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■WHO WANT A SAVIOR.
Who want a Savior? ’Tis the lost.
The afflicted and the tempest-toss ’
Ti e sinner overwhelmed with care,
. And XIJ tempted -o despair.
Who want a Savior? T>s the meek.
With their whole heart who Jesus seek,
Who often inlj cry and pray,
Although they know what to say.
Who want a Savior? Those who fear
Christ will not fortheir help appear,
X’ aner I him, through
And whom to know their hearts desi
Who want a Savior? Those who know
The certainty of bliss and woe,
And oft shut up in unbelief,
Conclude of sinners they are chief.
Who want a Savior? Those> who se<
At times a glimpse of Calva rj '
And sweetiv raised to hope, appea
their interest clear.
These are the folk a Savior want,
> XndGod their hearts’desires willl gran
A precious Savior they sJaH have,
W ho from t he lowest depths can
Gospel Standard*
CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST.
p lam now ready for the
conversation on the «ucifix>on
of Christ; and I w!mt t 0 11 y
in the out-set, that I think it was
one of the most wicked deeds ever
committed by man, and that this
wicked act was the result of grea ,
lasting and never ending goo o
the people of God,
R. I agree with you, that those
MiC'JwWtow tUat sin was good
or the saints I can not see so|
clearly. It was the wicked, sin
ful act of men that took the life
of Jesus; but our reconciliation
to God by the death of Christ,
was not man’s sinful act, but the
righteous act of God. It was the
wicked, sinful act of men that
shed the blood of Jesus, but it was
God’s righteous act that cleansed
ns from sin by this blood.
The murder and death of Jesus
was man’s unasked work. If the
wickedness of the crucifixion of
r» Christ was the result of great
good to the people of God, why
e not give these wicked men the
praise and honor of such good?
Remember that grace and truth
came by Jesus Christ, and not by
sin, and that it was God that re
conciled us to himself, and not
r these wicked men by their sins.
The shedding of Christ’s blood
was man’s act, but cleansing us
from sin by that blood was God’s
- work. Every sin committed at
the crucifixion was man’s sin,
and every thing that resulted in
our good at the death of Jesus,
r was the work of God.
P. Well, I had thought that
the w ickedness of these men was
for our good, but I see now that it
was not sin that was good for us,
but it was righteousness that was
good for God’s people. If these
wicked men did great good for the
people of God, why punish them
, for it?
R. We must not mix the sin
ful deeds of men with the right
eouH work of God. Men, by wick
ed hands, betrayed, taken, mocked
scourged, spit upon, falsely ac
cused, denied, denounced, derided
and nailed to the tree of the cross,
and there murdered the Prince
of life, the Lord of glory,the Holy
one, the only begotten of the Fath
er. Now this is all their wicked
ness could do. They could do no
more. They had now killed him,
and shed his precious blood, and
would do no more than gratify their
murderous desire, and stain their
hands with the innocent blood of
®he piunicr.
“THOU HAST GIVEN A BANNER TO
Jesus. Now their sinful work >e b»
done, their murderous spirits a
gratified, the Son of God is °a .
He is murdered on the tree o
cross, and his precious blx) I
poured out upon the groun •
they looked on him whom they
slain, and no doubt t b°“B ht U
had done a righteous deed. But P
more wicked and eXtreml y h
ble deed never was committed,
blackness never can be described , a
it was abominable to the utmost a
Wickedness never can excel that 1
of the murder of the Holy Son of r
. God. Here ends man’spicked
•• deeds. They could only take his
v life; they were suffered to kill
him and shed bis precious blood ,
thatwas all they could do, and itll
, e was all wickedness. Now
' the work of God, which is just as I
separate and distinct fromUm
wickedness of man, as day
at night Man’s wicked hand shed
2 precious blood of Jesus bu
God’s righteous hand takes thi
innocent blood and makes applica
te of it to all his children and)
it cleanses them from all sin.
Therefore, all the glory and honor
he o f being cleansed trom sin y
on blood of Christ, belongs to God,
wholly, solely and alone.
