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. . . . V ...... tin ? . ' <* rriuTT^'iTrf rT'f r.r-y \ Vm ,' The Abbeville Press and Banner! -\ ." yt "- ^ '7 ^ ' '* BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S. C.f WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1906. E8TABLISHEDI84:Jfl $10.00 and $ We're safe in saying t Snits at these at any o The advance in prices of woolens, 1 have all combined to make it difi these prices. CmtwIk* Sifultrliy SCMLOSS BROS. Pine Clothe* Makers Baltimore and New -*mp H. fl. ANDEB Dargan's 5 & ^?'s pr0?* ?^ We have Stoves that cook sc beautifully tha the name on that Stove is ENTERPRISE. Its easy enough to make claims. Any body that. But in these days the people demand F when we make claims for ENTERPRISE STOVI HERE'S A ROUSING < Every Saturday and Monday during NOVEJ with every ENTERPRISE STOVE sold for cash, ---- - ? . -- - .<i i i<it_ t skillets, 2 gnddles, l tea Kettie, 1 wame iron, . 1 cover lifter, \ scraper, 1 spoon, 1 fork, 1 dip a nd forks, 1 set of cups and saucers, 1 cake ci box and 1 broom, in all 52 pieces. 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Remember ENTERPRISE STOVES rices $9 to $50. ,nd 10c Store. >ICKSON, I KILLTHEOOUCH ENTIST. Iowd CURE TH? LUNC8 noin/iir r IN u __ ""lir; Rings sdale'8 STORE. mm * w New Discovery 1 & | i/rnT par Consumption, Pric* jALVtnli FOR I'OUGHSaH 50e&$1.00 ,ntlLII,J IU" UOLDS Fre? Trial. IENTIST. i -?S? ? -?Surest and Quickest Cure for all north's THBOAT and LUNG TBOUB8 onu ^ orM0NBY BA0K ?? I DEITY. D THE TRINIT ? t ? J n? X LLC JL1 U.C ctliu V^UU . Theolo] A LECTURE BY REV. R. F. BR BYTERY OF THE A. R. P. 20, 19O6. When Christopher Columbus was born tbc map of tbe world oovered only Europe and 8 part of Asia aDd a email part ot North Africa an area equal to about one sixth part of th< globe. Tbls little world bad Its blpporgrlfff on tbe north and ltd chimeras on tbe xoutb and It whs so narrow east and west that If tbc Mississippi river and Its Missouri tributary bad been stretched across It like a great serpent It would have been neoessary to ooll Itself up In order to get 1U full length upon it. And yet small as Ibis world was it bad been tbe stage of buman action for fifty four hundred years. It bad seen tbe rise and fall ol five great empires and witnessed tbe greatness of heroes, tbe wisdom of sages, the sayIngs of seers, tbe coming of tbe son of man and the development of clvllatlon and religion. It bad tbe aggregate of buman knowledge and with tbe attainments of Ave mlllenlutDn Its wisest children went ouUo Its border and wrote upon me pi nam or uercuies ne pius ultra, there 1b notblDg beyond, aod tbey thought tbey were correct like the Protestant churches do today when tbey lay down their creed statements and write upon tbem: Hitherto our fathers came and there Is notblDg beyond. Tbe little world made a great mistake about Itself and ItkDowsltnow and Us mistake has been corrected. The church made a mistake Just as greirt but It Is still In Ignorance and Its mistake has not been corrected and It Is not likely to be by men who think that theology Is a finished solence and that tbey have got everything out of tbe Bible into their creed statements. Christopher Columbus was considered an Impractical visionary by tbe very Impractl* cal generation In which be lived and so tbe minister today who declares that he bas discovered a new world In theology Is considered a dreamer of dreams by tbe very Impractical generation who will nor. test his claims by the word of God to tee whether ttHy are true or not. In all tbe presoblng of Paul to tbe Jews among the gentiles I do not remembr but one Instance In wblcb hie doctrine was tnated by tbe word of God, usually there was bigotry snap Judgment and persecution, but tbe Rereans were more noble than tbote in Tbesalonloa In Ibat tbey received tbe word wltb all readiness of mind and searched the sorlpmres dally whether those things were so and tbe result was tbat tbe were convlnoed ont of their own scrlptnres tbat tbe gospel was true and many of them believed, also or honorable woolen which were Greeks, and of men not a few. Tbe Jews persecuted Paul for preaching the gospel when we know It was preached In lis purity, and we suppose there will be bigotry, Intolerance and persecution as long as there Is unbridled depravity on tbe earth, but tbe bonest seeker after truth wbo bi?s ears