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■ I 11. »■ —1 kept my promi W, WTO isuuw ; , ■ tb n |- the wm* Icinlea when they came together on convicting power of these worts r to f t he old home. On .the ' end Th feast m l! “ Sret <hy of the week. Amin till at once I unharnessed niy ho arjt y gaturday j n January 92,1 Sabbath had fully come to an end The W ** j _ redMnpti)>n and went home and told my com ohurehi and de „ ® and not only so, but until the mfty gbteu« awnfe light, on thia li blood,even the forgive- panion of my trouble and told her " other Ga „ ett called on me to f . the dawnofthe day ofthe week part <rf our subject. The sheaf ph. wi th holy j. thought I was going to die and the B , tv j ofißi but I refused, very early in the morning. Then ofthe first fruits, of ”hieh we ne JI »f eat ot the that she must make the best ot a £ d cantinU ed tarefuse till the n the aun of the new creatiou arose in the 11th verse, “He shall »na - «in all his strength, aplendor and Lave before the Lord, to be accept- b fi re ’V and not on I thought I must pray, and so .nd did th. 4- glory totot no more forever. I on Uie morrow after ‘° 5 a Wlcould. ly. feel just here to eadaim, “UloryjhoSabhath.’’ the morrow after th J Lord to forgive Daar brothef i have had many ato God in the highest! this sun stdl the evidently, was the and yF lvation i 8 no t my many sins. But 6re tnal9^mO re than I can > shines, and however severe the g re t day of the week. Christ was for entirely of Christ, my efforts in this was T “' n ’ wr ite, but out of them all, the storm, oflife he still shines beyond the 4»t.fruit sheaf, waved in res- by works “ J— f k - seemed to me that when I would Lorf has delivered me and ,h 0 the clouds.” The Sabbath a. a tttm tlon Socepttfiee on the mor- etc isto been- try to pray that mytonguejould me . Lasl year I bap- ‘• I shadow having served its purpose mw after the Sabbath—not on the " lg l ,1 nse’who truely be- refuse to speak 0 tized twelve at Pataula, and on ; as lednway. Ut u. now urn our the Sabbath was on the n(( b<(eKpect to be saved X h ill t o my chosen resort for “sad the Lord who I attention more parUcnlariy a« to very day the Jewish priest waved ~ • kg and partly by roc y thinkine it would be my goo i meet g ’ gimmg the 'hat the word olGod says respeet-jbe literal sheaf, Christ show forth the tokens of when I had reached >r glad bave you hug the first day ot the week. The the dead, fihe ,5 th ver > this finished work. The ministry it se emeed tobeover- h aQ . Do asyou h ® work of God in creation, from L. Alld ye . ,hall count ™ * ot the law fs abolished by Christ; shad „ wed in » mist of darkne9 ’’ Ihb k best With this. ’“"Hwhich He rested on the seventh> komthe morrow * th e all its condemnation feil on him, obl gba ll never be able to describe thu • tbe.| daT , W as greater than the work of ftom the day that yo and the believer in him is free, the angulß h of my soul at that. Yo « rhichl redemption, from which Christres-1 ea f o counted: even justified; has peace because he event f u l moment. I 6 0 earn HB. Bland. ,d of ted, and which God declared Sabbaths shall be . venth has ceased from works and enter- th vilest sinne r on earth,,and it b een over- f United, and accepted by the U o the morrow <^X’ d ye ed into rest- even the true Sab- there waß n 0 le mdy for >; and Jell letter |Oy “jdeath and resurrection of Jesus I ye number fi y g-ringun- bathofGod. The old Sabbath is upon my face, a wretche , 8 • Al>rU 29 1895. *““ from the dead. On the first day Bh all offer anew 0 I o and condcmnad .inner. How long Anat, Ga„ April 29, works! the week “He was declared to L the Lord.” The> yP> waviu([ L,, but Lord’s d ay, a day of I remained there lean ®“®'dw and much beloved a, nor! be the Son of God with power, ac-k, tbi ß is very p gon mp r- thanksgiving and joy. With the but as soon as I beca the Brlther.