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A nn 17 Li J 0 I 4 i-i 1 Li 1 BUSHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MIXISTEItS YOU THE NORTH C.VROLINACON FERENCE. I. E. CHURCH. forTH -KUir, 7. HF.KLIN. K:- RALEl'tfU, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, Vol. I. 'Xa. 'H. 7 O f it T I Q HP I A d e t r tj . DO EIGHT. , r.sy von!, if-j is rapi-ii w ith eterr.i 1 i;rie y i- in'-.':: H'jOn f.:,ui':H to Tiv r'-t riLij .;, , w. A'C r '.!, to tliy h'.-ife U l riht, d' ri,'ht. Ti; ,og!i cloud- thy firir.ameiilo er-preau, ; Though hie its gre'-ne-t. f.Jia-e fch'J, lfi sorrow m nj.-.. i : ,, ,Vi-1 ti.c.jh ti-y Ji i ! -rl'; ,'"-'i '-!i 1 1 1 - '. i I j ri 'Ui; c riht. Vi- 1 li.'ajJi t,.y :.,!; J. p", ana tears i" midyears 'I 'n'i vrarr:i'r.' elerner.t'H worst wrath, j The earthquake and the -'ir'Jvin'1'H l;r-Lth , ! j I ' I The valley and the sha le of death, Xc-e 1 not a'ariiit ; l".,r duty's cab:! cotiimandiri f ,rm, V.'ith rain ow ami frhallchivp the fctorin. Ur riS.t, Ij riht. Taint not in all the weary stn;.;, Though every day with toil be rue, Vork is the clement of life, Acli-jii is liht ; For man is ma le to toil and strive, And only those who labor live. l) riht, do liht. Life is not all a Hcetin dream, A taet"r tbish, a rainbow dream, A hu'noli,-on t!i; 1! iatiii stream, S 'n l-'-t to si'ut ; r,,r tliere's a work i'r every hour In every passing word a o'.ver J. right, do right, O! lif.j is full of s ,!.:mn thought, And noblf! deeds, if nobly wrought AVith fearful con-cuence.? fraught; And there is a might, If gathered in each pacing hour, Tli:it gives the soul unearthly power. Do riht, do riht. Cuntmmiirntiuus. For the X. C. Christian Advocate. j The Possibility of Final Apostacy, de- j monstrated from the Holy Scriptures, j N t; M 15 K It XII. Jive. li. T. Jf jiiu : Having in the pre-j ceding Xos. considered the arguments and ' authorities in defence of the Unconditional Perseverance of the Saints. 1 shall now i commence m tins inc argument au thorities which demonstrate the Possibility of Pinal Apostacy. The proposition which I shall attempt to sustain in what follows, , w ill be in the following terms : I The PoilnUti of Final Ajiost'try demon strated, from the Holy Scriptures. In prosecuting my design, I will give a statement of the issue between those who contend for the unconditional perseverance of the saints, and those who believe that the saints may apostatize, and finally pe rish. In doing this, I prefer giving this .1 " .1 - Oil statement in the words ot anotlicr. For the better stating ot tms rpiesuou, , it will be useful to premise that . which i is granted on both sides; for by that it will . be easy to discern, "CUtA That many ot those feeriptures , , ,V ,.! :n nmt, tl, doctrine ' nf tho saints' Dcrseveranee, do not reach the point; they proving only that they who do thus persevere are preserved by Divine assistance, and not that God bath abso lutely enn-aged to afford them that assist- ance winch will unlrustraoiy presoie mem. "(2dly.) That many of the arguments produced to confirm this doctrine, are in consistent with the foundations on which alone they cround that doctrine. " 1. (1st.) Then we own that they who are preserved to salvation, are so preserved -r irt' 4i--J kr4mudi faith;' 1 4i,.,f Hod hatu absolutely uromiseafo keep them by His power from making I caus.e from the nature of true faith, con shipwreck of this faith; or that (d) the version, or the new birth, are insufficient ' n hn lives bv fnitb' sbnll np-rnr i to prove this doctrine : because it is p-ranted JUSl man ... j - . i x-tr-k" fa Tim-infirm ,r-,w- ck to perdition av-dly.) "We own that God hath en tjed His faithfulness, that all who do 'ivt wickedly depart from Him, shall never forced from' Him by the power of any adversaries ; for (e) ' none shall ever be able to pluck them out of llis hands' not death itself ; for (f ) ' the gates of Hades shall not prevail against them' ; not per secutions, or the most fiery trials. He who requires its to be faithful to the death, be ing obliged in equit and honor to enable us with Christian patience to bear them ; for (g) ' He is so faithful that He will not suffer us to be tempted above what we' (in this fallen state) ' are able, but will with the teu'ptation' (so far) 'make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it' : so that we may triumphantly cry out, (h) 4 Who shall separate us from the love of God, which is (showed to us) 'in, i.e. through Christ Jesus ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peri!, or