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J 71 TE7.M3- -v rvo TEis furnished to subscri- If payment b ,-rs 1' ihi iH-r nuam m six laoKlii ,i-J.W, orecopy.slx mon'hs.f 1.25. O'JS COBSSSPONDENTS. in? r T paMicstlon should be carefully ;mt one side of the sheet. All letters jid be addressed to tho Editor. lilOUH OoE AGENTS. iveiin? aud Local rreacuors in the bounds i t'ir-.!!i.. Coalcrenco are our anihonaod KOVt TC KEMTT. a-iiounts should bo ecni iu , i' tter. jwst ..fficooi der or check. The cost ;-V n. or Tct Oilec oriier can bo deducted i.aount in hiirn. li nwney Is 3i :t otherwis oified it will be it the enucrsrisk. For the Advocate. r.ie Howl Itesiills of Hie Evan :relical Alliance. I Liul '-he pleasure of attending us sessions of thid world-wide Pro ejfaut Couferenca. Withou: et ?mnt to ripest ihe history and preceed-ico-s already jiveu in this, and other rf.peis, I auall confine my remarks wli I consider ihe tangible, ;...Ecai'iii rcsutts of this famous Con ference, Aad I notice I'ire', the open, public recognition of CL:5:i-n biothfrhooi found in all i,e riVftft-iUt CUurcuee of the world. ti: j platform ia Steinway H.-ll, . . .. -..M.-.iH;.!iivi front tha K:iisn . :J.-t-t--' VJ! Church of E igiand and America, .iu tLi Lutheran Church, from the p; jcl-rt!-riiL. ChurcL, from the Melh ,,,i st aud Baptist Churches, from the Ykkbsian chutch in Italy, from the ?fuiiaed Church of Geneva; all ut-t-;rin3" the Apostolic Creed, all ting the Uvmu 'All bail tho power of jr.s' name" all greet' off ueii other hx'l.mx in Christ, aad impliedly riCCjLizin each others denenuaa- nrf as an crtto Jox, trua and evan cioi church. The basis of this c;v: iua fr.iterniiy was declared to Le "lauim with Chn't." There hat-ehes growing ou; of the Christ, the Great Vine, formed the grand spir- vt.-r this fraternity vs., "unit-i in es- ill doctrines, liberty in non-essen. end enhj in all things. ' sIctq I saT- the mutual vecognition f Chriati in Lrotherhood, arid impliod : tLat cf rvlijions liberty, betweea l:i.vimauc ana Anminian r.'ocwrs. fu.ii strides the world has made in iruturits ago, ia the Dutch land of cL'j.iaad, the foliowers cf Cuhin iri-ct'ly denied t'oe liberty of re'igious ;t,l'iion to tho tliscfpls cf Anaiuivi.'. Ihz; erpeile I t!i'. Aminian? from tba j i:t o' debate in tne Sjaod of Dor iuem "ui corr.p! Icscd by it 3 9rs of fofi3 - true r.J- f sruis, the door.i oi their charhes, ilctsed iht"' iaisiatcr, ncL as the 'oijtieiit Episecpius, br,uifcLed into tiiie the learned Grolins, and be- the venerable Barnaeldi. A.i i-.-r what? Just becauso ciese bious chri3tiaas deeired the liberty A bilving the Arminian Creed. But i.v7 the disciples cf the tlern Calvin lot only tolerate but embrace the fol owers of Jmes Arminiua as sound cLristiars, but true brothers and libers cf a Gospel Church. Here progress towards tho beautiful land :f lie MilleLiuD: ; when "The wolf j -h-dl ''Trell with the lamb, a"-d the .icparlwith the kid, and the caii and :Ls -zc.z-.-f lie:: together, and a little ;.ui rhall load them." "Ephrain) i'iiU not envy Judah and Judah shall tcs Erhraim." Agiin, "the lordly Epif?copaiian Lector from the Established ChurcL Loglaad was Bfea fraternizing with i-i- l arian?, whose ancestors tied the ptrecu ions of tho Anglican Curch. Land, tie Archbishop of Ulterbury, was in his day actively t-go-l in vragiag a war of religious fcritcition against the Puritan Xon v-'oiforraUi. Njw, Dr. Saith, the -".u of Canterbury is in the land of aas, preaching the doctrine of --lis idu unity and brotherly love. I k:.ow not v. hat the high charchmen Korih. Carolina will think cf this Ei-iecopal rocognition of other church. ao ortuodoz, bat to oar mind, it :uow, the drift of a tidal wave, that Snaily sweep down the preten- -u3 barriira of ohureh eiclusiveness. 'v.lu. Luihar in his day refused to r-cognize Z vit glo the Swis3 Eefor as a biothar, because he did not :'evfc ia cocsabstaatiation. 2icgie replied: "Let us confess 'it union iu ah things in which wo ofte, aad as for the rest, let as re umUf that we are brothers." The 'fjteatatit world ia now swinging 5ruij j oa golden hinge cf charity l; 'Aii bright sun of gospel liberty. il'use vfho live on this bright ide Tui 2ioy the fragrance and fruitage J- -ritcrnal unity ; thoee who do not, ya retire into the frosty ehadee of goLed exdusiveness. If they can it, we are eure that -vve can. 'Behold how good and ho w pleasant ltfor bretLrtn to dwell together in itv.' Yes, it is. It is like previous 5:6ttatrjt perfuming the whole family j! Curiet hke the daw of Ilermon i?'m beauty and refrehment the ( 6r&ea pasruras of the Gospel. Sj I j :l- lad realized as I mingled my voics lZ -xl.h the membeiS of the j tTSlical Alliance. made ia the cjri j, .