Gospel Herald, 1860-06-30

              SPEL HERALD.
Devoted to Ohri.stittnily, Morality, the Interests of Sab'bti.th Hohools, Soc'i.-il Trnproveiiient, 'rem-perance, F-tiucation, and General NfWH.
"llKnOLD,    t   BRING   YOU   GOOD   TIDINGS   OF   GREAT   JOY  ....  ON   EARTH   PEACE,   GOOD   WILL   TOWARD   MEN.'
VOL. 17.
DAYTOiX, 0., SATURDAY, JUNE 30,18(50.
NO. 9.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
n'rtllenjor thn
Song of Ang;el8.
From Chaos wlitii crcjiiinu pprang, Aud golden liuilil lirpi diiwned abroad,
The morning alius toi^cthcl- Bang, And shoutpd all the sons of (Jod.
Andwhi-n the i^reiU Mi-sisiah came— A light divine from heaven ahove,
Angelic  choivi in lond acclaim,
Announced lo man vedeomiug love. [
Bill when that List great day si all rise, Wide 0 cr the world with rolling swell.
What songs of praiso phall sliake the skies, To flim that doeth all tliiugn well.
0 then a joyful ^ll0ut shall I'ing.
And echo alt oreat.ion throngh; Angels and men harmonious .fing,
To Him thatmakctli all things new. Indianapolis, June Xilh, ^ B<>0.
comrmadmnts on  all occaBions,- does -cnly gift, and wcro made partakers of and is the only time ofprobation. The •h''.'! ".^I'.'i'^f!'"" '.'":!' !"* *'^*'"??'3:^ "-^.'f. \ t^'« H oly GhoHt, and have taRtcd of the duue« which devolve   upon   Ub   arc
(J we present, will and above all, tlio , -uls-^all speak to'u»
seeing they erueify to thenaBelves the i and tell us to be oarncrtt. Son of God afresh, and put him to an      The Apoetlc Kays: ''Take, therefore^ open shame."      ¦ .the more earnest heed of the things ye have
. We read in the word-of God that \/leard. test at any tivie ye let them dip;'' one which was'with Christ during his I and how easy to let them slip, by per-
mis cxnonatiou lont as tnougik u was . the Holy Gliont, and havo tnstcd of the duUes which devolv impossible to Apostate., Aeoording to j j^ood word of God, and the powers of ntany The oxampU T. A. L.'b article, Jonah did not turn j the world to cmie. If they fall away exert its iiititionce ar aside, and Apostatise   when   he was' to renew them again unto repentance iHalvation of our soul
ORIGINALITIES.
Writlmfordte Gofpfl Herald
"Apostacy."
three days in the whale's bcily, but. went into his dark abode,, from the fact, the same was,, ordained. My gootl Brother fiays that "hp is gludthat Dan¬ iel wa-'icast into the den of Lions," and rejoices that  ''the   llebrew  chil-
days   of ministration    and   declared
drew were thrown   iuto the fiery fur-, though all men   forsook him.   yet he nace."    His reasons ,are, tliat  we see woU'H not; yet he apostatised in a very
by it, thtit God 's able to proiout froiii harm,,oven under tho niosl trying cir- cumslauccs. This, i^ uU very true to those that do not become Apostates, and wo learn tho reason; God was with them, they obeyed his law, and therefore per-1 severed, I bfJjevo God will ulliraijtely savQ all those who worship Him in "spirit and in truth, to the end of life." But it is evident that ho does not save all from, temporal death, as he did Dan¬ iel, or tho three Hebrews, for his own belovcid Son passed through its iron jawa^ Bottlfirt docs not prove but God is ablo to 'ssi(VC all from death. To show^that; Adam did'Apostatise, rcf- oi'onQD to Genesis 3d chapter. And to showr-that the good Apostle of tho Gen
short time, and denied his Lord even with a curse.
