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THURSDAY MORNING-9 O'CLOCK.
Met persuant to adjournment ; a prayer offered by Elder S. D. Harlen, and then proceeded as follows :
1. Bill of arrangements reported and made the order of the day.
2. List of messengers names called and corrected.
3. Money for printing minutes and correspondence received. F. Un- derwood, A. Byrd, and Marine Stewart were appointed a Committee on Finance.
4. Corresponding letter reported and adopted, and brethren agree to bear it as follows: First to White Water, Elders J. R. Daily, W. M. Ben-
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son, A. McDaniel, E. D. Thomas, Brother R. M. Bartley, W. C. Frazee, and W. Collins. To White River, Elder John F. Keeney, W. S. Fisher, M. Maston, Brother R. M. Bartley. To Mount Pleasant (Iowa) Association, Elder Peter Keeney, by motion to correspond by messengers. To Blue River Association, correspond by minutes. To Paint Creek Association, Elder J. R. Daily, Brother R. M. Bartley. To Salem Association, Elder E. D. Thomas, Brother E. F. Christie.
5. Circular letter reported by the committee without any material change, and adopted to be printed in the minutes.
6. Agreed to hold our next Association with Abner's Creek Church, Hendricks county, Indiana, situated three miles south of Oakly Station on I., D. & S. R. R., and four miles northwest of Avon, on I. & St. L. R. R., where all will be met with conveyances.
7. Made choice of Elder J. R. Daily to write next circular letter.
8. Committee on Finance reported. Report received and committee discharged.
9. By motion and second, the Clerk was authorized to superintend the printing and distribution of the minutes.
10. Mount Moriah Church requests a yearly meeting to commence on Friday, before first Satuday in August, 1887, and continue three days, attended by Elders C. M. Reed, J. R Daily and other ministering brethren invited.
11. By motion the Clerk is to report in the minutes amount of money received for minutes, and entire expense for the same.
12. The following preamble and resolution, presented by Elder E. D. Thomas, was unanimously adopted :
WHEREAS, It has been reported through periodicals and otherwise, that some of our churches, by church act, have organized Sunday-schools or Bible classes, and by church support are being kept up, which the testimony of the messengers from these churches dec. it not to be the case, but only the church permits the use of their meeting others not of the church, to organize and keep up such schools or . Asses. Therefore,
Resolved, That we, in the fear of God, advise the churches of this Associ- ation to keep aloof from all humanly devised organizations called religious, lest they destroy the communion of our churches, and prevent the free and social interchange of our ministry and correspondence.
13. After singing and prayer, adjourned in love and peace, to meet with Abner's Creek Church on the first Tuesday in September, 1887, at 10 o'clock A. M.
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CORRESPONDING LETTER.
The Danville Association of Regular Baptists, now in session with Bethel Church, Tipton county, Indiana, to the Association with which we corres- pond, sendeth this letter of christian love and friendly greeting :
Beloved Brethren :
We desire to praise our God for the manifold blessings which flow inces- santly from His inexhaustible fountain of redeeming love. He has enabled us to assemble here in an associated capacity, while our rich table has been spread in the midst of our enemies, and our cup has been caused to overflow. Oh, how fresh and sweet are the green pastures, and how refreshing are the still waters! A day in the Lord's courts is better than a thousand in the habitation of folly, and the lowest seat there is preferable to all the tents of wickedness.
Dear brethren, pray for us, that we may be enabled by Divine Grace to keep His commandments, and live free from all the unwarranted but very popular institutions of men.
We urge that our correspondence be continued. Hoping to meet in the final abode of the saints, to mingle in the rapturous song of the redeemed, we conclude by saying, farewell.
R. M. BARTLEY, Clerk,
ELD. E. D. THOMAS, Moderator.
Avon, Indiana.
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CIRCULAR LETTER.