to bear aDd a heart to love divine truth will avoid these things, for tbey are evil and they anrlng from that part of tbe man that Is We should.also abstain from a prima fade Jndcment of any new doctrine from the simple fact that we are cot capable of Jading oi that doctrine wltb oar present knowledge ol tb* scripture*. No electrician, not even Edison blmself, was capable of Judging of Marconi's genius. As 1 suppose Marconi and Marconi only knew bow to discover and invent wireless telegraphy, and bad Edison and others said he ibould not do It because it was Impossible tbpy would have stultified themselves In the sight of all sensible men. And In the same way no mlulster Is capable of Judging concerning the truth of a doctrine discovered by another until he bas made a special study of the subject and brongbt all tbe scriptures to bear upon it and reaebed tbe knowledge and tbe standpoint of tbe discoverer. Now I ask yon to take your shoes off of your feet because you are approaching holy ground You are now entering upon tbe greaK-st privilege possible to men in this world. Like Moses at tbe burning busb and in the oleft of tbe rock at 8lnla you will see not only tbe darkness and tbe smoke that enveloped tbe Mount and tbe flames that leaped from Its top, not only tbe cloud tbat filled tbe temple and not only tbe clouds and darkness tbat are about tbe eternal tbrone, but tbe being, the nature, the persons, the qualities and the glory of the great I Am. This postulate should be made as luoid as it Is true, tbat without tbe knowledge of God there can be no theology and as tbe knowledge of God Is Imperfect theology la necessarily and correspondingly imperfect. The term theology is composed of two Greek words, Theos, God, and logos, speeob; speech concerning God. Tbe science ol 1 neology tben may be defined to be the knowledge of God. Now Cbeops In tbe valley of Nile is no more dependent on its foundation for support than all true theology is dependent on a knowledge of God for support. Luther and Calvin were both mnoh Interested In tbe unity of tbe divine essesoe and tbe trinity of the divine persons, but they were too busy as tbey thought to learn more of deity wltb an Imperfect knowledge of God. and wltb a very meager knowledge of God tbey wrote muob of Him. On the narrow foundation of tbe Trinity in unity, Indeed on tbe bare statement of tbe trinity In unity tbey bunded a part ot tbelr theology and the remainder bad no foundation In tbe word of God or in tbe knowledge of God, but was built upon error ana raise reason. ODceand again and again we find then) arguing a fallacy because of tbelr Imperfect knowledge of Qod concerning whom tbey were reasoning. IntbeGOtb century of tbe world Is a late time to lay tbe true and complete foundation of tbeology for tbe first time, but It could not be done sooner, because men did not know Qod and tbey did not seek to know Him as He is revealed in His word, indeed tbey tnougbt it would be presumption In tnem to seek a greater knowledge of God, but the time of ibis Ignorance 1b past at least to some, and now It is tbelr privilege to search the eorlpiures and learn all tbat they testify concerning God. Pope says tbe proper study of mankind is man, dui me proper, we prumauie nuu u? Indispensable study of the theologian la deity. Io a remote age Zopbar paid to Job, cans*! thou by searching And out God? Cans't thou And out the Almighty unto perfection? And Job could not find him out, but If Zophar should ask his question today, the answer would be: "No man bath seen Ood at any time, the only Begotten Bon which Is In the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him." Here the scrlptures plainly and expressly leach that Christ bath declared Qod and It 16 not only our privilege but it Is our bounden duty to know the Ood that made u? and to know him as perfectly as Christ has declared Him. And Christ was not only the brightness ol the Father's glory and the express image ol His person, but be has declared the Father with a fullness and a minuteness that enables us to know blm as well as we do Oabrlel or Lucifer, or Nebuchadnezzar. The Son says the Father Is the blessed and ouly potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who only hath immortality, dwell, ing In light which no man can approaoh unto, whom no man hath seen nor can see This Is just the kind of description we should expect to hear