North Carolina Newspapers

1 I' CJjristinu Sbnntatt. raleigii, x. a in - FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 11: Special Agents- I James F. Simmon?, Weldon. Benjamin K. PuL'eu, Rich mond, Va. j . . . .- .- .- - - Ananymtus Article!. I When :n orticle reaches us:, with no! rnme for the I'difor's eye, it is rejected, j Long ar.ic!-jH are net even read : to ensure j attention, the real rruwoof the writer tnu-t j always be given. Acknowledgment ?vn anonymous correspondent has en- j closed $5 for the Tract cause. A liberal j donation, well bestowed. It i-hail be for-j v irded to the parent society. Who next?! New Subscribers. The edition of the N. C. C. Advocate ran short last week, so that we were una ble . fr-ipply .several new subscribers. They will receive this paper, with which their subscription year will begin. More subscribers wanted ; who will respond to the proposition of " II." by Bending ten W.-V: vv.b.4o; ibers? Also s.ee the proposi tion of Vrn. Ciefrg: who ViU respond? Our Advocate is the first literary bant lip of t?io North Carolina Conference ; is devoted to it! interests, and adapted to the wants of our people. Let its claim.s be laid be'.jre them, and they will take it. Already tc publish nearly four thousand copies ; ve must and can reach five thou sand be fere Conference. P. 0- Stamps. iVe continue to receive stamps which Tire rendered worthless, by the want of a little care in folding them. Let them be lightly wraoped in brown paper, so that the glued sides will not come in contact with anything but the rough paper, and they ?,ili. come safely. Please attend to ihis, brethren. '.The Course of Study. The course cf study required every year of each itinerant minister, during the first four years of his ministry, i3 brief, but full-and comprehensive. It is easy to pass "before the Committee at Conference, because want of time is apt to prevent a thorough examination. But however brief and imperfect the examina tion may be, di will indicate to the Com mittee very clearly, the mental status of the candidate ; and wiU consequently fix his position in the Conference, and influ TJt!,"ir 1nroT.ortant.t0' t!ic"canctiaare tnat he stand a good examination. -Moreover, the course of study should be thoroughly mastered, because it embraces jx range of theological knowledge which is I essentia! as the foundation for future pro- j gress. He who fails in laying this founda- 'iiou, will not succeed in erecting a charac- i ter of influence and usefulness. '."-The yotir is closing. It is not yet too fJLate for the candidate to bring up his ar rcar of study, and to prepare for a credita ble examination. " Give diligence to read- . ing." A Proposition. )ear:'Bo. IIeflin: In three months our Con feres ee year will come to a close; and' I- propose to be one to raise twenty five subscribers between this n..- sConference. ..Now, if each preacher will raise that unmbet, we shall have quitca respectable' number of subscribers for the .first year. . Come,.Urthren, let us try. Affectionately yours, Wm. F. Clego. A first-rate propesifwn 1 We heartily ciceedo to. it ; and we niexn to obtain our twecty-five subscriber?, est a camp-meeting - we expect to attend in South Iredell, this very week. "We".' have resolved upon it, .. and it stall be done. At least fifty mem fbers c f the Conferenca-cau respond to this .proposition, if they.frULeuly make the ef-f.foi-t. A free, patient and hearty effort of ; ull the preachers from- eov .until Confer ence will secure for- the X. C Christian Advocate . circulation equal the wants of our people, and larger thau has been reached by most of the General Confer ence papers. North Carolina JMathodisni vean da what it pleasee, when it jJeases to jioL-ri'jh.t. 2fot Eight. ,0ne "PMlander Doestieks" Qias pub lished in a New York paper, a-. very funny I-a monstrous, vile -carieakire of amp .meetiags. .It is a production of .the class jK-hich is breaking down tbe morals and ihe piety jef the Xorthern masses : which, under cover cf rridieiiliDg -socje peoukari ties of pious people, tends to bring reli gion itself into C0BteBiptacd to give aid .and comfort" to infidelity. $Ve advert to this caricature -cf -"31r. Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B."imply for the purpose of expressing the surprise and .regret with which we saw it eopied into a .valued exchange in the Western j,art of Xorth Carolina. Although we prosujue the Editor only iniended to amuse his readers, and would not willingly weak en the cause of religion, nor even wound the harmless prejudices of any, yet we must say that in our view such a publica tion is evil, and only eyil, in it3 tendency. SpiritualiiEi in the South The peculiar character of the education, habits, and institutions of the Southern people the nature of their employments their contentment, and easy acquisition of e the means of living, and their almost en- tire exemption fro;a the i-erijieiou in- fluenc-en of European society, philosophies, ana iant;--j. 1 r have thus far ker t them aloof from the exciting arid dangerous loio.-yncracies which have prevailed anion; our northern brethren. fence, while at- tempts have been made to inoculate our population with the virus of Universalis:-!, L fiitarianieiii, Owerism, rouricrism, Agra- nanism, Transcendentalism, Abolitionism and .spiritualism, they have almost entirely failed to make any impression. We i.t.ri- buto this- fortunate condition of things, '" to the venerati on, confidence, and general approval which our people give to the simple teachings of the Holy .Scrip- ! ture.s than to any other cause. Taking it for granted, as they are taught from their w cradles, that the KUo is the Word of Cod, received revelations from the spirit-world, and finding it always at hand in their own to do the diabolical deed. Let the people vernacular, it has become the only author- take warning and beware. t itative expounder of doctrinal and ethical principle-, and the ready detector of what Do you go to Class? is vicious, counterfeit and inGdel. His- Friend, are you a Methodist? Do you carding the Ilomish dogma, that the Church recollect the pledge you made in the pre is the only expounder of God's Word, and sence of God and Kis people, when you the priesthood the only legitimate source cast i a your lot with us? O! it was a of authentic theological teachings, all class- solemn, precious season. Your heart was es, from the child to the gray-headed sire, full of deep, earnest, perhaps joyful emo alike, become the students and the ex- tlon, when you promised to be the Lord's pounders of the blessed I'ook. Infidel and wholly His; when you vowed allowance to devil bent proud and vaunting vicious His cause and Church. Did you not pro and degraded as many of our people are mise to keep the ; rules" to attend class, in practice, there is almost a universal in-' and observe all the means of grace ? Yes. tellectual and moral assent to the truth of : Well, how does the case stand with you? Christianity as taught in the Bible. Hence : Do you go to class ?" When! Were their happy preservation from the ills of you there at the last meeting? If not, fanaticism. ' what a rich spiritual blessing you lost. It Our Xorthern neighbors Lave not been ' was a time of heart-searching. It was a so iortunate. j.nere, in tnai not-neu oi all conceivable imax, moral, social, eco-, nomieal, political or religious, every thing ; strange, curious or exciting, is seized upon .., -t. i i tn with avidity, and is soon subordinated to ; the vile purposes of the demagogue in ! ... . ... .i i politics, tue prosejyter in religion, or tne ; huckster in the shambles it Was with that monstrous fable and cheat, spiritual-; .... . : h,n or spirit-rappings. Had the curious . . . . . - and inquisitive lankee mmd, iruittul ot: ' much that is good as well as of evil, fob; mtUL3 Vl 11 viguious cuurcn orgamza l,.v,r.,l r.n in th Pv,n'tnnr of ita wav. the : tlon- ThcT provoked us to active efforts rM-;t fdrr.n,W on. ! , . . .. , n i .1 gaging their attention,-ana sunereu tne j , , . . -i.i delusion to pass unexamiueu ami unuo-. ;t ,u in hrn l.r.n ,nV ! .. - into oblivion But alas ' under-the -nre-: into own ion. xiu aias . unutr iuo pie HtLU lu tl Ciiiv,u tirv'-'V."tJtJ..' tence of "giving the devil his due," or of i investiatin" its nretensions. or of -rati-1 nrnt-Rinnv '.'iiui iif?i;vi?i tiiiiii'.