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SERMON BYRE V. G. IY. COLQUITT j
Preached at Ramah Church, Palmetto, Ga., j
Sunday, November 16, 1879.
My people lire deatroyert for lack of knowledge.
—Hoe. 4: 6.
Knowledge is to the mind what food is
to the body, its nourishment, strength
and life. Some kinds of food are more
nutritious and better adapted to the hu
man system than others, so that the
character of the physical man is determ
ined by the quality of food. There are
different kinds of knowledge, character
izing the mental man. There is a knowl
edge acquired by intuition, another by j
experience, another by study, and an- j
other by revelation. Ignorance is a curse,
if not a crime. It is at least a fruitful
source of crime and unhappiness. It is
a shame upon any man to live in igno
rance, since God has given a mind capa
ble of receiving knowledge and so many
sources around us, above us, beneath us,
an<l within, from which knowledge and
wisdom may be obtained. It would
seem that this is the special purpose for
which our minds were given us to get
wisdom and understanding.
If food be necessary to life; if knowl
edge be necessary to mental development,
much more is the knowledge of God
and divine truth necessary to the life of
the soul. “The lack of this knowledge is
spiritual death.”—Eph. 4.- 18. Its pos
session is eternal life. “And this is life
eternal, that they might know Thee, the
only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
thou has sent”—John 17. 3. But it is
not in the power of man to commu
nicate this knowledge. It is not taught
in any school of the prophets or of the
philosophers. If any man proteases to
teach it, turn away from him, for he is a
deceiver. The utmost efforts of human
wisdom have been made to find out the
hidden knowledge of the true God; but
it was the wisdom of God that the world
by wisdom should not know God. “Who
can by searching find out God?” As
well might one undertake to look into
that inapproachable light where Jesus
dwells, and see him on the throne of glory,
as to endeavor to obtain that knowledge
of Him which is essential to peace and
life by efforts of our own. Our expe
rience agrees with the testimony of the
Apostle Paul. Gal. 1.12. “For 1 neither
received it of man, neither was I taught
it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Christ is the foundation of all the treas
ures of wisdom and knowledge, and the
Holy Spirit is the Teacher; therefore
Christ says, “He shall take of mine and
shall shew it unto you.”—John 16. 15.
No man can perish who possesses this
knowledge reveakd by the Spirit. “He
is a partaker of the Divine Nature!.”—2
Pet. 1: 2 and 3. It is therefore not igno
rance of God as a Savior which is the
cause of destruction, but ignorance of
Him as a Law giver, for they are charged
with forsaking the law and transgression.
Ch. 4, 12-7, 13. Jer. 2.13.
A knowledge of God in His will and
word insusceptible of increase, and his
people are commanded to “grow in grace
and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus
Christ” —“to be filled with the knowledge
of His will” —“increasing in the knowl
edge of God.” The (Scriptures contain
the testimony of Jasus Christ and “in
them ye think ye have eternal life,”
hence the earnest exhortation, “Search
the Scriptures,” as if this knowledge
were to be had only by dilligent, prayer
ful study of God’s word—for this alone
is able to make us wise unto salvation
through faith in Christ.
That people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge is chiefly the fault of the
Priests or ministers because it is their
special duty to teach the people. If
there is one thing more Ihaiftinother that
brings self reproach to the preacher
causes bitter tears and deep humiliation
before God, and agony of soul, it is the
consciousness tfrat his hearers have not
been profited by his teachings; that
through ignorance, or lack of interest or
energy, some soul seeking to know the
way of life, has been left to perish in
darkness. What a solemn responsibility I
God has set his ministers as watchmen to
watch for souls; made them a savor of life
unto life, and of death unto death. While
this appointment or call is from God, yet
they are required to prepare themselves
by study and self-denial for this impor
tant work. Pau! thus reproaches the
Jewish teachers who made their boast of
God and were instructed out of the law.
