. _ .. • ... .. . . . R 1 PI ISBI "I.' 1 I A . _ .i . ,_ T . JRI N 5LR 8A.,•,.,..,:-. . & . : , yterlan Banner, Vol. V, No. 24. ' 3rterlan Advocate, Vol. XIX, No.lB. I VID MeKINNEY, Editor and. Proprietor. -IN ADVANCE. 14rigina1 gottrg. Praise for Redemption. The Lord of life and light, Stooped from hie glory bright; Angels beheld the sight With wonder gaze: Leaving his throne on high, He laid his glory by For sinful worms to die 0, sing his praise! Behold, while hellish foes His glorious work oppose, He all their malice knoWs ; Confounds their rage, Breaks every vain design; While truth and mercy shine, With radiance all Divine, Prom age to age. The mighty Work is done, The regal sceptre won; The great incarnate Son Ascended high, Still pleads for us above, With interceding love, Till we from hence remove, No more to die Lift up the heart and voice, Angels and saints rejoice, And make a joyful noise Of sounding praise rio Rim who rules on high, In light and majesty; • To all eternity His honors raise. a , 1867 For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate . Dr. Buchanan, and, the Vestiges. lovers of truth and Christianity have Al already, with delight, the appearance hat part of the original work of Dr. lanan, lately issued from the Anierican under the title of Modern Atheism. prestige of the author's name ) his ao- 'edged ability and, learning, and .the that he is the successor of Chalmers in. Chair of Theology, and one of the most ous leaders of the Free Church, will se= for his work, in this eountry, an abun and euocessful circulatiou. That the will be well read, and do good.execu , we have not' the shadow of "a doubt. must praise the author for the labor he ld upon it, and award him deserved al. it just because of the . oonsiderations once here named 4, we fear that in soy aespeets the work will rather 'retard, lvanee the interests of pure Theism, Llarly in the minds of those who, un mied to think for themselves ; derive estimate of the various forms of Athe from the statements' of others; whose - toter commands their respect, trading nothing, whatever, from either ability of the author, or usefulness of work, we still have this to object,' viz., has made what we, regard a.most un 7 zte admission, in reference to one of Lost cunning, plausible, and dangerous of materialistic Atheism, in. modern We refer, now, to Dr, B.'s treakinitt Development Theory, or hypothesis Lation by Law, as found in the work td the " Vestiges of Creation.".. The ;ion is this, that the theory of the ges is not necessarily atheistic, but• be consistent with a. pure Theism, and mid time and science show its probe or actuality, even still it would not ily destroy the peouliar evidence of Theology, nor scarcely, if at, all, trainish this evidence. rently, we think ! conscibus,, the tile, that Dr. B. might quote, as he done, quite a number of theological iientific names of eminence, in support view—or, rather, show that he has but in the wake of others. But authori , :e not arguments; opinions are not al facts; representations are not always ;titans ; and scientific possibilities must allowed to impinge upon moral cer tes, logically established. " Truth. ; goodness," says Lord Bacon. , The m of goodness to truth is that of an 3sion to a seal. Theism cannot leave it a mark or solitary line , of Atheism. at cannot leave behind , it oneadagle of Theista. us turn to the " Vestiges of Crea itself, and see what are the design meter of the theory. The design, • Chambers, (who is , the author of 4 iges,) " was not to establish a new respecting the origin of animated ~ but to show that the whole revels of the works of God, presented to.our and reason, is a system based, in what re compelled, for want of a better name, ill law."—lrest., p. 191. The explana of this prinpiple is just this. Contems- Log the phenomena of the universe, the tor sees, in all departments, various time and arrangements •taking place, 'l' the influence of natural laws. Re. ,ng to the past, he ftndsthe same thing. infers that, inasmuch as thqnlaws have le attributes of necessity , audperptuity them, they were always id-operation; that by means of thtse very tairp l iihidh preside over all things, the entire prea. of the world was actually 4ected. s is what he means by, the system having base in law. Now, what ip the theory ? ABEL i 0 the , • lothesis of ',Creation by IN a t u r a I Law ,heory which seeks to account for : .the ins phenomena ,of the universe / Ib:EAU Won, as well as continuance, by thircon- sideration alone of the laws which are now seen to govern it. And what is the logical conclusion ? Simply an Atheistic one, viz,, that the ,entire creation is seV-constituted, and ever bag been so, as far back-as imagination can conceive. But, to avoid this conclusion, and entrap the unwary the author assumes a decidedly Theistic tone, just at this point. We must not, says he, think of the system "as a; system independent or exclusive of Deity," neither confound "law" and " Godr together; but, by law, understand " a cer tain mode of iircd'sworking."