-Vmfr-stfttrT ' . j -,7 3 - delusion became astonishingly influential, ! not only among the weak and ignorant, j but among some who were regarded as i learned, pious and respectable; so prone is the human mind, first, to be curious, then to speculate upon, then to foster, and finally to embrace, what is strange, inex plicable or mysterious, however contradic tory to right reason and revelation. Some few weeks ago, a correspondent in Wilmington, called our attention to the fact that fijiiritualixm had advocates, and that the delusion was sraining some foot hold in that city, especially among colored persons. For several reasons we declined publishing the communication, but simply laid a few facts before our readers, merely ?rom &ry8ry WBF RSmYKVJ the reason that we ' doubted the policy of giving any importance to the affair, es pecially as the secular press of that city had taken no notice of it, and so far as we knew, it had failed to attract the attention of many respectable persons. Last week another intelligent corres pondent of that place, fully cognizant of the facts and well acquainted with the par ties concerned, assured us that the evil was spreading and that it was assuming a shape which demanded a stronger and a more prompt handling. He says that the deluded colored man, of whom we spoke two weeks ago, as being the first victim, continues to hold his " circle meetings" every week that much harm has already been done to the colored people, and what is more to be regretted, that a number of respectable white persons attend his meet ings and thus give countenance and char acter to the affair. This fact, to our mind, puts a different phase upon the case, and calls for severe animadversion. It is how ever highly gratifying to learn, that while the unfortunate man alluded to, who, after having been kindly dealt with, but be coniinf stubborn and impatient under dis ciplinary restraint and counsel, was ex pelled from our Church, has succeeded in drawing off others whom ne fiaa lea to embrace its vagaries ; yet the entire body of "colored leaders" in our Church re main decided in their opposition to the delusion and the means employed to spread i it, and that they are firm and devoted to the cause of Christ and His Church. Such men are worthy incumbents of a wor thy and responsible office, and their value to the Church and community is incalcu lable, in more ways than one. We trust God will continue to preserve them and the rest, from so gross, fanatical and wicked a thing as we believe spiritualism to be. But there is a still more serious view, which we feel bound to take, of this mat- flodli (kr olimi ter; ar.d while -we disclaim all intention of ir.-pugning the motives or present parp.-es of any of its victim;, black er white, and ignore all snd any design to excite alarm r to make a I upbear of what tie people may believe a verr weak, senseless, but curious matter; yet oar responsibilities forte upon u the conviction tLat it is time the evil was rrt'-d. .th r br the s.e.-,wl of public j-t-nliment or the strong. the rnunicipil authority. Were the delusion confined to ignorant white jiersons, no evil perh-jps would grow out of it, eieept tj themselves, ia that esse, they might be the objects of our commiseration and p;ty. But in the whole range of fanatic; 1 delusion?, we know of none likely to prove so dangerous and in- fiuential over the African race amon" us. than this. It will be recollected that the notorious S-t. Turner, of horrible memory, could n,t secure hi3 accomplices in the Southampton traced v. cnlv br a resort t.-i a. i rr j 'j -j similar fable ; assuring' them th; t he had season oi noiy joy or spiritual growth of Divine comfort. J. nose wTio were there resolved not to be absent the next time. Will you be there ? f - . Hetnodtst Educational Statistics. 1 he. riririnrenr. rarr inpsa r.t Mr.tlm.licm The apparent tardiness of Methodism . . , , ' :.. ..1 i - i- i . . country, IU lormer UiyS, to enter heartil? into educational schemes, subject- r..l 11 tn thr. tr.nnto on,! mnc r,f tt.,.. ...1. r. - drnnd... r.nr rar-.i rl m.r.T,-th i ..11 tl. 7 e " ,i 4, . e ..: t i in the educational movement, until now, unless nnr rTni nn wnll rlovtentl anA .11- r - rccted bv a wise and far-reach 1 no- nr.liev. . - o r j there is greater reason to fear that we shall atteinPfc too much, rather than too little. . . , , . . " e uuve ,lul 111 uaua iao necessary uatato furulih our rcaders with what Southern ir. l a A i i .i -, . odifr fcid'Wdssession of it shortly ; f ' but sufficc U to sa we are in advance of an? otber church in the South, in the number scholarship and efficiency of our Schools and Colleges, both male and fe- male. In female education especially, we claim to nave gone far in advance of any ers. The Northern Methodist E. Church has done nobly, yet she is behind the Presby- terian and Congregational Churches, per- haps, though pressing closely upon their 1 - . heels. Her reward is rich, in the thorou-h training of the youth of the Church. The - hallowing tabie presents a summary of her collegiate, university and academical sta tisties : 1. Number of universities and colleges, 3. ISUmner oi pupno t lege proper and prepara tory department for 1855, 4. Value of buildings, grounds, and educational fixtures, o. Endowments, G. Other property, 7. Cost of apparatus and cab inets, t 19 2,962 v4o,U0U S3G,5G5 I 8. Volumes in libraries, 75,860 9. Whole indebtedness, Academies. 