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PUIJLIHIIED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOB THE XOimi CAROLINA CON FEHENCE. M. E. CHURCH. SOUTH. RITCS T. HKFI.IN.
Vol. L Xq..3Q.
R.VLEIGtf, FRIDAY, JnY 25, r.V3.
1 a Ye irt tr A'lv.racv
P orlri.
From the F-iurly Miri-tre!.
Maiic the Dialect of Htavea.
A IB, SfAK OF I;
Y in;or.g r.it'!i, h n
,1
lli; tfir-.n.? i.f li'.t Im f! 11 Ic,
An) 't r:i'!lj tie? priii.e r -mi !,
Ot Him in v h 1,rig!it 'mib; T'jdwtil,
Si V. are y ro-t '.y "vrpi-t con-t raint
Ci nji-il'l by vtvry ;rhifi-.:; y tilf.
To think curb former note too f.iif.t?
And yet a lufcii-r tori'; to nak ?
IJ. Cml 1 tfic n.-f,t fid t,t lve Oe krioTrn,
Or :ifgl rr i ii ' ' rofi.--i i: it !-o.r';.
Then, ye ymir '-i-'.'.'.-I'-h miht 1 ui"l,
A fid my how high y ur istrait;1 might soar.
But transport, ardor so intense,
II I' fvnil 1 tie-y fiver l.ut f'rorn th'-riCf,
Did Mt'-IC r-.t in utt'-ritt.ce jjuc ?
F'.r tronh are w ak, fvf-t-1 them venl
Vv'iiin fi" fi'Tri I' '-ring w.-i.djt of I i i -i s
II ti tin the lif'il't. ! wtl ail ! zptuk
Of rijiturc ho Miblimijas this ?
B it
tnn-iic ! Vf-f. that h'.iv fjifdl.
Tiif- 1-inii ize i.f yon -is-inte I Sji'i'.rf,
In it wh ".i! i.nr triumph ti ll,
And its sweet voi ;e our d v. '.ll bear.
L'iii Hi; its f I ifjii'Tif-e bath knrwn,
lis vouii cM.:tti"ti with it raiiur,
AVhioi fi i-t yon inornitijj b'-ralds sfine,
Tojeili ir thi-y Iiis t,:-ais''s s.'tnjr.
Tfen, pvviet indf-r-d is that em pi -y.
Taught hy him-fdf, ids f-ar'y i hoice;
An.-N, with y. u .limit .,ur joy,
In heaven horn must's clieerlul voiiro.
Tub nfcPiiiiEs.
(Cnmimuiirntiuiifl.
l-..r the X. C. Chrintinn A.lvof-ato. !
Baptist Close Communion-Its Cloven
Foot Uncovered. ;
Tablk .Unns,t L,o. II isTo:: v "Sol-1
trs, x),nr: the rononfmf." 3Iotto h('on Pr,,Pe,0" -baptized; or, aceoruinir to
" Tell it not i,, Cth ; pninji it not in doctrine, not baptized at all." " Very
the HtrreUofAM,,,." ;wolI sa"1 latl,cr Warren, "I stuck a,
ti T . ,,'Vr '-own here, and went on. I deter-'
-uii. riiuno; ; neii x w s f iiice a sm an
f. i i .i- c. .
oy my lather removed lrorn tins State
, rtl i;,., i ,i ,i i :
ortli Carolina,) ami settled in the west-
,. .i- . . rr,,,, t, rr., . ;
in district ot Jennessee. ihc country
t.oy
in which he pitched his location was. for a !
new eont.trv di.nseK- settl.il Th inhi.h. I
t i- i . i , .i j
ltants were disposed to be religious, r s the I
i .i iV . x ;
people in the estern .States are notorious !
i- !i . . i- . .
for their attention to religious matters, be-
i . p I- i 1 i
yond most ot the Lastcrn people. The
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community amonir which my father lived !
i ii i- i i .i
were nearly equally divided in their reli-!
gious preferences, between the Cumberland
1'resbv.ians. .Missionary.. Baotists. and y
Episcopal Methodists. W itinn -convenient ; to comnmne with you"'" "No, sir; we
reach of his house was a church and con-; woulJ HOt wag tne answer rec-eived in
gregation of each of the above-nan ed : ain Kni.ish. Now," said father War
sects. As the people in that section were iren i iiaVe always believed that your
liberal and charitable in their views and , tlose c.onnoun;on prim ij.ks were founded
feelings, they most commonly got along in ; -n 5, um prejudice. Now I am con
peace and harmony. Nothing unusual for Y;nced ot- tje lact. jj you not admit,
a Cumberland l'rcsbytcnan, or .uissionary .
Baptist, or Methodist preacher, to be seen 1
one in the pulpit of the other perfectly j
friendly. People out there (Elder Craves :
non mrafux,) willing to live and let live. !
Sometimes, after crops were laid by, all j
Lands would unite and hold big meetings
union meetings. By the way, I have seen j
great times in Tennessee, of this port. j
Once, the three denominations mentioned j
above held a union meeting at a school- j
nouse caueu oy me name 01 l mun. auu
meeting commenced in right earnest.
Several preachers attended from these or
ders of Christianity. Revs. Win. McFer
r'm an 1 John Tabb were our pastors that
year; (for you must know, Mr. Editor,
that 1 am a .Methodist, " warp and filling."