ol deity and while It puts Hlcc far above man it does not put Him so fai away that man can not see Hib character and read His eternal history, in the great out lines ol his being we know Him today ai grand and as glorious as eternity Itself wll reveal Him. "How poor, how rich, how abject, hoy an cm it. How complicate, how wonderful Is man! How passing wonder He thai made tain BUCtl." And yet we understand man and we under stand deity through tbe revelation of Jesui Christ. If we would learn concerning God and un derstaud the subject of the trinity, humat philosophy uu4 ue laid anlde and we mus seek our knowledge solely in revelation. It Is no surprise that men have not learnec the relation ol God's qualities to his being be cauae they sought It where It could not tx found. The world by wisdom knew not God an<! tbe worid and tbe churoh will both fall t< know Him by pblloeopby. You can call II ECLARED. Y EXPLAINED. iplete Foundation of yy Laid. :adley, to the second pres. CHURCH, BRADLEY, S. C., OCT > Christian philosophy If you wish bat. It wll i never reaob up to the height nor fathom tb< , depths of divine being. ) From Augustine to Scblelermacber and I from tbe firth to tbe nineteenth century men i sought to flDd out tbe trinity by philosophy t but their efforts were vain, the profoud' ' est efforts of olassloal speculation were no better In this matter tban a heathen ors. [ cle. ' i Rlobard of St. Vlotor conceived a trinity ol love, but Gnd was not In tbe conception, fioebme conceived an imminent process by wbiob deity evolves into a trinity, but deity r does not evolve. Tbe Walffian School makes the trinity three acts of tbe divine will, but there Is more tban an aot of tbe will distinguishing a person of tbe trinity from His fellows. Every effort ofpbll sopby has failed to explain the mystery of tbe trinity, because It Is Dot a subject of pbllosopby, bat of revelation. While we seek a knowledge of this mystery then, we will confine ourselves exclusively .to the divine word. We will consider no learning of men, no patrlstio theology.no rationalism, no pbllosopby and nothing bnt tbe sure testimonies of revelation. To tbe Bible back, to tbe Bible, not only all scbools of philosophers but ail Bohools of theologians?back to I tbe Bible if you would learn tbe truth con CprniDg iv? great auioor. Trinitarians agree (bat Qod Is odb spirit and there are three persons In his one spirit and each one of ibene persons Is numerically one with His spirit, but numerically three In relation to each otber. Florida SDd Italy and Korea are three peninsulas but one enrtb Tney are tbree Id relation to eaob olber, but In relation to the enrtb tbey are one. eaob of them Is one with the earth aDd all of tbem are one with t e eartb. And so the persons of the Godhead are three In relation to eaob otber, but one In relation to tbe divine spirit. Kacboftbem Is one with tbe divine spirit and all ot tbem are one with tbe divine spirit. This Is substantially tbe oreed statement ot most Christians, both Cathollo and ProtestaDt, In reference to the trinity and except tbe part that each divine person performs In redemption this is all that we know of tbe trinity, ibe bare statement of tbe fact that there are three divine persons In unity with one divine spirit. Tbe qualities ol tbese persons, tbe representative nr,ture of tbese persons, the peculiar functions of tbese persons, tbe trlnne baptism of these persons and tbe individual blessings of tbese persons bare do place In tbe cburcb's oreed nor In tbe oburob's eraoe. But as tbe outlines of tbe globes are filled Id with oceans, and continents, aDd Alps, and lakes like Leman and vales ofTempe, so tbe great outlines of deity are filled In with qualities and principles and characteristics that $re eratelul to men and worthy of tbe Infinite God. In the fourth Chapter of John's epistle it Is written: "Qod Is love," in tbe first ohapter of tbe tame epistle It Is written: "God Is ligbt" and in tbe twelfth chapter of Hebrews we read:''Our God is a oonsDmlng fire." Tbese are not at.tr lbntes of deity but tbey are qualities which ladlcate tbe nature of tbe divine persons. ' You can say tbat God Is Almighty bnt yon can not say that be is almightiness, you cao say tbat be is Infinitely Just, but you can not say tbat be Is infinite justice; you can say tbat be la infinitely wise but you can not say tbat be is infinite wisdom. The