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’ H «--· sk-»,». , » -s«1 s-«—-«,« IN » «! -««, « «L ZION CHURCH IN AMERICA. an -*-rr —I—i -rrr Sl it VOL. X .’■'■Kimi r:-<a4 xti tt—nr tit, l .i ..ASS, Z ,,, (,,^,,,5.-, SALiSBUilt, N. C.;fSEPTEMBER17,1886. A-. -J' ■ 'I* NUMBER *7 1 ; WHAT 16 LtPEf ! ; * ,<ij . • - if. ill. -t! > jgttOfti A •<• 't^SBY REVi!«4iC. WMTY.do* ,<W, -) ,t i -t *■'.<! :■ y“'r- n 1 “In the beginning God created the i HeaMen„and the-oarth.” Gen.iicbap. , and 1st verse, Believing every state ment madeia the canoaicle scripture . to fee divinely given by. inspiration*^ is not mf purpose to offer an .argu ment for the proof of the propositwp. ....•, Iin-BBODCGTORY, = Any human being planed in this world with all the organs and capac ities of an ordinary ,person* ,, cafe not remain long unattracted by tbe beau ties and curiosities thrown about them in Nature’s grand laboratory.:, Forms we stand beholding and quietly mod* tating, all nature appears ton be: pp i animated as ourselves. Some are rising and ronae are falling, seme are ooming and some are going, seme are dying and some are swimming, seme are crawling and some are walking, i .The grass blades a re. ben ding to and fro. The forest is in motion, and. the. rest less ware* of the sea are .changing their positions every moment-inthe day. The winds aije htowing.^oThe clouds are testing and.a myriad.'heet of shining worlds are coming >and.go-l ing above.,. All these and a thousand other carious phenomena pass US by I once everytwenty-four hours as ws stand in nature's great park. Then turn inf tbs eye to the scene within!,; we see a world not so large, but qiute aa busy and aa, mysterious ap the 4 world without. And nothing (asoer • tain clanrof men and women except* ed) scents to be operating at random. II. TWHBU»JI*CT PROPER-WHi-XJS ■ LIPB? . . , .. ... ■ While thus surrounded with worlds of wonders, and quietlj meditating, I asked myself this question, (to wit) “What Is life,? ” phjsicallj speaking, as it relates to creation and formation of the vegetable and animal world, f have, sines read much after the raQet prominent authors available and have rehearsed the text, books of a scientific course for an answer, but. a 11 coded in dclnsion. I found for a truth thatfof making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” All seem to be vifqity, I found many of the scientists dissatis fied with their bases and often they' ended t;h>eir theories in?' inisty speculations. T While the skeptics and infidels* I miff differ more widely in their theories endeavoring to. fipd their god of the jird ea^e, than we • ministers do in teaching the flesigns of the Go<jl already found. T found Ml*.’ Darwin excited over his new, discove ry, “The origin of, species by? mews of • natural selection.” MrLactnmfck iris amusing himself over what - he are.desoendfid from species of inferior organisation.” While Prof- Huxley disagreeing with nil2 befbw1 ftijhf and; disputing with tbeauthordf the^'ves* Mshypotlpeis/fidlkh SUpposes. ^The specise imsf atahyntew to be ‘the result of the gradual' modification of pre-existing species; ” while I found others tor beiiT seafeh ofa germ preg lish a base * Mr "Development-ism;” but modifying each of tbipe r diehni tions and the nebular theory as well; I sbnply beHWre^bit ^^^he begins ■in* God fcwMed »V/Heaven and y»,wMsiw*. *£** tirenty-fefrfhonrAfAsb, Her finished this work of His creation* and that m the battle tenie, and by direct action* 'HS^fWt$W«to|^nce. , 1 -be* Wmmmm »SaM certain natural Jafr§»s - /tbsy/jefiS^ 33= biatter. ,il beliefe that’beginning on the third day of His Creation and end iagon the sixth, Godbfought into ex istence a specierof all life that now exists from grass to man, by direct creation, and that when. He said to each bring forth after your kind; it wasisimply saying, i have this day act ;in Otdhr theseyerSllcws necessary for the -reproduction of the' same. And I believa that every particle of matter and natural law that now is, was, and vice versa, -Hence “There is nothing new under the sun.* •< The:earth hah retained its original character,; and hawiagp matter and/ law only; out of whifch to produce life, physical, iifo is simply the result of certain inatarajl Jaws as- they ’ affect - matter. ■ m Ho be anoreeJnborate in the! definition; Tift is a natural result of natural uniform motions, produced and ‘regulated by certain other’ motions ^or laws) as they effect Blatter, known da positive and negative forces.