-.a.u i n H'icaons in the Alliance, 1 rg:'a'. in a 1 iH rifirt:, can hAd, or 1 wrn-ii . or m'jwjpoliZi'. all the "Siil;J .,' r .,.. And CHI Earch that "oceives and conveys ti e ?a of the Gospel to its members 1 CHRISTIAN VOL. XIX. NO. 42. and the woil.1, so as to make them trnit.-hnriTir i-VirSuK -nr: "r.t.t a . t .1 . ... . church. They may dift'ei- in creeds in forms cf worship ii governmont, yet if they are on'o iu the production of christian character, they are truly evanBlic tl. Then, fore it id i. riece ot stupyudous foily to speak of the church, as if thcro ctsld be but oue chfnnal cf conveying saving graco to men. A-ii equally foolish ic is, to suppose that any r ue cv-irnh could wui7)..? the vst plenitude of Gos pel grace. corpoiation of men had just as wall talk about monopolizing tha circumambient air, or rh1 of the son, or the water cf the ocean, as Lionopoliziiig the grcu of tho Gocpoi, so beautifully symb.liz id by these elements of univoraul use. Tae boundless oceau of Gospel blessings i wide enouph, free cacv'i, ud iicn enough to bear up all the denoroiua ticnal ships cf the world, and lloat them freighted with Ciihunj of paa ssEgers to tho shining shore of glori ous inimoriality. Tho Gospel U the sua of the world. It shines fur all. Wiiib goideu orb o: day nils the upper heavens wi .h radiant Mght whila it covets the broad eides of a thousaud mountain's with the msntle of verdant beauty wb:Ie it dwells v.ith luminous glory on the broad foliage of t,h3 far-stretching forests, it also sparkles in the de,v drop iu the tiny cups of iittle Howersj it glows in the crystal grains of sand, in tlia bright plumage c' birds, and all tho varied colors that deck the frame of nature. And men might jrt as weii attempt to divide off the broad firmament, all laaaiaoua with the light of the sun, moou and stars, into private lotj, and appropriate them to themaclvrs; as for bigoted tharch uwii to attempt to monopolize the soiir blessings cf the Gi3pel, and as sume Lu-t they only hold m Ike pale of ineir church ail the saving mercy of Christianity. Thirdly, Th. E-s.agelieal Alliance demo);5itrattid th& p..sbioIi:.Ly of mr shoiieg a'1, the i or.es cf thi Protdist- a-it dfaominatior.s into one unllei, gruau rcuy, and pree ting &u u.i broUcn front to the aruy cf Catliolio ism. This certainly ie a groat paint gained. The C-')olio wovii is one.' C50 ought to be the Prut&itaai world; ani the Alliauce clearly showed tho feasibility of gatherin-r its scattered regiments into the solid phalanx, and marching upon the formidable foe .vith such cocoert of action as will in sure riclory to our bannered hosts. Fourthly, the Alliauos has been produiva of scores of essays, written by tho moat scholarly and brilliant rainds of tho age against modern in fidelity and Roman superstition. Tucso philosophical papers will soon b9 po.t ia tha form of a Look and scat tered ovur the world furnishing pow erful weapons against all tho eaemiej of paro Christianity. These are only a part of the substantial fruits of the Evangelical Alliance, i regard thi3 Coaference of the Aliiaoc9 as an il lustrious era in the history of Protest antism, and think the prvent results as but the Jirst fruiia of a golden har vest yet to be reaped from it. H. T. Hera on. For tre A'lvocale. HISTORICAL JOTT1SG3. KO.9. Roforma ia government ar6 always attended witli much dif&culty. There is always a parly that wishes to carry the reformation too far. Extremists are generally very excitable, and Eeek to produce excitement in the public miad. When once the public miad becomes intoxicated with extreme views, there is very little chance for the voice of reason to be heard, and civil war is generally tho rosult. Tho history of Rome, England.and France, all furnish us examples cf this kind. Statesmen of this generation wocld do woll to learn lessons from the past, and seek not to destroy, in a passion, the work of sober and thoughtful timee. l'rofesaor Dew3 b&s, "The voice of universal history leafiiies that institu tions, to be pormaccnt, must be the growth oi time and circumstances. The const'tution of a great people cannoi bo foiinod in a day." Honce ihoije who oppose all as ndments are aa much in error as those who would atdt for too many chanrea. Each ! party should k :ep their yos fixed upon tho gisai law of n?osbuy. Nowhere in history do we see a gir3ater necea?