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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON rERENCE, M. E, CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. IIEFLIN, Emtos.
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The Indian Summer.
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Tin now the Indian Summer ; each !af of
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Tall maple, with their cnMw.n leaves, the
oak of regal red,
The poplar, with its vpIL.w t1hi.
poplar, with its yellow pluiae, wave
loftily its heal.
And pine with dark and ch&ngfcless green,
their ai'l in contrast led.
And scattered Jwtveu from other trees, their
Iriiliant colors blend :
So thickly and no bright they lie, all scat
tered bj the way,
It teems a though 'twas spring again, and
these its fluweri gaj.
The maple and the oak leaves seem, as ros
es freih in blom.
And here appears a Tulip bright, but they
give no perfume ;
And some in hollows, deep and dark, lie
withered dried and sear.
Sad emblems of our fading life, tho eling
of the year.
Inglcside O-t. 27, 1S5G,
The above lines echo the music of the au
tumnal breeze from the -deep durk woods.
"Wo hope our readers may hear from "Mary
Tillah" again. Edjtoh.
3MtsreiIauenu5.
Make the best of Everything.
"VVe once knew a man whom neither
care nor sorrow seemed to affi-ft- whn
at sixty hud the digestion and flow of I
spirits of twenty-one; who had acquired
a large fortune apparently without an
effort; who in short, was the happiest
of men, and the envy of all who knew
him. "How is it," We said to him,
"that you are so fortunate? What talis
man secures to you all these advanta
ges?" He 6miled as he answered, "I
have no talisman, unless it is to make
the best of everything."
To make the best of everything !
Like a key to a problem, the answer
unlocked for us, at once, the whole of
the great mystery. Life is too short
and happiness too precious tojconsume
the one or throw away the other, in
idle, unavailing regrets. Even if ill-
iorhirtA suwlU inrn a. flnrwl thi-aofur.;..
to undermine the very ground on which
we stand, is it not wiser to strive to
bridge the torrent than to wait, bewail
ing our fate, till the waters swallow us?
The weak and unstable succomb to des
tiny, and are washed into oblivion.
The wise and brave, accepting circum
stances as they present themselves,
plunge boldly, like lloratius of old, into
the stream, win the further shore in
safety, and earn immortal guerdon and
renown.
Few men, if any, ever succeed in life
who have not learned to make the best
of everything: and generally, their
success is in exact proportion to their
adherence to the rule. Does a debtor
fail? Every merchant knows that it is
the best course, if the debtor is honest,
to accept his first offer of composition,
and not squander money in useless lit
igation. Have you become insolvent
yourself? The worst thing you can do
is to give up to despair, and say that it
is folly trying to redeem yourself. Has
a friend misjudged you, or an enemy
done you secret harm? Don't lose pre
cious moments in sentimental grief over
ingratitude, or passionate threats at
your wrong-doer, but go to work on the
instant, to shame your friend or dis
arm your foe. Had Astor, when he
was a poor German emigrant, made up
his mind that the attempt to be a mil
lionaire was absurd, he might have died
a begger in the almshouse. Had
Washington, when Cornwalhs pursued
him across New Jersey with thirty
thousand troops, said that it was hope
less to save America with his fragment
of an army, his three thousand tattered
continentals, we might all this day
have been in slavery to Great Britain ;
but he said, "If the British cross the
Delaware I will retire to the Allegha
nies, and if they are victorious there I
will fly to the wilderness beyond;" and
this resolution never to give up, but al
ways to make the best of everything,
led to the victory of Trenton and the
freedom of the Republic.
We are all familiar with people who
whine continually at fate. To believe
them, never was lot so hard as theirs ;
yet those who know their history will
generally ten you tnat tneir me nas
been but one long tale of opportunities
disregarded, or misfortunes otherwise
dese: ved. Perhaps they were bcrn poor.
In this case they hate the rich, and
have always hated them, but without
ever having emulated their prudence or
energy. Perhaps they have seen their
mnre fivnred bv accident. In
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this event they forgot how many have
been less lucky than themselves; so
they squander their' little, because, as
they say, they cannot save as much as
others. Irritated at life, they grow
old prematurely. Dissatisfied with
everything, they never permit them
selves to be happy. Because they are
not born at the top of the wheel of for
tune, they refuse to take hold of the
spokes as the latter come around, but
lio stubborn in the dirt, crying like
spoiled children, neither doing anything
themselves, nor permitting others to do
it for them.