—yest p. 191. This sounds -well,. but _would sound better if consistent God has never acted in any other- way, at any time, than ,the ,way in which he now acts. "There is - no evi „ deuce,” says the author, " that the Divine will, acted , otherwise tharvin the usual order, in the organic creution ; p: ,402. We might' 4magine" Deity to have ore- ated all things by'-" separate `and dietinct fiats;" but we see that' "he :usually does not do so."—Vest, p. '294 It is absurdto 4 think of so great. a,Being as God, employing two mode; of exerting WS, .or power. In-this manner, the-; author continually speaks of God, as though the theory recog nide'd him in a Christian sense, , while yet the-theory itself can do„ or or tries to do, with out him - ; and thns,many have, been. led, by the studied snare of the author, and his re peated 'disdain/els 'against: 'Athebon, to re gard the theory itself as not incompatible with pure Theisna. To dispel this illnsion, it is sufficient to quote the words of 'the author, in which, unhappily Y for himself, he has let out, rather, too plainly for, his dis claimers, the secret fatalistic belief lurkingin his own, bosom, and vainly eoncealedlbeneath the art and adroitness' of the theory itself. Ponder well'these *Mils -” The inorganic has one final comprehensivelaw, : GRAVITA- , TION ; the organic like manner on one law, and that is DEVtLOPMENT. Nor may even these be, after all; twain ; but only branches of one...still more, : comprehensive law, the expression ,of that UNITY which man's wit can scarcely separate,frona,,the DEITY HIiSTLF !"--Ve - 81. P. 175 Here, it is, at last 1 This is the God ,pf ; the Vestiges l—mothing but Law in thnabstract,- manifesting itself as Gravitatioreand Devel opment, in the mundane system mere, low, sheer, bald, fatalistic, materialistic; parObeistic, borrowed,exploded, heathenish idea I—just not a whit better .than thein sane ravings of '°ken, the 'physico-philosO pher, who says z " God; in himself, is diav: ity GO is a; rotating. globe "—" Go 4, to become-rea,/, must Appear under the form of a sphere "--the beauties, and blasphemies of a 'theoretic monstrosity which' postulates zero as its basis, and from 'ibis, Seeks tO,ao count for everything ! Our.:,space forbids ;us to quote more from the Vestiges ,• but every 'one can 7 find'lfor himself, at 'paged "100,109, 223 the prin= ciples of, the theoiy distinetly, lai doNrn., As to theUniyersal Fire-Mist, arkshelling, off. of spheres. by the. laws of matter,i we need -say . nothing at all. What ire- wish to remark here is that the theory as advanced in the Vestiges, teaches—, Y. E (1..) Creation by developinent, as opposed, to creation by separate omnipotent fiats, or by miracle; and hence denial of mira cles altogether. „ (2.) The exclusion ofa Personal:God from the work of creation, , (3.) , The confounding , of Law, and God together, notwithstanding the 'author's dis claimers. . (4.) The excinsion of a Personal God from the providential control of the, uni verse. All things proceed by-,themselves. (s:y The denial of final causes . ; or what are signified by marks of ,design, and bold ing that these marks are only the necessary oonditions of existence, caused by develop. ment. • :OA (6.) The artful assumption of the eternity of nebulous Matter, and tik laws of 'mo tion. (7.). The derivation of the •• human =race from the• inferior orders of animals; by regu lar progression upviards. The derivation of, the inferior and all vegitable substances, from gran ulated or ova. • - - I' (9) The studied emplornent . of' Theistic . terms as a lure to entrap the reader, blind the mind, and, onceal Atheistic 'doctrine. And, now, to return, to Dr. 'Buchanan. Whatis his estimate of this 'theory, not as a Scientific hypothesis, but in its bearings upon Natural - Theology ? He shall, speak for himself. Admitting that it, is a mere hypothesis; and that the progress of- science rather tendilo 'invelidate than confirm it, he yet adds the following langdage, Dieu were it admitted, either as a ,possible, or probable, or certain explanation of the, ori giu of the' present :planetary sy_stems, it would not necessarily destroy the evidence of Theology, nor establish on its ruins the cause of Atheism. l —Mott Athp. 53 And farther, " Even were it admitted as a pos sible, or, still more; as a , pleural° :explani tion of the origin 'of planet° and 'astral 14s tems, it would not serve .to destroy,. and scarcely, if at all, to diminish the, evigene,e qt r —Theista;" p. 60, And again, ".Even were the -theory admitted,. it would not destroy the' evidence of Theism, any more th a th e pro 'a, .9 . of planets and animals under the exerting system, wkielt, se far from exclu dinger impairing, serves, tuber to enhace .and illustrate the proof of creative wisdom' and power j" pi 6S' This, eve 6 z mnst; sny,'is sau " ONE THING IS NEEDFUL " ONE THING HAVE 'l'o SIRED OF THE LORD :" " THIS ONE THING I DO." i) Or :I )t FOR THE WEEK ENDING,, unfortunate