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" rffiri - rTT?T T3L 1 f-l U II u i 1 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. Ik CHURCH, SOUTH RUFUS T. IIEFLTN. Em:-. YaL I.""-N. liXhEWH, ITU HAY, JCNH 20, l-s: ID JL ck nn A A T PV v o e I r ii . T-T-r, The follow BUP.IAL OP HOSES. l ';,!' Oi t:': iil.e-t poem ,r a I .-:tg time : W-3 nave met 'A i "A r,d he buried hioi iri ;i va:!-': of M m'i, over man k n v.vr;;!i of h ' pulchre unto tak day." Jlle.it. x;;; Uv NVooV 0. k Iv in .iU:ta (Jr. tlo , r-!r In a a!r ia . , f .f .r.-l r.:;;ri - v. d of M-,!i the J-il 'Ii, v. And ii.- man o1 that K-puIol.re, Ari l no iiari it o'or; For th5sno:- of God unturned the sod, And Ja" 1 tho d'.a 1 man th'.ro. That -.vaH t.h grando-t fur-r-ral That t-vc-r pa'.-o-t on earth, Hut no man hoard the trampling Or saw tno train ro 1 ;rth. 1. Xoi.doHhJv a-) tho dnvlijrht f)orn"i wir'-n tho niht i don", And thj crifiifri f-tro-ak on oooun's Grows into th'j prosit nun. Noi-o-lo--ly as t!io sj,rir: time II , -r crT.vn of vo-o vav . And ullthf tr..-e o.o all tho hilii 0,.eii tho-ir thouhU'id 1'':ivoh ; S j, wi'hou ii nd of rnu-ii:, l)V V!a:c t t!: in 1 hat weot, itiv il.Mi fr in the mountain's crown, ; The iron iruoession H-.vept. I'erchanci tho bald old oayle. On -:y lJ-:t!:. poor's hoi!:t, Out of his rocky eyrie Looked on the wondorou:s siht. I'orehmice the lion t.il!:in;r, S:ill Khum that ha'low'd fifiot : Tor boast arid bird have seen und heard That which man knoweth not. Uut when the warrior dielh, His comrade-! in the war, "With arms revcred and muHIed drum, Follow the f'utioi-id car. They .show the banners taken, They toll his battles won, And after him lead his masterless steed, 'While jieal.s the minute gun. Amid the noblest of the land Men la' the satre to rest, And rive the bird an honor' J place With costly marble drest. In the great minster transept, Where lights like glories fall, And the sweet choir faings, and the organ ring's Along tue emblazoned wall. This was the bravest warrior That ever buckled sword ; This tho most gifted poet That ever breathed a word ; And never earth's philosopher Traced with his golden pen On the deathless page truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor ? The hill-side f r his pall, To lie in state while angehi wait With stars for tapers tail, And the dark roek pines like tossing plumes Over his hier to wave, And God's own hand in thai lonely land To lay him in the grave ? In that deep grave without a name, YY hence ms uncotaa a clay onaii Drcusa-ai i.HihM umuruus lUuuSiu, Lefore the Judgment Day ; And stand wita glory wrapt around On the hills l,o never trod, And speak of the strife that won our life With the Inearnate Son of God. c -1 i , , - ... ii j.. O, lonely tomb in JloaVs land, O dark Beth-peor's hill, Speak to these carious hearts of ours, And teach them to be still. God hath his mysteries of grace, Ways that we cannot tell : He hides them deep like the secret sleep Of him he loved so well. (Cnmnnmirnfimtij. For the -7. C. Christian Advocate. The Doctrine of the Final Unconditional Perseverance of the Saints considered, and refuted. NO. IV. Hev. R. T. ILfiin : I again resume my examination of the considerations in de fence of the iinal and unconditional perse verance of the saints. This subject itself is a very important one, and demands great caution and careful investigation. Ano ther point, as a ground of the Gual infalli ble perseverance of the saints, depended upon by the friends, of this doctrine, is, 2. " The fw anil itnchangrable love of Co,I the Father." The ' immutable decree of election' is snid to ' flow from the free and unchange able love of God the Father,' and it is therefore argued, th:-,t His ' decree of elec tion' will ' infallibly' secure the final per severance of all who are ' once iu His fa vor,' so as to make their condition so ' cer tain' that it will be ' impossible to deprive them of salvation.' Dick. In the foregoing remarks, I have con sidered God's immutability of nature, and the unchangeable character of His 'de crees,' rather in the abstract principle than as a motive power. Here, the motive power is to be considered : this is said to be the ' free and unchangeable love of God the Father.' This, therefore, is to be un derstood as the moving cause of this ' de cree of election.' If this is the true in terpretation of this ground of final perse verance, it will be easily perceived, that so far is this from being a solid ground of the ' infallible and certain' perseverance of the saints, that it furnishes a very strong argu ment against it. For, if the ' free and unchangeable love of God the Father' is to De considered as the spring-head of this ' decree of election,' it must follow, that the object 0 'elected' must have possessed moral qualities of character, estimable in God's views, as the ground of this ' de cree.' And it is not material in this re gard, whether we suppose this to have been inherent or acquired ; the moral quality being the thing. Sour, as God's 'love' is both 'free' and 'unchangeable,' it follows, that if He ' loved' virtue once, He must ' love' it for ever, and consequently, if A. is now vir tuous, God must now ' love' him on ae- --iori of this virtue ; &nd m jfvl ag' I.t, :tT:V.iiW: ITi -tae forever, then d'A's .: love !;jix-t ' Tobr Cft : I"'" I ' fro ion of t';- v ri'I ui-'.