The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-02-21
Moral and Religious.
ASHAMED OF CHRIST.
"Jesus! and shall il evor 1t be, ~
A mortal man ashamed of thee'

Ashamed
Whose gories shine through endless days''
Strange as it may appear, many persons-yea' pro
Tossing Christians, too, are ashamed Of Christ--of
that Being who has redeemed them, as they trust,
from The bondage of the penalties of Gods
violated law--and has made them joint heirs with
him to an inheritance incorruptible. indebted and
that fadeth not away reserved in heaven Tor them'
Aye, ashamed Of Him, who has taken them from the
horrible pit and the miry clay, and placed the" iee'
on the Rock Of Ages;-who has revoked their sem
tence of condemnation, and has written their names
in the Lambs Book of Life!
Reader, do you ask, Who is ashamed OF Christ
That professed minister of the gospel who shuns to
declare the whole counsel of God and deals not faith
fully, whether in out Of the pulpit, with the souls
Of men. That young man, too, who is ashamed to
be visiting his closet for purposes Of devotor,or
10 afraid that his voice will be heard in prayer to God
ffe who dares not with his riends'and those
with whom he daily comes in contact ON religious
s,b;acts He who is ashamed to be known as
Christian in whatever situation he may be placed
MANY protesting Christian would not harbor the
thought that In any circumstances he would be ashaa
ed of thee; yet will not I. But let such an one en-
deavor to perform his duty to all, for one week or
day. to high and low whether relatives, friends or
strangers--,hen would he know, in this respect, his
true character.
How often must the blessed Savior be grieved that
his followers are ashamed Of Him. But he warned
them of the consequence when he sad-"Whosoev-
ar shall be ashamed or me, and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, of him, also, will
tho Son of Man be ashamed, when he comelh in the
glory of his Father, with the holy angels
WHY should Christians be ashamed of Christi
What was their former condition? 'You, hath he
quckened," says the apostle Paul, s'who were dead
in trespasses and sinswheren in time past we walked
according to the Of this world, according to
the prince of the power air. the spirit that worketh in
the children Of dsobedience; among whom, also,you
had your conversation in times past in the lusts of
your flesh fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind, and were by nature the children of wrath
CHEERS" This was our humiliatng condition, and
what has God and our Savior done for us? The
apostle says 'sGod, who is rich in mercy for his love
wherewith he loved us, when we were dead in
sins, hath quckened together, and made us sit to-
gether in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; that in the
ages to come he might show the exceeding riches
his grace in his kindness towards US through Christ
Jesus
Man, grovelling worm of the dust, ashamed ofsuch
precious Savior! What q wonder must man DO to
God, and to the heavenly hosts! And what won
der will the Christian be to himself when he reaches
the paradise above, and the 'image of the invs
IDLE God, the brightness of the Fathers glory. Oh!
may never be ashamed Of Jesus for he is to all
and in oil.
"Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far
Let evening blush to a star
He sheds the beams ofght divine
O'er this benighted soul ofmins.
Ashamed Of Jesus! Just as soon
Let midnight be asham'd noon!
TWAS midnight with my SOUL till he,
Bright Morning Star! bid darkness Aee.'
-Christiun Watchman.