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Sin, Righteousness ant Judgment.
A SERMON,
By Rev. J. C. Wright, Oxford, ilabama.
“He will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment.”—John xvi: 8.
The best advice might be given in
seven words—the divisions of this
sermon—forsake sin, seek righteous
ness, prepare for judgment.
Unless men are convinced of the fact
and ruin of sin, they will not forsake
it. To be convinced of this, notice
some items and arguments. If sin,
when the Father looked upon it, “re
pented Him, and grieved Him at heart;”
if sin killed the Son, “crucified the
Lord of glorly if sin called the Holy
Spirit out of Heaven, and, as it wore,
ordained him a preacher to the end of
time, to denounce sin, then well may
we conclude that sin is exceeding sin
ful ; that its “wages is death.”
Sin made Heaven the first seat of
war, and waged in it an unsuccessful
fight. Whose these tenantless temples,
bright estates ? They are the estates
of those who “kept not their first es
tates.” These are signs of sin.
Who built this dungeon, deep and
dark, heaved high its masive walls,
forged its chains, fanned its flames,
filled it with lost spirits, from whose
ruin we have no courier, save the
“smoke of their torment ascending up
forever and °ver ?” Sin.
Who changed a garden into a wilder
ness ; turned its flowers into night
shade; congealed its dewdrops into
tears ? Sin. Who changed the chants
of earth into the noise of war ; its
songs of praise to curses and blasphb
my ? Sin. Sin condensed clouds of
wrath into that fire that burnt Gomor
rah ; unlocked the fountains which
loosed a flood that drown a world-
Sin has cu r sed the earth, sown the
church with “tares,” the State with
hemlock, the world with upas. It has
whitened its bills with bones, mingled
its waters with blood, painted its scenes
in gore, baptized it in tears, steeped in
iniquity, filled it with orphans, made it
vocal with the wail of widows, which,
ever mingling with the noise of war
giants, cries to Heaven for vengeance.
Behold its ruin in three worlds and he
convinced, and forsake it.
The ruins of sm fail to move men to
repentance, because of their common
ness. Sin is universal. Like a dark
belt it circles she earth, and reaches to
either pole. Men are familiar with it,
hence, “it gives them no concern, ex
cites no alarm, they seek no remedy,
they sport with their own danger, turn
it into a jest, and glory in their own
shame.” Sin is on every side; every
image in the mirror is a sinner, and if
you would talk to the devil you have
only to open a dialogue with your
shadow.
Sin ruins by deception!. It makes
the heart “deceitful,” not above one
thing, but “all things.” It would de
ceive even the elect. It has more phases
than the moon, more colors than the
chameleon, more charms than a ser
pent, as much divination as Satan. It
sweeps away its millions by shows, de
lusions and shadowy enchantments.
Well may the Spirit warn us.
Sin ruins men because they do not
believe that it is runious. See how it
blights the blossoms of youth, “breaks
parents hearts, turns children into vi
pers, mothers into monsters, fathers
into Herods, hurls reason from her
throne, and impels men, like Gadarine
swine, into a burning gulf.” Sin grav
itates to hell, every pulse throbs on to
death, every pendulum moves to the
grave, while “sin weaves the winding
sheet of souls and buries them deep in
the urn of everlasting woe.”
Look once more at Heaven robbed,
(robbed of what it would not contain
—fallen angels,) the world wrecked,
the chuich blighted, hell enlarged and
scenes enacted at which anything but
sin would turn pale. 0 repent, for
sake, weep!
“Weep not for broad lands lost,
Weep not for fair hopes crossed,
Weep not that death must part
Thine and the best loved heart;
Yet weep—weep all thou can—
Weep, weep because thou art
A sin defiled man.”
SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Not a name, or fame, wealth, or wis
dom, but “righteousness.” Do not
go about to establish your righteous
ness, but “seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness.” Seek
Him who is the “end of the law for
righteousness, who is of God made un
to us righteousness.” Righteousness
is the antidote for sin. It heals all our
diseases, binds our wounds, soothes
our sorrows, cleanses us from all sin.
