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PUBLISHED WEEKLY 15 Y A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS Foil THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOtTIL RUFU3 T. HEFLIN, EditoV.
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To the Ueiaory of ray Sister Elizabeth.
ily mml tt T ci r i im: fii
Ami UruIi If cti'iii't-r 'l.i k ari'l I i e.
Tl-r T-ii- l.ki; lairo i. e nm-ir t i-yrt
'J'tit 1 t.-rt; ttit tljJii art j;io e.
Str- wo in li t- rntti "f utrn-r ye-im
I j-ea ti fl f h'.pv li- ' i!e,
GifM?rt'i n't r w:th mt-iiinr.t;i- toi tt.tr1',
Drifting iilon tiinu s Icl.t jjale.
Are! n irn tht- uri.-t'- trji!i; tine
I- 'c-pih(; tlia !'' 'ky.
Me l.oiki- J hear th an'cl wm;:,
S-I"t a. itu: zrji!iyr, an-tjiiri;,' .y.
I i-c Slie? i'l the twi'i.'ht lim
I tea ill if'ul. "ii n in hih! lair.
tVii- l.r w unfm i-'i ii rf'- r pin -'Ihy
sTicti I f j!iit.i as i jT:iyer.
An I tl-en. nahi, iii:n Mur-ii .ilit ;;I-arrM
Muve fciivtr-rtrea'l the hiut ie.i'ii breakt,
I i tins-. te;ir mu- in my ilreain?,
Arnl hc-nr lliea wUUpcr, ' Loins one, rent."
Hut wt-cii the morning tun Virt thrown
li- r.-i'lhim-e V.T the laml f iirtain,
Ami thy bright i'liu;, love, ban one
I-ike silver mini from m.-utititiii ctrcair.s
Kri'-e'iiri. I weep anil inn-e of tht-c,
.Save V'oil, in v lums heart only shrine,
Strivin t'lin vain, on heii'h-il knee.
To eull lliy imae hai:k aain.
iCfliiinituiirntiuus.
for thu N. C. Christian Aflvorate.
Uiiiversaliim - Putuie Funislimfnt
Gwd'a Power, Purpose arid Will.
It is said that God wills the salvation of ' and their cdi" unprncrii.
all men ; therefore, all must be sued, as ; We should never siu nble over and re
the Divine will is omnipotent and irresi.-t -'jeet a s nooth'y p .1 s ied stone, lyintr al
ible in reply to this, we would remark ready at the biiiiiliiir, and r nut hewing
that (iod wills all men to b'.r holy, but all at random in the foimh fiU irries, to iret
an; not holy ; He wills that all men should
repent, but all ili not repent; He wills
that all men shou .1 cone to the ktiowledjr
of the truth, but all h tve not come to a
knowle !'ro of the truth. If (iod's will in ents of an educuted younj; man, culled to
regard to man's holiness, repentance and preach the ' eve i t.-timr Gospel," were
knowledge b is failed, m ty n.tt His will in dee m;d objects u.iw iithy tur coi.sidera
rerard to the silvati-;:) of all men fa 1 ? tion ; while those of one uneducated, with
If it be said iod doe--will that men should originally an eoual opportunity of pur
repent and be holy, but at no particul -r smui: ' bis studies be. ore him, should en
tine, then evident y lie docs not will it list all our energies in his behalf ? Or
:it all ; for man can never be holy, nor re- was !t because we reversed the old adaire,
:$: t, u;d -ss he d ies it at some ti ue. Is and suposetl bird in the bunU was Worth
it s.tid lie does not will it now : the i why two in tiie hnnil, and opened our hands to
co n nan 1 it now v hy ;rive men a law throw, with '"otilK and mind,' at a dis
here t!i it is not to be -pplied here ' Why taut object 'ibis appears to the writer
publish t-. ih precepts here that are only liie s.iuitinir our eyes ti) the uli'eriniiS God
to be obeyed in eternity .' if it be s.dd bas brought up be.V re us, that we may
lie wills Mian's holiness both for the pres- push the n aside, to m out into the world
cut aijd the future, for ti ue and eternity: to hunt up others ile has not brought so
if His will for nan's holiness now. fails to
securo it now, may not His will for man's
h .liness then, fail to secure it then ; isut xittietie .e.itu-es or the other, and render
does not God will our sa'lV itioll lloW Z Is "tile. ,.b. .&. hrur. If urc.i; t.- ....jr jim,.
it not now he commands us to be saved? man who deserves the sy npstines of all
Is not this the d ty f salvation liat all Chri.-tians. and, es.eci.il!y, Christian miu
3i re not saved now. If. then. God s will inters lue is t he very one who is excluded
to save all itieu 'ails to save ail now, nwy trom the embrace- of this Society He
it iiot f.il to save all in the future? 'ibis b-.s stnu'Jed with the -allin- ce of
argument assu nes as its fouud.itiori wli ;t p iverty daii-i n,ir at his .eet. th ruiijrh dif
is not true. God d es not will t - save ;.ll Iiculty a ter tli.ucii'ty. u.itil he has beaten
men without their consent and co opera- his w.iy through a course of study, which
tioii. He onld not make the. it free moral jrives bin an edue.itioti, (juabiyinj: him
agents, and then will to save the it in vio- tor any station in ii e. He has looked for -l.itioii
of ihe laws of their moral nature, ward with anxiety for the time to come
lie t'.is made salvation conditional, and when he could loosen his tvld, binding
Las willed to save all men on those coiidi- shackles, to rise and stand alone, to reap
tions. if it is asked. Cannot God s will some pecuniary beuelit. as a reward of bis
.secure compliance with those conditions, j toiis, and to p ;y the expense of his l.mii
iu the case of till men ? we answer, it has ; continued e..nit. 'Ihe time does cone;
not done it for nearlv six thousand years, ' be lis s to stand ; but as he begins to look
and the pn.b bility is it never will ; for it" j
it has failed thus lonn to secure such co-1 lortune spread Ueiore nitn, tue wrnte nar
operation, it is not certain it will ever be ' vest of the liospel. with its few struggling
more success ul. If we uny judge of v- apers, waves up in t e distance. And
the future by the pist. of what God s will 1 whue he stands beholding it in admira-
tnay do by what it has done, we certainly !
bave no satis "actory eviden 3e that it will j
ever secure the universal prevalence of
holiness and happiness.
ut it is urged th; t it is t:ie 1'ivine j
purpose to save all, and the Divine p wer
will infallibly secure the Divine put pose.