Make the Ltst of everrthinzl At
Lome, if wife or husband is cross, if
servant? are careless, if children are ir
ritating, don't fiv into a passion, for
j that will do no good, lot make the test i
ot the circumstances, fulfil vour duty, j
and watt for happier times. Abroad, if.
j things look unpromising, preserve a:
i&tout heart, keep cool, and play vour;
i t, A. ttKt'of .laiiyfo
! " fate ja3 tne fil:t move, which is not j
j always the case, you have the second ; I
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im-x tut );ur; lij ajr sun yuuic, 11 uu;
play skillfully and hopefully.
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more Sun.
A Very Polite Judge.
Governor Ford, of Illinois, tells a
very rich anecdote of one of the early
judges of that State, but the Governor
does not put upon record the name of
the tens! live and considerate magis
trate. At the court over which this judge
presided, a man by the name of Green
was convicted of murder, and the judge
was obliged to pass sentence of death
upon the culprit. Calling on the pris
oner to rise, the judge said to him
'Mr. Green, the jury say you are guilty
of murder, and I want all your friends
down on Indian Creek to know that it
is not I who condemn you; it is the ju
ry and the law. Mr. Green, at what j
time, sir, would you like to be hung ; j
the law allnws vnn timA fnr nmrMM. !
tton?'
The prisoner replied, 'May it please
vour honor, 1 am ready at any time :
tbos.c wno tlie t,0'J iave no power
to kill the soul. My preparation is
made, and you can fix the time to suit
yourself ; it is all the same to me sir'
'Mr. Green,' returned the judge, 'it
is a very serious matter to be hung ; it
can't happen to a man but once in his
life, unless the rope should break be
fore his neck is broke, and you had
better take all the time you can get.
Mr. Clerk, since it makes no difference
to Mr. Green when he is hung, just
look into the almanac, and see wheth
er this day four weeks comes on Sun
day.' The clerk looked as he was directed,
and reported that that day four weeks
came on Thursday.
'Then.' said the judre. 'Mr, Grenn.
four weeks at twelve o'clock.'
The attorney-general, James Turney,
Esq., here interposed and said,
'May it please the court, on occa
sions of this sort, it is usual for courts
to pronounce a formal sentence, to re
mind the prisoner of his perilous condi
tion, to reprove him for his guilt, and
to warn him against the judgment in
the world to come.'
'Oh, Mr. Turney,' said the judge,
4Mr. Green understands the whole mat
ter: he knows he has got to be hung
You understand it, Mr. Green, don't
you:
'Certainly,' said the prisoner.
'Mr. Sheriff, adjourn the court.'
Four weeks from that day Mr,
Green was hung, but not so much to
his own satisfaction as his appearance
promised on the day of his conviction.
Pretty Prayers.
A modern book describing a clergy
man of no amall note in our day, prai
ses the man, not only for his wonderful
force of thought and power of illustra
tion in popular address, but also for his
great gifts in public prayer. That the
readers may be enabled to judge for
themseves, the writer gives some speci
mens. A few of these we quote :
4 We thank Thee for all those bud
ding promises which are yet to burst in
to flower.'
4 How long shall those promises stand
as sentinels upon the borders, and not
march as armies of the living God.'
We grieve that our days are so in
harmonious ; our hearts are continually
coiner in and out of eclipse ; yesterday
jostles today, and to-morrow will carry
tnem UOtn away capure.
4 As when in summer, we go forth in
the pastures, and there is nothing that
we may not pluck of flowers or of fruit,
or of beauty, so in all the richness of thy
royal nature there is nothing that we
may not take ; all is ours, and we ar
God's.'
4 Bless all those whom we love ; gath
er them into the charmed circle of thine
own heart, and love them into joy and
purity.' -
Can any one conceive anything more
strained and stilted than this, or more
unsuited to the simplicity, chasteness,
gravity and profound reverence which
become a devotional exercise ? It is
singular how manv sensible men forget
that mere prettmess, which m a sermon
might please, or at least not seriously
oSend, in a prayer Decomes mtoieraDie
Christian Intelligencer.
Sensible Boy. A " Farmer's Boy," in
Barron county, Ky., advertises for a wne
lie says :
He wants to know if she can milk,
And make his bread and butter ;
And go ta meeting without silk,
To make a 44 show and flutter."
He'd like to know if it would hurt.