As I was selected by the Association a year ago to write what is denom- inated a circular letter, I then and yet feel inadequate for the duty imposed; but looking to the Giver of all good for aid and enlightenment, I shall try to comply with the request of the Association. And the theme that I have selected to write a few thoughts from is, "The Holy Ghost Within." When the time drew nigh for Jesus to be taken away from his sorrowing disciples He promised that after His departure that another comforter should come who would abide with them forever. He expressly told them that this com- forter should be the Holy Ghost, who should dwell in them, and with them, and should be in them. And we can not doubt that the comforter of whom He spoke did come into their hearts on the day of Pentecost, purifying and enduing them, and that He did abide in them the remainder of their lives. It was because they were possessed and filled with the Holy Ghost, that they spoke with tongues and magnified God, and preached the word with such power. But what does Jesus tell about the offices of the comforter or Holy Ghost, as He was to dwell in their purified hearts during their earthly pilgrimage? In other words, what does the Holy Spirit do in the heart of the believer with whom He abides forever? One of the first offices that the Savior designates as belonging to the abiding Holy Ghost is that of teacher or remembrancer. "He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Nothing is more clearly stated in the Scriptures than that in the gospel days the Lord shall teach His children Himself. " And all Thy children shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be the peace of thy children." We must not fail to remember that it is "the children of the Lord." Those who have been adopted into the family through faith in Christ, who are to be taught of the Lord. It is the sheep who hear the voice of the Good Shepherd, and know Him and follow Him. Of the very in-dwelling comforter, in regard to whom we are now inquiring, Jesus Himself said that the world, the unconverted world, seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him. We are told expressly that the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God; "they are foolishness unto Him; neither can he know them because they are spirit- ually discerned." He is also a teacher of the Scriptures, which we may have read scores of times without receiving any marked impressions, becomes a rich feast to the soul as the light of the Holy Spirit shines like a sunbeam upon it. How often does the whole Bible become a new book when we read it again and again, under the illumination of that blessed spirit who gave it
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forth. Another thing the Savior promised the comforter should do was to guide the disciples into all truth. Guidance is one sort of teaching; it is showing us what our duty is. Divine guidance is distinctly promised, both in the Old Testament and the New, and has been the experience of the saints in all ages. The following quotations are sufficient proof : "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go. I will guide thee with Mine eye." "The meek will He guide in judgment, and the meek will He teach His way." " He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out." " If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him." In order to secure the divine guidance in our daily life, our minds must be brought into a proper condition for receiving it. We must sincerely desire to be guided aright. God is always willing to supply all our real need in Christ Jesus, but it is the longing soul that He satisfies, and the hungry soul that He fills with His goodness. And as we need guidance continually, moment by mo- ment, and day by day, so the desire needs to be permanent and intense, and David's prayer will frequently be adopted by the humble disciples, " For thy name's sake, O Lord, lead me and guide me." And we must believe that since God has so distinctly promised us His guidance, that when we utter such prayers as the above, we are asking according to his will. For without faith it is impossible to please God. Finally the designated comforter, ap- plied by the Savior Himself, to the in-dwelling spirit, expresses one of the most precious of His offices. He dwells in the heart of the sanctified be- liever, and with Him the Father and the Son. Thus He keeps the soul in communion and fellowship with the "God of all comfort," and as the Apostle says, truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. He comforts those with whom He abides in all their tribulations. He causes consolation to abound by Christ. He gives them to eat of the hidden manna. "Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy." From God in Christ, by the Holy Ghost we have " everlasting consola- tion and good hope through grace." O, that we may ever have this blessed spirit or comforter with us and in us, to guard, guide, and direct us in the ways of all truth, and give us an abundant entrance into the mansions above, where we can praise Him forever more, is the prayer of the writer.
HOMER A. BENSON.
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NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF MINISTERS.
W. M. Benson, North Salem, Hendricks Co., Ind.
George Dodson, Blount, Illinois,
E. D. Thomas, Danville, Hendricks Co., Ind.
T. J. C. Sparks, Brownsburg, Hendricks Co., Ind.
Peter Keene, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind. D. Leap, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
William F. White, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
W. S. Fisher, Bell Union, Putnam Co., Ind, Allen McDaniel, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
Wm. T. Hambrick, Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind.