I am rather like Dr. Baskerville, when he
was preaching one of his old-fashioned
Methodist sermons at a big catnp-ineeting
hi lennessee ouce. During his appea is, j
an OKI lamer 111 israei, seaieu just m ic (
rear of the stand, exclaimed. " W hy, Doc-,
tor, you preach like a Methodist; you must j
bo a Methodist, sir." " I hope that I am,
sir," replied the Doctor; and down upon j
us be poured a flood ot genuine, old-tash-!
ioned Methodi-t preaehmg, like a storm :
from a red-hot volcano. 1 love such heart-
preaching. Wesley camp-ground did not
forget that day soon.) The people collect
ed until the school-house would not ac
commodate even a moiety of the assem
bled congregation. We built a brush "ar
bor," and the work went on till one hun
dred conversions had been counted. Eve
rybody enjoyed the union meeting. I am
reminded of what I since beard a good old
T5rtist "sister saw who got mighty happy j
at a Methodist revival. " This meeting is j
srvod so loud ood so h,ud." That meet-
iug was good so loud I Baptists, Fresby
1 ... ... 11 i . n 1
t3nans, Methodists, all enjoyea it nneiy.
The meeting, after continuing for a num
ber of days, broke up. But now was a
matter to settle the one hundred con
verts who was to claim them ? Well, as
a providential arrangement, an agreement
had been entered into by all parties con
cerned, at the opening of the meeting,
that, be the result what it might, nothing
was to be said about receiving members
into the church during its continuation,
but the converts were to be allowed to
repair, at option, to their respective con
nTeations and pastors, and give their
names to whom they chose. Fortunately
for our Baptist brethren, (whether inten
tionally or unintentional!', I do not say,)
they had a meeting appointed earlier than
either of the others, at the Baptist church.
And what now? Why, instead of preach
ing tho Gospel in peace, as they were ex
pected to do, and ought to have done, a
real water-dashing, water-splashing, close
communion sermon was preached, uuchns
tiapizing everybody but close-communion-ists
telling the young converts, a large
number of'whom atteuded the meeting,
that the Baptist church was (is) THE
church, and that all others were on the
highway to hell. Mr. Editor, you know
the pluck of the Mc-Ferrins. Their father,
Vol. McF'-rrin, w.- ooe of Term'". .
i noblest champion in the IJrhi-h ar-1 In-.'
j dian war ; and thy, hi- bear well '
j the marks of their p"digre. Men of
j peace, if J'yf-;U; a boob hi V'.ur ho'-,
; hut a lion at your irate. I heard, a hort
time th-r'ri,'t-r, IJro. Win. McFfeirin yrcmAi
hi third r-nuori n tho mooted -uhj'.f t of
j Ii.-j.tinj. T.-ny it was r'fA, yi'i-.' and
; '-fiif-icnt, i yf- iT(;f ; ti;ouh to coJiifwrfid it. ,
'f ;itf;d in tlie j;i;.'f.it, hfrhiud the -aao-r, '
thut dn", W3 lather Ilenrj" Warron, .vL
; reujovt-fi Iroiii vnur county. ake. At
; tbi (;)t,hP of IJro. ?dcf! J-f.riion, tiic old '
: iian aro-e ; lie- had kj.ij' thin-, he said, that
; he wished hi-; I ij,t:.-t brethren to hear.
' He stated to theiu that reeeritly he wa
j eonvine' d that a eert-in notion he had en-
fert iitieU of the Jjaj.ti-t church, was cor-
j red, in re fere nee to their clore eoimn union
; prineijiles. ile said that a f-hort time'
f.-inee he wa.s overtaken on the road to j
, y by a JJapu-t friend from S , ;
!a neiJibor ' bo: a nan of no use, and;
i professedly lll.eral in bis views a man
1 whom he lovf-d and respected for all but j
h'm tloie eoii)!ii!i;iion notions. 'ut a short
time prior to h'n nieetinc with thi.s neih-
b jT t'jti-, they had ii.i t in a meeting : t a
; I'pti.-t chureh A eon-iderable religious
i interest was manii'est, and they bad ex
pended to father Wjirren an invitation to
i preach fr them. After a wliile, eonnnu
' nioii-fliy cauie around, but no invitation
, In-re was :ivon to the speiditr. No.no;
. you are jrood enough to labfr for us; per-'
hrtps yen iu::y die fj-ood enough to rct to ;
; heaven, but you are not good tnough to ;
j t-ont" to h )i'if,fit communion tuUc. h'aid .
jtliis veteran of tlic Cross, whom to revere'
.: f "J love was but to know, I did not, I j
! eould not like that treatment. I felt slight-1
.' ed by my brethren ; 1 felt wronged by '
those who professed to be the followers of j
;a common Lord." During the coriveisa-;
tion, said father Y., which sprung up, the
subjef-t of Chritian communion was moot
ed. I direct! v put this ouestion in olain I
11 "-ii ... 1 !