We renlv it is not the 1-iviue purpose to
save man, independently of his own agen
cy ; no more than it is the Divine purpose
to feed the hungry-, clothe the naked, heal
the sick, or supply the wants of the des
titute, without their cooperation in the
work ihe Divine purpose can never be
opposed to itself. God could not, there
f re. pu"p ise to make man free, and then
pu p ise to save him in opposit on to and
i t viol t o i of his freedom, lint it is
si l, as the Divine power has saved so ;,e
men in bar i ony witn their mor; 1 needom.
may it not save all : We lep'y. the I i
vi'fe power h. s not saved all men. and the
strong probability is. it will not. As it
has tailed to Sive some lure, is it not
:i.U-;r ui!l fail to stve some here-
in Uk'HUtV w " 1
i ter If man resist : 11 h 1 influence of!
Diviue power and goodness ior fcfty. eighty
or a buiidred year. is it not probable he
will do it forever ? The Divine power will
certainly not be more powerful at any time
than it "is now; for that would imply an
increase, a growth in God s p iwer ; which
is absurd. We know the heart grows
harder, the long r it. continms. in sin.
If the Divio power 1m failed to perform
a certain wor in this world, bow can it
perfor u the sa ne won. (grown, more difa
cult by delay) in the fuiii'e st;te ? BiLf
this argu :ie:it fr. n God power is so ne
ti aes presented in anoth r form.. Ti us
it is said either Gol could save al m :ti
kind, but woi l 1 not ; or he would save all
bat could uot ; or he can s ive all. and will
save all." If you assume the first, you
deny God's goodness; if the second, you
deny His power; if the third, you em
brace uoiversalism. To this we would re
ply : Either God could save all men from
te nporal evil, but would not ; or lie would
save all men fro n temporal evils, but could
not ; or He can save all men from tempo
ral eil. and does., Ch;nvse the first, and
,-..ii j.il! in mie-fioii liti.1 S "nmlnr-ss
iw
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ctio so the seeoiut, auu ynik oeny his om- !
nip! enoe : eho ise thi third, and you assert
a flsehMd ; lor G.d does not save men
from alt temp..n.l evil.
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F-r ii .V. C. Ch.l-tiao A lroc.ae.
Oar EIiicatio.1 Saciet. ;
Fu;-;) -iu-., -Mr. lviit r, our p.ip;r Ii; J
:',r a- .i i -.ti tin; ( ii'-r..l mlui X ti p: p.-
'ai'J fi e-cli;.S o.' th: N (J JoiiI'.TC-ik,j i
: a,- ii, .vr a i w iiuJjit ibnul.ts UjT consitj
i .-r tiuit, w.tU r-urJ ! j ur Jr.i:jjr et.t'-r
j priM; tit- iiuc.-itioli .Society Whtcli liiir-
j t-jr il - .bj'-ct " tin,- jih.-irstiiuee ut Vun iiiC-n
! in itir-iiii! tiicir .!Uii.s. prt-p;iri.tiry !
j efittrit tin- itintriiiic' ui .ur,'oiiiC-rfciite.'"
i 'J hw n:U-xy h on in tai-tc-f.ce iivt-
! f.-.irs, aii'J. we tiu-t. Iia Jine a mt! w.iil:.
J'ut tve urv Jar no ii tliinkiii": it is ho er
; Jccti (J i;i,i to uj c-iibl'-ij. by sjii,e alter- j
titiuiiH, t- liiurr, .-iiid J it Ia; ter. AinJ
ii' we bliuuJiJ ii Jic-r with Koine, who cherish
willi coiitfiit.i.t-iit its present liti)itel aim
i;ii;1 direction, w in.pe we hha'1 not omii j
j down iipotj our liea-j their pious anathe j
j niiis. but that lin y w.il c.il i.Iy hww us thu
j"v!iys ' aii'J wiieic wes" we are wronji.
As this .Society now exists, it only lends a
I helping bund to those wli j are "jmrtuiny
I their studies ; ' while a larjxe class ut younji
ineri, having: eul, ii ti't superior claims
up n our sy i. p ilhit s, are le:t entirely out,
viz : those wli.i have alreidy pro-ecuted
i theii- studi.-s at their own expense, and are
still udebted tor the sa.ne; white they feel
it their duty tu enter our itinerancy.
It appears inconsistent for us toaid one
to beco-iie what we reiuse others, who are
'already ii the saute, if not more favorable
j condition, 'i he ynUiiLT men of this class
jure already educ.tted, and are before us,
! that we may ju le lor ourselves wiietber
j they are proper persons for the ministry
j or not; wliile the others, we must admit,
i are uneducated, and freouently untried,
one no better, if not inferior. Can you
tell me, Mr. KJiu.r why it is thit this
respectable cluss has been overlooked en
i. rely ' Was it because the time and tal-
near. V ny. sir, does the edu-j.ttioti we'
- eek to put on oae, cover up all the sy.ti-!
around up-m the rich telds of fame and j
tioii, he hens, while others sing the " har-
vest home, a sit small voice, eumingj
forth from anion": the gathered sheaves,
savinr, " Jeave all. and lollow me."- He ;
recollects some kind lrieiiu is tiacK yonuer,
whispering to himself, '-(Jwe thou no man
anything but bve." He cries back tob s
kmu messenger, who calls him to labor,
u Wait a little, sir, till I go down yonder
and dig awhile in the field of wealth; then
I may come." Ile turns to go to the fceld
of wealth, but lo : he sees written on every
object, in dark auu dismal ktteis, this aw
ful sentence : " Woe is me if 1 preach not
the Gospel." Ile stops; his messenger
cries again, ' i,et the dead bury their
dead ; what thou d.est, do thou (juickiy."
