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• “GO YK, TIIEREEOPj:, TEACH AI.L NATIONS. VOL, VII MONMOUTH, OREGON, SEPT. 13, 1877 < 1 / f r 4 i know their state and'^orufort thetirr Job» to Samaria: Now when the ing deductions: ter informell of them know hotter. In hope of immortality, . 1. Ignatius was cotemporary with Col iv. .7—9, by sending Tycbicus or apostles who were at Jerusalem-heard ‘ ’’ Ci. W. Rll'HAItKsi A . FUBUSHBD EVERY TUGUKBAY BY T1JE- "Artcmas to (’rete, and by command- tliat Samaria had received the word the Apostle John, not less than 35 ■ -r- ’ ' years, and un known to history as yne of God, the sent unto them Peter arili ' ing Titus to come1 to him and bring . - Messengör Publishing CoH The Man at the Wheel. Tfenn.H and Apòllo* with him, Titus iii, John. .” In Acts xiii. 1-r—1,- the Holy I : of apostolic fathers, and had. the bune- ■s MONMOUTÖ, POLK CO., OREGON, 12, 15, Ly sending Tycbicus to Spirit unites with the prophets and • ■ tit of the teachings anti practices of '“Don't talk to* the man at the. ’de »o ted to Oft IMSM>«e of Primitive teacher*-, to send out .Barnabas and i ; the apoatlesiA tLc : Lamb., and. knew ’■wtir’Ct. ' ' .'fnoso worrls ?rrr- psmted in <7lM'Vttiunity anti tMe <liiYn»iou uf Gcntisl Ephesus tn comfort them, 2 Tim. iv. I 12, Eph. vl. 21, by leaving Era^tua at ' Faul together, and in Acts xv. 39, 40, whereof he wrote Maformation. - ■ • .1 Tl' _ 1 - . - x. A.f 1t— A _.... '•> 1 1 it».. large k‘Uere *hcre jtvery one who . z-s Is A é PnrnnKnu \!nrl’ 2. That the first day of the webk or ' Corinth, Trophimus at Miletnm. 2 ; we learn ♦ that Barnabas took Mark Price Per Year, in Advance, walks the deck on any steame’r <if a - All JwuitieM latten «lionlil be addrew><l to the j Cor. iv. “20, bv sehding Mark to i and PauF choose Silas, and so they resurrection day was kfiovtn to him great Atlantic line can read them. MsMenx»r Publishing, Co. Article« intended for i Colora«, Còl. iv. 10, by sending i went out, two and two, according to and the people of his time as the They mean something. They mean Pablication, should be addressed to the Eilicor. Send money by Bank Draft, Hecwtcrtxl Letter, | (^resells to Galatia and Titus to Dal-! the’divine rule.; and while there are |-Lord’s'day. ■ that the man who hold* the helm yf a «r Money order on Dalia», at our risk. ! matin, 2 Tim. iv. 10, by sending Titus exceptions to this rule, us Philip alone j 3. That the disciples kept the Lord’s i grcatjfhip rimst give hi* eyw. ea^s and. - — Advertisers will And this oneof tliobent medium« at Samarin, and with, the Enrfuch. day as a day sacred to the memory of «o the Facitlc Coast for makiug ttieir bii«iue«s and two others to Corinti^ by the ' thoughts t<> the., work assigned him. | known. ! coming of Stephanas, Tartumetaa and Acts viii., and Paul alone at Athens Jestis, as the resurrection day,the most ' He must quick't'o hear, quick to un ' Achaicus from Corinth, and his send-1 ’ and Corinth. Acta xvii. and xviii., sacred of all days. derstand. and ‘quick to act, for through Nightingale. -4. -That to k<*|» Saturday wax for ing them back.;*“I Cori xvi. 15—18, 1 ‘ yet , as a general rule, ao- ip -creation, him the captain govern«'the vessel? 'IW LAUBA BOMB OSBQBN. and by taking Barnaboe and Titus ■ it was “ notgood that (the) man should bidden. Gur second witness is Theo- When the lesson bell taps, every lie alone,” and therefore not only two •lorct, in speaking of Judaizing Chris teacher takes the wheel. Great iir- The night looks flows with its sparry rifes, witl> him to Jerusalem,-Gal. ii. 1. This name care is manifested by together, but three aud five; six tians, (Jews who hail professed the t* rests are at once dependent tqion his And its dark pall enrtnins the day ; Kpaphras in hip zeal for the brethren , going with Peter to Cesarea: “ And Christian religion and desired to re watchfulness and wisdom. Through The dim trees stand in a units surprise, And silenos holdeth her sway. , at Geliate, Ac., Col. iv.ljfebv Timothy the spirit bqde ins go with theip, tain some of their Jewish customs), he him the master directs his