If the wickedness of man in the
crucifixion of Christ had any thing
to do in our eternal salvation
from sin and death, then wicked I
men with their utmost heinous-
Less, should have the praise, the
. the alorv for it. We
|^^^^ B wickedness
of shedding his blood. Jesus died
for us that we might live with him;
therefore, we live through his
death, and not through the wick-
I edness of those who caused him to
die. The death of Jesus on the
cross was man’s sinful work, but
all the blessings derived from his
death is the work ot God. I may
be wrong, but it looks awful bad
to me to speak of sin as being a
good thing, or resulting in great
good to God’s people. Angels
have suffered, are suffering, and
will suffer, in hell eternally, for,
sin they committed, The devil,
the old serpent, and satan, has
suffered, is now suffering, and will
suffer, everlastingly, for sin com
mitted by him, against a just and
holy God. And human beings
Wave suffered, and are suffering,
and some of them will suffer to all
. eternity, for sins they committed.
I And the righteous judgments of
i God are revealed from heaven
i against all sin, wickedness and
: unrighteousness of men. And
, then say it is a good thing; it has
i done a great deal of good for us,
, and it has been the result of great
good to the people of God. I must
t confess, I can not see the good
j there is in sm. We derive no ben
t efits from sinful acts of men, and
} their wickedness, but all our bless
-3 ings come from God and his right
j eousness.
dP. I see, now, and am tatis
i fied that our redemption through
the blood of Christ is God’s right-
eous work, and not man’s sinful
work. Ido not now think that
the wickedness of those who cruci
fied Christ was the result of great
good, but it is Gbftd’s work that
was the result of great good. Sin
, does not end or result in good,
1 but always in destruction, ruin
and death. Good comes from
• God, his law and his righteous
■ ness. Every thing that is for
> our good in time and in eternity
j comes from God. And everything
r that is destructive to our peace
r and happiness in time and in eter
f nity, come from man, sin and
DEVOTED to THECAUSE OF CHRIST.
A T FEAR THEE, THAT it may BE DISPLAYED BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH.” Psalms 60■ 4.
Valdosta, December 15,1895.
man ® righteous I the
Sat ® U * rt „iddo nothing toward tha
<ICe r salvation, surely his sinful sin.
0U / oalddo nothing. I
de Now°letu»seeif our
lio ’‘ come from God wholly litt
| d °A 8 tirely God 10Ved US; he ”0
r" de“a chokeofus, redeemed us, liv
t -
home to heaven, and to God b« gl
811 tIW Trover “
adoration, both now 8 dl
, The Almaty, h>s 1
righteous, u> . they work o
lthey ,lt for good tons, and they
i together for 8 o{ God h
1 are good to *’ P train of
• But sin with its » ] ftW dneßs
tlblackness, ol
s heinousness, abom ina
s unrighteousness is 8
,t tion in this 11 , brake 9 th(j
IS hell after death. 1
a- heart and causes it
id I wounds t e so. , g i c k neßs
n I hodv. and brings iv v
disease and death. Andasapun
or disease anw creat _
he ishmentfor si , 1 and
>d,lures must die ana b
’ the earth shall quake, _ and he
ho sun shall become as black as
'ng cloth of hair, and themoon become
8 as blood, aud the stars of heaven
°a “11 to the earth, and the heavens
: d J shaU depart as a scroll, andlever,
the I mountain and islan s
L moved out of their places. Ve
J^thegethi^ban. 00 ” 6 a9 '
puuisikuftvnt> iur
destable sin, horrible sin, departs
aegone, abscond, hide thyself in
the ceaseless depths of annihils
tion and nothingness I 0, i
art the abomination of
thou art hated to the
all the hosts of hjgftte ou
shalt come to naugfff; thou shalt
come to ruin; thou shaltcoma to
judgment. Thou hast C
thyself to heaven, but thoir shalt
36 thrust down to hell, and there
confined in horid, frightful, hid
eous, alarming, dreadful, terrific
flames, unceasingly. Thou hast
ruined angels and men and devils
and for thy sake, kings and great
men and rich men und bond-men
and free men, shall hide them
selves in the dens and rocks of
the mountains, and shall say to
the mountains and rocks, hall
onus and hide us from the face
of him thatsitteth on the throne
and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Sin you are no good; you hurt
me all day, you hurt me all night;
you will soon kill me and make
me go to dust, but Iwi have he
victory over you; I will get the
better of thee at the resurrection,
when God shall make me ahve.
Then you will torment me no
more. _ .
R Thank the Lord, we are
nerfectly agreed that Bin IB not
S sor y nß and I m-t bid you
farewell. lam 1 ” et y °“>
and a loving oonversatron has
be p Tam glad we met and had
• we’meet in heaven. Respectfully
Poverty and Rags.
