Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-14
FOR THE COURIER.
Scraps for Children-No. 6.

IS very precious tHinS' LluVii 10 " Jo"o'
We wish now to call your attention to fow
Of this sort of jewels:
l. God made mo-" is truth you must
lay up in your hearts. I have met some great
big children who didn't have this jewel
couldn't tell who made them. Not so with
you is it? Iguess you can say "God made
mans body Of the dust of the ground and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life
and man became living soul" Can't you
Well, now let us see.
2. Christ died for NO." is another pre-
oious jewel. Looking into pretty little book
this morning saw two pictures close togeth-
er. The one was a picture of the brazcn ser
pent on,a pole; the other, of our Lord Jesus
Christ on the Gross. The children of Israel
sinned against God in the Wilderness. God
sent poisonous serpents to bite them. The
Israeltcs begged Moses to pray to God for
them. God told Moses to make a aserpcnt out
of brass and put it on pole and set it up in
tho midst of the camp and to toll all those
who were bitten to look up to the brazcn SER
pcnt and live. Those who looked, lived
Those who would not look, died.
We are all sinful. That old serpent, the
devil, has bitten us. The poison Of iniouity
is in us, destroying the vtals of life and hap
pinass. Is there no remedy for us? There
is. Turn to tho 3rd chapter and 14th and
10Th verses Of st. John, and read the words
of orr Lord Jesus Christ to Nicodemus before
the crucifixion and you will see the way of
cure pointed out: " And as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son Of man be lifted up that whomsoey-
er belioveth in Him should not perish, but
have eternal life" And again tho Lord says
in His Holy Book, Look unto me all yc
ends of the earth and be yc saved" "Look-
ingunto Jesus" is believing in Jesus Those
who believe in the blessed Saviour with the
heart have the poison Of sin removed and spir-
itual health and life restored. Those who
will not. look to Jesus--will not believe in the
precious blood of Christ, abide in spiritual
death end go on to eternal death. 0 then,
let us look up to the Lord Jesus Christ who
once died for us, but now ever lives in Heaven
to intcrcede for us. Let us love and serve
Him here that we may praise Him forever.
3.ttGod, the Holy Ghost sauctifes mo-"
/ is another truth He convinccs' y us "of
sin, Of righteousness and of judgment to
come" Re does this by applying tho word
of God to our consoiences. The " word Of
God is " the sword of tho Spirit" With
this sword the Good Spirit Stays the sinner
shows him that he Is a sinner "The en-.
trance Of Thy word givcth light" Hepours
light into the dark soul, by which light we see
our snfuness. He thus shows,us the necessity
of repentance, faith, prayer and other duties
found in the Bible. lie impresscs us with
the necessity of coming to Christ. Thus the
Father draws us by His Spirit with cords of
love tondcr)y. If VIC follow on to know the
lord we shall be led into all the truth that we
may know The truth as it is in Jesus--which
truth shall make us free from all our sins and
we shall bo sanctifed and made fit for the
Masters use. but if we quench the light
refuse to follow the path of duty shown unto
us by its shining brightncss-wc cover our
selves in spiritual darkness, and if we contin-
uc to shut our eyes against the light Of God
and steel our hearts against the truth till our
bodies die, we shall bo wrapped in tho shad,
cws Of eternal darkness, whore no ray of
cheering light will ever come, "nor Saviour's
voice call us to the skies" Hence the HOLY
Bible says, "Qucnch not the Spirit" Quenci
not Fills light bit follow tho divine rays and
(" you will be led on to eternal day. Look UP
and pray and this blessed Spirit will apply
the blood Of Christ and 'purgc your con.
science from dead works to servo the living
God" JOHN.
DIsanAcEFUL SCENE IN A CHURcH.-Tho
Buffalo (New York; F" Courier Of the goth
gives tho following account Of an eS:~aordina-
ry proceeding that took place in ole of the
Roman Catholic Churches of that city
The, corpse Of man named Matthew IIaus-
le, q leading member Of the Church, and also
q member of the St. Louis Society, was taken
to the Chnrch for burial services, under the
auspices Of the St. Louis Society. The ban.
ner Of the Society was taken to tho Church,
'whereupon the officiating Priest, whose name,
We learn, was the euphonious one Of Schulep.
enekopf, refused to proceed with the services
unless the banner was removed from the
Church. Tho Society refused to obey the
order, and the Priest retired. Shortly after
heagain made bis appearance, but was firm
in his determination not to proceed with the
services Unless the Objectionable banner was
removed, alleging that it was Masonic ban
neryi Our informant states that the oongre-
gation thon rose en- n,assc, that aome began
swearing, and that others started for the Priost,
who fed from the Church and across the yard
stoshis residence, close at hand, escaping With
out personal yieleboe, although threats Of ven
.geance were hurled at him. Those persons
who had left the Church then returned, when
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