Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-26
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CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
OBEDIENCE AND THE COMFORTER.

sion, follows the exhortation, eff ye love me,
keepImv commandments" and seems to have
close connection with it. Loving and obey
ing Christ, the disciples should receive God 8
gracious gift It is in answer to Chrsts pray
er 1t is the effect of His work. 1t is the
consequence of His intercession. Not as
though the Father we're unwilling to grant it,
but it comes to US through the Son-"that
all men may honor the Son, even as they
honor the Father" 3 3 : s -se
"The gift of the Spirit" says one, "is fruit
of Christ's mediation purchased by His mer-
it, and, taken out by His intercession. But
still, though the Comforter comes to US for
Christ's sake, He comes for Christ's sake in a
particular order, and the order is, we must
show our love to Christ by living after new
obedience When we show our love to Christ
by endeavoring to keep his commands, fear
ing the approach of sin, and calling in the
grace of God to enable US to walk in some
measure and way of new obedience, then the
Comforter comes"
The comfort which the Holy Spirit imparts
to the believer is such as is felt by mind at
peace with God and with itself. 1t is such a
lively, satisfying comfort as that man possess
es, who from his heart can say, '"God is my
friend and Father. He is reconciled to me,
and at peace with me. He will provide for
me and protectme. All my concerns are in
His hands. 1 leave myself to Him, to do
what He pleases with me, assured that He
will do what is best 5forme. 1 am thankful
for the favors which he bestows on me. I am
contented with the portion which He allows
me. Whether He give or take away, am
resigned to His will, for 1 know that He
careth for me, and will make all things work
together for my good, for my final, everlast-
ing good, the good Of my soul, my salvation,
through eternity" 1t need hardly be asked,
Whether the man who can truly use this Ian
guage is not happy man, whether this is not
state of mind in which true peace and bless
edness. are if anywhere, to be found
Such, however, is the state of mind which
the Spirit, in discharging the important Of:
fee of Comforter, produces and maintains.
This is peculiarly His Office. The Father,
indeed, comforts all true Christians. He is
called "the God of all comfort" and the
God of consolation" The Lord Jesus com.
forts them. He is called "the consolation Of
Israel" But this is not enough. The Holy
Spirit is emphatically the Comforter. Friends
comfort, ministers comfort, the Scriptures
comfort, Providence comforts; the cross of
Christ comforts ; but not one of all these COM
forts without the Spirit All the bliss of
heaven is at His disposal, and He can take
as much of it as he pleases, and give us as
much as He pleases, and after we have re-
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give us more and more as our SORROWS RISE
They must rise higher than the joy of heaven
before they can exceed His power to comfort
Let Christians rejoice in Christ's gracious read
iuess to bestow on them so inestimable gift.
DANCING.
The Chief of Police of New York says
that three fourths of the abandoned girls in
that city were ruined by dancing. Young
ladies allow gentlemen privileges in dancing
which, if taken under any other circumstan-
ces, these gentlemen would be reported as i'm
proper persons. I have sister who has
passed away. On marble block is written,
"Willing to be absent from the body and to
be present with the Lord" had rather 60
there with my sighs, tears, flowers, prayers
and visit that little grave as shrine, than
have her present in the body, and see her one
night in the dizzy and promiscuouslbal-roo
1t requires neither brains, good morals nor
religion to be good dancer. It leads to being
in bad society. never saw such vicious
crowd of young men at our college as on
night when there was to be ball. 1t won't
mix with religion any more than oil and wa
ter will mix. AS the love of one increases,
the love of the other decreases. How many
eminent Christians are distinguished dancers ?
As certain as the atmosphere around the ther.
nometer at zero will freeze things, as certain
as the wind that is belying the sail will drive
the boat, 80 certain will dancing freeze the re-
Iigious sentiment out of the soul it will drive
its devotee away from the church it is wind
that blows in that direction. No dancing is
spoken of in the Bible that was done by d.
vine authority. In. ancient times the sexes
danced separately.
Alcohol is the spirit" of beverages. Take
it out, aud the young men of the land would
as soon seek beverage in the swill tub as in
the saloon. The sex is the spirit of the dance.
Take it away, and let the sexes dance sepa
rately, and dancing would shortly be out of
fashion. Parlor dancing is dangerous. Tip
pling leads to drunkenness, and parlor dan
cling leads to ungodly balls. Tipping and
parlor dancing SOW to the wind, and both
reap the whirlwind. Put dancing in the cru
cible applying the acids, weigh it. and the
verdict Of reason, morality, and religion, is
"Weighed in the balance and found wanting"
REV. S. j. ToML1NsoN, in Indianapolis Jour-
nah