* The positive for ces germinating iaad anijnatfpg while the negatives destroy. HI. TflK AtTA’LYlBia OF ORGANIZATION We see a world of objects each mm vmt in a certain line, guided and eov? erned bv certain natural laws. These at all perform certain revolutions hidl'jiit at •. ., stated intervals and produce pertain effects. We see material "* ** effecting' material witlj regulated ^ffipty, find itselfjuto life su*taining vegetable and 'animal ibrn^. This matter when pr ized r • — U end* arc called life. The naturalist uses two term* to denote by way of distinction lining and dead matter, (to wit) organic and in-organ ip n^At^er. How differs the one from the other \i-K- ra v- m L->r -yj i*- ,;••••*•• . , when minus the laws that organize them; are they not the same as to ‘Substance material ? and yet at one time we see them a State of life Under certain Organic laws, and at aq bther they are minus these laws ahff are in' a State of dissolution and death. are taught1 by chemical Science that there are just so many chemical elements constituting - the physical world,,nnd that these elements are ifscparablo * into .n other ; substances. Hence, there are no more nor any less of these elements, or material substan ces, though they. be scattered to the four corners of the globe or compose' ,the body of some Hying active *gl> stance. Andje^ at one time they constitute a living, active, sensitive combination capable of instinct, realms and ? volition; and at another* (time they (the very same substances) are dead and insensible, and may not the sum of their differences be in this,that u> yue note vuvj are unaer ine innu | ence of certain physios! laws or agen cies, and at another u time they r are simply minus these laws ? And if this he tfoe, then the effects of certain or ganic laws are the only differences between-osganic and inorganic mat ter, or tile living and the dead, so Jar as material vitality is: concerned. Hence my proposition that MLife is simply the result .of certain laws or physical > agencies as they effectmat* ter/’ sand not tbe; result of < a germ pregsatod with vitality/. * Add having thaaaetabUshed the sourcs ibf 4ifei it is veryeaHjr to account for the differ* ent and; apparently * nswi and over changing speeiss and varieds fbraks of iife*} without, Mn Darwin’s, “Natural selection” or the skeptical /‘Develop, men ti theory.”, .As a lump of day bears the likeness of thamdUis through Which it passesy sa must ths beingiere Oted, hear the 'likeness of the laws the Giant Creator; designed **ed bring il forth., Henoe if thc laws, be few and "M** simple (if ycm will allow this feaq eion) the being created by them be simple and of a Ion order. H a multiplicity of lawi are b rough bear upon it, then the being cti will be rapre complexed and ofa I er Order. For an example^ ft God would have* jvery W spec* fish formed, p ftns simple lane caused to operate; ' but when -A 1 mow' laws wre called' upon, and 1 He would create itfan (the sum® genus), every law In natureV in tory must unite in the ^ertlitl order that he (man) might be afc|j bodiment of all physics. And ail brder that he might be more itH obey the matodateVtd-'wifcBubduP hhd^Know thyself/’ Ard, fi« that lie might be able to ntfma physical agents to the glory <sf Creator and his own pfbnititlon.. Rev N Madden Rev G W Lewis sistants and Rev A.;/. jjpfterfortbVft^*. address which abounded in usefiilsug* gestions concerning rail the Connect ic|nai Institutions. It showed his great abijity as a writer and thinker. On the organic union he was clear,; forcible and strong, and hip views did not admit of a double meaning. The Conference as a whole heartily endors ed his views. ReV Whiten of the Michigan and Canada Conference was introduced and given a seat in the Conference. "’The Bishop urged, the minister* to le sure to. collect: the General Tax or prepare to abide the consequences; that tardiness and neg ligence can be no longer indulged. Rev N Stubbs from the Philadelphia Con. ference was .introduced as a fraternal delegate and given a seat. Rev Stubbs made an ihtereresting address on Tem perance, followed by Rev J. King, itev Chambers, .Holliday, jRenry and Deacon Semis made strong speech. es on the temperance question, all favoring^ but doubting in part the methods adopted looking to igi father* ance. Rev Jacobs and Jones of Washing* ton D. 0. WOte introduced to the Cbn ference. ’ Rev At W S Knox was moved bjf' Rev Datchie to be expelled from;ths Conference. RevS T Davis was drop* ped from the roll The committee on organic union r». ported and speeches were made by Revs Holliday, - Melligau, Chambers Bynum, Anderson and Stubbs. The Sabbath school oaaie.in and the die eussion cloesd, although the whole sen* tinent favored the> union. Bishop Jones made a beabtiful addrem to the children and teachers. ' > ; - * The following were the appoint* ndbat*> fee the Sabbaths > nd-t bm AVERY MISSION CHURCH. 