admission;. an admission, the argumentative'• consequences of which Dr. Buchanan surely Could not have eensidered ? Is it possible, on even the suPposition of the reality, in truth, of such a theory, that "the evidence of Theism " would not be destroy- ed, nay, not even diminished ? It cannot For, what is "' Theisni 1" It is not' that Vague and cheerless creed which recognizes nothing more that an active power in na ture, which.may be identified,. at ,One,time, with Nation, at, another,-with Vital Force, and at alltimes, with everything or anything that snits the caprige or depravitY of a vain imagination. It is not that cold and iron bound which ;acknowledges no government but4hat pf. absolute , and self. regulatingilaw, And.beholds the universe, in all its movements, and =throughout all its de= partmenU, as only keeping , step to' the Grand March of 'Eternal Fate. But It is the demomitrated belief of the existence government,,aml character of a , liv ing; intelligent, moral, self-determining,- self conscious and infinite , God; distinct from all his wraith; from hie laws, and'the great, initepondent;'First CausO' of all. Ao., what is the f'epidenpe"of Theism ? t hitheAccumulated,awl interwoven testi monylvhich indrawn from all the depart= Monts , of nature, including the convictions and voice of huuMnity • thiCwhich is &awn from Ihe ,neceesities of reason, the demande of the moral conscienee,, the marks qf de sign,foundin the works of God, the very existence-of the universe, and the• common consent of mankind. ' ' And 'can it - he possible that a theory which contradicts all these should not be est sentialiY Atheistic,/ ,Can it be possible that A theory which only is held back from an unblushing:avowal of Atheism,by the 10, gical impediment which reason pits in its way--La theory which virtually destreys moral 'insponsibilitY, by making man and brute or II games y one —a theory which scouts:at, the idea of final , causes, And : asserts marks of, design to.beonly ,necessary: tions - of , existence—a _theory which holds to' the Absurdity of a self-erected universe; opposition to a universe created by a First Cause, aboVe, beyond, and. distinct from all Matter and motion 7 -atheory which thus,is stwar with the common voicaand. convie i dons of humanity--can it be possible ,that such a theory as thisi . contradicting every single argument Tor a pure Theism, - and putting a new-lace on the whole ground where all the evidencei ainwonito-bagethl ered would 'not IF irstrE necessarily de stroy "the evidence of Theism, . nor ~estab lish,on its rains, the cause &Atheism?"' Wouldit still leave the evidence = undintin fished? , - Would--it enhance' it ? Let the uncircumeisedJew believe it ; we will' not We cannot. How is it possible that Theism may be computable with. the basis of this theory ? What • strange enchantment ;111w coma over the mind of Dr. Bitchanan• just here - Theism 'says that God' 'created the World by the miracle of an Omnipotent fait, The Veitigea say he . did no such thing ! Theism says that God is a personal Being, dis tinct-from,nll his works, and alibis laws. The, Vestiges say he is that Unity of Gray= *Won, and'Deielopment"which' man's , Wit cannot help but acknowledge I Theism sap's God often interposes in a way,digerent from his ordinary working. The Vestiges say,he usually and continuously works only in one way ! • Theism sayaGod =exercises `a providen tial' care over the universe. ThaVestiges say everything is trusted to the operation of law ".I Theisin says God has given ns marks of de sign,, showing that he made certain things for certain ends.. - The Vestiges say his marki , of design, show , no such thing, and are only -'conditions of existence i Theism says that the creation of the universe by its Own laws is art absnrdity. The . ,V.estiges say it: is the .only rationalhypothesis I Theism say§ there Ws , a timerwhen neither; matter nor motion. existed. The Vestiges say there never was such a time I Theism says God Made each kind of creature distinct from thereat. The Vestiges , say, it is all a su perstition, for „all.creatures 4,y,e been-devel oped from little ; ggsß : lheism • says God made man inrhis : OVID, illiag9,_all,upright and morally responsible soul. , Tha;Vestigea say "Man has no ; ; tail and the f no on a much ridiculed philosopher of-the 'last centuryis not altogether, is, it , happens, without foundation, for the bones of a cau dal' extremity . exist in an undeveloped state ig•tbe-,os coczygis of the human subject "I" See Veit' pp, 95,.297. So ` says Theism, and so answers thetheory of the Vestiges; , and. yet Dr. B. admits that the theory, alien. if 'fa certain, eilliaOatiOoP of the ~liaiverse,. -might still , be pompatible with pure Theism,' and would not even diininisk the evidence of it ; - How 'slight and, how unsatisfactory sire .the grounds on which •this unfortunate ad missionlS-I'tha4e ! Says the Dr. (p sp) f‘ we beivei said that the , theory, of =Develop ment, as expounded in the Vestiges,.b."Tuit necessarily Attieistic,,partly beca.uscs the ,an thor professedly disclaims Athaism, and .partly, also, „because in strict' logic, it might still be possible; •even on the basis of that theory, cpnsidered simply in ~itself and. apart from the speculations with which it has I?fle4aPsociate4l to 09natr.aot, from the ac tual phenomena mature, , a valid:proof for the'Veitiietrid.cittributefof God !" 