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THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE NEW CREA
TION IN CHRIST.
A SERMON PREACHED BY
Hev BBYAN W. COLLIER, Pastor Baptist Church, Decatur, Ga.
'• It »it man In Ch Tint, kvls a new crcn
l.r.- eli'tollin’have passed away: behold,
•JU t.l K t > have become new." 2 Cor. 5:17.
■Christianity came into this world iw
wn essentially new force. It represent
<sd a new dispensation Its teachings,
the motives to which it appealed and
the forces through which it operated,
all combined to work a new era in hu-
Mian progress Newness was and is one
®f its prime characteristics
Onr tert telle ns about a new life;
•nd that new life consists of two things
• -» new relation ami anew character.
"If any man be in Christ, that is the
new relation "he is anew creature
that is the new character
It is true of every unregenerate soul
khat its relation to Christ is one of sep
•ration It is out of Christ. It has no
part in his blood, no joy in his prom
ix*e You who are Christians can veri
fy this from your own experience.
There was a time when your views and
feelings towards the Savior changed
very materially Having once been es
tranged from him ami in open rebellion
against him, you were brought into in
timate and endearing relations with
him You now rejoice in a conscious
news of his presence, but you can recall
» time when he was no more to yon at
most than the hero of an entrancing
fiction You can mark in your life a
period of decided change. Your mem
ory of that period leads yon to concur
In the statement that the unregenerate
•re in a state of separation from Christ
This state of separation is one in
which the sinner, left to himself, will
Kev BRYAN W. COLLIER.
remain forever His heart is prone to
revil as the sparks fly upward. Drop a
Atone from your hand, ami in obedience
Go a fixed law it will continue to fall
until hindered by some external obstruc
Irion So a sinner, in obedience to the
Law of his own sinful nature will al
ways run on in sin unless retarded by
divine mercy. A sinful and lost soul
has absolutely nothing within itself that
will ever lead it to make choice of Christ
•nd his righteousness. Christ declares
that, no man can come unto him except
as drawn by the Spirit of Hod.
Us he then under compulsion to re
m*jn in sin? By no means. I only as
arrt that he most certainly will remain
to «in unless moved upon for better
th.'t.gH by some outside power. Our
jser'.iinty that God will always do right
b l Be means implies that he is not free
Co do wrong It only rests upon the as
eur-L.m e that an infinitely holy being
will never stain his holiness with any
taint of sin. Feeling sure of this, we
praise and adore his holy name, with
holding no syllable of praise from any
that he is not free to do as he
ehooAM. Such a thought we could not,
entertain for a moment. Our assurance
that (rod will always do right is not
more firm than our assurance that the
xlevil will always do wrong No one
lu nbts lliat he will pursue to the end
w 'th unwearied diligence and unrelent
c-xg bate tlu* full purpose# that have
,<thi • act erized him from the beginning.
Wc . an by no means argue from this
t'duv .any bard hand of compulsion is
u t v.uon him-to drive him against his
m 1 "lo.b'eds of wrong. Wesimply
fee! insured that his fallen nature will
lead l.s.ti of bis own free choice to live
tie he >..*s always lived, the foe of (rod
•nC r.Ae seducer of mankind. And if
«■> set .bright no less firm is our con
irict'ui •feat man. left to himself, will
of bis swn free choice live in sin and
/olkiw Satan. Inobedience only tothe
Wi’ding of God's spirit.will he ever turn
tie Creb
And ns remefnber that (rod rests
•®ndej - absolutely no obligation to lead
tie -tinner to himself. Man is justly
toor-iveiined for the commission of actual
stint It is within himself that the seat
•of «’i!3 lies, and he has no cause to com
plan if God leaves him to himself,
tsak'.u torn is of grace, and grace is a
gift. If God owes it. it is not a gift,
•nt it »ot of grace Get this fact firm
ly fixed in your mind and heart, and
sxm.e doctrines that seem hard will lose
*. itrge portion of their austerity. Get
t’otr spiritual nature thoroughly sat
writ-ed with it, and a mighty sense of
«iod's rieh grace will cause your heart
tie overflow with songs of praise. God
iid come to the soul estranged, and win
it back The soul out of Christ, wan
dering like a tiny stream in an ocean of
tirackiess sand found at last its proper
house in the ocean of God love Your
Sieart. my rescued brother, sweetly re
calls the day when he lifted you out of
the wire, and planted your feet on the
rock And then your soul lit up with
rapture, which, if you have aright,
his grown brighter from that day to
this, you entered into this new and
blessed relation you were "in Christ.”