-L.- riv i i l.im. Du , MippO-.e A. like .Sok:.':!! fe r'l iOi.v.-r?, turns avv.iV lro.-.a the !r,,'-! t l.c ".' fi Tift'.!'-. 'ar.d 'goes L,trav.; 1 following' ''as some ! ; . l in I f if - r t : 1 1 r. Mho of Jk-larii,! j wa;;r of uri ri'hu;ou.:trj;.-.-:,' hr la-x-s, in f-o ! lilhl!;', h'-. virtu':, Lf:'o:i, arjholv, Sifl'l no- j i ::hhinly Withdr;; '.' Ii!;n.-o!f lroui a.i con-. ! noction with God's ,vo': Can God 'lov-' I A. in that Ktato ? The an.-iwor is at han-J. .No. Why:" JJoeau-o- lie i.. 'froo- and unchangeable' in the exercise of His ' love,' ; and is therefore not immutably pledged to j 'Iovo A. Jn that yl.ttc. ovr, i.s Gods 'lovo' h. 'fiee,' and aI:-- ' uncnanireable,' j and bo-o-auho of the immutability of Hi.-; : nature cannot otnonvio than always lovc virl.ue and never cari 'love' vice, it follows coi..clu:-iivtdv. tliat whensoever A. becomes ! COUnt n t.'lC no 1 t 7 ' i -f,OUU Ii'.-, : ! vicious in conduct and nature, that God, cheekily virtue of the 'free' character of His 'love, i.s nece-sarily relieved from any im pulsive motive to 'love' him any more. I he chiiUL'e in A. neecs.-anly throws him! ; beyond the rane of God's ' love,' and as j necessarily brings him within the purview ; of His displeasure and wrath. JSow, t,s God is bound, by virtue of the ; immutability of His nature, ' unchanea my to 'love p-oo-Jness ana punty, so liens oqurtlly at liberty, by virtue of the ' free ness' of the exercise of His 'love,' to with draw it from the being whom He formerly ' loved,' because that being has become entirely changed in his moral character. It will hardly be denied, in this connec- i tion, that God exercised His ' unchangea i ble love' with regard to all the angels He j created ; yet, when some of these, by transgression, lost the purity of their na i turns, and became guilty, God, in the 'free' I exercise of I lis 'hive,' withdrew His affec j tion from them, and manifested His dis I pleasure and wrath against them, and will j do so forever. And this very example is ; fixed upon by St. Peter and St. Jude, as ; or a most commanding character, in the ' j argument they themselves use, to prove j the possibility, yea, the certainty, of apos-'. j tacy, notwithstanding the ' free and un-! i changeable love of God the Father' had i moved Him to create them. From these considerations, it manifestly appears, that the ' free and unchangeable love of God the Father,' so far from proving the ' im possibility of depriving the saints of salva tion,' necessarily proves that such 'depriva tion' must ensue, if the saints, or believers, turn away from the ways of righteousness, and follow wickedness; for, unless God changes in His nature, He can no more ' love' the sinning believer than He can the unbelieving sinner, unless it can bo shown that the sin of the believer is not as hateful a thing as it is in the sinner. Sin, as such, must always be hateful to God, I and necessarily cause Hint to be displeased with the being in whom it is found ; and, if there be any reason why it should be considered to be more heinous in one indi vidual rather than another, it is that one who has been most highly favored of God. Unon this score it is. that the backslidiurs rnd apostacy of the Jews was so exceed- insly offensive to Him. Hence, we find Ti'- i i , - Ihm denouncing them, and decreeing to destroy them utterly, on account m their apostacy. Hear Him : 'What could have ' - been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge there of, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trod den down ; and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged ; but there shall come up briars and thorns : I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of liosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant : and He look ed for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.' Isa. v: 4-7. See also Jer. ii : 20-22, and John xv : 1 G. 3. A third principle relied upon to prove the 'certainty and infallibility' of the saints' final perseverance, is, 'The efficacy of the merit and intercccslon of Jesus Christ.' 