Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

May 3, 1893.A FAMILY PAPER.I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.AND WHO WILL DARETO CHIDE ME FORLOVINQTHE OLD ARM CHAIR,SUNRISE ON THE HUDSON.By Wm. A. Pritchard.I sat alone in darknessUpon a mountain's height.And looking to the eastward,Beheld the waning night.Below me flowedthe Hudson,In beauty ne'er surpassed;Which, like onr flyingmoments.Is flowingever past.And there a gleam of gloryShot through the sombre sky,As though 'twas traced by flngersOf angels up on high.And fartherstill extendingOver the water's face.Unfurling morning's banner,Drove darkness from its plaoe.And then the sun arising.Behind a ruin dim.Engulfed it all in gloryAs would the smile of HimWho knoweth naught of darkness.Whose word but said, is done.Who, sending forth His mandate.Makes earth and heaven as one.The sun now rising higher,And higher o'er the scene.Soon bathes the flowing riverIn one resplendent sheenOf golden,till thOidaylight,Arising in his might.So fllled my heart with gladness,I ne'er would lose the sight.And sitting there in silence.My thoughts kept drifting backTo Eden's woudrons garden.And wondered oould this lackIn beauty, wondrous beauty,Eesembling ^hat above.From which the Son departed.And saved us out of love.HOW TO LIVE LONG.We read recently of a reception given to agentleman in England on his hundredth birthday,wben many noted people were present.We cannot pronounce bis name, nor can you;but it is spelled Wielobycki. How would youstrengthen the body ; it is not a beverage that could not withstand the stream of popularity,can afford healthy refreshment; it is a poison, and such men as Boyd, Lining and Shieldsand more dangerous than any otber poisons gave way, and for a time tbe Covenanters wereagainst whicb we are usually on our guard ; it left destitute of a pnblic ministry. Deprivedfascinates its victim while slowly killing him. of the public ordinances, they lived as brethren,and worshipped God faithfully in society;If medical men would only state what tbeyknow of the deadly effects of tbis poison, tbe It was not until 1707 -bat Rev. Jobn McMillanrevelations would astonish and horrify tbe acceded to tbem from the established cburch.world. Tbe second tbing is, not to use tobacco, His labors were blessed. About tbis time Mr.whicb is a very poisonous thins:. It injures Jobn McNeil, a licentiate of tbe establishedthe eyes and causes blindness. Out of ten cases, churcb, joined himself to the Covenantingnine cases of cancer on the lips are caused by churcb. Tbese men drew up a Protestationtobacco. It stops the growth in young men, and Declinature, in which they set forth theblunts tbe nerves iu middle age, and causesparalysis in an old man."You see the doctor was able to speak fromlong experience and observation. He also advisedagainst much eating of moat.principles of tl e Covenanting Church, andtheir reasons of dissent. The next year apaper " Protestation, Declinature and Appeal "was prepared and signed setting forth thereasons for tbeir dissent from tbe RevolutionChurch. Apostacy still continued in theHELPFUL CORNER.Cburcb and Nation. Tbe Covenanters to provetbeir steadfastness to tbe old principles re­II. Study of Principles.From the Bevolution settlement until constitutionof the R. p. Presbyterry in TJ. S.Tbe Revolution settlement of 1688 is a memorableperiod, and one worthy of considerationin the history of tbe R. P. cburcb. Bythe acts of the Scottish Convention, and thedeclaration of tbe English Parliament, twogrand principles were established. First," that the abuse of power destroys the right toexercise it," and Second " that a people maydepose their rulers." The Presbyterians andCovenanters suffered severely at tbe bands oftbe bouse of Stuart. The reformation martyrsdeclared tbat tbere was no allegiance due toany authority '«'hich abuse tbeir power, violatethe constitution and subvert righteousness.The establishment preached the lawfulness ofexisting pow( r, whether heathen, papish orprelatic. Tbis doctrine is repulsive to nature,reason and scripture. Nothing is more plainlyenforced by nature than tbe fact of resistanceto an unjust and unlawful oppression. Thesame principles lead many Covenanters still tosacrifice their lives. Several flagrant errorscharacterized tbe Revolution settlement. "TheCovenants were blasphemously cast aside asworthless ; tbe civil institutions no longer pretendedto possess scriptural qualifications, andprelacy was retained in the National Churcb."To tbis tbe Covenanters could not conscientiouslysubmit. Tbe binding obligation of tbeCovenant was maintained by tbe martyrs ofthe Reformation. Wm. III. was Erastian.He assumed tbe right to call ind dissolve thevarious cburch courts at pleasure. From thislike to reach sucb an age? Would you like to power, rendered essential to the British crownknow how to live long? The gentleman, who by the Revolution settlement, the Covenantersis a medical doctor, gave these rules. He said: dissented. Tbey as a minority claimed their"In order to live one hundred y.ears and more, rights. But by the uew Constitution they wereit requires to know very much bow to live care­excludefully. Tbe firstthing is not to take intoxicants, ety. Episcopacy was established in Englandfrom privileges of the National Soci­because they are, in small or large doses taken and Ireland, Presbyterianism in Scotland.«very day, sure to bring disease, affect the nervoussystem, congest tbe liver and kidneys, and in Scotland. Even men who had faithfullyApostate Presbyterians were in the majoritycause apoplexy. Alcohol is no good that ca preached the gospel at the risk of their lives[Address all communioations for this deparimentnewed the Covenants at Auchinsaugh, 1712,to Bev. Wm, Littlejohn, editor, Mediapolis, Iowa. ]and later at Crawford-John, 17^5. For overthirty years Mr. McMillan was tbe only ordainedminister showing allegiance to LordJesus Cbrist as tbe Divine Head and King.In 1733 Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, and afterwardjoined by Revs. J as- Fisher, Alex. Moncrieffand Wm. Wilson, left tbe Establishedchurch. Tbese formed tbe Associate Presbytery,but tbey divided on the Burgess oathin 174:7. Tbese men limited tbe mediatorialHeadship of Christ to tbe cburcb and so wereno addition to the Covenanting Band.In 1743 the Reformed Presbytery wasformed by Mr. McMillan and Thomas Nairn,who embraced tbe principles and joined theCovenanters. Tbe cburch began to grow inScotland, but has n»ver been in the popularsense strong. We will quote Dr. Latban'swords as printed in Glasgow's History : " Herdoctrinal standards were too bigh and her practicalrequirements too rigid to be at all palatableto the mass of tbe buman family." Notwithstandingall this, be says, " the R. P.Cburch bas been, since its organization, amighty power iu tbe world. It stands amongall otber Christian denominations like a gnarledoak in a forest of dwarfed undergrowth." Intbe year 1774 tht firstpresbytery of the R. P.church in America was constituted.CHILDREN'S CORNER.Olathe, Kansas, April 7, 1898.Dear Mrs. Qeorge: We bave read with muchinterest the letters from cbildren in differentcongregations as publisbed in tbe ChristianNation. We have a mission band. It is namedthe "J. H. Wylie Mission Band." The bandis filling a box witb pencils, tablets, scrap-books,toys, etc., to send to Suadia, where Rev. J. B.Dodds, (our former pastoi) and his wife are.Miss Ella Mitchell is my Sabbath Schoolteacher.Yours truly,Maggie E. Miller,YOUNG MOTHERSshould early learn the necessity of keeping on hand» supply of Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milkfor nursing babies as well as for general oooking. Ithas stood the test for 30 years. Your Grocer andDruggist seU it.