This change of relation is a change
in several particulars The changed
one having once been a stranger to
•Christ, now knows him. Like ,lAb he
•can say; “I have heard of thee by the
Shearing of the ear. but now mine eye
eeeth thee ’ There may have been be
fore the change an accurate knowledge
of the important facts of Christ's life
and death; there may have been a
lively appreciation of the true signifi
canoe of his mission; there may even
have been a warm admiration of his ex
al ted character and sublime teachings,
but real heart knowledge of the divine
nian Christ Jesus as a personal Savior,
there was none. But now the changed
heart knows Christ; knows him. not
alone from testimony, but from person
al experience. There has been a per
eonal meeting, and now he is Savior,
friend and Lord, drawn close by the ties
of personal association and personal
love.
Having once hated the things that be
long to Christ, the redeemed eoul now
loves them and him The new knowl
edge that has come of Christ, and the
feeling of gratitude that is stirred by
the salvation he has brought, may add
to this knowledge, but they do not ex
plain it It is a part of the great change
that has taken place by the renewing
agency of the Spirit. The old antag
onism of the carnal mind against Christ
has been banished, never to return, and
the fire of a holy love haa been kindled
on the altar of the soul, there to burn
forever.
Another way in which this change of
relation manifests itself is in service.
The hitherto worthless servant, dis
claiming his Lord’s authority, now
takes the yoke upon him and bows his
shoulder to tribute. Christ becomes not
only his Savior, but his Lord, and he
becomes tlm bondservant of Christ. It
is true that there is often so little of
real service on the part of pro
fessing Christians that this may sound
an agreeable fiction; yet I am persuaded
that wherever 1 here is real conversion
there is in some measure a real conse
(■ration of the being to Christ for ac
tive service. There will be more or less
of the attitude that is indicated in the
words of Paul: "Whose I am. and
whom I serve ’’
But these particulars, this new ac
ipiaintance, new love and new service,
are only particular manifestations of
this new relation; the consideration of
them does not bring ns to the heart of
the thought. Christ has done that in
these words to his disciples: “ 1 am the
vine, ye are the branches . ” Go to the
vineyard where in summer the purple
clusters hang heavy and Incions upon
the vine. Cut oft' one branch withits
ripe burden of clinging fruit It may for
a season holds its color and brightness,
but ere long the sap has dried up, the
strength is all gone, and there is left
simply a withered branch, fit only for
the fire. Go again to the selfsame vine,
and mark the branches that are left
They have retained their strength and
growth and beauty. The juices from
the heart of the vine run through them
nil; its life is their life Nay, they are
of it. and to dissever the branches is to
mutilate the vine. So intimate and so
vital is the proper relationship of be
Havers to Christ. They live because he
lives; they are strong while they abide
in him, and without him they can do
nothing.
This is tin' new relationship which is
indicated by the words "in Christ,"and
upon this new relationship is founded
l lie-new character. Because he is in
Christ, he is a new creature, or a new
creation. He is a man made over.
Now the process of making over in
volves the taking out of some things
ami the putting in of others. So it is
here; "Old things have passed away:
Behold, all thingshave become new-”
Let us see, in this remodeling of a
human life, what (dd things are taken
away and what new things are brought
in to till their place.
It ought not to be necessary to say
that when one becomes a Christian,
surely old eins have passed away. "How
shall we, that are dead to sin, live any
longer therein?” Paul teaches that
when a Christian goes down beneath
the baptismal waters, he is buried to
sins, and that when he rises he rises to
newness of life in Christ Do not fancy
that, because you do not believe in the
doctrine of sinless perfection, yon are
thereby released from the obligation to
abstain from sin. When you are truly
converted, you will turn your back on
your sins But does a Christian never
sin ? Is it possible to nt tain in this life
to a state of absolute freedom from sin?
Most assuredly it is not But the
Christian no longer follows sin willing
ly. as the proper pursuit id' his life. He
struggles against the evil in his nature,
atid when he does t in, he falls into it.
The motions of sin are still left in his
members, but be has put on the new
man. and is living as best he can for the
development of the new life.
