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- PACIFIC
CHRISTIAN
MESSENGER,
FRIDAY,
MARCH 21. 1879.
prophecy was first uttered, but itSs-L Reports from the Field.
an event now long past. Jeaus is evi- ;
M c M innville , O r .,
dently the “ deliverer,** for he alone
March 17,1879.
^brings
salvation
for
all.
>■
T. F. CAMPBELL, E ditor .
In ths progress of civilization as Ed. Messenger:
Mjks MARY STUMP,
Our meetings closed last night,
the light of the Gospel is made
brighter
and
clearer
bJ
the
researches
having
continued over three Sundays.
OFFICE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
■ of the wise and the lives of the good, Bro. Burnett was with us until last
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1879.
the opposition of Israel will be Monday morning, and Bro. Barnes
gradually broken down, and they came that evening and remained till
Will Subscribers please notice the will yield, at first, a tardy faith to Saturday morning. Both of them, it
date following their names on the the testimonies of apostles and evan­ is needless to say, rendered very
paper ? It tells the time when your gelists ; afterwards, their conversion efficient service.
The visible result, in accessions to
subscription expires; thus, if the date will, I presume, be very, rapid.
Then, and not till then will the . the congregation, is .as follows: By
reads l>80, your subscription will ex­
“ middle wall of partition,r be fully primary„jjbedience, confesSfetl and
pire Jan. 1, 1880. If the date after broken down,'and the two will
be baptism, 14 ; one from the Methodists
your name is a time past, you are in made one, so making peace.
and one from the Catholics; by latter
and commendation, six ; one of whom
arrears. Please remit a little before
came from the M. E. church south;,
, your time is out, if possible.
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Apparent Discrepancy.
and one reclaimed ; making a total of
Then Juda«, which had-betrvrod him, wlMp ho twenty-one, with two yet to be im­
TAKE NOTICE.
saw that he waa condemned, repented himself, and
brought again the thirty piecee of «liver to the mersed.
chief priest« and elders, saying, Itarc sinned in
Perhaps this is not the greatest
Parties who are now receiving the that 1 have betrayed the innocent blood; And they
said. What is that to us? see thou to that. And be
good
done. We have all been greatly
P acific C hristian M essenger , and cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself. Matt.
strengthened, and more firmly ground­
are in arrears for the same, will please
and brethren, this Scripture must need» ed in the truth. The way of the
send the amount to Miss Mary Stump, have Men
been fulAlled* which the Holy Ghestby the
of David spake before concerning Judas, Lord has been taught to good congre­
at Monmouth, who is our authorized monte
which was guide to them that took Jeaiw. For he
agent to receive and receipt for the was numbered with us, and had obtained part of gations almost every night of our
this ministery. Now this man purchased afield
wtih the reward of iniquity ; and falling headteng, meetings. There is great cause for
same.
.
»
he burst asunder in the midat and his bowel»
encouragement in our work here.
gushed out.M Acts i. IfrlL 18.
Messenger Publishing Co.
Jan. 1. 1879.
What, at first glance, might seem Among the membership there seems
to be a discrepancy in the foregoing to be developing considerable energy
The Salvation of the Jews.
Scriptures as to the fate of Judas and activity, insomuch that preach­
ing is not confined to the pulpit nor
We are requested to give our views and the purchase of the potter s field,
to
the tongue. We are getting the
on the above subject, as indicated in is, when properly considered, a link
.
.armor
on and some are becoming very
' the eleventh chapter of the letter to the in that chain of internal evidence
adept in the use of the * sword.”
Romans, especially from the twenty­ which links the Scriptures together
The prayer meetings on Wednesday
fifth verse to the close of the chapter. as the word of Him who is infinitely
evenings
are well attended.
A concise summary of the chapter wjSe.
The
Sunday
school numbers about
Mathew’s statement is that “ he
would show, I presume, that all
175
in
average
attendance,
with about
Israel has not been rejected, that a cast down the pieces of silver in the
20
classes.
On
yesterday
the atten­
chosen few have been retained, who temple, and departed, and went and
dance
was
over
(2G0.
The
school is
hanged himself.”