'Straio that the r. has failed, just ~here,.gtO. oriinibate.between4tit author- 4iadgiipsys-• rzN , tem !:.,;: Strange that. hea development theory, wit) theory of the Vetatigeit/ the world give to knowii "strict logic" which ci); and even the attributes the;basis of the,,thy What kind ,of a God'w, be 1 Peradventuie, thi feioped - caudal ektie-mi toccygis of tlie'humEn . become completely devi before the Dr_ had reae, , - elusions ) , and, ; where, gic '.? If the theory of thi eerily and essentially, nothinv of. the } kind. But, ,that: it 4= Athei nothing ,but .A.theisn IA; l' l 9 l 4tt ; abundant ,proof ,II, ,b, towledtied, that then theory of, the Vest j os is but a , reap pearance of the 'theori' + of La Puree, De Mitilletand Lamerck;'ap ~ ,,ied to account'for the genesis and developm at of the, universe, and, in aumereTenP B l9i, ,wilder than thnse of the 17renchphilosop. . :,,, r ip is. yet more erratic , than -the theory tiOonste, ..,Dr. B. himself, ,admits this con ,ages •50,1. 51: . - But the theory of La Place r :Slimly : a reproduc tion of the philosophy o I:dcrirtia,:•glig,htly modified--La philosoPhy - iiitrated u hit the o Atheistic geniusf,Lne; :int, and ridiculed „, most effectively by the po h,ed,wit of Cicero And„there .is not- a ,si*e,principle of the theories of _De'al - aillet. tifiddialnerckiNwhieh May not be found in thVihird book; "De Rum Nature.” ' Still :ail* Y4,' in tbe lonian school of Greek., ecirletien, we dia. , cover . the i .prentage ~ that hypothesis, which is novicnihellish4by,naturaleCieuce. There we are told- , -thankiLf to , the.labors of Cudworth .and Ritter, • 4l Tennemanw and Rixner—that the globiAriur formed by the radiation of heat' from t 4 iiiiiial matter, and the aetiOn.bf law on the softened mass • that fqth,ent , una bubbles enlAna,n4, in „,filmy blaci7 tiers, . gave birth to liviipgyoreaturea! by the action. of Solar. heat p , that Lthe,ftrat animals; were vide and thatlmari Was ' originally Ufishil Here,qhen(ire trace the origin of the theory, of tiii, :Vestige's. 'lt is ,kest, the ancient mechapAeal hypothesis of Materialimi, revived ~and,,dreaped up in Mudern style, .having:cpassed,,through the hands, first of the, Greek then.of the Illomerf; then of the , FrenCh' AndiGermao schools of naturalists, and now i -in ' poisilisioit of Modern Atheists. . p iiNtiiiorii, 4 ich, i, tal . „-ages_aruleonntries i .oB. cAn-rsteog nized as esse,ptial,Atheisms ftOorate glories in it. La - Place?: himself,iceonfessed its , Atheisre. When"; the 'lgifted 'Newton had passed froth One of his most difficult ealcirla: thins, in which' he, discussed the trajectory ' * , i , of a, comet. upon the ,parobolic hypothesis, to the .„construction.uf, the Grand,Scholium at the end of thePrincipia,'and'statesci that the BAl:hirable ' arrangement ''of`'the - Soler system was "tIA. Ark of an Intelligent and .z ••;,,i, , s -0 ' ~- i n° 4.,l 3o we rfu l :gl7 l sl ' .. 4*4 then' La Place accused r ldtn.,of ' keying ,deviated from the true method of philosophy, and replied: ",= W ei do nbtneed , the hypothesis ofis•Deity !" —no, not even'tn 'originate Mittel' and its laty,e . 1- 2 =the - 'Vepr:'lh'i , :OTy of ' the 'Vestiges, YiAajohitr• B: tM.P.nnt nenniaribr,,Atake i§- ti 9 I,4the ~very;, t4anTY,; CPlnte' :.holds, ; : ; and • which, caused, him to, say,- "The-, heavens declare no otherviorkithawthat of Hipper-' chus,. Repler rand 1." , ' The Goa of the Vestiges iiinicipily that Goa, 'which in 1 the Scholium of Newton, is declared to be ' F,ata.. and PlAtira,.,n, God without goyern ment,.,providnatialb.oasa,,or f fioal-o3auses-- f Deusi sine-dominia4 provideatia et eausis finalibus, - nihil •aliud , est Silia9ll, fatum - et natttra . , • • then, should . the lon* school, why:should Bemooritus, Epicurnsi.t.Luore tine; why should La Place, Lamarek,•Oken and Comte, demiunced as'AtWeiete; (*.the „ propounders <it lkilteastie system's, yet the theory of "ke Vestiges, which, is the quintessence of. all the rest, be exempted from the same deserwed reproach 7.- 13,ecause it recognize =a 4Glod a Godt...ef , ita..own making, 'in 'it, **ref: pre,- npti AElieistio; 'in every proper - tieftle:i'Qt a ille:*4t • If ot, *in . ' elvefZi#tiaf $:,4 1 0 . ` .4.0M.6 4 4 7 '.!' in nature, 0 ,1 4c9,0: PlEfolbsch was me- Atheist,. for ,he spoke :of the , "'Sault of:-the World." La Place was: no Atheist, for he spoke of " Law." Okee `Was nO : Aihtiiiiq' for he spoke of " Gi•avity," and and . liarriet MartineaU are no, , .Aiheiste r . fer they speak , of an "fnierent Force.", TheiNestiges speak exactly,4# these layskaAndaff this' is not essential' Atheism, therek.ht • Alio' :Atheism, and' all; the parada'''slicikit . Theism ie folly: But 'the heathen : ialolators ;' had iteir Gods ,. arid...the .heathen philosophers their For , a s . And .yet.:•.l'an distinctly calls themioalko Atlieoin—without fled Boaillnitdmit that the theory of the to practical AtholBl% .and 1 . 