Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-09-22

Tor as much as ye know that ye were not
redeemed with corruptible things as silver
and gold from your vain conversation re-
ceived by tradition from your fathers;
but with the precious blood of Christ as OF
alamb without bemish and without spot"
He said man was by nature q religious be-
ing, and from the earliest accounts of him
had had some object of worship. Unbe-
levers objected to the idea of the serpent,
the sacrifice and the priesthood in the
Christian religion, on the ground that
tbey were to be found in all religions; per-
tanning to worship of heather as we'll as
Christians, and were therefore to be re-
iected as idle superstitions. How much
more reasonable it would be to infer that
from their general prevalence, they had,
away back I'M the earliest history of man
been received from some higher authority
as the Bible declares, and been scattered
as time progressed throughout the various
peoples Of the earth! All tradition has its
nucleus in some fact, however small. An
appropriate illustration is in the supposed
treasures of Capt. Kidd, the pirate. To
this day along the coast of New England
every now and then people are digging for
the buried treasures of Kidd and yet the
only foundation for it is, that more than
century ago Kidd was hung in London and
confessed to having buried treasures on
Gardeners Island in America, which PROV
ed true. From that fact grew and stretch
ed down to the present day the wide
spread and widely located Evolutionary
treasure buried by the pirate, for which
enlightened people are still digging the
| earth. So in all the nimbus of snpersti-
ton, there will be found a fact from which
1t grew The speaker proceeded to speak
OF Christ as a Redeemer, the work lie had
to do, and finally the moral effect of that
work. The redemption purchased by Christ
was OF a higher significance than the
mere commercial idea of redeeming a debt
would imply. It was full satisfaction of
the law in the past, and a security in the
future for all who believed. The work
Christ had to do was to redeem the world,
a work that required a valuable, precious
sacrifice, gentle, meek, pure and a costly
sacrifice. The idea of sacrifice always had
d place III the heart of man, who in all
countries and with all religious beliefs felt
the necessity of propitiating God, the ne
eessity OF q High Priest to stand between
him and God-and Christ alone filled this
want in the human heart.
Late writer's object to this idea Of sacri-
fee, or what they call the s'blood theol
ogy." One writer calls it the Pauline
theory, but the speaker would say to every
minister in America if his voice could
reach them-preach the blood theology
and to every congregation-ge for your
preachers only those who preach this blood
theology The moral effect of Christ's
sacrifice is, that faith in it can save man
| from sill, can give him contented spirit
III this life, and can insure him happiness
in the next.
Mr.. Hall left On Monday for New Y ork.
Nearly all the churches in Staunton were
closed Sunday night, that their congrega-
tions might have an opportunity to hear
the distinguished divine.
sABBATH-sCnoOLP PICNIC.
On Saturday morning last, large crowd
assembled at Sunnyside school-house, about
CIlCC 1IoL1 o1CCAF1IC, IOl eI piC-lllC
given the members of the Sabbath school
held there. The young men Of the neigh
borhood, headed by Mr.. N. M. Green, had
prepared q large table in a grove near the
house. The Introductory entertainment
consisted of services in the schcol-house,
| opening with the chant s'Come to Me" and
the children's hymn, ''The Sunday-school
- LODI NV T.
Fix addressed the audience on the rela-
tions Of the Sabbath-school to the Church,
being followed by Rev. Mr.. Hamilton,
Presbyterian pastor of Mt. Carmel
! church, who spoke from the text, "Thy
testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth
my soul keep them,7' who was in turn fol-
lowed by Rev. Mr.. Briley, (Methodist) in
| charge of the Greenville circuit, who based
his remarks on the text Remember thy
Creator in the days of thy youth, while the
evil days come not; nor the years draw
nigh when thou shalt say have no pleas
ure in them" All three of the addresses
were most excellent. At the conclusion,
a strong party of ladies and gentlemen
were detailed to make ready the dinner
time the whole company sat down to-.
bountiful and tastefully arranged dinner.
A few hours was spent afterwards in social
enjoy ment, and the company disbanded.
having enjoyed themselves heartily despite
the rain. This was the second annual en-
tertainment Of the kind given at this place,
and reflected credit on the hospitality of
the people and their zeal in training in Il
right way the little ones who are to take
their places as time rolls on.
JEWISH New YEAR.-The Hebrew New
Year began on Monday evening last at
sunset, and the first day was celebrated on
tuesday by religious gathering Of our
Hebrew fellow citizens, in their Sabbath
School, en- New street, over Mr.. A. Swift
zer's store. The services were conducted
in nr1i oh Tol,