L. W. Brandon, Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind. J. W. Shirley, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind. William Hardin, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind. M. Masten, Mt Meridian, Putnam Co., Ind. John Tilley, Mt. Meridian, Putnam Co., Ind. J. Kinder, Frankfort, Clinton Co., Ind. A. G. Fields, Wheaton P. O., Ind. J. R. Daily, Groomsville, Tipton Co., Ind. John F. Keeney, Rainstown, Hendricks, Co., Ind.
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STATISTICAL TABLE.
CHURCHES.
Days of Meeting.
NAMES OF MESSENGERS.
Received by Ex-
perience and
Received by Let-
Received by Re- lation.
Restored.
Letter.
Excluded.
Deceased:
Total Member-
Money for Min-
Money for Cor-
respondence.
Union
1
Elder W. M. Benson, A. Cheshire ..
86
$1 00
Providence
2
A. S. Byrd
34
1 00'
Palestine ..
F. Underwood, D. T. Darnell, R. Pickett ..
85 2 001 $3 00
Mt. Pleasant
1
Elder E. D. Thomas, Jesse Dodson, E. F. Christie .. S. Long, H. Sanders.
62
1 50:
3 60
Thorntown
3
Wm. Symonds, B. C. Symonds, Elder J. F. Keeney ..
10
1
2
1
2
172
2 00
2 00
Abner's Creek.
1
T. B. Jones, L. B. Ragan, W. S. Jones ...
2
1
1
71
1 50 ..
Danville ...
Marine Stewart, James Conn, R. M. Bartley.
4
1
2
1
98
2 00 3 55
Mount's Run
J. S. Shoemaker, Isaae Isenhour .........
18
2
7
85
1 00 1 00
1
Elder Wm. F. White, J. Anderson, S. W. Dooley
18
2
7
89
1 00
60
2
25
75
90
Little Flock ..
1
42
50
1 00
Antioch.
2
H Woodard, L. C. Northeutt.
12
53
1 10
Mt. Zion ..
3
R. J. Foster, S. Thorp, Win. Christie .....
3
46
75
60
Bethany ..
3
No intelligence.
12
20
First Liberty
3
J. F. Holman ...
10
2
1
1
30
1 001.
Vermillion ...
T Esworthy ....
· 3
1
3
3
98
1 30| ..
Bethel
4
J Graham, J. Cardwell, Wm. Vail
1
1
13
52 1 50| ..
Otter Creek ...
2
A. G. Oliphant. J. N Richardson, Win. M Craven, Jr
5
3
49
75!
...
1
Elder W. S. Fisher, J. T. Fisher, E. Brewer .. Elder M. Maston, W. Collins ...
' 3
1
4
....
1
16
601
Eel River
3
B. Beaman, D. Hunter .....
3
18
75
Seeond Liberty
C. Stephenson, J. Stephenson.
12
25
25
Total
111
13
5
8
29
24
27
1,762 1$32 20 $17 70
[ Cost of printing and mailing, $28,80.] NAMES OF DECEASED MEMBERS.
Union-Franklin Booker, Elizabeth Ballard. Grant Pennington. Mt. Pleasant-Francis E. Pace. Thorntown-Precilla J. Holines, Sarah Forsythe. Mt.
Tabor-M. E. Bird, Lucinda Blanton, Edward Woolen. Abner's Creek-Edward Chamness. Danville-Cynthia Rammel. Clear Creek-W. Hinkle, P. Cline,
Mary Header, Susan Hunter. Mt. Zion-James Thorp, Hannah M. West. Mt. Union-Lucy Turner. . Vermillion-Martha Thornbrough, Nancy O. Toole,
Elizabeth Smith. Bethel-Martha Coleinan. Second Friendship-Morrison Quain. Salem-Elizabeth Stout, Lavina Price, Nancy Smith. Mt. Calvary-C'ath- arine Airhart. Eel River-Martha Ilubbard.
