Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-23
RELIGIOUS;
THE "N-AITING,' -,HREsY.

3,.Ie poor and the rich, il city and in country
alike. Vast numbers of all classes and in
ali denominations are injected by. it.
Secondly, tits very plausible insi1ious.
sItappca's 70 the love of ease and the love
soslhc world, and fixes attention on ld;ure
circumstances, which it paints TO the eye OF
Fits deluded virtim as doubtless 10 be really
I:morc cli,voura6le.otlle geadpurpose in hand,
lhan ti4e present. Ifhas at command eH-
. haustess stores Of dcIuSive prctcnccs, and.
false hopes.
H. II is ias tie t',jnl place, terrijIy dcstrwc.
NE. In his respect 10 other prevalent
beresy comes near il. None other has SO
direct and bca.ili an Influence OH the CON.
duct. Isenchains men in the most perm
.cious habis, hardening their hearts and
binding their minds, AID leading item swift
YOU in The ways oi' death. -
The 'waifers' arc arranged by the great
Head of the sec,a mo various classes as
the charnc;crs and situation Of each may
require, il order 10 render the whole most
subserricnt TO his ends.
@ In the church there arc Your "AtkewGrns"
swatcrs. They say j, is otno use for them
10 be !cryent in spirit and active in well.
doing inst now. They must WA: till they
yhave minister, or til their brethren become
more engaged III the service ofthc!r Lord,
or until some worldly cares which now en-.
gross their attention are disposed OF, or un-
III they sec the inrenitent alxIousIy inqMr.
inc after the way Of life, or till this or hat
particular thing shall nave been done by the
church or by some member olN. At any
rate, at the present time and in presen: Cir,
cunlssapccs, they car do nothing better than
wait. Perhaps somethieg may occur TO-
morrow ornext week, or after harvest, or
in the winter, when there is more leisure;-
till then they wait. Tell one of them OF, a
neighboring family, for whose spiritual good
hehas peculiar advantages for exerling his.
influence successfully, and he will have it
that he had better wait for tins or that or the
other thing to occur,--tnat Il is 10 use TO 60
about il lust now or al least that the oppor
,unity viii probably be better tomorrow, or
next Sabbath.
The church embraces also your uneasy
waters. These will never do any thing
except in the midst of an exci!emrnt and
stir that agi;ates whole neighborhood.-
Speak faithfully to them on any point OF
neglected Christian duty, andtnever seems
,e enter their minds, to set about an imme-
date personal reformation. Certainly"
such an one SAYS, "certainly we are all in
most dcpiorable state. Why cannot we
get Mr.-here?" Or, Let US have pro.
tracted meeting, Or, sWe must get the
church together and have something doue.'
And VIC viii wait till Mr. comes, or
till the protrac;ed meeting begins, or till The
church act on the subject; and even then.
ten to one but he will wait to see the effect
of,he more general movement, and only
act in as he is acted upon. His activity is
Z like feather; he always waits for the wind.
Can YOU induce that man, thus blinded and
enslayed by the waiting heresy,' to 60 to
work alone, with his own daily life, with no
other sympathy and aid than what he 9e-
rives from Heaven? Can You make him
feel his obligations neverto be weary in well
doing, whatever others may do or say?--
Can he be made 10 see the possibility Of
CARRYING on the work or warfare Of Chris
,ian life, by solitary and noiseless labor, in
the midst Of luke warm church and care
less community Ave fear no. The
waiting heresy has Christian character.
Out Of the church, too, there are your
acaiters, By thousands and millons,-encour.
aged by the example of the professed fol-
lowers of Christ sir? We have not time
to describe them. hristian, !--think Of
their character and prospects. 1t is true
that you are doing in the churcf,--so far as
the principle Of waiting is concerned-just
what they are doing out of it Z? A MORE
CONVENIENT SEASON r'-what nurderous
words!
Reader-wait for no man-wait, for
nothing. Be faithful now to thyself and to
YOUR Saviour. Be what conscience say
YOU ought to be, without waiting for circum.
stances or influences that may never Iea
YOU, or that will lisappoint you when the
come. When Christian leti the City of Des.
truction, he did not wait for others to ac-
company him. He fled for life. And
through the whole course Of the Christian
pilgrimage, there is the same urgent neces.
sity of pressing onward yourSelfin all faish-
fulness and well doing, whatever others may
be doing around you, Ought religion 10
be revived around you? BE yourself ami
mated and guided by principles and BY
spirit that shall make you u living excm-
plifcation of what all your brethren ought
TO be. Wait fo" not another 10 join you.
Begin with yourself; begin now.
Termo1,t Chronic1e.
PRAYER. a SPIRITUAL BAROME.