Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 15, 1880 Page: 4 of 8
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CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
ISENGER.
Editor.
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associate editors :
CiAs. Carltox, - Bonham, Texas.
heart. All the sciences in the
world never soothed a dying
pillow. No earthly philosophy
ever gave hope in death.” Man
may reison out the fact that
Kendrick,
Oakland. Cal.
LIU». vAaLlUN, - inmiMui, ^ #
to. tor, bnt only God’s
G. w. Williams, - Paviiu, T«m. | word can give him light ana
'hope. That word is not and
can not be “behind the times;”
neither is it “losing its influ-
ence” or “unsuited to the wants
of onr generation.” .
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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER. 15, 1880
The Bible Review.
We occasionally hear that
that the Bible has “had its
8o active was he in business
that he seined indifferent to rec-
reation. Bat he had one holi-
day each week; it was the holy
Sabbath. “Blot out Sunday,”
he once'wrote to a friend,
“and half the pleasure of my
life will be gone.” On that
day he re-crehted himself.
The following taken from the
day” and is “Tosinjcln its infln-l Central Christian Adrocate is
ence.” An association oflib-U good illustration of the re-
•ral thinkers has lately affirm- *g»°n of Christ in practice, and
ed as much with great positir* to tne rich men in the chnrch,
ness. The statement may we may say with earnestness,
certainly be classed as “impor- JK° thou anddo likewise:
taut if true;” but ia it truel A man died in Boston a few
We tura to the published re- week* since, who nerer held a
port of the American Bible poblic office, neither was he
Society for last Tear and Hud "«*•, nor of high social positioh.
this item: Vet more than a thousand mer-
Copies of the Bible issued [chants were present at his fan-
by the Society daring the year,]era^ ftn<* tbat* too»* *n bu,i
1,356,039, being an- increase Ibot,r °*tb€ &*7*
over the previous year of 168, Strong men as they passed
185 copies. bT th® bier' *nd #to°P‘
Has any other book, however*0#’ kissed the face of the dead,
new or interesting, circulated “Why do you ,weep?” asked
one-fourth this number of|ooe of a negro,
copies. The American Bible “He fed and clothed me,” was
Society is the largest of our|^e subbing reply, “when I
American Bible publishing es- waped from Richmond, and
tnblishments, but other houses **nc0 he baa *>*en to me a
print and circulate the Scrip* brother.”
tores. These figures indicate A- tremulous old woman
that God’s word is not losing!can,e hobbling np to the coffin
but gaining in influence. It cer-1 *° *°°k f°r tbe *a8t time on the
tainly is gaining not only in (face of a map w^° had saved
America but in other lands. ]her frpm atife of dissipation
The interest taken in Bible re |ato^ crime,
vision and an increased circula: I A young man followed her.
tion in Britain prove this. I He had been raised from the
Moreover, the work of transla- gutter and snatched from ruin
tion goes on. The completion by him over whose lifeless form
of the New Testament in Japan* I he wept.
ese is announced.- The traps-1 When friends and kinsmen
lation of the Bible in the coilo-1 d passed before the silen
quial language of China is pTO- Jb**rt there came clerks, labor-
greasing satisfacterially. The I01** a#d seamen, whom'the
revision of the Portugese New d0ad ma* bad employed. They
Testament in Brazil has been knowing
resumed. The entire Able fo?l *****tha* M <**•*•*
Enina will soon be ren&T forpov#d b*m*
the natives in South Africa, and | The man thus mourned was
t*8 Goepelsof Mark and Lukel!***”1 8*°"-
in the Mnckofeee are ready for 1*7*thr00 7—** Mor* ** bad
the press. I come to Boston a poor orphan
In spite of etteh facts infidels W- H* aerviee WM in a
tell na that the Bibleis“behind fith-bouse at a salary* 6f two
the times,” that it is ‘‘not •uit4b™<fr0* fifty dollars a
ed to the wants of onr genera-jy*ar*
tiou.” There hare always Though poor he had brought
beea, and until the millennium with him valuable capital. He
will be, men to talk just eo, w*» a Christian, with a pure
The' Bible, though suited to sp**1* in a Mund body. Thoogb
to their need, is not suited t0 bis own master since he was
their desires. It condemns fourteen, he had no evil habits.
