Gospel Herald, 1860-07-21

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VOL. 17,
DAYTON, ()., SAl^URDAY, JULY 21, US60
NO. 1-2.
ORIGINAL POETRY.   |
Written for tlie Ootpel Herald      i
Uytfxt is Lore.
My brethren n.11, listen awhile,
Audi 11 a sern-on preach, Although as yot, I am a, child
In niatteiB, I would icucli,
Mytcjlii I.ovii—a noble one—
Xe'erdul four Iciteis stand Tospealc more phuu, wlmt God lias dono
for our own htaiiteoiis land'
Theloxt [ will divide, and Hay;
Ij, elands/oil Inheriy— Let 3 uot in siu s dark bondage stay.
For riiriot ciiii make ua free
0,/o/  Ohl i^ieaci: lt"re dolh ilanJ,
(Lord help ne (o obey,) Receive true froedoui at (tod's liand,
Aud oasi it not away
V, itandtfor thai hh^t Victory That true oiiedience brings.
In heaven, from sin, we '!h,ill bo fre*", Andhe both Pni''t» ami Kmys'
VI. ttaniLs foi that ErER.NAi. lifk. The Christian shall obtain,
When h* haa done with war and strife, \nd oeased from toil and piiiii
Now lu oonclu'jiijn, let mg say,
IJielhreu obey  the l.oid, .\nd w.uoli .md pr.iy, lioth nu/lu and dm/,
.-Vjid leiun upon His word.
I.*'! no device Ueniiile niu souls,
.Vnd t'llte our hope away; Wltilc B'rtodoin a (Jar '•till onwi
ligitt is como into tho world, ancj mon I Saviour, "except my Katbor draw liim." | lovo dai'kriebH rather than light, bc-1 But certain scoffers, who al-e walk- cause  their   deeds   arc  evil."    > For I ing after their own  liists, tell'us they
every ono that doeth evil hateth the tight, neither cometh to tlft light, Icfat'his deeds bhould bc reproved."— St, John; 3   19. 20
I onee hated to have any one spoak to mc on rehgion.s matters; T did not like to have them searching into ray
do not believe in that convicting pow¬ er of tho Spirit of Gcd, that some tell about getting to work upon them so as to make them believe that thoy are in a dangerous situation, withont (Jod and w-ithout hope in the world. They say  ihry started   into  God's-service
ways; for it was only calculated  toi from the love thoy had for God and his make my conviction.stronger.    But it | ways! ' They say the people ought tiot j
the Spirit bf God had not reproved me of siu, of righteousness and judg¬ ment, so thnt I' got very thirsty for salvation, I shoiild not have over sought tho Lord with my-whole heart. I had off.en  said 'Utiio God, '-depart
to  get into  that fearful conviction they do not believe in bei'n^ reproved j of "judgment to como; and   tiicy do' not  believe   that   we   ought   to  g6t | alarmed at all,    Tlioy aay there is no danger but what all liuen will bc saved ''
To lealius of endless day Middlitoim, [lid, June iil), 'tiO.
•d rolls, \  Ta)U.i-'h.
ORIGINALITIES.
fronj mo, for I desire not the knowl-'and now seeing they  preacli  to the; edge of thy ways,"    But I, aftsr hav-1 wicked peaco and safety, I ask, what j itig my foundation shaken so that I ^ kind of a way is that to get the wick-; was very hoavy laden,   liko theupos--! od  to  God?   seeing they  love   their tlo Piiiii. -'was not dis'-bodient to the , own ways bcst.and rejoice in iniquity. I ^ heavenly calling,'" and sought to find , and say unto God, "di>part li-oni us, for \ 'out who tho  Lord  was, and wh.'it he i we desire not the   knowledge of ihy j would have me to do    I obeyed the  ways"    And he that  saith  ho lover, Saviour's   command,  and   that says, i God and obeys not his commandmeuts '•como unto mo all of you that labor' is a liar and there is no truth in him ' and aro  heavy laden, and I will give , It is plain enotigh to be soon that thoir ^ , you rest; tako my }oko upon you and   preaching is calculated to lead mon to , ioarn of mc, for I um meek and lowly ' destruction in place of bringing them in heart, and ye shall find rest uniO|toGod ' j
your souls; toi- my yoke is easy, and .»—>•¦. .  «—
my burden   is  light"—St   Math   11,' wnaen for ootpei mrau
28: 29, 3(1.    I   heard   his   voice,  and Christiau Sabbath.