ciass. The But bark, liark, borae o'er the dale, for the brethren at Philippi, “ But I nothing doubting. Moreover-these says, they keep the Sabbath according •waters may be dangerous and his full Btirring an echo among the trees, trust’ in the Lord Jesus, to send i six brethren aqeompMiied me, and we to the Jewish law, and sanctify the thought should btMtpon the work. -y ~ Soft, swedT^lt quivers along, -y-~ Luml's dqy in tike BianiuF“ afFwe TRff Tiinotficus sPhrtly" unto yifii, that I The faint and far off sound of singing,. There are schoola’’ifi which a pla xi. 12. (All the evangelists, why Our third is Theophilus, Bishop of also may be of good 'comfort, t foi> I Mingling its strains with a murmuring card, ’’ Don’t talk to rite Man at the - breeze. have no man like-tuinde<l who will not ?) and eight with Paul, Acts xx. Antioch. He wrote about A. D. 162. Wheel,” might weH he put over each Like to the song of an angel winging ; I naturally care for your state,” Phil. u. 4, so that the exceptions above the He says, both, custom luid’rea'*on clud. class. We have now in inin<Lsu<h a Hark,-bark, ’tisthe Nightingale, 19, 20; and by Titus for the brethren rule are many more than the extep- lenge from ns that we should honor school, and there arc hundred* like it. Teo, yes. ’tis the Nightingale’s song. - ——.............. J the Lonl'a day, soeinu on that day it at Corinth, " But thanks be to God tions below. Its teadiers an' Mxiaer fairly at The breesy night with its sparkling tram, who put the kudo earnest care into We would recommend, if we were ’ was that our Lord Jesus completed work than the librarian comes for the Knowetb the mystical spell ; organized, that it could* be done, | his resurrection-from the dead. Our And tbe‘beautifnl stars that wax and wane, the heart of Titus for .you, for indeed returned- books.“ While thb steers tlmt we always send a Paul to plant, I fourth witness is Clement, of Alexan- he* accepted the exhortation ; but Must love Lis music well. man’s attention is taken w ith him, the being more forward, of his own accord and au Apollos to water, one t»i teach j drin. he wrote about A. D. 192: A class- -vessel runs wild or is caught For low, faint, like to a rail, Trembling along on'the midnight dtr. he wgnt unto yon." 2 Cor. viii. 16,17. and one to exhort, and in all new Christian according- to the command aback. No sooner are things again To him love’s lutes with their mwtnurs In the above list of those who were places and among weak churches, thatfof the Gospel observes the Lordli day, under way than tho-penny collector belong, • ” ’ sent, left, sent for, "taken with Paul they bare one or two with them to ‘ thereby glmifying the resurrection of omnes round, and there ii further in And hie song steals forth in syren num and manifested care, we have seven lie left to take care of fljcm till they ; the Ix»rj. The Lord's day is the terruption. Then the, .new books are bers. Flooding the night with a awnetaeM teen of the foregoing list of evangel- are able to take »„.care bf therusclvi'S.1 eighth day. ’’ From rhe last three wit brought on, the peparsare distributed, If this were done we should not have nesses we make the following deduc rare, — ists. etc. Continual interruptions hinder Bashing the world into blissful slum From the above it appears that a* many good men anil good workers i tions. . . — the work of the teacher by taking not bers ; PauL as an evangelist, had either by prematurely worn out and dying, as 1. That tlie Low!'* day. was famil-.■ I only his attention, but that of the Hsrk.thark. 