
despairing exclamation in the spirit of
one who, having made a profession of
faith in Christ, should afterwards com
mit some enormous sin—a sin which
placed him as if in the very focus of the
Divine wrath ; a sin which he could not
hope would be pardoned; which
would, he felt, damn him eternally.
There was agony in the utterance, but
it was not the agony of a convic+ed,
unregenerate sinner, or of one wbo had
fallen from a state of acceptance with
God. In a word, what Paul ejacula
ted on this occasion, was not, in any way,
inspired by the peculiar character, or
by the peculiar circumstances, of Paul
as an individual man. “It was the
cry of universal human nature, fallen
but redeemed, redeemed but not yet
sanctified.” It was an exclamation
which any of us could—must make —if
we only had as clear a perception as
Paul had of the corruption of the hu
man heart. It was an exclamation,
the spirit of which can be participated
in only by those that have made great
progress in the Christian life. Such
men as Paul and Augustine, as John
Buuyan and Jonathan Edwards could
participate in it; only such men, for
only such men, holiest of earth’s holy,
can fully appreciate the exceeding sin
fulness ”of sin; can feel in the very
depths of their hearts that they are the
vilest of sinners.
What I would especially impress
upon you now, my brethren, are
these two facts which are implied in
the text and the context. 1. That sin,
even in the regenerate, is persistently and
desperately struggling for the mastery,
and 2. That it is to be kept under re
straint, and, finally overcome only by un
ceasing, uncompromising counter-striving.
We are all of us conscious the more
deeply spiritual we are, the more vividly
are we conscious, that, even after we
have yielded ourselves to Christ, there
are still two antagonistic principles at
work within us. We know that we
liaVe still to contend against a sinful
nature, which Christ, working in us, does
not destroy at once. How we came
by this evil nature, we need not now
inquire. The fact itself, without the
reason of the fact, is enough. Apart
from Christ our whole nature is cor
rupt. We know that we are corrupt,
but we do not wish to be otherwise; we
rather rejoice and glory in our deprav
ity. We know that we are not as we
should be—conscience tells us that, but
we have no will to rid ourselves of our
evil nature. We bear the yoke of sin,
a grievous yoke, but we bear it willingly.
This is the state of nature with every
man. When, however, the influence of
the Holy Spirit is brought to bear upon
our souls, when we are aroused from
the death-sleep into which sin has pros
trated us, when we are made to see
clearly the nature, the import, the con
sequences of sin, then we bewail our
sinfulness; then we long, oh, how
eagerly ! to be free from its bondage.
Does not Christ deliver us from sin ?
Is He not faithful and just, alike to
forgive our past sins, and to take away
tendency to sin ? Yes, truly, but in
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His own way; not as we, in ignorance,
could desire. Has Christ taken away
from you all tendency to sin ? Has
He done this for anyone that you ever
knew ? Is there, indeed, in all the
world, a just man that doeth good and
sinneth not ? Christ forgives us our
sins, helps us—helps us wonderfully in
our struggle against sin ; but He does
not immediately bring the struggle to
an end in our favor. The fact is, I re
peat, that even after conversion, there
remains in us a sinful principle that is
striving continually to draw us down
to the dust. We will what is good ;
we will to be absolutely obedient unto
God, to glorify Christ; to make Christ
the center of our existence, the object
of supreme regard; we desire in our
inmost souls to be like dirist; but do
we, therefore, do all things to Christ’s
glory ; do we put away selfishness ; do
we become, at once and completely, like
Christ? Alas! no. We will to do
right, but we do it not.
We have, as it were, two selves.
Our inmost, Christ-begotten self strives
after the good; our carnal self tends
mightily to evil. The stronger the
tendency of our souls to the right the
more unswerving our purpose of keep
ing evil out of our acts, and out of our
thoughts; the more clearly do we
behold how corrupt we are. Did you,
my friend, ever perform an act abso
lutely sinless ?
