The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-03

10 tue uentneb tnht they bnoulu repent ana turn
to God, and do works meet for repentance"
From this We learn that repentance Is not
turning or converting. but prscedes conversion.
The same idea is contained In the nineteenth
verse Of the Third chapter Of Acts-"Repent ye,
therefore and be converted" Now we have faith
and repentance preceding the act Of conversion.
What else is an individual commanded to dor
Let Us read the thirty eighth verse Of the second
chapter Of Aots-"Then Peter said unto them,
repent and be baptised, every one Of you, In the
name Of Jesus Christ, for the remission Of sins,
and 70 shall receive the gift Of the Holy Spirit"
Compare with this the nineteenth verse Of the
third chapter as before quoted Repent 20,
therefore, and be converted that your sins may
DO blotted out whom the times Of refreshing shall
come from the presence Of the Lord" Each of
| these paragraphs Is susceptible Of division into
four clauses, and we propose to show that the
two paragraphs are anonymous, thus: Repent"
In the second chapter, Is equivalent to repent,
ye," In the third chapter; "for the remission Of
sins" Is synonymous with chat your sins may
be blotted outi" 'ye shall receive the gin Of the
Holy Spirit" In the one paragraph Is expressed
| In the other In the words "When the times Of 70.
| freshing shall come from tho presence Of the
| Lord" Now, ono clause yet remains in each To
be disposed Of: in the one II reads "be baptised
In the other "be converted" Now, as there aro
three requisites To become Christian, namely:
faith, repentance, and baptism; and as We have
| shown that faith and repentance precede CONVEX.
sion, does Il not naturally and irresstiby follow
las there Is but one other essentially that baptism
and conversion are anonymous terms'
But you say there Is to be o change Of heart
and life, which Of course admit; but when docs
| that change Of heart takelplace answer, In
the act Of repentance. Whom your faith in
Jesus Christ leads you To repent Of and forsake
| your sins, then you are changed In heart and
lfe you love those things which had formerly
been distasteful to YOU your heart is full Of
/ n.l r.. II. -
| viously been alienated and In your life you ex-
hibit the change Of heart.
| In baptism there Is q change Of state, not q
change Of heart. The ceremony of marriage
changes the state OF two persons who are at
tached to one another 1t does not change their
| hearts.
have thus endeavorod to road to you from
Gods own word what no requires from every in
dividual. There Is nothing mysterious in all
that God requires Of us. The only trouble Is
that we leave the pure fountain OF bright spark.
ling water that flows forth from the Word Of
God and endeavor to heW out for OF rSelves
broken cisterns that can hold no water. Can we
not learn to read and study Gods Word in its
purity II we do this then arc we safe, for
Gods Word Is truth. Let US build on no human
foundations let us not blindly follow in the steps
of preceding generations; let US do nothing be.
cause fathers did II, but because 1t 10 right,
and in due timo you may reap IL you faint not.
lady came forward and united with the church.
Mr.. Hayden will preach again next Sunday
morning and evening
| FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
An interesting monthly missionary meeting
was held OF the Fourth Presbyterian church,
Ninth street, but the inclemenoy Of the weathsr
prevented a large attendance. The exercises
were opened by the pastor, Rev. J. G. Smith,
with singing tho psalm, "Lift up to God the
Voice of Praise" and prayer.
Mr.. Smith then stated the object of tho meet.
ing, and said the missionary had great work
before him, enlightening the heather, and the
society had met on this occasion to pray and
labor for the outside world. He remarked that
when the late war broke out he took great pride
In teaching young In the army the truth Of the
Gospel, and he felt that his labors had had the
desired effect but while We pray for many things
We should also work for their accomplishment.
Mr.. Brown gave some information lately re
ceiyed by him from Eastern Turkey. At Mardir
there was no regular Protestant church, but Il
was proposed by Rev. Mr.. Williams, the mis-
sionary there, to hold two meetings daily, which
were we'll attended, and great religion zeal man
Tested by tho natives. At nrst there were but Il
Communicates at Mardiu, but since the mission
aries have engaged so earnestly in the work, tn
Communicates now number thousands. The com
munity have concluded to support pastor o
their own, and they take unusual Interest In mis-
sionary lAbors agreeing to educate one Of thei
own race to 60 out and teach the word Of Chris
, whore It is mot known. lie would go, and said
he could not find house he would preach in tn
5 open air. This missionary at first endured muc
= hardship, and was violently assaulted by thos
| who did not believe In his teaching. Mr. Brow
said many souls will be saved to God by tn
5 efforts Of this good missionary, who had convince
them Of their error.
{ Mr. Msrwin said a letter had been receive
: from China which stated that the missionary an
IA Rif nd haan yAFv ha If ha lad
{ at one time being despairod of but God has 7,
stored them again to health, and they are pros,
o cutting their great good work with renewc
0 energy Ono missionary from Scotland ha
: visited several villages in Northeastern Chin
s travelling from three to four thou'and miles /
. fifteen days, which Is the longest distance ey,
1 performed by one missionary before He n
o ported that tho cause was becoming wide spreaC
< and that he preached to audiences numbering 0
: high as four thousand at one meeting, and ha
, distributed twenty thousand volumes of III
o Scriptures. Tho Chinese were 4 cultivated an
o literary people, and ardent readers. A book pu
o in the hands OF n Chinaman would be road b
4 him, and passed from hand to hand until It ha
= many readings. They are abandoning idols, an
r If they had the same ideas and advantages Q
l religion as our cOuntrymon have the missionar
n would comparatively have but little work to d
o In China. The population Of the Celestial Empir
z is computed at about four hundred thousand
0 and the missionary says no would like to hav
+. means and one hundred co-lAborers to assist hir
s in the work Of converting these people in tn
n religion Of Christ.
g Tho Sandwich Islands was noIt alluded to b
4 Mr.. Rynex. He said It was interesting and graz
living to him to hear such aatterng reports froI
/, the remote portions Of the world, and read froI
l. a late copy Of the Honolulu Herald an accoun
of the arrival at that port Of tho beautiful sailin
d vessel Morning Star, which sailed from New Yor
Q. with missionaries on board, making the trip |
ID ono hundred and twenty days The vessel wa
IS built in Boston, and the stockholders number or
n hundred and sixty thousand children Of the Pre-
10 testant Sunday. schools three to four thousan
10 of whom being Sandwich Islanders. At Hon,
is lulu the Morning Star was visited by four thor
:, sand persons, old and young, In one day, and
Is procession Of two thousand children was az
ID dressed by the missionaries on board. A lett,
ID fsom Mr. Coan, of Hilo, notices the annual col
!. ference Of the churches at Iiilo and Puma in d.
y Gambler, and on the LIST Of January Sabbath
l. school celebration, Of which the account Is yer
Is interesting
After forming procession of about 400 chi
as dren, with "1vo elegant banners" and "thirt
OF beautiful flags" as the march proceeded, II
40 said, THE flutes played sweetly, and the for
a hundred sang in remarkable harmony, with
10 sound like the voice Of many waters tt
ut moving column with its beautiful banners, /
20 auttering flags, its gay attire, its well.time
p. step and its Joyous music, attracted tho attel
nd ton and called forth the admiration OF multitude
10 of spectators. At 10 o'clock a. IN. the prOce
ei sion re-entered the church, and took seats, pr
at yiousy assigned, In perfect order. The hou
as was allied In every part Then came the exc
he cises, which listed ono hour. These were praye