quality is broader tban tbe attribute and it comprehends tbe nature of tbe divine person. A trinity of qualities are found Id tbe nrtrlnlnrns. hnt after them von'seek in vain for another. Ton could find another person In the Godhead revealed Id ibe scriptures Jnatas readily as you con Id find another prime qnal Ity of a divine person. This trinity of divine qualities and the trinity of divine persons correspond so exclusively and so exactly that the ooncloslon Is forced upon as that the one belongs to the other. And this troth Is cor roborated when we apply a particular quality to a particular person. WbeD we say Qod the Father Is love we not only see the fitness of the quality to the per son, bat the prophets and apostles rise up and say, amen. And the same is troe when we Bay God the Bon Is light, and the Holy Ghost Is a consuming fire. Thns the deity which has a trinity of qualleies has also a trinity <1 persons to exercise these qualities and each oerson exercises his own peculiar quality. Now let us consider the first person of the trinity and the quality of love. It Is written that God Is love, and by this we understand that It Is the function of God the Father, especially, to exercise the divine love. Herein Is love, not that we loved God but that be loved us and sent his Son to bo the propetlatlon for our sins. God the Father loved Israel when be was a child. It was the Father's love that protebieU Israel and brought blm out of Egypt. Moses told the Israelites that God did not oboose them because they were a numerous people, for they were the fewest of all people, but because God the Father loved them. And when Balafc sent for Balaam to curse Inrael the love of the Father defeated both the king and the prophet, "Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam, bat the Lord thy God turned tbe curse Into a blessing, because tbe Lord tby Qod loved tbee." Tbe love of tbe Father was with the people In Babylon and be said: When tbou passes! through tbe waters I will be with tbee, and tbe rivers they shall not overflow tbee. When tbou walkest through tbe lire tbou sbalt not be burned, neither shall tbe flame kindle upon thee, for I am tbe Lord toy God, tbe Holy One of Israel thy Saviour. I gave Egypt for tby ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for tbee. I have loved thee, tberetore will I give men lor thee and people for tby life. In all their affllotlon be was afflicted and the angel of bis presence saved them. In bis love and in bis pity be redeemed them and be bare them ana carried them all tbe days of old. Tbns tbe Father loved hlf people with an everlasting love and gave tbem blB loving klDduess through tbe ages, and even when tbe Son 01 man came ana manifested his love so fully be did not calm to be tbe impersonation or divine love, but 1l hla Intercessor prayer he pleads with bit father lor his paternal love upon bis people. "I in tbem and thou In me tbat tbey may bt made perfect in one and that tbe. world ma) know that tbou bast sent me and bast loved tbem as tbou hast loved me. And I have de clarod onto tbem tby name and will declart It, tbat the love wherewith thou hast loveo me may be In them and I Id them." 1 Nothing could convlnoe us more fully thai God the Father 1b the representative of divine love and the Impersonation of dlvim love than the loving Christ pleading with him for his paternal love upon bis people. 1 God Is love and God the Father la the dlspen 1 ser of that love. I call your attention especially to the fact that the love of the Fatuer Is Infinite. Ii reaches every oreature In every world, In th? ' far off spitces untraveled by the sua, and 1 there Is no limit and no end to bis efforts t< Have the fallen oreature where salvation 1' possible,, consistently with bis justice and nollness. His knowledge aod his wisdom and bis power are all laid under requisition - and all the sources of deity must be exhaust ed before any fallen creature can be lost, God's love must cease to be lDfinlte and 1 God himself must oease to be before any soui ' oan be arbitrarily doomed to perdition. ; Here we see the importance and the lndls1 nentabl* necessity ot stuuvloa the trinity anu " teaming tbe nature of tbe divine persons. ' Had tbe writers of much patristic theology 1 known that God tbe Father was love and realized that bis love was infinite they . would have sought out some other way to doom