-i y for constitutional gaarnnteeS; precribirg and limiting th? power of the throne, than in the history of Nero. lie did as Lo pleased, and pleated to commit the blackest criinoH in the catalogue of evil doing. To order the execution of rivals was but the least part of his crimes. Like Henvy the eighth, of England, he murdered his wile, and b'ke a fiend, ha murdered his mother. It is a mystery how a people, like the R3 t mans, could endure such a demon, as I a ruler, so long. A universal deprav- PUliLISHJiD IN TEE INTERESTS OF ity h the only reasonable explanation that can bo gi?en; a moral degeneracy among all cias&ca, makes the tyrant' path more easy. The ignorance of that period which we call "the dark ages." extending from the fifth to the beginning c" ihe fouiteonth centuiy, was f-uca aa to challenge our utmost stretch of cred ulity. Think of Charlemagne, the founder of the groat western empire, and not able to road, yet ho was a friend of learning, and much under the influence of educated men. Fred eric B&rbarassa, the greafest mon arch of his times, could not read. King John of Bohemia, in the middle of the fourteenth contury could not read. In t)92 there was said to bo not a clergyman in Iiome that i as tduea:cd beyond the merest smatter ing of lottery Not ouo priest in a thousand in Spain, in the time of Charlemagne who could write a letter of balutaticn. In England, in the time of Alfred, it was very difficult to find a priest who understood tho or dinary prayers. Under such a nigUi, of ignorance, the minds of ren must have had but a low coacuptioa of raoral obligations. We should feel thankful for the privilege of living in an age of better light and pa: er mor als. The tenth century is considered tho 1 darkest period of English and Italian history, but the seventh was the darkest in Francs and Germany. In the tenth century, the German mind began to expaad. About the close of tho tenth century, a panic prevailed throughout Christendom, caused by a bslief that the time for the dissolu tion of all things was at hand. Largo donations of charity were made ene mies reconciled prisoners loosed,ancl. slaves set free. Thera was a general pause in all business of every kind, end men stood in idleness or counted the hours 'hat wre supposed to be left. Tho churches grew rich Ilia people grey? poor, and famino looked inevitable. About this time an eclipse of the eun dispersed tho army of Gtho the Great. Thus we may eashy na ture to ovrsulves tLo conuition 01 aiuMiind, ia u time when ignoraaea and superstition occupied the place of knowledge and reason. Invontions and discoveries have dona much towards changing the cus toms of mankind. But no two dis coveries have done more to revolu tionize maaners than the diecov ery of the art of printing and of gunpowder, The first made knowledge accessible to all classes of people, by which men had other than Bensual means of en joyment. By the latter discovery, tho art of war was completely revolution ized. The bullet being capable of penetrating through any part of the knight's panoply, rendered his har ness more burdensome than useful. War became a matter more of science than of :ndividua! bravery, and this biought books into b( ill greater de mand, as military Eci&nco became a matter of btady with i.Ii who would follow that profession. Ia the pres ent modes of warfare a wefk man, skilled ia his profession, can do as much as one of superior physical do velopment, for a chi?d may pull a trigger that will cause a gian'. to "bitd the dust." The Jewish religion was the only ancient religion of the world that pre served unchanged, the simvlo and eablima wcr:!up of one sicgle God, and steadily prescribed the worship of the divinity under any raatarial forms. This is a strong argument ia favor of the divine origin of their re ligion. Cyrus the Great, preferred eaEuchs as a body-guard, and assigned 3 a reason, "that the more they were sep arated from, aad despised by the world, the more faithful they would be to him." As he treated them kind ly, while all other men treated them with contempt, it was natural that they should seek to preserve his health and life with the greatest pos sible fide'Ky. Hooli Borrowing. Sik Walter Soott used to say that his frienJs might be very indifferent accormtants.bat he was sure they were good 'book kaapere.' Some have even had to go the length of the scholar who, when asked- to load a book, sent word by the servant, that he weuld not let tho book go out of hia chamber, but that the gentleman who sought the loan might ooaie and sit there and read aa long a he liked. The rejoin -de v.aa unexpected but complete, when, his fire being slow to burn, and he sent to the same person to borrcw a pair of bellows, and received for answer, that the owner would not lend the bellows oat of his own cham ber, bat the gentleman might come and blow there aB long as he liked. Judicious borrowing may furnish you with much reading, but remember the mn'H axe head in the Soiiptures, and ,je careful of what yon borrow. 