sword ? Xay, in all these things, we' (who continue in llis love) ' are more than conquerors, through' (the assistance vouchsafed by) ' Him that loved us.' And after such happy expe rience of the Divine assistance, 'I am per suaded,' saith the Apostle, ' that neither' (fear of) ' death, nor' (hope of) 'life, nor' (evil) ' angels, nor principalities, nor pow ers' (persecuting us for Christ's sake), ' nor' (the) ' things' (we endure at) ' pres ent, nor' (the) ' things' (we may suffer for the time) ' to come, nor height' (of honor), ' nor depth' (of ignominy), ' nor any other creature' (or thing) shall be aMe to sepa rate us from the" love of God, which is' (vouchsafed to us) 'in' (and through) ' Christ Jesus our Lord ;' but then the same God requiring them who were come to ' the city ot the living God, the hea venly Jerusalem, and the general assem bly, and chiirch of the first-born who are written in heaven, to look diligently (metis), lest any of them fall from the grace of God, and to hold fast that grace by which alone they can serve God acceptably, because our God is' (to them who do fall from it) ' a consuming fire (Heb. 12 : 15-25 ;) and it, tkc heed ' l-'i there should be m any 5 of them an evil he-jrt of xm'u'-lhf, in de-; i parting fro La the living Col and that for 1 this reu.-on thtst they could be made pr i takers t.-f the ble-.-ing-of Christ ody on 'Ur'Z' ; this condition, that they ' K'-'l fast the he- ; U'twiiiiZ of their con fid: nee' ('r experrli-': I tion j 'steadfa-t unto the en I.' Heb " : ; i 12-14. That 'they continue rooted and! i grounded in th faith, and he not ren.oved , ' awiv from the h' pe of the Go-p-eh' Col. i !l : Heein" he hid-; them who were; i ulreaoy in jrrace, an i htu rc-cnc - j precious faith with them,' to 'be ware lest ; I beiri" ltd away by the error of the wicked .,jrc.a(y Jn race, and had received d; -he -, - - -, ,,..?f...r.:5 - - y " i , Jl. ret : it. ncnce Hinw i thave just reason to deny that God hath j I from eternity decreed, or absolutely prom- i ;,., ly preserve them from falling into , tho-a ksua Vihich Jle thu.s cautions theui ; to avoid, or to perform Himself what lie j requires, as their duty. j " odly. AS'e rant that God hath proiu-j ised perioverance in the ways of righteous- j ne.-s to the end, to those who constantly i and conscientiously use the means by Him , prescribed for that end; He will 'present! us holy and unblanieable, and unreprovea-j I ble in His sicrht, if we continue in the faith i rooted and settled, and be not moved away i from the hope of the Gospel. Colloss. 1 : j '11, 23. He bath assured us, that 'if we! cast not away our confidence but patiently j continue ' to do the will of God, we shall j i inherit the promises.' Ileb. 10: 35,30.; j That ' if we give all diligence to add to jour faith, virtue, knowledge, godliness,; j patience, temperance, brotherly kindness, j jand charity, we shall never fall.' II. Pet. j ! 1 : lo-lO. That ' if we build ourselves up in our holy faith, and pray fervently in j the Holy Ghost, we shall keep in the love : of God.' Jude 20: 21. That 'if we j hold fast till He come, and keep His works j ! to the end, we shall reign with Christ. I Rev. 2 : 25, 2H, 27. But then we deny j j that God hath absolutely promised to in-j terpose His power iufrustrably to engage J i all true believers to use these means, and judge these very texts to be so many ev-1 j idences to the contrary. The asserters ! of this doctrine hold, j " 2. (1st.) That the foundation of this I perseverance is the absolute election of i those that persevere unto salvation, and j consequently to the means which shall unfrustrably conclude in their salvation, And this shows the inconsistency of two 0f their arguments for perseverance, taken from the prayers of the saints that they may persevere, and from the supposed in tercession of Christ to the same effect ; fur, as it cannot be proved that either Christ intercedes, or the saints pray more for perseverance to the end than for their preservation from those sins which ex perience and Scripture shows they are ob noxious to ; so is it as absurd to pray or intercede for that which God hath abso lutely decreed from all eternity shall come to pass, as to proy nd intercede that the world may not be drowned again j or that Christ may come to judgment, or uu iuu , . k and dead or that tlie . ? . . f . gLa!1 infaluby come to Virtue of God's absolute decree .. ctcrnity : it being upon this sup- ; , x. position, us ix.uuu crec concerning their