'The merit and intercession of Jesus Christ' is doubtless a great security to the saint's perseverance in piety and true holi ness ; but what has this to do with such who ' turn to their crooked ways, and who sh;dl be led forth with the workers of ini quity?' It can advantage them nothing, but rather increase their condemnation. While it is true that ' the merit and in tercession of Jesus Christ' will avail much in behalf of such, who, through the tempt ations of the devil, are led into sin, and who afterwards penitently turn unto God, yet it is equally true, that these will avail nothing in behalf of those believers who ' sin wilfully after that they have received the knowledge of the truth by ' treading under foot the Son of God, and count the blood of tte covenant, wherewith they were sanctified, an unholy thing, and do despite unto the Spirit of grace' : to these ' the merit and intercession of J esus Christ' can be of no benefit whatever. They put these things far away from them, and therefore cannot avail themselves of ' the j merit, &e". of Jesus Christ.' lie gives them up, as God did ' Ephraim' of old, be-' cause they are 'joined' to their sins. Their doom is ' infallibly certain,' for unto them there remains ' a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries ;' and this, too, with a ' sorer punishment than those who ' despised Closes' law' suffered, though they 'died without mercy.' - While it is allowed that ' the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ' do avail in behalf of backsliding Christians, it is ut terly impossible for such as apostatize ever to recover the favor of God again ; for, these do not only fall foully into sin, but they cut themselves off entirely from all means of atonement for tin ; for, as they ' count the blood of the covenant, where- tnov tn'Toby '-tt'-rJv ro'-.-f-t tr.o n.ont r : 'l intoro'---ionof Jo-us rhrl.-t ; anl as tuore ; Vi i- 4 no n.oro' t. o. no c'htr,. 1 w:rS;:t: f--r i ca-.-in, it follow-- cor;Ciu-.ivcy thot tl.fy ro : I-o I'.rovor rt-njovo-l fro;a til n.-ont tn i ir.tvr co.-.-.ion' of tvtry tin L cn-1 o-joooi'v r-o as it T:'j"rh arij-intoroMin 'Jm-t CLn.-t. AnotLor Marce of rtlL-suco for tLs ' ttr t-iirj' an-j infaliiblo por-.ovonmco is, 4. 'The of, ',;: of l.'w Spirit, art'l of tue t ! of (I'j'l (rUJiia f'em.' This is evidently roikd upon as -.-no of the strongest positions in connection with the p "ir-everf nee of tho saints. And it mu-t be admitted, tL-.t if it cannot be overthrown, that all ether res s-ns to tho , J , , 1 i, r universal ireedoni, and consc-ietce, aisen- Jt must stiud as an unanswerable proot . , j. 7 , - ,. ., . x , , c , - . ' ti.raiicd, walks iortn m native strength, that the final perseverance A the saints is T ., . , ... A . ., , , i i I,, , , , , - ,,- Liberty . aye. hbc-rty, has thrown her colors hereby proved to be 'certainly and lutalli- , - -i-, " -j .i. , r , , ii ' . ii- v i i, - .i- to the winds of Leaven, and the sons of the blv established. Iut is this an mitre::- e , , 7 ,v , , , ... , , - , . rp, -1 -,. tree Lave marshalled there: the notes or liable bulwark I think not. lhis w;u , i , c , - her clarions thrill awry on every breeze appear ironi the to lowing onei replies: , , , e , tJ . Ti . . . . , .i i and the blasts of her trumpets echo irora f 1.) It is admitted tnat those who are , - , . , r ,x ' e i i i every h:Il ; her temples crown every moua ' born of God, and have the seed remain- . - ' . , i r , u, -, ' i tain top, and the mceuse from her altars ing in them, cannot, fur the time being, ,J ' , , ... . r , ,, . , . ' .. , - e a a.cena.s Irora every vale; her praise is in 'sin.' 1 his is clearly the doctrine of the , , , i l r . , , , , : every sc-hool-bov s ditty an I every maiden s Apostle. While, thoreiore, the ' seed of J , - -' , , , 'i.r,. . . , , .' . , . ' . , ., iS og: there are none so h.gh, and none so God and the Spirit remains m such, tney i . . . 1 i ' cannot sin,' for by these they are kept 'by the power of Gud through faith unto salvation.' This is certainly a great en couragement to them, and a fiords them much consolation. But, does it henee fol low, that this ' seed' must always remain in them!' and that the ' Spirit'" that is in them mu.-t always 'abide' with them!' I think not. (2.) These very persons might have this ' seed' and ' Spirit' to depart from them, and then they not only might, but would sin, and so lose their final happiness. This appears possible, from the following con siderations : 1. Because, those who have once been ' partakersof the Holy Ghost' may 'quench' it, and so apostatize, or ' fall away,' so that it will become ' impossible to renew them again unto repentance.' Ileb. vi : 4 G. 2. because, those who are the ' temples of God, and have the Spirit of God dwell ing' (a very strong termj 'in them,' may nevertheless so 'defile the temple,' that will cause 'God to destroy' it. I. Cor. iii: 1G, 17. i. Because, those who have been once 'sanctified by the blood of the covenant,' may 'do' such 'despite to the Spirit of grace' as to be ' punished with a sorer punishment' than he who ' died without mercy,' who ' despised Moses' law.' Ileb. x: 20-31. 