Iler hands to take up stitches j
Or sew the buttons on his shirt,
Or make a pair of breeches.
The Sabbath It Beitraint More and
More Weakened.
We have thought that the sanctity
and authority of the Christian Sabbath,
that God-send to man, were becoming
more and more weakened on the public
conscience. The command to keep
this day holy, is cither not understood,
or it is misconstrued to mean that a
that
great many licenses rnav be taken with
it which, at other and better time?, cipal causes of our success, and if aban
were regarded a3 criminal and wicked, jdoned will result inconsequences disas-
Professing Christians, for instance, will
now travel on the Sabbath, read books
and papers, converse on
political questions, visit
and discuss
with their
friends, attend on places of worldly
amusement, receive their mail from the
post office, and run into many other in
' dalgences which do not comport with
the sanctity of holy and consecrated
time. The wicked, too, -witnessing the
low state of morah on the part of those
from whom better examples should be
expected, have proportionably cut away
from the restraints which formerly
bound them, and now sin with a more
daring effrontery than ever before. It
needs no prophet's foresight to deter
mine on the results of this weakening
of the conscience concerning the proper
and becomining observance of the
Lord's day. A nation of Sabbath
breakers is a nation cursed of God.
Buffalo Advocate.
A Law Story. A few days ao a!more ant'c must e them spoke of by
couple of Dutchmen, Yon Vamp andpauI to Iimothy, who wax wanton and
Von Bones, lived on friendly terras on j will marry. Well, well, let 'em, though
the high hills of Limestone. At last ' WDere a woman has once married with
they fell out over a dog. Von Vamp ! a congealing and warm heart" looking
xiiiea on Lones canine companion.
Von Bone3, choosing to assume the
killing to have been intentional, sued
Von Vamp for damages. They were
called in due time into court, when the
defendant wa3 asked by the judge wheth
er he killed the dog. "Pe sure I kilt
him," said Vamp, "but let Bones prove
it." Th"i3 being quite satisfactory, the
plaintiff in the action was called on to
answer a few questions, and among oth
ers he was asked by the judge at what
amount he estimated the damages.
He did not understand the question, and
so to ba a little plainer, the judge in
quired what he thought the dog to be
Wflrtlu.044Pfi Kiirn" ... rmlj,l
he was so mean as to kill him, he shall
pay the full value of him-" How many
such suits have occupied the attention
of courts how many contests have en
gaged the time of the public, and have
been waged with virulence and invec
tive, having no more worthy difference
than that of Von Vamp and Von
Bones.
Talkixo in the Pulpit. Some of
our readers will bear the following re
marks in mind for the good they will do
them. There is more importance in
deportment than some suppose. We
extract from Dr. Wayland's recently
published articles in the Examiner :
"There is another practice to which
I reirret to refer. It is the habit of
talking in the pulpit when two or more
ministers occupy it together. We fre
quently see two or three ministers en
gaged in earnest and apparently trivial
conversation before the services com
mence, and in the intervals of singing
They appear to be looking together over
the audience and making remarks upon
it, or upon some particular persons
whom they discover in tne miust oi it.
Or, it may be that after the sermon
they are talking of the discourse. Now
what a tempest of righteous indignation
would it arouse in the bosom of a minister
if his people should act thus in the
house of God. But I would ask, with
all deference, what distinction is to be
made here between the minister and his
people? Is he not at least as strongly
bound to show reverence in the house
of God as those to whom he minis
ters? Is not the law for me precisely
the law for the other? Nothing de
tracts more effectually from the impres
sion of a sermon than anything which
betokens levity in the man who has
delivered it.
Preserving the Temper. In an old
leaf of the Columbian Magazine, pub
lished some fifty years ago, we find the
following paragraph, which shows that
our fathers were quite as excitable and
set in their political opinions a3 any of
their descendants:
In all political conversations particu
lar care ought to be taken to preserve
the temper. None are so irritable as
the tempers of enthusiastic politicians.
I have seen some of this character con
cerning whose lunacy I have not the
least doubt. It is better if possible, to
avoid political conversations when the
sneaker betrays warmth and attachment
to party. I never knew an instance of
conviction attending the longest dis
putes. There is pride of obstinacy in
the minds of ignorant partisans which
we rarely find in other men. If their
belief in God were half as sincere as
their confidence in their favorite leader,
they would be the most pious and fervent
saints the world ever saw. As we must
sometimes meet with men of this char
acter, it is best never to argue, nor an
swer, even, when we are certain of their
errors. Let us rather leave their com
pany, and pity their weakness of mind.
