Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
&eadiuq fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.

REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
Give OF THE GOSPEL. "-sEven so hath
the Lord ordained, that they which preach the
gospel shall live of the gospel This princi-
pie is usually accepted so far as to justify, the
minister of the gospel in accepting his pecu-
mary support from those whom he serves in
the gospel, and as devOlving upon those to
whom he ministers in ''spiritual things the
duty of minstering to him in ''carnal things"
But the whole history Of the church shows
constant effort on the part Of both the minis
ters of religion and of those served by them, to
get away from the requirements of this law
The people have been too willing to be relieved
from their duty, and the ministers have been
equally earnest to be assured Of their main-
tenance by other methods than the voluntary
contributions of the people Out Of this state
of the case arose the scheme OF supporting the
church from the public funds, and to effect
that end the church allied itself to the state,
and so brought on the blighting curse of such
an unhoiy Wedlock; and to that cause more
than to any other, must be charged the secu-
laritv. the vicious chicanery and the spiritual
deafness of all state churches from the time OF
Constantine till to-day. The people want
| ''free' gospel lin the worst possible sense OF
| freedom), and the ministers desire more GER
tain and abundant support than is assured to
them by the ''voluntary principle" The Scrip
ture method is available only in a living church,
| in which the several ''members'' realize their
duties and responsibilities, and each and all con-
fess and readily accept theirproper obligations
the church lacks vitality there is a disposition
to evade it's duties and responsibilities
iel GERRY, d. ID.
EVERYDAY FAITH-Faith should be an
everyday thing with us. In the life OF Abra-
ham how few acts are mentioned OF outward
religion, of long retirements, fasts, public
| services, sacraments, and so forth, but how
clear it is that his daily secular and domestic
life was living unto God rs pilgrim and
sojourner with Him. There is no visible line
| between secular and sacred in this patriarch's
| life it was all sacred. 1t is an evil distinc-
tion which saith 50 far is spiritual and so far
| is secular My brethren, your whole lives
must be spiritual lives, there must be faith in
God about your home, your families, and
your neighbOrs. Some look upon faith as a
kind of Sunday grace to I've laid up in the ark
of the covenant with Aaron's rod but indeed
| it is an everyday faculty, grace for the table,
grace for the cupboard, grace tor the pock-
ct, grace for the market, a grace for the
| nursery, and a grace for the sick-bed. The
life of Gods people is not to be lived within
the four narrow walls Of Westinghouse. 1t
| is lived wherever they are, for in every place
the just shall live by faith. The religion of
Christian is to be the whole of his life, and
faith is to run through it like thread through
necklace of coral. We are to believe God
us much when He saith ''Thy bread shall be
given thee and thy water shall he sure" as
when He saith. :'He that beleveth and is
! baptized shall be saved" Oh, for more house
| hold faith, more everyday faith &C Fl. Spur
geon.
WHERE SHALL Ir BEGIN 2-Where shall
it begin ? What? Why the revival. We
pray for it in our closets We are looking.
| though not very hopefully, to see whether our
prayers are to be answered. Where shall 1t
begin?
Some of US watch our pastor to see if he
breaches with some directness and power, II
| he feels what he says, if his eyes molsten or
his lips tremble.
Some watch the Wednesday evening meet
ing; we count those who are there, and our
| faith rises or falls with the counting We
watch Deacon A. to see how he feels and
| talks, and wish he were little more active.
! And so through the prayer meeting and church,
each is looking at the other to see IT we are to
| have revival.
We all wish the young people would be in
terested and come to Christ. We look for the
sign of His coming. Where shall it begin
What if each of our churches should say,
Lord, want a revival. Let it begin i'll me.
Give ME the earnestness, faith and tenderness
that | am looking for in others. Make me
such devoted worker as l think my minister
Or brother or sister ought to be. Let the
revival begin in me, and begin now. Lord,
what wilt thou have me do 20
We should have revival if each of our
one hundred church members would begin
thus.-Congregutionalist.
IRREvERENCE.--Unbel comes ottener
from irreverent associations than intellectual
doubt. The sneer of Voltaire has killed
more than all his arguments. A jesting tone
of talk on religious truths, Il habit of reckless
criticism on religious things, is to take the
name of God in vain as truly as the vulgar
oath :; and when hear him who calls himself
Il Christian or gentleman, indulging bur-
lesQues of this sort, l at once recognize some
moral defect in him. Intellect without rever-
pnce is the head of a man joined to a beast
There are many who think it a proof of wit;
but it is the cheapest sort of w.t. and shows
as much lack Of brains as of moral feeling
would say it with emphasis to each Christian
who hears me- never indulge that habit, never
allow sacred things to be jested ut without
rebuke; but keep them as you would the mlnl-
ature of your mother, for no vulgar hands to
touch. There is an anecdote of Boyle that he
never pronounced the name of God without
IN audible pause; and whatever you think,
recognize in it the delicate act Of wise heart.
We need this reverence in the air of our social
life, and its neglect will palsy our piety.-fer.
DR.. Wustburn.
WoRRY1NG.-Every mortal has burdens and
discomforts. BY picking the burden up fifty
times day and weighing it, it becomes no
lighter, but ratheg produces an increased sense
or heaviness. BY worrying over the discom-
forts they become none the more comfortable,
hut are harder to endure and give cause for
more and more worry and complaint. 10 lg-
more them may be impossible We are not
called upon to do that. But by turning
the sunlight upon them and greeting them
with the merrest laugh we can raise we can
tighten them and melt them as cakes of ice are
melted in the MONDAY sun, 50 that when we
look for them we find they are gone and Won
der who has carried them away. Blessed be
the sunshine that comes with it's benedction
to the weary and lightens the burden of the
heavy heart.
How PEOPLE DIE.-Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher in one of his sermons says d: 81 think
the great majority of people die very much as
a leaf does. It's supply of juice grows less and
less, and the stem is less and less nOurished,
and it gradually retracts and shrlnks within
itself. and hangs on the branch and some day
when the wind blows in very gentle puffS the