The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-01-05

me- " IA aQuait Its AZ ne VIII not on the testImo-
ny ofiiapirat.on. AS have already quoted, il
says, wherefore that we are JUSTIFIED BIZ faith
O'asN 10 most wholesome doctrine, and very
full ofcomfort.Y Acts viii, Is, ..Then Simon
himself also believed now as Luke SAYS @he
believed" that he hEd faith, we are compelled
to belieyeit, and as Mr. McF's discipline says
we are justified by faith only then his creed
being true. Simon was a justified and Ear.
doned man.
Again Mr.. McF. told US very affecting and
lamentable tale about certain Lady in Nash
VILE who had been deceived and baptized by
there "disciples" and who said that she failed
to get pardon, or remission of sins. Wei if
this be trne which / will not now contradict.
the lady evidently deserves the sympathy of her
| friends. Ifshe could not repose confidence en-.
ough in the word of the Lord to believe the
promise, II at she that believeth and is bap-
| tized shall be saved" but chose rather 10 take
her own feelings as higher evidence, she has
certainly,in joining the Methodist church, made
| choice of the place which suits her best, and
which is more congenial with the evidence she
now has of pardon and acceptance to God.
believe this is the third person of whom have
ever heardtha left the church of Christ to ioin
the Methodist church. Mr.. McF. did not tell
Us OF the vast number of individuals who are
daily leaving The Methodist church in the Yves
tern Slates,particularly Kentucky, to unite with
the disciples of Christ, this news would not
have been greeted with those smiles of appro-
baton andthanks to the Lord which were man
| Tested by his brethren when he told the dole
tul and pIteous tale about this unfortunate lady.
Mr.. McF. also gave US quite an eloquent and
| pathetic history ofhs conversion to God. He
| said while he was praying, mourning and ag-
onizlng, that!the spirit of God spoke peace to
his troubled and benighted soul, and this, he
knew by the happy feelings and extatic joys
which burst upon his troubled aud responding
heart. Truly,thought many of his hearers, 'this
was "bright conversion would to God that
we could have had such a realgenuine, land glo-
| rlous manifestation" Now for the sben-
! eft of Mr.. McF. and all those who have "got
religion like him, will say that if he or you
were pardoned as Mr.. McF said, by special
influence of Gods spirit, then your conversion
is without parallel in the Acts of the Apos-
ties, and hence | should fear that there was
much dubiety as to its commences and
would dislike to jeopardize my hopes of heaven
and eternal felicity upon something so preca-
rious and uncertain.
Our Saviour said to his disciples sNow We
are clean through the aCord which have spo-
ken unto you,' again he prays s'Sanctify them
through thy truth, thy acord as truth "Nei-
ther pray for them alone, but for them also
which shall believe on me through their scord.''
Now as Mr.. McF. did not belieUe, or get faith
through the Apostles word, but by myste,i-
Gus and indescribable process, then he is Of
course no; Included among those for whom the
Messiah prayed,as we learn he only prayed fol
those who should believe on him "througt
their word'' But Mr. McF. said, his feelings
were incontestible evidence of his conversion
and acceptance to God. Well. if good feeling
be conclusive evidence to him, the same test
mony must be equally certain to others, ant
Z admitting this hy pothesis to be true, then eve
ry religionist, in every age from the creation o
Adam to the present time mas been right. Ha
: uot every religion had its martyrs! Does no
. the Indian woman who throws her child int
t the Ganges, and submits her body, TO the fu
neral pile of her husband, feel that she is righ
: and doing service Acceptable to her .1od. DIX
# not the Jews feel that they were doing accep
n table service to Jehovah, when thev cruclfe
q the Lord of glory2 Did not the Apostle PAT
q feel that he was doing service to his God an
s his country when represented the christians
I and when he held the clothes Of the murderer
? of the martyred Stephen. Does not the Ma
Q homedan feel that he is serving lis God whel
y he. meditates upon, and keeps the laws Of tn
y Koran. Do not the Mormans feel that the,
are serving their God, when they pay hons
9 and homage to the wicked and depraved sc
a eSmih,.-ask a Mormon how he knows his sll
are pardoned, heresponds,sl feel so, | have Z
y witness within me, that tells me aliis right :
q really hope and trust that / viii never aga
= hear it proclaimed from the pulpit that 2 nj
II IS pardoned merely because he feds or hop
:. SO. But let The indlYidral say that he 'sh
= obeved from the heart that form OF doctrn
which Jesus and his Apostles delivered III
sEbeing then made free from sin,he: became Z
servant Of righteousness, he then has 2 tn
= saith the Llord for his hope, bis faith stands
= on rock, built upon the promise OF the Mt
s siah he cannot be moved, nor made to doubt
y hone of eternal life ssto an inheritance, lnct
g ruptible. unJefled and that fadeth not away.
9. Mr.. MeF. made the inquiry "~hy these
- ciples did not reoaptize for sins committed
= ter baptism The reason is very obvious !;
hs tbs. fhe Messiah nor his Apostles have ne
: ler commanded it. We believe there = but .
= = faith, one Lord, one baptism" and Pau ga
g g .sas many of you as have been baptized 7
40 christ have put on Christ and IF any n
6, g be in Christ he is a new creature and 90
~ saws thatawe Chrstansl have an Ad ..sa
1rs with the Father, Jesus Christ the rlgna.eee
yht and that il we confess our SINS ne Is lal'h