Ohl ujl'niions have passed away “The
things that once 1 loved. now 1 hate,”
is the testimony of each new born soul
The carnal mind delights itself in fleshy
lusts It finds its sufficiency in this
world Conversion takes away this
feeling It leads men to love the peace
of Zion. It not only brings a new,
sweet love for Christ and the things that
pertain to his kingdom, but it gives a
hearty distaste for once cherished sins.
Moreover, for the new born soul, old
associations have passed away I do
not mean that it is of the spirit of
Christianity to deny old friends and ac
quaintances because they are not Chris
tians. There is'a pharasaic and self
righteous spirit that sometimes leads
people to do this but it is not the spirit
of Christ. He took the publicans and
sinners by the hand, and sought to al
lure them to a brighter world. What
1 mean is, th it when a man becomes a
child of God the old fellowship that ex
isted between him and his sinful asso
ciates is forever a thing of the past.
Two men are boon companions in sin.
They frequent the same places, and are
interested in the same things. Both
being irreligious to a greater or less de
gree. there is more or less of ungodli
ness in these interests. One becomes a
Christian, the other does net. Their
friendship may not be severed, their as
sociations may not cease; but there is
inevitably a break in the harmony be
tween them How could it be other
wise ? What child of God, rejoicing
in a hope in Christ, could feel the same
kind of interest in sinful and lost com
panions ? How can light and darkness
dwell together ? What fellowship is
there between heaven and hell ? There
can be, and should be none.
Old fears have passed away.
He who has a hope in Christ dares not
look death and the judgment in the
face. Do you say these things terrify
yon not ? 1 say. you dare not look upon
them. You shun places and people who
would make you think upon them. But
he whose soul is stayed on Christ has
his future assured. Death is to him the
opening of the gates of glory, and it has
for him no terrors. And if his trust in
Christ be indeed complete, not only his
fears of death >nd hell, but all fears
have been left behind. Nothing can
harm a Christian. His highest inter
ests are safe where storm and stress
cannot affect them, and all things else
are things of smaller moment. And he
knows that. " all things work together
for good to them that love God." When
I see evil so riotous and sin rearing its
bead on every corner. I confess that 1
should become discouraged did 1 not
know that "the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth.” Hasting on that assurance
lam secure I fear no evil since my
Lord is king.
But the work of grace would be in
deed an imperfect one, did it stop with
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX : THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1895.
taking away the old leaven. The pass
ing away of the old is the preparation
for the coming of the new. “ Old things
have passed away; behold, all things
have become new.”
One of the remarked results attend
ing this change of attitude towards
Christ is the incoming of an entirely
new motive power. ‘‘The love of
Christ constraineth ns ” Once it was
fear or the hope of reward or the grati
fication of some desire; now it is for love
for Christ and his cause. We serve
Christ if we serve Him at all, not be
cause of the hope of heaven or the fear
of hell, but because we love him and
desire to do his pleasure. The motive
power has changed.
There has come in, too , not only a
new motive power, but a new point of
view. “Henceforth know we no man
after the flesh.” Within the scope of
meaning of this passage, I think is in
cluded this; that, whereas once we esti
mated men by the worldly standards,
now we estimate them by the standaid
of Christian character. We now ask,not
whether a man be great or learned, of
elevated social position or aristocratic
lineage, but whether he be a child of
God. "The fellowship of kindred
minds" leaps over distinctions of rank,
of wealth, of taste and of fashion, and
binds together the highest and lowest
in the bonds of Christian love. Between
the friendly, cultured intellect of a
Gladstone and the uncultivated mind
of the most ignorant, there may exist a
feeling of kinship in that each is a child
of God. And all questions are viewed
by the true Christian, when he is in his
proper state of feeling, through Chris
tian eyes His point of view is that of
one who looks on from the shining sum
mits. He measures things by heavenly
standards.
And, finally, there has come into the
believers heart with the advent of the
new life, a new. sweet hope. Once his
hopes were bounded by the grave, for
beyond that he dared not look; now
they reach into eternity. Once those
hopes were bounded by the circle of ma
terial delights, forspiritual thingshad
no reality for him; now his soul freed
from the fetters of sense, exalts in the
glad assurance; “All things are yours.”