“ When I lift up my soul in prayer
to Almighty God, I surely do not sin,”
does someone answer ? Well, did
you ever offer a prayer in which there
was not lurking some element of selfish
ness, some element of doubt, some ele
ment of non-acquiescence in the Di
vine Will? But all these elements
are sinful, and selfishness is the very
essence of sin. Our very prayers, then,
are not unmixed with sin. The holiest
moments of our earthly life are not
allholy. Measured by a human stand
ard, though our lives should seem per
fect, they are exceedingly imperfect
when, by a Divine and absolute stand
ard, they are measured. The hideous
ness of some insects is unobserved
until the microscope reveals it to our
imperfect sight. Then they are every
whit as uncomely as the veriest mon
ster imagination ever pictured. Sin
which are insignificant in our eyes, are
in God’s eyes almost as monstrous as
those which we account the greatest.
“If we cannot but sin, why bewail
it ?” may be asked. Why should
Paul have cried out, “O ! wretched man
that I am” on account of that which he
could not avoid? It was for this
very reason that he cried out. Is sin
any the lfcss hateful, is it any the less
to be deplored because we cannot free
ourselves from its tyranny ? If you
had a malignant ulcer on your body,
would vou regret it any the less, that
you could not be rid of it ? Nay, would
not your sorrow be so much the more
poignant as you knew that it would
gnaw at your vitals till death. It is
this that breeds the semblance of de
spair in the apostle’s mind. He knew
profoundly what sin was, he knew how
tenacious it was of its victim. It is
this that caused him to exclaim, “0,
wretched man that lam !” It is this,
my brethren, that should make us more
and more watchful over our carnal na
ture, more and more subject to the
higher, purer law of the Spirit sancti
fied by Christ.
But evil as is our present plight,
there is yet ground for great joy and
consolation, consolation and joy to
which Paul was no stranger. It was
this same apostle who urged his fellow
Christians in the most emphatic lan
guage to rejoice in the Lord always.
Paul was a remarkably joyful man.
There was never the slightest danger
that tribulations should drive him to
despair. True Christians, unless they
are diseased in body or in mind, never
despair. Hope is one of the essential
elements of Christianity. When Paul
besought the Lord thrice that his
“thorn of the flesh” might be removed,
the thorn was not removed, but grace
was promised, sufficient grace. The
grace of Christ was sufficient to en
able Paul, despite trials and tempta
tions, to go on with bis arduous, yet
glorious work. Though he was not
delivered completely from the evil ten
dencies of his sensuous nature, he,
nevertheless, succeeded gradually in
gaining dominion over them. Paul
could say with greater joy than if he
had never been tempted, “But thanks
be to God who giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Our
supreme glory would not lie in being
delivered from sinful tendencies once
for all; it lies rather in fighting sin at
every step, and in overcoming it at last.
A battle gained for the right against
the wrong is not simply a present vic
tory, it helps to future victories as
well. Let us resolve that sin shall not
lord it over us. Let it never gain a
battle. Resist it, resist it, RESIST
IT ALWAYS. “Resist the devil and
he will flee from youresist evil in
any form and it will flee. It is when
we are off our guard that sin does its
most destructive work. “Watch and
pray, lest ye enter into temptation !”
IVY FOR CHCRCH DECORATION.
Frequently this evergreen is used in
bunches iu a flowering state, but let me
say how effective it is in churches
when used in its natural clinging man
ner. For some years I have been con
nected with a church which has been
elaborately, yet tastefully, decorated by
willing helpers, who have rivalled each
other in their treatment of the several
parts of the edifice. All was perfect
except the windows, and now these
are made so (the congregation being
the judges) by the use of ivy alone.
The small English variety is used—
the sort that clings to stems of trees
in woods. Sprays of these tre obtained,
their bases placed near the glass and
their points at an upward yet irregular
angle, are trained inwards on the
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and made to climb up aud around the
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light, airy, and so natural that it ap
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manner, and has found its way from
the outside to the inside of the church.
The runners may be glued, tacked, or
tied on the walls, as is most suitable
and convenient. They are perfectly
flat when taken from the stems of trees
and will fit anywhere. —Journal of Hor
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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING FOURTH
DISTRICT MIDDLE ASSOCIATION.
CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE.
The hour for preaching having ar
rived, business was suspended, and
Elder R. L. J. Grant preached an in
teresting sermon from I Timothy, 5:24.
The business of the meeting was
then resumed.
The following resolutions were of
fered and adopted :
Resolved, That the Moderator appoint a
committee consisting of one from each church,
to inquire into and report to this body Ihe con
dition of the Sabbath-schools of this District.