What shall he do, Mr. Lditor ? Shall he
goou? Are y m not afraid he will be
co i-e a lawyei, or merchant, down theie,
ai d iiualh become a cast, wvy ? We are.
h anv can be aided, why not relieve bis
mma as once, and let him enter the work
by our sids. We need him just now.
Our ranks are tbin. and thews small: and
thev wi.l j.et iw better by goinu: away from j
us. lul wh !! better can be d., than go
mi ? According to our present regulations,
ii he co res to i ur ocie:y for ; i i, though
he be a young li.iseom. our burly Treasu
rer tela him, " St nd baen, sir : you are
tduaiitif ali:utfy. We have got uo money
f.r y u.'' Perhaps some kind and solicit
ous frieud, seeing his difiieulties, ;tiid know
ing his intrinsic va ue. persuades him to
unite with us, and all will come right after
a while, if bo ruters, hope soon dies
. away. We h tvu wise y told him, by a re
Solution last Conference, "We deeu it
highly improper and injurious' lor him
to e iter int i any worl ily business which
.nay involve hi n " He amis the interest
of his debt taking .ill of his scanty allow
ance; his cl.it hes. b o - s. and the horse he
bought, le t. Arid as h is a man who
feels .orciblv the moral obligition of debt
resting on. hi u. bitter anxiety begins to
eat out ab his enjoy-i ent and cripple his
energy. ll.e.ge sadly around his circuit,
or fi'lS- his station. He presents the claims
of nii.-sioii-. siip'jr:i!mu ttetl preachers, or
phans :-iiil widows. Int.. while self is kept
i -i :
I... 1
e;:l
He em.es. to Con eri n -e wnh
it s mite, ami heisi we are. stiioing witn t
ur b.iiids open to receive his dobr, to
.i.'lp yo;i:ig in-Mi in pursuing their studies,
pr-pjr.-.biry to entering oar itinerancy. "
s it t:it a shame. .Uc lldhor?, Xo doubt
br n be!K.-J in. iiut it look t us !'k
d. owning man ihrwing liic j rv--rcrs t,
S e one Coaling !eiure!y :tr..u:d hi-n.
while be hi n.-clf sit ks unn .tieeJ. u iw. p".
and nncare J-f -r. It matters in, t how ;nn
seals ttiis voiiii" man m; v have t bis min -
istry ; be "t. destined to' fail, or c; -th tm iolence to Lis moral nature. His i-on-the
broken re nains of .-o ne aca iemy oi l science, u:des hardened Ly $in. shrinks
instit utioti of learning. He after a while!. rum ti, l-t hn."J. No re. 5 i, therefore, can
tn;ns his bead, in desp dr. t-.w.,rds the j be drawn from the nature of the law or
gloomy land of loc.tioii. and bids us, with S the naiureof man, for a jurtiiic-t!oo, uu-
our iiiisdireeted
symp
itliies. a tiii.il fare
well.
And who can persuade htm to stay,
;r at his sineeiity ? Whv, sir. i:
or sneer
the claims of these you ig men were pre-
semted to the pimple, the Church would
single them out as special objects of their
charitable donations. We cail for au ex-
tension of aim What do vou say ?
Yurs. affectionately,
Myrtleton, X. C.
NEBO.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
The Christian Fathers.
" u hat progress has been made in the i
understanding of the Bible, from thedavs!
of Ignatius to those of Augustine from
those of Augustine to those of Calvin
from those of Calvin to the present mo-
meut' They have uot discovered new
truths in the Bible ; but they have placed
the old truths in new lights, m new bear-
ings, iu new relationships, and with a bril-
liancy and clearness of outline, such as
those that preceded them could not per
ceive, it is this very idea of progress
that makes us conclude that the true la
thers of the Christian Church are the best
Biblic d scholars of the nineteenth century.
It is a perfect perversion of things to call
Ignatius, and Augustine, and Jerome, and
j ., .. 1
viji .-".inij iur lauRi.: J i int. vuuitw.
The ftct is. these excellent men were but
the chililreit of the church, and were very
much mixed up with childish things ; and
those divines who have written upon the
Bible, and studied it, and have been aided 1
by the Spirit of God, in the nim teenth j
Century, are the true lathers, the only an-
cients of the Christian Church." Dr. John
Cuinminy. j
When I met the above extract in one of i
Dr. Cu iimiug s lectures, i could not well '
suppress an involuntary exclamation of de-!
light. '1 hough it may subject me to the;
charge of irreverence, yet i mu-t confess j
that a long array of quotations from the
fathers always snakes my confidence in ;
the soundness of any argu i.ent, or the
Scripturaluess of any doctrine. There is
about as mucu reason in appealing to the
fathers to support any (La. lie, as theie
is in referring to old br ke:i down p.tiiti-:
... 1
ciaus, to sustain anv pirticular tiiemyou
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tlie science ot govern. nent. it tieie is
anything on earth supremely ridiculous, it
is to see every littie tvio iu theology pa
rading the fathers i Tsuim "'l ut U,, "r
that the rv. Jieiore t co.a.oCiiced preach-
ing. Dr. Ad.ui Clarke give me tins ad-
vice : Be careful how y.m ipi ite the fa-
thers. for on most sub. cot s they b ow both
hot ill 1 ctiW." But w.io are tue lathers .'