perseverance shall come to pass, though Christ did never in tercede, or the saints pray it might do so, as that the other decrees now mentioned shall certainly have their eflect, with llis or our intercession that it may be so. "2dly. They also grant that it is not from the strength of "the new nature in them, from the "steadiness of the renewed mind, the immutability of the renewed will or affections, that true believers can not fall away ; but purely from the pro mise of God that, though they are obnox- ip ifa-WiW Ufi - Sim prove this doctrine ; because it is "ranted that it is not from the nature of this faith, the strength of this conversion, or the im mutability of this new birth, that they thus persevere, but from the power of God, by virtue of His promise, preserving them from that fall, to which they in themselves are still obnoxious. " When, therefore, they argue for the perseverance of the saints to the end, from the words of the Psalmist, (k) ' He whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates in it day and night, his leaf shall not wither.' (1) That '"he who hears Christ's sayings and doeth them, shall be like to a wise man who built his house i upon a rock;' and so, 'when the wind and the floods came it fell not.' From the good ground which (m) ' brought forth fruit with patience.' From St. Paul's question, (n) ' How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein V And from the words of St. John, (o) 'This is the victory over the world, even our faith.' As all these places are manifestly imperti nent, because they show the effect of good dispositions remaining with us, or how it will be with the man who always delights in the lrr of God, who still doth Christ's commandments, hears His word and keep eth it, as the good ground did, is still dead to sin, and still lives by faith; but not that these good dispositions must be always in us " odly. They grant that though true be lievers cannot fall totally and finally, yet may they fall into drunkenness and incest, as Xoah ; so into murder and adultery, as David; into gross idolatry, as Solomon; into denials of oar Lord, with oaths and imprecations, as St Peter did ; and into such horrid sins as render them at present unfit to enter into the kingdom of heaven, and which require a renewal of their faith and their repentance; and that by the guilt of those sins they stand condemned, till they are renewed by faith, and, repent ance. And this demonstrably shows the falsehood of their arguments, from such texts as these : (p) He that is horn of God sinneth not, neither can sin ; he keep eth himself so. that the wicked, one touch- The Jy,ri Uf-. who I e-tab.ish v.-ti, r:d Keep y ev;i. v. r..iv en ir.e i i'.e i t-, IT- cour-e V. pp. :J--VOO'.'. This extrsei is csee -dy "Ki.port ss it drs'd'--'; the jrrov.o l-w-.,rk of the j i, , in thi:- controver-v. A the care! examin atjon w.ii -how tis tna Scriptures favor, ii-o-t oec:- tion that the saints ji.sy forf . the yj-i-; their char-' aeter lr s;n. Lnd in tr.'.t ecnm ..id in th-it cer:'iiuori runy V.'e have here the whole Unallv perirh. of this controversy, thrown tcz.iher ir.to a verv t arrow coiiii-ass '. :'rjd the vuik-us points in di-utc 1. Tho abet:-; cieariv antieipaivu. i oj, of the final uncondi- tior.il perseverance of the saints, rijar.i festly, have to build their doctrine uj-on the iihsoiute and unconditional decree of election tj eternal And this ilso, rests the views they tntc-rlain con-; cermn the security o: the saints, ami their final perseverance, as being guaran teed to them through the promises, faith fulness and power ot God. The abettors of the doctrine of the ; 1 possibility of the final apostacy of the saints, and their final perdition, are sus- ; tained in their views in this regard, (l.j By the plain reason of the case. This is shown in this respect, forasmuch as God is recognized as dealing with man as a rational and intelligent being. He therefore is treated as being able, in his present state, through the grace of God, j to war successfully again.-t all opposing! foes : in the exercise of his rea.