1. Number, 2. Number of instructors, 3. Pupils in attendance for 1855, 4. Value of academic build ings, grounds, and fix tures, 5. Endowments, 6. Other property, 7. Cost of apparatus and cab inets, S79,442 6S 306 14,572 8959,850 151,000 51,515 827,688 - 22,969 212,870 Volumes in libraries, Whole indebtedness, . The Heavenly Home. Home ! home ! Reader, do you expect to get there ? Ilave you a well-grounded, scriptural hope that you shall reach that happy home ? Perhaps you have but just started for it ! Long and difficult the journey, perhaps, you imagine it will be. But, recollect, if you are daily living for Christ, you are getting nearer and nearer to it. Ac best, it is a short but a thorny way, yet it leads through many a pleasant pasture and beside crystal streams. "Are you looking for it ? Do you keep it in your eye as you travel thitherward ? Hold on ; you may soon be at home. But what is it ' It is a place a build in which hath foundations the New Je rusalem, the city of the living God an inheritance a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. It is a large place, a wealthy place, a glorious place. It is a place of rest rest from corroding care, anxious doubt, affliction, sorrow, and sin. A city of princely mansions, stately palaces, gushing fountains, intelligent so- Christian Slbbotate. pereciial health, to'Jt'&z felicity. ' Lit jt is mvre. God dwells there, and . Chmt 13 there, ts-J the adze's, tni the saints who cae out of great tribatk. ; preyed, I at he is cade t feel it. either "lour rest will not be idleness, but era- ii hi? own per-on or the rer?-;a of a trh p'oyment. You .hall there be ever ler-ro- er, often a brother wily jostled, by a re mg, ever loving, ever praising. What a f-rt to inucndaf.r a s!t r?n.ark, that ttitis. 1 f . ----- - larriuv wij niie tnat home . K.:ao;er. mav it be voars tt'l mine. j Polities and the Pulpit. 1 There i aa old-fashioned idea verv r re j vak-nt tmos? s-ober, sensible poj.le, that i the two th'nz named at the htal oft article, art or should be antipodes. that ti e one Lj not and ought not to have ; any thin" to do with the other. We are I precisely of this way of thinking, and i hence hare never sought to mix them. We t have the same opinion as to the relation j between the religious press and polities; I understanding by the term politics, what ' appears to be its commonly received mean- '. r.rr in il ic - ! .1 rnr-n r-v r.nd deff-nep AU il ...... 3 -J-J - -J ! i i e r : of the principles and measures oi anv poll- i . . i . I f' ; TtfirTV : nr LLH a .'J LL-tf ammaaver.-ion 1 . . ' upon, or disapproval of the views and mea- c . . . w - i , nr sure fit an f.T nosin" nartv. e have no r ,. -i " t istc fdrthi; I'ltht-r in the re;i"i..ns rress or pulpit, nay, we enter our solemn pro' test against iti introduction into either. i For the Southern clergy and religious ; press, we claim almost entire exemption , from the charge. There may be exceptions, ; but if so, theyare isolated cases, into which ": men have b-c-n, unwittingly betrayed, ; pending an exiited political canvass. We know of no instance among us, in which ; the pulpit has been prostituted to so grace ; less and wicked a purpose. In the North, : if we are to believe our eyes and ears, the ; case is far otherwise. There, the few who : exclude polities from the press and pulpit, form the exception. Indeed, we judge i from the lights we have, that these are the -T-J- - i .1 1 . 1 . . ; cauldron at the toiling po.nt, to the detn - i f "If . Now, while we hold these opinions, and ! , , ; ; condemn with seventy the practice of mm - Istr-r r.r ro I'ni.iis p. 1 1 tors Mitcvinnr the nrenn ; . , , , . . . . re ,: i i i :.. j oi puuucsj uriuureu, iue inuring li u ciijci : j topic of conversation in the social circle or f on the hirrhw.