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Shall stones burst, and against me cry?
Oh, no; I'll lift my Lord on high,
Whenever he shall call.
With him eternally allied,
In him completely justified,

I'll crown him Lord of all.

Shall Pope and Pusey fill the land?
The free-will soldier, ruffian band,

Tear from my Lord the crown?
'Shall I go up, my Lord?' I cry,
'Against the host that thee defy?

Oh, make thy pleasure known!

These twelve years, Lord, I've sought, and still Will seek to know thy sacred will;

O, Lord, reveal to me!

Shall I still tarry in the plain,
Or speak the honours of thy name
With love and liberty?

'Thou said'st to me, my dearest Lord,
'Not to strange speech, or language hard,
Thou'rt sent to Israel.

Thy face as adamant I've made,
Harder than flint, be not afraid,
The rage of men or hell,'

Thus saith the Lord-Thou shalt proclaim,
The words I bid, shall be thy theme;

Let him that heareth, hear.
Yet shall they know I have sent thee,
Be thou faithful, and warn from me
E'en those that will forbear,'

Tho' many years have pass'd since then, Yet neither with the lip, or pen,

Have I done ought for thee. I, in Jerusalem abide, Tarrying, waiting, till power's applied To know thou hast sent me.

Oh, never let it rend my heart-
This man did run; I sent him not,
Nor bid him speak my word,?
Make known, reveal, thy mind and will;
Father, I cry; I can't be still,

Since I thy voice have heard.

My peace I know not how to hold,
Thy rich, vast love it makes me bold;
I long its strains to tell.--.
Eternal, matchless, sovereign, free ;
He sought it, found it, it saved me
From depths of lowest hell.

Hail, heralds! telling gospel grace,
Say ye, is mine a single case,

You have not heard before?

If in the Vessel' there is room,
A word from God (who knows) may come ;
And that, a word with pow'r !

YOUNG TIMOTHY.

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[We have read "Young Timothy's munications with a more than ordinary degree of interest; feeling a deep and sincere desire that the Lord would be pleased to bring him forth, if, indeed, such be his heavenly will. Having had sometimes, calls from as many as six destitute churches to supply them with ministers for the Lord's Day, we have often sighed, and prayed that the Lord would raise up some really spiritual, and heavenly anointed Timothys and Tituses, who might be sent forth with confidence to the edification and comforting of the Lord's dear afflicted saints. And if we are not deceived, a

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very precious and suitable word came with a little power, into our souls, while pondering over "Young Timothy's "STIR UP THE GIFT OF GOD WHICH IS IN THEE." May the dear Lord send this word with power into "Timothy's" soul, that it may work out for him a real deliverance. There are four things in "Young Timothy's" case which give us strongly to hope that the Lord has designed him for usefulness in the church. First, he has been made experimentally acquainted with, and led into the 116th Psalm. Both the 7th and the 8th of the Epistle to the Romans has his living soul passed through; and this, to a true servant of Jesus Christ is worth more than millions of volumes of divinity. Oh, yes, we are fully persuaded that the man who has been chastened by Moses-made to tremble before a holy God-been led to the Person and cross of Christ-washed in his precious blood-had pardon sealed upon his heart, and enjoyed the sweet anointings of the Holy Ghost in his own soul, such a man (being truly brought forth into the ministry,) shall never, for any length of time be barren or unfruitful. Secondly, "Young Timothy " is not a novice-not one newly planted, (as the original meaneth ;) he has had many years of conflict, and many seasons of holy comfort in the things of God; he knows something of satan's devices; he knows much of our heavenly Father's love, mercy, truth, and power. Thirdly, "Young Timothy's heart has been long desiring this good work; and surely, the desire of the righteous shall be granted.' Lastly(we flatter not, but frankly speak our mind) we perceive that "Young Timothy" has a working, industrious, and comprehensive mind; which, being sanctified, will be a great blessing to himself, and to the people among whom he labours. An indolent, slothful, careless-minded parson is a pest to any people. May the Lord stir up, and make manifest 'Young Timothy's' gift. Amen.-EDITOR.]

Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ?

DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST:-I have sent you a feeble testimony of the Lord's goodness to my soul; if you think it will be any use to the Lord's tempted children, and have room in your Vessel, put it in.