VheCherehe
What is it! Essays, ser-
mons and books have been
flooding the country to tell us
what the Church is and where it
maybe found. Worse than
this, there has been much
blood shed about the. true
. Church. Religious bigotry
His life was filled up with «and ^tolerance lead to perse-
little deeds of service. ®*|Cntion, even unto death. Ro-
was a great heart, which took man Catholics say we are the
in the intemperate and lb® church, and out; of the Church
profligate. The worse a man | ^ere j8 no salvation, therefore
was, the warmer glowed his you mn8t ^ a Catholic or be
sympathy for him. “That Lgt Therefore if the thumb-
man is worth saving,” he would! ew or anything else can
say, “and I ought to try and lorce y ou to be a Catholic, it is
save hinn*. I for your good. The vilest per-
Many a ma^ whom the good 18ecutor8 pMtend to seek the
' * - I 8CCUIUID vv wvv-
deacon, had helped to come to 1 d 0f those whom they dee-
limself dropped a tear ov®rJlroy Well did some one say:
lie lifeless body* More wr‘‘ |‘‘Lord, deliver me from my
corned him as he entered in
heaven.
IfMteg #■-
I friendi.n....... |Rp|HH
An Episcopalian says: Ours
ie the only true and a^jostolic
Church. We are in regular
, . , .* ,. line—unbroken suoceesion—
A red Indian was dying; hi. Ue8. Th|g soc.
B.,. Tta. u l.y -
floor, on a rabbit rope in one ® f mH
corner of hie home. He wai piecopa lao*
*> H£32k*2-s;.£
°*m' , Jetics. I heard an old Baptist
The missionary »ud Mine of ^ tlMkt be could
hie friends were present, »to" £,«» fcla to John the
a change passed over him, B (Ut iB ubvoksn ancce#.
which told that tha closing Ht maM bare a first rate
scene had cotae. stooping lroo„ , beMd one of our
o»er him, the missionary »»ld-lprelM.hers say that ha did not
“Samuel yon are in the T»*toy tUt My aaiiumerawl
and ahadow of death; how iajt WM ^ The
with youl’*0' He reached up btogj,^ u defined as “A congre-
hand and ae though K~sp ng n of fllithfttl aDd
something said, “I am h®,dl»g wlww tba uae word of
on to God. He le my all ®fI Qod ia preach^ sad the sac
peace and joy and happiness. [ruaaDld^. administered.” ,
Then his arm Mi nerveless by #B Uiiaa good definition,
hie side, aid his happy, glorlfi- (^Me it to know
efi spirit passed away to **\wUn tha pom word of God I*
^ WlStai aaa tky contaaiootha
whom he had laved eo wall. !w#fldM to ooaceraing
To show what m variety of
opinion exists among the learn-
ed, I will give one quotation
from Adam Clarke on the 19th
verse of the 8th chapter of Ro-
mans: “There is considerable
difficulty In this and tbs four
following verses, and the diffi-
culty lies cheifly in the mean-
ing of the word creature.
Some think that by it the brute
creation is meant; others apply
it to the Jewish people; others
to the Godly; others to the
Gentiles; others to the good
Angles; and others to the fallen
spirits, both angelic and hu-
man.”
If a man’s salvation depends
on a correct understanding of
the word creature, be would be
in a bad box. bo I think, if a
man’s salvation depends on
knowing what “e. 1. a.,” “bap,”
“baptizo,” “bapticUo,” ect.,
mean, lie ha* many chances to
be lost. 1 give It ai my opinion
that all tbs thousand renderings
that have been given to these
words, have never converted
one “sinner” from the errbr of
his ways. I do not oppose re-
ligions controverty, for when
conducted in a Christian spirit
It do good. Bnt I have
not answered the question
whatie the Church! I fear I
can not. I will try. It ie not
a great big pretentions, noisy
something. “The Kingdom of
God is not ia wordy bnt in pow-
er.” It ie like leaven hid in a
measure of m
yon see a Christian
stone in this
branch in the vine of
“The Kingdom of
real true Chnrch—1§
jmjL” ^My
tree Church—is not
ink, but rightaousnuM,
PMM», « d Joy i n Ik*
Spirit."
Th« Scripture* teach lb* p*r-| toing», Ifari lik* *uying.
