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Jfimtswftoiii* Uli y,*- know these lhii fe-s,"’ M ih* le was . ite*e sliupK 10 the ft Its• MI ivnshll g*l feet ?- hm*n ttlheti frt. Pit-f ki w tbe a* t i-is* Mai •4’ tteHf wats M(i mg, hlii 1 sad v “Ti*u stall in *• wacslki any. fcei.** Tmov tmi-t. he s* meiliii g 111 < i< ftnitkeudMi tlhiaMi than ml. I&oihUv watei can n*.i* waehi atwatw aiinA * m Lo <;’s lusi-mss into 11 WwmiM wars iiwt w.ai^kiu>i *I. anse t. i~- j.**< j-ft- tioiu tL*-*■ ttH. TTii*e ipiaiuuit •£i he dim to teo I • igat, tf* > ffenttdi iitn hutttfin*mie j <>i a> ;ur’ p able to G. *• as hi< Itßluwae **>lt nil* tin who aii- I In- most- Micpuh tis of b*>< ftflw fisHilililtllttiSK. Some I ;*te SU ] | -Mil UiHt ill ttnaJlfOMe isoin otl (Cllniat was sin j>!\ la bn list- JpHt* aui •<: tiiiipMe ol l i.miii \. lint whilst .-ini. * s Mni|pße wote- wm.*.braced in it, I tint k s< m* thing fur ttßetv aJho. iiti, ended;.. 1 can* iui tl ti k that • v*r\ ac (Ciiiiiitrtt wdyJkt under tl*a sl (l. w\ (lis] a i sati* i tfta} liuw was- a. -*l tjoml thin-gp to come, Chits asr-J* Might Fillsbke lb* i\M a! { U.**S.If*- was or dimnddfJfur men m things peHaiiiinff f*> Gad. Aim* Sttiitfiiin its title- gn*.ai b nmii-ia-fton e*l Chi ist, tot hi wtrdyititg iiius tiiiHnsij>!~.* ft-et, wit ii water. but* m cond* • t:o. be made sun for his people and m shed <ffitig lifts own blood to wash them lioin all sin—- 38Ww iili Cbiiitftt bat* ilias wash* <1 us. at (i sit ec I e ISewim <gu wlksetii we- liaw frit lat kwaitl iu *ppri*at-H ----iihgr <&o*,|l tnii [piiaver ami o’ln r arts *f wotsh'p, lie bats a.jpjpiiifd bits 11 otl to wash our ft H or olir Hf!B efffttmpflunHfhi Bo (liethat we have been enabled to ■awiwv.'litdktie Him winh hope and eoi fiden* e, ounht WifeUi>jlL lltiw waftlti one- aiiotiher’s e< l ? That ts, when WvesHftefciuar bitet bn ea dej.ressed wit h t heir wattdeiines ml ullKiinJt tfoijungs., ami in daikness and under t&tfllt[pJ’a<t!iiu>fitH. iitisleati t ttiruiner then* wande'injjs miudldluiiinlt-tts viit'w s(foi ]>•< ns to lash %i-.etn with, 1 t its an toit‘]jites!Hr point: t item-to the lontitain of a>S e nfioii 7 ’* Itlbodt sMttl assute tin mos Us tiet i t ss-ai dUs tt<) td a use aw a}’ their sins- and em*< in ttHwim tt<r> Bo> ti e throne of graee. and to attend Utjpotn ttlli** iinstiif'iiittons o (Tt>d’> house in. uli telianuw (Mil OiittiMi ssbhjod, tio uleaii>e their f>er}onnai>t‘< a and & tpiterntm tthem with ao. ejjtai oe before biofb. U‘ wwe iisuil ;n no>ii st>ul who spues* evidence ob Iseinyf- a- Ibtlit wh>siamls bark from baptism, feeling Biifti uitiiWMoiilthiiiesa aid easing that he mijrht pollute tjiifiiiti oiHpinam e and! bis profession by the t <'rrup> tfjiutfltsftitt- llsefts within, let us v\a>h his ft el, or arsine Biiiiin tillft£ ttlb- blood’ t f Christ will, ob-aiise beKne ©odl at!!* luw sfeps in Fu “bed eiti e I• Chri't. Iti we- flJid a-bae.kslider that hashad tt* be ex<-ludt and. Huutt ib bsiaijrinjr ab< tit tlie door t the olmn li and nnamiifttsf iiejpea,fcw>e*e lor bis sm t .instead >t diivi <r Brill bit Milt ins by * oftlin s-ami haislttiess let us wash B.i> ItetH: tin. tftitu pteennis fountain. Pnulsetiis to BtaMtetufildb VIUeW vlf Ihiw su'j et wht n lie say-i * VV'uo efcMUiftjitnelh us iu all our t.i tbiila ion, that, we max Bmj aJldke Itoofoii.f n them which are in at>\ tiouble. Bw Blue eoiumi 4j ftiiitieti: if ((ioilLT 2 C r i. 4. Meibinks that tin etuftilWmetf- oft havmjr wasi eti the ft*et t fone poor at fiiifftteil.