Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-20

legcrdemain, the shallow or infamous fallacieS,
the unmanly insinnations against each other,
the debasing appeals to party prejudices and
hatreds,-all so gross and revolving that tho
generous soul turns away with loathing and sor-
row. And, what think you are these men de-
batting about? Do not be startled! They are
debating vigorously the question, Hoo the Holy
Spirit operates in the conversion and saHetifcd-
tiOn Of man! land both utter strangers to the
spirit OF God and its blessed influenced
He that makes doctrine the object and end
of his glorying, errs, whether that doctrine be
true or false. We say, give up not one 1.-THE OF
heavens holy truth! Make ever a broad i'm
passable distinction between the doctrines of the
Bible and human errors But remember, all
these divine lights are only designed to illumi.
nate your pathway to Christ and His Crossl-
Reserve the worship and glory of your joyful
soul for Him alone, us the End OF all. Pause not
with the doctrine; bow not before III Never
stand still till you have arrived at the feet OF
Jesus on the Cross.
Christ alone is the Light and Life of all men.
Therefore, to them to whom He Is not, aS sym.
politically represented in our text, the only source
of the light and life in religion, this religion is
only a cold world OF death aud darkness. FalseSt
Of false, vanity of vanities, poisonous lie, n
bittereSt deception, that blots out the celestial
gories, and tears out the lfeaCting, lie-dissemi-
mating heart Of the gospel Of our redemption,
is every pretenSe of christianity, however fair
its voice and carnally attractive its form, IN
which Christ the crucifcd is not the sole joy,
strength, aud glory, the Beginning and the End,
the First and the Last
"Christ, the Crucifed, "-Somo one replies
'ot course .you speak Of him here simply as a
noble example of life,-awarded for humanity
No!-emphatically, no! this is not what t0c
mean, nor what Paul meant. 'You then simply
mean to say, that by his pure life, his teaching
of wisdom, and his martyr suffering, he is
worthy of the highest admiration and the most
generous emulation of men? 'No!-not even
when so smoothly expressed, and in words OF
such unmeasured praise, do you utter our
meaning. None Of these beggarIy, cheating
acceptations of Christ does Paul mean. 1t is
Christ, the crucifed, us having on the cross, as
the Savior Of men, the Lamb of God, slain
from the beginning, shed his atoning, expiating,
sacritcia blood for the sins Of the world, as the
only price that purchased our redemption, and
thus the only hope in life and in death.
Let this divine and blessed Rcdeemer, us VIC
behold him on the Cross suffering, as we find
him in Heaven triumphant, be our only
10y, honor, strength and hope, our exceeding
great reward, .our present and everlasting glory
Iing Aud may this holy and single devotion to
Him filling all our soul, be the star Of our life,
TO lead us finally to His own eternal dwelling.
place, in the Fathers presence, where there is
fitness ofjoy, and to his right hand where there
are pleasures forever morel
God forbid that our souls should ever glory
save in the cross of Jesus Christ, by which alone
the world is cruciiied unto us, and we unto the
world