-iv. ret there i a sober view i " . . c. . J'J' . . . ! (it this Sllfilftct. Which Wft Teel hOUnU to J . , . . , maiuLiiu, iuiuii ne uuuui uul uccuiu, with the judgment of sensible people, and ; ! which, in cool moments, will be allowed to .i r . - t . be correct by even herce partizans ; but . x , who unceremoniously condemn it, in the t - . ... ! midst of a canvass, when its exercise mill- i . tates against their party. .. . . i .t. .....i. t. xuvery oouy aumiis iub iruiu 01 iu j ue- claration, th is is a free country. That all ; and do as they may choteeDrovided thev : x j j keep within lawful bounds. But is not this declaration more an abstract thail a practical truth? If men, all men who i eniov nlenarv rioht. flf .jtinJ nJ. j exercise themselves in these matters i J J r J O v- v-..f, maj j aceor- t ding to choice, why is it, that their exer- ! cise subject3 meQ t0 the censm.e abuse 1 and crimination of those with wcom they differ? Why is it, that every free citizen is not allowed to speak, write or vote, with- out incurring the resentment, scorn and I reproach of those whom they honestlv. con - - - j i - ! scientiously, and yet gently oppose ? Now ! j if it be a r'ujlt, an acknowledged risrht, is I r.e ;n -i, i i , , : . ot ill-will or unkindness against those who 1 -x -.- , . ... everr-iif it in nnr.nsitmn tr. A . ..:1I9 TT i ..... questionably not. And yet what warm I . 1 III i mi . ty .. . - 1 Ti miuu,- r-.u.jj , a ; lagwdru ii iethodists and Meth- should differ from him ? How many ad- j otbers tate te ieacl; we shall deeply de : mit the abstraction, that you have the rigid, i i jt but still we shall rejoice at the 516.342 j and yet if they dared, or had the power to progregs 0f the work of God, by whomso $1,558,000 ! j0 g0 woui J fri-ce you into compliance with j " carriej on. j tlieir -igijrjs. Obnoxious and destructive ! 113 this sPirit is t0 every PrinciPle of civil liberty, it is rampant in the land. It over - rides ail legitimate bounds is a fungus ef uai to 0Ur means and our wishes ? No. excresence shooting out at every joint of" j nQ Qur w&rk is just begun. Our con public sentiment, and is the natural out-. tributions in men and money have not growth of the rancorous demon of party- j reacDGd a tithe of what we ought to do spirit, which pervades, unsocializes and in- j aE(j can Qur Missionary treasury must fidelizes, if we may coin expressions, the j replenished. Our mission fields are o-reater portion of American society. It is j wv. jte for tp.e harvest, and the call comes this foul spirit which has been infused into the "holy general Church" of Christ; which has divided and split asunder the spiritual body of Jesus ; made the dmerent brauches of His Church, so many parties and factions for the advancement of a one- idea, partizan theology and the building up of a system or party, othc r than the truer, higher, nobler theology oi the lioiy Scriptures taken as a whole, and the bles sed Church, purchased by thc blood ot Christ. 0 ! tell us not of your zeal for Christ and His Church, when a narrow, nartizen zeal, leads you to " eomp; sea and land to make one proselyte" to a Meth- j Tennessee to the New Orleans Advocate, odist, Episcopalian, Baptist, Presbyterian , Speating &f a project in Tennessee to aid or any other party. If such a zeal moves j y0UDg preachers in prosecuting their Etu y0U if Such a spirit impels you forward, j ies, uses the following language : ''Other let us remind you reader, " thou hast no j Conferences, Virginia, Alabama, etc., and part or lot in this matter." " Thou art in perhaps the Carolinas, have within them the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of societies seeking, through educational in iniquity." Pardon the digression. j stitutions in existence, the same Now it is this spirit which would dis- j end proposed in the Tennessee Confer franchise all 'who oppose our party, and j ence." which seeks, to muzzle, the religious press j Now, the historical fact is that the very and to put a padlock upon the mouths and j first society regularly formed for the aid tie the hands of the clergy, in the exercise of their legitimate rights. Who does not know that a clergyman dare not express an opinion on a political subject at a time when every body else is allowed to do it, to ' i - :on. w:: or iu-fcehng tt s-jnie one. It vuzt L-t he cfenlv or r ur.jT (i- e of th: an a vet low t; n. Lv " - i J is th U 1 Have It. 'C-n its rej cti-mini.-ters no :he h jlv cir. :e rights of eitiz t ) which they have been i".l-d denude them of these riihts or di-'ju slify them f.r their esords-?? We have been w :.t t j Ixj'.ieve, that no pjrt:..