“Where sin abounded grace did much
more abound.” If the .flood of sm
rose to the top of the highest moun
tains of transgression, “righteousness,
as the waves of the sea,” prevailed fif
teen cubits above the mountains. O,
the righteousness of Christ. It kills
sin, replaces lost images, stamps Jesus
on the soul, forms Christ in the heart,
the hope of glory. It elevates all
thought, refines all feeling, tempers all
passion, sublimates all joy, consum
mates all bliss. It is the strength of
life, the stay in death, a preparation
for judgement, the fitness for Heaven.
It is the light of the church, lustre of
religion, the beauty of the world, the
brightness of the firmament. It is the
charm of Heaven, it blushes on the
angel’s cheek, beams in the seraph’s
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eye, and brightens every scene. It
touches and tunes its harps to floods
of sweetest melody. It builds and
burnishes all its temples, its light falls
down from the silvery canopy above,
and is reflected back by the “seas of
glass” beneath, and the mingling efful
gence lights up the courts of the Celes
tial City forever, while multiplied mil
lions, clad in white, shout, “Christ, our
righteousness.” The Holy Spirit tells
of righteousness, that we may seek it
and be clothed with it.
PREPARE FOR JUDGMENT.
What is the best preparation for
judgment P Judgment would tell us,
“For when judgments aie in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn
righteousness ;’’ learn that righteous
ness is the only preparation for judg
ment. Hence, to “seek righteousness”
is to “prepare for judgment.” Who
shall stand in judgment? “The un
godly shall net stand in judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the
righteous.” Only the “righteous”
stand. The black cloak of sin must
be exchanged for the white robe of
righteousness, that “wedding garment”
approved. Our righteousness is as
filthy rags,” Christ, our righteousness,
only avails. His righteousut ss justifies
the spirit, embalms the body, while “it
rests in hope,” fashions dust into a
glorious body, and is an asbestos man
tle, wrapping every saint, proof against
the flames of a burning world and the
fires of a consuming hell. “He hath
appointed a day in which He will judge
the world.” How ? “In righteous
ness.” And will that day surely come?
The appointed time makes haste. The
clock of time strikes its last hour. The
shadows of Jeternitv| breaking in dark
en the dial of the world’s doom. There
were whisperings along the hills, voices
in the sky, nature put on the hetic
flush of youth, then paled fit sight of
her own dissolution. It was neither
day, nor night, but the glimmerings of
dark incertitudes.
"Weep all ot every uame ! Begin the woe
Ye woods, and tell it to the doleful wiude
Ami doleful winds, wail it to tlio howling lulls;
And howling hills, mourn it to dismal vales; -
And dismal vales, sigh to the sorrowing brooks;
And sorrowing brooks, weep to the weeping
stream ;
And weeping stream, awake the groaning deep,
And let the instrument take up the song,
Responsive to the voice, harmonious woe !
Ye Heavens, greatarch way of the universe,
Put sackcloth on, and ocean clothe thyself
In garb of widowhood, and gather all
Thy w aves into a groan, and utter it,
Long, loud, deep, piercing, dolorous, im
mense,
The occasion asks it!” Nature dies, and God
Comes, comes, for judgment.
The earth trembles, the seas roar,
the “elements melt with fervent beat,”
the Heavens fall down a sheet of fire,
and wrap the world in flame ! Sinners
cry, ‘ O rocks !” saints, “O righteous
ness !” devils, “0 judgment.” Are
we prepared for this scene ? May
the Holy Spirit persuade ns “To for
sake sin, seek righteousness aud pre
pare for judgment.” Amen.
C|e Hunhji Stljodl.
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SIiYDIV-StHOOI. WORK IX IDE MIDDLE
ASSOCIATION.