OS Class Meetings.
Relieving a3 we do, that class-meetings
promote vital piety, train the mini
for devotional exerebes, and bring into
exercise the nobler and finer feelings of
the heart, and are productive of great
and good results, and render our Church
a peculiar Church, distinctive in this
feature from all other branches of the
Christian Church, and one of the prin
trous to our Church and to true Godli
ness, and furthermore, we believe in cv-
erv instance where class-meetings have
j been neglected, that dull formalitv has
to some extent followed in quick suc
cession. Be it therefore
Resolved, 1st, That class-meetings
are essential to the prosperity of our
Church, and should not be abandoned
L. Pearce, P. E.
II. P. Barses, SEc'y.
Wliwws, , 44 Do you think moire an
tique becoming on a widow ?" said the
young widow to Mrs. Partington, as she
exhibited a mourning dress elaborately
trimmed, and a bonnet of the lates't
mode. The old lady scanned her at
tentively through her glasses before
she answered. More antic !" she
said at length, and her finger was
raised up like a note of exclamation.
" I should think less antic would be
more becomingly in a widow. Widows
strait ai me rigid pronie ot the corpor
al on the wall "and one that beats
j responsible to her own, she will never
want to enter the maritime state again
There was a tremulous tone in her voice
there was a glistening of her eye like a
dew drop on the morning glory, the fin
ger fell to her side, and she turned to
look out of the window after Ike, who
was sailing a shingle boat in a rain-water
tub, with a garden toad as a passenger.
The young widow withdrew to read
what Paul had said, evidently disgusted
with the dame's misapprehension of her
question, though there was a lesson to
her in the blunder.
"Ma, can 1 go and hear the negro serena
des to night ?"
"No, my dear, I cannot think of letting
you go to such performances."
"Why, everybody go:s to hear them, they
sing such comic songs, and tell all sorts of
funny stories, you can't help laughing all
the time- I do wish you would let me go."
"You must not urge me, Charley, for I
cannot throw away money on fellows who
go about disguised as negroes singing silly
songs that havo no good tendency, and telling
silly stories that are not calculated to improvs
the mind, but rather to do hurt. And more
than that, I do not believe that any of the
better class of society visit the concerts."
"Indeed, ma, then you are grandly mis
taken, for I heard Judga Brown's boys say
they were there with their father aud sisters,
and I saw Mr. Jones, my Sabbath school
teacher, go in last evening; and I was in
the 6tore to day where they sell tickets, and
the minister of the Brook street Church came
in and purchased three or four to take to his
family."
"Are you sure about what you tell me,
Charley V
"Yes, Ma; and Mr. Smith remarked when
he sold the tickets that the concerts were at
tended by very fashionable audiences."
"Well, that alters the case some; you
may go, and tell your sister Angelica to dress
for the concert ; and I will accompany you ;
I believe there is nothing but a prayer meet
ing at our church to-nigbt. te musi Keep
i UD tjie fashi0n."
(Original.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
To Preachers' Wiv:s.
I now sit down to fulfil the engagement
my last laid me under; and need I tell you
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dear sisters, that my tnougnis are ever hu
you? Oh, there is union of soul between
the Preachers' Wives, akin to that brother
ly love that exists between the Preachers
themselves. Did you ever notice thein at
Conference, after being separated twelve
months doing their Master's business, how
they embrace each other, and feel as breth
ren of the same family ? I have, and I
have felt nearer to Heaven upon a Confer
ence floor than anyplace I ever was in, and
have thought surely " i must have passed
from darkness to light because I love the
rethren." O ! that the Church may be
come more and more united in the bond of
Christian fellowship. But I will not dwell
on this point, but enter upon the subject
that first engaged my thoughts this morn-
iD"-. and recommend it earnestly to my
Itinerant Sisters. 1 mean experimental
religion. Among the numerous blessings
resulting from Christianity, one of the
reatest is that of rescuing the female from
ivae barbarism and the more cruel des
potism of the East, which subjected them
to a state of perpetual servitude, and seclu
ded them from the benents ot social me.