Resolved, That the Moderator appoint a
committee to nominate a brother to preach the
introductory sermon, one to deliver the Sab
bath-school address on Saturday, and one to
reason upon temper mce at the next General
Meeting of this District.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
till 2 o’clock r.M. Prayer by Elder J.
C. Edwards.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Meeting was called to order by the
Moderator.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The Committee on nominations re
ported the following, which was
adopted:
E'der J. S. Perryclear to nreach the
introductory sermon, Elder J. C. Ed
wards, alternate ; Elder H. E. Cassidy
to deliver the Sabbath-school address,
Elder J. H. Ash, alternate; Elder R.
L. J. Grant, on temperance, Elder W.
W. Lee, alternate.
COMMITTEE ON SABBATH-SCHOOLS
Reported the following, whichroyl
adopted : *
We find that all the churches of our divis
ion, except one, have a Sabbath-school in a
flourishing condition.
QUERY AND RESOLUTION.
The following query was introduced :
How are churches to reach delin
quent members who fail to attend their
conference meetings ?
After much discussion, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we recommend to our sister
churches that they deal with delinquent mem
bers strictly in accordance with Scripture
teachings.
NEW PBOVIDENCE CHURCH.
Upon application from New Provi
dence church, it is unanimously re
commended that the Baptist Middle
Association hold its session of 1877
with said church.
BESOLUTIONS —THE INDEX.
The following resolutions were offer
ed and adopted :
Resolved, That we invite Union Sabbath
schools in our district to meet with us by mes
sengers at the next General Meeting of this
division.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be sent to The Christian Index, with
a request that they be published in that valua
ble paper.
Brethren Dr. R. G. Norton and John
M. Spier, made earnest appeals to the
messengers for contributions for the
support of our Home Missionary.
CLOSING SEEVICES.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
till 10 o’clock a.m. Sunday ; when the
congregation assembled in the house,
aud spent an hour in singing favorite
Sabbath-school pieces.
After which Elder R. L J. Grant
preached an interesting sermon upon
the spread of the Gospel, from Mathew
xiii:3l, 32.
After an intermission of one hour,
the messengers assembled in the house,
sang a beautiful hymn, Minutes wre
read and adopted, and the parting
hand was given.
R. L. J. Gbant, Moderator.
Henby A. Wadi,ace, Clerk.
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MINISTERS AND DEACONS’ MEETING.
The Ministers and Deacons’ meeting
of the Bethel Association, met with
the Baptist church at Georgetown, Ga.,
on January the 28th 1876. Deacon W.
B. McLendon was elected Moderator,
Wm. H. Norton Secretary.
The meeting passed off pleasantly,
but the attendance was not so full as
desired, on account of inclement weath
er. All the brethren to whom subjects
had been assigned, were present and
read well written essays, which were
discussed generally, to the entertain
ment and profit of all present.
Brethren Thomas Muse, W. L. Craw
ford, L. Culbreth, and E. J. Moore,
were appointed a committee to suggest
time, place and queries for the next
meeting. They submitted the follow
ing, which was adopted:
Next meeting to he held with New
Hope church, Randolph county, Ga.,
on Friday before the fifth Sunday in
April, 1876.
Introductory sermon by Elder J. M.
Parker.
Essays—Proper observance of the
Sabbath, by Deacon T. H. Jones.
Duties of Deacons, and best plan to
raise funds for church purposes, etc.,
Elder W. L. Crawford.
What should be done with members
who are able, and yet refuse to con
tribute to the support of the Gospel ?
J. H. Hatcher.
Can the heathen be saved without
the Gospel ? J. B. Clay.
Sermon at night. Justification by
Faith, J. B. Cheves.
Saturday—Essays : By what means
may the membership of the churches
be more effectually developed ? Elder
George Cheves.
Is it illiberal in Baptists not to com
mune with other denominations? L.
Culbreth.
Should the churches deal with the
members for dancing ? J. B. Horsely.
Evils and remedy of loose church dis
cipline, discussed by Deacon Sylvanus
Robertson.
Calling of pastors ; bow best, for a
limited or unlimited time? Elder T.
Muse.