-I know you have thought wAftctt I cording to the Spirit of holiness 1 0 { first shea the! new creature in Chnst Jesus old j arose and B t ar , . strange of my not writing, but £ Lho offered things.are passed away and al house, and when I had gone but a K J. s 0 unworthy when J C Tdl' Ckid raised him from the dead.” I two wave loaves geven tb things become new. I do few Btepfl vo i c Tsaying p/ojle^l 0 dmued l d lrom the dead by l on th©morrow /. ter th eSab -I wish to be understood as conten - thought I f AW : vell thee,” I totters, thinking I would send thediß ’thegZ ofthe Father” “As it Sabbath;’ or first day law « go n thy sins be orgiven thee totte ’ but they are lAe myself so ri.ttedlj a^n^n in the Psalms’Thou art Lath. areaboJth J in I(jgard to Go d s ln . moment^ my™ uforev- mX; to day “ave I begotten ove r W• J’ off cred. On moral government olthe world, gone; md’« te.ng.g- Wof gvfLkgteh” We read,“This is ttie stcneiLambof God W Jesus, But I meaif for righteousness be- even t n raises of God, wy time lam cast down and am ““ tehX^alnought of youLefirsttey of from! for.God-for salvation,for peace, ed in S«X P “ten« to tel ’ ”‘ Uy ‘i h"h» nOg . ll J builders, which is become thek or surety, *“ p ted for us. forlife,forjusUficaUon-the that j had found the Lord w ~ x ,em that h t .etc. The epis- the dead an. P pente- is utterly abolished by the cr<»s. y tfa had grs ciously forgiv-P mßny B ore trial, and oon- X- 1-W-K. all full of the resurrection k nd , we repeat, that L g asbath wa9 God , s sign and .that y teach . «« yf X t 0 know f it» .H ♦hp dis- Ls our salvation hang® upon tt.l dayo f the ’ lhtoU gh the the re al Sabbath in .Christ inatiou ie ized me, and I f eared ifl my 8* would comfor t n I Nnw it was on the first day of the I tidings of salv o s Jesus God’s present sign that we aie . her f or fear I should de- U oor gou j $ ye t I feel lam not >BCS C& 41 week that Christ arose, the first-l de ath and ““ the fire t time His redeemed ones, who cease 1° I halted for a momentsL orthy to be noticed of trdte ministration of death,- “ a “ fron) amon g the dead, the first was pro® l "" 1 ® . multitude, from works; and enter unto r ® 3 - diation . Was I deceived^ ’Had the dear “ ,otß f^ u d b]e follower •»mn of tulnes.ofeter-1” 0 ™ f ,v em that slept. (See 2nd 1 10 the ■ wonden ng . 0 { the Te are complete in him who has forgiven? I tried to decide Idwir. tote low ] y Lamb ot 1 ..dthefirsLor Lord’s day, as *® L 1 trustee eted together they JBS gimin , : _ 1 1 with the duty °t ■■ K«.d.y of the new! God’s turn to this of the new 1 creation, can nev I er be broken. We may as easily i ®iDgle light and darkness as the 1 I principles of the old and the new I ; dispensation. One is labor and i t other is reM; one is bondage,! fee other is freedom. The! i *F®ciples of the old can be spell-1 » ri with two letters, “do,” and the’ | wwith four, “done,” And wd< East see the former dispensation r I nitterly abolished by the cross | of Christ, before we can have the J LRper apprehension of the pres- w B 1D thepolrer of resurrection- al Wtbing i n (he past was on the principle of obedience to a carnal I P i Everything in so e present spring from the power ’ foi or new life