,"ng"s'1 to '"J H :rlibor, "Ua what grounds ;
, ou wink others from the ;
communion talde .' I he reply I received I
?vus' "n le jrround of their not having;
, i .i . r' i i ii i i i '
mined that my friend should be Luiil', but j
t i, i li . i i ii i i ' ,n '
I determined that he shou d hang himself, i
f T . i-i
"or 1 saw where he could tie the rope bet-
. 4i T , , , - . . ' ,
"f" cuu,u UU 11 Ior.n.lm- , A,1.taej
heat f die ar.-'ument, perceiving the time !
arrived, 1 made this supposition, (which
7-,,;.f' . Fi n ,
Japtists know is quite supposable.) and
i i :t f 1 , o j 1 l y
handed it to my friend : Suppose that one
e i i tl e i
' your members a member of the 3Iis-
t i. i i i i
s nnnrv liant.istr-hnrr.fi i-mm ir r r,,l
sJonary Baptist church, re-rular v and
t i i e , ,V
pp-'iy baptized or rrood EtandiiTT ai
1 J 1 . . , -T , ?
L "
among
with
in tho outset 0f this discussion, that you!
rejcctcd others froln your comiuunion tsTble !
on the p.round 0f t;c;r not having been !
i,apt;zej anj yer l10re ;3 a man wn0 was
res,uiariy baptized by one of your minis- j
te;.sa nlan ;n unimpeachable standin2 ;
amou y0n, (yet, having formed prefer"-j
ences"fur Methodism, joined us,) and re-
turr,in2: to y0Ur table, you reject him for j
wbat V" ot because he has not been bap- j
t; j (and we admit his baptism is srood !
nonr , for us . we diJ not re-bantize him.) :
b'Tiniite he is a J ttoJist is not a Hap-
fist Said old father Warren, and all
who knew him know how he could ini-1
prove on a victory achieved by the truth, J
' I felt at liberty to show up to my friend
the grand, glaring inconsistencies of his j
faith, Sir, you are too good a man to be 1
humbugged 111 any such a way. loumust j
come out of this; there is too much light
. tnere is too much charity in the i
worjj for aj thi CoIne out at once.
l ave b.l(Jy dipped, but vou ctn't
bl.me me You must settle it with your
Qwn rutten pysteiu and T0Urseif. The time
ig n(?ar at ha-uj vhen 'u will be ashamed
of itwhen JOU w;n cast ;t to tie moes
anJ bats, where it should go." Father
w- .,.ri;.-.t;. u-Pr 11 f.mdp-l
These very Baptist brethren have since de
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clared m favor ot open communion, aud
set up the Lord's table.
A Methodist, "warp
AND FILLING."
For the X. C. Christian Advocate
Baptist Court sy.
In
county, North Carolina, at
an Association last summer, several Bap-
tist preachers made an unprovoked attack
upon tue Aletnouist ,uuren. xn lueir
speeches of vindictive abuse, they fully
endorsed the "Great Iron Wheel," with
all its vile slanders. They declared the
Methodists to be uubnptized ; asserted that
her ministers were all unordained;" rep
resented them as " a deep-scheming, an
undermining and tricky set ;" called them
"tyrants,'' " hypocrites," and "deceivers,"
S;c., &e.
That very night, several of these "dig
nified" gentlemen went to the little town
of , and preached in the Methodist
Church, without the o-jiisent or knowledge
of either the preacher in charge or the
board of trustees. Tney walked m with
dignified bearing, as th"Ugh "their right
there was none to dispute" !
I have just been informed that a Bap
tist minister went to Henderson, N. C, a
few weeks since, and not only preached in
the Methodist church, but also administer-1
. . t 1 r t" ! " . 1 ' I
ed tne communion . .ur. r,auor, now is
this ? Was he invited by the preacher in
charge of that church, or by the trustees ?
If Baptist ministers are determined to mis
represent and abuse us, is it not going too
far to let tuem do it in our own cnurcnes:
The above clearly indicates and defines
"Baptist courtesy." I am for peace, if
we can have it without sacrificing princi
ple. Otherwise, I am for an eternal war-
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far? tzhiu-t sectarian bigfitry tspeeial.j
JiaptL-t ii.v'i-zras-.if Mi l yr :nv.uu.
A .METHOMsT.
Julv . I" '').
T jT vi e X. C- O.r'-rsri A 4 "'-at.
The K&rche$ of Kan-
I vr;:n s:tting t,w d v in the y r rior of
the Irving Ifou-e, New Vc rk, during a vi-
rit there, a few yean finr-c. lookii.g over
the papers of the day arid gash-ring up
tne -r-rijr ot u.tei:.:ge;;r-e j r-'Tu til parts !
the w.jrjd that !ire daily di-tributcd i:i
that gret commercial ii;ttrfpoii", when
su'i k-t.Iv there burst ur-n mv car the full
strsrj! of a brass band. -weJJiti
z out th:.-t
solemn air, the Dead March. 1 walked t j
trie window and gazed out upon tue scene :
p'-'oce-s.'ou wa.- rnarehirig pi
-t. fi.-t
Ci.-iic the band that bad attnot'd my at-
tention ; then a bjiig cSu!;in of sej liers
with reversed arms end banners veiled in
crape, lbc-3- were of all arms, infantry,
riflemen, dragoons, artillery. Then came
a splendidly uniformed tend, pouiing forth
the s.niue solemn dirge; and in the midst
of the band, just behind the leader, borne
nri u tmi-H r.!.tf..rri. u. t 1 l.r- tn-r. ;
"i jnutiirnn, ...... I tiii'.'J ... ?
die:-, sat a sp!end;d silver bugle, veiled in j t.-rihianee ; wioe were iu street, and tl.ev
crape. Then came the hearse, with it j "re p;!Ved with solid gold, that shone elerr
nodding plumes and sombre trappings, j as crystal. The head of the column seem
fo'lowed by a b.tig train of canh;ges, and, j ed almost at the portals, when suddenly it
in rear oi the whole, a coiim-nv of si.l- i s; nk from iuv si"ht. It w;i bur ;r in.