a soul ratber tban do It by Infinite love. , Imagine a mother standing on tbe bank of Vesuvius with her Infant In her arms wblob she loves more tban all things on earth, sap prwe tbe Infant by accident has fallen out or a i er arms and been hurt, and bruised and bleeding, It Is rolling down towards tbe verg of tbe crater. Will that mother let It roll i over the brink? Will she kick It Into tbe t awui Art? No, that mother's love will assert Itself and she will rush to tbe rescue and save 1 UtirCUUU. AUU BU lug 1UIIUIW 1UID Ul uuu will assert Itself and pause mo) to rush to the 5 rescue of bis endangered children with an eagerness and a tenderness greater than I thai or the most affeotlouate mother. ) I say It with all reverenoe and to his highest glory tbat God Is bound by bis love bo tbs be can not do otherwise than belp tb fallen. Satan by bli evil character and total dr pravity Is do more securely bound to hi evil work than God la bound by bis Inflmt love to save every fallen creature thai ca be saved consistently with his Justice an holiness. The second quality In the trinity of quail ties Is light and the second person In th trinity of persons is the 8on and ibeSon I the divine Impersonation of light. "In th beginning was the word and the word wa with God and the Word was God. In Hie was life and the life was the light of met Hs Is the light of the world, the true Ugh thAt llgbtetb every man that cometh Into th world. He also turned bis light upon tb beavens and revealed deity, for no man batl seen God at any time, the only begotten Soi which Is in the bosom of the Father, He bat! declared Him. Ills In His light only that we are now abl to study the trinity and learn about tb great subject tbe tblDgs that have been re vealed and which belong to us and to on children. He has given us his word as i 1 lamp to our feet and a light to our path, tbi 3 man of oar counsel aDd the guide of our llfi and commanded us to search tbe scriptures 1 because they testify of Him. 1 Tbe law is light and tbe commandment Is i lamp; and with this divine lamp we sbouk ' search all traditions, and all practices, am ' all theologies until we see them as the Goc ' of Infinite llgbt sees tbem and correot then , as tbe divine llgbt directs. To the law ant io the testimony if tbey speak not accordlnf to this word, It Is because there Is no light lc them, Tbe body (.olltio and society and tbe churct need walk In no darkness anless tbey lov< darkness rather tban light, for tbe God o ngu t jp uinpeuBiuj uih ngui 11K o lue sac sending down bis rays from the sky. He says: "I am come a light Into the world that whosoever belleveth on me should not abide lo darkness. I am tbe light of the world, be that followetb me shall cot walk In darkness but shall have tbe light of life." The third quality of tbe trlolty 1b fire. "Our God Is a consuming fire" and tbe third person of tbe trinity is tbe Holy Ghost wblob will burn tbe wicked like fire. Tbe Holy Ghost Is tbe Impersonation of God's holiness or of tbe consuming fire of God's nature against every tblDg tbat is evil. John said to tbe Jews, I Indeed baptize you with water onto repentanoe but be that cometh after me Is greater than I whose shoes I am not wortby to bear. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Are. And when tbe day of peat ecost was fully come and tbe Holy Gbost was given unto tbe apostle*, there appeared unto tbem oloven tongues like as of fire and it set upon each of tbem. In both these quotations fire is spoken of In connection with tbe Holy Gbost. And tbe Saviour warned men against blaspheming against, tbe Holy Gbost?Saying:?All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forglveD unto men but tbe biaspbe my against tbe Holy Gbost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketb a word against the son of man It shall be forgiven lilm, but whosoever) speaketh a word against tbe Holy Ghost il shall not be forgiven him, neither In tbls world, neither In ibe world to come. Commentators do not seem to understand wby a sin against tbe ?on of man will be lorglven, but a sin against the Holy Ghost will not be forgiveoMay It not be because It Is a sin against the person who represents God's holiness, whose nature Is fire and who can not do otherwise than burn against, the wicked We are taught to pray to tbe Father for forgiveness and the Saviour forgave sins on eartb but quod Sciamua as