Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-08-25
WHOLE NO. 334.

lied record of doctrines which we are
bound as Christians to believe, and Of
the moral principles which are 10 regd.
is not contained in the holy scriptures
can be required OF any one to be beiiev-
! ed as an article Of faith That whatso-
ever any man says or does which is con-
trary to the scriptures, though under pro-
fcssion Of the imme diatc guidance Of the
Spirit, must be reckoned and accounted
a mere delusion.
4 We trust, however, thai no"e Of our
members will co:tent themselves with
merely entertaining Il SQUAD view on ,his
subject, but will remember that the Holy
Scriptures are given to us that they may
be diligently used aad that W. may o,-
tain right understanding OF them in the
fear of the Lord. Let us never forget
that their true p:rposc is, under the III
flucnce of the Holy spirit, to bring us to
our Lord Jesus Christ, that, by living
and operative faith iii Him, we may OBJ
tain reconciliation with the Father, ard
be made pariakcrs of everlasting life.
I As the Holy Spirit Influences our heart
and enlighens our understanding, VIC are
brought 10 lively apprehension Of the
Messiah, and Christ, received by faith
into the soul, and ruling there by his
Spirit, becomes our sure aad Only hope OF
glory. We have always held that Tho
reliance of the pcnitent soul for the for
eivcness of sins, aud for acceptance with
our heavenly Father, must ever be placed
on the sole ground of the free mercy Of
God i'll Chris; Jesus. 'For all iHvc sin
ned and come short ofthe glory of God /;
being justified freely by his grace, through
the redemption which is ia Chg.si Jesus,
whom God hath sci lirth to be ii proriin-
tion through faith III his blood, to declare
his righteousness for the remission of sins
that are past, through the iorbcarance Of
God, that he might be just, and the lustlticr
/ Of him that bclicvcth in Jcsus.-llom. ia.
1876.
II We think it right, plainly to declare,
that we have never acknowledged any
principle of spiritual light. fiie, or hoiinrrs
except the influence Of the Holy Spirl,
of God, bestowed on mankind in varions
measures and degrees shrongIi Je us
Christ our Lord. We are deeply soli"i.
tous that the precious doctrine ot the
Holy Ghost, as plainly uhfo|ded by our
Lord Jesus Christ and his apostles, may
! be maintained among us i'll all luiaess.----
May we never depart, in word or decd,
from the Christian profession of faith Oil
the subject, which has been so carefully
cherished by the Society of Friends from
its first rise to the present day. This is
"A subject on which we may venture To-
appeal to the experience of many Of our
dear Friends, iu various conditions of lite,
who have enjoyed but little of those out
ward advantages which have fallen 70 tho
lot Of others. There are those of this
description, as well as others, we fully be-
licvc, c,who have known much oftho free SS
immediate visitations of the Holy spirit.
Submit yourselves. dear Friends, TO thes',
vistatioas; accept them as evidence OF
the continued and nnmeri.ed goodness Ct
God to your souls. They bring the mud
into tenderness and coatrition before the
Lord, present the blessed truths ot the
Gospel, as they are recorded IN the Scrii-
ture, with clearness to the understanding.
fix the heart on Jesus, yoke down the
evil propensit es of the natural man, ald
lead to the patient bearing Of the fruit Of
the Spirit, love, JOY, peace, longsuttcr-
ing, genlleness, goodness, Gath, moekucss
and temperance 70 this list Of Chris.
tisn virtues, we may add that godly SIN
ccrity and sterling integrity, in which tho
Christian endeayors to maintain con-
! science VOID OF offence toward God aid
man.
| We would remind you cfthe encourage
ment which the Lord Jesus has gwen ys
to fcrvcnt exercise of soul, for this Ill
vine influence. "lfyo, then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts unto yonv
children, how much more shall your
Father, which is in Heaven, give his
Holy Spirit to them that ask him. We
Ientrcdt our dear friends everywhere To-
strive after life of true hol less and de-
votcdncss to God u life springing out
of that state of mind in which self is kept
in subjcction under the power ofthe Lord
Almighty. May we all ofus be enabled
to say with the apostle, 81 am crucifed
with Christ nevertheless, | live yet net
|, but Christ livcth in me ; ard the life
which now live in the flesh, live by
the faith of the Son Of God, who loved
INC, and gave himself for me-"
When such comes TO be moro genc-
rally our experience, the trG:h as Il is N,
Jesus will, indeed, flourish among US;
and, under his grace and government, our
blessed portion will be unity Of the Spirit
in The bond of peace. Signed, in and on
behalf of the mcc,ry. by