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sential part of a rain. The noise
and fiery manifestations merely
accompaniments, for effect, without
-W ing any pnrf,
present at the household of Cor­
nelius. How do I know ? The re­
cord tells not of their presence.
Besides if present, they would have
been looked upon by Peter and ..his
Jewish brethren as proof of the
gift of or baptism in the Holy
Spirit; whereas they were depen­
dent upon their speaking with ton-
gues, for this knowledge, as is
shown by the “olio
the circumcision were astonished, as
many as came with Peter,because
that on the Gentiles also was pour-
® ed out the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
jLrHniir did they know this ? “For
ing fact, and cried out, “ What shall
we do.” Peter replied, “ Repent
and be baptised every one of you,
in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins, and you sitali ré-
ceive the*gift of theHolySpirit,” ad­
ding as a reason for this offering the
Spirit, that the promise of the
Father, to pour out of his Spirit
upon all flesh, includes you and
your children, and all that are afar
off; embracing the Gentiles—even
as many as thè Lord our God shall
call, by the gospel of his Son into
Selections and Comments.
C ometo C hrist —Spurgeongives
food far the soul in the following:
’ 1 have I
when the caravans are in want of
water, they are accustomed to send
on a camel with its rider some dis­
tance in advance, then after a little
¿pace follows another; and then at
short intervals, other?. As soon as
the first man finds water, almost be­
fore he stoops down to drink, he
shouts aloud,,r Come !’’ the next one
hearing the voice, repeats the word,
“ Come f* white the nearest again
4.a,Luw .... H.,. .-ry “CqjpB "LuntiQ
whole wilderness echoes with the
word “ Come.” So in that verse the
Spirit and bride say the first of all,
“ Come I” then let him that heareth
say, “ Come !” and “ whosoever is
athirst let him come, and take of
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apostles have just received it, and
now offer it to you. About three
thousand complied with the terms,
and were made happy recipients of
the same gift, the same that was af­
they heard them speak with tongues, terwards poured ou t upon ThTttcruse5'
| and magnify God.” This settles it. hold of Cornelius, upon the Samari­
P eter ’ s B lunder .—The Ameri­
I It also settles another important tans, the Ephesians and all converts.
The pouring “ God has exalted his Son on his can Baptists Flag says :
out of the Spirit, and the falling on right hand to be a PrinceKffiT If ’ The t ^irn»tiamr-Sbtndurd
of the Spirit to the extent called Savior, to give repentance to Israel, labored article trying to prove that
the evidence of pardon depends on
baptism of the Spirit, is simply the and remission of sins. We are wit baptism, in which (Acts 2 : 36) is
Gift of the Holy Spirit, promised nesses of these things, and so is the falsely quoted, making the Pente-
Holy Spirit whom God hath given costians cry out “ What must I do
by. the Father, through Joel.
It pleased the Fatherin the coun- to them that obey him.” No obed- to be sav&l ?” It is not safe to add
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sels of his own mind, to use the ex­ ient one failed to receivethis" gift | b> the-word God....It is ... high
that
the
Campbellites
had
abandon
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pression, pour out, in the act of (Acts 5 : 31, also 13 : 52.) The“ dis­ ed the popish dogma of baptismal
starting the Spirit he was to bestow ciples were filled with joy and with salvation. Such a man as Isaac
upon all who accepted his Son; The HolySpirit. Bcing-fiHetl with- Errett-f
possibly pecause it was to be so the Spirit, was a common result of
And so we think such a man as
1 . generously bestowed,a mere sprinkle having received it. It is thus seen D. B. Ray ought to know better
could not represent TtT^We^Will ttnrt thc promise eff-the Ixther^ .‘‘.I. -thanxharge_those whom he denomi­
hear Paul upon the extent and full- will pour out of my Spirit upon all nates Campbellites with teaching
ness of this gracious gift, which he flesh,” sons and daughters, bond-men the popish dogma of baptismal sal­
makes as extensive as the subjects and bond-maidens, was literally vation. The doctrine of baptism
W of - the -rcign
along with faith and repentance
I 3:4 Rev. ver.) “ But when the ed out, fell, came upon, was receiv­ for the remission of sins is quite a
kindness of God our Savior, and ed by, and filled, causing to proph­ different doctrine. If the question
his love toward man appeared, not esy, Jew and Gentile, bond and of the Pentecostians did not have
by marks done in righteousness, free, male and female. The Spirit, reference to their salvation, then
which wre did ourselves, but accord­ like his Giver, is shown to be no Peter must have been very stupid
ing to his mercy he saved us,through respecter of persons, nations, rank, in telling them in answer to it, to
the washing, or laver, of regenera­ nor sex. These distinctions were repent and be baptized for the re­
tion and renewing of the Holy all ignored, and were all obliterated mission of sins. Is not repentance
Spirit, which he poured out upon in Christ. The same towns for ad­ necessary to salvation ? If so then
us richly, through Jesus Christ our mission into one body were sub baptism is necessary to salvation,
Savior; that, being justified by his mitted to them all, and complied for the two are inseparably con­
grace, we might be made heirs ac­ with by all, and the same relation- nected by the conjunction. It is
cording to the hope of eternal life.” shipentered by all, and the same neither safe to add to the word of
The pouring out of the Holy Spirit blessings and enjoyments conferred God, nor to take from it.