10.50 A M Rt Rev S T Jones D D i r &OOPM " N Stubbs. ‘ M ” J W Mulligan. tmiv^Joiw^wwaijrvyaujWHtJmdiP.': t b "JfHTrimWe. ■ 8sOO*MB*” 8 T Joms D D, V % HOMEWOOD CHVHCH. 10.50 A M Rot D O Moon. 1 .*.« AM V itS ■*. NDnk WTUE AYE. A M E CHURCH. 10.60 A M Key G W Lewis. 8.00 PM ” James Henry, j ST. JAMES A M E CHURCH, ARMY HALL FRANK8TOWN AYE, EAST END. I 10.50 A M Rev G C Sampson. . &00 PM ” PS Pendleton. A M B CHURCH,-BINGHAM ST., SOUTH ' ■ ' SIDE. 10.50 AM B«&J W Tirry. 8.00 P M ” T H Datcher. •HOW* CHAPEL, A M E CHURCH, AL ' LEQUANY CTTY, PE N. 10.50 A M Rev N J Watson. 8.00 P M ” P P. Anderson. ME CHURH, PITTSBURGH PA. 10.50 A MRev A J Workman.! 8.00 PM ” James Brown. {Rev Jehu Holliday. ” N. Madden.’ ” W H Chambers. ; Sunday was duiy observed the min isters being appointed to preach at Ml the leading churches in the city. The-Sermon byRev Stubbs produced a' splendid impression. He is a cap. ital poacher. The sermon by Bishop Jonee was said by yll who heard it to havetbeen a masterpiece in product * o, style and delivery, and gave him well earned cognomen of "greatest String black Ridjop.” His text was Romans x chap. 12 verse. "For the Mme Lord over ;rll is rich onto all that coll upon him." His delineat or flm te±t aHd its application t mankind of the present time was in wear wui impressive. #ed the whole B(yrjnon evoke<| apm* OT&e'lightest ’ Wcomiums from the best'judges of good sermons. The Sabbath school exercises were unformly pleasant and agreeable. The school numbers 150 scholars and 15 teachers, and is under the able and efficient management of Mr. B F Gross. The total conference collections net* tod 186.75. ' The reports from various directions show that the churches are in a fair condition financially and spirit uall. The ministers are quite hopefiil of ma* king even better reports next year than this. ' The reception given to the Bishops Daughters on their being introduced to the Conference was warm and wel come, «nd the speeches made by Rev W HOb ambers and the Bishop, were happy and in the best spirit possible. KeV W H Whiten was elected Com piler, Rev Jehu Holliday Conference fiteivrfcrd, dr toyeceive Conference mon. lea. Bishop Jones announced his ap pointments for the year as. follows:— John Wesley Chapel, Pittsburgh, Bov John Holliday. Avery Mission, J A Mulligan. Bewickley, P R Anderson. Homewood, Nathaniel Madden. Washington, Pa., J Henry. Franklin, J E Little. 1 Johnstown, J W Tirry. V Mt Pleasant, G W Lewis. Masillon circuit, embraeintr Mmnl. Ion and Altrdn, dLj D B Matthews. • Salem circuit, embracing Salem and Ke# Mon 0M T H Datcher. Jacks Run circuit, including Jacks Bun, Beaver Falls, New Brighton, Bast Liverpool and .Male-*11- T T5edford Circuit, inciucun and Everette, J H Trimble. Xewistown circuit, including JUm« town and Huntingdon Pa., d .S. Pen dleton. Uniontown circuit, including TJn fontown, Oeorge's Creek and Browns ville, N Davis. * fi Castle^ ShnroV^an^’YouneBtoSn O., #P Bynum; NJ Watson oversight. Blairs Holl i tist. Missionary circuit, embracing Hqd son, Ravenna, Dennison, Uhncsville and Alliance, O., C H Dockett. W H Chambers transferred to Kentucky Conference. Conference Steward, J A Mulligan. Superannuated, William Hamilton; suspended, William Fleming, for im* moral conduct. Rev Fleming is of Washington, Pa. j Rev J W 'liny was appointed to preach the sermon at the opening of the annual conference in John Wesley Church, Pittsburgh, the second Wed nesday in August Mrs Mary A B Mulligan was ap pointed Vice-President of the Alle gheny Conference for Home and For eign Missionary Society. Rev J A Mulligan was appointed to read a paper at the opening of the next conference on “Improvement of Miniiters and Ministerial Effioiency.f Rev Jehu Holliday will also read a paper on “Ministerial Deportment and Dignity.” Rev N J Watson will at the ope| ning of the next conference read a par per on “The Importance of Discipline m Order to Success in the Pastorate.” “The Method and Importance of Training the Children of the Church” will be treated at the next conference by Rev G W Lewis. HINTS FROM NATURE. BY PROF. C. R. HARRIS. “Books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones and God" in everything.” These words of Bryant, Nature’ll poet, occurred to me as one morpirig last week daring a protracted meet ing, I sat on the end of a log in the woods of Davidson county. Though destitute of the poetic fancy, I tried to follow in the line of the poets thought; and as a child, making its first rude sketches on slate, of girl with parasol, or hoy with dog, runs cheerfully to its mamma, saying, “See what I’ve made,” I, who have ever confided * to the Stab, my choicest thoughts and suggestions of interest to me, if to none other come to you, Mr. Editor, with these adumbrations