-:j of the c Ztl.S CI th :reat IU-j.ul ie have a pre-ter st..ke in the preservation of our civil and religious liberties, than the clergy. None would lose more than they, if these ri.h bthe.-ts of our fathers were overthrown. No class of citizens are ii.ore ir.teligeLt or better informed upon questions which affect the vital interests of this natic-n than they are, and have a better right to enjoy the t rivi- , . . , . lecres oi citizenenin 1 We huld it then to he the solemn duty of tve!T li,tlLtlf of "U5 ('hrl't in tLis wuu. 10 ma&e nmisea tnurouciuv acouam ' i i.7 i. - i : ii.i it - ted n-jt only with the genius and r r - incii'ies of this government, but with the principles and measures of every party or faction in it. Further, it is the moral arid political right of every minister to express his opin ion on political subjects in the spirit of a Christian gentleman and patriot, on all ; ' ... auu to go i'j me pons ana cast uis vote, n be think proper, for the man he prefers. Xor should it be under.-tood that he must blink his opinions or trim his sails to suit the company he is in, or go to the polls ; with a masked vote, lest he disturb the quiet of some whimsical, canting brother, who would like to have it understood that ; hit minister has no political opinions. ! As ambassadors of Christ, they should ' be men of true r-ourn. men who Wto ; - Christ anJ n;s : Church, but to their country. " But they . J should never forget that they arc not teach- 1 &f CLristiaQ i ' ; doctrines and morals not " set" for the defence of a party, but, the Gospel of Christ not to "contend earnestly" for the pre- valence of their political opinions or sue- I 11 cess of a candidate, but for the fauh once m e 1ere to t e saints. jut more inau iuis. coming events are casting their shadows before, and the day ' may come, nay it may be even at the doors, , . J ' J . J ' I when the religious nrcss and the pulpit. ui.iy uo cjul-u upon 10 cpean. lu luuuuei- J ' .1 ; tones, not for party principles or measures. v l . ,i. : i i, ' - but for their country for the preservation 1 C1TU an rc-liinnsr j OI lQls i-"ion, ana tne maintenance oi the -r . . . . i . SUch a cns!S' tliC wiU le founcl 011 the slJe of God and their country. f ' . . " x lie missionary lrcasury. Our preachers and people will not forget - This rc. r. J -. ' l' f f - w - i , -u.ui. me cause oi .Missions ; near the hearts of Methodists. 3Ieth- ! p, " essentla missionary, and our j ads the V3D of thc evangelical j Urmy" her I'letv' her active bc" ' ? .?nce Ler Joctrines ber preaching, ! ltIneraDt missionary work, have waked up a slumbering world. Other Churches of Christ have caught her enthusiasm, and now there is a universal movement of the ; Churches towards the world's conversion i -n- . . . o iu s luihu.iol. I e rejoice at it. Indeed, others are in n J ' K ,u a i lair way to outstrip us in benevolent en- But, brethren, are we ready for this ? Ilave our past labors and successes been 1 sugjcient ? Have our achievements been j from everJ quarter, Send us help. Last year our Treasurer was able to report 510,000 for missions from our Conference. Can we not bring it up to 15,000 this year? Are the Presiding Elders at work? Are the preachers all moving ? Are the members of the Church, male and female, working for Missions? Are the Sabbath Schools at work ? We trust so. Let us work while it is" day; the night cometh when no man can woni. " Perhaps the Carolinas." Some months asro, a letter writer from j 0f preachers preparing themselves by study i for the itinerancy, was formed in the Xorth j Carolina Conference. " Virginia, Alabama, j ete." followed. If there be any lienor in j tbis thiDg, it belongs to our Conference. persons earring Not Ccsassidahle. Many circuits an! stiti .ns c; gleet to H1 Le pre-ihtr, cntil the Cvsftrvtcejc rawing t" a el -e. This is w rorr. The f reich,-r is dr -per. .lent up a hi aUry for the support Llui.-ilf &nd hi fj-Liilv. This ncgift chiiges him 1 to mike purehies n credit, si. J up--n le? fav.-ral'e terms thsn if he p---- d J. h:i Randolph? r hi) h x her s .: 13 v ?s vo-i go." Hi I'jT'l-.V SUltj I.rv. if rai l in i" n Tm C 1 ticser; t . r i. s . dehv in r-avin-. M- though the . 1 sin. ply from the v., tit of r-fect n up n b ;- r tLe part el u ! h.-- 1 . -; F'- a i.-ia, an ur.n-A help fedin.' that hi- services are t.