We are told that they were the first and
most eminent writers of the Christian
Church. The term "father'" was applied
to them as a mark of honor. ' Learned
men," sii s Mr. Watson, 'are not unani
mous concerning the degree of esteem
which is due to these ancient father:
So-iie represent the. ii as the most excellent himselt ot his armor ot charms, and
guides, while others place the n in the divided them, together with his wea
crry tuicist rank of moral writers, and pons of war, between his two sons, re
treat their precepts and decisions as per- serving to himself a heavy cutlass.
fectly insipid, and in many respects per- He then turned himself to the chiefs
nicious." Yet these are the author: ties : an,i warriors around him, and gave
appealed to in support ot eonhrmauon, im- th(jm ;m ilffeCtionate favewell, commit
u.ers.on, and that jre.,t-t of all -rret -b" ting his finnily and sons especially to
surdities, apostolical succession It is , ,. ,J , . .. rr, 1
' i i- i- i i the care ot the chiefs;, lhen raising
amusing to see how profoundly learned . , , ,. , , , a
some profoundly ignorant men are. in this i h""se,f to th h,st Jch of nthu:
sort of ancient lore, 'ihe fact is, it U : siasm by making coo-too, (a war dance)
about as ea-y to prove one thing by these ; he ordered his men to the final strug
authoritics as it is another. Tertulliau, ! g'e.
who flourished about 200 years after Chi ist, j Accepting death, he was determined
opposed infant baptism on the ground that ; to sell his life at the highest price. He
this sacrament was edicacious in utking j rushed upon the fence of the enemy,
away all previous sins, and ought, there-!ari(t cutting it away, plunged into the
rUtJCl illCli ) i lilt tiUilCia .U Ji LIT II 1 J ' I HJUiCU i
. . . . . . . . ?- rt t r r t.if t o. r.rf An . a . I tii I
ti, especially by those who would like for ,
us to Hear tiik Church " 1 wish to en- j
ter inv nrotest against any use of such au-i
thor.ty by Methodist pn-ac tiers.
L. W. MARTIN.
Hyde Com-ty. X. C.
For tha N. C. Christian Ailvocate.
The Girdle.
am, in sivnig some l nportai.t advice ;
in sivnig some lmportm.t advice ; ,
, i ,1 - u.;'Oiv oi tue seii-saci mtcu nauiui in
to ttie Jiiphesiaus. as to how thev might i , - ......
b able to "stand," tirst directs them to!cra:1J' heWn to pieces .i burie.l it in
hive their "loins girt about with truth." I tne centre of their town -with great
This exp.-es.sion is "highly figurative. It 'sacrifices, and in the use of ceremonies
w .s custo nary iu the East to wear louse, ! by which they pretended to bind to
iiowing garments, which, when any brisk jhhn, in perpetual slavery, the souls of
action of the body was neeessaiy. must be jail slain during the siege, a? w -11 as
girded up, to give freedom and ease to tlie captives caught and beheaded on
its movements. Having the " loins girt" j u s rrnive. A house Was then built over
was a figure demiting re resting place, in which
as appheJ to the miul u-itrameded by ; a hjs nU n.;, lth .he d rum5 fif
vasctilatiug things aa l distracting views. y nm;ic;an were deposited as
To pat the miud iu tins pugat, tue giruie ' , . '
o- t nth is necessary. j "cml to , is metro j. b rom that time
Ihe moment a man devi tes from the t0 ,he present he has been regarded as
truth, his actions beo ue shackled. One i fheir chief deity, a prince of the souls
falsehood requires another to conceal it, j "f departed warriors. Since his death
and s i on. indefinitely. Thus he deprives j the town of Bompey has been taken
himself, iu a great degree, of freedom j hy war but once, which was done five
and independence of action. Hence, the j years ago by a combined war from the
man wiio practices falsehood is never ready j adjoining tribes interior, at which time
for honest, straightforward action. i the ouse and relicts to his memory
But nothing need be said to c,n ince j wpre aestr0VCL 0n tbis acCount the
of the rreat laiportauce ot truth. u;n j . j . ..
oi me r-'Mi. p iBompev tnl e are determ ned to utter-
that, in certain extreme e .ses, a falseho .d
is justifiable. lo th se a word, jiiei
teachings of Scripture plainly show that
it is the Divine will that we sh u d speak
the truth. Neither, so far as I know, i
there any nti.uation of an exception to
this rule. It is unlike the law of the
Sabb :th. That may be suspended, iu or
der to perform works of necessity or mer
cy ; inasmuch as thi Sabbath w.is m;id
Iir man, and not mt;n for the Sibb-itli
iiiii UiiUi was fit Ulildi fur- uas. It &JV
! ted l.-f'rt h's creati.;ti. before any yor-jii-.o
of the univer e wai for rued : it i
-;r:t'd No circu jistance, or time, or
place, can ch nge it. .Mjb wa? Jnade f,r
; f
Hjs iiior.d cxi.-titut'.on was t aajited tj
; it. and he cannot violate :t withmt doin
! der anv circumstances, of a viuLtion of
j the truth, it not urifreojuently happens,
! iiowevcr, that a person, i-V his own iiu-
prudence or otherwise, is placed under
. string te i.ptatiou to swervefrom the truth,
j io adhere to it would pbee him iu odious
j light before his friends, would humiliate
him, or be in some way exceediurlv disa
grecble, while he could ce no pssible
har.ii that Would result to anv one, if. by
means of a little " white -fie, he hould
rid himself at once of the disagreeable
j incumbrance. Why not, then, tell one
j littlr xtory that will do n injury at all?