fares we know the Holy Ghost bas never forglveD a sin but be smote Ananias dead for lying to Him. Tbe Holy Ghost Is tbe impersonation of God"s boll ness and It Is not bis unction to forgive bat to maintain and vindicate God's holiness and to be a oonsnmlng Are to tbe wicked both in this life and in tbat wblob la to oome. Here again we see tbe importance and tbe Indispensable necessity of studying tbe trinity and learning tbe nature of tbe divine persons. Tbe idea bas been advanced that God is so good tbat be will not purnlsb men for tbelr Mn? In tbe world to oome, bat tbat false hope Is ended forever by tbe knowledge or the Holy Ghost as a consuming fire. Wlille tbe Holy Gbost lives tbe oonsamlng fire of bis natare will bum. It is burning now la tbe hearts of tbe wicked aod It will bora oa a death bed, and it will burn on tbe Judgement day and it fwill burn in tbe pit forever and ever. Tbe lonly way for a wicked man to escape tbe Holy Gbost as a consuming fire 1a to change bis character and become like Him. "Be ye bely for I am holy." Fire will oot consume fire and holiness will not ooninme holiness, butjtbe holy man can dwell with the holy God in the sweeteet harmony in heaven forever. Having learned tbe nature of tbe trlnltj and tbe three prime qualities tbat belong to tbe three persons of tbe Godhead, we can understand tbe name of God as we never ooald before, for bis name and hls^iature are alike, tbe one is tbe express image or tbe other. When Moses asked God to show bim his glory tbe Lord passed by and proclaimed tbe name of tbe Lord. Tbe Lord God merciful and gracious, longsufferlng and abundant In fffvwlnofla anii In tfnth tr??ri1nar mamxy fnr IM ^WMMVOT MMW wt M?M| MVV|iiU^ UlVi 4V< thousand!, forgiving Iniquity, transgression and sin and that will by no means olear tbe guilty; visiting the Iniquity of tbe fathers upon the children and upon tbe children's children onto the third and to the fourth generation. No particular divine person Is mentioned in this name, neither Father, Son nor Holy Ghost, but tbe qualities of the divine persons stand out In it and tbe footsteps of each divine person can be traced througb it and distinguished from tbe others as well ae the mocaslned foot of tbe Indian oould be distinguished from tbe shoe of tbe pioneer. We know tbe person that is merciful, we can readily recognize the person that is graolous and we also find tbe quality ol him whose nature Is a consuming Are ol holiness and who will by no means clear the guilty. Now hear these words and look for tbe qualities ol the trinity In them. "The Liord bless thee and keep thee. Tbe Lord make bis faoe to sblne upon thee and be gracious unto tbee. Tbe Lord lift up bis countenance upon tbee and give tbee peace." This i? tbe blessing ol the old testament with which Aaron and bis sons were oommanded to bless the people and while tbe name Lord only Is used in this blessing, being used three times, It suggests that eacb person of the Godhead participated in this blessing and each person of tbe trinity can be recog nlzed in It not by name bat by the nature ol tbe blessing tbat be bestows upon tbe people Tbe Lord bless tbee and keep tbee, is one blessing. Tbe Lord make bis face to sblne upon tbee and be graolous unto tbee, Is another and a different kind of blessing, and tbe Lord lift up biB countenance upon tbee and give tbee peace, is still anotner and a different kind of blessing. Here we bave (bree different blessings bestowed upon tbe people by tbe Lord, and knowing tbe Father to be love, we can readily see It is be wbo blesses and keeps bis people, and knowing tbe son to bellgbtills certain tbat it is tie wbo makes bis face to sblne upon bis people and gives tbem grace. And knowing tbat tbe Holy Gbost in not only a consuming fire to tbe wicked but a witness ol holiness la bis people and a coinlorter and a giver ol peace we naturally and necessarily conclude tbat be is tbe person wbo lifts up bis countenance upon bis people and gives tbem peaoe. Tbut witb tbe mystery or tbe trinity revealed and tbe darkness of ages dissipated we see tbai tbecburcb baa suostantlally tbe same benediction and tbe same divine persons participated In the blessing in tbe days of Mose* tbat it did in tbe christian era when Paul closed bis letter to tbe Corinthians witb these words; The Grace of tbe Lord Jesus Christ Incn r\t f-Jrvrl a nri f.h? flnmnnnlnn nI tbe Holy Ghost