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

- nubeliealng and Fehellioas pegish. chsl-
dzsn, logegher NisA s1eh parenss nd adults,
wl0, Ike caleb and Joshua. believe IL
promises, keep llae iaiih. al follow Tie
Lord fuzzy. shall tnl1r Lis pnonlsed Tasl,
lis spiritual Canaan.
:. The tender conduct 0f lhe Saviour
iaeanls Lille children during III penoa-
u ninlsiry o earih. must Led u ID the.
saWe eonclusion. We hare but . listen
~ BIS discusses concerning them, and We
car scaTrsiy doubt of iheir felicity. In
orier % repToSr lae pride and ambition II
L. Disciples, lie called 4 little child unto.
lin, ald set il in lie midst of llsem. and
szld, !. Verify, | Say unto yoa, except We
y converted, and become = little chill
dFtn, ye slisdl not enter into lhe kingdom
u heayen." III VIC must bec0me like
them, harmless, unoaending, before we
are q 10 b. made partakers Of that hea-
yenly kingdom, surely thcy themselves
mas be the subjects oft. Again "Who-
soeyer shall humble himself as this little
child, The same i greatest in The kingdom
Of heaven; and whose shall receive one
such liille child in my name, receiyelh
me-" lie identifies himself with them,
a. being the objects of his purchase, and
in whose future felicity be expresses
tender regard. Again: stake heed that
ye despise mol one Of these liitle ones; for
lsay unto you, thai in heaven their angels
do behold the face Of ny father, who j.
in heaven" Angels IRE ministering spi-
rite, sent forth 10 minister to them tina, are
heirs Of salvation. Their angels, there
fore, watch over them during their short
pilgrimage; they are present when il clo-
ses, they convey iheiE to heaven. and put
them in possession Of their kingdom.
Whose heart does not burn within him as
lie contemplaies this pref 'us ReleemeE,
at one moment exercising lightly power,
and at another taking little children up in
his arms and blessing them. Al one time
eonTersing with prophets and iawgirers,
and at another rt!cring this language Of
melting tenderness /" Suffer little children
10 come unto ma, and forbid them not; for
Of such il the kingdom Of heaven" Pa
rents! need you ire,nble 10 commit your
departed babes to the care Of such Re-
deemer! He who became the babe Of
Bethlehem, is ready 10 receive the spirits
Of your babes, as soon as their bodies sink
into the dust. OF this shepherd of Israel
il was predicted, ale shall gather the
lambs in his arms, and carry them in his
boscm;" a declaration which is fulfilled
when the spirits of your departed children
rest secure in his embrace.
"Death may the cord al life unloose,
But cant dissolve G DIS love,
Millions IL infant souls compose
The Paradise above"
3. From the PROJECTIONS of God, we
conclude they are the fit subjects of his
pardoning love. Mercy is the darling at.
tribute of Jehovah. When he made him.
self known unto Moses, he proclaimed:
1.-The Lord God, merciful and gracious,
long-suiiering, and abundant in goodness
and truth, keeping mercy for thousands,
forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin"
When the Church of Israel worshiped
him, they declared, Thou art God, rea-
dy 10 pardon, gracious and merciiul, slow
to anger, and of great kindness" When
the eternal Son would give us a true view
of his fathers character, he assures us,
"There is none good but God" And
when John, the beloved disciple, would
teach us the nature of him, for whom his
heart burned with such warm affection,
exclaims, " God is love-" This love he
manifested when he wept over Jerusalem,
and cried, 90, that thou hadst known, at
least in this thy day, the things that be-
long to thy peace." And even now he
pities sinners in their wanderings; and
when he beholds them despising his prof
fered grace, and rushing on to destruction,
he cries after them, Turn We, turn We
from your evil way, for why will We die!"
Why will We consider yourselves unwor-
thy this so great salvation, by continuing
in sin! He exhorts: L" Let the wicked for
sake his way, and the unrighteous man
his thoughts, and turn unto the Lord, and
he win have mercy upon him, and to our
God, for he will abundantly pardon" He
invites: "Come, let us reason together;
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be white as snow; though they be red like
crimson. they shall be as wool" lie pro-
misses, if sinners will return unto the Lord
their God, then will | heal their back
slidinss and love them freely" And that
he has no pleasure i'll the death of a sim
ner, but actually parlons his numberless
transgressions when he flies to him for
succor, he has confirmed it by an oath:
4" As live, saith the Lord, have no plea
sure in the death of the wicked, but that
the wicked turn from his way and iive."
Will such tender lover of souls, think
you, Danish helpless infants, who have ne
yer actually traasgressea his law. forever
from his presence! Those infants of
whom he is the creator, and for whom he
gave his Son to die, will he cast them from
him, and consign them to everlasting burn
ings! Let us reject the thought with in
dignation: to entertain il for moment, Is