4. Because, it is clearly evident that the seed' and ' Spirit' that is iu the sons of God may be removed, and they lose that which had been wrought, and so miss of final happiness. I. John ii : 20-2S. II. John, 8, U. 5. liecause, those to wlrom Joim vrnrtrr his epistle knew that there had been some of their own body, who had departed from God, through the seductions of false teach ers. Hence he says : ' Little children, it is the last time : and as ye have heard that anti-Christ shall come, even now are there many anti-Christs ; whereby ye know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.' I. John ii : 18, 10. See also Ileb. x : 38, SO. All these reasons show clearly, that those in whom ' the Spirit and seed of God' are, may nevertheless so act as to cause God to destroy them' as ' defilers of the temple' in which the 'Spirit of God' was 'dwell ing' ; not, indeed, while that ' Spirit dwelt' there, but, by ' quenching' him, and ' do ing despite' to him, they would drive him out of the ' temple,' and so expose it to the just judgment oi God. The doctrine of this part of the subject, according to God's word, is this : The ' Spirit and seed of God abiding in' Chris tians, furnishes, for the time being, suffi ciency of power by which they can serve God fully; but they may nevertheless so ' receive this grace of God in vain,' as finally to bring upon themselves ' swift destruc tion.' A failure to use this grace would 'grieve the Holy Spirit.' and leave them in a'state of destitution, and become the oc- i casion of ' doing despite' to Him, and place them at once beyond the influence of it and the available ' merit and intercession of Jesus Christ.' In my next, I may probably close my investigation of the special grounds de pended upon, to prove the doctrine of the final and unconditional perseverance of the saints. I shall then proceed to the exam ination of the Scripture authorities relied upon to sustain the doctrine founded upon the grounds claimed. Yours, affectionately, PETER DOUB. Normal College, May, 1S56. For the N. C. Christian Advocate. Public Sentiment. It has been said that a man had as well be out of the world as out of the fashion. We may take this to be a single expression given to what is universally termed public opinion. The fact is, a man cannot very easily be out of either. Placed in the world, not by any volition of his own, it is his fortune to try things as he finds them. He did not make the world, and he cannot very well change it ; he did not create his connections, and he cannot destroy them. As creation, so annihilation, forms no part of the province of man's action here. An active being he finds himself to be, but his field of action proper lies altogether in a subordinate sphere. His relations can be come no more than collateral ones ; they can never assume to become chief, abso lute. It is his duty not to look backward on things that were before ' the beginning,' but to look forward to issues that must grow out of present relationships and from under present influences. The world, how ever, needs a ehaDge now and then ; and since freedom is necessarily connected with human action, when not impelled, man sets .O.J. . -Z vo-1 an I itu-t U h!t i, irr-u-ubr; nJ n.a-t b: cor-:t--.-l sr.- HiU-t le r..nuc-J rir, but o ut olrv-t'v Le oir-ovtr? tl;:t o-iLe hriri '.'. J and onliLu-nti c:.ek::c : to fet wo: ; n tbo worli. Hi L.s r-:r. I c : other T-ovrer-, an I cta-.-r action-, and ' f.-rm.s '-iven to publi'; sentiiJifcEt, than I -sLieh he r-x-o:rr::z'.-: as embnicbi' his c'n : nec-iion?, but they belong to tit- oblivious prut the p ;?t, beneath whose di-ty trwl ce-atii, ana tyrants are cutanea a tana oi eternal sikne-e; the past, over wtose ruoul-derins- temples and broken cciimns and fi.Il-.-n djme, libertv wields th wand of jio, u-.il iuc leei in1.' Oiiii ui uei cuaiui, k in gs tremble before its aagic mfiuenee, and thrones totter and fal'j heroes rush to chiim its honors, and wimors dip tne:r swords in fraternal blood to do it justice. It sweeps the hind, it sveens the sea. Ilurrahl for the brave; hurrah 1 for the free I And vet, who is ree ? Where is the man who will stand out before the world and say, ' I AM lltix' ? " In me are the elements so mixed, That nature may stand ur and say to all The world, Tins is a man?"' ' Who is free V ' I,' and ' I,' and ' I' : it comes, it comes, it comes from t. e North and from the South; it comes from the Fast and from the West. ' I AM yrv.y..' 'America is i-rek.' Hold, hold, sirs 1 I dare any of you to say that you are free. There is not a free man among you. You are more veritable slaves than ever bowed the knee to Nero, or graced the Ilussian czar. You free! I would like to exam ine into this a little. Where is it found ? You wear what ? Just what your neigh bor tells you to wear. You go to market : the public puts a price on your produce. You go to s shop ; you purchase a hat : fashion dictates what sort of a hat it must be high crown, low crown, short crown, or bell crown. You put it on your head ; fashion tells you how to wear it; you set it square on your head, or cock it over like a fool. You went to buy a pair of boots, shoes, brogans, slippers, high-heeled or low heeled; you bought 'these'; fashion was there, and you bought 'these to be in the fashion.' No matter if they