The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-05-26

troasute IN heaven. II, e., II thou wonlust
have true and genuine Christian character,
a character which, for integrity aud up
rigbtness, will bear the test of Gods in-
spectioD, and be, by Him who looketh on
tho heart, pronounced sound, or without
radical defect.) Paul uses tho word per.
feet in the same sense. Il Cor, 2 ~ when
be says, II speak wisdom among them that
are perfect" meaning them that are truc
Christians. Also,in bis Epistle to the Phil
lippans, where bo oxhorts true Christians,
saying, Let us, therefore. as many as be
perfect, be thus minded" Ii this be the
sense of the spirit, in tho words OF our text,
then IL follows as the sentiment of the text,
that every true Christian will come to q
peaceful end. To enforce and impress this
great truth will be the object of our fur
ther rema, ks in this discourse.
That all true Christians must come to
peaceful end, is evident from the following
several considerations, viz, because:
l. Such are bro ught into state Of justi-
ficatioD.
This we find stated by the APOSTLE Paul
10 Romans Therefore, being justi.
fled by faith, we have peace With God ,bro'
Our LORD Jesus Christ, by whom also VIC
have access by faith into this grace wherein
We stand. and rejoice in the hope of the g'o.
ry of God" This shows that justification
involves a permanent state of reconciliation
with God; and in this they stand by faith
in tho hope of glory. Men always come in
| to this state at the time Of their conversion.
The soul submits itself to God, in conver.
sion, not for to-day, not for the present, not
for time, but forever. Justification and
reconciliation can never occur under the
Gospel system of grace, except on condi-
tion of this entire and eternal csnsecration
of the e'soul. God prefers these blcssingn
to men On no other terms. There lie no
provision in the Gospel for the justification
an6 reconciliation OF sinners without this
condition. God, who looketh on the heart, I
knoweth the real meaning of the heart in
all it's exercises, and He will wait, before He
receives soul to this state Of justification,
until He sees that tho required submission
is made, However confident tho sinner
may feel that bis exercises are right, it will
make no difference with God: He will hold
the soul in durance under the law, until He
sees aud knows it has become truly heartily
and fully consccrated TO Him forever. Then
the soul 10 admitted at once and forever in
to a state of justification. All his sins are
psrdoned through the atoning blood of
Christ. All penitent believers are immedi
dteiy TeCNbChcu duG huuplcu lbiU tDc ldul'
Iy of God, aud have the Kings seal set upon
them, which marks and designates them as
the Lords forever And God with His own
hand, will bencefortb sustain them, defend
them, aud feed and nourish them as the
children of his own household He en-
graves them upon the palms of His own
hands, and guards them as the apple of
His own eye, and publicly announces in the
audience of all intelligent living witnesses
tba, ho is their God, and they are His peo-
ple This same doctrine is beautifully ex-
pressed by our Savior in the Gospel of John,
10th CHI, where be says: "Mv sheep hear my
voice, and they follow me, and l give unto
II rem e!crna' i9e,and they shall never perish,
neither shall any pluck them out OF my
hand" Now, if this teaching be received,
wo shall understand that all true Christians
do come into a state of justification and
permanent reconciliation attbe very time of
conv arsio n aud are then Immediately adopt
ed into the family OF God, to be recognized
as His children and heirs Of salvation.
Our departed friend and brother thought
he had such an experience many years ago.
Our earliest acquaintance with Judge
Converse was as a business man. For al.
most 81 years, we bavo known him enHhati-
cally as a public nan. The public claimed
him aud employed him in almost every
kind of public business, and often attested
their confidence 10 bis ability and integrity
by calling him to positions Of high and i'm
portant trust; and in every place he acquit-
ted himself with honor, and genera! salts
faction. He was always cheerful, patient,
judicious, persevering, upright and indcfat-
gable in his public life; always manly, un.
selfish and true to his trust. -
As man, ho was amiiable and emnentlv
social, and of a kind and obligipg tenn
per and affectionato demeanor; and we
may say never moro so than when in the
company of those With whom he was best
acquainted. aud especially in bis own fami-
ly.
Toward the poor and the oppressed, even
to the day of bis death, he cherished and
manifested the most generous sympathy
and tenderest regard. The greatest ankle
ty expressed in regard to the result of his
sickness was. that, if it was tho will of God.
he hoped to live to see the final triumph of
freedom over oppression and universal"L
er:y proclaimed throughout the land, to all
the inhabitants thereof"
For the last 25 years, we have known
him, not only as public man. characterized
by justice and uprghtnoss and humanity
ootu I'D n'e PuoHc aou private HIe, Dnt US
Christian. All his manly virtues, and tho
generous sympathes of bis pature, were
rendered more conspIcious and more ef.
fectually Influential by the genial graces of
Christianity. We have often met him in
the character of Christian. in the sanctua-
ry, in the social prayer meeting, and at the
family altar. Often it has been my prv-
lege TO receive him as visitor in my own
family, and ho was always ready to partici.
pate 10 family devotion, and, as he named