<taM di Wii brother or sisier^woiild stf ml iu ntxotiie a- than tie idea <4 washiitr he ft-ei ffat dba*tt bitetiir ii with water. |>ro C- k. it will n>.iti auawe-B to. ap r a.*h G m! in reliance fir arc* p taucvi wii ou.r goocl Wuik-or good feelings; out shoes i SoIItII Elt A HA erlß T ME 8 8-E N(i E R,. list l e ]mt tfywheir we approach him. Ncititer at we walk with acceptance beftne him nor with tulort to ottr sru<ks-s xcept as oilr set ate washed Ci 1 list’s blood. * water will sejiulv the place. hovtjh we wan feed with nitre aid take muck > oiip. Hut the believer has to wa'k before the cburcl* id tli- woi Id. Here is room ftu * xhorta ion to k>ve nd good woik*, ami for atlmoMiiton and reproof. I in this matter we would muk the distinction be ween the durst lan’s slardurg in the church and etore the wot I*l, ami his approach to aid standing ••tore God. we should av; id some incdnslstencies ‘"to wh*ch we ittn or aj par to tun s mettmes.^ — llere ebo t.s -ccasion for washing one ahotbei’s feet. When we see any of our* butbien walking out ~f ti e wav thn t gli ii ff> tnit\ and weakness of the ffesli, irisiead of- * xposiug their it firmitv and contrufted poftmien to the g? ze < botl.ets, let is wash their feet vvstb fire tears of: sy tfipat hy andi luoiheilv compassion, infm mbeib g. that vre also are eiicori passed with inti unties, b isals*> some tunes mts-ssary to wa> the ft et of the church b\ tfie t xv-icise obd’se'p me, dial sea afiftoar not pol lu'erl before the World; Biit again,!! ishliere to be leineinfiered, that owinwfo the hi tarn and i horrid si)i| the babbitv to contract dirt in ibe w .y, the Lord lias prepared shoes lot his disciples’ feet*, ft ! titer* fore b> collies them in all* their welk to be i ■ .'■had vuth the preparation of tue i/oxprl of peace ‘ — No slmes itii-de ot oui ow n good ie>oiUlions or vyatch tulne?s, & *., will answeenotbmg t>ui the pre para , lion of the gospel of ]), ace will protest the feet* in 1 the Christian travel. We need patience, me* kttes>. Uprightness, <kc. We n*‘e<i fault in *x *ci>e to rest | Op**n the I fts *1 <I Cfsrrsr, und ale* irpon the ftroin*- I i-e of Grid, and we need shat hope which enter&lh info that 19-thin the vt*f. Titus shod we may- go forward with cotdid. nee. In conclusion I will tenia'k. thaf in maintaining gooil woifes we may meet with i ccasiims when the washing our hr*tlter’s feet litem,M\ would he an act < f kindness anddiospi'aftty, and* which we , ought to attend t**. T o*e womten who attend-d to Slid) ao:.s of hospitaht y. if they became desolate wil*iw.a,.w>ere so-be entitled !*> t e pr* vtsi-ms of the church.. Aml* eita’nh hlliink. it an) bodher wid duly consider the drift of.the Asjaistle s direc ion.)** Timothy c.*incniii g widow a, tie wtlhbe convinced’ that the woahihff < f the tain here luention cd. Wrs as a g<*>*i woik, ami not as Hi** ob-ervacce of an ordinance. If an ordnance, why was the observam*e of that alone named, omi> ting all lii “ther parts of ivlig’ovs woisht]*? See 1 Timothy ‘.3-14. B'o. Cook, I have the-e my viewof this sub j) c-t with v*>u. In ping vu writ receive tltern with *-and*i ami forbearance to warn me,, if vnu are not cotivtuced of the correctness of these views. ) cuts iu L ive, S. TROTT. Opklika Ala. M rch 29, 18G0. To ,T W Richards of I.)KAa IiKOIHKK IN CIIKIST —I DOttCQ in the 51l j No. ot the Mcbaettger that you wish to hear from j me, and latJier complain that I have not*complied with former>requesTs.