The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-09-12

art I0rInenied." Ills l0rsneni. gisers g..s..,
i connected with - recollection of -
past. Tie renrnahrance 81 megrics de-
spised, lie c1lls snd inailaiions az Go.i.
through Il ministers aad rcoIl Il, II lis
word and providence. rfiacscd. Win excite
The lasles If n enragea conscience. ri
constitute food ri Tie uOsm iIai ntter
dies. The remembrance IL opportunities
neglsesei. - THAT neiil.er Tie ailIacti,e dis
plays of future glory. cor lie denancia-
ions u future misery, have excited eilher
hope or iear-Nill seTse g fuel for ilsat
ire which vii never u qnerrhcd. Tie
Remembrance u Saviour legnised asd
insu!ted, and his great sal.a.ion injected,
will prey Ike : serpent upon lie snri,
and sting il u madness. On illat 0cea-
sion. every one i represented Il bearing
his own burden: no ono Is sentenced 10
misery except for actual Iransgress:Cn.
But children who die in infancy are inca
pable OF such snfferirgs, hccanse they ran
have no recollection Of the past, and there
fore cannot II The victims IL remorse anil
despair, and punished = the enemies III
God BY wicked works. Thus does The
doctrine of infant salvation perfectly lar
monise with The gospel plan u salvation.
They who maintain that heagen il the
reward OF human merit, and acknowledge
no election but that which Is founded on
foreseen good works, caanot, without op-
position 10 their respective systems, de-
fend infant salvation. Because those de-
/ parted babes possessed 10 human merit,
and I'M them no good works could hate
been foreseen. But The advocates Of free
and sovereign grace, who believe that SAL
Walton is the free gift Of God, and election
is founded on the good pleasure of his
viii, can consistently maintain, that tod
consers eternal life through Jesus Christ.
on all those whom he has determined 10
remove out of the world before they ar.
rive at years of discretion. Collect to-
gether these particulars, and they will form
a mass evidence from the Word of God,
which viii be unanswerahle, and ground
of satisfaction, in Ire midst of those az
flictive dispensaiioas to which YOU are al
exposed.
/. Bereaved parents, whose bosoms have
been rifled Of these tender parts Of your-
. selves, rejoice in the elevation and t!ieni-
ty of your children. When they died
T they were born. They died cut Of this
mean world, and were born into one inf
. niiely more glorious. To have child in
+ heaven, an heir Of immortality, wearing Il
) crown of never fading glory, is far great
er cause Of triumph, than if he swayed
sceptre over PROSTATE nations. Bless God
who has honored thee, by making thee
the parent of one who now mingles with
the celestial inhabitants, and beholds, with
out the intervention of veil, the glories oil
their heavenly Shepherd, who dwells be-
, tween the cherubim. What though their
mortal remains slumher in the dust! He
r who came to ransom them from the grave,
, has promised to raise them glorious and
immortal. To thee the Father of mercies
T speaks, as he did to a mother in Israel:
"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamenta-
ton and bitter weeping: Rachel, weep
ing for her children, refused to be GEM
forted, because they were not. Thus
saith the Lord: Refrain thy voice from
weeping and thine eyes from tears, for thy
children shall come again from the land e
the enemy" Strengthened by such a
promise, who would fear to trust those
tender lambs of the flock to their heaven
ly Shepherd! With such an assurance.
there is a secret JOY which cheers the soul.
even when they depart; although an event
painful to nature, yet we must view them
as perfectly delivered from the evils 10
come, eternally freed from disease, pain
or wo, and saved from the possibility of
per6ition. Therefore, anticipate the time,
when death, the last enemy, shall be ut
terly destroyed, and your children shall
again spring from the grave, clothed with
heavenly bodies and perennial glrry.
Heaven rejoiced at their entrance, and if
you are united to heaven, you will have a
part of this joy.
Are you prepared 10 meet your childrcn'
In your name they have taken possessi,t&.
of the grave: have they in your name al
so taken possession of heaven! Then
shall you soon be reunited TO them in
world where Pharaoh does not reign, and
Herod's power cannot be felt; world
where death cannot enter, and painful Sc
partitions shall never again take place.
But if YOU are still strangers to the cove
nant of promise, could sorrow enter the
spirits of the just made perfect, they would
gtieve that you had been so long ignorant
of your own deformity. and the transcen-
dent excellencies of crucised Redeemer.
Turn, then, to the Lord. At Your repen-
lance, angels win rejoice; and the gloriti-
ed spirits will hail with transport your
near approach, and among them, your de-
parted children will feel a peculiar sensa-
ton of bliss, even in the Paradise of God.
Between them and you, there is at pr-
sent great gulf fixed, but it is not inn
passable. Behold, now is the accepted
time, and now the day of salvation.
Nov, unto Him that is able to do ex-
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