diers. It was the very pomp of se pulture,
In answer to my irmuiries. a friend told
me the leader of a celebruted band was
'iuiii-.s, d iiiiiuu io.u
ueau, ana tuey were niart-ning to the last the arras were stiil extended to bis folii.w
res ting-place of man. There was fooc' for ers, and his voice rang out with notes th :t
serious thought in the incident. In the thrilled to the uttermost pnrt of the col
midst of the hurry and bustle of life, tho ! umn ar. 1 sent new life and vigor to every
Bead Mr:rch falls upon the car; the niulti-1 heart, 'Bo of good cheer; I have over
tudes bah for an instant and gaze upon come the world.' As one by one the ranks
the passing pageant ; then hurry on again i placed their feet on the golden streets, a
in their march of life. There was food j heavenly song seemed to burst from every
for thought in that bugle. How often had ! h'p; each shield seemed turned to a harp",
it pas.-ed over the same ground, ringing ! and the harps and the voices pour, d a cho
out its silvery notes! When the great j rus over the world : ' Unto Ilii.i that loved
gala days of the nation came round, bow i us, and washed us from our sins in his own
many times it had stirred up the hearts oft blood, and hath made us kings and priests
patriots, as with buoyant step, " instinct ! uto God and His Father: to Him be glory
with Ine, its owner poured out the national
airs ct the Jaii'I. 1 hen, when some re
nowned warrior, some noble statesmen, had
landed in the city, how it had made the ;
welkin ring with its cheering notes of wel
come and of praise. Or perhaps the war
rior had struck his last blow for bis couu-
try ; the statesman had given his last part- j man. Header, is yours the march of death
ing council, and was borne in solemn j or of life ? Shall the dead march that ac
mourning, to be deposited in the bosom of companies you tv the tomb be but the tvpe
earth, and that bugle, with softened, mourn- of the march of eternal death; or, sinking
ful tone, had led the band that had just into the valley of death for an instant, will
passed, playing the same requiem for the
departed that was now being played for
him whose master hand had made the
metal, in beautiful subservience to his ge
nius, rejoice, or triumph, or mourn. I
eould but think of and contrast the iiiarcb.es
t$rMiP 6e?Jv, tl- WWd,rth?W?wz
resentation of the inarches of life and of
eternity. I saw a multitude that no man
eould number, with a leader bright and
beauti ul as an angel of light. He mar
shalled his followers with untiring indus
try; he cheered the faint, encouraged the
desponding, drew back his stragglers, hedg
ed up their way on every side. Ilis power
seemed almost infinite ; the leader of his
rank bore on his brow a stamp that all
men could see; a bloody club his only wea
pon ; he cheered on bis retainers with a
hoarse cry, that fell with startling effect
upon the car, and made the very heart's i
blood curdle. Above these forces waved j
a banner. It was enriched with all that j
gold could gather, to garnish and adorn it; i
r Wr.it, nintlnin Wpllpdhttro-s. flont.inrr ,
out to the breeze, 'And ye shall be as gods.'
Far as the eye could reach, m front and
rear, with steady progress but uncertain ; eral features are presented.
gait the march went on. I moved to s e "God, from all eternity, did, by the
the goal for which they were pressing : far j most wise and holy counsel of His will,
in the distance a light, hazy, scarcely per- j freely and unchangeably ordain what
ceptible cloud covered the sun, growing j SOcver comes to pass. . . . Bvthe'
thicker, and thicker, and thicker still, nu- j (iocree 0f God, for the manifestation
til the head of the column was swallowed j TT- , m.n n j fTls. nv.
. 11.1 l.'.m 1.,
upiu . uui a i i. j i predestinated unto everlasting life,
stand point, the leader viewed the whole , , , . , . 7
array, urging the march, while satisfaction I others pre-ordained to everiastmg
sat lipoid his face as the myriads of his ; loath And speaking of the nam
rrrand unnv mssed iu review before him. ber : It " is so certain and definite,
ii ill v i .i.','t:ii i 1 1 Lfnoiv 1 1 .
J Jr
r.ir tVm tv.nrmn f.t thoithat it cannot be eitcer mcrcasea or
marching 'crowd 1 saw men Pressed in
white; each bore a shield, and ever and
anon they raised their voices high above
the throng, and the burden of their cry
was, 'Turn ye, turn ye; why will ye die I'
Occasionally some would turn and ask,
'What message is this you bring?' end
the warners cried back again, ' Escape for
thv life ! You are pressing onward to de
struction. Flee, tarry not iu all the plain I'
Then some poor stragglers, halting, would
listen to the warning; immediately the
leader despatched his aids to urge them
onward. Some came around t. e halting
ones, and told them not to heed the fa
natics; to think of reason that noble part,
that ought not to be subject to priestcraft.
They pointed the beauties of the way;
they showed the lip of scorn on the faces
of companions; they came around the
warners; they poured volleys of fiery darts
upon their heads, but calmly elevating
their shields above, they stood secure in
the midst of the fiery tempest. A few
here and there gathered roind the warn
ers, and seemed to be instantly supplied
with shields like unto theirs. Thus fur
nished, they were pointed to a road that
led in the opposite direction from that in
which the vast multitude was moving ;
and with trembling steps and elevated
shields they sought the narrow way, took
their backward journey, and again the
voices of the warners came roll ng o'er the
throng, 'Turn ye, turn ye; why will ye
die V And this, said I, is one of the
marches of man an unceasing tramp to
destruction : this is the army that is throng
ed with recruits, and yon Dlack cloud the
gate of which it is said, Many there be
that go in thereat. Alas ! for the blind
ness of man ! Czars, emperors, conquer
ors and kings, judges, senators, lords and
ladies, noble, ignoble, all orders of intel
lect, all styles of beauty, went beneath this
cloud of ' blackness of darkness,' and the
solemn tramp, tramp, tramp of their sue-
1
C'-'S'.-r r'l'A -.n Tided c ?.: u oal It oi tr.e et.r.