|1Y JAMES  W. BAGLEY
In the (rospcl  Herald,   Vol. 16, No.   tiles vyas fearful that ho mightApcBla-
9, appears an arUolo from the pen of; usoaj-id bo loqt, rcfcrgrice may be hi; IrotUer T. A.  L., entitled '-On Apos-' tohii^own wortis; iji Ist Cor. !)th chaj
ad lap- ter and 27th verSe, where Paul uses thii language, "But I keep under my body, and bring it into ¦subjection, lest that V)y any moans, when I have proaohcd to otbors, 1 iBysolf should bo a cast-<avay." Also. Matt. 12th eliapi^ ler, 13tl, Itth and 4.^Lh Vot-sos. Again' 1st Tiniolhy, 1th chapter, and JstvOrso: '¦•IS^ow the spirit speaketli expressly in the latter times, some shall departfrom tho faith, giving hcod to seducing sptrit.s aiid doctrines of Devils. The true spirit, tt no faith, and true doe- trine spoken o*'in the Bible,arei'.lways found in the singular nnmbor, and the spirit .spoken of in the' Bible, us quo- Most certainly he did, when be broke ] ted, must mean the spirit of Christ, but and violated God's holy law. Agalin,' tlipseducingspirits anddoetrines must wo ask, are God's laws tj/ia/if^eai/e? ' bo the spirits of bad men or Devils, as Then if they are, tho God thatcreatod they are invariably found in tho pln- tho^Ji! laws is also changeable, aud the ' ral number, and this rule will serve as kindhcncenly A'-r/Aer,in olden timesm.ayj a guide to ihc Bible student; doubtless he ii, N'ew one to-day.    VVe  do not bo-, thccZwfnVifs .spoken ofarethedor'trinos
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tacy," in which in my humble opinion savors of -Unlversalism and Galvan¬ ism. If J understand tho meaning of the word -Apontacy.'' it is an "abandon¬ ment of what one has professed," ."a total deserilon or dopartui-e from one's faith or religion;" thorofbro an Apos¬ tate would be one who has tbrsaUen tho church in a religious view of'tho fiiibjoet. ¦ Now-my good Brother Hta(rts out with this pro])Osition, "Man beijug dead in trespasses and sin." We ^i\\[ admit this to be true, and ask Bro.iT; A. L., if Adam over was alive ? A.nd if he answers in the affirmative, we ask, did he ever bocomo an Apostate
Wntttti for Uu aMptI UtraUi'
Earnestness.
BY  W. 8.   MARSHALL.
The cause of the success or failure of almost every man, in life, may ho found in answer to tho question, How earnest is he?, Earnestness is tho great key to knowledge, to goodnes.^j, to Ecaven. It accomplishes objects seemingly impo>sible. Earnestness gives ell'ect to the sermons of our ministers, it has made our great men what they aro; it has made America what she is. It is characterized in all God's workif. Cast your eye over the universe, and you will iind that care¬ lessness exists only among the works of men. ThohO of God will show marks of piirpoec, and of plan. H God is earnest, certainly we should be so too.. Our minds aregivort us toex- >3rttisp, i^pd vc sfjojild n.ot be lieetMess of the, value of tho gift of our reason, hut wo should seek to use it to our best iinprovcnient, and the pleasure of tho giver. Tho minds of men aro prone to wander, instead of which all should have a fixed object, viz : to do good, and to get to Heaven. I^o accoinjilisli tlii-i, we should earnestly study God's law, and endeavor to find tho. surest means of doing thib, and then j,pplying ourselves zealously to our task. Zeal, combined with well directed means, is certain of procuring tho desired result.
To be convinced of this, you have hut to observe the movements of man- kiud   in  general.     Hero   wo   see   a
mitting the golden moments—which I are eo precious that we arc allowed j tho use of only one at a time—^^to glido I by unimproved, or occupied in some 1 vain and useless nmusement. , I
If men could but realize'the awfu( ' solemnity which will pervade tho Judgment Day, and know tho dreadful consequences which must inevitably follow thoir present carelessness and unconcern, they would certainly bo awakened to thO ucccssityof working while 'tis time.
¦ And if work at  all, why not work for something of weight to us in eter¬ nity?   Men will laboV  hard  for thai 'which is not meat, and siitisficth not,' j but if informed of the danger of their souls, are entirely untiouccmed-   This is surely   inconsistent.    Why 'ntit bo reasonable?    Why not  linten to One ¦ who loves all,  aud  who bays,, "Seek; first  the  Kingdom of   God  and   h\k i righteousness,  and   all   these   thiugg,, shall  be  added   unto you."    Wo  all love the approbation of tho good; then why not seek God's ])0wer, by apply¬ ing oursolvrs  ardently   to   tho work '. which he has given  us to dr^? '^ \
"Life is real, life is carncstj And the giave is not ir? goal,
Dust thou ait to dust retuinest,
Wa.a not written of the soul. '
l^et lis then be up and doing,
With a hcait for any tale; Ptill achieving, still pursuing.
Learn to labor and lo wail."
lieve he is changeable, or that his laws ' of that oUl woman, the Roman church, |.7"'-''"n   "^'^i'
risins;   from   the   most
arc changeable, but   "the same'' "jes-' terday, to-day, and forever."