The zeal manifested by the brethren
at the lato meeting of the Middle As
sociation, which I had the pleasure of
attending, excited in me a strong desire
to visit as many of her churches as
possible, and to mingle with these
brethren at their homes. Through the
courtesy of brother Wallace and the
Sunday-school Committee, appoint
ments were made at seven of the
churches, commencing at Perkinsville
and ending at Whitesville. Owing to
inclement weather and other causes,
but little was done at the first named
place. There were, however, some
things that were gratifying—among
which was the promise on the part oi
the brethren and friends to revive the
Sunday-school. With the musical tal
ent possessed by the Perkins family
and others, there is no reason why the
school should ever die, and I trust that
it never will again. I had the pleasure
of hearing a good sermon on Sunday,
by the pastor elect, brother Verdery.
Avery pleasant meeting was held at
Little Buckhead on Sunday night.
Here I found one of the neatest houses
of worship in the Association, with
walls ornamented hy Scripture mottoes,
maps, etc. The superintendent, Dr.
Wallace is thoroughly alive, and has a
most excellent school—made especially
attractive by the good singing, under
the direction of Mrs. Wallace. This
church has for its pastor our amiable
and accomplished brother, W. L. Kil
patrick. Rev. W. L. Murrow, the
brother of the faithful and devoted
Indian Missionary, (or rather, Mission
ary to tne Indians,) and his family are
members of this church. To them I
am indebted lor a most delightful
night’s entertainment. A more charm
ing homecircle, I rarely see. The af
fettionate and tender relations between
the godly parents and dutiful children
constrained me to believe that the
motto of this father is like one of old,
“ as for me and my house, we will serve
the Lord.”
The meeting at Little Horse Creek
was not well attended, but those who
were present, seemed to be interested,
and quite a number voted to join the
Sunday-school. If all were us inter
ested as brother Sasseen and brother
Lee, and others, there would be a large
aua flourishing school. I hope that it
will not be long before such is the case
The kind aud generous hospitality
of brother S. and his family, and the
attention of Mr. Patrick, will not soon
be forgotten. At Sylvania a real
hearty welcome was extended, and most
keenly enjoyed. For this, much is due
Bro. McCall and the bright and spark
ling girls and boys of his school. The
school is in a flourishing condition, and
reflects credit upon its principal and
the Doctor. Zeal and energy have
been rewarded here, as they always
will be. I hope, however, that the
good Doctor will not hesitate to “ scotch ”
for me next time, if he is a bachelor.
At Middle Ground we had the first
basket dinner, (I like to have them at
all my meetings,) and a real old fash
ioned, warm-hearted meeting, except
those young men who wouldn’t sing.
The cheerful faces aud ready voices of
the people showed that the pastor,
brother Cassidy, and superintendent,
brother McGeliee, had not been un
mindful of their obligations. The
services in the morning were designed
more especially for the older persons,
those of the afternoon for the young,
and those at night for both. Twenty
five persons were added to the school,
aud all voted to do more than ever be
fore.
At Little Ogecbee there was another
basket dinner, and only a few minutes
spent among these good people made
me feel all together at home, and sat
isfied me that they were a noble band
of Christian workers. The singing,
under the leadership of Dr. Lanier,
with Miss Fay as organist, was admi
rable. I found no difficulty in singing
any song on my roll, and was delighted
to observe that nearly all, including
the smallest girls and boys, joined in
this part of the worship. The meeting
was every way pleasant and satisfac
tory, unless I except the— voting.
Brother T. B. Cooper, well known to
the readers of The Index as a good
preacher and writer, is the pastor.
Brother T. W. Lanier is the much be
loved superintendent.
lam greatly indebted to broth r
Lanier and Prof. Hartwell and Master
Lanier, for the best inusial treat that I
have enjoyed for a long time, and to
the Misses Brewer, and others, for kind
services. Brother Lanier did not arouse
mo, but I managed to awake in time to
take the four o’clock train for Whites
ville, where I was met by my good
friend and brother, Dr. Polhill, who
escorted me to his pleasant home, and
permitted me to take a nap before
breakfast. I regretted that I did not
have the pleasure of meeting the pas
tor, brother H. E. Cassidey, who is in
attendance upon the Legislature at
Atlanta. His place was well supplied
by brother P., who did all he could to
render my visit pleasant, and to
make the meeting successful.