The future is an ever expanding land
scape of delights. Beyond the veil he
knows that there are joys unspeakable,
into which he shall look in God’s own
time. And this hope, when fully en
throned in the heart illumines the whole
life. The heartfilled with such a hope
can utter joyously:
“And let me go where'er I will,
1 hear a skyborn music still.
'Tie not in the stars alone,
Nor in the caps of budding flowers,
Norin the redbreast’s mellow tone,
Norin the sky that smiles in showers;
But in the mud and scum of things
There 'always, always, something
sings.”
Here then, look upon the changed
life. Freed from the bondage of the
old, the soul, through the efficacy of
the new relation to Christ, has entered
into the glad freedom and expanding
delights of the new. Far be it from me
to assert that this new life, in its fill
ness; is the portion of every believer;
the pity of it is, that most of ns attain
to it in such imperfect measure But
it is our proper life; it is the life which
every Christian has in greater nr asure
or in less. And best of all the longer
we servo God, the more we grow into
its fulness. r
And this new creation is the best
answer to the cavilling of the sceptic; it
is the most potent testimony to the
power of the gospel; it is the mightiest
magnet to draw souls to Christ. Lives
fashioned anew in the image of Christ
are the brightest jewels in God's crown
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Abraham's Faith.
Much has been said and written about
this patriarch's faith, and it is indeed a
good subject to study. Referring to
him, Paul says: "Without being weak
piled in faith he considered his own
body, now as good as dead (he being
about a hundred years old), and the
deaduess of Sarah's womb: yea. looking
unto the promise of God he wavered
not through unbelief, but waxed strong
through faith, giving glory to God."
One thing which stands out prominent
ly and deserves special thought is the
fact that natural law was thoroughly
against Abraham, as is seen in the
words quoted. The natural physical
conditions of both himself and his wife
were dead against him. From a hu
man standpoint there was no use of his
believing or hoping And reason too
was confronted with an impenetrable
barrier. It did not look at all reason
able that, under such greatly adverse
circumstances, Abraham should have a
son by Sarah. Ami yet. nothing daunt
ed by such obdurate, hopeless condi
tions, Abraham looked beyond them
and above them. ' unto the promise of
God." and there he planted himself,
“being fully assured that, what he had
promised, he was able also to perform.”
We are not to look at adverse conditions,
but to God and his promises and believe
them. C. H. WETHERBE.
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ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. E. W. DOBBS, D.D.
Dear Index: I write to you
for information in regard to church
discipline. A certain brother
wan accused of circulating rumors
against the pastor and trying to
break down the church. These things
coming to the ears of the good pastor
he thought it ought to be looked after.
So he went to work to find out whether
it was true. A committee of brethren
waited on the brother, and told him of
the ugly things they had heard about
him. He denounced the author of the
report as “having lied,” demanding to
meet him face to face before the church.
The committee declined to give the
name of the author, whereupon the ac
cused brother asked for a letter of dis
mission, which was promptly granted.
After the letter was voted members
said that was what they wanted him to
do—they wished to get rid of him, etc.
Now I want your opinion of the action
of that church toward the brother they
thought was guilty of a crime against
the church, and say whether the broth
er ought to present that letter to an
other church? J.T.C.
Evidently there is another side to
this case. If the facts are correctly
stated, the pastor and the committee
did wrong in refusing to give the name
of the informant. The accused brother
had a right to know who was charging
him with doing so shameful a thing as
"slandering the pastor” and "threaten
ing to break up the church.” We can
not blame the accused brother for call
ing for his letter. The fact that the
members expressed their gratification
at his calling for the letter and "getting
out of their way,” proves that some
thing untold was back of the whole
trouble, as is usually the case. Evi
dently a want of prayerful discretion
has characterized all the parties to the
sad affair. We see no great objection
to the brother quietly accepting the let
ter granted, and using it to unite with
some other church No other church
will care to go behind the face of the
letter to inquire into the trouble.
Will you please answer whether
Saul's is a plain case of back sliding?