I was about eight years of age, as near as I can recollect, when the Lord first began to give me a concern about my never-dying soul; being taught to read the Scriptures from my childhood, and reading that por

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his fear into my heart that I should not de-
part finally from him; 'for they that dwell
under his shadow, shall return.' I wandered
about from chapel to chapel in an unsettled
state; at length I joined one church, where
I was baptised, got a little encouragement
under the word, but fell again into sin, which
brought a load of guilt on my conscience,
and having the Lord's chastening hand upon
me, I used to hang down my head, and
could not hold it up, until God lifted it
up with the light of his countenance. Hear-
ing a Jew was going to preach in the Bo-
rough Road Chapel, I thought I should like
to go and hear him; his subject was Spiritual
Fornication, and departing in heart from the
Lord; which I was very much impressed
by, and felt a desire to go and hear him
again, which I did; where I got reproof
from the Lord, and likewise a little help
and encouragement to follow him
encouraged by these portions-Wait on the
Lord, be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart;' I am a living wit

tion of the Word, which speaks of two classes of people that are in the world, sheep and goats, and the one would be on the right hand, and the other on the left, and that those on the right hand, belong to Christ; and those on the left, to satan, to whom he would either say, 'come, ye blessed,' or depart, ye cursed;' I was afraid I should be one of those on the left. God, who is a sovereign in all his matters, did not keep me long in suspense about this matter, but was pleased to lay his afflicting hand upon my body, and bring me very low; so that my life was despaired of; and then, in this state, to give me a revelation of himself, as my Saviour, and blessed be the King of kings for ever, he cured my body also. He appeared to me, in a manner, something like that description you have of him, in the nineteenth chapter of Revelations I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness doth he judge, and make war; his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, and he had a name written, which no man knewness he is as good as his word.-' My soul but he himself; and he was clothed with a vesture, dipped in blood, and his name is

called THE WORD OF GOD.' There was a
power came over me, which I have felt the
like since, when the Lord has applied his
word to me. At first I saw him only as
my Judge; and was afraid; but as he drew
closer to me, I saw him as my Saviour, and
was delighted with him. The words he said
to me, and I said to him, I had quite for-
gotten, until reminded by my mother, who is
now living, who says I sat upright in the
bed, and the words she tells me were these
I said, 'I should like to come;' and he said,
You shall come;
but not yet.' My father,
who was a God-fearing man, said to her, 'he
will get better,' which I did; and had sweet
peace in my soul like a river flowing into my
heart; the Lord since that, has opened up
to me the awful depravity of my corrupt na-
ture; which I am ashamed even to speak
particularly about; were it not to shew the
exceeding riches of his grace, and his for-
giving love, I would keep it in; but God's
children are a tempted and tried people, and
therefore, I will out with it.

I used to attend Providence Chapel with my father-in-law, where the late Mr. Huntington used to preach; Mr. Locke was then the minister, under whose ministry my heart was softened down, and drawn out. After that I soon got into a backsliding state, and drunk into the spirit of the world; grew careless of attending the house of God; attended theatres, and other amusements, which drew my heart away from the Lord; if it had been possible for his heart to have been drawn away from me, I do not know what would have become of me; but I could not rest here; I was uneasy; he had put

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holdeth me; blessed is the man that hearfolloweth hard after thee, thy right hand upeth me, watching daily at the posts of my doors, for whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

I went once also to hear Mr. Gadsby, and he preached from these words' For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise;' I felt persuaded from this discourse the Lord was about to look upon me, and so he was; for in a very short time after the Lord set me at a sweet and happy liberty. It was on a Tuesday-evening, at Regentstreet Chapel, where Mr. Abrahams preaches, and under whose ministry, my captivity was turned; I was brought up out of an horrible pit, had my feet set upon a rock,' experimentally, and a new song put into my mouth, the pardon of my sins. He took his text and these were the words- Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world to try them.' The Lord spoke these words to me, my head was lifted up; I saw Jesus as my perfect Saviour still; and although I had fallen into sins of a deep dye, he never did; with all the temptations that he had; therefore he represented me perfect and complete in him, holy, and without blame before him in love; he took away all rebuke from my conscience, as if I had not committed a single sin in my life; oh, how my soul mounted up as with the wings of an eagle! How I did love God's people, and do now when this powerful anointing rests upon me. After the sermon was over, they sung that hymn of Mr. Hart's

"Jehovah is my righteousness," &c.