and were guides of the blind and instruc
tors of the foolish: “Thou therefore
which teachest another, teachest thou
not thyself?”—Korn. 2: 17-21. How can
one be a teacher in divine things unless
he be taught ? Solomon says, "Because
the preacher was wise, he still taught the
people knowledge; the preacher sought
to find out acceptable words.” It was
the special duty of the priests, no less
than of the ministers of the New Testa
ment, to receive the truth from the Lord
and declare it to the people. The proph
et says, Mai. 2: 7, "The priest's lips
should keep knowledge, and they should
seek the law at his mouth; for he is the
Messenger of the Lord of Hosts." He I
should not keep knowledge merely for its
own sake, but “his lips" should keep it,
should declare it; communicate it; :
should declare all the counsel of God;
“teach every man in all wisdom, that he ,
may present every man perfect in all
wisdom.” Again, Paul’s advice to Tim
othy is applicable to every minister of
the Gospel, ‘Study to shew tnyself ap
proved unto God, a workman that need
eth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth." He must approve
himself unto God by study of the Divine
Word and character that he may be able
to given good account with joy and not
wiUt grief, and that in demonstration of
the Spirit and of power the Word may
be the power of God unto salvation.
If stable were spread before this peo
pie. richly laden withall manner of food,
some would make choice of one dish, an
other of % different one, everyone ac
cording to hie own taste. So, in an as
sembly of worshipers. Their conditions
are various and their wants will vary ac
cording to their several conditions. In
every congregation there are several
classesof hearers. There ate those who
are strong in faith and able to endure
strong meat, or sound doctrine; others
are but babes and need the "sincere milk
of the word.” Some are faint and need
to be encouraged, others are self-confi
dent, whose zeal exceeds their knowledge,
and need to be taught the way of the
Lord more perfectly. Some are afllicted,
distressed, oppressed by cares and anx
ieties ; these need to be comforted.
Some are idle and slothful, who need to
be inspired with greater energy, anti dil-
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gence in the Master’s work. Some are
profane and scoffers, who care nothing
for their own souls, and stand in the way |
of others. Inasmuch as the Holy Spirit |
has adapted the word of divine truth to
all classes and conditions of men, it is
essentially necessary that the messengers
of the Lord be filled with the fullness of
God, to give to each his portion. If they
fail to warn the people, the Lord will re
quire their blood at the hands of the
watchmen. Ministers may be in fault
again, because they pervert the Scrip
tures. No doubt the prophets and priests [
were influenced by the demand made
upon them by the people, to modify the
word of the Lord, so as to make it ’more
agreeable to their depraved and wicked
desires. The prophet. Isaiah, complains
that they were “children that will not
hear the law of the Lord: which say to i
the seers, see not; and to the prophets,
prophesy not unto us right things, speak
unto us smooth things, prophesy deceit.”
Isa. 36:9-10. It occurs to me that there
is a popular clamor in our day for anoth
er Gospel than that delivered. The de
mand of the age, is a progressive system
that givesdueprominence to man’s wis
dom, and derides the idea of salvation
through the meekness and humiliation
of the Son of God. And ministers, wil
ling to gratify the morbid taste of the
lovers of unrighteousness, may be led to
“handle the word of God deceitfully”
and thus cause them to perish. There
are not wanting those who, for sinister
motives speak perverse things, and teach
the wisdom of men instead of the com
mandments of God. Destitute of the
truth, or holding it in unrighteousness,
they will not hesitate to interpret the
word to suit their creed. If they would
have all men saved, it is not difficult for
them to persuade themselves that the
Bible teaches the doctrine of universal
salvation. If it be distasteful to preach ;
repentance, as an essential condition to '
salvation, it is not a great matter with
them, if it be dispensed with, and a sin- |
cere desire be accepted in its stead; that I
the new birth implies no more than an I
external reform of life. Or, if it be too !
deep a humiliation to accept salvation as !
a gift of God’s grace, whereby the creat- [
tire is accounted helpless and unholy, it |
is easy for them to find a gospel that will I
give to God the glory of providing away j
for man’s salvation, but to man the glory I
of accepting, and thus making God’s way |
effectual, The truth, alone, can sanctify,
and he who would turn men from the
power of darkness to the living God,
must have his own heart sanctified by its
influence, and his lips to speak accord
ing to the law and to the testimony.
But there is another reason why men
are destroyed. Strange to say, it is by
our knowledge. There is danger that the
liberty whereof we boast of being free
from condemnation—renewed in knowl
edge after the image of Him who created
! us—adopted as the sons and heirs of God
I there is danger that this liberty and
these high privileges may be the means
I of some poor soul’s destruction. O, dread
ful to think! We influence others by
i example as well as by precept. The
Apostle cautions us to take heed, lest this
liberty become a stumbling block to
| others.