. f-
have sought favor through Christ.
telling
in
its
influence
on
the
church
There is nothing remarkable in
To the remainder, hardness of heart
as
from
it
thus
came
most
of the
has happened in rejecting Christ, and this statement if we remember that
accessions
to
’
the
church
by
primary
this hardness will continue until the Judas . was prompted solely by
obedience.
full measure of mercy has been be­ avarice, believing that Jesus would
By the way, why can there not be
stowed upon the Gentiles, then the escape out of their hands, as he had
more
preaching and preachors in the
hardness will disappear, and Israel ■often seen him escape from the multi­
congrega
tions?
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will be converted through the Gospel. tude, and with no thought that he
Prof.
J.
P.
Powell
is
doing
a
won­
As salvation was of the Jews, it would suffer.
derful
work
in
his
sphere,
and
why
But when he saw that he was con­
was necessary that they should preach
cannot
all
use
the
talents
that
are
it to the Gentiles. But its reception demned, and, in all probability would
committed
'to
them,
and
work
in
the
by the Gentile caused the Jews to be executed, he was seized with re-
“ vineyard of the Lord ?”
*
reject it, and to harden their hearts more for " betraying innocent blood,”
Fraternally,
against the truth, until, with respect and having no more use for the money
’ W olverton .
to the Gospel, they are hated for the in view of his purpose to commit
sake of the Gentile, while with res­ suicide, he would very naturally cast
pect to the chosen, they are yet be­ it away.
Silent Influence.
Peter’s statement is that “ this
loved for the fathers’ sakes.
It is the bubbling spring that
When the full time, or perhaps, the man purchased a field with the re­
full number of the Gentiles has come ward of iniquity and fallinz headlong, flows gently, the little rivulet which
in, then the Gentiles will find the he burst asunder in the midst, and all runs along day and night by the
farmhouse, that is useful, rather than
hardness of heart so removed that he his bowels gushed out.”
This is not inconsistant with the the swollen floor or waning cataract.
can and will preach the Gospel to
Having Niagara excites our wonder, and we
the Jews, and they will accept it, as statement of Matthew.
the Jews first preached it to the hanged himself, no man would touch stand amazed at the power and great­
his body, and after hanging there for ness of God there, as he “ pours it
Gentiles and they accepted it.
The Jews are not to understand many days, possibly months, the from the hollow of his hand.” But
however that God has forgotten his cord with which he was hanged finally one Niagara is enough for the conti­
covenant with Abraham. For the giving way, the body would fall, and nent or the world, while the same
gifts and callings of God are without being in a putrid state would burst world requires thousands and tens of
asunder, and the repulsive scene des­ thousands of -silver fountains and
repentance.
The whole concludes with an apos­ cribed by Peter, following naturally, gently flowing rivulets, that water
trophe to the depth of the riches of would make such an impression on every, farm and meadow and every
God’s wisdom and ways, knowledge an observer, that in speaking of the garden, and that shall flow on every
and judgments, which are past find­ fate of Judas he would couple this night with their gentle, quiet beauty.
So with the acts of our lives. It is
horrible death with his crime. •
ing out.
It is simply a case of two wit­ not by g-eat deeds, like those of the
We can add only a few words: The
“ mystery ” in the 25th verse was nesses testifying to the same fact, martyrs, that good is to be done—it
that hardness—not blindness—had each giving that part of the incident is by the daily and quiet virtues of
taken hold of Israel through unbelief which made the most vivid and last- life, the Christian temper, the good
. qualilitojuixclatives and. friends» and.
" —m paiT—ffoTTar’tTnr WoftrJiattmr.T’in’F impiession on hi» mind; -
The purchase of the field was by all, that it is to be done.— Albert
but to a part of them.
This hardness grew mainly out of the priests with the “ reward of ini­ Barnes.
jealousy because the Gentiles were quity.”
Blit Peter, in ^aftnony with recog­
included m the Gospel dispensation.
T he A ffections .—Oh ! man ! fear
When it is said “all Israel shall nized Jewish siyle, says the man did
not
for thy affections, and feel no
be saved,” we are not to infer that that which l»r caused to be done.
dread
lest time should efface them.