:Tbe M-ne faded, bat the ictr.-b sl:tl i-i-s
' on. I turned to lA fr the f L:eMc-J -n-.
abered t-g'tLr. they alro were !:.sreh
! iii'Z- 1 heirs wa.- a k-cderof infeite b'.r,
; snd fu hi- brow ' aiaj-uc sir-etDe-- -t
: efithrooed. Alfve waied tAi a sr.ow
! white Lann-r. that We in its field a b i-
; red en-, v bile the iwotto blazed .ct vith
:a g-orkus h..lo, ' Hc-lino to the Jri."
j Their leader wss in dl pit. of hi- ri.uk?;
be eh-crc i up the fj.ir.ting heart, .-trvrith-
f f co tne :c'-U" fct.ee. j.,urei in on '.d
v.-iiiC for the wound.."!, and We the Y.uU
ones in bis tni.s. Little one,'. Yes.S'r.ne
r,.:s. 1 heir prattle v.a beard in i!i the
"'-"luum ; tlf.ir feet wcra falling lightly et
iini.Sy on every part of the way. Ihere
w?re r;.,t tuzvy mighty, not many noil-.-, in
the column; jV-w inoveij with pride: is.ne
j bore a lufty ),k ; but they held up their
j shif Id-, jn-I t times seemed ;-lmost V
i ' mount up with wings, asesgks.' 1 moved
to get a b-ok at the point toward which
bey w-.-re o. arclong. A ?-t range Ii-rs.shot
up. idling tlje wln.de firinari.-eiit with its
glory. 1 sf-.w the wnlls of a i;.u gnifieent
city towering to the sky; br.;d were its
poitol, eiiibl Zvned with the mos- h'.aveniv
j stru t. The 'form of the lead.r t-pi.-.-ared
: on the other .-ide the valh-v. .binit
. i .-'.c luc vi:.ie, si;iiiiii'r
light ; it was transfigured.' '-Willed :
but
and dominion forever and ever. Amen.'
Anu the answering saints, with the voice
of a great multitude, and as the voice of
many waters and mighty thundering., re
plied, 'Alleluia: for the Lord God om
nipotent reigncth.'
And these are the grand marches of
your march be resumed on those expansive
streets up which whole nations can pass
witn unreserved ireedom ;
MIL FORD
Tor tho X. C. Christian Advocate.
i Tlmi
BRO. rrtri.i.i
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your readers a short picture of the
mould in which Mr. Matthews desires
to run the human family, and also give
a specimen of the work. He fays,
that " The doctrines of the Bible pos
sess an intrinsic fitness to impress the
mind;" and that "These doctrines,
taken collectively, constitute thnt form
or mould (Kom. vi:li,) into which
the heart is delivered, by the Great !
Artificer that it mav receive and re-
tain all the features and lineaments of
jjjs own iniarre." Pa ere 12.
T , f , f
I have a
' . ivLtmin-for W.for m
tern, maue at 7 iviv me,
from which Mr. Matthews seems to
have taken his ; at least, the same gen-
(. - i t i
diminished." "Yet so, as thereby
(neither is Uo-l the author ot sin, nor
j js violence offered to the will of the
. otb r.f ctr. r,r.T
creatures."-Confession of Faith, Church
of Scotland, chap. III. "God's eter
nal decrees."
At best, this mould presents a very
confused appearance. Every act in
heaven, earth and hell, are "unchange
ably ordained" hv God ; so that it is
beyond the power of angels, men, or
devils, to change it ; and yet man is
free, and can either perform the act or
let it alone ! the same act which God
has from all eternitv determined that
he should do. How does this picture
look ? The slab for this mould must
have been quite thick when the mould
was commenced; and after the decrees
were cut upon it, there was no room
for the moral agency left, so theyT dress
ed it down and carved the freedom of
man crosswise thus making the pres
ent confusion that is presented on the
face of the mould. But let us look at
the work. There seems to be either a
defect in the crucible, or the operators
do not understand their business, or the
material is not good, or something is
the matter, for they generally get their
ores melted some where else. And
vou will find it the case invariably,
when the best ore is to be run, that
they fill up that part of the mould that
would impress the decree upon the
subject, leaving no traces, discoverable,
upon it. But they are so well acquaint
ed with the shape of the mould, that,
in dressing the material when cool,
thev carve the decrees. In some in
stances, however, this is not the case.
And these are always of the best ma
terial, and are the most current.
0
- - " - .
-I, r
Not, there ar
cr;Tiec?ed tl.eir
hon- or ether, thn
.-'.:ir f f tht-sr maku!
3 ?..iri"v evi
v r?.ri at all
;-:- "'- . t.'.--y u-. ti,e ore is no; ;t,
weiL tie dro-s j, t. :l nrn ,r- I, an l i:
;f- ii-
"i:
''! hen it makes its ar
vcrv little, if any. U:
er.'erc the crucioK-.
:T i:..tn w;
t'
m iv
f . r,
.tlic better, but whr Ti it e
the bajai.ee:? it i- f-.-in.! v -v't ;..
ti.
weight.
I il.ink, if Mr. Matr.ews wou- 1 "
a n-.v
' rTiou; 1.
ct of l.c;:o-.s crucible, and
get th-ni
IK
D.cr
estaioi.-iiinei.t
:. that there was
for I have always tlio"
a client i: that W,-:
' i:i:ri-tcr establishment lie wouhl s;
i feci Letter.