Yes, Christianity has this heaven born
honor, and should we not in gratitude do
all that we can to promote it, ana as min
isters' wives, is there not a wide and exten
sive field for usefulness continually before
as ! 3Iy beloved Sisters, we may have a
well cultivated mind, which is highly de
sirable in every female, and be well versed
in every department of classical knowledge,
yet we will shed but a glimmering light
around us, in the circle in which we move,
if we are destitute of those qualifications
and that knowledge with which the great
text book of Moral bcience, tne Jsible, to
richly abounds ! O may we ever make it
the man of our council, until we are cruci
fied to the world and the world to us, in
Eeiolutixu
i fa lfr fcr, he i wm!Mt declines int., the low-
lo tnu eo-J, permit a fr.co j aa-i WW, Lmrv rfrv-. , tr .-n -with
trn- ,r v. ' 'ckof thmtsAiis. He still rocs en m ,
wsta true sme-nty of heart toeihort voa
j to attend upon the means of zrace, sach aj
I prayer, meditation, hHi3 the :rcpeL O
'ktus cultivate a hijrh state of religious
tttun?, and althoTizh w
iortzh we rnav be rtiT&a-
i tiztd as
(as has often lr-n thr
! ca.e with our Church, let us fear not.
j hy ehoaid men of the worl 1 be exc:t3
, on such
j ral buiofes, kc, and in matters of religion.
tLe mst i
important of all subjects, a high
-ligiou ftelin? should be eonsi-
tate of rt
dered an abrurditv ! If ith an aKsur.lWr'
let us : lory in it ourselves, and try to pr i wiH have to vacate tie field, and rive
mote it in others. Maoy thior may Lel''ace sucevswr.
said to wound our fet-linss, but the pracej The circuit as it now i, is compact ad
of God is sufficient They that will lite 1 5n convenient fv-nn. Generally, the di-.
godly in Christ, shall suffer the.c thin. jfaBce from on aj-pi.intinent to another is
And as our sister in Christ admonishes 00 I short, a the iwls tolerably good. The
to be prudent and cireumsp-xt, I would j travel is, therefore, not very laborious, and
alo add, if we can do no good, let us do 111 aV be performed conveniently, either ou
nofcarni; if we cannot forward our dar
husbands in their work of saving souls,
pray let us not hinder them.
Above all, let us be humble. " Pride
a. 1 r ..
as uoi maue ior man, says an eminent
writer: and an excellent sentence it is
The greatest Christian on earth, is the hum -
Diest. e snouid therelore consider and
embrace afflictions, wrongs, pains, re -
proaches, and all the temptations that come
upon us, as the means of curing us of pride
and every other sin. And in con elusion,
give me leave to recommend earnest and
fervent daily prayer for ourselves, for each
other, for our husbands as they are wan
dering to and fro, and particularly for your
unworthy sister, who, notwithstanding the
unspeakable blessings she enjoys, is still
prone to wander, to leave the God she loves, j
I will close by annexing the following,
comforting words: &
" What can calm the rising !
Wipe away the tear of sadness'; I
Bid the mists of trouble fly, j
And the soul be filled with gladness I
When from friends we're forced to part,
Make this earth a little Heaven j
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in religion put thy trust,
From each mundane prospect sever,
And though humbly formed of dust
Sisters, we may live for ever !"
Your Sister.
Fur the N. C. Christian Advocate.
A Question Wanting an Answer.
strife. Men may differ and argue their
differences, it would seem to me, with
out indulging in improper tempers. If
such controversy as this was to occupy
a large space in our religious newspa
pers would it not be both pleasant and
profitable to the reader ?
Let me ask why should all our
strength, be given to the 'five points'
of Calvinism and the stale question of
immersion ? Are we so complete in
knowledge of things pertaining to the
real, every-day, practice of religion,
that we have nothing to learc? I have
wondered that so few writers for jour
nals kindred to
o your own, present so .