In the early days of the Church, the
heathens were accustomed to hold feasts
and offer sacrifices to their gods. They |
sometimes invited those who professeil I
the Christian religion to these sacrifices,
and they were in the habit of partaking i
with these idolatore, and, while some
knew that it was a sacrifice to idols, nev j
ertheless they ate, perhaps to be in favor
with their neighbors, yet there were
among them weak brethren, who had
not that knowledge, and were embold
ened to eat, by the example of their
brethren, who knew it was wrong. “If”
says Paul to his brethren at Corinth,
| “any man see thee, which hast knowl
edge, sit at meat in the idol’s temple,
shall not the conscience of him which is
weak, be emboldened to e it those things
which are offered to idols, and through
thy- knowledge shall the weak brother
perish, for whom Christ died ?” 1 Cor-;
inthians. 8:10-11.
Timothy was advised to take a little
wine for his frequent infirmities. Wheth
er he did so or not, we are not informed.
But Paul, evidently, did not give advice
to his son, in the gospel, even for the
preservation of his Fife, which would lead
to tlie destruction of his brethren. If the
drinking of wine, although essential to
health—if engaging in any pursuit or
pleasure, considered by us lawful or in
nocent, if indulging any appetite, be an
offense to our brethren, or cause them to 1
stumble, we are bound, by the highest 1
obligation of Christion affection and duty, j
to refrain.
“If meat make my brother to offend, J
will not eat flesh while the world
standeth, lest I make my brother to of
fend." “It is good, neither to eat flesh, I
nor to drink wine, nor anything, where
by thy brother stumbleth or is offended, i
or is made weak. For meat, destroy not
the work of God.” Rom. 4:20-21.
It seems possible, then, that others be- '
sides ministers, may lead men to des- !
traction, and they are not the only ones 1
who have cause to retire in secret with |
God, and lament their insufficiency, and
pray for grace and wisdom to lead them ,
in the right way.
It is a pity that any should perish for
want of bread, while the earth yields her ;
rich harvests of food for man and beast. ;
It is sad that any child should grow up i
in ignorance, while the facilities for ob- ,
taining knowledge are so numerous.
What a sad scene to behold one perish in
our own reach, and vet not be able to 1
rescue him 11 read, but a few days ago, 1
a heartrending inch.ent. A man re
turned home in a state of intoxication. I
Oh! what a pity that men will get drunk!
How I wish that no man would ever
drink to drunkenness any more! How j
1 wish that those who deal out the dead I
ly poison to their fellow-men, would go
to-morrow and pour the lust drop into
the street, and let the earth drink it up I j
What noble men they would be! It
might be the means of their own salva
tion, and of the salvation of those whom
they are now leading to eternal destruc
tion. But listen to the story, and see if
your heart's blood does not chill at its
recital.
He went into the barn with a lighted
candle, and in attempting to get some
hay for his horse, set it on tire, and threw
a bale of hay against the door.etlectuallv
barring it. He began to call for help’;
his wife and children, attracted by his
cries, rushed to the place, but were utter
ly unable to render him any assistance,
and all his efforts to force t.’ie door open
were vain.
He called madly for help, gasped for
i breath amid the flames, fell lifeless and
was consumed in the wreck! What
I must be the conscience of the man who I
I took hi- money for the last drink! What
I is the agony of the wife and children,
i who stood and saw with their own eyes
I the drunken husband and father perish
in the flames!
But there is another scene more awful
than the one just described, which some
times comes before us as a possible real
ity. Some man will stand before the '
judgment seat of Christ, and charge the
preacher with his damnation. He pleads
before the Judge: “I often visited the
sanctuary in search of that knowledge
[ that leads to peace and happiness. I
heard the messengers discourse eloquent
ly upon the systems of theology. They
spoke of Traiicendentidism and Spiritual
ism, Romanism and Ritualism, Arminian
ism and Antinomianism ; but Christ and
His cross were not the burden of their
i theme.”
Oh! it shall not be so! I take you to I
record this day, that at this very hour,
in this very house, before this very peo
ple, Jesus lias been set forth crucified
among you, before your very eyes; that
the name of Jesus has been exalted—gio-:
rious name, matchless name; a name
which is above every other name; a
name in which alone is life to the dead,
and salvation to the lost. You are ex- ]
horted to believe in that name, assured
that whosoever believeth in Him shall ;
never perish. This is the testimony of
God’s word,and it cannot passaway, ami
shall not fail. He who believes it is
saved; he who believes it not. is lost.
