Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29


things of God. For what man know
eth the things of man save the
spirit of man which is In him? Even
so the things of God knoweth no man
but the Spirit of God. Now we have
not received the spirit Of the world,
but the spirit which is Of God, that
we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God. (1st Cor.
End chap.) Preachers are sent to
preach the Gospel; to open to fallen
man Gods plan of salvation; to be
instruments in Gods hands; to save
those that believe, not only to teach
them to get rid of the sin by practice,
but that the sin by nature (or, in
other words, inbred sin) has to be
rooted and grounded out in this
world, or else they cannot see God,
and then death will have lost it's sting,
for the sting of death is sin, and the
grave, o, where is thy victory! did
not then understand this, but o, it
is SO plain to me now, for death has
lost its sting with me, for God is able
to make our dying bed soft as downey
feathers are. God does not send
curses upon His children, but suffers
them to be prosecuted by sinners, in
order that His plan will be fulfilled,
and always makes way of escape,
if we will abide in His love. o, that
hideous piece of Beecher foolishness.
l don't believe l would have given it
space in the paper. You are mis-
taken if you think I don't listen to
what the preacher says. l do re-
member quite well hearing Brother
Sweeney, of Kentucky, preach or
lecture on the following subject:
''What is man that God is so mindful
of him!' and do believe the Rev.
Erasmus Manford could not have
gainsaid the sermon, or lecture as 1t
were. He used Bro. Manford's theory
in most all instances. l have both
talked with Bro. Manford and heard
him preach, and he, with Bro. Swee-
ney, says nothing Of Gods works
stands still in this world or the next.
| agree with them in this world,
but not in the one to come.
God says when they are in heaven
they are full, complete; it is finished
and are all as the angels, and as one
star differeth from another in glory,
yet all are glorious within them
selves and all proclaim the goodness
and glory of the Creator; yet as in
the world there will be vessels more
honorable, you might say, barrels,
kegs, buckets and plnts, yet all will
be full and no one will complain
when they are full and you see plain
ly no progression there; and let me
say too, whereas, if Bro. Manford and
Bro. Sweeney were in possession of
this Holy Ghost they would just be a
barrel, while many others would ON.
| ly be "a pint and hence great will be
their condemnation if while they
have the light refuse to work therein.
Are there not divisions among the
churches? Some will say I am a
Baptist, some Christians and so on
Are they not carnal? Paul says this
ought no: to be. But brother Quis
enberry said the cause of their churcI
difficulty was not paying the preacher
| say not so because the love of Goo
is not complete in their hearts and il
such was the case they would ther
see plainly that while they admins
ter to us IN in spiritual things We
ought to minister to them in carnal
When they are true ministers Of Goo
they ought to be paid above any one
else. I have always paid my churci
dues and they who tell you 1 do not
talsiiy me. We should keep ou
hands clean from the scandal mon
, ger. Take it to yourself, for in
, stance, though many strange storie.
, has gone out about you believ,
you are better man than some VIII,
scatter such reports because you ar,
, an intelligent man and have b,
+ mans wisdom been taught that b,
, that riseth to honor very hastily il
, liable to fail and cannot or will no
take hold of this glorious highway a
once is no reason that you never vii
and we should bear long with yo,
and be patient. Not stop taking
your paper and all these things, les
o God put thorn in our flesh to buffe
us that we may not be exalted abov
measure. For this preaching come
= to most Of us as something whicl
@ ought not to be, nevertheless it i
9 true, but we, who are the most ignor
ant in regard to the world, plunge il
and get saved and this explains tn
9 fact that out of the mouths of babe
g he will proclaim his salvation and h
o has chosen the foolish things of tn
!, world to confound the world.
: Instead of sending missionaries IN
e to heather lands to break up thei
d many idols we need them worse a
" home, and we are taught that charit
l commences here. Our land is wors
y than heather land for God says tn
i light is with US and yet we refuse t
l. walk in it. What if we speak wit
:. tongues and prcphesy and have no
j. charity it profiteth us nothing, an,
o charity beareth all things, sufferet