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111
1 25
Mt. Tabor ..
3
Elder A. McDaniel, J. K. Edwards, E. Smith
7
1
1
2
49
1 00
Big White Lick
4
4
3
1
4
69
1 50
Mt. Union
4
J. Spicklemire, J. H. Dickerson
86
1 25
First Friendship.
1
Elder A. G. Fields, Wm. Eggers, J. W. Eggers ..
69
1 251 ...
Eagle Creek ...
R. Dodson, James Miller ...
1
25
59|
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Second Friendship Salem.
3
W. C. Frazee. G. F. Hufford, C Roark
1
1
45
1 25|
95
Mt. Meridian
2
16
Mt. Calvary .....
4
R. L. Joseph, R. Plunkett ...
1
57
1 00! 25
Cynthiana ... Clear Creek
Elder J. R. Daily, G. W. Dunn, Wm. Oliphant.
1
1
2
2
1
...
4
1
1
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utes.
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Mt. Moriah
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MINUTES OF THE
Sixty-Third Annual Meeting
OF THE
DANVILLE ASSOCIATION
OF
>REGULAR BAPTISTS<
HELD WITH THE
MOUNT ZION CHURCH,
Hendricks County, Indiana,
ON
SEPTEMBER 1, 2, AND 3, 1891.
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MINUTES OF THE
Sixty-Third Annual Meeting
OF THE
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HELD WITH THE
MOUNT ZION CHURCH,
Hendricks County, Indiana,
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TUESDAY MORNING, 10 O'CLOCK A. M.
1st. Introductory prayer by Eld. Lemuel Potter, and sermon by Eld. E. D. Thomas. Text, Eph., ii, 8, 9.
2nd. The letters from the churches called for and read, and the messengers' names enrolled in statistical table.
3rd. The messengers repaired to the house, and after prayer by Eld. Lemuel Potter, organized by electing Eld. E. D. Thomas as Mod- erator, and Eld. John R. Daily as Clerk.
4th. By motion and second, the association agreed to hear read a letter from Thorntown church, and one from Mt. Union church. Said letters were read, and contained information to the association that said bodies had withdrawn from the association.
5th. The association dropped said Thorntown and Mt. Union cl urches from her fellowship on the ground of disorder in thus with- drawing and departing from the association.
6th. By motion and second, Union church was dropped from the fellowship of the association on testimony received, showing withdrawal and violation of covenant entered into by said church.
7th. On sufficient testimony of disorderly walk in withdrawing from the association and organizing with other churches into a separate body, the following churches were also dropped: Eagle Creek, Mount's Run, Cynthianna, and Clear Creek.
8th. ' Door opened for the reception of churches. None offered.
9th. Corresponding letters called for as follows: First, White Water association, letter presented and read, and her messengers, Eld. C. M. Reed, H. R. Mathews, O. P. Lowe, and D. M. Smelser, received. Second, White River, no letter, but her messengers, Eld. Jas. H. Oliphant and J. C. Thacker, received. Third, Mt. Pleasant, letter received and read, but no messengers. Fourth, Paint Creek, letter presented by the hand of her messenger, Eld. H. P. Hays, and read. Fifth, Salem, letter presented and read, and her messengers, Eld. Lemuel Potter and Rich- ard Brumfield, received. All the above named messengers invited to a seat in council.
10th. Circular letter called for and read by the writer, Eld. L. T. Buchanan, and referred to a committe consisting of the Moderator, Clerk, and writer. The same committee to prepare a bill of arrangements for Thursday.
11th. Eld. E. W. Thomas was appointed to write a general corres- ponding letter. 12th. The association agreed to have four sermons preached on to- morrow, and chose Elds. C. M. Reed, J. M. Thompson, Lemuel Potter, and James H. Oliphant, to occupy the stand.