4111iT Iii;191 prat/cal, Atheila ri tteflp„4lo. tkp9.l7 to give it being ! It, lrika .Seati a. the • depeved • heart : of man, ..The 'Vestiges put .forthrnot a practice/. *Atheisur,rrbut'. ettibtly ,: theoretioal mai ,ever rrtk4 • • : 5 4. ‘ going 7•••7,...Y.,y.fr . 4 1 41 97. 1 ** NOLAr.in Ogle, olfacthe :orighastion,of,thp -world/. .Atheism; -Arid- any .theiwytewhioh: brilylridulites 'ridttotr t fei" Jaidte l ; idf'pettinga edit emti 'To A 16,1, wu;, ti 714: i niret i l tikilt:eriPrlMlTM BET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA. MURDAY, ItIARCH 7,1857. ,confounded a vtitoldeyelopment would not tlittle' aAn that RrlY e,t 4 e be ! n g , trne God on. 4 - I tho„.,Veatiges the lea product esent, fonnd in- the os ",` 'Wight have tofall length, -leistia guise, because nothing hinders it ,from en open avowal, of ,its cold oree,d,, save the 4 9ogical impediment which Gorillas fully Put its ways" , See 4 t‘ Hiekoole,s Six.Daya ,Creation," P. ?di?. . We, have trespassed too Jong „upon ; the .PatlePoP.,:gt and occupied. too 3 n/F 1 1, 0 f1t4O,OAlato 1 ; 18 ?f . ,the Parr! , still ,tliirdc, our remarks . . are-worthy of at tention. We would not _detract, ; much in anything else from_the.pmise due to so ex cellent a work- as th,atoe.,".Modern Athe " .`We hoyever, L that., Atte. made a most unfOrtenate admission, just t where, ha ought to have .becn. the-strongest. 14t us-conolude,by saying, that the author, here, must, thank ,Prgvidpopp for having his 'kw his, ita- is liot neces lienthere is injnrkciruy,tenclepe3r; : nf o hiw, Fadwuissinn. In ,other., parts , :of,,thp work, the theory of the Vestiges ; is ,ratiked „expressly. with that. of Epicurus amd,Cornte I.,and. called v. "godless : theory of Natural Lim!" AvEzqn. o*, : LEnsits . r, 4,IICT.ENT!,(IN TILAIDQUI'RXN!S.App) DIITIES 9y , gap , Leifer, .Slit: , is the Arailegfeeeion , of the JOHN MUM MY'DEAR,^ FATerni my lag, I tried to show• you whatsin is; ,but I did not say all • wished,Lto on-the subject,.so.l. will be igin where Lleft.pff..,, I •said that any,failure ,of coming,, , up the , requirements A:if the Jaw4 t ,anyfailure,st anytime, in anyrespect, is sin -:.Hence, it follows, ,that not, merely actual transgressions' ~or voluntary transgres sions Of thelaw, when known, hitt want of . conformity or likeness, to, ~'the is, sin ; the want, of a right state . of heart is sin; the priintion or absencpof holiness within us is The law reqiiires' the heart to right ; it requires it right 'State of heart Or. disposition; 'and Where this is wanting, there is • sin Just is every deviation from a straight' line,is crooked,, so every departure from:the perect law of 'Geld is Sin, - whether 'yeti fail to come up to it on the one side, or go over it on the other. If it is 'holy,''and requires holiness; and - this he wanting, then this 'defect is The want o f conformity to the lawi'lthen, is' sin ;- the want of a. right ;State of 'heart is sin; 'the want' of holineSs is the want` , of original:righteousness, and:of a• holy nature,- is sin ; the want-of conformity to the law, in the state of the heart, and- affections, in the. disposition, bias,: and-habits of the soul, is sin: This' eovers , and ineludesthe , depravity of .our.naturesi; and monfirmsatnd, establishes the doctrine of .original It shows our natures to be corrupt, hecause, by , nature,,,our hearts, are not conformed_ to God's iaw. Our. natural "drip - dirdtion is sinful. :Ware fOlenbeings - we are sinful beings , ; and, there is in us, by nature, no good o*g :7 -nothing which GOO can approve • we are totaliy deprived %,all is corrupt, vile, offensive, the whole head is sick, and the 'Whole heart , faint;`from the sole . of the ,foot,, even unto the head ) there is no soundness-all is - coirupt, wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores moraldeath • and - putrifaction:=lsa. i 5,6: Every Ili. eginition . of ' the thoughts' of the "heart 'evil; and only eyil 'and that Gen.' vi : and viii : 21. , Yea;theheart iirdedeitful abOve all things; and desperately: wicked.--4 . er.;4xvii: 9. " Stith; my: dear 'friend, is :your. nature. . 'How.utdieriz 'and , . hatefal4n , the sight' 'of 'O6dlP Alas,: though :sensible •of =your sins, ltoWlittle yotothiak...or;realize of .your, vile •nees..l f How -little - you 'know. of. 'yourself:! Howilittle yon :know :of thesplegue..of,your . OWD. heart I , .oflthet t hesrt 'which iB,3viAin youi deceitful aboye111 1 .11:itbiOgo l an441 43 ,8P9T' ately wickedi :! The,stains . of sin..are,,deep -within you ; .