Did space permit, it would be grati
fying to me to make special of
the many marks of attention received
at the hands of the kind people of
Wkitesville. I have rarely labored
among a people who seemed more ap
preciative, and I have good reason to
believe that my labors were not in vain.
The school is small, but by the adop
tion of Kind Words and some other
improvements, which I trust will be
made, it will become very interesting
and attractive. I was especially struck
with the musical talent among the
ladies, but regretted to see that so few
gentlemen assisted them.
I was pleased to meet brother Wal
lace, the efficient school agent for this
district, and am glad to know that be
is iully interested in the work.
T. C. B.
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IDE KKUOBOIU ASSOCIATION,
At its last session, the Rehohoth As
sociation of Georgia, adopted the fol
lowing report:
REPORT OF TEMPORARY COMMITTEE ON SAB
BATH-SCHOOLS.
Your committee beg leave to report:
1. That we deem it unnecessary to say any
thing in explanation, or enforcement of the im
portance of Sabbath-schools. This has been
done so often, and in terms so plain, that if the
subject is not properly understood, and appre
ciated to some good degree, as it deserves to he,
we have no hope that anything we could Bay
would accomplish these results.
2. We heartily endorse and approve the
measure inaugurated at a previous session of
your body, viz: The appointment of a stand
ing committee whose specific business it shall
be to encourage, in all commendable ways,
and at every available point within your
bounds, the establishment and efficient work
ings of Sabbath-schools; and in this, and other
ways that may commend themselves to their
pious judgment, aid and co-operate with our
laborious and faithful State Sabbath-school
Evangelist. For the particulars in the pro
gress of this work within your bounds, we re
fer you to the report of that committee.
3. We recommend the continuance of this
standing committee; and that the item in the
order of business, requiring the appointment,
at each session of your body, of a comrnitteeon
Sabbath-schools, be erased, and that the names
of this standing committee be published in lieu
of it.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
[Signed]—A. L. Moncrief, Wm. Patrick, B.
F. Cawley, S. W. Brown, H. C. White, Com
mittee.
The following resolutions were also
passed by the same Association:
5. We recommend the Sabbath-schools to
take Kind Wards and Ihe Baptist Teach
er, and to adopt the “Uniform Lessons.”
5. We urge upon the churches to make the
Sabbath-school work their work ; to foster
maintain and con.rol it.
7. We suggest that the statistics of the Sab
bath-schools he published in the Minutes of
the Association ; and that the churches be request
ed to send, up full statistics of their schools at the
next session of this body.
Respectfully submitted.
[Signed]—T. H. Stout, B. W. Brown, G.
11. Perdue, A. J. Cheeves, B. L. Ross, B. F.
Tharp, R. J. LcSueur, Committee.
These reports and resolutions have
been taken from the minutes of 1875,
and they place this excellent Associa
tion in the van guard of the great
Sunday-school army. S. B.
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THU OOSTANACLA ASSOCIATION.
At i*s last'regular session, in Octo
ber last, this Association adopted the
following as a part of its Report on
Sabbath-schools:
Your Committee would recommend:
1. That the churches make the Sabbath
school work church work.
2. That our pastors preach occasionally up
on the importance of all studying God’s Word.
3. We advise our brethren to subscribe for
Kind Words for their children.
4. A more efficient and systematic prose
cution of the Sabbath-school work. We
would suggest l(iat our moderator appoint a
Sabbath-school committee from our associa
tion, consisting of the following brethren, to
wit; J. H. Wade, chairman, Rome, Ga.; S. J.
Whatley, secretary, Nannie, Ga.; Geo. Marsh
W. C. Whitmire, .C. E. Wright, M. A. Reese,
and D. A. R. Alien, whose duty it will be to
promote the Sabbath-school cause in our asso
ciation, and to co-operate with our Sunday
school superintendent and evangelist of the
State Convention. All of which is respectfully
submitted. w. J. King,
-v, Chairman.