FOKSYTII.
Julv 4, lS-jt).
, '" f '.'. Cb. i-t' iO A ivorale.
Scraps hy tha Way.
Baltimore an.l Ohio U uIU. j
It is -taffl that this rool c.in;r,i s-ip.
f-y one-teiith of th ex:-t j.- ihM i'.o
ivr co-il, altbo'ig.i tne ar.io'iut of
transported to B.iltitii'-re !n-t ve.n
e .1)
wa '
'1.927 tons, on
whi-li the
c!i irgcl amountvl to 81,22..011
Tl.i?
encouraging" to the coal
aii'l future coal depots of our State.
L.
'Fantastic Tri:hs U-f-.re hi:)h II, a
W'H." A writer in the 4 Okie" rep
resents the Rev. Mr. Spurgen, ;i loin
"ister in England, to have used the fol
lowing language, ia reference to the
: criticisms of the press : "Shall .-o l.s
lions," said lie. "turn out of their
pith in the mighty wibleines.s to pur
sue every snarling cur that vdr-s be-
mint ; or
as thov g
i i .-. .... . .
shall
tin
eagles f 1
leaven.
i7.e with UMwin'r
king eve upon
ine fi.izzlmg sun, stoop irom their sar-
nig llight to rend the crows and kit s
beneath them?'' Almost as mode-t
as a minister we v.ot of, who used the
same figures no plagiarism, though,
( we presume to impress on his new
made disciples their elevated position
in High Churchism, and the duty of"
mainta'ijing a dignified silence under
the unanswerable arguments of "those
wlm professed and called themselves
Christians." J,.
3UisrfIlmtcoii5 Mulw.
The Moral Grandeur of Uedemption.
The grandeur and sublimity of the
'nol6'0" sur-2:iS3' in -he dis-i liquor, and he was nt fastidious in hi
. me greaiesL nuiuan nniv . ...... j i . , , .
When we contemplate the sublime
manifestations of the human mind, with
: what readiness do we award the meed
of moral magnanimity to the man
! whose energy and firmness of purpose
in any plan of benevolence, increasing
! with opposition, carries him boldly
through every difficulty, and enables '
him to keep his original goal steadily
in view. With what admiration do we
Hook upon the calm and unshaken con-
' stancy with which a strong mind ad-
! heres to its purposes, and pursues them
I without being wearied with difficulties,
; deterred by dangers, hushed to sleep
I by the slow process of time, or di scour-
! aged by the apparent want of success,
! With what veneration do we look upon
a great anu gooa nian, wnoc nic na
been devoted to the well-being of his
! crn-.i.-a r-nntendiriT ;m with thfi nowers
1 1 1T1.
i opwv., .- . I
01
destiny, and, though under its sever-
lest strokes deserted, yet displaying
Ubo same trannmlitv of soul, the same
energy of purpose, the same constancy
i of faith, the same equanimity ot nnno,
', the same firm adherence to truth and
i rectitude, which were peculiar to him in ;
more prop;t.ous circumstances
JUICOU!U Wf COUIOIIIO lilt log oa .-
el heroism of Paul, the holy daring of
1 Stephen, the philanthropic purpose and
i the heroic firmness of John, with the .
i moral courage of the whole army of :
confessors and martyrs to the truth,
j we should fail to witness an exhibition
j of moral grandeur in any measure ap-
Iproaching that displayed by the Mes-
! siab, travelling in the greatness of his
! strength in the accomplishment of the '
! plan of redemption. ;
Justly viewed, the plan and work of,
redemption transcend in sublimity and i
i frandeur the work of creation itself : i
! 'Tiv.n great to speak th? world from n-,-ught, j
j But greater to redeem." ;
! The attribute which crowns the plans
of Jesus is pare and disinterested he-'
nevolenee love to the souls of men.
Greater love hath no man than this,
tint a man lay down his life for his
friend; but He coininendetli His love
to us, in that while we were yet sin-
ners. Christ died for us. It is in this
! view, especially, that the plan of hu -
man redemption is presented, not only
i to our admiration, but to our devoutest
!sudv. In copying the Divine benev -
! olenee of the Son'of God, we become
familiar with a principle of disinterest- i
edness, the tendency of which is to
absolve our souls from the law of sel- j
fUbnoss and to nourish a holy habit!
of love to the souls of our fellow men.
;s infinite sacrmces ana fcueuugs i-.-i
; and the mere earnestly will we de-
re to, imbibe and exemplify his Spirit,
i:t thit
. '. '
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i.iy- open hip?
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C-l.-S.' :ff !.r '.
i e v ji'-M a to w
ere ::. d . r--:.
s : t-. ; !.er.
i the ":.:.: i;:i." s';i:
1 :
!: -Ke l f ;
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of Chri-
ns .. .u.
b-;n-!
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1, i. ;s
the
1 :t i f hu:n tn ?-t
to w iiifji tb
uiiiVf-r.-e mi g
h- Tr-.l
' ot rev. r -;.r u 1
The ! .w-f.f rh.i.
; -tei -to;o - f.f
:s Ijp- at t '. tt. -!
IT
I io r.r ir
: that I
f I i
in so sola'
n.: f r. !(
e iall.e;', u
theu r (.f ;
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k- -;s (
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1 1 1 r
I' III
I i,
ear it
til-'
f : ion-ac
b ve of Uh
"" U.s 1
I Le u it in
l ieri.se."i:me. Tie
I bear it :!!: 1-t !:.(
s of tlo- eriM-i'ix ii n.
lie.! bus!