Oh, thatp°J lC °fiM comprehend more fully | wa Mower of his resurrection! Now . Dofc this account for the strik- an< between the Jewish I ou t . Tl. an^the Kristian’s first I an< pe one was strictly com™ tod legal obedience ’ *oo pain of death to those I kee P <be cov ‘ I works. But believers l od them there is no thro a Sabbath, ! b]o ° lEgrc ® ad ‘ is nothing | iowi the t wo. One I rtießs ggfefr simple ground that I were ||^”... Passed away. In [ salen el??’ rea<J ’ ujn the en<j ther ’ as to dawn l and EX the week.’ untj ‘l fee angel of the Lord I nd inMark| carae ■and whenihe Sab- 1 cord i Igpssed.’’ What do these all fill MEL ? The glory of the I There at this ti me I why (I S abba th|the gr desilß 80 U L appeared; it van-I Ghost i glory of the I Pentec iS * fc ” Os a ' fhep e» an nev I thoughts therein contained are easily in keeping with our present sub as the pect. Let us ask, on what did tenewr JOd receive Hi 3 rejected Son r andl , thedeadand give him this ndageJfr^ 7 Do “ bfcle9B 011 the first day ’ a • This then ’ t 0 «* spell U \ ys ' ,hich (be lord a n -.u ,“ ade ’ aDd tl,oße wh ° one d (he with him— that is. raised from the ' id wcpicad, are glad and without a com-f lation mand to keep it, rejoice in it. Be cross , aUBC on the first of the ’ week f b the , Wasreßur rected, was raised f nr ffi f °r.7? aßtlfication ’ and through 1 Pres- which his people are blessed, with “ tion- all spiritual blessings in heavenly M i the jpiaces, he being the first fruit and F rnal I pledge of the comming harvest—! ’ in Iso that day on which he arpse is a d< .wer foretaste of the eternal peace and lh that I J°y at his right hand in glory. It I nc ally was on the first day of the week de low that Jesus opened the Scriptures bu rik- I and showed his disciples how he I be) ish °°ght to have suffered these things thi Irst jand enter into his glory (Luke I the •m-1 xxiv --r-read the whole chapter). I Bn- I was on the same day evening, I l ' ol >se I being the first day of the week’ I nnt >v-1 that Jesus for the first time declar- Baaa )r8 ed the glad tidings of peace tr »y 10 I through his broken body and shed | had b J blood. Again, the first day fol- said ' lg flowing he came with the samel brok ie I message of peace. The disciples I it were commanded to wait in Jeru-1 mflDI n I salem for the promise of the Fa-1 ba d 11her, the Holy Ghost (Acts i, 4-8). ” the j I and the holy Ghost did not come I ’ until the day of Pentecost was remei 11 fully come, and when it fully w y o< : I came they were all with one ac- l cu py e I cord in one place, and they were I be I all filled with the holy Ghost, phis is I There must have been a reason I P eo f he I why the Lord Jesus remained in the grave until the Sabbath wftsp^ 0 so fully passed, and the Holy ■ Ghost remained away until the r* r 91 Pentecost was so fuiiy conle, for Iby th o * the Pentecostal scene, like the res-1 they ret urrection,began early in the mom-! So this v »an e ed are °. n . 1 * nt Bub - hA fi S T> CTenttMllphce on the iat did f efi 'stday of the week. Surelv d Son af(OT all this, the believer needs I u this n “«°‘»»>and to remember with st day F' a<, . neBBBUCh a to?- So mod: to the , 8 th e case that the fol -3 Lord o Christ have regarded 11 a / re one da y for breaking bread, etc., ever •m the B J nce : Jt ,na J be said that Con-1 ( i com- r tautin e changed the day. Doesn’t “ , Be- the disciplesobserved theL, week first day of the week for the pur- I raised P° se ab ove named before Constan- gr rough tine ’ s day. (Notice Acts xx. 6). go “ And upon the first day of the an venly week j when the disciples came to- wh t and I T’other to break bread,Paul preach-1 1 est—jod unto them $ ”etc. Mind you, it phii is a does not say when they met to keep *oi and | lb e Sabbath; the word Sabbath i» I s hoi It I nowhere used in the Scripture top*ve reek! denote the first day of the week;! 