are so thin and useless that the first time you call on jour n trull Oert- ur iu .1, y ...y catch cold, bring on a fever, and secure the favor of having to pay a handsome doctor's bill all is rigtrt it is i,i the fashion. Again, you are living in some town; perhaps you arc pissing the market, ! you purchase a piece of beef, etc. and com mon sense tells you it vill both save time and labor to take it aloig iu hand to your family ; but custom frowns on such, and you say, ' I will send fr it.' Shame, oh ! shame. Again : a youig lady goes a-shop-ping, buys this little article and that, amounting to almost nothing. Common sense and good breedicg owjht to tell the 3'oung lady that it woull be proper in every sense to take them idoig with her. But no! custom is there, aid though it is a loss of time and useless irouble, she says, 'I will send for them.' Again: a young man is looking around fo' the hand of some fair damsel, for he judges, in a scriptural sense, 'it is not good or man to be alone.' He finds one, and otl he goes to broach the subject of matrimony with the young lady of his choice. On his way home he meets a neighbor, who says, 'Why, John, what's keeping you from home so late ? Ion day morning ?' (Our young man, in ac cordance with custom, steals Sunday to pay his addresses in.) ' Busy time, now. Where have you been V ' Ah 1 been over to see the Squire; the old folks asked me to come over soon, and I thought I would scrape up old acquaintances.' Another meets him and says, 'John, how cid you and Miss Mary make it V ' Make what V says John, rather hastily. ' Why, I have understood that you were by her side all day yesterday, at the Doctor's.' 'I'd like to know who has told you that I have been to the Doctor's. Why, it is five miles cut of the way to come from the Doctor's this way. Do you think I'm beside myself V says John. ' Well, so I was told last night, by Jim Ilosman,who came bythe Doctor's late in the evening: and Jim was not jest ing either.' John here drops his head a little, and avers ' it is no suc-h thrcg ; Jim was playing fun on you.' But the fact was, John did go to the Doctor's, to see Miss Mary, and then rode five miles out of his way to escape detection ; as thoigh de cent courtship was a sheep-killing matter. Custom ' public custom ! You are a young man again, and stand ing near the salocn of one of our fashion er able hotels, at some watering-place or coun try village. The fine, the gay, lhe edu cated, are there with you; the wine cup passes around; you never drank in all your life ; your parents were sober pecple, and trained you in principles of temperance ; the last parting admonition of your devoted mother still lingers in your ear, ' J ames, refrain from the habits of evil company ;' the last parting precept of your fond fa ther still impresses your memory, 'James, as I have reared you. so I give you to the world ; go, and my blessing go with you.' There you stand ; and more than these are present with you ; the rained fortunes, the blighted hopes, the widov's sad wail, the ' orphan's cry, the corpse, the winding-sheet, the grave, a drunkard's gnve, a drunkard's hell, are before your vision, deep, dark, damnable ; and in view ff all these, and more, you have pledged yourself, your pa rents, your God, ' not to drink.' But no. Public sentiment meets you, and rather than act the hero, you play the fool, and X') '.': t.jv n- J A Sill " V . Cl -T'.M 1 '. Ag-iin : V'.-i f re a M-th --!;-! f.i; 1 n Toarg i . :y : your v - tsi.ii-;- i- . n cnvi jL 00--. 1 ctur-;h :. :;ro ut-.-n v.;.;:, j c.l t- ti to a l-.'Ij life. Yo-a own the c . .. .1 i- , 1 .1 . . . 11 l . T j.-, v I J ".i i i.jo- c-.i. : i: iri" w-'-n-j. to-- the enticing w.-rid. is K-fcre ;.v-i. Tl ! r.v;rer you than heaven; anl became. t: At k-3-t your mind.i.. .,re fascinating than holiness. V- ! foil tie one in its c-liin 1-t , . nt-. Vi-.vi to tn a I 1 r ' r feting t,com a dull pl.ve for ; you on Wednesday eve-rang,; c!.s meet- , ug iu.-fc us r....ver to interest you on .-,0- . bath evenings; reli:;ion h;ls no Fog- r a di.-rrns lor your mind, and the J:b!e fails ; ," 1--, T.r,-irr' itieif ! fi.lint r,f liv-irir nr'-tt.rs il1"' your spirit; you are yielding now" to the : tempter Then comes along a man of (bod. who pleads powerfully in b half of the 'pii l to his mouth, once the fair Jam Missionary cause; he urges you to give a ! Pel, with '"pick nicks'' on a pirt of hr few dollars to this most g!oriou of causes. : delicate fingers, with womanly dignity No. You say the man is impulsive, one-land graeefi:! action conveys 'the weil sided, kc; you give little or nothing. ' supplied "black gum" bru-li to tho Here comes rlong. next, a circus-sh..,w, i p0lislieJ jvorv encircb-d bv rosv lips : and ncriy everybody will go to th-circus-i .j ,,oth (.n-riV alike t)iC niUCJ::tk(., -.1,,...- V, .. 1 1 - - ... . 