Since that, the Lord has often blessed | this! The best employment that many me with manifestations of himself, and as- ministers can now find, is the defaming, sures me he is my portion; that I am all fair, despising, and condemning of others. there is no spot in me, and he is all fair to me, Preaching in bitterness and in anger, there is no spot in him; therefore, he is my and aiming rather to drive out, than to husband, brother, friend, that loveth at all bring in; and actually cursing instead of times, and says he will never leave me, nor forsake me, and enables me to trust in his blessing the people. Preaching perdition name. I have had buffettings of the enemy, and not salvation; proclaiming the works but he sustains me; often he arises and shines of the flesh and of the devil, instead of upon me according to his own promise-proclaiming the works of Christ and the 'Unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings.' Most times when that hymn of Mr. Hart's is sung

Blessed are they whose guilt is gone,

Whose sins are wash'd away with blood,
Whose hope is fixed on Christ alone,

Whom Christ hath reconcil'd to God;
Though travelling through this vale of tears,
He many sore temptations meet,
The Holy Ghost this witness bears,

Holy Ghost in the hearts of the elect. Surely, you will say, you can find nothing so bad as this in Zion! But, indeed, I can. Here is, in Sherborne, a few deeply taught, experimental, humble, conscientious believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the truth as it is in Jesus. Somewhere about thirty years ago, many sinners were really and truly awakened by the Spirit of God; they were brought out of the world, and, we he gives me to feel the power of it; yea, trust, made savingly acquainted with the I can say, he delights to make my crooked deep things of God. From that time, ways straight, by causing the mountains to there has been found here, a people who depart, and the hills to be removed. How worship God in Spirit, and in truth. sweet were these words to my heart after They have, in former times, worshipped this, 'Who shall separate us from the love of in rooms, in barns, and in other placesChrist?''Jesus Christ, the same yester-but about nine years ago, the Lord stirred day, and to day, and for ever.'

He stands in Jesus still complete,

God bless you, prays - E. S.

Watchman-What of the Night?

No II.

WHAT of the night, indeed! I am now
writing from Sherborne, in Dorsetshire;
and in my recent travels and labours
among the people of God, I find the
clouds hang so thick and heavy, that I
can scarcely form any judgment of the
state of things; but this I know, that
'for the divisions of Reuben there are
great searchings of heart.' Jeremiah's
words-(Chap. xx. 10. 11,)-appear ex-
ceedingly applicable to the present state
of my own soul, and the present condi-
tion of those churches, who profess to
hold and love the truth. There are six
or seven things in the words I have re-
ferred to, which just for a moment, I
glance at; because, by them the Lord
has been pleased, this morning, (in some
measure) to shew me that I am in the
footsteps of the flock; and has given
me hope that I shall endure unto the
end, and then receive a crown of life that
fadeth not away.
First-Jeremiah says,
I have heard the defaming of many;
fear is on every side.' 'Oh, how true is

up their hearts to build a house for his name; and this they have done. Near to the very large and ancient church, (for which Sherborne is celebrated,) stands Providence Chapel; a very neat and comfortable place; situated in a quiet and retired spot. It was opened by Mr. John Warburton, upwards of eight years since; and one Mr. Thomas Small was for a few years their minister. But, as Jeremiah says, they said in his day- Report, and we will report it :' so, satan, and his unholy agents are saying of the church of Christ, in our daysDivide, and we will divide it. This unhappy spirit has come into Providence Chapel, Sherborne. So that instead of the minister and the people being bound up together in the bonds of truth and love, and gospel peace, the minister and a few of the people meet in a room, and the forsaken flock still assemble in the chapel, without any minister, to break up, instrumentally, to them, the bread of life. I will say the Great Shepherd and Bishop of souls has not forsaken them. They appear a united, God-fearing, truthloving, little band; and, were it the will of God to send to them an honest, spiritual, and industrious minister of the true circumcision, I do believe the little one would greatly increase. 'How do