be with you all. There bat been much written about baptism, bat aside from tbe mode tbe church loday does not undeastand tbe grace tbat lt> secured by baptism nor 16 It possible for ber to understand It until she studies tbe trinity 4od learns tbe qualities of tbe divine persons. Tbe cbureb has one baptism, tbe trinity bat* tbree baptisms. Tbe cburcb's baptism Is a consecration to tbe Fatber aad an Ingrafting Into tbe son by tbe Holy Ghost. The baptism of tbe trinity la a baptism Into tbe Fatber and Into tbe Son and into the Holy Ghost. Tbe man wbo truly receives tbl* trine baptism Is Incomparably rich. He taptinflnlte oceans of love and light and hollnese wblch will be bis In this world and forevei and ever. The first baptism Is Into tbe Fatber and to be baptized Into tbe Father la to be baptized Into love, for tbe Father l? tbe impersonation of love. It was his love that moved him to give his son for men, for God so loved . the world that be gave his only begotten son tbat whosoever belleveth In blm should not perish but have everlasting lire. His love did (bit for man when tbey were enemies to blm, now what will that love do for them wben tbey have become bis friends and wbeo tbey esteem blm tbe oblofeat among ten thousand and altogether lovely? Witu no obstruction to prevent the Inflow of tbH< love into their hearts It win flow into them and baptise them and flow Into them and increase tnelr baptism and flow into them and complete their baptism and continue t< Bow into them until tbey are filled with aii tbe fulness tbat the infinite Love of God can give them. And this love will not grow cold and its flow will not ceaRt and notbliraS^H e oan seperaie tbe baptised saint from It for r?BM am persuaded tbat neither death nor IUhHmI nor angels nor principalities nor power*'aoeuflNafl iR tbluKH present,nor tblnga to coma,Dor belSM nfl e oor depth, nor any otber creature ?hg | HlB- :#U n able to seperate us from tbe love of 'd?-9H rl which In In Phrlat To?no nn? ; As the first baptism secures the lnflnttgR^^H I. love of God to the Christian, tbe second baftHS^^U e tl8m secures to him the Infinite light of God*. B for Jesus Christ Is tbe iigbt of tbe world e h? shines to Illumine tbe pathway of ? Saints. "Give ear, Ob! Shepherd of Israel tb?oS0 HQ a that leadest Josepb like a flock, tbon i. dwellest between the oberublm, shine fortb^aWW t He says his people shall have tbe e of life and tbe gospel Is not bid from theofuHM e hut It Is hid to the lost in whom the God OKVH b this world bath blinded the minds of then'-a^H a which believe not, lest tbe llgbt of tbe giorf^^^H q ons gospel of Christ who is the image of God^^^H should sblne onto them. Tbe nnb*pUxMK9IH e Balaam walked Id darkness and iollowed 1aj9H e lusts to bis eternal undoing when he thongbSjB^BM i. be was obeying tbe word and dolDg tbe wlU .a^H r of God bat satan as an angel of light could$j^Wl a nnt dw>?iva Ponl Komna? " ? - ..... yvvwuow uo WOO b Into ibe Infinite lightot Jesus Christ. : ' ,% e WbenRatan bad donned bis beat disguise i, and wbtn be bad laid big deepest scheme be stood revealed by the Infinite searchllgbfejfl^H i from heaven and the apostle looked on imdgl 1 said "we are not Ignorant of bis devices." I The third and last baptism of tbe christian i Is Into God aB a consuming fire or Into the. i Holy Gost aa tbe impersonation of dlvtntr&^H^ t holiness. Tbe Intention o'thls baptism la ic BH r bring us Into touch with infinite bollnetfepW , and to work evil out of aa by the cooUmuH^OM presence and rebuke of an infinitely boly '/;l M i nature against oar depraved nature. -fl . Tbe God of consuming fire vM n r burnt up Sodom ar"1 Gomorrah and mad?>nH i Nlnevab beaps ? Babylon a daolslwlKS . will burn against all tbe evil that U U ' people. He will rebuke nil of tb$lr submBM I mind. He will reprove tbelr uncIeannesi'yrjJ^M , and he will barn Into tbe oonsclenoe , tnere la nothing lelc. there to barn. It oar heart condemn as. God Is greater tbaa heart and knoweth all tblngs, bat if car condemn us not tben have we oonfldeiioe towards God. Tbe Holy Ghost will ooatlnrt&K^H bis baptism of fire through life but he only . , burns tbat He may h" ?s and all ot ,bfi&BB^B ouroiDg win Drmg o- irlty. At the 74K>ZI|^^H go by be will make Uj uetterand better an in tbe great future we will have the qnall?T?