East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 1870-18??, 1888-12-11

4 pc,itloHs, or To receive instruct ions
anectlng our temporal well being
sould we not be respectful, thought
full and concerned? aud would not a
raieess and Indifferent manner ON
such an occasion BE- utterly inconsist-
ent as well as dangerous to the inter
est OF our cause?
How then shunld we appear before
| Him who is the King OF Kings, and
| Lord{of Lords, when we bring our
Offerings and presen: our petitions
before Him. When YOU cone to-
gether, theu, let The thought that you
are bciore God arers your wander
ing thoughts, rebuke your irrey-
trenc", and incline YOU 20 that sober,
ness or mind which it becomes You to
have, aa worshippers of the living
God.
2. Consider the object of your
coming together. This is brought
| olIt III the second clause of the text,
Now, then, we are all here presen,
heto"e God, 80 hear all things that
are commanded thee of God. 'Obserye
my friends, thh, one great object Of
our cnlnnlng together is To hear all
things commanded of God. Your
minister is under solemn obligations
to preach to yon, as the rule Of faith
amt practice, such things as he finds
revealed III the sacred Scriptures,
and only such. lie must be prepared
To show for every message he delivers
on This saith The Lord" son of
Man have made thee II Waterman
uni" the house of Israel, therefore
hear the word of my mouth. aud give
them warning ,rom me-" aud as il is
the solemn duty of Your minister to
deliver Faithfully the duty of the CON
9r"gntion 20 hearken only to that
which is ce,nmandcd. The RESPONSE
,bilitr t,'na:nal He to- praec!. tho
word in all fnithfulness; they To re-
celye the message as it is faithfully
presented. And this yon percievr,
nv friends, requires atientiouw;,na
studNor you paft. You shoul9ser-
deavW soto acqnalllt \ aloursehesssiii'.
lhe HON Sfsiptnr ,atgon may, IN
a sensc, 10 akic a SIT in jud4menl
snpis XsRFi niinraers discourses5 so to
Sacsastom myomsel~5s to the voice Of
tho sreat&:hepherd, rs to be able 10
detectsthe voice Of an crrine guide.
observe again that when we come
together 70 hear flc word, we arc 10
give heed TO all that is spoken in ac-
cordabee with the commandment uf
stIod. We ire noI at liberlY TO receive
mat part of the message swliich IS
more agreeable 10 olir inclinations
and 10 rpinrt That -vhch istot99o
There is rioilia Chit is Stlgee> IT,
by u" text which il will he prtditahln
for Us to consider. and III II is tIl,,
duty aud privilege Of having nh
memaers OF our families, and Hose
over whom we have iu'lutner, p~es-
ent with ns in the house Of God,
Cornelius had assembled his Kindred
and friends to hear the word Of the
Lord, and the consequence w that
lie not only received the bles ing him
self, but all with him. Let Us .ake
occasion from this circumstance 30
remind You that are heads al falnilies
or who have, in the providence Of
God any unoer your ca e. md guld-
ancc ct this sacred ana SOLEMN obliga-
ton, aud to exhort YOU i'm all love
aAd confidence TO bring iuto he sanct-
uary those over whom God has ap-
IfNfhoSN .Ou SitHiuiduS nliu over
whom he has given yon influence 1t
- wrong 10 suffer your children 10
abseni themselves, mle.s prnviden-
italy hinaered. from the house of God
IN which YOU statedlv worship
And now what shall be the result
IT these RELATIONS rou tnis dav assume.
How shall You improve Your mutual
privileges and opportunities? We
shall all soon be present before God"
IA the great congregation at The last
lay. o that then both pastor aud
people may be enabled 10 look back |
ipon their respective conduct with |
oyful satisfaction while. they hear
rom the lips Of the precfous Redeem
r those words of approval, "Well
lone good and faithful servant"