1 Oi tlie liTSV -l-o
when he .-akh.
i.ear it ainid-t li ;
s;-r::i of Oil van
it fi ;-!...i : i
( .II :hf;U..i,r ;.!,! t!:e
i: at t;.e
i
irng sop
llflirc
of J. s'is.
1 I.'.ir it
a! l ' i i -r tne n:e!;al,le
ce;i I I., a r it ; i
the t verhi-Ting doo;
i
f the as
t' ro igh
that
lif-.-l i:i
ii.at the King f '?: v ma v c"i -a
n.
it in
I b" love of
ir:-r '. 1 har;n.
S illt-'l'C'. ss;,,;. ;i!,,,-,. i- J,
Vi Ph t! e I.;, nit!
f lli-.' t.ii !.ing MT.: lo..
1 hear it amidst the a;"u-t scenes
nieSit, welcoming rcleeiiie'l saints
to glory. 1 Ii -,ir it no! it is hu-he 1
in tii it seritence which falls upon too
lo -r
. i tier s ear when his c .ndcmn.it ion
is .scaled
itig and
for then th
e voice .
f .ardon-
rcd'-e
mng Me-rcv i-
lent
through ilie universe of G..1. (J.J;
r.
! Tii'i: D.ui.y Like or Mii.tox.
In his mode of living, Milton, as might
le anticipated, was moderate and tem
perate. At his meals, he never took
much of wine or any other fermented I
senses, and he bad a preference "for ',
such viands as were of an agreeable
fi.ivor. In his early years, he u-cd
to sit up late at his siu hes, and perhaps '
he continued this practice while bis :
sight was good ; but, in his l iter years, !
be retired every night at iiine o'clock, ;
and lay till four in summer, till five in :
winter ; and, if not disposed then to
rise, he had some one to sit at his bed- '
side and read to him. When be rose, j
he had a chapter of the Hebrew Bible j
read to him : and then, with of course 1
the intervention of breakfast, studied j
till twelve, lie then dined, took some j
exercise for an hour, (generally in a!
chair, in which he used to swing him-
self.') and afterward i.hivod on the or- '
I 1 - i 1-1
gait, or the oass viot, wii'i 'iner sang ;
himself or made !rs v.sle .-5ng, wb-, ;-sl
bo siiid. bad a good vo-cf. I n: no e:.r. .
r:
He then i t sm
icd his i-tudies till six.
from which bourtdi etgiu he c-.nver.sci.
with those who came to is;t i.o.n. lie
fin. illy took a l'ght supper.
d :
p.j,c. ot
tooacco, an
after which
uraliK a
1 ".ir-d
i i s o;
o re.-t.
watt
K' i fhth-'i ' Mi't'jfi.
Pay yenr Iliaister.
1.
Pay him, becau-e it is lhcoro;na- !
tion of God, "that those who minister
at the altar should live of the altar." j
When God sent you your pastor, he j
l.,id you undtr obligation to support i
him. The Head of the Church is tool
ju-t to call a man away from secular j
labors for Hi-service, without giving a j
precept for his sustenance. j
2. Pay your minister, because you!
owe him"; and the precept is, "owe r o j
mart." Having had the time and scrvi- j
tt.s of your minister, you can no more i
deprive him of his wag .-, without sin, j
than vou could "the reaper of your j
.:)iU." The Pi'inv you subscribed is j
a charitv. but a debt. i
3. pay your minister, that l.e may j
pc worth paying. How can be give i
; rich instruction, if poverty drive bim
out of his study to dabble in worldly j
i Lurries-;. How can he buy books an 1 1
j periodicals without means ir How can J
; jlC. think and reason closely, if vou al- j
,mv bis mind to be tortured with fear--
: 0f debts and insolvency, and keep him j
: running from neighbor to neighbor her- j
; rowing money ': How can be go be-;
; .7.s the Church as a pioneer in go Hi- j
n-.s, if you compel Lira to be eontinu- j
ally 'struggling with pecuniary embar- j
rassments ? j
4. pav your rr.:r.i-tcr 0 that he can
i pay his debts. The world expect min-
j ir,e snoemaer, taoo
W;int their money, am
j your minister to defra
vou compel
1
au j (hem
-.. i it T' r rv-.!. If T-ri tj n.j"
: .., 'f f vr g-t .tr. r .- !.
:j )-.- f -s! V:nj;h ,-r;.r.
i'if'l" .f (I v (f"X) t :;r
t .'!::. T..ir--" t.T, 1 W'r' Tbv will n
' - v. "".ki' th- r.i "it1?! ii:-. of G.
;W" .l-v rr r.ii '.
' IiV v i-ir t.'i'-i-ter. Ti'l v - i
f- I :v-,v :r. N ! ! :'.
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"' v.-.-j ; : n .. i.i "t: ii v f l is c
7. IV.-
v--ir
are a
I v 'iri i. II
)' "!h f.sV, r sbre ' -
Vk kh 1 '.;?:! extra I '...r ... , i,nl '
o :;r, b i-v ea-i'y r'.n' 1 v- i v--ir j.
, tfr!.r..nv.t!v: W,,i ' , ...k f the..
thing-?
- cf lis riad on II?' Px
f-'A n;, th- o!.-erva-;; :. - f W ILr -J
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n . .... p. ir,.' , ; j, :
1 n th" ii.biii-. ... of t.''... n
ovi .-. I Ir, , , J , ?. M :lg if.f. IK 1
1 1 : it ! " oie innsf 1 I' I -p. fr
T '-'. .1 ? itie:;t w is . !.. .... f.,r t,i !.
a- 1 , I ti'ider ?; c ir.- .f P.ivy.