The conclnsioii is irre^istabie. that if Adam was made an. Apobtate by tho violation of tho laws of.-God; my good Brother can become also an Apostate in tho same way, to wit: by violating the laws'oi' God; and my dt»r Brother will not say that he is belter than his progenitor (Adam,) as ho. came from Ihe'pristino h.and of Deity.    If Adam
oroft'-«r)n-/ir/5;'fortheyarcle-g/o«.5 il^"'nl''or'?>''*'i«'^  "' ,!''«. Mn>;mounling reforcncoto Matthew 25l,h,  we , "^ciT o"''^'"^l«. n"^»' '\" ^''in L"'>K'^"wn
and h
lca"'rn of somrviTginTwIu'ch represent j with pleasure upon his fortncr follow- e of those virgiLS though ll'i'j*^'''''"^-  fc^"ii   '"'is  mtellcclual   cmi- ¦      "     nonce, tho observer ard the observed of all     But another younc;  man, of
purity; some
pufo and spotless, yet the foolish ones had let the oil in their lam])s go oUt, so they produced lio light, so when the bridegroom came, they were in dark¬ ness, and those that had oil in their , - , . , , - , ,. vessels, bad none to spare, and while i bat who as hoadvances,dcclincs goes ¦the foolish virgins went to purchase | down, down, until ho is numbered did Apostatise, could not'his children! more oil, tho.so that had oil in their!'imong tho lowest and the "vilest of and ehihlren's childfen,: dowu-XO't,hi» I Intnps   went into  the  inarriaL'e,  but l^'ie vile.
httost poslovity? Most oertainfy.tsl.'oy j those foolish virgins never ontero'd in-1 ^"^ ^^^»^ 'S, tho cause of this dis- coiild But if-tho "people, of .God are to tho marriage supper, notu'ithstand-ifwity^ bimply. earnestness on one so eomplntclv hemmed in and hedged I ing thov "cried Lord, Lord! dpen u„.lhanaand carelossnoss and d.ssi,,ation roundabout,; and  the-will-of safety; to as.    John 17lb chapter, 12tl. verso. ;^'''"« ow'cr- .^..
is so high that there is no pos.sMity \ Wo hyj^vn that one that was given toi „ -tt-.^as this zeal that inspired our of their falling entirely away,'.' as my Christ was lost, and if in throe years Brother's .article says; why'did any mid six months of his per.'sonal toach- good 'Brother'close his article with hia ing on earth, one, oven 'one bo lot>t,, is warm exhortation, tolling the children i it not to bo presumed I hat for thou- of God, they wore safe according to his ' sand" of yOarsmany more may not ho
views, saying. "Fiuallv I would say, bo, lo,-.t.    AHso referenbe to Hebrews 10th     ,, ^   -,,        ,^ „ „ .„ , n
firm am\''immovable, always abounding chn-pioVand ^r.th verse; 2nd Peter, 2nd "* t.-e (.owpcl, to perform sodaithfidly intho workof thoLord, andporievoroiehapier'and 20thversoa,"For it ism-|^'»';i'''lLity. '
even uiilothe'en^,. and repose all con- po^^ible ior those that were once en-i And why should not every onei 1 o ¦fiderujo in tho LobLlesus, and o%A/.s. lightened,'imd havo tasted of the hoav.  very   earnest?   .Life   is   very   brief,
Writttnfarlke (latffl Utnii.
The Reasons 'Why- Past experience teathca tho fa<!t, that the Christians will act. Antioch has been built atid paid for. Union College is being built, and will be paid for. Iowa is talking about a Christian College. Will Illinois bo behind? Wo don't believe it. Why have onrpeoplo acted? Because a definite objcct'was in view. Why do wo expect'therti to act in future ? Because wo expcot'f/ia< definite objcuta will bo before them. A call  was made for a State Con-
equal mental .capacifcies,   who, at th«|Vt'nLion  in Ohio.    Why did not our
commencement of bis career Qccupiod ti position in society amid tho loftiest.
forefathers in their struggle for ind pondence, causing them to undergo trials, and encounter perils that they might bo free to worship t-lod as con¬ science dictated—this which nerved tho Apostles, and all  other advocsutcs
ministers and laymen respond hearty Yes! wo need a meeting of our. people? In our opinion, it was be¬ cause there was no well defined object before them. Lot every .State where our people have a foothold h.avo a Covcnti n. IjCt.ll.iodefi'nite object be to enlarge the borders and strengthen tho stakes of .fiion. What eflectivo plan shall wo adopt for the support of our unseciarian Gospel in destitute places? Sayeone, wo have many idle preach0r»; Jot thm, go to tliosc places and build Mip our cause. Truo,' wo' havc.manymcn that aro preaching-bat libtlo, but there is a renson why. i All the Christian ministers in thesO'parts work, most of their time ©n trfieir farms or in their shops. To this there is one exception. Tlio obvious reason Why is. because they do jiiotj.wish to