' Church Advocate.
„ c.vms And Hanks.
E ’' DEK X Brethren:—
Somehow I <re f e
from a desire to write a few lines
for the Basner and hoping the
? • * a nf the Lord, I will try i n
deSlre kness to do SO. I often
yW an impression to write but
often conformed with a
fear that it does not come from
the right source; and Knowing ha
that “whatsoever is not of lai th is da
sin*” I do not write at all. “t
I know if I am one of the Lord’s sc
chosen ones I am a very poor and oi
little one. Often I find myself fl<
wondering for what am I made to
live, and sometimes I am made to ir
say with Job “O that I had never u
been born, or had given up the tl
ghost in childhood.” Like him I s:
am often brought into the very v
’ dust. But we find a typical shad- t
. ow in the life of Job, David and s
others of all the Lord’s people of g
v to-day. David was chosen to be f
i King over Israel—was God’s an- |
ointed—-and yet we find him so low ;
Sj down at times that he cries out
3 f from the great deep of his sorrow
ia ln ß heart*. “Save me, oh God, for
t h the waters are come unto my
gs soul. I sink in deep mire where
a- there is no standing.” Sometimes
ul the poor child of God feels in his
he heart to say: “Out of the lowest
it depths have I cried unto the Lord.”
But David was not so always.
Sometimes we find him praising
God and rejoicing in his salvation
with exclamation of praise, “Oh
Lord, thou art my God. I will ex
alt thee and praise thy name in
the holy hill oi Zion.” And at an
other time he said: “Though ]
pass through the valley and shad
ow oi deaih, I will fear no evil.’
1 And sometimes the poor saint cai
3 say the same. Oh how thankfu
t we ougb to be when he enable
He maketh
me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still
waters.” And thus this heavenly
and divine love flows into the
heart of every true believer in
Jesus, cleansing and purifies our
old hearts, which once was a
cage of unclean birds, and creates
within us a desire for things pure
and holy—to live upright and
walk in that way that will honor
God.
But this change in ones heart,
precipitates a warfare between the
flesh and the spirit which only
death can end. It is another law
in our members, —warring against
the spirit of our minds and bring
ing us unto captivity daily to the
law of sin.
But Paul admonishes us to
“Stand fast therefore in the liber
ty wherewith Christ has made
us free and be not again entan
gled with the yoke of bondage.”
“Ye were sometime darkness,
but now are ye light in the Lord.
Walk as children of light.” And
oh dear brethren and sisters how
we should “strive to enter in at
the strait gate,” that we who were
“afar off” and have been brought
nigh by the blood of Christ, should
walk as becometh saints, and that
as members of the visible church
of Jesus, we should strive to walk
in obedience to the laws of Zion’s
King, and not be conformed to the
perishable things of time. When
we attempt to gratify the lusts and
pride of our evil nature by min
gling with the hidden things of
dishonesty, and having “fellowship
for the unfruitful works of dark
ness,” are we walking as children
of light.?
And do we not love the princi
ple upon which is built the pure
a nd undefiled church of God? If
we do, shoud we not strive to
hold up the standard of Christian
ity by keeping ourselves unspot
ted from the world? In this dark
age of the world when “darkness
has covered the earth and gross
darkness the people when the
“three-score queens and four
score concubines and virgins with
out number” are growing and
I flourishing as the “green bay tree”
—in this age of religious enlighten
ment? which in truth is only spirit
ural darkness intensified —is not
this the time when the church
should shine forth in its beauty—
when every member— every one
that has named the name of Christ
should depart from iniquity? Why
should we follow the vain tradi
tions of men and worship other
- gods? Why should we not honor
/ Him whose blood it taken to hon
t or us?
There are many poor children I
r of God entangled in the meshes
V I and sins of Babylon, and are anx-1
e iously enquiring for the place
'3l where “Jesus feeds • among the I
is lilies;” and shall we by our un
lt godly conduct mislead and drive
•” them away from us?
We should not be slow to en- €
tertain strangers, but we should If
remember that 'thereby “some h
have entertained angels una- i
wares.” But we should not ‘join
house to house, nor lay field to
field” with people who “love not
the truth nor regard the council
of the Almighty.” He never does
bless his children while in affinity |
with the world—ingaging in the
service with others in the wor
ship of their gods. We should
-
be filled with thankfulness that
our God has given us eyes to see,
ears to hear and hearts to under
stand the truth, and thus should
we “walk circumspectly, not as
fools but as wise, redeeming the
time because the days are evil.”
