Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-31

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king, Jesus rules over>his people, subduing
them to himself. AS king, he governs and
controls all things. No weapon, We are told,
that is formed against Zion shall prosper.
Every thing and every event is so controlled
by Jesus, as king, that it has the tendency
to further Gods glory and the good Of the
Church
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CREATION.
The theories of those scientific men who re-
ject the Bible account of the creation of the
world are often as silly as they are wicked
Some assert that there is no God, but all is
matter. Others pretend to believe and en-
deavor to teach that there is no such a thing
as matter, but that all is spirit. Others claim
that both God and matter exist, but that mat
ter is but a modification Of deity. ....s
Some claim that matter always existed, but
reduce Chaos to order. Others teach that
matters alway existed, but i'll very different
state from that in which it is now seen, and
that it always had kind of developing power.
Some are so bold as to assert that it is i'm
possible to create, that is to bring something
into existence. Before something can be
brought into existence the material out of
which it is created must previously exist. All
these theories rob God of his very existence.
They are erconsumnlately foolish. There no
doubt are many difficulties connected with the
history of creation as contained in the Bible,
but one thing is certain it is neither silly nor
to God.
a The individual who becomes 50 liberal
minded and unsectarian in his notions that he
is ready to ignore all creeds, knows very little
about religion, and his liberality is nothing
but gross Indifference to truth. Such is the
condition of things that he who would spread
Christianity must spread his own particular
We may say that denomna-
tions are men-made things. This is true, but
it is fact that there is no true Christianity
outside of some Of the Christian denominations.
The man who is zealons to build up his own
may be bigot, but the man who
makes no difference between the various de-
is a mere drone. The enemy of
all good, wants no better tool. The man who
cares nothing for the doctrines and practices
of the various Christian denominations but re-
CARDS all good alike except that they are all a
little better than the doctrines and practices
in the denomination to which he belongs, may
think he is very charitable, but he is mistaken.
He is only very ignorant.
a. AS general rule, the purely business
matters of the church are poorly conducted.
The finances of the church are most common
ly intrusted to some one who knows far more
about theology than he does about managing
This is doing the Lords business in
a want-of-busness manner. Still the church
never, goes into bankruptcy.
Esr Dancing may not be the sum of all vices,
but it would be difficult to find anything which
is better adapted to crush out genuine piety.
1t would be hard to find devout piety in a
ball room 1t may not be great sin to dance,
but is fact that devoutly godly persons are
not the persous who are fond of dancing.
6gr 1t is possible for al individual to be cour-
teo,ls without being a Christian but, impossi-
BILE for an individual to bea Christian without
being courteous. Genuine Christianity puli-
fies the heart and corrects and smoothes all as
perities in thoughts words and acts.
SsF" We are ready enough to accept the sover-
eighty of God provided that sovereignty is eX-
ercised in our Behalf, but if it is displayed in
us from following the bent OF our
own wicked notions we are ready to charac-
terize God as Il hard MASTER
a. Some people are to be pitied rather
than to be condemned. They may not be
more wicked OF have less piety than their
neighbors, but they are very unsuccessful in
their sins
sYT 1t is part Of our duty to be continually
confessing to fellow men the sins which we
commit against God.
a" Humlity-that despised grace, which
can endure being despsed on earth, because
it is so priced in heaven-would not only take
all the sharpness out of controversy, but
would make an end of most of it. Contro-
versialists striving over the unimportant ques-
ton, which of them is right, or which of
them can argue best, would under the intlu
ence of the Spirit of humility, confess their
avail themselves of the help of one
who saw the subject differently and possibly
more clearly, and would strive together in
study, conference and prayer, over the more
important question, what is right And
God who gives grace to the lowly, would guide
them together into his truth. But pride must
prove itself right. The Pope-not Leo but
Ege-is .infallibe.
s9r One thing which makes religious contro-
versy show so many signs of carnal feeling is
the fact that, when two are opposing each
other, one at least, must he opposing the
truth; and he cannot have the help of the
Holy Spirit in opposing the Spirits own teach
ngs. Taking the side OF the flesh against the
Spirit, it will not be strange if he argues car
nally. Even the one who fayors Gods truth
has "a law in his members making him do !
evil when he would do good.'
kr With all it's drawbacks earnest cOntro !
versy is very much better than that dead i'll |
difference that would lose the truth to save |
the calm stagnation which some call peace
A church whose watchmen will see gems filch-
ed from the treasure of Gods truth, and keep
Iuiet for fear of awakening some sleeper, will !
soon be discharged from such trying service.
God is wise and will select some other guar
dian for his treasure who will not be too
peaceful to ''set the trumpet to his mouth !