8000 ures but they met and broke bread and in 8i ]i e I heard Paul preach. What was abou “breakingofbread”.that was yeare uke I bought so much of by the disci-! a Mie er). I Pte® ? “For I have received of the I Couni ngj I Lord that which also I delivered! 1 I unto yog, that the Lord Jesus the f 8 ar _’ I same night in which he was be-1 ice I trayed took bread, and when he I em ‘ ie< j I had given thanks he brake it, said. Take, eat; this is mjr body ne j broken for you; this do in remem- Lg t I 1 bemnoerf me. After the »ameL M a “ 0 j manner also he took the cup when of th Jhe had sopped, saying, This cup patch &t a jh the new teamen tin my blood; gry □ this do ye, as oft wye drink it, in and a rememberance of me. For as on About te Im ye cat this bread and drink this in this r< , cup ye do show the Lord’s death giving ©x , till he ( ?ome.”-18t Cor. xi. the bitt | This is full instruction to Gods | denied a J people both as to what it is f Or j“0 fo o j ? v ! them to break bread -and what it! b °rd in v Ltodoso on the Lord’s day. They, a °d looke Iby the bread, remem-1 8 pok( ber his death till he comes, and n ° 000 I Iby the day on *hich it is done P1 ° Wed on they remember his resurrection. | UpS ifc 04 So this was the <>bj oo t of the dis- , V ° ice 1 ha< I heaven. I * 100 on the I . ' 81t f *onw precious exno? » Surely, d °“ r chi,d >-«n of Ver needs L. ’ avtrdecided to write afe w über with f °j yoQr Precious H ttle Ban I So much t l a ’:, try to tell ‘some things lbe fol. poo ß Lord ha ß done arded it a ‘ J I -te-. everL„. ’ as J wtD >n Quitman Co. Ga >at Con- LuniJ, \ ,89 °- M . v father and I; Doeßn ’ l ohiH™, ? family of ‘Mrteen j't rved the I est J’ ° " hlci > I was the young. e be P«M had «L“ n a" 1 "® 8 P oor N ’onstan- g reif „ p 7 U so time ° f H ' 1 « 6). gone to rhn i gnoiance ~-bavwg a Os thelandthatat'th« n y montL8 >, al ‘»e to- rti Cll £ ‘ ag ” 1 tßu oi pmach- Wheu ! B ' you, it think of dJu, a , ChJd , 1 ""ouid an okeepkouid become ’ of E! bath is I should die Th; -V soul if las ire to S^msgreaJro^M 0 1 week soon ware off ‘ &Ud “ Wpl,,d <Jis » J ever. 1 his was imi Xn 9atil,lWaßlß Ib< a- ■ aMi«,r j. t Iwa ‘ “ Brrwd to fror C »X fla ° f Barb ° nr try Ifelli» A ” Astor 1 «">« married Mas ® red lwiW / OtOpauy w ith some very this 0,6 y ° UD « a *>d AM k’ them. I So* 1 . dßal ° f “ y time with and he anv become as wicked a « thou aild I Profane y BSBoclaUB - 1 was very But i °dy 1884 Jj • cou t lQ ued so until [were ,m Jaslh Pon 2t P leased the Lord lon a We lcondltlnn’ me my awful broup len I that About the first of June soon i U P Patch WM P lowiD £ a would )d; gry with Cott< " n ’ and becoming an- west, inland swearV 1 W °“ ld cnrse 1 wen< ’ft About to , the top of my voice andro din th’ rat d T Whde beh * 1 h giving 8 f aDgor ’ and wfaile next m j the g ®* preß3i °n to the same in (as. Bu s Uemed ^ 8 pOßfilbJe ’ it arrang! »I “0 fnni * heard a voice saying where e Lord ° ’ Why tako the namo of the sit dow] GlX ain? ” 18topped my 1 t had o -i Sll ab °ntme to see who 'disobedi Plow o n and w ' 1 t »tep 3 it ? go “ 8 20 1 of “y*>i Win “ 6 thi,t ‘ho would re had heard was the voice off Pataula 6atOn ’ * so Jwiaed with the whatever 18 1 dream whioh L’ ’ WWI.W of dutv a great de" 7 .’ itb tea few b«in or-. ’ 1 ««»med to ilo Ban. crowd W,th “ TCry lar!?e dos |,e °P' e > “Ml several nor i one f - Wf,te bsptized and some pnß one say-Ho tlj,t beiiveth and " [ baptized shall be saved.” i I h“C> h, t T ', re ? PtiSt Cbnrcb “d know a, rteen but httle about them. I soon ioin < mT w a ‘ hfl MiS * i °"‘ Iy « a P«X but’ < man |wasnevers»t l9 fie d , I livsd wit J ( & -t them about one year and quit therr 0 Z7 aT T ed r ba - k to o e on b onths, after tins I related a short account i« years, of my little hope to the Primitive p m m Ba j ptl “' 9 at <”d Pataula church , w vould and was received and baptised bv J* what Eider J. L. Biackshear? and f? ash °rt timed enjoyed a sweet rest, on m.s, But eorn this sweet feeling was Q' ■pnld disturbed by a feeling or impres- fiel Inlge .ion for public duty. I had an was imp r e 88 i O n to try topreach, which .to egged my adorable Lord to take for to from me, as I felt too illiterate to can >our try to speak in the name of my hßd nod Master. But I found no rest, for ye9 ' ."a l h * 1S / eelinßorbnrd9n fol lwed me. Jry nd At length I sold out all my goods aifli’ ith and went to Texas, where Ibe I as thought I would be a free man ,D * 1 >ry But instead of this my troubles til were multiplied, I was soon thrown wfth rd on. bed of sickness, and was Ure 1 brought near to death’s do or. As ct ed i oe soon as I recovered I thought I Lord a would again sellout and go further ( ® i- west. Alter I had sold everything hXrt e I went tothe depot at Gilmer Tex., God, a e and rented a room for the night e being determined to take the cars Aarou 0 next morning for Pan Handle Tex- m h 8 ) as. But after making all necessary for he t arrangments I went into the room and ai ’I where my little family was, and! ■^ oar sit down to think, reflect and tu*n f° r int I felt that if I persisted in my lam M-sobedience my sorrows and mind troubles would be multiplied. I £ efc a'fe begged the Lord to spare the life WTI of myself and family, an d I feelX' would return-to Georgia to Old [the dear Pataula church, and try to 4o lan whatever He eommauded I ! »e th (to med to papriVed of . - 7 large off V Baints and ral Der - c,nld°l go? w“’ at Wbere f ’ oh rd some J haTO « Q comfort would and 18 -:i d r r.K e m an r havo h ’a ye nsa 9 WUnwoft by , I fell to d knew I people. I often*^ >, ose dear 1 join- did receive me der how the V ts but I c ?nld tell, surely ft 8^ 0 ? 1 I With e>'y «ake. There is one thto °f “ hem th«e n^’p“ I “ d b “ 8t Ido io g H Soon with the o f 1 thftm count is a question forma to V Thia nitive always thought The OlT’p"- .• 1 ■X r a i,? b h T t f^v in “- d by for them that T . rh u adfchat J ove 1 for tb ?es I can have a good’ time 01 ”d rest, enjoy the things fartai e l and was and * odiin ess, but it t 0 ' ,r ° 8 ‘ Bl 'd°S “they do 8 0”?^ 08co ”‘- an but they arn on afl t bioh do com£ 2ndi d B T„L WbBn «>£ take for the bTst tomeXdb?./“V to P»n give God all the praise w! my bad a good meeting at . yesterday, slater wtir -* oaß ant VOUUggJi Xuoin me. ary, was baptized «i <ebru □ds and was not abl’e to I oe baptized on the regular m. (ng time, so they had a called 188 bT“oLw vn with me, I to^T 4 ' 016 tt waa h l ex! ctedingjoy to see how the 1 hTme ri ± g b? i 8 « motofoXvfol the n? 88 ? ° n “ * ttdto o°f : sa&s. w tr 1 [ for intruding* r ’ o PleB3 o u par ' !Qn ■® e time with this imperfwt aTS,” 8 I am writing to tiv anrlLr lbblp mind. I would like Tr He ? my get a letter from you if r h a 1 sSSfS: SpSfrJ . Lu,a Cowart.