Lo no injury . ho says it
IL'S the Omniscient said it?
will not :
Who else
: competent to say it? Let no ignorant
! mortal presume to say it.
j Bat if 1 adhere to the truth, I see
! h irm vlU result to a certain one. May I
not conceal this truth, if by no oth r
j means, yet uy uttering an untruth : .o,
verily. Suppose harm does result to that
one; can you, with your little knowledge,
say that a greater harm will not come to
some ne else, if you violate the trnth ?
Indeed, I thiuk Omniscience alone is com-
: pctent to pronounce a falsehood, under
;any circumstances, ju-tifiable. F.
j
! tw. Tt, n.-mv. tv:n .l,co
' J.'E..-lIfcJl.Jl. LI lil.lt I' til y'u. Ull-U.lVi
inform me what is meant by making Bish
op Pierce a life-member of the church
which he recently assisted in dedicating
a notice of which eppeatt-cf iu your last
issue? A.
Fayetteville, March 8, 185G.
It is that whereby one may be said to
be made a a life -member. And that
is about all we understand of the matter.
Edjtoii.
JWsrfllaitrous Jlrlirlrs.
Horrors of African Superstition.
A number of years ago, Bom per,
the chief town in this country, was sur
rounded by a very strong "war," in
which several tribes were ioined. Du-
',.;, ra.V ,nonlJJ3 tlie p;irjcs fuuht
t : i l .i i t i . ,i.
and Won ted each other, until at length
it c T ,
the warriors or Lioinney hcbl a coun-
., . , , 1 , ..
ei! to unite themselves in one grand ef
fort to destroy the enemy around them.
inanoF W ir to consult the ' s pints or
the dead, lie pretended to discover
thatjthespiritsof their tlistingusheddead
were valous of the fame of their chief
and were Lent on Irs destruction ; and
that if he would give lihn.self up to the
enemy to be kil'ed, the residue could,
by the aid of the spirits of their fath
ers, easily vanqu sli the foe and save
their town and country. The noble
but superstitious man arose, stripped
. . i . .
uu. uei.ec.i vicioiy was i-uu mty
theirs, fought like leopards, spreading
dismay into the heart ot the ioe, wno
began to give wav before them. "They
fly, they fly." was soon the shout of
j vietrry which rang through the town.
Ihe young and fleet were soon la hot
pursuit, and laid low in the dust many
a wearv war:i-. Tie own was saved
it-lm noor.tp i-o rn ri t I'bf'V tonL- tbA
, o ,r , -n A r.
j J ro,ot. out he of ) ,e P?"s
bined in that Avar. Cor. American
Mixsi'jWirij.
TllH So'4TliAPToi TkAGEDT, T C Pffrv
irg Express cinit .ins t'e txti.-tiony ..f ivii
ti sses taking liefi.re -Jui-tices nf th; Pe.u-e,
i tne.f sji:uiiuttinii C lihouri B irr-lt,h!irgel
-vsth iuliiiig C;ipt. N-tt-siiii. A-c'rding ti
?- i i'l-ut. iiTpf X- w-in prTtjk4! his
is do-it . M-r. I-rr-it .ursui-t1 ihe imly
Piitsi- th: t mots ;fcft him. an hoUuraLIu
luiii aai in de&sat uf his owo Ufa.
! A
Whimsical Illutratiox
JCnARACrLn It h a.-serteil that tLe led carefully, and Mi-!, "Yes I c I
l itihaLitants of Iunlskca, tScollan 3) are j tlrtsses vou as Itnlim Jt ri1." The
j fror to litigation ; an-1 a cur.ous lc
j nl of a law surt is told, upon the main
i illustrative of this, quarrels-orae disro-
.-itin. A century ago two f ersoii
w re remarkable here for their supe
rior opulence, and had become the envv
and wonder of their .poorer neighbors.
Their wealth consisted of a flock of
sheep, when, unfortunately, some tri-
A century
fl I n (T fl t s fit 1 1 f rfll crm rr .r- n-r.ar tboTrt 9 I
dissolution of partnership was resolved ta.r.V: e w,'h T frM X? ! car.Jn
upon. To divide the fiock, one would imm'j ,hat oar is not only to rase
suppose, was not difficult, and theT155 .W jfvtitute wi,,iin
proceedetl to partition the property ac- 1 ributmg Comerences but al-.
cordingly. Thev possessed one W 'osc.d our books and tracts into the
pos
dred and one sheep ; fifty fell to each
proprietor, bat the odd one how was
it to he disposed of ? Neither would
part with his moiety, to the other, and
after a long and angry negotiation, the
sheen was left in common n.-oner v be-
tween them. Although the seasjn had :
not come round when sheep are usual
ly shorn, one of the proprietors, re
quiring wool for a pair of stockings,
proposed the fleece should be taken off.
This was resisted by his co-partner, and
the point was finally settled by shear
ing one side of the animal. Only a
few days after the sheep was found
dead in a ditch ; one party ascribed
the accident to the cold feelings of the
! animal hav'ng urged him to seek a
shelter in the fatal trench ; while the
other contended that the wool remain
ing upon one side had caused the weth
er to lose its equilibrium, and that thus
j the melancholy catastrophe was occa-
j sioned. The parties went to law di
jrectly, and the expenses of the suit ac
j tually devoured the produce of the en
j tire stock, and reduced both to a state
! of beggary. Their descendents are
pointed out to tins day as being the
poorest of the commtmiry.and litigants
are freouently warned to avoid the fate
of "JciTy and JJalotie."
Cromwell's Speech. The follow
ing are the very words spoken by Oli
ver Cromwell to the Long Parliament.
Hie document was found among some
old documents which had belonged to
the Cromwell family :
a
Spoken by Cromwell, when he put
an end to the Long Parliament, 103.