N. K.
This question, we presume, has been
prompted by the recent Sunday-school
lessons. The study of those lessons, in
connection with Saul's career as por
trayed in the Scriptures, have intensi
fied our conviction that he was never
a regenerate man. Hence his case can
not be fairly adduced as "falling from
grace,” or apostacy. Perhaps we can
not do better than to let our inquirer
see what the Boston Watchman has
said concerning Saul: The thoughtful
student of this narrative continually
finds himself asking what was the root
of evil, in the character of Saul, which
blighted the fairest hopes, and caused
his (lay, which began with bright prom
ise, to close in the blackest ruin? A
comparison of the Incidents by which
the sacred writer illustrates this man s
Inner temper brings out quite clearly
the fact that his loyalty to God always
had a tinge of self will. He did not
know what itr ,l, is to trust himself im
plicitly to aIT >.er Power, and loyally
to follow it>A*'t lejits. At Gibeah his
impatience hZ'.fint so tp chafe under
Samuel's dela’j thallie orolffMinexplicit
command, si owing that his own per
ception of what should be done weigh
ed more with him than the Divine
counsel; at Gilgal he showed that he
was more set upon gaining the material
advantage that would come from the
possession of the wealth of the Amale
kites than upon carrying out God s
command; and on the night before the
final battle we see distrust of God in its
supreme expression when he sought
from a witch what could only come
from Divine sources. That remarkable
utterance of Samuel, in his brave re
buke of Saul, “To obey is better than
sacrifice and to harken than the fat of
rams,” shows that this was the proph
et s views of the king's real temper. He
lacked the root principle -of thorough
devotedness to God which only makes
sacrifice acceptable. Such a man makes
much of the prescribed externals of
religion, though he will not even be
faithful to them when they cross his
self will; but he absolutely lacks that
loyalty to spiritual obligation which
guides him aright when external rules
are wanting.
Is there any authority in the New
Testament for deaconesses in a Baptist
church? N. s.
This question conies to us in the form
of an inquiry, but really is an argument
Accompanying it are four pages of
manuscript in which the good sister
seeks to justify such an office. First of
all we would say that if the New Tes
tament furnishes any authority at all
for "deaconesses." of course that author
ity is for "Baptist churches,” for we
believe there were no other sort of
churches when the New Testament was
written! The principal passage relied
on by our sister is Rom. 16:1, where the
margin of the Revised Version (also the
improved Bible Union) has "deaconess '
as an alternative rendering for "serv
ant. ” The Roman Catholic version has
"ministry of the church.” If Phoebe
was an "officer" of the church at Cen
chra» there is no evidence of the fact
unless the use of the word rendered
"servant " affords such evidence. But
we do not so understand the word, and
we think it absolutely certain that there
was no order of deaconesses known to
the New Testament churches. In the
Greek testament the word translated
"servant" in Rom. (16:1 diakonos) is
found thirty times, and only once is it
feminine. Our "deacon." which ren
ders it only three times (Phil. 1:1; 1
Tim. 8:8.12) is really only a translitera
tion. not a translation, of the word.
There is no reason to believe that the
sacred penmen at first attached any
official significance to the term. It was
a generic word for servant, as its kin
dred word, diakonia, was for service, of
any kind. See Matt. 22:13, Mark 9:35;
Jehu 2:5; 12:36; Luke 10:40; Rom. 15:31;
Rev. 2:19. In the original the civil
magistrate is a "deacon" (Rom. 13:4);
Christis a “deacon of the circumcis
ion,” Rom. 15:8); Paul and Apollos are
'‘deacons by whom ye believed (1 Cor.
3:5), and Paul writes of being "able
deacons of the new covenant" (2 Cor.
3:6): Timothy was a "deacon of God"
(1 Thes. 3:2). See also Matt. 20:26;
23:11; 2 Cor. 6:4; 11:15.23: Eph. 6:21;Col.
1:7; Col. 4:7. In all these places the
Greek is diakonos.
Thus it will be seen that the word
was used to describe any class of per
sons called to do service. It is not dis
puted that the word in time became the
special designation of officers known as
“deacons. " though it is quite questiona
ble if such use was known before the
close of the New Testament period. It
is also true that in the early centuries
there were women known as “deacon
esses.” but reliable ecclesiastical history
does not find them in the apostolic age.
It is eminently proper that chnrehea
now elect brethren to “serve as dea
cons," and if churches so desire let them
choose “deaconesses." But let it be
done under the general rule of the New
Testament —not by ita •pacific direc-
tion. The churches need the service of
their brethren and sisters, and they
may specially call to service any of
their membership. This we think fair
ly presents the New Testament teach
ing on the subject.
