Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-01-14
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God, what say you to fkse things How
can you ask sinners q sspent and you,
by your practice, uas better than they
are? What is i j. want them to re-
pent Of !? Do y0u Nsl hen to have
cloak to hide then q. { aoings say 50
because, if you vefs them how to
repent or reform how 70 lire, you
would have no drum ~ Jour churches.
Your Maste ssmss bora, zach them to OBJ
serve ALI :. 8 6ook. WEer have com
.manded ya Excl e. did he com
mand any is Vhell - bis bottle and
follow g him III ] Scripture that
says z He that z = 81 and wants to
still !, let him shall Be saved. =
wen, Wnicn OF ~ sedo cili5f u ElIJ
one who cioakes him? saooafess that this
is dilemma, indeed. kVhy some of your
churches are SO very tenPcious, chat if any
of their members leave their churches,
they will appoint conn 3ittee to try to get
them back, especially they happen to
attach themselves to a segregation that
prohibits the use entirel,; while others can
get drunk, cut and dash but laocommitsee
is sent to them. The, are &C those who
have received the spiritof liquoiA not ''the
spirit of adoption, whereby the;g cry abba
Father" Why have yu NEE angs at all ?
Why not just say at ONE, " Bs who stills
and gets drunk, and al who nan drink
dram in fellowship, is all We ash ?"
Now, according to scripture, Christ set
up a kingdom; he care rules by which
his kingdom was to be ruled and governed;
and these rules prohibit all kind of mean
uess. 1t is all there Now, if every
church will throw dowI its creed, and take
the Bible and act according to it, there
will not be one still house belonging to the
church, nor one bottle let all who be-
long to church that has such men Ia it,
work until you get them or yourselves out
for what fellowship has the cell spirst with
the good spirit ?
If all the denominations in North Caro-
lima would meet together and agree to unite
upon this one thing, then the churches
would prosper. Then, professor of Chris
tianity, why be idle longer? We say that
we want the world christianized, and preach
tremendously for it, but work none. James
says, " For whosoever shall keep the whole
law, and yet offend in one point, he is
guilty of all" Then, if you ask people to
join the Church, tell them also that they
are not to use spirits, in any way, as a
beverage. Let us hear no more speaking
favorable of such things, but have faith in
! Christ, and do bis commandments.
Where is the school that has for its
principal a drunkafd Not one, in nv
15l.as.zslea e ,neass9s will not patro-
nlze man as schSzs5Sp -eIsTr uirTrss ne
is sober, industrious man. Yet, in our
churches, this is not looked to | know
of church members who still drink and tell
tales on each other; all caused from the
fact that some have " crept in unawares.' y
Now, | do hope that every person that is
guilty of any of these things will examine
the scriptures on the matter.
! 70 The World.-If you see these things
IN Or among church members, guilty as
they are, this does not invalidate the truth
of the Christian religion, because wherever
that prevails, there all things work Alright
IN the Temperance cause; because it is i'm
possible for man to live Christian and
! drunkard at the same time. Then lei
3 wives look to their drunken husbands
? sisters to their brothers and professors
talk and act for the cause, and pray fo1
these things to be speedily removed
close by saying to the drunkards, that
) though they may be punished here OF
e earth, yet it is nothing to what they viii
g be exposed, should they die in drunker
d condition.
For there is death, whose pang
Outlasts the feeting breath;
Oh what eternal horrors hang
Around the second DEATH"
j. K.
e Yadkln, December, 1856.