Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-16
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NO COMFORT.

and the teachings OF tne DlDle respecting Iue
comforts of religion conflict. With proprie
ty, we suppose, it may be asked, why is this
Does God promise his people something thai
he does not design to give them? Such 8
thought is impious. Still, one of two things
must be true. Either the comforts of religion
are not what they are represented to be IL
the Bible, or believers do not comply with
the conditions of the gospel. We know thai
God is faithful, hence We must conclude that
in the majority of cases, those who profes:
religion do not come up to the full measure
of their duty. Upon certain conditions the
Saviour promised his early disciples power tc
remove mountains. Whatever was promised
to Peter and John was under similar circum
stances, and with like conditions, promised tc
every Christian in all parts Of the world, and
to the end of all time. What were the con-
ditions with which they we're required to com
ply in order to remove mountains? "lt yt
believe" Samson, with his locks, was a 81
ant Of matchless proportions; with his locks
shorn, he was weak as another man. So it is
with the professed Christian. With faith in
lively and vigorous exercise, his life is full OF
comfort; without faith, or with faith in weak
and languishing condition, his lifeis as cheer
less as that of men of the world. In the 18th
chapter of Hebrews, we have long list Of
mighty deeds done by believers, and miracu'
lous events brought about for them. When
the children of Israel stood trembling upon the
shores of the Red Sea, hemmed in by Pha'
roah's infuriated host, they were commanded
to stand still and see the salvation of God.
This was but another mode Of commanding
them to believe in God, to trust in God or
rely for salvation upon God. Faith removes
mountains, understood either in literal or
fgurative sense. 1t opens the door which
affords an entrance into the bliss bought by
the blood of the Lamb of God. 1t dispels
the cares of the world, and pours joy and
comfort into the sad heart. Every thing
depends upon our believing. The atonement
made by Jesus will avail no one anything
without faith, and it is sufficient for every
one that will believe. The blood of Jesus is
sufficient to save all of Adams race, and yet
it will save none but those who believe. Un-
belief seals the doom of the soul, and unbe-
lief makes the life of the professed Christian
cherries.
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DEATH.
There was period in the history Of our
world, when death was unknown. How long
that period continued, no one can tell. Its
duration was measured by the time which
elapsed from the beginning of the work of
creation to the sin Of Adam. When sin en-
tered the world, death followed as a penal
consequence. We say that an individual died
of fever, of measels, of consumption, or some
one of the numberless diseases to which the
human family are subject; but in reality sin
is the cause of all disease, and consequently
the cause of death. Sin causes old age with
all its infrmities The oft-repeated express
sion: "Sin brought death into our world and
all our woe," is not only sublime poetry, but
also scrptural theology.
Death is word of comprehensive meaning,
designed to include all the ills to which man
is subject, both in time and eternity, on &C.
count of sin. The separation of soul and
body is regarded as the greatest of all tempo
raj evils. All our merely bodily evils tend
to produce physical death, and death puts an
end to them all. Every evil which is not,
strictly speaking, moral or connected with
the soul ends with death. By it, all earthly
distinctions, bodily ailments and bodily anx-
ieties are annihilated. The rich man ceases
to be rich, and the poor man ceases to be
poor. The honored and the dishonored, lie
alike forgotten. Both form delicious NOR
sci for the worms.
However great an evil physical death may
be, it is not to be compared with the death OF
the soul. The enjoyments and sufferings OF
the soul are as much greater than the enjoy
ments and sufferings of the body, as the soul
is in itself greater than the body. The en-
ioyments of the soul in contemplating the
sublime beauties of truth as manifested in
creation, providence and grace are not to be
compared with any, even the highest bodily
enjoyment. The enjoyments Of the body,
we call pleasure; the enjoyments of the soul
we call bliss. The former are earthly and
transitory; the latter are heavenly and eter,
nal. Neither are bodily pains to be COM
pared with the pains Of the SOUL If all the
nerves of sensation were concentrated in one
particular spot on the body, and that place
cruelty lacerated, and the pain caused there
by to continue for ages, it would be nothing
compared with moment of hopeless despair
When hope dies in the human soul, the agony
which follows beggars description. To save
the soul from death, Jesus came into our
world, God manifest in the flesh. Through
him life is offered to the world. The soul
that believes in him will be saved from hope
less despair, and the soul that rejects him
will wrthe beneath his righteous frown fol
ever Of the meaning of the words soul-tor
ture, and forever, we can form no adequate
conception. That they are not meaningless
words, we have the highest authority to be-
lieve. He that accepts the Saviour, is wise
and will be reputed wise by God, and all in
telligent beings eternally. He that rejects
the Saviour is unwise.
s6| The sentimental sympathy which finds
its beginning, enjoyment and end in a novel
is as far from that sympathy which is ava
kened by sensible knowledge of the but O.
poverty and the house of mourning as sickly