Why did Panl leave his friend Tro
phemus. at Miletus, sick? Did he not
have the power of healing the sick?
W. J. H.
This subject has been quite fully
treated in this department. We can
now give only a brief answer. Yes,
Paul had the “gift of healing," for the
Acts record several instances of the ex
ercise of it by him. See Acts 14:8-10:
19:11,12:28:8. As to why he did not
heal Trophimus we are wholly in the
dark. The sacred record simply states
the fact with no explanation. Doubt
less there were good reasons why the
“gift” was not exercised. Paul was no
“faith cure” fanatic of the modern sort.
He kept Luke the physician with him
as much as possible, and doubless relied
much on him as such.
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An Evil Thing in the Exposition.
And what is it? Nothing more nor
less than hnman nudity imitated on
canvass and in sculpture; and worse than
this, my information is that ‘living pic
tures,” or rather realities, were there
and the money fails not to make them
visible in their place.
It is not a mere guess that the city
contains much inside and outside of the
theatres that is extremely hartful to
morals. And many visit the city to see
and hear what vice has to offer. But
the city was not founded for educative
purposes merely. Moral evil there may
be called incidental. With the fair or
exposition it is different. It is intend
ed to advertise and educate And just
so far as it does these things in strict ac
cord with morality, it deserves respect
and patronage. When it does the oppo
site it deserves neither.
It is admitted without hesitation that
the pictures and sculptures above re
ferred to are educators—intensely so.
To whom are they likely to be most so?
'J'he young 1 . Is it to be expected by any
that no injury will be done tothe youth
ful visitors in the department of high
arts?
It is a pertinent question why an art
ist cannot display the highest talent in
perfecting figures in hnman shape as
well with clothes on as without them
We hear of "business'' places where
“high art” pictures are a specialty.
Who knows but the same sort of busi
ness places contained those recently ex
humed pictures at the foot of Vesuvius
that “men only" are allowed to inspect.
Whocan believethat a pure minded art
ist wants to produce a corrupting im
age either in marble or with brush?
And what right thinking moralist, to
say nothing of a Christian believes
that nude figures of mature, humanity,
such as the Exposition contains, should
be either formed or seen by anybody.?
The "Sunday closing" was all very
well. Why could not the same author
ity that closes trie gates on Sunday leg
islate effectively against the introduc
tion of the “Midway" corruptions.
Those corrupting elements were in
tended to “draw", were they? Yes,
and eo the ‘ living pictures in thethea
tre are employed for the same purpose.
If the play house cannot live without
this kind of attraction, by all means let
it die—the sooner the better. And if
the world cannot have Expositions
without making them universities of
vice by all means let them cease to be.
These are my sentiments, and though
I count but unit against a million, so it
shall stand.
W. M. Davis.
White Plains, Ga.
Eor the Iniikx
Thoughts.
BY MISS ALLIE LAWHON.
In the writings of a Christian
man I find these words: “Our
thoughts are more susceptible
to temptations than our words
and acts.” There is a subtilty
in the temptation that passes
the thoughts that would be read
ily detected elsewhere. Why is
this? Is it because the flight of
the mind, like the speed of light,
is scarcely calculable in its ex
tent and rapidity, and far more
transient in its wanderings?
Nothing can soar to such heights
or sink to such depths as the
imagination. Like space it is
boundless. Or is it because the
thoughts apparently are more
closely allied to the Spirit? ‘ Out
of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh,” and often
it speaks without thought, show
ing that the heart and the lips
are not always subordinate to
the reason faculty. The Bible
teaches that “the imaginations
of a man’s heart are evil from
his youth.’’ “Thefoolishness of
thought is sin.” “The Lord
knoweth the thoughts of the wise
they lire vain.” These quota
tions are generally applicable to
the worldly man, but the child
of God must watch lest he falls
into the ways of the world.
When the Psalmest said:
“Search me O God and know my
heart, try me and know my
thoughts,” he understood the
waywardness of his thinking
powers and realized that- the
thoughts required even a sever
er test than the heart; that trials
were essential to fix the mind
ard obviate indulgence in wick
edness and sin.
These intangible, fleeting, in
visible but none the less real
thoughts can only be subjugated
by the spiritual weapons of
which Paul spoke. For these
weapons “are mighty through
God to the pulling down of
strong holds; casting down im
aginations, and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bring
ing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ.”