'The wicked borroweth and payeth not again.' Spurgem REV. J. 15. BOBBITT, ED1TOK AND PUBLISHER. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ! For the Advocate. Roman Catholicism in Amer ica. Mu Editor: I write to day from a sense of duty, upon the subject of liomao Catholicism and its increase in our midst. I am quite sensible of ray inability to do the subject that justice which ile importance demands. But having some facts on hand, I giv3 (hem in the full assurance that they may stimulate some abler pen to take up the subject and present it in all its proper and legitimate bearings. II .'man Catholicism and Protestant ism are e.s diametrically antagonistic aa the poles of the sphere. Thoy can not exist and prosper long together in tho same government without an in evitable collibion; because the one de signs by ovary available means, just er uajast, to establish a universal monarcy with the Pope at the head; while the other strives by all worthy and lawful means to establish a spirit ual Theocracy with Christ as king. The Pope and Chrisi, are at tho oppo site extremes of moral grades, and wo c mrot extect a union between thorn. To which of these powers ill Araer ioajield? She is tho land to which the woman ilod rom the face of the Dragon, who opened his mouth and cast out a flood to carry her away. But, as the earth, (the people), opened her month and swallowed up the flood to help the woman, we may expect the masses ultimately, to unite with the Church of ibo living God, ia the Apoculyplio contest which is yet to come. America, originally, wa3 sown with nations. Her individuality seeaia to be a Provident jal arrangement for the purity and perpetuity of thee Church. It is here that "f he is to be nourished for a tirae, and tim-33. and half a time from the fae of the 3orponfc." If, then, the Church lied from the other hemisphere to this, to and a toil of spiritual fraedom where she might iiourisu and bring forth the j oeact-ial fruit s of holiness, onaht she j uow to viieouiage tho growth of that power in this laud from which she fled in U10 other ? But does the ProteBtant Church kaow to what exlent Catholicism is growing in our land ? Does fehe know that nearly nine tenths of all who im migrate from the old countries are Roman Catholics in the vioof and warp ? Do our peoplo all know that the foreign born population in Ameri ca iu 1870 wero Five millions, Five hundred and sixty seven thousand; while the entire white population was only 33.oS9.377? This makes the foreign eloraent, which is nearly all Roman Catholics, more than one sixth of the entire vhite "population. Add to this fact, that not less than two millions of native Americans belong to the Catholics; while Twenty mil lions of native Amerioan.3 belong to neither Church, and are as likely to unite wi'.h the Catholics as with tba Protestants. Adjust these figures, and you will see that Roman Catholicism now in America is One Milliou in the ascen daacy of Proteetaatitm in numerical valne. The only checking power in Cathclidsni lies in tho twenty millions who aic numbers, of nc Church; be cause those are native Americans, and it is presuiaod they are inclined to Protet.i;aniua. Taking this view of the eubject, the Protestant Churches have grounds of fear; especially when wo take into tho consideration the indomit-ablo per severance of the Catholics in prosely ting, and tho constant influx of per eous from beyond the waters. Let us awake before it is too late. Oesekver. ShixeI Have you a joy ? Oat with it! Set your candle npon the man tlepieco. When ia boyhood, in the country, I went to prayer meetings, we went across the corn field in gronpy, and father would take a lan tern and go ahead, and we would all follow in the light of that one lantern, not Btumbling or losing our way. Let your light so shine before men I Don't sit during prayer-zaeeliug with your head down in your hands as thongh yon had been asleep two weeks. The homeliest part of you is the top of your bead. Lit your tce shine. Tuimage. Hebe asd now. Wuore and when hall revolution begin? Here and now. Ia your heart and mine. Sin must go down; our pride mast go down; our wcrldlines.8 must go down, that Christ may come up. Revolu tion ! 