13th. Adjourned with benediction by Eld. H. P. Hays, to meet Thursday morning at 9 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY'S SERVICES.
A vast concourse of people assembled in the grove, and were ad- dressed first, by Eld. C. M. Reed, of White Water association, who
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used for a text, Acts, xv, 11. The theme of the discourse was salvation by grace, which the Lord enabled the dear brother to proclaim to the joy of the hearts of his children. Eld. John M. Thompson, of Kansas, then spoke from Heb., xiii, 20, 21. He was blessed with liberty to hold the large assembly spell bound while he discoursed in both a doc- trinal and practical line. His impressive and soul- cheering exhortations will surely be productive of good results.
. After one hour spent in partaking of refreshments and enjoying social conversation, the people were called together by singing, when Eld. Lemuel Potter, of Salem association, preached a sermon of much power, using as a text, I Pet., iii, 18. The convincing arguments of the Elder won the attention of all. Eld. Jas. H. Oliphant, of Craw- fordsville, closed the service of the day by discoursing upon Heb., viii, 10. Many tears flowed while he warmly exhorted the saints to love and good works. The overflowing joy experienced by those who greeted each other in love and fellowship during the singing of the closing hymn can never be forgotten by them while memory lasts.
THURSDAY MORNING, 9 O'CLOCK.
The association met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by Eld. Jas. H. Oliphant, proceeded as follows:
1st. Bill of arrangement reported and made the order of the day.
2nd. Constitution, Articles of Faith, and Rules of Decorum read.
3rd. List of messengers' names called and corrected.
4th. Brethren D. T. Darnall, Wmn. Symmonds, and Mareen Stuart were appointed as a finance committee, and the money for minutes and correspondence received.
5th. The circular letter reported without material change. Re- port received, and the circular letter ordered printed with the minutes. 6th. Corresponding letter called for, read, and adopted.
7th. Messengers to the corresponding associations were appointed as follows: First, White Water, Elds. E. D. Thomas, E. W. Thomas, and John R. Daily, and Brethren R. J. Foster, Jesse Dodson, Chas. R. Thompson, Jas. Conn, W. C. Frazee, J. W. Eggers, and J. R. Shleppy. Second, White River, Elds. L. T. Buchanan, E. W. Thomas, and John R. Daily, and Brother Wm. Oliphant. Third, Mt. Pleasant, correspond by minutes. Fourth, Blue River, by minutes. Fifth, Paint Creek, Elds. Allen McDaniel and John R. Daily, and Brethren Wm. Oliphant, J. R. Shleppy, and Chas. R. Thompson. Sixth, Salem, Eld. E. W. Thomas and Brother W. M. Craven.
8th. Brother D. T. Darnall was chosen to write the next circular letter.
9th. Committee on finance reported. Report received and the committee discharged.
10th. By motion and second, the Clerk was ordered to superin- tend the printing and distribution of the minutes.
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11th. Agreed to hold our next association with the Mt. Tabor church, six miles north of Brownsburg, on the Peoria Division of the Big Four R. R.
12th. After a sermon delivered by Eld. Lemuel Potter, and a. closing exhortation by the Moderator, the association adjourned in peace
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and love, to meet with the Mt. Tabor church, Hendricks county, Ind., on the 1st Tuesday in Sept., 1892.
JOHN R. DAILY, E. D. THOMAS.
Clerk. Moderator.
CORRESPONDING LETTER.
The Danville Association of Regular Baptists now in session with the Mt. Zion church, Hendricks county, Ind., to the sister associations with whom we correspond, sendeth this our annual message of love and Christian fellowship:
Dear Brethren in Christ: We have great reason to rejoice and praise the name of our blessed Redeemer for such outpourings of love in our hearts as we have been blessed with since we have assembled, for it has been truly " the very gates of heaven " to our waiting souls, blessing his servants with such light and liberty that they have been enabled to preach in " demonstration of the Spirit and with power." Surely this has been a time long to be remembered by many of God's humble poor. " Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits."