The power of the Holy Ghost
alone can harness the thoughts
of man and work them for the
glory of God. Then the mind
as well as the heart should be
consecrated to the Lord that it
may be imbued with that love
which “ thinketh no evil.” No-
one can avert Satan’s access to
the imagination, but the thoughts
can be turned to Jesus and the
evil resisted. To be tempted is
no sin, but to yield to temptation
is. It is these hallowed thoughts
that penetrate the Holy of-Holiest
and brings heavenly bliss to
earth. Wreathed with that love
and trust which looks confiding
ly into the face of Jesus and
feeling no anxiety for the mor
row, they realize what Christ
meant when he referred to the
fowls of the air, the lilies of the
field, the height of our statue
and the number of hairs upon
our heads.
“I am cured since taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla,” is what
many thousands are saying. It
gives renewed vitality and vigor.
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Our recent State Convention in
Greenville was the crown and
glory of all our Conventions. It
was both revolutionary and reve
lationary, and has pitched a
tune for all the great Southern
gatherings to join in singing.
God grant that there may not be
a single discordant note in the
mighty chorus of celebration.
When the question of co-opera
tion with the north in the interest
of the Negroes came up for discus
sion, no one know what the issue
would be. Five years}ago,a move
was made to expend State Mission
money on the Negroes; but com
plaints wire made thit the white
man’s money was being misap
propriated, and at the end of a
single year, the work was dis
continued. Consequently it was
natural for us to except some
thing to happen when the meas
ure was introduced a second time.
But lo! the unexpected came to
pass, and after many speeches
and in perfect and beautiful har
mony, the whole Convention, by
a risingwote agreed to unite with
our Northern brethren in work
among the Negroes. Dr. Moore
house was overwhelmed and un
able to speak There was a great
landslide of enthnsiasm. One
brother broke out into siging,and
and then another into prayer. The
like of such things was good for
human eyes and a joy to many
hearts. The bugles aie now all
singing truce a proclaiming
peace. God be thanked that the
war between the States seems to
be over at last!
C C. Brown.
A Woaaa’s Story.
A NARRATIVE OF WOMAN’S ILLS.
Tight I.artng and l.ack of Onl-Door
Exerrlae Bring Miacli XVoe.
(From lAe Uelruit Sun.)
The large, pretentious brick residence at
86 Miami avenue, in this city, is the home
of the heroine of this interesting story.
She is Miss Margaret Stenbaugh, and her
experiences during the past four years ars
published here for the first time.
Miss Stenbaugh is a pretty girl of about
20 years and is to-day the true picture of
the ideal, heaithy, robust and jov'al Ameri
can girl. She was not always so, as is
proven by the accompanyiug statement
made by her.
“ Four years ago,” she said, I was such a
scrawny, puny little midget, pale and ema
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that mv father and mother gave me up to
die. 'fhe local practitioner, whose name
wa< Dr. Gla»sf>rd,(l was at that time living
ac Scotland, Ont.,) said it was only a matter
of davs w en I would be laid away in the
churchyard. “ I cou'd not walk. 1 became
s<> weak, and regularly every night my
father used to carry me up stairs to my
room. I can distinctly remember my tell
ing him that he wouldn't have to carry me
about much longer, and how he said, while
the tears glistened in his eyes, that he
would be willing to do it always, if he
could onlv have me with him.
“ At this time, 1 read, or was toldby some
body, of the wonderful cures that were being
wrought by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills tbr
Pale People, and my father went to Brant
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from W. Wallace. I commenced taking
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yon see me now. I fully believe that they
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family ready to talk about the good Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills did for me.”
Sworn to and subscribed before ms this
15th dav of December, 1893.
D. A. Delanzy, Notary Public,
Wayus Co., Michigan.
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EXPOSITION,
AT ATLANTA.
••••
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD
Is selling round trip tickets,at very
low rates. See the Agent at your near
est station for the low rates.
You should go and take your family.
It will be years before you and they
will have another such opportunity.
The sights to be seen at the Exposition
will compensate you fully for the ex
penditure, and be as good as a month’s
or more schooling for your children,
and a world of knowledge for your
wife.
It is a duty yon owe yourself and
family. Perform it.
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T. P. A. G. P. A.
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