$^H of perfect and everlasting hollnees Infused.' Into uh by tbe baptism of the Holy Qbost. ' [1 Id conclusion I remark that I have written t b!h .ecture od the trinity oh a foundation for . tbeoiogy but especially aa tbe foundation tbe New World In Theology. We have seen-Os^H to [tie trinity of divine persons a trlhUy^flfv 9S divine qualities wblob govern tbe perarmfb of, jawM the Godhead tbempelves, and these dl'^Ura M qualities not only clash with tbe opinion* , of ?5 H men but they come Into direct and lrreoonjB| cllable opposition to some of tbe oldest ' doctrines written by tbe ablest ministers of ?K? V. T ' - mcuimivu. liuuk ouge ?DQ IDS prestige or$/^M great names strongly support exlBllng?5&^H doetriues whether true or false, oat our to the divine word sboald be greater than any . usage or the prestige of any name. TbegjB^^H great question and the only qaeatloa torijuHaM as to answer l?, what do be Serlptor??2| H teach In this matter? ? And I therefore a*fc yon to study the Scrip* , tures, study thetfa Independent of all hama#.\*?SB opinions, study them for the truth, and God ofinrtnite light be with you, who says . .'MB "ye shall know the truth." 8nch a long list of talented formers are seldom seen with one.'jftjH show, yet all of these and many others . :;H will appear with the fiparfes' Shows. -.vW at Abbeville, Friday Nov, 9th noon and night. The great Troupe of acrobats. The wonderfbl-^^H Valentinos, aerial casting acts. The . .H beautiful Kadells Sisters, queens dO^g 9H the air. Tbe Aerial St. Elmos, whoee ^jH truly startling performances will ";reate a sensation. TheValenos, Romant^? H rings. Hines, tbe upside down aero- ..I bat. Mons. Tude, the pyramid ex- , pert. Larue, the mysterious clown S and tbe box. Ashton, king of tbe wire. Prof. Dan Oastello and hiB,.^B wonderful ponies. Mary, wisest ele- 1 pbant in captivity. Koto, the giant vfl ape. Trained lions, tigers, dogs arid';|| 9 Tbe troupe of funny clowns headed ; bv Barnev Shea and TUllv T.?nrhtfcv?fc will keep the audience laughing,while Jtffl Panhandle Pete and his comedy mules H will make everybody howl. ffi There will be a gorgeous street pa- ^ H rade at noon, and big free exhibitions . at the show grounds immediately' after the parade. gj .To The TrnnteeH of 9 Abbeville Episcopal Ctanreh. I Gentlemen: ? 9 It's sound sense that we tell you. It will cost less dollars to paint your.. ';|9 church with L. & M. Paint, beceuseT more painting is done with ope gal-^'-S-jSB Ion of L. & M. than with two gallons of other paints, and the L. & M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead and k&jg makes the L. & M. Paint wear like Any church will be given a liberal quantity free whenever thev nainfc. " 4 gallons L. & M. mixed with 3 ' 'fl gallons Linseed Oil will paint a mod- . /? eratejized house. ( B Actual costL. & M. about $1.20 per A gallon. J. E. Webb, painter, Hickory, N. C. ./J Writes, "bouses painted with L. &M. 15 years ago have not needed painting. r since." Sold by P. B. Speed. Letter to W. C. DnPre. fl Abbeville S. C. fl Dear Sir : A pound of good meat v"3? and no boDe is worth more than a ' ."?! half-pound of meat and a half-pound of bone; but there are, as you say, a great many people who won't pay more than a certain price by the tfl pound. Give 'em bone; that's right; 9 give 'em plenty of bone! H There are people who won't pay- | more than $1.50 a gallon for paint; a give'em boue! There's no better school than ex- .'j.'; perienoe; cost is high; but the leason is never forgotton. ? ' Let la man paint two houses alike, 9eme size ; one Devoe, the other that $1.50 paint. He buys 10 gallons of ( each, and pays S3 a day for labor?$3 a day is $3 a gallon, easier reckoning. He has to buy two gallons more of the $1.50 paint; and has two gallons left of Devoe: 12 gallons $150, $18; 8 gallons $1.75 ; $14; $4 more for "cheap" paint. a ;He pays $3 a gallon for painting *8 gallons $24 ; 12 gallons $36; $12 more for paintiug "cheap" paint. He'll buy the le^s-gallons paint after that. If people are slow to learn, it's because they keep-on buyingl-bonemeat. Give 'em plenty of bone. Yours trulv 11 F W DEVOE & CO P. IS. P. B.Speed sells our paint. Fa mo iik Strike Breaker*. The most famous strike breakers in the land are Dr. King's New Life Pills. When liver and bowls no on strike, they quickly settle the trouble Ima tlie purifying work goes right on. Best cure for constipation, herdache and dizziness. 2oc at P. B. Speed's the druggist. t* J