'Expect a man be born again, he cannot see tba kingdom of God.' Why not now let the revolution be ? Not next Sabbath, but now 1 gin Not to morrow, when you go out in to commercial circles, bat now! Talmagc. A IV III y V X METHODISM IN For the Aivocatti. The Deserted Village. A teirible fever has suddenly swept over and almost depopulated onr vil lage to day. Our oldest and wisest oitizens could do nothing to check its progress, and look on perfectly ama z id. For the last twenty four hours there had been a continued stream of persons gwng through and from our midst, all looking eager and intent on something. Looking up main street this morning, as I came out cf my room, I saw one black Log, and a negro with a rag tied around his jaws on the streets. Ho was too sick, I imagine, to leave the village with the well ones. Ho looked id lonely. Walking into a store, I saw a merchant lying on the counter, with his head resting on some goods. How did you escape the fever, said I, when so many are carried away with ;t ? I might as well have gone my self, said he, for I 3hall not sell many goods to day. Thus it was. Men, wcmeii, and children of all colors, ctd even aged chorcumen, tctlenrg under the weight of yearb,L;;d fs!t the disquieting influcace cf the ewaobg mania. Perhaps you ate ready to at-k what had occasioned such a mustering of the multitudes ? Hsd they goe to give battle to the enemy of man, to check the progress of commingling ivils wnich threaten to unite in a dos Bolaticg stream of moral corruption, withering the horea of our raoe? Had t'ey goae to iufuao life and vi tality, and to build Up the decaying churches of our land, brightening up the waste places of Zion ? Had they gone to build up and sns'ain Sunday schools, and sapp!y then libraries with good books for the children to read, thereby to grow up wiser, bet ter, nnd more useful ? Had they gone with their money, to relievo the Or phan Aeylum, wnich is struggling for existence aad usefulness, from em barrassment, to feed and clothe and educate dependent orphans, vvhosc parente are sleeping- beneath thi si lent clods? Hark! What vociferous cheering is that I hear of ihe commingled multi tudes, swelling out from the Devil'f camping-ground ? In the language of Joshua, "It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery." Is it possi ble that gray-headed churchmen Lave left their protracted meeting, and ta ken their wives and children to Bhout their approval at the shamtless per formances of circus riding women,and the nonsense of heaven defying clowns ? Yes, but people ought to enjoy themselves, some will say. If christian duty requires a person "to come out and be separate," what right have we to expect the smiles of heaven to reat upon us while hypocritically throwing the weight of our influence in the scale of moral corruption ? If modesty is a commendable aad requi site element in the formation of the christian character, what consistency is there in sanctioning and patron izing circus scenes of obscenity ? "By their fruits ye ehali know them." And when a person finds his chief joy in corrupting elements, derogatory to christian consistency and charac ter, he may well consider the language of Inspiration : "Thy heart is nt right in the sight of God." Alas! for our little village I When the circus-fever has abated, we trust our citizens will return, not only to the village, bat to a consciousneeo of christian consistency and duty. Inquirer. Oxford, N. C, Oct 4th. For the Advocate. Mr. Editor: Rey. H. T. Hudson, who is famishing the Advocate with a series of interesting ar tides, on the subject of "missions" has given some statistics, taken I suppose from ihe last census which are radically defec tive, and which are calculated to de stroy confidence in that source of in formation. Speaking of the unequal distribu tion of Methodist churches in the va rious counties of the State he puts two in each of several counties, among j which are Pitt and Edgecombe. j Reading that statement, I was an- I pressed with the error, and could see how relying upon that source of in formation, ia correct opinions might be found in regard to the strength of Methodism. Take Pitt county, tho census says there are only two Methodist churches in it. This would give Methodism but very little showing, bat the tact is there are four ( i) and another in course of erection. Take Edgecome, and instead of two there are three Methodist churches, take the two together and instead of four there are seven; in addition to this, in Edgecombe there are six reg ular preaching places, tares where we own no property, but have regularly organized societies and regular preach ing. In the two counties we have f 1 NORTH CAROLINA. 