The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-04-10

come To Ialk with YOU about ~
Having c"" penc"i g, .r1 h, np,air ,
story as he re,aieu II, J rai .uu,ifue .,
IN his own words ~ wei az ! ca rerr4In
Der them. The reader, however. must
imagiue several wepks iu have e,apscl
since my first conversation with him. and
1t had chaNged row to an evening meet
ing, where 'he captain, sfar l"ng strug.
gle with himself, got up TO re.are his ex
periencc
| i went to 'a'k with tie minister he
continued. after having asiuurshed mauy
others as much as he had Inc with the
repetition oI The above narration, Il wan
ted to gel iuto the Church, where
th"rght should be safe had no con
cep'ion "t repentance and chan,e of
heart. Supposed our pastor mid com.
m"nce questioning me about ducuinrs.
and so forth, 10 let me know what | Won d
have 10 UNDERSTAND and believe before |
could become "a church member. Bot he
didn't take any such course. lie made
me go into The house, aud sit down ia
his study, whe'e he talked with me "A
hong time about the hlesseduess uf re,iron
and lis value above all other things of
this world, Independently oi its rewards
hereafter Then he SAID.
Cap ain Bail. .in Won know he frs,
thing requisite to be done il YOU would
be a Christian 2
i did not know.
The Christian life. the life Of a faithful
follower of Jesus Christ said he ..,n he
foun,led only uuon ,.nep,.rr. N,yv !,
is easy to say We repent. but the only re-
pen,auce that is worth an, thing is an
-aelive repentance. which means mo, only
sorrow for sin, and AN enrn.s, desir. ru
avoid il in the future, bo, one tha. goes
to work. and seeks, as far as i, is in its
power, TO make amends Tor every wiony
We have ever done. Is there a person in
the world, Captain Ball, nho can look
YOU in Tie face, and say Won have won, I.
el hlmi
Ill. knew IN, w..k ,,;r.' .,JJ..I ,l...
captain. Every man ha. his weak nom,
and | suppose The lancet nus, l.. arp!icd
there first. That question: was ,lk. sn,,ru.
senrchin. steel driven in,o my soul. |
~rirherl and rroaue,. inwarl,y. and ,rtur,
gled and y. r.pired - long luc L.ior, I
could answer. SAW j; was yui,g L, ,
dreadful hard with me To- he n Chrl.. ina.
| meant, how uever, To prl off As easy a,
could ~ determined To- confess some
thing which | supposed was known
everybody WHO knows me-ny horse
trade viii, leirr Simmons las, sur,rp.
'Did you wrong Peter & said the min
| i,,cr
Il shaved him i,,!e.' said
How much 4 said he. Tell me hon.
-,tl,. What you lniuk.'
i ,e, Lin have n ringed,boneI and
wind broken nag that. had ph,sicL. ed
up 10 look pretty gay. worth, for actual
,rvice, mol over ten dollars, and 20, m
| return sound and steady beast worth
sixty dollars. and twenty fv. dollars to
boot. do honestly think said |, shat
] shaved hrm Out e ah,u seven,y.tive
| dollars
And "i;h seventy ti.c lplIars N your
po.ssssiou belonging tn poor Peer Sim
'rons, do YOU think YOU can ,,omuenee
Lite oi Christian i.urui, I Dn sou thu. K
that Christ will near vour PRAYER, fo,
pardon aiih stolen money ,t yeur peck
e; . said tie minister.
Il SAID something about trade is ~
trade, aud meu must look out ipr them
selves when ihey swap horses, hut he cut
me short.
Your own soul, will not admi, tie .xr
"uses which your selfi.hness usen,s.'
But the rule you apply said, vii
cut oil he heads OF ohu,ch mrmbers as
veil MS mine.~- There's Deacon kch--hr
trades ho.ses, aud shaves when he eau
NO matter, said he, whose head is
cot of, no matter what Deacon Rich
does, You have 10 deal with vour own
soul, snh with our Lord. And tell you.
whether you are out OF the Church or III
u, single dollar which you have unjust.
" ard knowingly taken from any man,
without rendering hm its full value 70
the best of your ah'lity,a n single dollar,
say, viii be like m'lision. hung upoI
your neck, to sink your soul into the sea
OF spiritual death