.. evpry Jew will be saved, but a very
Had it not been for the sin and
There
is
neither to-day nor yesterday
'jft&ge number—the greater part, as remorse of Jesus, the field would not
this word often signifies.
have been purchased. Hence, Peter in the powerful echqçs of memory ;
Here is then a very 'clear and dis­ ascribed to Judas, as bis act, what he theic is'.only always. He who no
tinct assertion that the Jews- will was the necessary cause of being done. longer feels, has never felt. There
ultimately as a people be converted
Two witnesses who testify in the are two ififemories, the memory of the
to Christianity—not miraculously, same words are justly suspected of sensos, which wears out with the sen­
nor with a restoration to Judea, but I collusion; but when the testimony of ses, and in which perishable things
through the preaching of the Gentiles, one is the complement of that of the decay ; and the memory of the soul,
and in the ordinary way of the Gos­ other it adds weight to the value of | for which time does not exist, and
which lives over at the same instant
pel, 1st, by turning Israel from ini­ each.
every
moment of its past and present
Such are the state: < ents of Matthew
quity; and 2nd, by forgiving their
existence.
Fear not ^ye who love.
and Peter in reference to the '»va^of,
sins.
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Time
his
power
over.fi'duirs, none over
That “the deliverer shall come out Judas and the purchase of die pot­
the
soul.
—
Lamartine.
. of Zion ” was a futuA event when the i tar’s field.
PACIFIC
.C hristian M essenger .
Church News.
(From Richmond Christian Examiner.)
the Heavenly Father who seeth all
their toils and triala Of this class ia
Geo. E. Biglow of Geneva, Nebraska. «
—Bro. L. Soott has been employed
Geheral Church Ne wb .
by the church at Ft Smith, Arkansas,
to labor for them six months.
—The Voice of the People says there
—Bro. D. A. Snow preached for the
are sixty thousand Baptists in Texas.
church in Lynchburg last Lord’s day,
—Rev. W. M. Patterson, superin­
both morning and night. The audi-<
tendent of missions of the M. E
ences were fine; and one made the
Church, South, in the City of Mexico
good confession at night.
wrs robbed by a band of Mexican*
—Do not think that because you while on a recent trip among the
can point out some mistakes and faults
mountains. He lost a watch and other
in others that you are therefore right.
valuables. .
of
•
Give the world some better evidence
'—-Rev. J. L. Kellogg, who went , to
than that.
- , ,
Liberia last year to serve as Principal
—Bro. R. L. Coleman has been con­
of the Monrovia Seminary, has been
fined by sickness ; but we are glad to
suffering with African fever most of
learn he is improving and hopes soon
the time since his arrival. He is-hope-
to visit his many friends at Scottsville.
ful of final victory over the malaria.
—The Seventh Street Christian
I F oreign M ission
I tems .—The
church in this city, closed a series of
King of Siam has, by public proclama­
meetings last Lord’s day, resulting in
tian, rssured freedom of religious opin­
fourteen conversions and two additions
ion in N. Saos.------ In Shantung Pro­
to the church by letter.
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vince, in China, where two years ago,
—At the funeral of a member of the
was much suffering from famine,plenty
Wisconsin legislature, the officiating
has returned again. Much more in­
clergyman raised a tremendous storm
quiry for Christian truth abounds, and
by making a rousing temperance
more than a hundred have been bap­
speech and declaring that whisky had
tized during the year.
taken the dead man off.
—Sunday schools furnished 18,000
—Bro. G. W. Odgen writes from
members to Illinois churches durinrr
Gainsborof Va., «February 55, 1879 :
1878.
“We continued preaching at Rock
—In forbiding the sale of relics
Enon Springs from last Lord’s day
Pope Leo XIII said the traffic had be-'
until last night; deep interest. Five comean abuse.
... -
additions.’’
Questions of ritualism continue
—“ Many of the Corinthians, hear­
to receive much attention in the
ing, believed, and were baptized.”
Church of England.
