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you cnn do; II you llaye a mind to think and a
heart to love; II YOU have tho llopc OF Heaven,
then be Of guot cheer.
PULPIT AND rIslcSS,

PULPIT AND PRESS.
SERMON nY TIE REV. 0otusHA ANDERSON.
The Rev Dr. Anderson, pastor OF the Second
Baptist Churti,, corner Of Monroc anl Morgan
sirects, preached yesterday morning from the
text:
To write the fan1c thing. to yon: to me indeed Is
not Trsrou'. hut for you It ID safe. -fhiAppidns.
The best Biblical scl,olar. havc..cIven TO these
words different Interpretations. l1Y way OF cx-
position, shall 10 little more than simply to
note that fart. | an persuaded That an inter-
probation rejected hY most commentators is the
| correct one. Paul means by " tic same things"
which he proposed to write to tllc1phllppians,
tho shihgs which Lc had before spoken to them.
| IIIs thought IL brought ont with dstfnctness by
emphasizing tie word "writc." "To prise the
same things tn you, to me tn.lccd Is not burden
some OF weaFsome, but for yuu It IA Rafc."
with this exposition accor. tie tho words III the
latter part of the chapter "For many walk,
Of whom hare told you often" evidently BY
I word OF mouth, and nov tell YOU, ,'-ln this
letter." even weeping, that they arc tho enc
niles Of the Cross Of Christ."/'Ve nave pre-
scnted to ut, therefore, III the narrow compass
Of tho text, the Apostles entire method OF call
| ing men to repentance, md VI developing with
! In them The illvino life. Standing fare
| to face with them, hc preached to tlletn
the gospel. Tho spoken word, enef-
gtzcd By tho Spirit, became the power md
Wisdom OF God to the salvation Of all who be-
lievcd. When these believers were gathered to-
Gethcr as congregation. or church, Paul IT,
iualncd with them for weeks, Tor months, III
| some instances for ycurs, that lo might unfold
to them The highor truths Of tho Gospel, and
perfect them 10 The Christian lltc. Hut hls
commission was, Far hence to tho ucutIfcst"
| In mn
my place, however Important. Other connu-
mites were peral,ln3 for tho Wnnl OF Life. MD
hc mlst proclaim ~ to them. Yet he would not
leave tho churches already planted to wnsto
away mud perish. All tint had becn ga!,,c,t
! must not only bo permanently secured, hut
must also bo stlll more fully developed, and
must become tho fruitful source Of blcasng 10
those who lad not yet beloved. 10 nttntn these
euds othcrs wcrs called to continue the tndis-
pcusablo work Of preaching to these nawly-
| organized churches. Elders were ordnlncd over
them, uad commissioned 10 feel these ilocks
purchased with ChrIst'a blood. Paul also
gathered aronnd hin banl ot young mou,
whom l,e Instructed III tic Gospel, md into
whom ho brcatlcti Ills own spirit. Ito sent
thcnl FORTH clothed with lila authority, to r.
buke, Instruct, and guilds those Christian COM
munitics which had sprung Into flring under
tho quckcntng breath OF his Inspired uttcrnnccs.
Butin addition to tbls instrumcnta'ity Of preach
inH, employed 10 constantly aiu effectively by
himself and others III iuidng mp and cotl-
solidattng tho churches, the APOSTLE nfso mat1o
constant usp Of his pen. While lc ,natlo tents
at Corinth, and preached OH tho Sabbath III tho
synagogue, hu wrote his letters TO tlle Churcl,
at yhcssalonIea. At a Inter day, returning to
Coriuth that ho might personally supcriatcnd
tho Important church gathered within tho conl-
mcrcial capital VI 1rcece, word was brought to
him that the 0alatan churches wore ylcliing to
the hnlcful influences OF Judalzng tcacllcrs and
lle wrote that wonderful Eptsto in which intltg-
nation against his 8Npplantcrs and tenderness
for his dc1ulel brcthren Vic With cacli otller.
Near tho c1Oso OF Ills wntcrss stay
at CorntlI. le wrote the Epistio to tho
Romans, which has probably done moro to ln,-
press aud mold the churches, In all tho ages OF
Christianity, than any other portion of tho
Scriptures. When prisoner at Rome he wrote
10 the Ephcslat,s, Colosslans, Philippians, to
Timothy a'Il Titus. As tho bloody Ncro sent
from llis palace his dispatches TO the rulers OF
the provinces aud tho commanders Of his
armies, so Paul sent forth from hts prison,
along the samc routes Of traycl, his Inspired
dispatches, whose truths were destined not only
to confirm tho believers of AsIa att urceco, but
| at last to oycrturn that government OF iron, OF
Which Nero was then the luuglty head. And
these letters were not addressed 10 private per-
sotls, but to oil tho brcthren OF church or Of
tislIng IL rani's day. oar tcxs then presents cuts
for our consideration tho two great agencies
employed by God III saylng mcn-l'rtaehing aud
l. It ID evident, In the first place, TIM. it Ia tho
PURPOSE OF uol, Us untuhed III tho history Ut
il's Church. to hold these two agencies in con.
Junction with cach other.
Far back In the past theru tonms up in coloa-
sal, yet synnnetrica! proportions. Moses, Gods
prophet, 1sruel's law.giyrr When Jehovah up
pcarel 10 him in the lan1 Of allllan, Ito com.
and to Pharaoh. stoses, through unbcliuf, ex-
clycl isMsclf, saying that lle wns not cloulent.
Qn1, In disp!easurc, announced to hin that
Aaron should speak for hin; the word commits
from his Hips and proclaim to tho people und
their .oppressur., Hut God provided not only
that III wi'I Should bo sYRv1ksn, Yv, but that 4
! hal been led out ot their bondage through the
J spoken word, with Its accompanying signs,
tiod galled Moses up tnto tue sloans. and a.nld
Wiz writsen on ' two tabla. u s,aao. Tlcse. ~ u.
vine direction, wero .arcfnly laid M IN tho AK
: rad tho law written by this angcr Of jchovat:
, Guided by tho Spirit, alosea both proclaimed
! aud wrots tho m'.lttfariou, laws Of tho reata;
af, hs trainos I oi ii. IT. tS own 'f psopo' lsrae 6S
. ii i ater 'las, uod raisei up tho prophets,
unsy I'D xfts s hsS 3 s Si
future events, bnt this WIS small part oE their
. They unfo(dcd anu fcarls.sly applied to tho
, ity. But whtlo they proclaa1cd death as
tl'u wages Of siu. they called On men to re-
; p.snt. anl pointed p,9 them to tle coMstn.
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