- I feel indeed that an apolo gy is due fur >my neglect, but as it would /occupy t*o milch space I shall not pfetehd i*t this ppblic Way,to make any excuse, only that many pressing duties and bad health, have lira great measure pr* Vented. When Hrnnember the many pleasant days we have bad together when we lived as neighbors and metnb* rs of the same chinch, your ca*e and ten derness towards me in,.the eatly [ art of my minis lerial labors, the attention giver*lo my poor family •*v vnu in my absence, the utanv acts of kindness showed to me in my deep bodily afflictions ; when I remember tliese things f ari(loui int'ruacy as breth ten, I omnot forget thee, and lam g ! ad to hear from yoovaud particularly so, when,.ft can hear ihat you are coinfuted by the precious and never failit g< promises of the gospel of'Ohrist. Eronu vonr kite letter in the Messenger.it appear* that you.have received fresh comfort and encour agement in contemplating the text in 2 Pet. iii. 9. * The Lord is not sla k concerning his promise as some men count slackness phut i* long.suffering to ttsWarißnot willing that any should |*erisli v but that all should come to repentance.” Y u request to hear from me on ibis text. It certainly is a pre cious su’j. cl and affords matter fir much to be said, l ui as I; have written so much of. late for* the Messenger it looks rather like intrusion on its col umns and on its readers that uiy feeble thoughts should, occupy so nuteli spao j ,.and beside*,.aw re gauls tb ist ex,*, were fttosay much or litlle,ii would only be to express my hearty endors ment of what )ou. in a lew Words, have already written upon the OlbjL- ft. I know that Arminians make a- £reat parade over the conducing expression that God is not ’* willing that any should perish, hut that all should come to lep.-ntanoe.” They insist that this applie to the whole human race, but such an application of. the text would present a wonderful jargon and contradiction in the text, i’self, because it would show that the E >rd is slack concerning the fulfill ment of his promise, if the promise is not “sure to all the seed.” Roll), iv. ]G. But Paul contend* that grace makes the promise sure to all the seed. It is a promise of eternal life which God that can not lie promised, before tire world began. Titus i, 2; The certainty of the fulfillment of God’s prom ise is not based upon the power and ability of men, but on the wisdom, power ami ability of Christ.— “ For all the promises of God in him are yea and in him, j&uien to the glory of God by us.” 2 Cor. i. 20 That is,.they are true, certain and faithfully peiformed. God is not willing that any of the heir* ot promise should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Christ Jesus has declared that the will f ihe Father is that of. “all which he ha* giv en me rshou.hfl.se nothing, but should raise it up again at the lit day.” John vi. 39; Aloft to show that the wid of G id is fully accomplished iu their salvation, it i* further declared l>v Chi ist that “All that the Father g veth me shall come to me, ami him that coiueih lo me I will in no wise cast out.” God certainly has abundantly manifested that he is 69