of this character. How ,
few questions
often in our Bible reading does a text
occur 'hard to beunderstood:' would it
invite research, excite thought and
bring out relative argument full of in
terest, to present the difficulty a3 an
enquiry in the Advocate: io give an
example suppose I start a question
now
In the last Chapter of the Bible,the j
inspired writer describing the state of
all beyond the last judgment says,
4IIe that is unjust, let hirn be unjust
still, he that is filthy let him be filthy
still, he that is righteous let him be
righteous still; he that i3 holy, let him
be holy still.' Doe3 not this show two
classes of the bad and two classes of the
rrood? No one will contend, that this
i3 mere repetition, to enforce the mat
ter on the understanding or the mem
ory. Besides, the term3 used present
distinct ideas. A man may be unjust
and yet not filthy; or he may be right
eous and yet far from being holy. It
evidently shows two classes ot persons
saved, distinct in character, one class
better, purer, higher than the other; and
yet we read 4 Without holiness no man
shall see the Lord.' Still it seems as
if it must be so, for St. Paul speaks of
men who instead of building 'Uold,
Silver, or precious stones, build of
4wood hay and stubble,' and of whom
he affirms that while their works shall
be destroyed 'yet they themselves shall
be saved, vet though as by fire.' Here
ao-ainwe find a similar distinction, and
both saved. But did not the Master
say 'If any man will come after me let
him deny himself and take up hi3 cros3
and follow me. 'Strive, commanded
he, 'to enter in at the straight gate; j
many will seek to enter in and shall
not be able. .Now 1 ask, how little
religion does it take to escape hell
how much to please God and enjoy
heaven I What a field of enquiry is
here?
Mr. Wesley said 'From long experi
ence and observation I am inclined to
think, that whoever finds redemption
in the blood of Jesus, whoever is justi
fied, has then the choice of walking in
the higher or the lower patn. x ntneve
the Holv Spirit at that time sets before
him the more excellent way and incites
him to walk therein; to choose the nar-
r. nath of the narrow way; to as-
nir. after the haihts and depths of
holinesss, after the entire image of
God. But if he does not accept tlua oi-
onatcuea oy death, or placed by distance; ! are not very numerous among us, though,
Vv hat can heal the wounded heart? ! .i.. ... . .i:. . f ... . '
Send the shrinking strength assistance ? I t I' 7 . .f V . TV W
'Tis Religion ! soothing-kind ! iu anJr othcr-. At the hcaJ of .the ?"
Richest sift that,
j htitutions of leiiruinnr anion? us. is (ilin
Can restore th ttrruininiv mm.i Ilirh ScliooL
what may be called a good way, sirring
God in his degree, and finds" mercy in j
the close f life through the lie d of the j
Covenant. j
Are there two wars to the lir.riom
! of heaven !
SIGMA.
Iredell Circsiit. 5". C. Conference-
Tbe writer of th.-M Jin- ha 1
charpr? tf Iredell Circuit for the tw
een in
t-ast, aod is tWrt f. .re at th .,!. tv i
o vear
rcf- re at
i i I, ... -
liufc-uai:. or m a travelling carnage.
There are now twelve regular app-,int-meots
on the clrcjit, with some chance of
occupying new ground. Two more ap
pointments may be added to the above
I u . ii-
'number. Most of the houses of worship
1 are tolerable good, th. jme of the
j newt repairs.
! The -ahiib School cause is do'mz some
! S00 on this circuit, and it is to be hoped
! tnat Mcthoi'ists will benefit by it. But
j this nohla cause, has not the sympathy and
I influence of the church as it deserves to
have. A rrood deal is bein 1
near as much as 2vhoJ J he done. Ail should
he thi firm friends of this noble enterprise :
ut a11 have uui yet been waked up tj thi.-
nhle worn, nor are they ready to do their
duty 0Q this subject. There are seven
schools on the circuit, and most of thcui
furnished with good Libraries. Only t-n
fAh he bet'n expeuded for the bene-
fat f iuIjj bc-hooLs this year.
The subject of education in general is
receiving a good deal of attention, though
act as Ui.h as it derves. Good s hools
J hw we regard as one of the best schools
of th& State This school is not patron
ized as it should be. Numerically, it is re
spectable, but does not number up as it
should, or is worthy of doing. To young
men who intend to educate themselves,
this school offers as line an opportunity as
any in the laud ; and in some respects, per
haps more so, than most of others. The
building is lare and convenjVnL rjruhlq
eu bnmiul ol good students, Imt would not
rob another school of a single scholar.
This Institution is nti raised to the dig
nity of a college- as yot, and perhaps never
will be at least, not soon. Hut while this
may be so, the writer would nevertheless
rejoice t see it occupy a proud and envia
ble position among the best colleges of the
land.
This school will be one of the advantages I
tho minister on this circuit will enjoy over
his brethren, on many of the circuits in
the Conference, a he will be able to edu
cate his sons at a good school without the
expense of boarding them from home; and
that is no small item in the account.