opened tiie door, (tnd ho camo in unio
me -.md sujiped wilh   me, and 1 with ""^ OAi^KB^wofir.E-i
him Yes, 1110. k place with ijje j,ij,st Brother Blanchard, you ask. 'is tho I e-xat-tlyaccjordingto Scriplure-^on the fiabbaih of the Fouj-lii commMndnietit I very day that 1 songht the Lord with | ^^^,, ^^ ^Qrcc.' and ask when tho change ' my wholo heart, f fbnnd him \ os, [ | ^^,,^^ ^^^^^ f^,^^^ ^-^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^,^^ ^^, ^^^^ \ found that knowledge which is life of the week. If U was onlv u chungo I eternal; which is Lo "know the only i ^^ j.^^,^ ^h^ i^^^^. ,^,o^^^^^ ^^^ ^j^q ^amc.— ' true God, and Jesus Ohnst, whom thou  a question wi-ongly siuted and worJted \
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B ejecting God.
Ootpel Herald
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"Tlierefote, thoy sAy unlo fiud, depart from lib, for wfe (U"iire not tho knowledge of thy ways What is the Almighty, that we ahould Strvc Hiui, aud whiil profil Bhould we liave li we pray unto Flim.'--Joii "21   I'l   15.
I believe there is not now, nor never was, a man come to understanding so as to know good from ovil, but what at different times iclt the Spirit of God Tvorkiiig upon him as strong as it did tipon King Agrippa, wlien Paul v^-as preaching to him, so that ne was "al- ttiost'persuaded to be a Christian."— Even so it works upon them some- timoB when hearing preaching, and Soinoti'mos when they aro alono reflect¬ ing upon buch things. But they see ftll the. pleasures of earth all around them, and are like the young man of old—will not quite give up 4ll, and follow'Ohrist, for they cannot soe any tiling beautiful in tho way of truth at an. Therefore, they say unto God, "depart from us. fbr we desire not the knowledge of thy ways." "What is the Almighty that we should sorvc' Him, and What protii, should we have if wo pray .unto Jlim'" Lo' their good,is not in thoir hand, Mo, The "natural man receiveth not fhe things pt' the Spirit of God, for thi-yare fool ishness unto him; neither can he know i tiiem, because thoy are spiritually dis-, cerned "—Pii-st Cor ; 2, 1-1 .   "And this is the condonmation that
has sent." And I do not nowHa_y unto God, "depart from me, for T desire not tho knovvlcdgc of thy ways. J now love the thing.^ vvhich J onoe liiited, and halo the things which 1 once idved.
Thoro is no difference between God's ways and the ways of wisdom and un¬ derstanding, and her ways aro ways
according to that statement, w-ill ngsvcr givo the right answer Sevoulh-day men claim Lhe day from Cfcution to Iho law and to the testimony; it theyspe»)£ tiot according to that hiw, it is because thoro i.s no ligJit in them. It is an .im¬ mutable truth th-at God (lid reitorotho 7th day, and saiictifj it, and make it holy.    "Chi'ibt  has  also coaseti from
©f pleasantness, and all hor paths aro ^ hif, work, as God did froia his —[Ueb. 1 peace. '-Thoro is a pathway which i ^ U,] J3iit, as God enjoined Ismol no lowl knoweth, aud which tho vul- to keep tho 7Lh day frotu the falling of turo.s eye hath not seen. The lion's the mannii, and that hecauso he had whelps havo not trodden it, nor the, brought them out of I'jgypt, tind nol tiorco lion passed by it.'—Job 28; 7. 8 .because h(3 had ret-tcd tlio 71 h (iay And that is the pathway of wisdom ^ from creation. [Sco Dcub, 5 clutp ]-^ and understan.iing: it has to bc a Throughout, here is the law Ihat was spiritual -wisdom and understanding, added to tho covenant God made with for  that   Ifirad   whieh  is   learned m  iho fttthers.