'tis the nightingale, himself or conjointly with other j , ex we have now, nor as many churches iurly known as the day on which the’ Tea, yes, 'tis the Nightingale’s rang. scholars, from the lesson. A little ercised a general supervision over organized to die? and'we would soon disciples of <>ur Lord met for public care and pl.inniqg in advance will 5The lillies eholice pure as snow, ■ . - evangelists and churches. “And have no weak' churches among us, worship. Is sleeping the moonlight through ; leave, forty minutes in an hour for un- 2. That day was called the Lord’s And the blushing rose in ite fairest glow, whan James, Cephas and -John, who nor any churches that were doing diteurbed teaching. . The hook's, pa seemed .to be pillars, perceived the nothing for themselves or the salva ’ day, because it w.is the day on which Catches the sparkling slew. per«, and primers3 can be looke<l afit r And still,«till, through the fairy vale, grace that, was given unto me, they tion of the world. : the Savior of the world arose from the liqfore or after this hour. We recom Trilling and warbling e'er sweet beds of gave^o me and Barnabas the right •. J. J. Moijs. ■ dead. bloom, i 5. The Lord s day is the eighth day mend schools which have not already hand of fellowship, that we should go Uke balm ‘to the heart -that has suffered The Sabbath. i or morrow after the Jewish Sabbath, done so, to try the plan of ’’ No Talk to tire heathen, and they unto the a wrong, or first day of the week, as we count ing to the Man at the Wheel." -.S' Filling the world with its changeable circumcision.” Gal. ii. 9. From this [ XritHFB HI. ' time, unless we conclude that a week Tcadtec. it appears that Paul and Barnabas1 sweetness, Baptized in an ocean ef mingledipsr-' were to have jurisdiction over'the j Si&r .V. J. L.: has more than seven days. We have Ho.w to Know a Goose. fume, gentile churches, and we have seen I Sunday keeping is to l>e our theme i room in this letter for but one more I And echoing still, from its very com that they hail a large corps of evan-1 in this letter. We call Stmday ’’ Tlie I witness, Mosheim, the world renown “ Mother ! Mother I” cried a young pleteness ; ed historian, will now take the stand, Lord's day. ” Are we correct in so gelists to their assistance. James, rook; returning horridly froth ite first Sark, hark, "th the Nightingale, i Peter and John were to have jurisdic doing ? The apostle John was in the I on page 45, vol. 1, he says: In the flight, “ l'in so frightened ; I've seen - Tee, yee, ’tie the Nightingale’s song.' tion over the Jewish churches, and I spirit on the Lord’s day. See ReV i. first century, all Christians were unan such a sight.” they probably had a larger corps of 10. Dr. Schiss says -that the Lord’s imous in setting apart the first day of Office ®f Evangdiet. “ What sight, my son ?” asked the evangelists than the feregoing. Peter day here spoken of is. the judgment the week on which the Savior aiose old rook. KTMRCR VII. probably, afterwai-ds bad a separate day. Sabbatarians say it is the sev from the dead, for the solemn celebra “ 0, white oreatures. screaming and Poods evangelical care, as well m jusrsdictio« at Babylon, 1 Peter r. 12, enth day of the week, or Satunlay. 1 tion of public worship. This pious running and straining their necks and authority, is seen in the following. 13, and Joli« in Asia Minor, Rev. i. 4, have neither tune nor space to do more custom which was derived from the holding their heads ev^so high; ~See He says: “ Wherefore, though I wrote and 2d and 3d chapter, leaving James than give our reasons for lolieving church in Jerusalem, was founded mother, there they go f* ■nto you, I did it not for his cause at Jerusalem, and while we have no and teaching that the first day of the I upon the express appointment of the " Geese, my son, merely geese,” that had done the wrong, nor for his account of any evangelist going from week is the Lord’s day, nor can I give apostles who themselves consecrated calmly replied the parent bird, look cause that had suffered the wwmg, but Haul’s jurisdiction to the jurisdiction them all in one ordinary letter. The I that day to the same sacred purpose ing over the common. that our care for you in the sight of at Jerusalem, ore have a nwmber going expression Lord's day occur* only once and it was observed universally, as " Through life, child, observe that, Cod might appear anto you." 2 Cor. from Jerusalem to Paula, and Silas in the New Testament, and ia the last appears from the united testimony of when you meet any one wlio makes a viii. 12, and in the It th chapter, com and Mark from Paul’s to Peter’s at book, near the close of the first centu the most credable writers. The sev great fuss about himself, and tries to ry. This account, for the present enth day was also observed as a festi lift his head higher than the rest of mencing with the 2Jd verse, he re- Babylon. 