P :: v I 1 ad.i.i:.' ' in the -
I ' ' v' ; la Mint! I ! ;;.-!, ,e;, r ir,-
b-i" ! ' t'C.gu-- . f the p ik. iif, f . a
""' t to;.' r i'i;r-. Tb.- ;.
lyr! ; , 1 ri. h.,"'v ig-.ov.i: .,f t!..-' ?
f - '' V.bo'l )o to '!!, j; 1
dcet Iv i 1 by Dr. lb I
v.i'h the cirfair:v of i;- sn-vfi 1 1
so , . r fVIl the ;!.( I l.n.-n. I. r brtwe.il
h:s tc-th 'ban be con. hi bd the , '
'nan w..s in operation, an i. in n ' -of
or,:!! 1-1: -:o. d ej.irc ! t1 it be :. ' 1-
dy fek tie- ( fTeets . f . brTi', ; o' ;.
f?i'-e tiirr.uh-.at iris v.b de body. 'J b
f; p'u-t uoit , v.r; too t. n;pt:iig )o I
h-t. Day did nothing more, but .
s;:'d hi- piticnt to refin n on the f '.!
1 biy. '1 be same ceK ti.ofiy v, ,i
lcf:it(d: the s-llne lrsr.lt folb.v.!:
as,d at tie nd of a f.ctnibt be v. :.
dislii'.-M-d, cured ! Ho lelnedv of
bird, c.vccf.t the I ii ' lui ' .! ; I ter, h,i ':';
been v-ol.
- -
1'redestination.
" 1 o you b' lii'Vi- iii predestkiati ei ';"
said the captain or a Mi--i.--.ippj s;..m-
r to a ( b rgyin iii who h ippem d to b"
tr.i veiii.g; with . i m.
'Of cour.-e I .1 .."
"At l on al-'i le lieve what is to be
"Weil, f am glad to h'oir it."
"V. '. '
; (;.! m' I intend to .'ish that 1 .it
ahead, 1:1 fifteen rouse cutive mine'
if tb T" "i" any viittio in pit f-!. 1.0: ;
and load tig safety-v. lives. d-.'l
be -iliroi'd, for if lb-- boiler ain't to
burst, then it won't'
H'-re the divine began putting on
his b it, and looked w ry much bi
backing cut, which the captain oh-. .
ing, he -aid :
' I thought you believed in prc.o
tkri'ion. itid what is to be will be !"
"So I do, but I pref'-r br-ing a I'vlo
nearer the tern wlirn it fakes phi'-"."
Tim; V.nurvL P.v-rort. "In !'
bi 'r itior nf my .011:.- ii'," sai l .-,
G, y. " ;j j.( b::e .,(, :.;, 'jf'oti a-
v-i- tol l me )y a lt. 1 ; .(0.VI( j , ;.h
-! r:--tr. 'iiridd m ,;Vj v,.., ,j
to : per ..nu-', j, ,;;:,f.
I'.g tbr-.I).'.. In !:)t.-I i.o.-,-..:., .
1 ,1r-":;'; 'x--'r u-.u v.,.-,.-...
' '"',"' '''' Sunday, i, -t
). in-',, ro v.w.:h a n -- i-jniV,,. ,
,.;,:. la-civ s.ppo:ff i; 'pj e
gation ! d n-t exee. M , f ft
1 i;t th" oicael.rr de.iven-d li..4,
;:s !:r:c). ern-rgy and aff- e-'ion H ft
wr.- i -Ires-hog a cio'.ded au-. '
At" r ferv'ee, I 1 :: ' to ti.,
gvman my surpii-e that he i-hould
fort! so fervently to so'h a small nu.
brr.' ' W re th re but one,' f-ai ! th
rector, 'my anxiety for his imp
iiif nt v.o'ibi make meequ iUy energei -.'
The following year Conoily v.nt into
the s-iuie church the congrtga'ioii
vas i;iukiilied twenty-f A I ; a thi. 1
ve,-r be four, I the chun h full."
Th:: Yiolkt. Ha-t thou pa,- 1 by
the Ledge-row at eventide ? an 1 ! : -: t
I.:lie'o js fragrance been al! about the--,
and tho a knewe-t not whence it came .'
Ha-t thou rearc-hed and found t'.e
swf et vioh-t, hidden l,f n. .tb im leaver,
known that it was that v.h:ch gave its
odors to th" air around it Thus my
child, sd.ouM the Chri-'ian maket-f ..t
the j.l ice of hii gol d-f 1-; and ti.u-i
in ail humiii'y should be endeavor to
rem.ii 1 UTo.oticed him-clf. When thou
r c-.t the hungry fed, and the naked
cb -bfd, the sick mm vkktd, and the
w' low comforted search and tf.ou
sbilt find the Cower whence all ibis
odor arose : thou kh th find full often
that the Chri-tian L-ith been there,
const -ained by the love of Christ.
Ei:JLltnx of Youth.
Icr IN" Jl-LV. At Niagara, aboot
rrv feet below th Aninien Fall, the b
sti 1 reriiaia? a cake of ice we'gbin p-eb-ab'T
teuy-five tons. Purir. the last
wi;.t r the mass of ice fora.cd by the con
tinual d-sh of ppray, i. sid to hae Lten
a.ore thaa one hundred fvet hih-