-sn4.,with;v44 self.abborremre ; should, you jbewall..'the depravity. of„your .usturo„,anit,:youi. rant . ..of conformity to ! For . thin is sin : ;. nirdit An, infinite , evil T. Confess it, and bewail ii before God 1 • Aut,.zny friend, you are chargeable with more than !rani; of conformity to, the law 'of ilod • thine is, also actual transgression of . ' • eteied against You. Yon are a sinner; and sin is the transgression of the c r' Jelin iii : '4. , Tra.nsgreakin is going over lt/dOing what;it'fortids, or not doing whit 'it requires. And hOW : often 'haileyou tinuis 7 0381 4 6 . 3 I . Yen hive :tr.iritsgieil4in tlfe state of Your laart, in your Moral feelings,e in the motions. of youtionl; 'thoughts,in tlie ° desires, rind intentions of ' 'your heart; in your preferences -, and vial:. -ticriti;. in the words• of your lips;• in. - the ante; 4f•:youi• lifet;• in every faculty: of your sonl, , andtevery member .4 your , body ! ...Yes, you ihave•iyielded your' members as' instruments we'surighteousness unto sin, as. servants to lunoleapriess i .and to iniquity unto iniquity. • 13-19, Yee,,, your. sins,,, my nlmost.innumerable., , herber,is.like .the sands the riea ,Shouli ..Orod. be Strict to mark your. iniquities, : how could you,stand before, him t. TeN.4oyr. yon stand.—Ps. oaas : 4 AllaptheD, )/PW, anCkop4.ol;*".? your, sins 1 , you ; have.' sinned pgsuipt . and YE_TFreaga , . a g a i n st 1 : 1;14 :4, own, eonscience,npinst cionnot4orlan4 . .nko./3‘ merit,, '414 1;4 Christ t and . Holy ( Ghost, , view ornin . 3, and' of heaven, ''ssiia - ef hell! 0", who ein tell the , magni- • ' tude ' YoUr: sins, while their are like the sands intriumber, are like Moms'. *iris iniinigni4idel they are' as "infinite 'upon infibitti;'. refiriite upon 'infinite !" , , Certtipt tree cannot 'bring forth' ood fruit; •Isfilthy•spring cannot irenct forth pure water; :andoewLyeixi iliathre is .corrupt,, and as your -theart believer been:wrong, so you have done tnothingsbutidni; i the corrupt • foubtain withinevou: has vitiated,.and• corruptedparAd everything proceeding from •iit'; and tmday t uif: unregenerate and without .faithinohrietpyoustand before. God. a guilty wretch, covered-with .polfution, ruined, and lost 1,, Oh; how ; vile you are 1,,h0w sinful how „gnilityl_. ,There is not, an: net of r yonr life...bra,deseryes ,eternal beuMbroopti from Clod ! How just, it would be forfliad to oast, you off , for ever,' .Yes, should: Glid - out • you eff,.nOW„ and aeß'd you down swift t o . hell you ! ust , forever feet rinAOorifese,,ilitit jtie Just ar il , AT SO t-r, 14.1 - 1; • 1 1. .. 11 • .1 1 41 V more Allan lour sea deserve ? ;rangers For the ~,Presbyterian Banner, and Advoeate .11elieioa• know. This.you feel.. You ; know your sin-- fulness ; you knew your, guilt; and you, know it would be all juit and rightif you were left to. perish; tMist and right if yott were now: cut :down, .and shut up in hell for ever. lloar i appropriatein your, lips the •words of the Psalmist, in the .51st Psalm— ; =, Should sudden vengeanee, seize my breath, I . :lnuat:PrOlitntnie thee jttie in'rdeath ; Andjf my, , soul were 'sent' to • , - Thy righteous law "approves . it -well." Before we can accept of Christ as our Saviour, we nittst feel that our condemna tion is "ju - st;'' and tolead you,to thiaview of:` yourself,; is the :design of what ,ris , above written., From what have, Said; you,:may learn, What „sin is ? , and be, able, .also r to arriVe'at - clear views of its enormity, and you may, also, obtain a correct View of your; own sinfulness,' and of your. ill-desett on account of sin. And here, remember, that nst ; regards , sin.as-ain, went. In my next,il shallspealF, fttrthpr,ofthe desert of sin, and of the lyay of ,deliverance from it. jesus C f brist is the great deliverer; lie is 'our " sin-bearer ;" - lOolc to'him for de-.. liverance and salvation; believelin him and savedl- look .to-him , and, live. He,is' called Jesus, because he saves his people' from their sins —Matt. i : 21. r Read Ro mans, chapters i. to v.; iii., 'and Ps., parts 1. 2 3, in our Pialins'inid ; `and .also a tract, . 4 C The Sin-Bearer;'. .lished rthe,Presbyteriat 13oard,of Publi ..9atio, • ! 'Yours, TRULY.,,,, For the Presbyterian Bannet: said Aiiromte - A Work`'of Grace 'Ltiki3 Presbytery: REV. ANI/DEkßßnoTmen:=Yourrreaders ,no doubt .are rejoiced to hear of the work ef , the, L ord. bein g revived. We held our Coin munion season on, the third Sabbath of Jan ttary, and bate , continued the services daily until this tirne'. The Lord' our God has gracionsly visited UR iROSt. , work Ofgrace„. - We; ave had other revival seasons; but in no one have the people of God seemed 'More 'blest thaii 'in this one. - SOn3e 'of our prayer, Meetings have leen among :the most:, solemn have ever, been in.