1 1 .. - .! -u-.. jvu i: i . c ifcoij vui iie-i o ouri i- i - i . : " pisio:. a laiia-ui, simple man, nor io min gle with such amusements ; you he-it.ite and waver. But Satan comes to your ns- sistmce. The circus men send on their ! programme and tickets, and nearly all your neighbors many of them Bq.ti-ts 'and Episcopalians, some of them, like yourself, -Methodists are procuring tickets; you too get one; you have accused the preach- or of preaching fir money, when he urged vou to give a few dollars to send some de- voted missionary to enlighten the poor hea- , . J , . 1 , , then ; but vou now go into the cireus-siK'W. Ia:,l pay men to make themselves worse than heathens; and vou -ivo your money to men who will snend it in a wav that i would make vou blush with shame to think about it. You patronize hordes of civil- ized barbarians, who demoralize the com- munity and spend their means in obscene living just for the reason that others will do so; and therefore vou will do so too 'OI temporal O! mores 1' Kin.ston, N. C. j N. B. I want to tell them, Mr. Editor, in my next, who are free. 1. For the X. C. Christian Advocate. j A Monster before us. J I care not, gentle reader, where your thoughts may delight to dwell whether I iu the sunny spots of the past, or around the tinted dreams oi tne future, or chasing ! the gliding, gilded and deludmgphantoms T1 , . of the present, or even soaring beyond this 1 fitful vale, to linger among the lovelier : scenes of the Paradise of the blessed ; 3-et, j in spite of all these, there is the grim j monster Death standing in 3'our pathway. f I o u I" 3 .. J. . , 1117 1 - . 1 1 1 ! pallid features rise before you, and he I stares you in the face. You may go where you will, hut still his stealthy and steady steps are moving on you. 1 hough brought tortn in raraaise, lie is a descendant ot : the devil, and possesses all the fiendish 1 ui;iiiii in LUILUUIJ mc IL.LLUJSJ Ul lil.Sl ! fi.wl,nf ti r,Z o ,.,;r.f ;.. ! man's destined path, and" claims every i I ,.r-,; 1.1 u :r. ,..ta ! 1 for his subiec-t. He sways his mouldering ! I sceptre over the whole human brother- j hood, and as he wields it, one after ano- . j ther obeys the great decree, ' Dust thou 1 ; art, and uuto dust shalt thou return.' He ; I has torn apart the souls and bodies of the i sons anu uaugriiers 01 an pusi ages, wun ; aughtersot all past ages, with are exceptions. He speaks, and j t command is heard from the! , - 113 hut to the king on his throne. , v: 1- . i ; on,y two ba i his voice of i v ..-. ; i,; !tiX..ii, .i v.;a c.r,,,.r,f f i.n nt ! I tArfVd H U hour, el to Tiavo hU victi,., ! lie receives no substitute, not even the 1 i servant for the master, or the subject for: the ruler. He visit3 wealth to rob it of all its charms, and bear off it? possessor as naked as he came into the world. He ; j stalks in rags, that he may add another j terror to poverty, lie senas no certain message oeiore mm uui me. ne is uia ; 1 1 ,1 TT 1 1 coiu, icy nanus upon us, anu our -pints must flee their tenement. strikes the fatal blow and we fall senseless el plant necau.e 1,0 meuuou ,3 , moe l " V ' ; and paralyzed at his touch. Again he i of it by Moses ; for he made no talk-! .-nt of her own mind to sod her cot, gradually brings us down by his deathly : as recorded of tea, or coffee, or tur-! hps, chu,, dress ami perk-d hand -rasp, to snap by degrees the vital cords, i nips, dewberries, .straw rx-rries, Hauces, j eicmei, oian-.n ;u while we lie sensible of our helpless con- j etc., etc., but we would not that they i contaminate her breath, tne fcborri dition. He knows no treaty eir covenant, i were cursed because Adam and Eve did ' inabie ''-" '7 ' li admitted. Ju He has no eye to see the blasting effects of i not have them served up as delicacies j his poisonous breath on all that is beauti-: for their wedding supper ; to be placed i ful and lovely, or the writhing anguish of Qn mahoany tables, and dealt out I his quivering and prostrate victim. He;in cHria Traciri" the yielded I has no tongue to whisper in aceents of j nn ' f , - 1 these drcurnnavi-a-I mercy to tne tuiien wretches or Lis aim, ; i- 1., ' slain, but he speaks with the hollow voice aceo until History oegms to uiscourse ; mere arc- u.u,w..,..., ... y,. of the dark and dreary tomb, as the rum- i about American Aborigines. Good ! tne 1 And you, ye eloquent morahzers on bling clods bury his ghostly wounds from very land where we fchould have expec- j tobwo remem ,er it was once hanctifi- .h.j j r..,.j it u,.,i cr.A v. Voir for a f.-v c bv the Church of England, for the me appaueu auu puisucu su. nc. icu to nwx mi .n-' -.- v.. -. .v. -. - has no ear to hear the nlaintive and be-' eniestion? Has t'ne discovery of anv salaries Oi i,er American prst-s.s w seecMiug tunes vi auenvu. .iv, uc ucc us oilier lanei mica me euiue- uuie- ei not even the heart-rending pleadings of civilization with so much wonder ? Is the tender mother for her dying babe, crjth y otner C0Uritrv c-eiual with the shrieking moans of the poor, fainting, ! iauing, gaspiug tiLaiiu. axoiioi ia damp ed on every feature. He knows no delight but torture, no sympathy but revenge, no love, but success in death ! He slays and drags down the great, the small, the rich, the poor, and all mankind. The earth onens to receive his slain, and the great deep swallows them up and still he skys! j Jtatner ana moiuer approacu mm; ne L - . . . . 