The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-03-05

Other Elders have been inductet
into office. At Prosperity, Grorg,
Brown, DIR. Thomson Young an,
Col. Lester At Cannon Creek
John Spcuce, Henry Iallacrc
Az Head Sprioy, Il. y. W. Chal
mcrs, II. b. Chalmers, Ebenczcr p
Chalmcrs, Nathan Hunter. And
although many have OF the fathers
aud mothers have died and gone
TO receive their reward, Il crown ol
life, yet God is still raising IN
others, their sons aud daughters,
to take their places and pcrpctu,
ate the church which lie planted
here one hundred years ago. The
sister churches Of Kin g's Creek
and Thompson street church have
also had another spiritual Shepherd
granted them in tho person Of Rov.
EGcnezer McClintock, who for tho
last two years, has been laboring
faithfully and %calously in word
and doctrine for their spiritual cdi-
ficatlon aud growth in grace and
Tor the enlargement ofour beloved
Ilon. Although colony after colony
Of cmiyrunLs have cone out from
among you TO SOW tho good seed
OF the word and plant the church
in The region beyond, you may
meet them or their descendants
as | hayo often done. in (,cory;n
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
ANA Arkansas-in ohio. Indiunn
and Iilinois-still battling for the
crown rights Of our Lord and
King and the holy commandments
delivered unto them, vet uotwith-
standing, the .purent Church still
lives aud cnlargcs her borders.
Although whole generations ofthc
iuiLhiul-your fathers and my ta,
thcrs-have .icd out, and now
sleep thler last sleep in these scvc,
raI repositories OF their sacred
dust, tho church which WAS plant
cd by their prayers and watcrcd
wlth their tears stu tees, and re-
Jo'ccs to-day at the close OLA cen.
Jury IN tho glorious inheritance
bequeathcd to them. And not only
llvcs, but enIargcs her borders,
breaking forth on tho right hand
and on the left. So that, instead Of
OF Two little mission churches and 4
lone Pastor IN tho wilderness, we
have now five churches aud two
Tastors-yea rather,nlne churches
ana lour fasIors OF Iresbylcrlans
IN the County OF Ncwberry-all the
irulCs u IhaI hoologerm OF Scotch
rrlSh l. HrcSoylerlanlsm which our
"'herS p'anIco mere one hundred
years ago
Shall We not therefore erect our
Ebcne~er to-day, and say, "IIithcrLo
hath the Lord helped US" ''bchold
what God hath wrought!' "Thc
Lord hath done great things for us
whence JOY TO US is broughtW
Therefore, with Jchorah NisSi, tho
Lord Is my banner, inscribed upon
our standards, we will thanle God
and take courage, and go forth to
the help OF tho Lord against tho
mighty. Now from this noble re-
cord, The history of ono hundred
years, may We not rightfully con-
ciudc, that there Is Something In the
principles Of associate Reformed
Pres6Werldn'sm rs taught by our
fathers, and embraced and cherish
ed by us that is inulncible and I'M.
mortaO Are not her doctrines and
her song and her form Of church
gopcrnment, the doctrines and
songs and government Of the Bi-
bic? How then can they die, SO
long rs that declaration remains
unaltcrable, "1he word Of the Lord
oo'dcth torctcr. We have seen
that they left ireland with Ron
Wick ana his parlshioncrs one hun
dred years ago, and those princi-
pies have continued to be cher
lshcd and practiccd in unbrokcn
succession through all your gene
rations OF The mighty dead down to
tins hour Bnt had time per-
mlttcd, we might havo traced
those principles far back into
the depths OF remote antiquity.
Thew arc tho nrjupiNloa W hin h