Reject not this knowledge, lest God re
ject thee, and thy soul be lost forever j
without hope,in thedarkness SA .misery I
of eternal death.
OBITUARIES.
In Washington, Georgia, Sept., 10th, 1870, Lau
rn Eugenia Pope, aged 18, daughter ot W. A. and
8. C. Pope, and grand daughter of Hon. Mark A.
Cooper, entered upon immortal life.
Fairer than (he dawn lieyond the hills. broke
the morning of Heaven for our darling Laura, and
her pure apirit to whlen no taint o earth could
I ever cling, entered upou “the iuherltajice of the
i saints in Tight.”
As I io >ied upon her calm and peaceful Bleep.
; I felt that our grief for her wag purely selfish ,
she had won the crown without the croßa, and
had been called aaay in the freshness of the
. morning, before the heat and burden of the day
had wearied her.
I in recalling lhe life of her Ae have loved, how
: dear In the thought thatnoeloud had dimmed the
brightness of the setting snn. and all that w a fair
est and happiest tilled the few brief years of ex
istence!
Truthfulness and Biucerity were her most strik
mg traits from early childhood and upon these
her character was founded Within the last two
years she find grown up into 'the measure of the
sta ure of the fullem of Christ,” exerting an in
tlueunefor good upon all those with whom she
wa thrown, and by her consistent life and pure
i example, she led others to the Lamb of God,
and now in her crown - I rejoicing they shine ‘as
the stars forever and ever.’’ Faithful in lhe dis
charge of every duty, (he found her highest hap
pinesis in walking in its path. He, beauty was
but the type of loveliness of the Inner life. Fos
sesM-d of a quiet dignity, with which was blen
ded rare erace and girlish sweetness, she inspired
all around with deepe t reverence and aOuction .
her perfect unselfishness, nd purity of char eter;
her modest and gentle manner attracted warm
friends wherever she went It wag an exalted
privilege to |H*st-»f the friendship of one so lovelt
In heart and mind, and whose companionship wo
so pure and elevating. Who that hag known her i
can ever for et her sweet Influence? Surely It will
not be withdrawn, but will lead us on to seek e
home whose builder and maker is God.”
Although eminently fitted to adorn society, it
was In the home circle she shone the brightest, '
surrounded by those who loved her A duti
ful and loving daughter, a tender and afiectfonate
sister. The homeaud hearts that she brightened,
have indeed b< en rendered desolate.
The lovely flower that had unfolded hero in all
I its spotless purity, bus been transplanted, to a
fnir.-r Eden, wi ere it will bloom in Immortality
"She is gonel No longer gazing with
oils eyes into the far oil sky. uo longer >P my
with a ho y heart for heaven; -io RmgeFhes?.
is there; gazing, seeing, knowing, loving, as woe
b eased only se. and know and love. A|» A<iy
knee ing at the Throne she has received her wel
come:” and above our grief and lam* ntattons, 1
can almost Imagine I hear her sweet voice, axil
comes from her celestial abode, giving us words
of comfort and cheer:
"O friends of my mortal years!
The trusted and the tried,
Thou art walking sti'l in the valley of tears,
But 1 am at thy side.”
“Do I forget? Oh! no,
Foi memory's golden chain
Shall bind my heart to t> e hearts below,
'llll they meet and touch again;
Each link is strong and bright,
While love's electric flame
Flows freely down like a river of light,
To the world from whence it came."
Would that I could say seine word thnt would
bring consolation to those liereaved ones, and
help to heal their wounded hearts; bnt comfort
must come from a higher source, so I leave them
witbHlm who"doeth al) things well.” C.
EDITOR Inpkx.—l am not in the habit of send
ing long and laudatory obituary notices to the
newspapers, but I esteem it a privilege to send a
few brief words for publication on the death of one
ofthelovliest Christian charaeiers lever knew. I
refer to Miss Belle Stephens, daughter of P. M.
Stephens, Esq., ot Oglethorge county. She was
>i member ol Bairdstown church; greatly distill
-1 guished for zeal in the cause of Christ, and a
young Indy whose piety was so scriptural and
' pure, that she seemed to have attained more
; nearly the apostolic ideal of Christian perfection
than any young Christian wilh whom I was ever
, made acquainted. Her illness was a lingering
one. and when at last the happv spl it was re
leased from its trail tabernacle, the church and
whole community alike, felt that a bright light
had been extinguished. We glorify God for so
happy and consistent a life, brief though it was.