-on and i free moral agency. In this view, he is ' considered as being neither impelled to obedience, contrary to his own choice; nor j , , J . -i . I restrained, by an irresistible contra-im- pulse, by which he is preserved by un- controllable power from the commission of evil deeds. The great principle here in volved, is comprehended in the saying of our Lord, ' But he that endureth to the end shall be saved.' Matt. 10 : 22 ; 24 : 13. Mark 13: 13. Itev. 2: 10. (2.) By man's present state being one of trial. This is a very important con sideration, and if well applied, will over throw every argument that can be brought forward, from the decree of election, the faithfulness of God, and the promised ex ertion of his power, in behalf of the saints. That man's present state (whether as a sinner or believer) is one of probation; and that he is, while in this state, liable to miscarry, is evident from the following considerations : " 1st. From all those places in which God is said to exercise His dispensations towards llis people, to prove them, whether they will walk in His ways or not; as in those words, ' I will rain bread from hea ven, to prove them whether they will walk in my ways or not F.xod. lb : 4 i. e. whether the constant provisions I make for them will induce them to continue stead fast in my service. When they were ter rified at the dreadful sights, and the voice they lica.d it t!.c c ia" speaks to tnem tntis : rear not, for l;oi is come to prove you, chap. 20: 20, (i. e. to try whether you will be true to the promise made chap. 19 : 8, viz. ' all that the Lord hath spoken He will do.) and that His fear may be before your laces, mat you sin not.' And so in many other places, which will hereafter be considered. " 2dly. From all those places in which God is said to try men. Thus St. Paul speaks of 'the trial of man's works by fire,' I. Cor. 3 : 13 ; of the trial of the Ma cedonians by afflictions, ii. u-or. o . t . St. James saith, that ' the trial of your faith,' by temptations, ' worketh patience chap. 1 : 3. St. Peter, that ' the trial of our faith' (by manifold temptations, if we continue steadfast in it,) ' will be found to our praise, honor and dory at the appear in" of Jesus Christ,' I. Pet. 1 : 7 ; and speaketh of a ' fiery trial' which was to come to try them. chap. 4 : 12 Our ., ato, at tic iitay try ou7riiev. 2 : 10, and prophecies of an hour of tempt ation, ' which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth' ; to omit many places of like nature in the Old Testament, yiz: Psal. G : 12 ; Jer. 10: 7; Dan. 11 : 35; 12 : 10 ; Zach. 13 : 9. " 3dly. From all the promises and threats recorded in the Scriptures, to engage all men to repent and turn to God," i'or no such thing is or can reasonably be offered to them who are already in a fixed state, either of happiness or misery; and it is contrary even to the nature of those mo tives to be offered to them who neither can be induced by the hopes of promises, or tears ot sunenngs, to change their pre sent state. "4thly. From all the exhortations of the Holy Scriptures to men, ' to watch and pray, that they enter not into tempt ation ;' from the supposition that men in the time of temptation may fall away, Luke 8: 13 ; and that Satan may so tempt good Christians, that the 'labor of the Apostles may be in vain among them, I. Thess. 3 : 5. For what is temptation but a trial of our faith, sincerity and con stancy? What is it to enter, or be led into it, but to be in danger of falling by it ? And must not, therefore, all who are in a state of temptation, be also in a state of trial or probation ? And, " othly. This will be evident from the temptations of Satan, who 'goes about continually, seeking whom he may devour.' For to what end should he tempt, that is, endeavor to destroy them, if he knows he never can succeed in his temptations to destroy the elect; and as for others, quos ad perditionem Deus preascripsit, and who are left by God infallibly to fail of salvation, he need not do it, since God himself, according to this doctrine, hath done that work effectually to His hand ?" Whitby on the Five Points, Discourse IV pp. 297-299. (3.) The abettors of this doctrine of the possibility of final apostacy, are also sustained by the plain and common-sense view ot tne word of God. This is the final appeal From this we mav not da- mrt Thot0,r.i,;n ti, - r:;. rt.BfJ??: this bright light mu.t we rr ng'all our uur ii .1.. ' -i , 1 re .--..'r.i--. 1 o th . therefcr. the tefti- to-ar turn, tnd pnJ'J it which the in-ji Vcurs a5ect J'KTKII I-MUli. July, 1- 'a I. Pet. 1: 5. (c; I. Tin:- 1 : 15 le's J -hn 10: 2?.e: n-; I. Cor. 10: 13. Mi II. Pet. 1 : 1. (i ! Matt. 7: 24, 1j. i i: ; Ji -ro. o : 2. f'ht Jude2i. i j . I lib. 10: if) Matt. 1C K m. 8: Ikt Psal. 1 : :' rn 1 Luke i : ( I. J Ln, 1-5, 1. . i-j. S : 4. IT,) I. J hn, 3: roj II. TLess. 