The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-15

alOOT from eacn OCllef III Cl1S respect,
and refuse to come together as the
children of the most high God, we
remain 'in the gall of bitterness, and
in the bond of iniquity."*
There is, after death, but the two
places appointed for the whole of
Adams srace, namely: Heaven or He'll,
and to one or the other Of these places,
all are doomed to go.
If, on the one hand, we feel our
selves pardoned of our sins, through
Jesus Christ, cleansed by his most
precious blood, saved from eternal
damnation, by his ignominious death
on the cross, we must know that one
and all of us, who are blood bought,
must be as one in that world of bliss;
we, united as one host Of saints, shall
cast our crowns at the feet of the
risen Saviour, and as one band of
angels and archangels shall sing
hosannah in the highest. "Holy,
holy, holy art thou, Lord God Of
Sabaoth.'
If, on the other hand, we have not
been saved by grace; have not ac-
cepted the pardon held out SO freely
to us, but have been cut off in the
midst of our sins, we must also be as
one in that place Of torment; blend
our fruitless cries among the lost and
damned forever, in that dreadful lake
that burns with fire and birthstone,
where the worm dieth not and the fire
is not quenched.
The hand Of the Lord hath dealt
heavily with the people South for
several years past, and many are the
murmuI1ngs that have been borne to
His ear during that time; but let me
say, that all, all this has been brought
about by their own disobedience and
wickedness, and that until more
harmony and concord springs up
among the people Of God, without
respect to color or class, He will con-
tinue his punishment upon this re
bellious, gainsaying and stitfnecked
people.
Since He hath said +"Go We into
all the world, and preach my Gospel
to every creature" how can we, as the
disciples of Christ, feel that we have
discharged the duty God has devolved
upon us, until we proclaim His Gospel
to the world without distinction of
color?
We find Christ came into the world,
not among the high or great, but
among the meek, humble and lowly;
born in stable, cradled in a manager
his life sought after while yet babe;
no place to lay his devoted head
prosecuted by the Jews, tempted OF
the devil, but ever ministering to the
wants, both bodily and spiritual, OF
the distressed, and those who were
poor in this worlds goods, but rich i'll
treasures laid up where moth doth
not corrupt, nor thieves break through
and steal.
We, as ministers of the Gospel, are
servants of Christ "and it is written
the servant is not greater than his
Lord. neither he that is sent greater
than he that sent him. t Why call
We me Lord, Lord and do not the
things which say" off you know
these things, happy are ye if you do
them"
We are commanded, when we
make a feast, to call in the poor, the
manned, the lame and the blind, and
thou shalt be blessed, for they can not
lecompense thee; for thou shalt be
recompensed at the resurrection Of
the just the serving and glorifying
Of the eternal God is nothing more
nor less than feast to the hungry
soul, and God grant that we may be
found among those that are calling
such to the Gospel feast.
"The spirit Of the Lord is upon me,
because he had anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent
me to heal the broken-hearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind; to
set at liberty them that are bruised"
St. Luke ", IS: " And when this
epistle is read among you, cause it to
be read also in the Churches;
"And take heed to the ministry,
which thou hast received in the Lord,
that thou fulfil it.
"Therefore, I write these things
being absent, lest being present L
should use sharpness according to the
power which the Lord hath given me
to edifcation, and not to destruction.
"Finally, brethren, farewell; Be
perfect, be of good comfort, be Of one
mind, live in peace; and the God Of
love and peace shall be with you.
"The grace Of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion Of the Holy Ghost, be
with you all. Amen"
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