„ But the* blessing' was not, , cOnfmed to the eitUrch. Some, . fOrty ,precious soils cherish hope in Chinit. The Lordhas ddne gredfi thins' for as`iohereof we are and tObe , alLl,he praise,. ~- Man's fallen, and utterly rained and guilty condition r `and the sovereign grace of. God, offeredlreplythrough Christ, have been very fully insisted` upon, in all. the" preaching Bro• iinghes,. of Logansport, was,; eight. or ten, days, and gave, efficient help, in the' work. J. C. BROWN: Valparaiso, Ind. Feb.' 20, 1857. '" . . Yor the Preebytedan !loaner and Advocate Revivaljn, Tuscaroracr.l*. Mn..' Mayon our rather. secluded valley of „ Tusearora.' .thOUgh " remote from' , public view," , ' rarely honored with visits' from, distinguished, personagee, Much . lets and.hardlytdreaming-that our rfa:thes;' or those ofciiiernetids:Nld-ncisit-;- bora, will ever be . insetted, in liatory;Or embla'zonedm.the.arChliresef the nation yet,. we ,a 8 me believe, leen more. tighly :favored i for Are •trait we. 'lave lately' received- a gracions...visit from the SOitit'ef:th& Lord Josini Christ; the Prince of l i eeee,,aticl . t4at,lie writt,ertihnaines m of any,amenvis on the iMperiihableipages ofrthe r" Lamb's itook-,Ofl ! ife." , •1, tObietof tbe pririgiplaoccurrences were as , RarlOillscoMilier, our pastor preached two Aliorouglisoing and impressive sermons the' subject...of repentance. The nature • of true4epentanoe was very clearly 'defined, anskits genuine s features held up 'Striking - contnust with these of its spuritnis.seuiliiiince. Its‘sital necessity was _urged)* „,e„strong sae diineti f onv..of reason; and Tevelation. •Abotil All; were sinners -solemnly •warned delude themselves . and*imanit their R . ,eciaercer dispiaing ',yeli;go;iiistil the last gasp, and then, by a polidci.,ssOibishM, think to:foist themselves into .haaven:: , No! he •sumniredilthein there were' nopromisesifor dalayiiiishiiiers, These appeals were . 1 not withorte. a blessing ; :, Many atr,olkO to' the - stern tatli g: tbatt,hey, were, indeed, sinners .under,; : _condemnatipu,,. and , the, inquiry ' began to be heard, " What .shali we do to be saved?" Shiß t pastor speaks of the de ,lightful„ planner, which he spent several houis4Christmas,'direciting these inquirers Then awned' the celebration of the`Lotd's.SiipPer,'with preparatory and ,atteudant;'services... •Jn , : these, our.. pa stor was, assisted by j,he Rey. Mr. Matr,,and.the ,veteraNDr. ,Chester. ! . The latter, k especiaily, 'dealt most faithfully with ,chirch-inernbers. - e seemed 'conikisidoned to "'Cry itiotid, find 'spare 'not,•'? "show Gad's• people their 'transgression,. and the house-of Jacob*their gins: Professors of rOgißus . 8 Mr 4 ,11 1 from ,their repose,' were. led to relnFainine their hopes, and:. some; ; renounc ng . theui',* coin- inenoiadl'iigsatii' their Piltrimage . *Ziontntrd. IblislitistmOrk was evidently..im,progress: Messrs.:: Mart .and .Chsster. ,Aters obliged clef !Pa but others, air31.414,•t00k their plaecs. • Almest daily, for tvvO,.Weeks,,: - Ilik'Rey: Arr . Williams. present:o, iviill'Jteifraeli i l S 2 PißQsiti:4; 'suCh "trOYlnd?- 1 : 161 .0 4 1 11 Orailiet trut h s as were blessed' to many a.. hearer. Aft impressive -ind: convincing . dis 'orcitlitie to the'pliftile:ef thirLiterary listitur 'tiotie,-,aud•otheF : sernional7;Dr.,Nevin-the ' forlittle argimen.ts, - ,and,earßest.exhortations ' ; of - tpe Jki!Clext,k, ,p,rtd,tl.o;prayers.. offered up: by d'Od's'peoPle, Wei:it among Oa otiher`l►n~man means employed :' .ant though Pahl= may. plant , And "Apollos. water, .• it :is .. 4314 alone who can give the increase. •.: There were, at times, more than forty desiring the prayers, Of..,ChrOPisPop and B,eellieg,gmistrance in the, : " way ; of life," and 4 ,:inimitiyirger number now belinye_thai their sins have been pardoned, „ their hearts made: temples of - the - Hying God. Among thee 'number; " lie' several of the. I.6eliers impils'iif the Acadeiny and Seminaiysif2The s , blessing we/3 , 1)0t restricted to,Any,agstpko9n-. dition. Parents beheld th..3.i Kp i,shild,reA:Mit-: ting the cup of earthly ,pleasliat,they: might drink of the waters,e6xerlastiiiglife...i Children. saw• their parents v who bad., et: a' life=long example - of 'devotien)toithe vain- men of new, 'the ' first-time, - Offeling`iiP prayMiiiiefteirieti"to tyi . o.6a of • yetertutx ;;zi;tbe riidis..o . the Am penitenti...,whe withstoisd a ft the yin= - ' ftuences of the pieijonsr revivals/ here, hays.,- , li.ow3kekoM•P Atrikipf exampte s s i of E ' of Divide f Tna ilk and .111tEei Thus the. • Philadelphia, 27 South, Tenth .Street, below .Cliestlit -.By 5114,' or at the Office, $1.50 per ar, t SEE paospErrus, Delivered in tlie City, 1.75' "•" WHOLE NO. 232 work., commencedjethe ; midst of .the usual and regular' services of -the Church, and was carried on, quietly and without com motion, as the wants of awakened' and in wring souls seemed,.o,;require. _May the great day declare its results more -glorious than we , now can know I `,Yours, For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate 4 1)R.r - M l Knoity 9hiongh your columns, to. express to L. 5 . ...D.' my thanhs for his valuable paper on the ease oftitUEthiopian Eunuch." He has, in My humble judgment, thiown. new and im portant light on the true construction of Acts, ,39 a passage which our Baptist brethren regard as their " mums ,alteneus,"—an impregnable fortress in de 'fence of - iiniVenion in the ordittance of bap tism. An additional ' ' suggestion is respect fully submitted - -; ,The very minute and eir. lOW which ~the :inspired supposition that no other mode than that of " dipping," . prevailed; or was known at that time. Why , shotild;the. historian state so Particularly that " they both, went down into the water, both Philip and thellunneh," On the supposition 'that iinmersion was-neces dell Could he have •thought that any one would imagine :that it could ;be dmie oath.