Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-05-27

Arc wo not overcome with admiration Of tho
wonderful teacher, manifesing 80 thorough
comprehension of human nature, and tho ire
pressbo effects Of his mighty doctrine in tho
development of redown to tho very laest periods
of tho generations Of man? And what picture
of tho human heart does lie present!
"Out Of tho heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries foundations, thofts falso
witnesses, blasphemies."
Ills whole system is based upon the funda-
mental principle, so unequivocally expressed,
"you must bc born again." principle having
its obvious foundation in the Inherent, original
disorganization of human nature, its oonslitt--
tional poryersion and utter hclplessncss, without
tho quickcning grace of God manifested to us
through our Lord jesus Christ. IF VIC arc
accused of sailing too many things upon our
human nature, which VIC believe to 10 PROSTATE
and enfcebed, poor, blind, miserable and naked,
arc not our accuscls sailing upon themselves,
in the light of their own characters and their,
own lives, mountains of guilt that will grind
them into powder? {
Let us magnify The grace of God which cometh
TO us with the full assurance in tho Scriptures,
teaching us that ''whic all Mvo sinncd and
como short Of tho glory Of Col, in duo time
Christ died for tho ungodly. For scarcely for q
righteous man will one die, yet pcradvcnturo for
good man some would even dire 10 die. But
God commcnlch his love TO us in that while wo
were yet sinners Christ died for us"
A. 'Thc wedding garment" According TO
some of tho commentators the wedding garments
were NIL given by the king. Tho material, tho
fashion, the style Of them was provided by tho
king. Let us not suppose That VIC can make
garment SO fine i'll its texture, so perfect in its
style sufficient for that puro and glorious pre-
scncc; "for the kings daughter is all glorious
within; her clothing is of wrought gold"
81 will greatly rejoice in The Lord, my soul
shall be joyful in my God, for he hath clothed
mo with the garments OF salvation, he hath
covered me with the robe Of righteousness. For
as The earth bringcth forth her bud and as tho
garden causcth the things That arc sown therein
to spring forth, so tho Lord God will causc
righteousness and praise 10 spring forth before
all nations"
IL is not our faith, our poor, feeble, fallcring
faith; it is not our works, our selfish, imperfect
works; but il is the new lifo, flowing in us
through The smttcn rock Of our sclfslncss and
pride, snbdulng us, elcvating us, sanctifying us.
IL is the life OF Christ within The SOUL working
out in patience and prayerfulncssin in the puriica-
ton Of our character and in tho rcciEcation of
o''r life; il is q life feeding upon the words Of
Christ and dclightng in the commandments OF
Christ, nbounling in peace. content mon and an
ever deepening and an ever widening joyruncss,
The life refining and slorifying our humanity,
the life of the triumphant second A dam deliver
ing rom the first Adam, brought under the
bondage Of sin by Satan, it is The god like, i'm
mortal lie, surviving the catastrophe OF death
and ilowing on in ever cnlargingstreams forever
and ever.