This extract is commended to the
churches of that Association. The
following was adopted, also, in the
Report on Publications:
We would especially recommend Kind
H was, one ot the best Sunday-school papers
in the South, and the only strictly Sunday
school paper in the South for the Baptiste,
hence we would heartily recommend all our
Sabbath-schools to support it liberally. The
above respectfully submitted.
J. H. Wade, Chairman.
A USEFI'L PLAN.
Now teachers, on taking charge of a
class in the “ Howard Sundav-school,”
in San Francisco, are handed"a printed
commission, as follows: “You are
hereby intrusted with the responsible
care, after this date, as teacher in this
school, of class No. , consisting of
the following scholars” (the names and
lesideni'es of the scholars being insert
ed). To this the superintendent’s sig
nature is affixed. On the back of the
commission is the order of exercises,
objects of collections, notice of teach
ers’ meetings, etc. Each scholar on
entering also receives a printed certifi
cate giving the number of his class and
t e name of the teacher, and certifying
“that —is duly registered as a mem
ber ot this school for the present year.”
On the back are printed “hints’ as to
punctuality, deportment, collections,
etc. The result of this system is said
to be that “the average attendance of
both teachers and scholars is better
than before this method was adopted,
while the liberality of the school is
much increased ”
TEACHING.
Asa rule, it may be stated that a
teacher is not prepared to use text
books most wisely until he is able to
dispense with them entirely, in the un
folding of any topic or study. The
teacher who grasps the subject under
discussion, need not refer to books,
either to aid his memory or to increase
his knowledge, and he who does not
know the subject in advance of his pu
pil, might as well change places with
him, or both together become disci
ples.
There can be no objection, however,
to the use of “skeleton notes,” by
those whose memory is defective, con
taining topics in proper order, sugges
tions of illustrations, etc., for mere ref
erence. The objection is to the use of
a book or paper, to the extent of in
terrupting the constant attention
which should be given to the class. In
fine, the teacher’s business in class is
to teach, not to read from a book, or to
study the lesson.
WELL ANSWERED.
At an Episcopal Sunday-school Con
vention, recently held in New York,
Rev. Arthur Brooks very happily re
plied to an objection, sometimes raised
by parents, when urged to send their
children to Sunday-school. “Why
should we send them ?” they ask. “We
can teach them better at home. We
are the ones to instruct them, and we
do not feel inclined to give up our
work to some unknown hand, and
thereby expose the children to influen
ces which we do not control or even
know.” In response to this reasoning
Mr. Brooks said, forcibly :
“If the teacher was a true Christian,
and the parent not, the child was bet
ter off in a Sunday-school ; while if
both were truly Christian, the benefit
was doubly great. In all events, the
Sunday-school is not the rival of the
home instructor, but its aid and co-op
erator.”
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A Card from the Treasurer of Mercer
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Makers of Contribution Notes to Mercer Uni
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Mercer High School. His post-offlee is Wash
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sep23tf Treasurer of Mercer University.
Something of Interest to tlie OJd Folks,
n<l to the Boys and Girls.
The Iloslon Journal, in a recent is
sue, says : “ Picture to yourself what a mag
azine for children ought to be—how bright and
winning in contents, how pure and stimulating
in teaching, how resplendent with pictures, and
then turn over the pages of St. Nicholas, and
you will find your ideal realized.”
The Chicago Inter-Ocean says:
“ St Nicholas is an institution of which Young
and Old America are as proud as England is of
Punch. A liouße without St. Nicholas,” con
tinues the writer, “ does not deserve to own any
boys and girls ; no dog should wag its little tail
while pressing its nose t hrough the area railings;
emphatically, we would observe that should the
sun condescend to shine upon that house, his
solar majesty would make a big mistake.”
The first volume of St, Nicholas was a sur
prise even to the public that had heartily wel
comed it, number by number. Newspaper crit
ics expressed enthusiastic approval; children
and parents were alike delighted, and congratu
atory letters from distinguished men and wo
men poured in upon the publishers and editor.