22, 1873. then, ton (10) regular preaching Paces- This makeB quite a different eaow- ing, and yet I agree with Bro. Had- son, there is much missionary territo ry in our bounds and much missiona ry work to be done. Car missionary operations are radi cally defective, and the whole machin ery should be overhauled. I have some views on this subject, which I think.if carried into praotical effect, would remedy some of the disadvantages ua" der which we now labor. I did not, however set oat to write an essay on ruissions but to call attention to the statistical error in regard to Pitt and EJgocombe counties, and which no cloud might be found in others. Greesville. THE LOXUOniTlSlCSON METll ODISJtl. The London Times, of the 12 th of Angast, publishes the following edi torial on 'Methodism and the Church of England," whin wii!, no doubt, be read with 'ntorest by all lo-ers of Methodism oa thb; side of the Atlan tic. The erel'isive and wrogant clairas of sacerdotalism faro very bid ly at the handd of the powerful writer, who insists, in a commoa senes and convincing manner, upon the ancient and authoritative test, 'By their fruits ye shall kaow them' : Nothing is more natural th?.n that members of the Church of LVsnd, eating anything for that nam 6, sonc look with wi3tfal aad envious eyes at j the numerous and prosperous body claiming John Wesley ae its patriarch and apostle. There is nothing in oar "'hole annals more striking or more characteristic than that a single man, with no advantages of circumstances or birth, 6hou!d have established a religious community embracing a good fraction cf the people by the simple process of talking and preach ing. Its annual Conference is an event of the year, and wo should not be doing our duty, either to Wesley- ana themselves or to their rivals ia the Held cf religious opinion, it wo did not report the proceedings of the Confeieace as far as our limits will allow. Besides filling rnny impor tant offices, laying down judicious rules, directing foreign and metropol itan missions, and mooting all kinds of emergencies, the Conference ex hibits what may be called a financial Buceess and a generous expenditure. The Wesleyan? make, we believe, for more than a thousand ministers a better provision than iu made for a corresponding or even higher oiabs of men in the Established Church. Be sides being educated and trained mainly at the cost of tho Connexion, and maintained in a period of proba tion, the minister has a house, educa tion for his ahildren, super annuation for his own declining years, and a money income far beyond the hopes of some thousands of curates and small incumbents in the Church of England. Such is what a single vol untary movement has done in a cen tury, as compared with the precari ous working of cur splendid and yet poverty-stricken Establishment. W hat must strike eeryboy capa ble of aa impression is that Wesley anism is just the sort cf thing we waulid imide tho Churoh, instead of letting it grow up outside. Bat it has always been the mitfortune of the Churoh of England that neither its true laity nor the mass of it cler gy have had the smallest voice in the management of its affairs. Of course, it may be said that they rho ubmit are answerable for the conscqnLces, and that people have generally quiLo as good a government as they dojerve to have, but when a single century has eeen the Church of England de prived of nearly half its members, and that the meet energetic and inde pendent half, we are loath to hold the faithful lemnant answerable for the wide-spread defection. Indeed, at this moment we do not see what the truest tons of the Church can do to wid3n her circle, or lo pat her into better working order. Very vigorous attempts for those objects are now in hand, and the bishops themselves arc heading movements which only twen ty years ago would have been thought revolutionary, or at least perilous. iiut the difficulty everywhere is a set tled prejudice that the Church is strong enough to stand, and rich enough to do all it wants out of its own reeourbes. What gives life and continual impulse to far less numer ous, ancient, and weighty bodies is the knowledge that everything de pends on the exertions of their mem bers, and that if they wiah even to exist they must work, fight, and pay for it. The Wesleyans are able to address themselves to the most prac tical questions, ana their clergy and laity can do this in entire unison.even though charged with priestcraft; and invidiously compared with the Papacy in the matter of policy and organizi- ' tion course, everybody is made to ATE WHOLE NO. 990. j do hi3 duty;and the work is not left to I the willint horse. There nr .rr. tional incomes t3 scandalize tho not er members, no enorm ns difiR swallowing np the liberality of thou ands, no private patronage, no show of wealth bringing envy on the Churob, but not at its disposal. The Viesloyaas can be both zealors aad wise; and they can do in the mat ters cf religion what Englishmen do generally in tha e flairs of common life; not bo the Church of England, which has little choice, it appears, but to let things t&ke their courso in any or no diraction. What