We weep, but it la not for her. but for ourselves
that she is now no more amongst us. May the
sweet fragrance of her holy lifelong linger in the
home, in the church, and in the community she
loved so well. Her face and form may fade from
our recollection: but the memory of her exalted '
Christian virtues shall never be obliterated,
H. D. D. S.
Greeneaboro', Nov. 29, 1879.
Nancy J. Stallworth, wife of Thomas H.
Stallworth, was born May, 1836, and departed this
life, in Henry county, Ga , Nov 19.1879.
For twenty-five years this excellent won-iiu,
loving wife and devoted mother made lhe house
other busband a paradise. Since her thirteenth
yearshe had i-een a consistent. active and useful
memler of the Baptist church. She illustrated
religion and there! re was happy, often, in the
love of Grab Posses«lng the Halts hat beautify
and adorn woman, she was a lovely character
Not only the life and light of her home, she was
the faithful wife and mother so graphically de
scribed in Proverbs xxxi.
She died well Her body sleeps In the quiet !
grave, nt which a sorrowing husband and eight
motherless children weep. God pity the stricken,
bereaved ones.
Her pure spirit ir, to day. with Jesus, where she
awaits loved ones on the Christian's bright "to
morrow." Gko. M. Nolan.
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peace mid hope. He sank into the grave as sinks |
the suu into a bed of burnished glory as
gathered into the gamer of life, like a ■ of j
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-1 I'l-ty A" ■ -•« tl.e must th.-r-’Uirh nidsic: Wbw?'
" " 11 'y' 11 “ 1 *“• ’ tt» e rear -lew th- m-tr
* a I id-a of the phnci| le— a
long, endless (tontinuous) atrip of prepared
-paper, in which the tune has been perforated,
Is iuxrt.'.l !--ttt. >ll the r Ilers, and the d >r .^lt' I '. l'» ~ ***>■
I' l, "‘ n ‘■•lobt'd ; a small crank propels the strip 'WjffißiMffiffllqjiii V ' !
I zrfC '*r 1 ot Ibn-ugh the instrument, and in ; !
I'..'"pas-age ox . r the key board the keys or strikers
m i I through the j-erforations as they pass, ij! E 9 '
the other end of the keys then strike the bars
| and prt-du. e the music, which is clear, loud, W
Xfcyi If fW- ■wCSufc OJW •’’‘l •*'*<'* * n 'l melodious; and for I MBii,!.. ..illfflMi!y,i -'y , 'wM-
dL ■£ ■T . v . quuHty ->f music, the Phonographic Upright ‘ ' •
piano k .nequalled. The most difficult waltzes and marches beinr played equally as
well as a almnle tune, and anyone can play it and understand it, audit will never get out of tune,
of the strongest points In Its favor. In joint of execution it will compare favorably with a music bo«. and <"d
mudcifoz, the number of tunes It will play is absolutely unlimited. Everybody who has seen it is delighted with it, ana
mu»ician» praise it. At a family party it will furnish all the music required for dancing or accompaniments forusgwg. *
fine selection of tunes go with each instrument; over 100 pieces of the most popular music ha\e been adapted to the rTionorrapmc
Upright Piano, and new pieces will be furnished as fast as they come ont at only IS rent! per tune. The Phonographic Lp
rlght Piano is finished in imitation of rosewood, with panels, handsome scroll work, and medallion head, and ia an ornament to any
room. Them Is scarcely anyone who does not like music in the bouse; and to the thousands who poaseee no Piano, a* well as to those
who cannot play, the Phonographic Piano will fill a long-felt want. With it you always have any kind of muwe for any
and it will afford genuine enjoyment far beyond its cost. They will be sent by ezpressto any addrees on receipt of puce, a
discount to the trade In dozen lots onlv. Kvtrq one warranted. Be sure to ask for the Upright X ho 21 > *!? P
other inferior makes in the market. The MaaaochuaetU Orgua Co., SOc AycnU, 43 Washington bl., Uoeton, Mass.
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THE HIGHEST AND ONLY AWARD FOR A SEWING MACHINE
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