you know (say you) that the Lord has inwardly convinced of two things:not withdrawn from them his presence First, that my labours here have not been and his power? I will tell you. I came in vain: Secondly, that the Lord will down to Sherborne with a mind as yet send prosperity to the dear, humble, dark, and a heart as hard as it can well persecuted, and afflicted saints, at Provibe. But just before we entered this place dence Chapel, Sherborne. I cannot as I was riding on the coach, I looked refrain from noticing the text I was led up at the extremely dark and heavy to speak from in the afternoon, in this clouds which were hanging over our place. If this should fall under the eye heads, and over the town of Sherborne, of any hard-hearted, bitter-spirited miand in an instant, the sun forced its nisters, I pray the Lord to send it home. bright beams through the black clouds, with power to their consciences. The and thousands of bright rays from the words are in Job xxxi. 21, 22. If I have sun appeared to dart down towards lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Sherborne; and a voice, (as from hea- when I saw my help in the gate; then ven) secretly in my soul, seemed to say, let mine hand fall from my shoulder ' I will be with you there.' Well, having blade, and mine arm be broken from come to my journey's end, and being the bone.' Solemnly true it is, that, seated in the house of two truly experi- in a variety of ways, ministers and promental, and tender hearted friends, after fessors of Christ's gospel are lifting up taking some refreshment, I turned to the their hands against the fatherless. In Bible to see if the Lord would be pleased the West of England, as well as in other to speak unto me. I opened at once upon parts, this work has been carried on to a the 31st of Jeremiah, and the 23rd, 24th, very fearful extent; but the Lord have and 25th verses of the chapter were mercy upon them: for the Lord is with sealed upon my spirit-Thus saith the his people: he is with his ministers. I Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; as yet have evidences in proof that he is with they shall use this speech in the land of my soul, and with me in the ministry of Judah, and in the cities thereof, when I the word; therefore, let Pashur (the shall bring again their captivity. The priest, and the chief governor in the Lord bless thee, oh habitation of justice, Lord's house-and many such Pashurs and mountain of holiness. And there and priests there be ;) smite: as minshall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the isters and professors are smiting one cities thereof, husbandmen, and they that another: let Pashur put us in the stocks, go forth with the flocks; for I have and thereby aim to stop our work: let satiated the weary soul, and I have re- our familiars watch for our halting, (Jer. plenished the sorrowful soul.' I felt xx. 10.) saying, peradventure he will be persuaded I should have to preach from enticed, and we shall prevail against him. this text. I also had a strong persua-Yet, let all such bitter, cruel, suspicious sion that the Lord would not only bless the souls of some of his people under me, but that he would appear for his desolate Zion in this place. Lord's-day morning came; I felt no heavenly dew coming down; I realised no powerful opening up of the word; but my text from Jeremiah was with me; and up to the house I went. From it I was led to speak to souls in trouble; also to show how the church of Christ was both the habitation of justice, and the mountain I was invited to preach in a large barn at a of holiness; how the Lord had blessed, village called Steventon, in Berkshire. Here and would bless such living, seeking I found, up in an obscure corner of the pasinners; the instrumentality he would rish, a blind man, by the name of William employ; and the full satisfaction which Bolter; a man about 'sixty-eight years of his church and people should receive. age, who, for above twenty years, has been preaching the gospel in his own house. I And although I preached in the morn-heard him relate some part of his experience: ing in a low, humble state of soul, yet he was evidently brought into the truth, I had a holy confidence, that the Lord under a deep and heavy law work in his soul. God of Israel was with me; and I am He lived, and still lives, beside a water

souls know that in such work they shall stumble, and fall: they shall be greatly ashamed; they shall not prosper. In taking my leave of Sherborne, I can affirm it to be the most lively hope of my soul, that the Lord may raise up an honest, laborious, spiritual, and divinely instructed pastor for them; for truly, the harvest here seems to be great: but the labourers are lacking.