1 Peter v. 12, 13. In Mark vi. 7, the Lord aent forth state of the question;, in part at least. val not by Christians in general, but the world, you may set him down at «eonnts his labors and sufferings, and the twelve, two and two : “ And he No definition-of the term Lord's day I by such churches as were principally «SfM the climax' in the 28th vei’se: I J mposed ------- J of Jewish v—:-u converts. -------- - T>.0 once as a goose."— Orryon CAurck.- called unto him the twelve, and began fa given by any aspired writer, nor let. *• Besides those things that are with- man. <nt, that which cometh upon mo to send them forth by two and two, anything recorded that will infallibly ¡ statements of Theodoret and Mosheim, I 4aily, the care of all the churches.’’ , and gave then» power over unclean guide ns ax to the meaning of the ex clearly indicate the state of things in? Belf-truat is the first secret of suc- His eare is further manifested by spirits,” and in Luke x. 1, the aeventy pression in question, because it iloea the first age of the church. -The Jew cesR, the Ixdief that if yoli arc here, .pending Timothy to Corinth, 1 Cor. were sent, two and twq : " After these not occur till the very laat hours of ish converts, as a class were tenacious the authorities of the universe put you •• xvi. 10, and he was to bo sent to! things the Lord appointed other the-age of inspiration. My object in of the law of M<weh, and’ were slow to here, and for cause, or with some task Philippi, that Paul might know their seventy also, and sent them two and thia letter is to give satiafactery proof give up the observance of the Jewish strictly appointed you in your consti state, Phil. ii. 19, and by sending two before hjs face into every city and that Sunday, er first day of the week Sabbath, circumcision, Jewish vows, tution, and so long aa you work at Bpaphraditns to Philippi, Phil. ii. 25, place, whither he himself would w Ixwd'a day. Our first witoeM M etc. See Acts xv. chapter entire, aho that you are well and successrul. It hy sending Timothy to Thessalonica come.’* In Aeta iii. 1, we find Peter Ignatius, who wrote in the year 101, Aeta xxi, xxiii, to xxvL inclusive. But by no means consists in rushing pre to establish and comfort them, 1 and John together in the temple : only one year af^er the death • of the as the spirit was to guide them into maturely to a showy feat that shall There, iii. 2, by leaving Timothy at “ Now Peter and John went up to Apoatle John, some say six years, but all truth, and did step by step, lead catch the eye anil satisfy spectators. JEphoens to watch over them, 1 Tim. gether into the temple at the hour of I deny that it waa so long. Hia words them into all truth, the whole church It is enough if you work in thought j. 2, 3, by sending Timothy and Eros- prayer, being the ninth hour,” and the are: .** I^et us no more Sabbatiae, but let became unanimoiwi in the observance d irect ion.—JTmowa Aus to Macedonia, Acta xix. 22, by account of the cvangolica! work done us keep, the Lord's day. Let every of the first day of the week, to the ex esmmanding Timothy to bring Mark, at that time is continued to near the one that loves Christ keep holy the clusion of every othei- day. Sabbata - An editor wishes no bodily lupin to am account of his profit in the uunis- close of the 4th chapter. - In Acts viii. Lord’s day,, the queen of days, the res rians say that the day was changed his subscribers, but he hopes that iry, 2*Tiin. iv. 11, by sending Tychi- 14, wp learn that the apostles follow urrection day, the highest of ail days.” by Constantine. , Of this statement some of them in arrears will be seized rus and Onosimus to Colosse, to ed the same rule, and sent Peter and From the above we make the follow- they ouglit tol>e ashamed, for the bet-1 with remittent fever. THE MESSENGER. A NO.’27 9