- t sjp-reciated. And thi- thought exert? a d f're--i::g influence uj-n him, in all his n,;:::r:;ti,.n. And in thi wav, the neglec t -.f the church l ma-t thdr .,blitit:.,n.. raarns u .3 tl by the curtailment f the g d which th preacher wvu!d have are..:r.plihed, if t !.;. hal J ne thdr d.;:y t. him. l'..:.f. rcn.-' is approach in.:: the t r-.achcr has 1..1 -rod . faithfully ; but he i- in debt, be, .u.-e of this thoughtless ne.digvnc, of the m. -u.tc r- of tne church. ae up, br. ; nr .n, and pay the preacher what is due him. He cannot ih e upon your 1 .ve or y-.ur pr.'v- ers. He needs the c.'ll to j.ay the dvb; he has incurred, in vour service. Vou have ample means; pay your-t ye-. y.u cannot shift the resr-.tisibn;ty to your neighbor. Thou art the man: pay what thru owest. Already has the nreadicr suf- fered much inconvenience by your dehiy. If vou fail to meet his claim altogether, ; and if the preacher is p...r, as n;.t of j them are, the Finance Committee at Con ; ference will, of nece.-ity, be obliged to ! pay him the pro-rata dividend of his d-'fi- 4 1.1 -ill -ri. j cieucy. -vna mis win oe v r- p uuiui to i . him, and should be very painful to the ' members of his charge, becau.-c every dol lar paid him will be taken from a fund, ; the whole amount of which is needed t meet the claims of the superannuated, and of the widows and orphan. Wherefore, brethren, permit us to stir up your pure minds, by way r.f remembrance," to pay : the preacher. You have the means. You i are the stewards of God : " it is required I in a steward that he be faithful." Love f or the Churches. I livery Church in this land composed of ' some articles in the N C. (J. Advocate i true believers, where the pure gospel is , on the revUion movement among our 'preached and the ordinances are adminis- ! Baptist brethren. When tf-iivc nient, ! tered, where a godly discipline is enforced t,lC fr U h: h"" uu-Ahvr , , .... . , inoisel from the saine di.-h. ; and her mmi.-try and members are holy ! and consistent in life, is a true Church of MoNTIII.Y HaIMioH'. This paper ! Christ. Whether such a Church can trace for August, is at hand. It is duVh'y ! her regular succession from the Apostles devoted to the elucidation of atmos ior not,' or whether she can yo Lack a little , plieric phenomena, and the prediction j fartW, a4 date from the days of John : of :ianges in the weather, ba.-ed ujon the Baptist or not, is a matter" of no ln0. .ent.fic pnncijdes. Friee ',0 cents a ment. All the better, if he rest not her ' 1 Dr L L ! ,- - ... , . . , ' 1 hiladelphia. ; uiviue institution and mission upon such ; ,ngmenis; out is, under ijod thc instru-j : ment of the enlightenment and conviction r . , i.. , .... jofsinners,the sound spiritual conversion of' penitents, and the building up of believers ! ,T , , e i i , , I in the holy faith and practice of the Gos- pel, she is a tue Church of Christ, the de- clarations of an exclusive bigotry to the contrary notwithstanding. All such Churches give the best proofs of their Divine mission. They are beloved ! of God, and are entitled to the love, sym- I pathy and respect of all Christ's disciples. Ihey belong to the body of Christ, and all true Christians share in the joys of 'heir successes or in the griefs of their failures, ariM .-. . j mingles all into one. And all this is per- i fectly consonant with denominational pre- I ferences and aflinities. They labor and 1 pray and live for the promotion of the par- S ticular Church to which they belong, not i because it is the only true Church in the I , , n " , . ... , : land, and least of all, became it lifts he .'banner of their pirty, but because it be- longs to the body of Christ because victories are Christ's triumphs its succes- ! sc-3 the glory of thc cross. i x- i r -rtr.. r. v v - ; 11 ti Now where genuine piety exi.-.ui in an , i ... Christian heart, there will be a warm, gen - erous love for all those Churches and ail the brethren. There will be differences of . -,- , . . ! sentiment, honest a. nereuce-, as tuere mu.-i mg noiice-s oi renins wun.a our .on j be and should be. There is no help for it ference. And we take this occasion to ; this side of Heaven, there only will thee i request that brethren inform us pron.pt- i-rr i i-i -Ar . r a . ,i; --c i v it lv of every revival, so tnat we may be 1 differences be laid aside and adjusiAd. J'Jt;V - ' . -" I , i r-v r , ,i,.