is here represented as coextensive on each and all. Then all were
R eligous H omœpathy .—Rev.
with justification and heirshipr and . . jtuJlL.logether for a habitation of
indispensable to them, or to a con- God through the Spirit, each in G. W. Horn, our Missouri cor­
tinuance in them, “ Because ye are possession of some gift of the Spirit, respondent, prescribes as follows in
the Weald pan Advocate : “ I heard
sons God hath sent forth the Spirit :or the benefit of all.
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of a case of religous homoeopathy
of his Son into your hearts.”
There is nothing worthy of the
Let us return to Pentecost. After name of education which is wholly the other day that acted quite suc­
the gift of the Holy Spirit had been apart from religion. Every chiid cessfully. Like things are cured
poured out upon the apostles, a ias a soul, which makes him con­ bylike sometimes in moral as- well
J multitude had assembled, eager to sciously akin to the unseen and the material matters. A good Metho­
see and hear. To these Peter preach- eternal; and his soul, fall in Adam dist mother let her daughter go to
| ed their Messiah, in""the person jut redeemed in Christ, must be visit a Romish relative, who un­
of the risen and glorified Jesus. educated in the truth as it is in scrupulously injected the virus of
her - doctrine into the heart of the
J Thous?nds accepting the humiliat- Jesus.-- Gospel Advocate.
girl. She came home sadly disor­
dered and in fact half crazed on
the subject. After a time of pa­
tient and gentle home treatment
film
determined to takè her
daughter down into New Mexico,
where Catholicism might be seen
in its nakedness. They looked up­
on the stupid fanaticism and de­
grading influence of unmodified
Romanism among the Mexicans.
The girl was told, that is Roman
Catholicism at home. Romanism,
in a Protestant country is a very
different article to that unleavened
TKy^aj^tWFWRB®1"' M any a Protest-
ant girl, enamored with the para­
phernalia put on in American in­
stitutions, and snared with the spe­
cious logic of convent sisters, would
have their eyes opened by a visit
to an unmitigated Cath^Tïë^rhrüiS^
nity.—Pacific Methodist.
T hanksgiving D ay in O ctober ,
—That the last Thursday in Wov- .....
ember is inappropriately-late in the «
season for our National Thanksgiv­
ing, is evident for many reasons,
and is generally admitted. In at
least three-fourths of our country
the harvests and fruits of the earth
have ripened by September and the
latest are ready to be gathered in
^io^r7^n"Oet0ber;
the most appropriate time to offer -
thanks to God for the blessings of
the year. By that time all crops
and fruits have been matured;
nearly all have been harvested ; the
evidences of God’s goodness and
bounty are seen on every side and
are fresh in the minds of the peo­
ple. That, therefore, is the proper
time for offering thanks to the
Father of all our mercies for the
fruits of the earth in their season,
and for all the benefactions of the
year. The objections to the last
Thursday of November are mani­
fold? It is two months and more
after nearly all the harvest and
crops have matured, and is there­
fore, inappropriately late. The time
belongs to winter Tather than au------
tumn, and is thus out of season for
thanksgiving. It brings the, fes­
tival of thanksgiving within a
month of Christmas, and the ob­
servance of both so near together is
attended with more or less incon­
venience. The appointment of
Thanksgiving Day in October would
tend to bring its observance within
its appropriate design. It is prop—----
erly a festival of gratitude to God,
but it is chiefly observed as a fes­
tival of family reunion, for which
Gbristmas is more appropriate,
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