of a mind seeking after God. God is in not merely over Nature. Without His presence the bud would cease to unfold, the leaf begin to with er, the flower to Aide. The very rock would lose its cohesiveness, the sap cease to pursue its wonted course, the bird fall lifeless from the tree. The limbs of the beast would stiffen, his muscles paralyze. In animal and vegetable alike, God’s constant pres ence sustains life. “In him we live and move and have our being.” To man alone, of all His earthly creatures, does God give the power of recognizing who it is, that generates the forces by which his various wants are supplied. He alone has the capa bility to praise God and to love Him; and in this exercise man nuts forth the topmost sprays of his outspread ing tendencies. Just as the nourishment of plants lies in the soil, ready to be grasped by the rootlets as soon as they come with in its reach, so the provisions of God's grace are stored away in His spiritu al kingdom for every soul who reach es forth to Him for the supply of his spiritual needs. Millions of tons of coal lie: in beds under the ground for the benefit of the man who maybe freezing on the surface. So God has in band supplies for every spiritual want of His creatures. They ftust search for it, if they would be .filled. KINDLY WORDS IN PRAISE ; ; OFMR.BLOICE. At the grand pally of the Wesley Zion Church, there was $190 realized during the day. The members O^the above named church are highly df lighted, because they had the privj, lege of listening to one of the bright stars of the Zion Wesley College in the person of Rev Bloice. Heretofore there has not been suffi cient interest tqjken in the College by the members of our church, because they have not enjoyed the privilege of heaaing any of the students. Hr. Bloice is an honor to his country, to the institution, and to the ministry. He is much thought of in Washington. The ladies and gentlemen of the Clin ton Circle to exemplify their appreci ation tendered him a reception at the residence of Mr J D Baltimore t24 D St. S W. There were addressee of welcome made by Rev Dyson, Hr J D Baltimore, and Misses A A Barn es, B S Brooks and M Countee.. Hiss E Hammond presided at the organ. Rev Bloice responded in his usual el oquent style, and in flowing terms of his appreciation to those present. Respectfully, J. D. Baltimore Washington, D. C., Aug. 29. SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES; BY REV. G. W. CLUrrOJf. Mr. Editor: ^ I know you have looked for some thing from me for the Star ere this, but I have been so busy that I haven't been able to send you a scrap or a cent. I have had sevezaL - engagement# which have detained me from home, ana tnen revivals at noma which w* manded all of my time. Wehave h very successful revival at Fort Letn now. Sixty-eight souls have come oyer on the Lord's side this year on this circuit, asd we are having from three t > five converts each night. The South Carolina brethren in general are having glorious revivals. Elders ■ Blake, Crockett, Hinton, McCullough, Jones, Billups and Deacons, Kitt, Dunlap, Brown, Adams, also Elder J A Jackson and J H Jackson all of whom I have heard from are having or have had glorious revivals. The Lord is in the midst of his people and many are being added to the chareh. We feel continued shocks from the effects of the earthquake every night since Tuesday night between 10 and 11. The damage in Charleston in creases. Summerville is likely to be completely wrecked at any moment. " Fissures in the earth from four inches to four feet wide and six feet leap emit boiling mud near the railroad and other places in Summerville. Crops are very good in and about this neighborhood. We have cold from our vicinity one new bale of cot ton. Mr xv i* redencl:, from iMrton Fla, is in Fort Lawn visiting friends and relatives. He will go from kra to Salisbury N C, to convey *his daughter Miss Lizzie Frederick to Zion Wesley College. Miss Laura B Lomax is in Fort Lawn S C, the guest of Mrs G W Clinton. Mr W D Clinton, son ef Elder IC Clinton, and a student oif Shaw Medical Col* lege, is visiting friends in Fort Lawn and relatives in Lancaster. Welkin favor you with some important arti cles when time will admit, and itttefal subscriptions when cotton peaeos opens. Please oontinae to lead My package of papem, (5.) ; Accept tfcis $1.50 for papem sold, and 50 eeatsibr the paper you are now sending toE. B. Williams Cheater S C. I sent yo» 75 cents for L H Sims, Spartanburg* & C, He say* he hn» not - weaned the paper. It was. sent with th* & 8. Convention money. If voa are tend ing it to some other F; O. pleasesend fctoji H Sima Spartanburg, SC. Q. W. Cuktok.
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