3: 3. For the X. C Ctrht'.an AdfiCite. "Oak nidge." The closing exercises of this Institution came off last week. Stdd-ra has it been our lot to spend a more entertaining tnd crreeable time on a similar occasion. It was our first visit to Oak Kidge, to witness the closing exhibition of a year so we'd spent by all the youn gentlemen in at- tendance, and to enjoy the intellectual and social feast they had prepared. AVe feel that the time hss been well ; spent, nd that the Institution has been exalted above its former high standard of excellence, by the exhibition of thorough discipline and profound scholarship in al most every class. We cannot speak of all the classes as we would liki to do; it would require too much spice ; yet the upenor excellence ot some ct them ren- der them eminently worthy of notice On Monday, clashes c-iine t p on several of the advanced branches of Mathematics, and we do not think that we have ever i r , ..,,. wnaesseu, any wuere, a moit tausiduwi ana complete comprehension ana practical knowledge of the science. No question seemed too abstruse to be tnswered; or problem too difficult to be solved. Several other classes did remarkably veil. One on Natural Science, another in Latin, exhibit ed a thorough knowledge of these studies. On Tuesday, the examination was con ducted with cpual success and satisfaction. Two classes, one in Greek and another in Algebra, seemed rather to take the prize. On Wednesday morning the examina tion closed, and at 11 o'clock the llev. Prof. Doll, of Madison, delivered the an- i i i - i nual sermon. The speaker was pleasing in his manner and irresistible in the force and weight of his arguments, lie founded his discourse on the 9th chapter and latter clause of the 4th verse of Job : " Who bath hardened himself against Him and hath prospered ?" He first spoke of the natural tendency of meu to sin ; second, of the means that are brought to bear to harden his heart and set him at defiance with his Creator; third, the awful results to him on whom the wrath of the Al mighty shall fall. The sermon will doubt less be long remembered by all who heard it, and especially by the young men fcr whom it .was spoken i vw umwuw from several young gentlemen of the first classes, all of whom acquitted themselves finely. On Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock, the Commencement exercises proper were opened with reading the Scriptures, and prayer, by Rev. C.llarris. Sixteen ori ginal orations were delivered by young gen tlemen of the Institution, any one of which is worthy of particular notice. Each ora tion was a triumph, and we have never seen an audience so completely captivated, or the efforts of students so universally admired, on any similar occasion. We ex tract the following from the programme : 1. Beligiou3 Exercises. 2. Salutatory Address, ia Latin. W. E. Bevill, Guilford. 3. Man may hope for a brighter day. F. S. Gladson, Greensboro . 4. Man. J. Webster McXairy, Guil ford. 0. Ambitions fr,purr. iAhL?fJC4 ingham. 7. The Teacher's Mission. E. Husley, Montgomery. 8. "Dih'fjentium manus semper for tunam facet." D. P. Deanes, Jamestown. 9. Selfishness. B. J. Eoyl, Guilford. 10. Xot birth, but merit, deserves honor. W. II. Bodenhammer, Hiuht Point. 11. Adversity essential to great success. E. C. Alspaugh, Forsythe. 12. "Fama semper verit." D. S. Fra zier, Guilford. 13. The Women of America. W. A'. Tatum, Oak Pudge. 14. The spirit of our day. J. C. Cot ton, Montijomery. 15. The Hill of Science. II. E. Charles, Deep River. 10. The Heart's Fountain. W. W. Tho masson, Oak Pudge. 17. A'aledictory Addresses. J. C. La Prade, Chesterfield, Ya. 11. E. Charles, of Deep Taver, obtained the premium a very neat book, which was advanced by the Principal and pre sented by Iiev. C. Harris in a short but very appropriate and earnest address. The Address before the Literary Socie ty, by Prof. L. Johnson, of Xonnal Col lege, was chaste, beautiful and eloquent. He is, indeed, an orator and scholar, of whom the Old Xorth State may well be p.roud. The large audience that heard him with so much pleasure will not soon forget the deep earnestness and classic beauty in which the truths he uttered were clothed, while those who were absent can draw no adequate idea of the speaker or the address by any description we could give. The festive scene at night was truly re freshing. We have never seen anything of the kind pass off more pleasantly : and judging from the multitude of sparkling eyes ana smiling laces, so much happiness has rt rely been pressed into the same num ber of hours. Altogether, the Commence ment has made quite a favorable impres sion on the larze assembly in attendance Oak Pudge, under the direction of the present -c-te, Rev. D. R. Rruton and 3Ir. Wn, I Shields is taking a high rank among the best schools m the State, The young T;e ""s I w;: :'i LcT-i r - f'r t'-'-y ::--y I---- c---.r.