The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-30

This is one important feature in the
power of the spirit--and this gives as
surance-of a farther and fuller exhibit
ton. of it. But the most complete and
perfect is still to come. The hope to
which we Are bego;ten embraces the res
direction of the dead. Now. the resur-
rection Of the dead in Christ, is caused
by the spirit of God upon the individual
which agency is guaranteed by the spirit
to each possessing thence the lively
hope. The word is made effectual by it
to give us the blessed prospect Of being
like the Lord in our physical being in
the world to come.
Blu. to tie proof. First, the Father is
said BY the apostle to have drought
again our Lord Jesus Christ from the
dead'--and again he says. elf we believe
that God raised Him from the dead, even
so them that sleep in Jesus will God
bring with Him." But how did God raise
Him from the dead? Hear the testimony
again: eff the spirit of Him that raised
up Christ from the dead dwell in you
He that hath raised Christ from the dead. .
shall quicken your mortal bodies by His
spirit that dwelleth in you." 1t is not
stated in so many terms, that Christ was
raised by the spirit of God; but il is a
fair inference. 1t is stated that God
brought Him, and that He will bring us
and here the power by which He will
bring the saints is given. hence we con-
clude He brought, or raised Jesus by The
same since He brings the resurrection Of
Jesus 10 view in this connection. But
we have the proof in this passage that the
spirit of God is the power by which the
children Of God will break away from the
tomb. From this it appears that the
spirit of God can and will produce phys
ical effects upon man. And as we be-
lieve in the unity Of man, we contend
that if any effect is produced it must be
upon man, as being. 1t should be re-
membered, in this connection, that other
ner resent bling the power of the spirit;
but By spiritual discrimination the coun-
terfeit may be easily detected. The sub
ject. at least, if sincere, win soon find
the difference, between the holy infiu
ence from on high, and the sinful and
de,ilish deception from below. Cd, The
Lord teaches plainly that the new birth
is produced by the spirit-for He says
that he that is born of the spirit is like
the wind, and the "wind bloweth where
it lsteth, and ye hear the sound thereof.
but cannot tell whence it comelh, or
whittier it goeth; so is every one that is
born of the spirit" Now here is lib.
erty that cannot be enjoyed by persons
in mortality--and Jesus does not say. $50
is the spirit by which every one is born. "
This necessary birth is the finishing Ell
fort of divine power upon the believer;
without it he cannot enter the kingdom
of God. With it then, we conclude, he
will enter the kingdom of God. But
that this refers to the physical, as we'll
as the Intellectual man, is clear, from the
fact that Jesus says THE NAY must be born
again; aud the figure which he uses,
proves beyond all dispute, that he refers
to the resurrection. He takes man who
has been born, physically as we'll as men
tally, and of him he says he must be
born again. Nicodemus did not under
stand him, for he did not know the mys-
terry of gospel life and power. The great
proportion of church members do not ap-
prehend the Savior's language from the
habit of spiritualizing the word. They
will not see that the man means the
| whole being of the individually; and that
the Savior's figure refers to the agency By
which a man is to be brought into the
in.dom Of God.
To possess lively hope Of the resur-
rection to life, we should enjoy the spirit
of God in our hearts. This gives assur-
ance to the believer, as an individual
that he will be raised unto life immortal.
Without it, all may still be sure for the
people of God. Christ has died-yea
also, been raised again-and by this, de-
liverance is sure; but to us there is no
hope without the power-in question.
How blessed to feel that we shall live
forever while death is swallowed up in
victory.
Pray ,rith your Children.--The Rev.
Mr.. Knill. well hnown to the religious
world by his evangelical labors in Rus
STA. was the child of pious mother
Among his letters, he gives the following
interesting "reminiscences:
After spending large portion of my
life in foreign lands, returned again TO
visit my native village. Both of my par
rents had died while was in Russia, and
their house is now occupied BY my broth
er. The furniture remains just the same
as when | was boy, and at night was
accommodated with the same bed in
which had often slept before, but my
busy thoughts would not let me sleep,
was thinking how God had led me through
the journey oflife. At last the light OF
the morning darted through the little win.
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