Charles Dudley Warner wrote : “I
do not see how it can be made any better, and if
children don’t like it, it is time to chango the
kind of children in this country.” Whittier,
our great poet, wrote : “It is little to say of
this magazine that it is the best chi d’s periodi
cal in the worldand words of hearty com
mendation came across the ocean from such
earnest workers and popular favorites of the
young as Geo. Macdonald, Christina Rossetti,
and Canon Kingsley.
Beautifully bound, superbly illustrated, and
filled with good things from the best writers (in
cluding three long serial stories.) ;he first vol
ume of St. Nicholas, complete in itself, is a
finer t.hrißtmas gift for girls and boys to-day
than any single book in the market, excepting
St. Nicholas for IS7S.
Which, with its magnificent pictures, its two
complete serials, and its innumerable shorter
stories, sketches, poems, fairy tales, rhymes and
jingles, bits of wisdom, its French, Geiman aud
Latin stories—its fun and its puzzles, Jack in
the pulpit, the Letter-Box, etc., etc., is even
more superbly attractive.
St. Nicholas lor 1871 and 1875, 4 Vols.
For the convenience of libraries, and because
many children find the two large volumes for ’74
and "75 rather bulky to handle, we have had
these twenty-four numbers bound in four ele
gant volumes, and inclosed in a neat box, under
the general title of
The St. iNcholas Library-
These four volumes are sold for ifß, being on
ly two dollars a volume—a beautiful and valua
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young folks.
The New-York Tribune says; “ In. the ava
lanche of immoral literature that threatens the
children, Borne strong, vitally wholesome, and
really attractive magazine is required for them,
and ; T. Nicholas has reached a higher platform,
and commands for this service wider resources
in art aud letters, than any of its predecessors
or contemporaries.”
The Sunday-School Times says : *• A cleaner,
purer, more trustworthy periodical for children
cannot be named. The magazine does not claim
to be religious, hut it is on the side of all that
is line and good, from beginning to end.”
The religious press all over the country heart
ily commends Kt. Nicholas, and virtually echoes
the opinion of the New York Christian Union ,
that it is “ A delightful magazine for all chil-
EREN BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHTY-SEVEN.”
ST. KICHuLAS FOR 1876
Promises even greater attractions than the pre
vious volumes. A strong feature of the new
volume is an American Serial Story.
‘ 'I li < U < J I It! It > l l> Bril! I'i li,
Giving the adventures of a party of boys on
their long journey across the plains, with a vivid
portraiture of their Life in Califoi-nia during the
days of the Gold-Fever. Mr. Brooks brings to
this work, in addition to his literary gifts, a thor
ough familiarity with the features of that wild
country and the people then flocking toward it.
What he has to say of them is pervaded with a
subtle and intense savor of realty that enables
the reader to follow the characters in their ad
ventures witli a positive sense of companionship.
The contagion of the “gold-fever;” the great
difficulties and perils which beleaguered their
journey across the plains and mountains, and fi
nally the adventurous, half-civilized, and yet,
in a certain rude way. poetic life in the mines of
California, are all described with wonderful
truthfulnes and skill. Add to this the elevated
tone pervading the work, aud the irresistible at
traction which such a narrative possesses for
boys, and the value of this stirring, healthy se
rial becomes evident.
There is to be another and shorter serial, be
ginning in January and running through three
numbers :
“ Jon of Iceland,” ly Bayard Tnylr.
A delightfully vivid story of an Icelandic hoy’s
career, full of incidents, which could happen in
no other country, and graphically touching upon
the customs, life, and general features of that
strange land.
The best general reading for boys and girls
is insured by a list of present a’nd promised con
tributors, among whom are:
William Cullen Bryant, George Mc-
Donald, Christina Kossetti, Louisa M.
Alcott, J. T. Trowbridge, T. B Aldrich,
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Abby Morton
Diaz, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Don
ald G. Mitchell, H. H., Edmund C.
Stedman, Lucy Larcom, Charles Dud
ley Warner, Bret Harte, Frank R.
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