Although some that were orce with us as a body have separated themselves from us, vet we are persuaded they were not of us. and they went out that it might be manifest, but there are some that our hearts still follow in prayers to God, that they may be brought again into the borders of Zion. Brethren, that precious doctrine of salvation by grace grows more and more precious as we are brought farther and farther on our journey, and O, how it refreshes our souls to have the cheering rays of the Sun of righteousness to burst through the dark clouds and fall with resplendent radiance upon our hearts! Brethren, we have been made to know the sweets that David felt when he said, " How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." May God, that blessed and loving Father, still keep our hearts in the way of truth, and bind us all together, for it is all of grace. Your messengers were received and highly appreciated by us, and we do sincerely desire a con- tinuation of your Christian correspondence, and may the God of heaven ever bless us all as it seemeth good to him.
And now may the God of love and peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, comfort your hearts and ours, and os- tablish us in every good word and work, and preserve us blameless unto the coming of our blessed Redeemer, and then gather us home to glory, there to enjoy his blissful presence forever is our humble prayer for Je- sus' sake. Farewell.
CIRCULAR LETTER.
In answer to the request of the association last year we offer the fol- lowing thoughts on the subject of salvation. We have made choice of the language of Christ as recorded by St. John, xiv, 6; "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me."
The subject of salvation is one of great importance from the fact that it is not only for time, but for eternity; and what would we be prof-
ited if we had the greatest name on earth, or the wealth of the world, if in the end we are lost. (That is, not saved. ) The author of our subject says there are many who say, " Lo, here is Christ ! and lo, there is Christ !" " but go not after them." But God declares, in speaking of Chirst, " This is my beloved Son, hear ye him."
I desire to notice our subject briefly, in the spirit of love and hu- mility. In the first place, Jesus says, "I am the way." We under- stand him to mean the way of life and salvation; the way from sin to ho- liness; - the way from death to life. For in a state of nature we are in a state of sin and death. The Bible tells of but two ways: the one the way of life, the other the way of death. So each one must be in one way or the other. There is no place to stop between the two. Every step we take is in one way or the other; every thing we do is in one way or the other, and will not take us from one to the other. So while in the way of death or sin, we cannot please God. (For without faith it is impossible to please God.) So our salvation can not depend upon what we do. We might take up all our good works, one by one, and speak of them as the way to be saved; but Christ says, " I am the way." It mat- ters not how honest and sincere we are in them, they are no part of the way. We may be taught and believe that the way to be saved is to unite with some church, but Christ says, " I am the way; " so the church is not the way. Men may say they are the way sinners are saved, or the Bible, or baptism, or preached word, but Christ says, Not so, for " I am the way. He is not part, but all the way. So we see that to be out of Christ is to be out of the way-to be in Christ is so be in the way. Oh, what a blessed thought ! to be in Christ, the way of salvation ! And not only so; for if we are in the way, the way is in us. For Jesus says, St John, xiv 20; "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me and I in you." Blessed thought ! If this be true there is no danger of getting out of the way, for the way is in us. It may be that our minds are dark and gloomy, but bear in mind that the way is in us. Satan may, by his beguilings, strive to get us out of the way; but he can not, because the way is in us, as well as we are in the way.
Again, see Acts, iv, 12; " Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." To say there is salvation in the church, baptism, the Lord's supper, preachers, priest, or any thing else, is to say they are the way, and contradict the Scriptures. God never designed them for the way of life and salvation, for Christ declares, "I am the way." When we take a view of this world and ourselves, what poor and afflicted creat- ures we are, full of sin, and of the pains and troubles that sin causes, and even death, and that these are ours to endure, and this world is not our continual abiding place, we then can say that Job told the truth when he said, " Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble." What a consoling thought ! that there is a way by which we can leave it all behind, and go to heaven, to rest ! Yes, to the God of our salvation. (Although we are unworthy sinners.) That way is Christ, who loved us, and gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity. When we realize this to be true with us, we can not help but adopt the
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