schools, tho wicked can learn as-well ]S"ow^ Paul says to tho Gallatians, as tho righteous. Yes, the swearing that this law was to be in force till tho raj>n. the lying man, and the murder- seed, which is Christ, should como.— er, can learn it. But .the pathway of ifo'ses sf^ys in the 2d and 3d verso-s of that wisdom and understanding which I this chapter, that God did not rmiko is "moro precious than rubies and all this  covonajit with the  fathers, and
Peter says to tho Church, "you are the childron of the Prophets, and ofthe covenant (J-od -made wilh the fathers-— that IS, Abrs,haru. Isaac and Jacob." Yon will ti.:id from the lOii P^alm that this covenant wtih lor one thousand generations; itwas given to Abraham, confirmed to Isaac, for an oath, to Ja¬ cob  for  a  law,   and   Lo  Israel   (tho
tho things thou canst desire, are -nbt to be compared with it." 1 advise every one that h'as not yet given up to the convicting Spirit of God, but has said unto God, .-'depart from us, for we de¬ sire not the knowledg<i of tiiy ways;" and have said to the Lord, "go thy vsay for this tirae, whon I have a conven¬ ient season, I will eall fbr thee—(Act^
24: 24,) to remember that God says chnrch) for an everlasting covenant, '-my spirit shall not always strive with ,'phe loth verse of t^lie 5th chapterof man" And I know of a truth thut no i Deut. gives the reason why the-y man   could   ever   come   unto  Christ    ¦     • - ¦ 	
without the convicting power ofthe Spiritof G-od to work upori him. "[''or no  man  eotiieth unto nte," saith the
should keep the Sabbalh of the 4bh commandment, after naming all the dift'oront items to he ob-icrved Thon Mo.ses says, "remember that thou Vvast
a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep tho Sabbath day, not be¬ cause God rested and commanded tho fathers to|keep it." They claim, that is the Seventh-day mon claini that the' 10 commandments arc God's royal' or' perfect Inw, that is not the case under them, you might Lake "an eye for an ' eye, and tooth for a tooth," or have as many wives as Brigham Young
Wo'will como to Paul on the sub- j(?'ct—ho doclarbd the whole counsel of God. lie says to the GiiUatiacs,'Ith' chap.. 21st and 22d Verses- "Abriaham had tw'o'scfns; these twdsons aijswered to the 'two'covenants,— Mofi'es and' Christ—Sec God'.s language to Abra¬ ham'; that the bond woma'n and her son should not bo heii' with the son of the free woman '' He says "it could uot givo life, it was cast o-ilt." To tho iicbft he says ''it waft rcafly to variish away," [8th chafi. Sth v.,] and on to the 13th; again, 2d Corinthia-np. 3d chap, llth v.is positive ovidcn'dotl^at tho 1(1 comma'ndi-nente Were done away with Hear hitn "but if the minia- tratiou of death, written and engraven - on si ono,' wa'i glorious, so that the children of IsVii'ol could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses tor the glory of Ins coii'ntenance," which glory was 1o be done away with; it is a fitct that tho Apontie has taught, that where there is no law. theri is no transgres¬ sion , und the Siibbatii of the 4lh cf m- mandmcnt could not have been in force from this i rcation.
Wo will now cortie tu a decision of tae Jloly Ghost and the ApO.stlo, which IS to the point Afcts 15th, C.—we leani in that chapter of some of those men who plead for Mo'^ics' law, gcing to Antioch, and teaching the people to be circximcised, and keep the lawof Mbses Paul ar.d Barnabas went up ¦1.1) Jcru«alem and called a confercneo. The .''i]-)Ostlos ciuuc together to consid¬ er the matter, and tho conclusion-whs, thf«t they trave no ordci-s to any to teach Moses' law. that would embrace the 1th commandment -without doubt. Thoy state that all is known to God from the beginning of the world; hero it ajjpoars that the;> refer to the first covenant with the fulhcrs, -130'yeara ' before the ten cominandmonts. We 1 will give the decision. -'For it seemed I good to tho IIol} Ghost and to us. to lay npon you no greater burden than these nccess.n-y things, that yo abstain fj'om moats offered to idols, and from blood, und irom things .strangled, and from fornication, from -whioh, if you keep yoursdlvos, yoa wiil do well—fai-e yoii well,''
Once more on this point, Paul to ' the (5ollosians, 2(1 C , exlior'ts them, as they have received Christ Jesus, to 'walk in him, rooted, grounded in him, I who is the hoat^ of all principality and power, and that they were complcto in him, circumcised with the circum¬ cision made without hnn''s—circum¬ cision of Cfirist. of boinir buried wilh, him in baptism -wherein also jeard' risen vtritiih-im through thotaithof GocI', who hy.«'riffled hini from the de-ak..-^ Uo tWri-teaches (honi to live holf,%h., till he comes to the 8d C wher^ he calls ion them if thoy bo risen with_Christ, to seek those things whichwej;eabove wheu^ Ch'r-ist hilleth at the right hand of Gud, that when Christ, who was their lifo,   would   appear,   they micht