-e i'i the Itsti'-it.-on v. We thirA- ail -ho wih t- j .'-, ta -vSz.i in re : n l.:a s:l flj t- vL-it I lid--?. Ihe nest sc-.v4vn will err.: 2d Thur-iav filth day ; of A LI II A. ( A- Kid An. 1-:, F.r the X. C. Christian A Ir,c-te. To Every Methodist in Xorth Carolina. JZS- PLEASE READ THI?. ' If you do not take- much ir.tere?! in ' books, r.evtTtLelesi real thi-. Yo-i Lave seen the "Annals of Sou-hem .Methodism" advertised. Have you a fair idea of the character of the bock ': Let us tell you some things about it. i It has 3o pages of matter, in some one of which pases tverv Southern Methodist has an intercut. It has in formation you coull scarcely obtain; now, except at great cost. Heading : this book carefully through, you will ; know vastly more about your own! ; church than you do now. You will 1 : surprised to see what a church it is ! It any intelligent member ot another church ask you questions about the 'movements of our Li-hops, the inci dents of our last Conference session, how many preachers there are, where ' any preacher is stationed, how many '-. members there are in the church on your circuit, what the church is doing ; . lor missions, iiat coucges aim e.oois she has, what is done for Sunday schools , and tor the distribution ot tracts, and , how the new Publishing House com. on, and what new, books have been writ- ten by any Southern -UetlioUist during ; the past year, and what is done ior the Thf re no dimeultv in taking this sp-- ' ; religious instruction of the colored peo- 0r ,.,.. . j;t trirn jt ovi-"r upon its ' pie why, you can supply him with the r,. ;t j,- p,,-.; v holp!e-s. It I information fully and accurately. measured five feet two inches from the ! Well, then, you will find reports of tn, ()f its );0, t0 tH. jp 0f ;ts a;p t, ; more than CG0 revivals, an -account of'ta:i was ,.ot lnV(. than three inches the dedication of the churches, the in-, orr, It mcaMire I from side to side icidents occurring at the commence-: acrs3 js Prca-t two feet seven inches. ! ments of the colleges, and a number of; jt waH m. f(,.,t h'v.? inches in thickne-s 1 historical sketchesmmong tliem sicetc. les ; of Methodism in W llmmgton and bay - j etteville ; and then sixteen biographical ; sketches, some of them very thnllmg I then twenty-one notices of Lying men ; then the whole series of Bishop An- j drews letters on California; and then i the description of the last days of iLsh - j OP Capers, an account of his funeral, ja full biographical sketch of him, with j Bishop Pierce's sermon on the occa - T i : -. .ai lm A t try h I i; T-r . 1 1 i-1 1 nna a oeauuiai cn-oTfc--wA-'--. j" ny Dibrell, and twenty-four biograuii Cid sketches of ministers and laymen, among them the llev. E. E. Freeman ; and the llev. John T. Sinclair, of 2s . C. In the miscellaneous department, vou win una bomcuiiu- iu "'"1." H e 1 !.:. ,r..i.trn,-.f 'ir.fl entertain, beside Bishop Early's Ian- sas Letter. And then, if you will turn to the Appendix and read all that, not skipping "The Amen Litur- irv." "A Texan's Experience," t; Ano- Ither from Brother Parmer," "The Rev. j Mr.. McGehee's Letter," and "I Lo- Icated," and do not feel that you are I at least one dollar a better and wiser man, why then you need never take ! my advice in books again. , lake no"ce, tne uai teny nc- terms. f?r' Take notice, that the author is one of you, laboring in your midst, ! has gone to great expense in having this book very handsomely gotten up, j so that it is an honor to Methodism and I to North Carolina. Think on these ' thinsrs, and forthwith, bv the next mail, i For the X. C. Christian Advocate. Class Meetings. In a previous article I called atten tionto the rule of our Discipline, on the ceived into the Church, until thev are j recommended by a Leader, with whom they have met in class at least six I rolina, Southern, Nashville, St. Louis, 0n;rs. (jii shame ! Brother Ilellin, j U vv-lrv-Vrf-oi V, --f J": , --v u. .1.. unWzS j some of them praising it m very strong c . r i ZZ rt U n AiarSn' ! "J- met wun an inCi;ent m ! good old patriarch, who rernaim-d enru ',, r 'I'll,!"