7 soon fall by their side. There is no bar rier that we can erect, no refuge to be itn l-iw thpm flo-wn ami koti an. OfiTiTRfpr I found, that ws may hide from him, We ma av See to the airy regions of the moun in, but lo ! there he is, in all his terror. ta We may go to the thronged cities, but lo! there he visits more frequently. We may leave the haunts of men, to dwell in the lonely desert, bat still he scents our foot steps, and finds our hidden abode. Then there is no escape, and you will conclude with me, kind reader, that there is 'a monster before us,' whom cone but the bold soldier of the Cross can meet with hope, and, after being smitten down, c;n rise with immortal victory, hying down X- T : grii ( I k :.t re i- : t.y v NKT . N. C, June, F ir ' ? : . ". i. .. . A i Tohicca. sin'-e the Jits of Sir Vfal , who. in civilized life, has tcr Ralvig - i'not been acq-iaintc-l with ToUArc.' ? Wide-swread has been its iTiflie?iv ' broad has boon its circumference, and j w;.le l!l0 c:rde oiu fam. It f.,nJ. '"'"i ly entertained by the wealthy, and the 'v,- indigent ; bv the free man and the both of the sexes delight in its i companionship. The hardy liar.-l of i u'e laboring man Conveys tlie leise;uu- r ot There uv many inquiries ari l many t!. -ri?;s are e ngaged f!o:tt. in manufacturing !l '. a' -'ut the p"p- ' u,af And t.icsc inquiries and ! ethics seern to emanate from minds ' highly cultivated and thoroughly poli-h- j cd ; anJ from these facts, one would suppose that they are anxious to have tlie;r several rr.'.hk-tns solved, and all j tJie Just hmxhcl from the h at. It is f liA-.i-M-i-r thr. ,,' ieet f.T fbi- 1,7- 7 . u .1 , , 1 1 1 .1 . e ; are to 'a!l the world and the rest of 1 1 .-c r I mat,kl,,,; ." curiosity of nJ of ,t!)G 'ennyd writers I hardly i know bnt 1 h:ive embraced 10 ( opinion tbat curiosity j.s a rnost no ble faculty : one reason for this notice is that the people who have it not are j generally sati-siied to sit from morn to, ; nijrht in' the .shade of a tree, w ithout1 reading, talking, wikir.g, or pryin into any mystery whatever. Let the' curious go forward in their research, for I will answer none of their mora), historical, or scientific questions about the verjctahle. I will endeavor to throw ' .some difficulties in the paths of those ( who are journeying;, intellectually, in j pursuit of solutions to the-ir inquiries, j Some have, in their profound research- J es, viewed Eden in the time of man's' ! .i . " 1 - i .1 1 that grow so luxuriantly there, and failed to detect any traces of the to- bacco plant. They pursued their wav i onward, and disco vcrc'l no "jnicc marks" iu tmtil tlic ligut oi civ;.iza ,;r. Ja.-v. ned on the Continent of Ameri ca. Here grow?, in all its verdant j luxury, the far-famed weed : it is ' therefore traced to heathen extraction, ' an, tj,e wonder is, how it found its ! !... in so brief r.eriod. into the hi'd,-1 er circle of civilization. j t, , 1 . A 1 . . -It is not a peasant task to question the experiments of the profound re- searches of the wise, unless we can build for ourselves a or for pos-; terity a monumental beacon to guide ; them to truth. As to the first, my parents gave me more than I desired ' and at a proper time I left off a part i ,.r u , ,1 r,e-i.;li ,-r.m o. In.r -j ! tQ tjlC pecond; posterity will u.v To- h whether its origin be traced back , ' , , - 1 - . t-1 through the dark ages past to Lden T , a or not. I know not that it matters' or not. I know not that it matters; much whether the learned analyzers: are correct in their researches, for I know not whether it would remove the Iesst'particlc of bitterness, or filthiness from the weed, if it were known to have 'Town in Eden. Nor do I know tjiat coupj be more polite rather, immlite to use it, if it first grew m 1irif.urscel v s:n. either are , divinelv interdict- j e , e 1 r 1 tors of the eartn find no (stains of to-1 . i ; . i i. - - - - - - - - ; - America in all th0 vanities of climate; species of fruits and vegetables ; for mountains ot every magnitude ; lor rivers, and bays, and lakes ; for length, and size, and beauty, and fertility 't Has any .other country given to the world a WASHINGTON ? Carthage had its Hannibal, Home its Scipio, yiacedonits Jriuiip, r ranee n cr g a po leon, and England her ellington ; but Washington combined in himself all their superior qualities, without ar,y of their inferior. Is it not probable that even Columbus would have prefer--' ed America for his birth, place, if Le had been consulted about the matter what say you, ye wise men 't Has any either country given to the world a Franklin, a Fulton, a Morse ? Should we not look to America for the greatest things of earth, growing out of it, or upon it ? Is not tobacco, notwith standing its bitterness, its fdtJdnea, it3 poiionous properties, tho emblem of a 1 ? r ' "l : . - "1 t:..i: . i ;.i a . :n. Iu 1 -M tl. eh" " .:.ry -sa t:.o oi. c 1 a:, i nccr Tt' J. H.'