Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-13
MADE a COVENANT WITH GOD.
curious Document Drawn Up by n
Yankee of OIdcn Times

vi ItmcN.
Enos w. Boise. town clerk of Bland
ford. has in his possession an interest
ing document. now yellow with age. but
Sith ink clear and in remarkably
lePible hand. which purports to be a
covenant with God drawn by David
Eoise. one Of Mr.. Bosses ancestors. The
covenant is dated April IS. 1873. and
was clearly n work of great moment
with its author. lie was evidently in n
mood Of great doubt as TO his salvation
and the result OF his errors. and in n
period OF religious fervor sat himself
down and wrote out his state OF mind.
Il cannot bc learned that such cove
nGnts were the usual custom with the
men OF those days. and this document
OF Mr.. Boise's is n curiosity. Its SPELL
ing is not exactly that OF to-day. and
there arc other peculihrities in the cap
italiZation and the like. The covenant
reads as follows:
Eternal Jehovah deSier TO com unto
thee poor Wrctchcd sinner misernbl
Cretur who am full OF sin and iniouitv
Defiled in all the powrs and facquilties
% both soul and body by reason OF
original sin and actual transgrcssion
and Displcasur not only in this World
but also ia that which is TO Come and
that | Can by no powr OF min own nor
no Created being Either angels or men
Can help me out OF this misernb l condi-
ton in which | am and seeing thou
hast made known TO me in thy Blessed
name that there is n way provided for
the relief and recovery OF poor sinners
in and throug Jesus Christ and hath
been pleased 10 Condecend so Low as to
make known 10 me the way how 10 OBJ
tain the pardon Of my sins and be again
restored unto Gods favour and the way
is il ever | Expect Salvation i'm and
through the blessed redeemer Jesus
Christ | must he Denied to my self and
all my own righteousness and to Accent
OF him as he is freely offred i'm the Cos
pei and TO be for thee and never for an
other and to follow thee through good
report and Bad report and to Continue
faithful unto my Ifs end
land now o Lord the eternal God the
Wonderful ConGecending and mercifull
God the heart searching God who
hath been pleased of thy boundles
and infinit mercy TO provid Such
way Of relf in and throug Jesus
Christ the only Saviour and redeemer
OF poor Lost and undon Sinners and
hast made proclamation in the Gospel
that whatsoever Cometh TO thee in and
through him thou will in noways Cast
out and hast invited the weary aud
heavy laddn Sinner 10 Com unto thee
and they Shall find rest unto their
Souie and seeing o Lord God thou hast
been pleased 10 invit Such u poor
Wretched Sinner as I am TO Com and
enter into C,enant with thee who De-
scrvcth rather TO he cast into nell for my
sins then TO have such kind offer made
unto me: yet o Lord God seeing thou
art pleased Of thy inGnit mercy to Con-
dcccnd so Low as TO iuvit me poor SIN
full miSerabl me 10 Com and Enter into
Cvcnnnt with thee: which would have
indeed Been unpa rdonable presumption
in me TO have attempted TO do were &
rot that thou had invited me to Com. |
Do hartily imbracc the offer Lord God
Let il bc a Bargin Lord Belive help nv
unbeiif Lord ! give my self TO thee 10 he
for thee and TO serve thee for ever Lord
let thy grace be sufficient for me and
now o Lord my request and my petition
is TO thee for Grace 10 help me 10 per
form thus Covenant Alright and o Lord
God let not my faiiings max void this
Covenant: now o Lord God what have
don on Earth let il be ratified in heaven
aIlen and amen.