Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-04
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50. CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
(Orlginal.
UNDER THE CURSE.

(Orlginal
UNDER THE CURSE.
The effects of Adams transgression are, in
some way, felt by every creature which inhab-
it's this earth In fact, the earth itself is rest
ing under curse. God, in his righteous in
dignation, cursed it for mans sake, and DOOM
ed it to bring forth thorns and thistles.
The multitude of the human family have no
proper conception of the actual moral ruin in
which all are involved They admit that some
thing is wrong but not much They disre-
gard the teachings of Providence and prac-
| ticaly ignore the revelations contained III the
Bible.
That the whole human family, in their un-
regenerated state, is resting under the curse OF
God, is demonstrated by Gods providential
dealings with all men ; and it is moreover
plainly positively and frequently declared in
| the Bible. The events in Gods providence
demonstrating the fact that the human family
are under a curse are so many, and so mani
fest are the events that only the wilfully blind
can fail to see them. In the Scriptures we are
told that all men are wholly ruined. Soul and
body are under the curse. The body, wbatev-
er it was when spoken into existence by God,
is now clog to the SOUL and the soul is sepa-
rated at an awful distance from God. The
body is liable to defects, deformities and hide
Gus monstrosities. The soul, once the image
of it's maker, is now filled with sinful thoughts
and evil affections The visible effects of this
moral ruin which has befallen the soul are too
numerous to be mentioned.
For their sins, God is justly angry with the
whole human family. Go where any one of
Adams countless offspring may, the curse
of God rests upon him. Nothing but the in
tervention of divine grace can rescue him
from the wrath of God. The offers of mercy
many reject and continue to reject all their
days. These, according to the Scriptures, are
lost forever. \ few accept of the pardon and
are rescued from the wrath of God
1t fills the rejecting soul with a feeling
which is indescribable, when the condition OF
multitudes of the human family is contem'
plated Squalid poverty has been their only
possession. CHASTITY hunger has never, for
day, departed from their miserable dwellings.
Who can visit one of these homes, if homes
they can be called, and deny that the curse of
God rests upon the place, and upon those who
dwell there ?
What terrible thing it will be if many fail
to be saved in heaven Born under the curse
of righteous God, under that curse they drag
out their days here on earth. They have no
place on earth they can call their home. Their
children are known on the streets and high
ways by their haggard countenances and rag
ged garments Poverty has dried up the blood
in their veins, and the energies of their ma
lures have been destroyed by the strong arm of
want. For such creatures to miss heaven,
what miss will it be Who can tell what it
is to be cursed in body and in soul-tO be
cursed for time and cursed for eternity?
1t fills the rejecting soul with sadness to
think that there are so many in this world who
are resting under the curse of God, so far as
the things of this world are concerned, and
who possess nothing that is calculated to in
spire we'll grounded hope that they will he
relieved from that curse when ~ lrh separates
their soul and bodies. The case of many 9TH
ers is no better. They fare sumptuously every
day. They are surrounded with all that is cal
cuated to make life desirable Their corn and
their wine abound. They have more than
their hearts, desire. Still they are under the
curse, and their prospects for another world
are as dark and gloomy as those of the in
mates of those huts OF want that dot our
earth. Poverty and wealth are accidental cir
cumstances in the lives of men, which affect
their moral characters, only as they are used
or abused To abuse the gifts of Gods provi-
dence is a heinous sin and is all evidence that
the soul is resting under a curse-the curse of
deluSon.
There is one class of the human family that
are not qo,c under the curse of God, and are
not exposed to his wrath. God is their friend
and father, and no matter who or what may
be against them, God is for them. Compared
with the whole race, this class k few in num-
ber. In the language of him who spake as
never man spoke, they are ''little flock"
They are not from under the curse because
they are better by birth than the rest of the
human family. This they are not. Like all
Adams descendants, they were 'shapen in in
iquity." They were conceived in sin. They
were condemned in Adam like the rest of his
descendants Neither are they free from the
curse of God, because of something which
they have DONE Like all the rest of the hu-
man family, they were not only conceived in
sin, but so soon as they were capable of moral
action, they began to practice sin. In the
language of the Bible, they were 'estranged
from the womb"
Those who are not under the curse of God,
are those who are in Christ Jesus. They were
by God chosen in Christ Jesus before the
| foundations of the world, and by the enlight-
ening and regenerating influences of the Holy
Spirit, they have been enabled to accept of
Jesus Christ, as he is offered to all in the gos-
pei All may be rescued from the curse OF
God if they will accept of Jesus Christ. The
multitude will not accept of the offers of mer-
cy, and hence rest under the curse. The few,
the little flock of Jesus, are made able and
willing in day of Gods almighty power.
A Holy LIFE.-A holy life is made up of a
number of small things Little words, not
eloquent speeches or sermons; little deeds, not
miracles or battles, nor one great heroic act OF
mighty martyrdom, make up the true Chris
tian life. The little, constant sunbeam, not
the lightning; the waters of Sloan "that 60
softly'' in the meek mission of refreshment,
not the "waters of the river great and many"
rushing down torrents, noise, and in force,
are the true symbols of holy life. The
avoidance of little evils little sins, little in
consistencies, little weaknesses, little follies,
indiscretions, and imprudences, little foibles,
| litt1o ;ndnlooncps and Of the flesh the avoid