- ;n alr- t0 cheer our readers bv a wtek'v I these differences, so long &s Christ ruiea in ; c , ,-. ,, - iQe.tu.jww -, ,.! account of the progress oi (jo i work. ! the heart, will not produce uiseord or an-, I fcnt.n r.r f-lin- here. Each will honest- I MOCKS VILLI ClIXUIT. L n ler l.:'e ily maintain his positioa, nay, earnestly con tend for the truth and scriptural character of his views, but he will not beslime his brother with abuse or invective. He inav withstand Lim to his face, bat Le will be gentle and kino, and lovmg. He doe3 not ; - , 1 siv, " stand thou there, I am holier than 1 Tr , . , b"ovr Hill. Bro. u ah-h writes, tli0U J Aug. 13th : We have La i some rc vi- Now, this love of the CLurcbc-s should j vasr on thj5 circuit. At a rucetir be promoted. The minister or member) bell at Jerusalem the rst of tl.ij who shares in the purpose of disturbing or ; month, ten persons professed religion, destroying this love, assumes a fearful re- and six joined the Church. Our thir l imsibility. He tears in sunder the body CTViri ; c ni - . at i ra i version of eight souls, and the addition of Christ he wounds Jesus in Lisown;';; , , ,i rri i i house, and make3 discord and hatred dwell, where peace and love reigned. O - for a fresh baptism of love upon Churches I Then would inhdeluy wickedness be driven from the hud and the Church would come forth, " fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners." Amen. f etroLMa Church -Dr. 2:?rett. T 3 crcut; r t; --n n th- rir; .' t r - rr i: n "ity. ii-Ir 1 I t rerr. t..-r i;nJ at-r.o J, ret 2nd s i": -Mr,.il 4 h h C S - . i t; - ;r. lr ! ; - 's:r,. i C 11 i.-t ' i D- , r.. t It ; D. hi r? tr:i M-.th 1 .'-.-) i t 1 1 a th-. r.c n r? j r.:vl L.g I.. c!. w,.;.., : .. r.F,v:r c.. . rth (' .' an-w. r t . e n.u t din - in. M- fi.J pr-.mj :.y. ' t J.fgl-'rf tl o t pr : l--h:p ; t th ('.-;-! ' " S u:h. r;i h.-.vo r..'i h ! i ; and the .f ' : -I. and vh.. :,r d:l..r I. i: M--th r. hv fr i-n"-e nui '' M-th" m tii i:h. ' v i i. r it "'' ''-p rt...-.t ati.l i: N--w, lr..;h. r, fti, 1, if , , r Si" I ! , M,ire f. i aw Si".. l', - v. . ;i r.t an. u :. t ' ' n City. i. r, :n 1 v u :.r n. I if." ! ., t, u a ( :. "lit v. Dr. D-.ggt tr, C ," i r t . the I i . . r n !' r tl.- V.,J,iegt, fth'-p r ' shall b- bl. -- . i. C.,i., i some (-. k in th .t JLi.k br. Editor's Table. Sen.xrii I-- Am; j;i.-.v. m! for Aug;!-! i ref-ivc 1. Thi Jour It i "the advocate ,,f imlury, and j -.um ll of scientific, mechanical, and ether im provements." Term. a year; ad dre.s Mimn C.., 1l', Fulton Mrcet, New Yoik. Tjij: Ki:-i .vatp.n- of R;:v. Ai. ni n.Lr M ri..V, I). I)., as lTe-id t.t ,f tlic Aim rican Bible ("r.iort, cxpl iin d in a letter t- Ilev. John I. 1'iilton. Wo are indebted to some unknown friend for a pamphlet of 2" page", with the above title. It makes sonic cnri'iM revelations, a part of which having al ready reached us through the news paper press, has formed the La .-is of Tievivals. Toi'.SAIL ClhCLIT. I'mlrr rb.tr. ,.f A t ;nj LretW -),,., jA at l ,i r - -Meaohaia give thc following foo l r f ,. . . The Lord ii still reviving his v, oi 1: on this circuit. A few day's ;igo f. closcd.a protracted meeting at L"l.v 1''Au li('rc we Lu1 ;i aMiou icwva'l f rd'f011- '' Lurch was greatly nt , , t, f.r, r , .... - thc .Sabbat h we ,x-aclied a Mi-ionary sermon, and took up a collection for that cause, the result was we r:ii:-'d nearly fifty dollar?. Wo are now in 'nt rwm wm' mat mrrif;3rt .':.tv ool- ur3 iis f uh.-ei ill u ai. l J.a: 1. " ' he brethren tiid fiiend.s are a;, , f)j y in this good cau.-e ; and I wiiF,f(; for the tn-ourageinent of the Kv,.,. ers, that the ctrcurt that sends U -s f;ar three Lunar"! dollars to our , .;xt Co. ference may expect to be behind J ' p- f tUjiJ. Vj(A for what y. -y. fr;.., lhT ,iS Jri tLls p.art of his vineyard. 'About (Al(. hundred have joined the church this year on probation. Wo- expect a revival a: every appointment on this - . j i i r-ireinr. Brethren tirav for li-. ; We condense from Our correspond- cuts durhig the prist week, the foliow- ...... c 1.. . I r . . . i - ! of Aug. loth, Pro. Adams sen's the i loliowing : e have just closed a j camp-meeting at Smith's Oroe,of five ua 3 o!iuunee. gnteeu v.i.:ie per- sons, ar d several colored per.-ehi pro- ! Quarterly meeting rcsuited in tne con- to ! oi loui to laetuwiu. acre nas neen ,j interest at other points, and we Lor e the Xhe following from the S. C. Advo : ior oener uiitcj. cate record, reviva,5ili Xorth Carov, , Aleem c g f; CovrTL -TLe Ilev. JL G.Jones writes: 'You may say to your readers that the Lord Lai been pleased to visit tbi3 circuit with, a