Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-02-14

| Disabled missionaries iuiiu, =,
Institution buildings fund, 81 lo lo
Making a gross total OF too'1o4 ~ y
After deiuc,ins some special donations
and legacics, this makes the receipts Tor the
year ending May 1886, to exceed those
of the preceding year by 4,334H ls' lla'
Ontbe other hand, the expenditure of the
society has pressed closely on its income
amounting, in the last year, 10 64,2l3I
lis. 3d.; being 8,575k lOd. more than that
of the preceding year. In tho expenditure
of the year, some extraordnaries are in
cluded; bu., after deduciing these, pro-
grcssivcly.augmeEting eXpendi urc requires
to be provided for, in almost all the mis-
sions.
During the year, seventeen students have
been received into the institution, IN addl-
ton to the number reported at the last an
nvcrsarv. Fifteen students-ten ordained,
and five ca.echists-have departed to
their respective stations, one has been re-
moved by death, and twenty-four are still
resident at the institution.
The number Of missionaries sen. forth
last year, was eighteen ordained MISSION
aries, nine catechists and artisans, and one
female teacher; fourteen of these being
married, the 10 al number Of individuals sent
out is for,y-two. This number includes
six missionaries and two catechIsfs, who
have returned to their stations, or been ap.
pointed 10 new stations.
The total number at present engaged IN
the societv's service, as ordained mission
aries or ca,echsts, exclusive ofnatIve teach
ers and wives Of the married laborers,
amounts 10 one hundred and twenty-nine.
The Pouer Of Religion in changing the
Nature of man.--Lactantius, says Arch
bishop Leighton, elegantly sets forth the
power of Religion in this respect: "Glve
me-" SAYS he, " man that is passionate, a
slandcrer, one that is headstrong and un-
manageable with very few Of the words
Of God, will make him as que: as n lamb.
Give me covetous, avarIcious or close
handed person; Twill presently make him
liberal, and ohlige him TO give away his
morcy in large Quantities, with his own
hands. Give me one that is a trald of pain
or dca h; he shall, in very little while, de-
spisc crosses, flame, and even Phalars's
bull. Shew me lustlul person, an adul-
terer, complete debauchee; you shall
presently see him sober, chaste and temper
ate." So great is the power of Divine WIS
dom. that as soon as it is infused in the hu-
man breast. i; rcpels folly,which is the source
of sin, and so rcfnes and renews the whole
man, that you would hardly know him TO
be the same. 1t is prophesied Of the days
of the Messiah, that "the wolf and the
lamb shall dwell together, ard the leopard
shall lie down with the kid" The Gospel
ha sa wonderful effect in soliening even the
toughest dispositions, and "there is none so
wild that he may moi, be tanned, if he will but
patiently give attention TO this wholesome
doctrine"
Philosophy" says the same divine,
"perceiving that man was born to higher
views than this world affords, attempted to
raise him from his present detection, secure
his claims to heaven, and restore him to
conformity and likeness 10 God; but in
vain. TO redeem the sons Of men, and
restore them to what they had lost, it was
necessary that tho eternal Son of God
should come down from Heaven. Our
fall was easily brought about, but our res
tora:ion was work of the greatest Difficult
ty, and only 10 be performed by the power
full hand of God. There are but few
whom the exalted Father Of spirits has
loved, and Christ has raised up to heaven.
He is the source whence the Spirit of God
flows down to us; He is the fountain of that
new life and sanctifcd nature, by which we
mount towards God, whereby we overcome
the world, and, in consequence thereof, are
admitted into heaven. And, happy, 10 be
sure, arc those tru noble souls whose fate
it is to be thus born again, to be admitted
into the choirs OF the holy angels, and to
be clothed with those glorious robes that
are whitcr than SNOW! They will follow
the Lamb wherever he goes, and he will
lead them to the crystal streams, and even
to the fountain Of life itself
"Bu. all those that arc to be the attend
ants Of the Lamb in those blessed pastures
which are to be met with in his heavenly
country, must, of necessity, even while they
live in this lower world, be followers Of him
in his humble innocence and purity. This
spotlcss, holy, and pure Lamb Of God, is
the guide and shepherd of pure and holy
flock, a flock dear TO God, and of distin.
guished beauty; but the shepherd is still
more beautiful than they .'"-Southcrn
Churchm0n.
THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST.
Among tho alleged contradictions which