'It is high time for me to put an
erd to your sitting in this place, which
ye h ive dishonored by vour contempt
mercenary wretches, and would, hke
Esau, sell your country for a mess of i
pottage ; and like Judas, betray your
j
I s i
God for
I nn im-ecs oi uioiiev . .
C . f . T I
th
ti "re one vice wuicn ve no not possess. ,
J i
.1 .. , .1 1. ... .1 - . , 0 !
- .
Ye have no
moic ici;g:on umii tnj
i i t i ...t.:.. i. -c
norse. uoiuis your gon-w.ncn j
on itae iiol oiiiieieo i.iy ooi con-
science for bribes ? Is there a man a
mong vou that hath the least care for
tne goon oi it com no iwcumi : it1
,T, . , , , , I
sordid prostitutes, have ve not de-i
.1 .' 1 . C .1. .. t.l. A,.
filed this sacred place, and turned the
Lord s temple into a den of thieves
By your immortal principles and wick
ed practices, ye are grown intolerably
odious to the whole nation. You, who
were deputed here by the people to
get
their grievances redressed, are j
yourselves become their greatest griev
ance. "Your country, therefore, calls upon
me to cleanse the Augean stables by
putting a final period to your iniqui
tous proceedings in this House, and
winch, by God's help and the strength
he hath given me, I am come to do. I
command ye, therefore, upon the peril
of your lives, to depart out of this
place! Go ! get you out ! Ye venial I
slaves, begone! Poll! Take away
that shining bauble there, and lock up
the doors !''
Accuracy. It should he a promi
nent object with the teacher to do what
he can to form in his pupils, habits of j terial shape, in vocal sounds'? By
accuracy and distinctness in ail their! wI,at instinct seize tho.-o dim analogies
performances. If scholars are requir- j of material things, which are th- sym
ed to write but a single sentence, in- i ools of my inner state ; those native hi-
sist that thev do it nlair.lv and neatlv.
! and insert everv required mark of punc-!
jtaation. Many persons will write let-
teis witnout tne sngntest ooservance oi
the rules of punctuation, and often
with a painful degree of illegibility.
We find the following anecdotes illus
trating, ludicrously enough, the effects
of ind:stinctness, in the "Teacner
Taught," an in
tertst'ng manual publish -
s ao by Emerson Davis,
I ed many Year;
D. D.
An English gentleman applied to the
East India Company for an office for a
friend of his in India, and succeeded i
in ontaining an appointment. ins
friend after a while wrote him a letter
j of thanks, and signified his intention
j to send an equivalent. The EngHsh
Iman could make noth'ng of the word
i but elejjhnnt ; and bein pleased with
i t -t c t it. :
tne laea oi receiving sucu a uouie aui-
ma!, he was at the expense of erecting
a suitable building for h.s accommodation.-
In a few weeks the equivalent
came, which was nothing more nor less
than a pot of sweetmeats.
A clergyman in Massachusetts, more
than a contury ago, addressed a letter
to the General Court on some subject
of interest that wa3 under discussion.
The elerk read the letter, in which was
this remarkable sentence : 'T address
i you not as magistrate?, but as Indian
onJtrtV The clerk tettat-l.an.J
wrath of the honorable t'ly wa- a
rou.cd, thvj passed a rote of cf n-t.n,
and wrote to the reverend gentU i. un
for an explanation ; f;o:.i whicli it r.p
f'Oared, that he did cot addrt-s tl.iri
as magistrates, but as inJiviheih. ,
Tract Cause. In making tl.err con
tributions to cur cause, savs the Stcre-
frontier regions, where there is a me eh
greater deficiency of ministerial help,
and where the ji-oplj nre not oidv gen
erally poor, hut destitute of all the
means of religious improvement, arid
especially of religions reading. Much
of tin's description of country is as real
ly missionary ground as India or Chi
na. And yet none of the churches
have regarded it as such to a proper
extent. They ask for aid in the In
dian Mission Conference, and they ho'h
need and desire it. We have promised
ant to the Western irginia Confer-'
ence, where they are opposed, and to
some extent hindered at everv step, hv '
Northern men. Who will furnish n
with the means? These noble, strug
gling brethren must have our Looks. " j
Towx and Count p. y. It has lc.--n !
mentioned as remarkable, disclose
by the recent Census of the State of
New York, that what increase there'
has been in the population of that
great State during the last five years,
is found in the cities ami towns, nor in
the country. This may bo attributed1
to a growing disinclination in mankind ;
to perform manual labor, and to a con-:
sequent resort to trade, to the profes ;
stons, to literature, and to one's wits,
as supposed easier, if not so happy, or!
healthy, or independent, orgod'y, modes '
of gaining a living. The love of i.o::ey !
and the hope of its rapid accumulation 1
are depopulating the rural districts t f
their hardy, and hearty, and uprigh', :
laboring people, and filling the cities
with sharpers, dandies, millionaires,!
and paupers, with neither the siii'-w no.
the soul which they or their parents
possessed whihi cultivat'ng the earth;
in the rural districts. The change is '
every way for the wor.-e morally, j
bee-like, of producing food for thesus-'
tenance of mankind, the late tiller of
tt -i j
las become a useless drone. ;
consuming the products of others' la-'
i r- .i : .t '
j x... ...1 :. . .1
tin . l.i ill i-:ii i i-i
( onse-
t 1 i i -c
fllicnt I V. liOfOtilf' fotorteoii -I V (lea r :itn ,'
tl. :. .1, rl(.l tt-
1 .7 J ' ,
""s. ..v...
wnat
must it be to
tie .(0or ? And if this is
o already j
- a i
vigorous country, on j
its virgin sou, ana amor
i i
a compara
tively sparse population, distinguished
i , - c , -
above all others for energy, what may
t i,ri, I . ,. ,
we not apprehend of deterioration as the
country grows older and its population ,
more dense ? Fun. Oh-" rv. r.
roET oil not Poet. Professor Brit-
lett, of the Western Reserve College, j
has lately delivered a very able Lec-!
ture to the Students, upon the Logic I
of Poetry. IIethn3 draws the line be-1
tween those who have the gift and those ;
who have net : !