- wise 7, *How apparently superfluous is this statement if no other mode but , "dipping" were.used at that time; and if the writer. lineWthat every reader would at once un deratand" that the Eunneh was immersed? How strange would it appear, were a•Baptist , missionary in the _East, writing home to his brethren and narrating , a case of baptism that: had occurred in similar circumstances, to tell his''lhrethreit and the World that he and the converted Pagan both went down into the water,. both 'he and the-Pagan?, and what would the.hrethren think of such a redundant statement ? " Does our brother fear that we might be at a loss to under stand r ROW he §roceeded , in such a'case ?" :Now preciOpin:the same, Way,j it seems to ,us, such aistatement must .havg appeared to i4t "Christian world in •the Apostles' _days, if their all knew that baptism Meant' im viitaiton, and never meant anything else; nand if they were nfl. familiar With that mode On the other.. hand, 7 this A circurnstantial statement is perfectly natural, and apparent ly called for, on the "Suppeeition that baptism, by sprinkling ~ or effusion, was, .the usual method at that time. Here was. a case that occurred in -auch circum..stances, as very naturally to, raise the inquiry how Philip 'cOuld'havWperformed the sacred rite. This detailed- description was just such as one of our missionaries might reasonably give ; and every, one woad at once understand the propriety of it. r L. N. D. states truly, that' " both". (am photeri) occurs but once in the original! but Dr. Carson, we think, is right, in saying that ".,both " is used twice, for this is really the force of the original "o to Philippos , kel' Etmortehos"--wboth Philip and the Bunuutt." -- our•tramomonormtnememl,4.4. :liththue renderingithemlause. S. J. lat#,_ao - 04pings. COULD we see things as, Pled Amy theip, we sliintld not hirie. a solitary in& for a single 'alteration in our Aliailistanoes c we slioulfl " It iS as well.°l!. Tat high suffering which'we dread, A.higheijoy discloses. Itteh saw:the'thoros.on isms' brow, ;; ;But angels saw the roses. , •,Gle , PintsoN,whee,e - life was unholy, urged t hisieistebtogo,ll4hlaim to hear . , his minis ter ; which she replied, " Biether, what tlieietter after his preitihing " ar s e you • irai, triumph of woman lies not tithe ad miration of her lover, but in the respect of her husband; and that can. only be•terned by a constant cultivation of those sciashtites , which she ,knows he most .values... MAtioluehlesell the evils of his ,Atate by ; pondering oyeitherni a scratch becomes a wound; eilight'an inji#7,a. jest an / insult, a small:peril' a grei4lariger; and - a' slight sick - ness , kifteir 'ends in deathly.lircxxiing appre hensions: . • COLLEGE STATISTIOS.—=-An .Annual Cirou lar„coutaining a general view of the state of religiOnit4our collekes, riglamts the number •Otstudents in college, 8,488 • professors of religion . among them; 2,982 —0 f whom 1,- 'o4B . llesiku to study for , the ministry ; 414 c9nyer,te4:,auring the past year. • PwoltDrai and have always wondered, this se' in the Scrip ikeis, not Epistles. Vaa , over CatholiefOrbidden to read the letters-of a , . Pope?-:, I believe not. But if gdod.Citholios may,. -and should'read the Encipliefd. Letters 7 of the Popes, why not lei - them r e ad the, " General Epistles" of the first of Popes, Peter? Why is it any more criminal toned the - letters of Pope Peter, than those of Pope Gregory ? I cannot ex pisiri AT/THE PRAYER ALERTING.--How is it yeu.axeialways at the prayer meeting, let it blow hot or cold? aslod one young man of another., „. 'Vettiatliekr to upon 'the' 'principle, that Ai have prayer _meeting, itii3Ethefd* . or ahnielumembars to attend. :If itois right for-one , to stay away fora small mum,. right for and the, meeting As. tbe to fall through. If it is the duff of cne't!irgO, 3 lf is Plat' as , much the du ty 'cif slather ; and therefore 1 can seldom see ailykgood reason to - break through this general principle, and stay away. Sinn WORDS: gliskipnrk q!e, grim to life, gle. drooping flower, Tlie eyes and watch the light .3 'Of Aiatiinn'alopening,honr--- ant woideithatiireatheof tendernesa, Aod : stajles•.we t know are true, dimiwacmei thitu the . S u mmer time, Andlirigl2befaiii the dew.; ite . is .not mu t oh ithe .Yar.9.44i elpkgir, With Oita . 4 ANgtl / oiff and genii ail) nofthethings tiatiefy 'the' heart. • ItutLoh,lif those who .oluster rotuid ; Bliet.and • . .Hpe Allgswirklind rtow beautiful is earl
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