such a body ought to do when it is denounced, when it is ask ed by what anthority it doea these things and charged with gratuitous iatrusioa, it is hardly for us to say, it being a known nilo in such matters that personRtattacked mast be the best judges as to the proper defence of their rights or their honor. Some may think that the Wesleyans had best taken no totico of a pastoral re cently discharged at them by the Bishop of Lincoln, and read iu the chorchcaof bis diocepe. They have howaver, replied, as most people would do m their ciso. The Ex Presidant has taken the opportunity cf a charge to some newly-ordained ministers to answer tho pastoral, and tho ohorge which elicited great en thusiasm, has been published at the request of tli9 Conference. Perhaps it is idle to r gret that young mon entering on their ministry should bo thus at once introduced to a contro versy which we believe to be bottom less, and to no purpose. The work of John Wesley can no moro be gaineajed than the work of the ni'ny men who at other crises of sacred and secular history started, as it were, out of the gloom, and croated a new light and order whore iittle short cf a new creation was to be done. If there is one lesion more distinct than another in the pages of the world's annals, it ia ,th(t whenever existing authority failr,;.ts plaee will be abun dantly supplied. Had John Wesley been a babo in the street or a atone in the pavement, ho still had script u- al warrant cn his side. Were it oth erwise doubtful, the work that ha did is the proof of it. But it is out of the question th.bt the work thus be gun was to be restricted to his own personal agency or his own lifetime. To continue and to grow by natural laws is a matter of couroe. In fact, there is just as muoh need of tho Church of John Wesley in this pres ent year as there was cf John Wes ley himself near a century and a half finco. The work it is 3ci"g would not be done but for it, for the Church of England will not do it. All it does pernaps all it can do is to talk about it, promise it, and invite people to do it, anything short of actually do ing it. The Church of England ad dresses itself, with special aptitnde and considerable success, to the rank, the position, the wealth, and tho ed ucation of tho country, and with al most equal success to Inrge Becticrrj of the agricultural aad laboring poor, j It fails to hold or to win back that great middle class which, ever rising from the banks be'.ow, specially rep resents the industrious and indepen dent goutus of this country. L', thru, tha work 01 iha Wesleyans is to be Jone, upon which matter thera ia an aimont universal coitseat, then tlore mast be Wesleyans, for thoy only wiV. do it. 'The practical position of the Wes leyans is so unassailable that we can hardly think it was necessary for Mr. Wijemau to lead his youthful hearers into what we must call tho the meta physical question of spirit ual 'Orders.' All mankind look for results, and will never be persaaded of the existence of powow or virtues which u.aks no appearance. On the other hand, if those powers do show themselves, ib is vain to dis pute their aathority.Not a single objec tion can be alleged agaiust John Wes ley which could net be also alleged against the great Apostle to the Gen tiles; and if it be replied that the lat ter did miracles, against that may be set the miraole we see before U3 to day the fact of a body of near a mil lion persona largely redeemed from tho profligacy rad irreligion of the age. Tint which comes under tie cognizwee of the sentos is sufficient for the question. 'By "their frnits ye shall know them. If ordined men shew by the whole tenor of their liveb an utter unconscious ness of high moral aims, and nothing more than the common estimate of things, then it ia ridicu lous to credit them with a 'gift' which is nothing to all human apprehension On the other hand, where the gift does show itself il will be its own au thority. The Bishop of Linooln may, perhaps, BJOcsed in impressing upon his own clergy that they aro charged with a work which demands all their interest and energy, and which is, in OmOEOF THE ADVOCATE -00BNI1R OF BAKGETT AND DAWSON STS BALEIGE, N. 0. RATES OF ADVIBTISlHa. 8'c. IMoaxu. ,,,. 