That’s the way Luke reports a meeting
—The Boston “Carnival of Authors ”
held by Paul in the city of Corinth.
netted $10,000 toward the Redemption
But nowhere in the entire Bible do we
of the Old South Church.
read “ many rose for prayer,” &c. Ins’t
—The Presbyterian Women*« Board
that significant ?
has noy^ 24 missionaries in Utah, 23
—Bro. Rowe says, " It is one thing
in New Mexico and 5 in Alaska.
to oppose missionary plans and mis­
—Chicago women have started a
sionary societies, and another thing to,
fi ve-cent lodging house under religious
put the Lord’s plan through.” True,
influences. It is pronounced a success.
—and we need less of the “ one thing,”
—Baptist churches in Great Britain
and a great deal mors of this " another
and Ireland have 1,028,833 sittings,-,
thing.”
and Congreational churches 1,604,844.
—The Rippihanndck church has
—The First Presbyterian church in
promptly met all her financial engage­
Wilmington, Delaware, has celebrated
ments for-1878, and had something
its one hundred and forty-first aniver-
with which to begin 1779. That’s a sai-y.
good example.
Owe no man any­
—The .General Congregational As­
thing ” applies to churches as well as
sociation ofMissouri reports 70 church­
to individuals. 1
es, but only 41 pastors and a member­
—This week we report more than a ship of 3400.
thousand additions to the churches.
The Jewish population of Russian
—The Beaver Creek church is one
cities is said to be increasing. A
of the oldest churches in Maryland.
$200,000 synogague has just been op­
—The Seventh Street Christian ened at Warsaw.
church, in this city, was organized in
—Edward Everett Hale is so nearly
March, 1832. It is nearly forty-seven
orthodox that some of his Unitarian
years old.
brethren have been criticising his use
—If all in the churches were just
of theological terms.
like you, what kind of a church would
—When all churches in this country
it Ire ? Pause and think.
are free to the rish and the poor alike
—The good work goes on in Nor­
the United States may call itself a
folk. Brother Blackwell is the man
perfect republic.
for tha- place.
—Therbaw, the newKingof Burmah,
—Bro. Z. Parker Richardson will
was educatod.by an English missionary.
begin a protracted meeting at Cedar
His Prime Minister has visited both
Line, Hanover county, next Lord's
England vud France.
—The London Hospital fund re­
4-Bro. P. S. Rhodes, of Oordonsvile,
ceived this year from the various
was in this' city this week. He is one
church collections of that City $124,-
of ojjir best preachers.
520, the smallest amount ever receiv­
¡(From the Record and Evangelist,)
ed.
—The Gospel Star, recently publish­
—Mr. Moody, criticising the self-
ed by Bro. U. M. Browder, Bethany, conceit of many reformed drunkards
Mo, has been sold to A. G. Lucas who and others, once said , “ You might as
will piihlish at Albany, Mo. Dr. Lucas
«-«m - full of egotism ”
is not new to publishing enterprises
Oue of tae most distinguished
and if he fails it will not go so hard conversions reported from the North­
with him. He is used to it.
west is that of one of Sitting Bull’s
—J. Z. Tyler, pf richmond, Va., has sons. He takes a seat in the Eoisco-
five services toattend a week as pastor, pal church.
and fills in odd times editing the week­
Minnesota has 109 Congregational
ly Christian Examiner: At present ministers, 25 of whom ure without
lie is recreating in a protracted meet­ churches, yet 15 churches are without
ing-
pastors. The church membership ia
—The Paca Street Christian Church, 6223, of whom 765 were added dnrinir
Baltimore has had a number of addi­ 1878.
s '
tions this winter under the labors of
To any church (cold) that wants or
I. J. Spencer. Some twenty have
may
want a preacher or an evangelist
been added to the fold.
{cold)
to hold a protracted meeting or
—The Copenhagen mission is stiff
build up a church that has gone down,
prosperous. Bro. Hoick reports ten they would do well to address Elder
more additions. The little flock now W. Z. Hopper, at Trenton, Tenn.,
P. 0. Bax 17. We do heartily and
numbers about ninety.
—Some of our western preachers cheerfully recommend him to the
brotherhood.
have joyful heavenly prospects before
B. A. B urnett ,
them, having no earthly rew*ard from
H. N orthcross .