" We can all feel, and deeply, too : ;
many ofuscan well expressourthought-, '
but few of us our feelings. Our emo- i
tions shut our mouths. How often j
would we utter our sorrow or our svm-j
pathv, our love, our admiration; but, j
alas, our tongues are tied, or we are-
ashamed of the cold, lifeless words'
which seem a mockery. Our hearts i
are full, but cannot break the teal up-:
on our lips. These workings of the ;
soul, so simple and intensely spiritual j
how shall I bodv them forth m rna-
eroglyphics that utter and re-ord ti e !
sacred secrets of the heart ?. The o t ,
j as this power of expression. Yursi j
i --i'".3 -.tvu n.nti.
1. - I it. -c. . r TT. .1 .
lie uas i iiv giiLoi uuer-iJice. ii1; soau ;
5.and by my side, and sjeak aloud the
feeling that he thus inarticulate within
mv breast : or even the voice of h"s
keener sensibilities shall first develop
! cr a'wake in me the like condition. lie:
i hall find language for parental tender-
ness, ior conjugal or nnai love, in its j
best estate." !
I
Dr-ath fif on Ajfl MmUt'r. ibej
Christian Advocate and Journal sjy : Oa j
Friday, January 11, tne Ilcv. Mephcu
Wilson, of the British AVesleyan Confer
ence, died at Bradford, Yorkshire, at a
very advanced age nearly Oo. I!ew;
one of the oldest preachers in the "Wefely
an Gjnnexion, having joined the Confer
ence in 1791, the year of Mr. W esky' 1
deeeae. "We believe that only two of hi i
seniors in the tainistrr survive him the
Iter. Joseph Sutciffe and Bev. John Iluck-1
ling, the former of whom cominemre i n:
itineraticy in 17?6. and the latter in 17.
Up to a comparatively r cent period 31 r.
Wilson, notwithstanding his great age,
was able to attend p-blic worship ; but
after having been for m'jjc months past
the subject of gradual decay, be at k-Dgth
gerj'ly passed t j the presence of his Sa-Tiour.
. ,i . i . -i g ft :
a'terr; i fin- D . h, rt f .Mr. !
I-lh Ilarrvtt : r -a-::: : . :
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)iw '. u - . ..!.
Savivo TlVf. A .1 rgrr-n h i J
!arj: firm, as c re ri.lv !?; m
our it. fitli. -" dvs, wnf te. - , n
of bis I iKor.-r wh w p'o.ig' o.g . t Ii,
ar 1 !.? f t;n l b ai 'i 's-ig up-:. . i I tiU'(
resting hi tvam. "J In," I J -, . !
it u t be a p.i-l j '.n f.r v ,i t !, , H uA)
fcrthe t.r, c ! ! i, i; b. -:.' i f -, '. 4
w"ii..' tl.e rn.-n ar r- ' ing '.' .t '. i, h ; 'i
a e-ojfi'cn.'sn t..i- n.ig', v. " e,-! .
the f ! Tgytn t-i in-- '.'", r ; ; . ',
"w mil i nut ! well, ir, f r - ai f . It v
a ingl;tig I '..r 1 in rio f -. ; ', an i ' a
tlf-y are singirig. to .g , i IttiU. f ,t : '
Tiie r -v. r-n I c -.:, o.n : ... .,
hi. I an 1 I.fr iiim.
Goop r- n i 1'.;.
PoUTlCs. ir. IUI ; a ! w. !
soin.'n ; .f 4 vv.ig ai- , f I) i,. r .
the tlm-'s ..f K v. l,i a. t, !
tb'd f.r u- t it. t to !! i og p... , .. ,.! t .. : .
di-wija-irin ni'o h:s j u't , in..!- t'.,
lewinjr a Im r A'- ! t . I , , :
' I have lof-wii c;. f ..r r
b diiu 1 '.vl i. lt I hii,- f :i - u ;. : n
iie-ther of liii h ci! !,: f.ie d ': 1 1
first pl.lV, I do tint l i .'. r - i 1 p i i . .
i i the S' c n I p! e , y u ::"! . -t n
.'m l iii'-rln r s , ; a ; in :! i
J hit ", y.:i h ,v J '!'(. - -i!" . !., ;
I-ft one d .y in -.o . ;. 1, - 'i ! t 1 1 . ;
i'l the f.ntll, p ; , . . - ,, , , .
of iufini'i !y gti a', r i ' t ; J "1 t f . i ;
any su'j . t to j ten h . u. f . -. r
rjll' nee tl. iij tin- irtiiji- I i ;n it. '
wid I reach i ll it t ii.- io -v: .-' . 1 1 "
Little C'hddrcr, Lev (jj e ;:c'hr.
A 1,
fr.it !., il o , ; j.
i! I'l lift I 1 :1 V
i I
1
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A:. I tMr. t.'Jt r . pro. 1 rn r..
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It rai'l. ' 1..--1- i If. !,. I"T.. . , O'.llo
M.p liiiiful.' il -fj li- .-I f i! oi !. I.... V.
A lei I !ii- ic :-, ...:i,.' ! i . . r li. r ' .i.t; i j.'-. ;
Sho Wijli .'i hi !. r , u :i.i!ii-; -rMr,
A tnl a ! t-.i 1 1. - '.i.t, ii. ii. r in. i U "i. w : : - ,
Ii jril ;ii-l. ji t r- ;. ;:l .i ft- ill r M .
