The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-19

they tell you that these priests aud MIN
isters direct You to look for life, where
life never was, nor ever will be; that
they point ycu to.a Paradise of gldcA
they know not ef thembsiv ives5 and LASTLY.
sl:ss A:sS if,qias ors with ehuSklins sstis-
faction ID the hypoericy off mapy fbe-
longing toshe Church sA
Now need We Say that these argaA
ments, upon the young, and caroless,
win make their impression. ABethe
least drop of blood viii taint and dis
color \ glass Of clear water, SO will such
words as the above from tho lips of the
infdei, leave their. imprint upon the
mindsTof the young SO wilf their hearts
be tainted and diseolorned. ~ :
lsaz Now if sallsths ways ofetAes msmbers
Of tho Christian Churches, merp perfect,
IwqreF fsrmsds aud fashioned sdpi TO the,
rules aud fcddirmcnts Of aod's w sSofd,
then would the atheist and the infdel
att attack ski them emf in vain But day BY day,
and week by wesksaare tsleft Eup1fil the
unerring' sandsao timea easex xamples of
wickedness and ahypocricy, and deceit,
for the enemy of Christ Is is use use against
His religion. IL, i. -.
Think you that He will not hold those
to a terrible accountability, who, bytheir
actions in the paleIofj His Church, fur
nish arguments to be used against it
Better for those, that they had. meyer
heard of God, Better, that they. had
| never heard His word proclaimed. Yes,
better far that they had ncyer been
born e sitE mid "a sa os ying slna
Ministers are Becoming discouraged
| BY these evidences Of the seeming lack
of of Christianity in ourz Hidst. eIlf, they
see q !. man l whose career, is one ofswiek-
edness, they are almost afraid 5toii ap-
proach himsupon0theisubjcct Of fsreligion.
They fear that their interfcrenncSc,, Sc,,ifl ii be-
half Of his immortal welfare will be re-
warded with the retort, " am as good
as Mr. That, One, who ? is j. member of
your Church, and Iswill not joinFit."e' /
Just such Expressions rs these We
have heard thousand times. And frc-
quently we have thought that the man
outside of the Church, was better inteyc.
ry respect than the ono to whom he
hadailusion. Now ought this to he the
case? Wouldn't it have been bette! for
those who want to do right. that such
individuals had never come among them?
But asswc have not time to write tho
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aenIn oIsMh I'VE might say upon this
subject, and as there are a few other
points, of which we design to speak has
tiiy, we win reserve our epipion ofthsse
| blocks tc / the Church, for some future
chapter. ls rTeez5 ya5 q siSE as6s 9esa
&oone4 4glafing truth is that religion is
getting too fashionable -a,dqys, to
do m much good. good. When We use the term
'tfashionable,as VIC meanic it in this sense.
We mean that it is made to conform to-
the views and tastes Of 'Iall the various
factions Of society, instead Of ithcse g fac fac
itions confirming to it; Therefore , It
he's beeoppega thipss, Of fashion, q. useful
adjunct efsocietys noe in smaking itssnny.
better,pbut as a conyeniencetev lie used
at little;cost. For instance If young
man visits a town, md desires to become
q member OF this particular brapch Of
society, he .etrsigghtway inquiries p1uiea
Church. would it be best for him tosaat,
nd in order ito ingratiate himself into
the good graces Of tho leaders Of said
branch. He is informed, and is hence
forward an undeyiating attendap. at that
Church, dut nercr one ti,neiaquiifespAetA-i
er the doctrine preached there is,t4ghs
Another one thinks to join The
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