I turn now to another corner of the land.

mill; while under the terrors of God's righteous law, he has gone many times to the very edge of the river beside his house, and even set his feet in the water, with a determination to destroy himself. He has been tempted most powerfully to throw himself into the midst of the machinery in the mill. But, he says, in the last extremity, God always stopped him with some powerful word in his soul; and ultimately the blessed Lord delivered his soul; put away his sin; and brought him sweetly to rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ. And here he stands as a witness for God. But, poor dear soul, I know he has been much discouraged in that it is but a few poor people that stand around him. He has only a very small pittance from the parish to live upon; and I think the Society for the Relief of Poor Faithful Ministers should do something for him.

May I say one word about Oxford? Here in the midst of the most splendid churches, colleges, and schools, there are a few who do love and contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints; but truth is divided in Oxford as well as in other places. The friends who meet for worship in Mr. Bulteel's chapel gave me a collection for the Poor Ministers' Society; and a very happy liberty, and solemn opening up of truth did I find in preaching to them. All that appears to be wanting in Oxford, is a sterling, faithful, affectionate, and able minister of Jesus Christ. Here is a most commodious and substantial chapel; here is a people in love with the rich doctrines of grace; but, a living, labouring mouth for God is wanting. SOME CHOICE SAYINGS FROM JOHN STEVENS. This venerable old servant of Jesus Christ has been laid down in sickness of body but, for a little while he is raised again; and it is as though he, having been favoured with some precious views of heaven, and heavenly things has just come back for a moment to encourage the church by a faint detail of them. The twenty-fourth Anniversary of Homerton Row, Baptist Chapel; the scene of Mr. Curtis's ministry, was held August 10. Messrs. Stevens, Foreman, and Sedgwick were the ministers. Mr. Stevens's was a rich, solid, and experimental discourse, from these words- For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.' We give a sentence or two:"The salvation here spoken of, I regard as meaning the heavenly state, the sorrow less home of many a weary traveller, where every one who has an admission into, and once sets his foot there, is for ever free from all his sins, sorrows, and cares. I have seen so many of my friends sleep in Jesus, that I seem to be like an old tree left by the way side, alone. Who will sorrow for that he went through the storm, when he reaches

heaven? But children want to look into their mother's cupboard, and into this and that cannister to see what is in them. I have been struck with the wisdom of God in hiding from us many things we wish to know. It is our salvation, a freedom from all evil, death is buried in oblivion, painful apprehensions all gone, and not one admitted here. All the glory men are waiting to crown the head of the Glory Man with their undying gratitude. This salvation is ours; ours in purpose; can anything be firmer than the purpose of God? He has purposed me to travel on earth for so many years. We deal in fixtures not in probabilities nor in may bes. The kingdom of heaven goes by purpose. Our entering there is a matter of purpose. This is a possession with right. What sort of a possession is that without right? and this too is the reward of the Workman. The church is so one with Christ that his is her's. Christ might have had his personal blessedness without us, but we cannot without him. Your salvation is wrapped up in his life and death. It, therefore, is ours because it is Christ's salvation. The wife says, 'It is our house-our land - all is ours.' This is going on the ground of relationship with her husband, though she bought nothing. Christ has been in possession for us from time immemorial. He is our legal representative, and what Christ holds, the Holy Spirit bears his witness unto. The Holy Spirit never enters a door way, without seeing election written over it. Thus our salvation is not left at sixes and sevens. It shall be as God hath spoken it. 'Tis not human logic that can make the change of a bad man into a good one. It is the breath of heaven enWe are also said to be

tering the man. 'saved by hope.'

Here I am at anchor; cast my anchor upward within the veil. Some ministers are like tradesmen, who ticket their goods, that this and that man is going to hell.' I have abominated these things for many years. The older I grow, and the nearer I come to the margin of the grave, the more I am convinced of the want of seriousness in the ministry. Nearer than when ye believed. Believers are a peculiar people. This idea seems to be taken from a race; we get nearer the point from the place we started. We have got over so many years; we are getting nearer : there is neither far off, or near, in eternity; here we are measured by time and distances. Take this collectively and personally. We have got in the nineteen-hundredth year of the Christian era. Take it personally; ask one 'how long have you been on the King's highway?'

Well! it is about twenty-five years ago I bowed the knee as an humble supplicant for mercy.' We meet him in twenty years time; he is nearer home. Another sense-our apprehension of it is nearer; faith brings

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