Have the churches Scriptural author
ity to exclude members for not attend
ing Saturday meetings ? B. Burnett.
Preaching at night by Elder George
Cheves. Subject, Necessity of Regen
eration.
Sabbath morning, 9 o’clock. —Sab-
bath-school mass-meeting.
Essay—How to make the Sabbath
school a success, by W. H. Norton.
Discussed by T. P. Jester and others.
Preaching at 11 o’clock by Elder T.
Muse, on Missions.
It is earnestly desired that all the
brethren to whom subjects have been
assigned will be present and answer to
their names. Shall we not have a full
representation from the churches in
the persons of their deacons ? All are
most cordially invited to attend. The
meetings are pleasant and you feel well
paid for your trouble.
Wm. H. Noeton, Secretary.
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MINUTES OF THE COLUMBIA (FLA.) UNION.
The Columbia Union met with the
Providence church January 28th, 1876.
Introductory sermon preached at 11
a.m. by Rev. G. H. Phillips, Rom.
viii: 2, after which the Union was call
ed to order by the Moderator, Rev. J.
Jj. Taylor. In the absence of the
clerk, brother S. R. O’Quinn
r vvaeT chosen Secretary, and brother
Robert Turner assistant Secretary of
the Union. The delegates from the
churches composing tne Union were
called for, when the following brethren
reported: Rev. G. H. Phillips, Lake
City ; H. E. Braddock, Mount Pleas
ant; A. D. Wilder, Cypress Lake; S.
O’Quinn, S. R. O’Quinn and K. D.
Edge, Bethlehem.
On motion and second, it was resolv
ed that visiting brethren connected
with churches in f he bounds of the Un
ion, be recognized as members of this
body. A letter from Bethlehem was
read, and in answer to her request, it
was resolved that one hour be set
apart, Sabbath morning, in special
prayer for that church and others com
posing the Union.
The meeting adjourned until 2 r.M.
In the afternoon query No. 1 was
taken up: “ Can the hands of all ef
ficient ministers be liberated from
secular employment, and how ?” The
query was discussed at length by
brethren Taylor, Phillips, and others,
whereupon the following preamble and
resolutions were read and adopted by
the body:
Whereas, We believe that by organ
izing some financial system in our
churches, by which every member
would be made available, we could raise
funds not only sufficient to liberate
our ministers from secular employ
ment, but, also, to extend our mission
ary enterprises; therefore
Resolved, That we, the Columbia Un
ion, recommend to the churches com
posing the Union, to organize afinancial
system at once by which every member
of the church may be made available
in proportion “as God has prospered
him.”
Resolved, That it is the duty of every
member of a church of Christ to con
tribute something to the Gospel except
in cases of inability, in which cases it
becomes the duty of the church to con
tribute to her indignant members.
Query No, 2. “ How can we best pro
mote the spirituality of the churches ?”
was tabled till to-morrow. Query No.
3. “Is a minister engaged in some se
cular employment as efficient as he
otherwise would be?” was stricken out.
Query No. 4. “ Is it Scriptural for our
bishops to be pastors of more than one
church at a time?” was tabled till to
morrow. On motion the meeting ad
journed till Saturday, 9 a.m.
January 29th—Minutes of yesterday
read and approved. Query No. 4 was
taken up and indefinitely postponed.
Adjourned for preaching, after which
Query No. 2 was taken up, discussed
and indefinitely postponed.
On motion and second, it was re
solved that Friday before the fourth
Sabbath in April be set apart as a day
i of fasting and humiliation and prayer,
in behalf of the churches composing
our Union.
It was resolved that all the funds
in the hands of the Treasurer, together
with the collection on to-morrow, be
paid over to Rev. J. H. Tomkies.
On motion and second, the Columbia
Union adjourned to meet with the
Bethlehem church on Friday before the
sth Sabbath in April, 1876.
J. G. Taylor, Moderator.
S. R. O’Quinn, Clerk.
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gomery, Ala.; Geo. B. Holmes, Esq., President Mer
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EDWARD J. EVANS 8c CO.,
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YORK, PENN.
on L/’T'iCJ Garden, Flower and Grass
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1876* DREER’SGA&DEH CJUXMJMUt. 1878.
Contains descriptive and prioe list of Vegeta
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