8 Mo. Mom.1T t Sqi: tri, j Squares, "viuaive ? juiur 4 'M t UO Oil' 10 Iril, VI) 00 11 Ml fl 0(1 fit 83 0l.l 4 HO U mi, 15 00 is 00 Sit ll SO 0" 10 0"' IA 0(1 13 OU 80 00 K 01 1UU.I 8 001. to 00 40 t I 60 Iftl .ui ma. 1 CVIuuic ss 00,' 15 IHI 00 0'.)i 100 00 It) ou lift 01 n. , ..tnout .d.l.t.on.1 chMsa. ,or evej o-h.r W,5l.fJe-sWillbe,ne,teh,rg0 Xwtmxf oBt n tnca. Twen-Hre ht coat. U 1 1.1, a t th. abuvi. rat forspecln notice ia Local truth, the highest pornr". to ruau; he may ako assure them that ,., feeble powers and impeifoct aims will be guided and blessed from w This he cau do. But La will i.A :! ply (browing hirnaelf against a stono all viib the inevitable re.alt if 1. sets about proving that the able min isters, zealous uisHionaries. and wiirm. hearted pastorj of a rival ecmmnr,;. have no spiritual gift because they do aot possets Anglican orders. This is so certain that it i eems a wtn f t. bor , and, what ia more, tho waato of a precious opportunity to occ jpy the aT3l . 01 me wesleyan newly ordained ministers than an idle cotroven.y. For our own part, wo hoold have thought it better simply to point out to them the work to be done, the com . mand to do it. and tho nanolf. thoee who respond to the calL This seems to us a wiser courso than fol- lowing the dauo-orous lead of a tW. logical anti-jaary, full of a:i that is curious, quaint, and exploded. The bent rule for these days is for all to do -ne Lett they severally can ia ILair own lesreetive lines with as little d s- turbaace m possible to one another. Iu this wav tl ev ma" f.n.f iLa.,.,i - aiiiviug at the same rjoal all u quick er and the raore pleasp.ntly for huving avoided collision midway A RARE KILD4L Tins fc eimdo of a rare medal has just cor-itj under onr notice, says tto Now York Christian Advocate, which proves this to be tho centennial year of the expulsion o. tho Jonuits from Italy by Popo Clomona XIV. On Ang: 1G, 1773, he issued tho famous order wLoroin, fr 'the peace of the Church,' he aboliaboJ tha order of Jesuits for all time. And in memory cf this event tho medals were stnek. They have become very r ir, and bat To v copwe are said to be in existence. They are now, in view of tho interest takou iu tha m'rigues uf the Ordr, quite in denaand. and havo been re pro ' jed in photograph, f10ni which we describe them: Ou the one side they b6ar the half length likenoss of the Pope, with the inscription : HJle mens XIV. 1'ontif. Hjx:' The popo has his hand raised in the act of im parting a blc8sitg. Or the othor side our Saviom, followed by two of tho apostles, ono of whom we know to be Peter by ihe great key at his side, is driving from his presc rco three 'fa thers of the Society of Jesu;' aud be low is the inscription iu Latin: 'I have never known you depart from mo all!' Thd medal bearj the date of the famous expulsion by papal edict. 1773. MODLSTr. Tnj Rev. Da. St-ragce, in some ad vice to his daughter, has the follow ing paragraphs, which it will not in jure young ladies to read aad treasure up: There id one point, my daughter , which is too important to be omitted: I rotor to the deportment which it be comes ycu to maintain tow-trdi the other eex. The importance of thin, both as it reipects yoaraelf anJ others, you can herdly estimate fro highly. Ou one hand it haa too inuch lo do with forming your own cut.'-att.r; ad I rwad no, say that any lack of prsdenco ;n i'de ri9.eot even tor e singta hour may oxooee yoa to evils which no subsequent cac.lion could enable you ofloc'iiily to ropair. Oa the other Land, tLe conduct of every fotuale who is of any consideration, n ay be expected to ex ert an influence oa the character of every gentleman with whom eha as Eociatcst aud that influenco will be for good or evil, a j sha exhibiU or fails to exhibit a deportment which becomes hor. S3 commanding is th'i influence that it in safe to ealuuUla upon the charactor of every com munity frsm knowing tho prevailirg standard of fauialo character, acd that can hardly be regarded an an exggorated maxim which declares that 'woman rules the word. 'La: mo cotmel yoa, then, never to otter an expression or do an act, -vhi'-a even louka like soliciting a gOu tlemoa's attention. Remember that every exfression of civi.ity to be of any value, mast be prrfe'illy voluntary; and any wish on 3 our part, who.'hcr directly or ia-iireotly expressed, to makeyourstilf a favorite, wi'i bo cer tain to awaken the disgust of all who know it.' Let Israel be an exainp'e to thee, who overcame the fiery serpents, not by gazing or by struggling, but by aver'ing -be gze, and locking at the brazen serpent. This is the true and certain vie ory in this combat. There fore take heed, m) Jerome, that thou suffer them not to linger in thy leurt. Thus a certain wise man replied to one so tempted, who suid Sach and such sad thoughts have oome into my mind,' by saying, Tnea et theia n again.1 And another, as a wi-.e or acle sail, 'Thou canst not prevent the birds from flying aboe thy head, but thou canst prevent their building their nests in thy hair. Jhrtin Lu thtr.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1873, edition 1
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