‘ ‘Let no man deceive you with
vain words, for because ot these
things cometh the wrath of God
upon the children of disobedience.’
Living a Christian life is some
thing more than a mere profes
sion of the name of Christ—some
thing more than just to join the
church and attending the confer
ence regularly. But we are to
be “obedient to the faith” in all
its details, and ‘be governed by
that principal of love enthroned
in our hearts. We have need to
“watch,” for “we wrestle not with
flesh and blood, but against prin
cipalities and powers, against the
rulers of darkness, against spirit
ual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the
whole armor of God, that ye may
be able to stand in the day of
evil. Stand fast therefore, hav
ing your loins girt about with
the truth,and having on the breast
plate of righteousness, and your
feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace; and above j
all things taking the shield ot
faith wherewith ye shall be able
to quench the fiery darts of the
wicked.”
It is not to make ourselves
children, that we are to do this,
but because we are children. Nei
ther is it to make ourselves alive,
but because we are alive. God
forbid that none of us should
ever, either by word or deed, dis
honor the blessed cause of Christ
which we have espoused.
Dear brethren these are some of
the many thoughts that have
been running through my mind of
late. I submit them to you.
Asking your forbearance in my
weakness I am, I hope, your little
sister in Christ.
Lucy L. Marsh.
Bertha Ala.
From an Afflicted Sister.
Elder I. A. Wetherington.
Dear Brother. When I last
saw you I promised 1 would write
you, and I have not forgotten the
promise, but my afflictions are so
great, and I have been cast down
and troubled in mind that I felt
that I could not write anything
that would interest you, I have
kept wanting to feel better till I
have despaired of ever being any
better in this world. I tried to
write you three weeks ago, but
I was taken sick soon after I com
menced the letter, and am just
I now able to be up a little.
I have thought of you, and have
so much desired to hear you pray
and preach while on my bed of
affliction, till I felt like if I ever
got up again I would write you a
letter and let you know how high
ly 1 esteem you all at old Unity
J Church, my dear old home.
I “There my best friends,my kin-
dred dwell . , ~
There God my Savior reigns.
Dear brother 1 want to be resign
ed to the will of the Lord in all
things and bear my sore affletions
and trials of this life without a mur
mering word or thought I want
to be more like Je%us. But the
flesh is weak,and Ido not all times
feel willing to be “crucified with
Christ.” my hope is that when He,
who is our life shall appear, that
I may be with him and be like
him. While I was so low down
' in health the dear Lord seemed
very near to me. At first I coul
uvu umu CXlfttA AIU.V
David I said; “I am feeble and
sore broken, I am weary with my
groaning. All the night make I
my bed to swim; I wetr my
couch with tears. Have mercy
upon me oh 1 Lord, for in thee do
I put my trust.” How precious is
the book of the Psalms to me.
When I was so troubled and des
pondent one night these words
came into my heart with peculiar
sweetness; “Truly God is good to
Israel and to such as are of a clean
heart.” I did not feel that mine
was a clean heart, but I got up
from the bed and read the whole
chapter, and it was so full of
comfort I was made to rejoice
in the Lord. It furnished what
I needed at that time, and so I
felt that I would never doubt the
Lord any more. But oh how
uncertain and unstable we are!
What helpless beings are we? If it
was not God’s pitying care over
us where would be our hope?
Dear brother if I know my poor
heart I do love the same old doc
trine I loved so long ago. Noth
ing comforts me more than to
know that God reigns. But oh
how often do I have to go oack
to the time when I first felt a
Savior’s love to me. If I have any
evidence of a relationship with
I God, it has been a long time ago,
’ and I have passed through many
sore trials and afflictions, as you
know. But I have never forgotten
the time; especially the last day
and night before I received a hope,
I was in so much trouble I
thought I could not live another
day. My husband came into
supper and found me crying,and ,
asked what was the matter. I told
him I did not know, but that
I did not think I could live till
morning. He talked very kindly
to me, and tried to get me to be
lieve I would soon be better. I felt
like I ought to try to pray, but
felt like it would be mockery be
fore the Lord. My very breath
ing was “Oh! Lord have mercy
on me and save me” After all had
retired for the night, I lay there
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