!.!. !. : j. ; 1 1 , i , i 1 : v: - - -"eeujs, vjoiuooro, ana get . interesting and sub me. than tl,c fob i 7. , ,,' i u. the book. If vou love the church and A t i i ti h r' t , , 11 North Carolina": I think von will loinS' II 1S -iVcn thc IItrM 1 wh:eh he knew not how to g.ve vent -e n ,! Lima. I'eru. South America. fur. i Such a scene as this rr.ejted all who reception of members. I now propose but have never seen any thin-' more i c:0 a :lx Iavor-'1 h7 'ot with the to speak of the rule on the reception of toucLi nd ton( more unilc. hu. ! charge of the father, they could not be members into full connection. ' , , depnve-i of the pleasure cf taking out It is as follows: "Let none be re-;man nature at raaiUre a-e' th:m the ! the old man to walk, by turns in the months; and have been baptized; and;pictv in that household, even thou -hi i correctness of their faith : and of thpir; willingness to observe and keep the rules of the Church." Such is the substance of the terms of admission into full con- nection Ttif Ha13 V.n ii y.. . r. , C V. n correspond to the rule ? Very often it j . , 1 to-,- c i'Aflr 1 , -1 - T". r. f oln-fiT-r. T- r- r r. n - r. the six months of trial expires, a year passes away, and members on trial are not formally received, according to the rule, but are regarded as members in full connection. The rapid spread of j communicati-g the same to you, behev Methodism is due to the excellency of j ing that you will concur with me in the her rules, and their proper observance. I opinion that an act so humble and wor Thev are all scriptural and true : and ! thy the best qualities of human nature, their neodect is an affliction to many. their neslect is an If the rules fox the admission of mem bers were ever important, they are im portant now. No change of time or place should cause any change in these 3 - . Y.i . t -. i . ': . :. 1 . . ! y.x v:. - y -, r... . T iv..:f 1 ---- - f tri'a!. t?'. r '.is:"T. the c ch-.rch. a':i ! -r ;r.r cr-r.nrt. ca-is of i back;-! ',:'. I cry ran-; iivau tl'o f iith." The i: " rtr W .1VCT- an 1 c!-' r.tcet- attCT; l;v- Iv and ir . Per:;.:: t. h ,rs to be f. V S.ciii'. r th i7z the ::u-;.'i iriem T .i t : o r t ar-l pcrreverir:. is a .-. rro or a r;tl::i. let us ncv r 3 -e yirht of the old laii-l-tr.arks. T u; d j our d.itv, a:.-l wi'.! re war 1 us. CLASS LEADKK. A Large Tartb. Mr.. Kmt--:: : L m:tv -t s-Tne I ' of a j a l.i rge j tenia v : ..ur iv a b' rs l 1. I.O-.V th a turti. Ti.-.re was qu:t on i .ought to Wi'u-.inz ri vc- at.d for i:iv own m. "i m.,tioi i,I ir I'tuire i v.l here it was ca ht, wliat it weighed, '.v long t and how wide it was, how - worth, and for what pur-' 3 u-:d. It was caught at int. a few miles bcb.w Wil It had come upon the land much it r,0e jt v, PYdcral J jn;n::,,n. jrom tiC ocean, in o;-i-r to dcpo-itc its (.,,5 ju t,,-. .. .;,.; ;rA, before it va ,,,,(r,t jt ),:x. :;r,.:i lv der--it.. I 1.11 rs in its m.-t- W many iir ;-'j won Id ,., -,;. , f", d there. f the turtle had ,,ot bocn .-.furcd. I am unable to -iv, : crf,m he to its nac k throuL'h to the ; roimii. lt v.ci -bed two hundred and f,y po;::i,s iuvl worth ten dollars. ! Itflosh u "not COtl for f00,', p-t it ; ,nake:. mo.,t delicious soup. If any of tiC r(JI j,e0ple up in the mountains : wl01iavc ,iC.ver eeen anv thing- of the , ! k-n1 arrr( !. thim their liil'h land terra-! doubt the correctness of these . ?tatomer;t.s kt them come down and ,sre for ihcmseIves we can show them ! , uxn hdL . Youri trulv. I', r t!,e X. C. Ch An Evil. A'ii'"caic. Brother IIkit.in: I won 'P. 1 i,0mAilwr c.mnot be done to reform the to re for . mii'ic in our - M-,.t,ri;-t te,f, hat a VAXio that the hearts and heads cf ; our ciji'.-irc.n should be filled with the ; f00ign negro melodies and love-sick: j (iitt;es ,-,f the da v. Is this the proper f,if((i fo!. ..:iVe!il"v minds? Where are; ti gor,r. 0f ys"n Js it because our tcacllC.r3' do not know them, or have 1 ; ;they Ii0 Ti:hi '(Jr such things? A pious : voun iady of rny acquaintance, has; : iatt.v returned from a session's tuition' " jn rjlu;ic. at a Methodist school, where fci,e ha3 boon taught to sing ana pu.y Jllinrfllnucoitn Slrtidtn. A Eeautiful Incident. We have no recollection of ever hav- j nished by the Alcade of Calluo ; the I i facts having transpired under his own1 ; eve. We have heard of a mother's - ' love of a sitcr's attachment, of the; warm affection of a child for its parent, : love ol Antanacio, Lionisio, Jose Ma - ria and Julian, the four sons of Cle - : mento. Ah! there's pictv, genuine L iuuu.. in !n(;Ctl0n WUu the rr.ummenesot Roman - : ism. We venture that Clemento is a man who ruled Lis house well, hence bis children almost adore him. Let t i Cnnstian parents learn a lesson from ! T t t . i - GtrdUiaea : There hating passed in lot oSee (Justice of the Peace j a scene of great interest and most rare at any i time .ami p.ace, I cannot refrain from I deserves to be commemorated 1 by means of the press. About 8 o'clock- this morning, a tu multuous assembly of people invaded my house, bringing in with them a ven- . -V. ' I Aug. 8th, 185G. j r. .T t: ; n a: t -rr.r I II. .v;; . L 1 "it. A:-i .i I !rt -.