Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-12-20
From the s. C.. Herald.
FALSE TEACHERS.

| From the s. C. Herald.
FALSE TEACHERS.
We read of "those who darken coun.
sci by words without knowledge" Job
xxxviii. 2; of those "who prophesy lies in
the name of the Lord" Jer. xiv. IA, and Of
those "who saw vanity and OWNED les"
Ezekiel xxi. %. And our Saviour, Matt.
vii. Is, beware of false prophets which
come to you in sleeps clothing, but inwardly
are ravening wolves" And again xiv.
Math. l2, s'And many false prophets shall
arise and shall deceive many" Mark xiii. %.
And in 2 Pet. ii. 1, .But there were false
prophets also among the people, even as
there shall befalse teachers among you, who
privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
(even denying the Lord who bought them)
and many shall follow their pemcious ways,
by reason of which the way of truth shall
be evil spoken Of" And in John iv l,
"Beloved, believe not every Spirit, but try
the Spirits whether they are Of God, because
many. false prophets are gone out into the
world" And in the Revelations il. 2: the
Church at Epbesus is commended for de-
tecting Inc spurious pretens:ons of religious
teachers in the following words, 81 know
that thou hast tried them which say they
arc apostles and are not, and hast found
them liars"
So, in our day there are many false
teachers, who obscure, corrupt or deny the
Gospel. There are those who deny aori-
ginal sn,'' and e total depravity," never ha-
wing experienced conviction of sin by the
spirit of God. They know nothing about
it except what they know as mere natural
men. They are never witnesses for
Christ" of what they Aaue seen and do knos0.
They do not feel themselves by nature to
be "enemies to Goo" dead in trespasses
and sins,"" children of wrath, " and therefore
they deny that they are SO. They cannot
understand hop there can be any sin but in
"acts," and therefore they deny "original
SIM" They cannot see how it would be just
in God to impute Adams. sin to his peste-
rity, and therefore they deny any such I'm.
putation, directly in opposition TO the word
Of God and the known facts of the ease.
They cannot comprehend hop there can be
moral obligation, where there is inability to
keep the code; and therefore they deny
such inability. They cannot perceive hoac
the SOIL can be regenerated by the power
Of the Holy Spirit, and acreated again unto
good works." and the free moral agency
of the sinner remain unimpaired, and there
fore they deny such agency. They can.
not comprehend how the Son Of God could
bear the sins of his people "in his own body
on the tree" nor koU HIS obedience could
be in any "inteligible" sense the ground
of THEIR justification; and therefore they
deny vicarious atonement, and the impu-
tation of the righteousness Of Jesus TO the
believer.
And to sustain themselves behind their
.refnges of lies" they resort to the hid
den things of dishonesty, they walk in craft
iness, they handle the word Of God deceit
fulzu; 2 Cor. iv. 2. They thus reject the
Gospel, deny the Lord who bought them,
and do despite to the Spirit and grace OF
God. And in thus doing, they remove tie
only foundation established by the tender
mercies of our God for the lost; the last
refuge for the ungodly.
AN HONEST cHILD.-The following plea
sing anecdote related by an Englishman,
fully demonstrates the influence of early re-
ligious training. A child, about ten years
old, going down street one day, saw, at
a distance, man counting money when
she came up as far a. the spot where he
stood, she found shilling-picked it up,
and ran to his house, saying, "Here, Mr..
II, is shilling you lost" ~No,
child, it is not mine, keep it." No, no."
said she, II saw you counting money, and
when came where you were ! found this"
He then took it and gave her penny, with
which she bought toy, and went home
when her mother saw the toy, she asked
her where she got it; the child told the
story, and said "an honest penny is better
than dishonest shilling," for the love OF
money is the root ofeviI. SIS. 5. Journal.
Submarine Ertursion.--On Monday
week, Mr.. James Orchard made SUBJ
marine excursion in Weymouth Bay, in the
presence of great concourse of spectators.
He submerged at the new Pierhead, and
walked at the bottom ofthe water round the
bav in his journey, he picked up several
articles, among others an antique silver
tankard, which, from its corroded state,
must have been long under water. The
diver was accompanied by boat, with an
air pump, from which he received COM
slant supply.-EngHsh paper.