.fn th .var J Acts in v -.': I.m i f won krs j'tn-.k cl the rite of e.v-e, C.rr 1 nric 1 ti. t .hk, br, th e . w t v ,i s of w ir, an 1 ( -)nTertr :.if i r. : ti: -re li-ef bs;n:::iCT,t. T- th:. Jv, i. tb:s Ur 1 f-l 1 1,2 n : i it ?u s;;tu'e, t.." c:g.ir, : an evidoiv of friendship. A i. ' h- .p- of pu erven dish, old Virginia, r North Ca. - t.'.ii.a. pure k if. is am rko! nOTereig Is it ret, therefore, . f tvrannv in th -e scriM k: , uo:rv. v . : n , - 1 r e fell 1 1- ; .?s priTileg' - ii. -.1 to Ararr- n eni y, ; i in traJiti" ii son.; ;o"!iMl, o :!.- tivilize ' -pen, th.-so rig and token--, wh: h are na': can citizen., an 1 have 1 bv th'Mii a-i far I n k a In l!-':s ? I a- th- s- I. Atuer.-M'i rig';:-, why -away :h-! imj !, find srit;:ti-::.sl pri vi! s fi 1 i Le-i ati i g":i;i',-ii n. s; , ise.s. to ll . f lie--,, br. i W'; it if in t) ", , I, it shou! i I i: ' iri in Ab-o-igin- ant .r f ri vile Us- of incipient toe pj - lue.. mil i, a v, even Kii'-s-. tran.. c- n ling far that can " bv Lobelia earthquake, ip-e irtianlri, c.iho.i' 1, c ' tlr" roiling of a ship 111.0:1 the boilin, billow-; of th h!-,riii oojivok' 1 ocean ' Know y,i n-t t!. it the gi itc-t privi leges c-st the large-! amount, r. mat ter whethe r of money f,r of something else : The oVcrci;;iiig all such dek n . s.s demonstrates a fixed determina tion to conquer di'ikuoies- There' are a few other thing I wouM ark you to think of : 1. The Iarg Lumber nf operators that would b thro.vn f!" if vou Stop the I!-!.- f-.f.a.T ; t! 1 pipe-maker, t! e igar-n. o'. r, the ;-nu' box-maker, tin spit'ooii-i.nkcr, n: I many others. Think of that ? 2. You would ikpnve the M hidi of the exquisite ple.i uro of their h : at emu when they form the circle, fa to face, and elbow upon knee-, to 1 - cu-s the last-reported scandal. Hi . cruel ! '). Ye n would b p. -!; i.'inny an : - tontive rri'i'- (who neve r k ads the 1 - Lie) of a Gvpel sermon, of the abi ty to b.d dehniio'.' to oi l M'Tphem 1. ring the hour of preaching. Ami l..!wrli'" t i to ihg man nf God . r.o.wiiiiur it i-i to ti;,- man id , ( - bee the masculine p o'l.oii or Jus c gregation roll the om'd between th molar.-, and di-c,arge the richly orcd, and highly perfomed liquid fr their mouths, over the chunk l!""r a- be-patter the f. aver : hi s Tie beiM i neig-hbor Sublime pnv:W. 4. You would deprive many la ii of tno-e important and c.vi o-i'e eo: pan: or,?, tu privation . nd bru-:.. Wh Y'ou would deprive bo vs and iri.. pardon me, vo .ng ot.e- ! tkre ii. i.o more bovs or girk. The d.-vs boys arid girls belong to th'; time old fgyi-m, before the sup-rior lig r.f the T-resent time burst ution us t bless society with no children, b young ladies and gentlemen of the j ,!.. .... ,.1.1 ,1,,,.-: n."r cla -.-. ell 0.1 wo'.id b'pn . , . - .1 these utt'Uoiad uiuvt 01 the mea int-'Hijeni juniors 01 tne mea: o. dem..n:,rat;r bv tne 11 -e of t; 1 if-box, bbi' h 'j am. mo ana, x.'tnn a. t'j'4 onf u-iifi. mat in' are some ! ready for liquor.;. .airimor. . or any thing eke? that their ii'u-.trio' predecessors indulge in. O, crueltj, i That the we i-d is bitter, is prove birl ; that the br-.ath of the smoker . di-"U-ung beye ii'l en inr.-.r.ce to th -1.' f 1 1. . olfactorm-, is a l i' t ; that :t H pa-ir. contracting the habit hho vs v. hat ew:- cess will crown determined effort and patient perseverance, and what amount of faith civilized and refined people will endure. n' -,r 1 T -ir:o4' - t oil i.or.her-- lewearei pa.no.e- 'uiio-.r,u,rr. ere wei'died to them in pour.ds of tobacco. And under our own Democratic Gov ernment, that every liberty may le en joyed by American .Sovereign.?, almost every Church at. 1 Pulpit, is supplied with H'Jillca-tooMs. These i-Low the es timate that Churches whether wedded to the .State, or bk-ed with celibacy, set upon the plant. E'.-t you:- wan k.-r-ings cea-.e put lip your pen cave; your paper husband your tune and bestow your labor on other and nobler obiectsar: 1 be a.-.-.urel that I am, m ever, OSSISSO. " I NKvr.ii Hv.ei.tr.. These words wt-rs uttered by a dying unhy .Sc!rl scholar. Even whe n the icy Lagers of d th were stealing upon him, he saw Lis mother weeping, mi thus he triel to comfort her aching heart : ' .Mother, d not cry for me. I always tried tj be a good boy. I never swore I' O, that every boy could say the same t- Lis pare-uts. My dear young friends, m ho have ever fallen into the dreadful habit of Using profane word-, break of! at once, and say, 4 With th? help of Jesus, hence forth I will swear v.) more.' i:. icrci.ae:.ee - i sp-oii 3 o who O'lM Of" S
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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June 20, 1856, edition 1
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