, fi .- 11 III'lT I ' MMI'I 11., .. .... r. g ,,..'". I (
Kur ' Lit' it f. 1 i; : I., i 1 t-i. ; i io.' r." '
I'ra 'irrv io:' l . 1 1 ! t ' : T fori i-. 1 ri f 'i
l!:it I 11 I" va l.in; ;..' ' r I . ; I, t-..j w
To in .ike l.im ; i :.t. I k.n I t . t.
Will In; ! t 'Kr . -u it I ' i 'i
T mri vi; to 'In nl ut 1 I f, i i.k I - l ; i.t :
A li 'i tloi-. w ! i ti I lo.i" I e. - r i . i , .
I i!3 rl;i- li v jir'i - ti r . i t ; . r
An 1 r.iy, - Lii::.; 1..I lo ... I v-. f. a:. t.
Tlo; lif.li- f-r! -11 1 l.-r V I fet
Ait'l . li-ti-. o.l li"l ' -I t'n. ' e i r .-j1
J-'-.r tin; l.-.y lt. kf I n;. it, -1 . i ., .,
T' tnoi'l. t!o. 1 i,-!. t nl Iht 1 -. 1 1 . - .- - :
p l.'-a.-l wiif lull le- -'..i! i i ..! -(...-!.
Iiot ):: r- -f all - "'i 1 - -'..r ..!..!:;
Art.l li , I I'..k''t ) ..in i 'i t,i li- i'i'V i. ,;!. r,
V !: a " i :! i 1. !! r: 1 -i "ti" :i : r. '
r ! i". ''It.! i't r.
I Did'nt Thi:.':.
i,L.ri ,;.-," i a lifii-b-vtoh;
nid'her, fn -ii rej r .vt-d hi-o f-r ii-ing a
bad word, f-r wbie'i ! V- ) -r r l.im
b-.f-re. Hundr.'iN f lif'- m'lgiil-.
perhaps, h ivf ii i lie fotii-.' thin. "
,'d'nf tin'i'k. ' J! i' if i no tr ;'! t do
things without thiiikWig ; . i - ! -ie f
heedleH-iie.-a. e-i.i.( i ,!!y !, i, i oil-.'r it I -p"at.
ti.-; .'i'-ls fif whi'-b 'h.-y I. (v. I t.
buk'-d. Just think ' f i' ; your fs' -r
mother ft h id y- I to do i e- i ' ,irj , :. t
yt you do it w ; t Louf ib.'ifiiig J !.'!.
rt-garl f-r y-ur p-ir--fit - ui.- thit ; n
even f rg.-t their ri r-' fj.
Hupp '": yn,i trr-w i r i an ! b f.'ii - -t -'j
and w mi"') -a i ' ?i tl.i- "I 'i in' t:tj'.''
habit r-rdiy f.ri "I What l l-n-l - v i
would make. What l-rr...- ali-l -if.. i
mar your -ba acrer ! 'i '-' j . g '
keep r in B u. who , , i- ! j ;. . ,. .
pl-iy'fr's ti:in--y. " d ii'n' . k' f 'if
C"fl-'Jl-ti:-. - t-i ! i?i.-'if , ?'..:',- 1"'"
' did'nt h:nk' -h -;f t'.o . n 1 -
grace for i.f .-i 'it' '-i' l . -
the gloomy j t'-f ri. fu.-d - n ' .
nil i sg-J p.-i.n's i-i.-j.- .J'.t v ! . -x
O 'h - rr:r -. I f;n Iti I . '' '
b-'gh 1-. h-iV-i W'-ijj'h I'll (. ';,
he m-,' t ' a u.-i ' i. -t. At. - -
p'f-ii!iy liitght lj. -1'.iel
r. :'. .
..: i --. ! :
t ! e v. -a -
in in - y .
' : : I tt i
L had th'-ug-V of (',.!, :
j'J'Igr,,' ut, WtJ li!-i A'l V
him '-', .f i' d 1 it ' b- f .
thoi':jt - r ) hi". X d-. .
ff the ' I di i'l,' 'ii b
anl this h fit A !.-..
him in uijBt.-.o J,a'r? ' r
i !'.j: :
t
Ill try tab? Cy.l
L'f-!e Cii il -v j g-t-.-r...'jr v rv .
ant b y. ' .'i'. - ri a i i:;-i i :
poijt. O ' i!' "u :ig !ii. rrt.j'-f'-t d ! 'j
t-xx.-dy su:: ti.i-s ':t'i b y. iu ! -c ; i-h 1
hi piaie awiy ft om L.ts. IV 4 p-iitu
ift'pirl th ;tj''s. if - giV- p'j -a-i-U.
atj-Jier, bit '?. i t 'ti; rl'.'.-sl
ili'p Tin tiiej.- Lis f.i?! t-r 1
in thtrr v. ry nn'. ; j-., to -'-e ilfir '. 's
&U exhibit fctl !j a liri'ifl p:,ri". T'. y
wet!.' ab tut s n 1 Inn v V. ti'. e
int'i hii '-wh r in, 'i -ti J;i .r'ey t-r k l.'s
p Kin iu hi h-.ji 1 an 1 l.oii'. l np ai' ii
sruih-, an I tii 1, I il iry m ! !." -
Hs bt-gifi t t.i '.r.-a'sf i-f, tUil f l:
only hip.iv h;ni !f. !..i r t-ircd 1 ; t- ie---
tx all at t if ! -b;e '.f'ig 1-.i---i .r . -
ftT miiih -Ot r;- as t- -e tii'.r.i"
dibediiui .'j ! l.i-ui'ur 1. i)u!iv .
little fe. avi gr! n r f - I r -s- jj .o -r
of bum -r? If . r.-n- ii r . t -
(sail iiug fa ilili-k-li'i- 1 " i..-..
U be gL" 1- ".
In v.-,rir;"v