■on of th* Father, the Son ** ' •
the Holy Spirit; that there nttlAajFimvroiwwteM **it i» to «a
of nature—the present etate of I And again;—
Uta physical world thoMnr
dom of grace, and the Kingdom Y(>lirltrMglr proof! divtoeiy *i?e,
of glory} three developments of | Aodttww OH where the. ChrlrtUM
religion by the Heavenly Fa-J 8ve.w ,
ther the Patriarchal, the Jewish I **$*** aoteem others better
and the Christian; three great than himself, is of divine an*
facts in Christianity for belief: thority, but “We are the peo-
the death of Christ for onr sins P*® a^ wisdom will die with
them. It is plain-»poken. It His employers had taken him according to the Scriptures, the >8 of human ongin. Al
condemns sin. It shows the on probation; they soon found burial of Christ, and the resur-1 l^lou® 3 rt,ni111 U8 °
only way of salvation through that they needed both his in- rection of Christ on the third * ose w o saw one caa mg on
a crucified Savior. It can no fluence and his services. He, day according to the Scriptures; a*1. .°. OW f
more fall behind the times than on his part valued them be- three commands for obedience: I * e. ,T18loa ° 0 P®°P *
can the laws of arithmetic. It canse They taught him correct believe the gospel, repent, and|° ^ t 8eC^S
can no more cease to dispel business principles,
darkness than can the rays of
the sun cease to lighten. It
can no more become unsuited
to our needs than can the pure
air, suited to Adam in Eden, be
unsuited to his children.
It is a book for every age,
and for all people. It does
that which nothing else can do.
Its entrance gives light to souls
darkened by sin. By it the
Spirit sanctifies those who be-
lieve. It promises comfort to
those who are in distress, and
strength to those *wbo are
ready to fall. Neither science
nor philosophy can take rts
plane. “Chemistry,” ae some
one has said, “never silenced a
guilty conscience.” Mathe
He also connected himselt
with another . company—a
Christian chnrch—that he
might be abont his Master’s
business. Both in the count-
ing room and in the sanctuary
he regarded God as equally
near him. What ought to be
done he did, whether it was
easy or difficult.
He made money, but never
suffered himself to become rich.
For he considered himself tbe
Lord's cashier, whose every
check he was bound to pay
whenever presented. Thous-
ands of such draffs were pre*
sen ted by all sorts of persons.
Not one, If sent by the Master,
ever hoard deacon Snow say,
OQ©
be baptized; three promises for Sinful, those who make the Bi-
_ . kin ik/viM /kkw>r atnHvr «r\ not Ka
present and future enjoyment:
remission of past sins, the gift
of the Holy Spirit and the
promise of eternal life. Such
are a few of the great and
grand things taught us in the
Living Oracles. ^_
I learned that he that will be
a hero, will barely be a man;
that he that will be nothing but
a doer of his work, If sore of
hie manhood.—George Me*
Donald; . ^ _
Two things are required la
order U produce conversion.
The list is, that penitence
should not leave him who
hopes, and that hope should
not teats him who Is penitent.
-T. Wilson
ble their chief study must be
the sinners. You take up any
commentary and you will find
that many passages of the re-
ceived version are said to be
wrongly translated. This e is
not the worst of it. The com -
mentors themselves are as
wide apart as the poles about
what is meant. I ask, how can
common people know! My
preacher eays a word origin-
ally means something, and I
believe it. You have confi-
dents in the education and
hoassy of your preacher, and
he teaches and you believe
something else. Teachers and
learners are all honest and de*
sire to know the truth—who
shall be blamed!
now so drunk---- —
po**ibl« for him to fiad
way home.
Quite aaabfc
was, at last be----
fal oath, and said to
going by, “I have lost my way.
Where am I going r’
The man thus addressed was
an earnest Christian. He
knew the drunkard very well,
and pitied him greatly. W hen
he heard the inquiry, “Where
am I going!” in a quiet, sad,
solemn way he answered— m
“To ruin!”
The poor, staggering man
stared at him wildly for a mo
ment, and then murmered, with
a groan, “That’s so.”
“Come with me,” said the
other kindly, “and I’ll take
you home.”
The next day came. The
effects of the drink had passed
away, but those two little
words spoken to him, did not
pass away. “To ruin!” he kept
whispering to himself. “It’s
true, I'm going to ruin! O G
help me and save met”
Thus he wae stopped on his
way to ruin. By earnest prayer
to God he sought the grace
which made him a true Chris-
tian. Hie test were establish
!
i
ed on
Roc]
that
Rock. It was a
Rock broad tvifh to roach
amble
wretchedn***, a»d node a
, miserable drunkard,
W from his
that poor, nismbio
and it lifted him up
wretchedness, and ----
a«*fol,happy an of htaa.—Ex.
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Burnett, Thomas R. Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 15, 1880, newspaper, September 15, 1880; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth974451/m1/4/: accessed March 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.