-.so : i 1 : the- f 1J u.cr t 'f . The, i. are :-z: yr ; s at.-,- rof th .-, Ihv, n the i.v - 1 ".r : v. : t.'ike f-..rr- c-f Li vt aire a iy r.t 1 br- th- r's j r- f- -tsr.n. o and I. r the y :: 'o-t. alt -. : . rV.l l. A :r. rr'. r:a n.- ; y h.s i i. t.ce th-- i.. liver t.ke: with ve V f 1 :V 1. r i.-:i ... i :. r miii. 1 t recti at: r.th : frm the other t r:c ;- f romin to Ca!l.v wrote to Julian in order tV jrc f r me which 1! ' i 1 : .i. r t At.t aha'"!'1, w ' ! ' ! . I ... f.r i. :n. int ; . th that b ii.g the .-'v;. 1 s-n. ' carr f me 1m b of r :.'. would 1 k. t j . v : I my-ii. par?-, i a t g: v.-c k h of :., 1 a p -rtl .:i - f wv l.- lv, bu", : 1 1 ,, 1 r Alei! '. in or K r that V u - -11 which A' th-- v i,i;,g rn- n i- to I f.m 1." Th-father hi Ihir.lly C.;.' ' 1 sr.-,k-iiig when th.- geiicrou- ite co::. ir. :.,-.. A nt.iTiru io, th-'- second s.iid th it Lis father h iving b.-eit 1.1:':( rto g with I.;- chh r brother, it .m now L:i turn t" b tVe p..-i---M-.!i 'a (jf birth. I;o'r-:o onte, in by or ! r that io-t brother A r.t.in:ie;.i coiji. I be with i :-i father becatH- lie had a ;r at d al to do, and co, il l not give i.:- father t! e att -ntioii he reuire l. 'lie- fourth .!! Julian. r pre-' tited to ir..- that it pcrlv belonged to him to Mipp. rt his father, as he was the young, st and i:u ma rri. d. In tnitli I knew not wL.t to ie-..lve, lnv he:u t was so affected by the exti i f.rdinarv picture pri-sontcd l ine. As I contemplated this scene, tie-eld Ch im nlo, said, " My dear hiMrt !., i .y heart overflows itli r-.iti-f.ietion in witlies-ilig VOUr disputes 1 e-J.ect.l.g which of vou .-hall take cd.argo of ..ur old fa: h- r. I ould ghi'lly give con sent to you all, and th i. f -re r-.j that I he permitted to breakf a-t v, :' h one, dine with another, sh j in tie: house cf the third, and thn-e keep changing from day to day ; but if you do not coti.-ent to this, b t Ms honor, with me." The young men miani'iion-dy rejer led this proposition, beenuse th y said tin ir father would h ad an idle, rrant, uri-qui-t life. I then proposed to write on scnarat" piece.' of paper the names ef the son-, and let ihe deci.-ioti cf ch u.ee settle the question. While I 'Mot'? these patters and doubled them, an 1 put them into the hat of Ch-mento, sh:e;i -rvea a- n ballot b v, a d.e lik" s. ence i-revaib-a, arel there ailed, arel plainly to be seen expressed in thecoim tenance of each of the Hons ie hope-; of being the lucky receiver of the desired prize'. The old man put hi- tremulous hand into the hat and i. v.- cut t! name of Antanacio, the S' '-on-1 h-ii My friends, I hardly know t" press to you the new scene v. 'uich th-i: broke in upon me.' Antanacio, upoii iicanng his name called out, broke into prai-e i to t!ie Umniseient for according him such a boon. With bis hands cla-p-ed and eyes directed to heaven, he re peated over arid over hU thank-', th' r fell upon his knees before hi- venerable parent, and bathed his .vvelaled f ct with tears of frantic joy. The other brothers followed bis t r.- an 1 embraced the feet of th? like witnessed it, among whom were the li'-u- tenant of police, the Alcalde lion A I tano, and some ether friends. The bro thers then retired, but soon return' 1 with a fresh demand which was t! ' I should command that hire.--. At.fir.-i- 1 afternoon; which order I gave rnag's j terially, in order to gratify these simp!-, i honct people, and they then retired contented. Tl-is hnrr.hir. iilv of Indian ex- traction rs namc-I iHiavict neio. l her J j are native of the vahey cf Chonlio, but at present reside at CaL'ao. I repeat, gentlemen, that n ti.H ira perfec: bat true reht.'n be dee.wel worthy of public ition, you are a. Ll-.r-tr to give i: a place in the column of your jvurnaJ. Your very humble servant, AXTOMO A 1)LL VlLLAPn Alcalde of CalJio. ,Sw;re-l Christians keep Sun day ; the Greeks, Monday; the Per sians, Tuesday; the Assyrians, We 1 neslay ; the Egyptian-, Thursday; the Turks, Friday ; the Jews, Saturday. The citizens of Portsmouth are moot ing the propriety of supplying th j town with water from Lake Druiamoj.L n rr r,, e to