Tim. T..nrs,rt!ic -ri tlif firr-nit vi:m recent-
, n(, a fw oue purcLascJ at olin
anJ the prcacllCr win hereafter live at this
place. The parsonage is a beautiful littlu
house, situated on a desirable lot of ground,
furnished with all necessary buildings ei
cept a study. The house ha3 just been
completed a few months since. And every
thing about it is arranged in neat and taste
ful order.
The Salisbury District Parsonage is also
i situated within a half mile of this place.
lhat fact will add something ot intcrf-st t
the preacher and family, and both may be
a mutual benefit to each other, as possibly
they may be the only persens acquainted
on their arrival, and consequently an ac
quaintance would be highly prized.
Iredell circuit is in every respect an a
greeablc one, but i.s not blessed with pecu
niary abili y 33 generally supposed. In
this interior,country, "the almighty dollar
comes like angel s visits, few and far be
tween." And some of the good people
seem to estimate their dirces, as Angels
and entertain them as long as possible.
The preacher therefore will most probablj
be like all his Brethren elsewhere not
likelv to become purse-proud ! Tho' many
of the members and friends on this circuit
are truly liberal : but the most enlarged
liberality, without means cannot do a great
deal; yet this will do about as well as any
other circuit in the western portion of our
conference.
The circuit will be minus something ia
conference collection: this we regret as our
Brethren elsewhere seem to have been more
successful than we ; and we still hope we
will not fall below the amounts raided on
the adjoining circuits.
And white we have cot succeeded as
well as we booed aad expected in the
missionary cause,,jet Old Iredell circuit
will do herself honor on that score
I have already written too much so I
will now close.
DAVID W. IjOI'IJ.
Coolsprings N. C.October 3(th 153.
Wg2K Instead of Travel. A medi
cal writer in the Boston Congrc-gii:onalist
etrneilv oDPOses the practice of mmieters
and professional men traveling abroad to
regain kt health, affirming that in nine
eases out of ten, health u injured rather
thsn benefited bv such journeys. He as
serts that if a parish, instead of famishing
their ministers with means for traveling
abroad, would furnish him with land for
tillage and the implements of husbandry,
it would better improve his health, and
more " abound to the riches of their liber
ality." 44 Any sedentary invalid," he says
"who will resort to this heaven-ordained
means of health of body and peace of
mind, will soon understand why the old
clergymen of thi3 country had a long minis
try and a green oil age.
1 '
$1 50 a Year, ia Adraacc.
fm tbf tCliiiirni.
Dear Mother, da not Die."
BT JEsIF. iL. S.
How beautiful ar. I pure is th love
j of chiUh'-w!! The writer was struck
! wi:h t!.: sh rt time ?',n-e, whon hrr
little f ur-vcir bor askt'J. "Mamma,
i i i i i'.i.:.A. 1
I'pon bein tol l that it n dfJ,
he sai l, " What dos l' i1 mean ? Will
you die, mamma ?" I'pon l-ing an
swered in the affirmative, he burst into
tears, and eq ing bitterly, cicUimed,
44 O, do not die, mirn:ni! I -1 r.- t
want you to die, and be put in tho
ground; for what would I d ithni
o i ? U, don't die, m.imma ; but keep
your eyes open, an 1 st:iy with rue!"
And long after, we co ild dsstuig-ih
amid his sobs the word:, 4 Don't d;e !
don't die !"
O mother! why dil j-. pl tak
Our lby dear t!
Yv hr did ihtj shut hro in th prjn J,
Where b r.o n-tj mu!1 l 'T
"You y he died; but wbi i tUi.tf
What dt that Strang word rou f
Will h!I the dea l be til wj
Ikrifath the gra-is j gr"n !
'And will you di t . irvlhrr dr,
And gi awaj frm rne T
Will yur eyr c broiler's did.
Ami can jdu niter sie ?
' O. di n'it die. m v dar mimnu ;
See how it makrn ni cry '.
O, Juii'il k-e T"ur littlf y;
Dear uvjther, do not die !
"Thn do not -. but s'ay with n!.
And with mj fther d-ur ;
For if th-v put J"'i n tV rounj,
'Twouli be go Ion! b re.
"S i keop ycur eye wM pn, now,
Then rou ran alwarn tav!
What would your little 'kitten da
If you should go away ?
"I'd cry all day! I'd cry all niht !
My li?art would heavy bo ;
Fcr I would ha no mother dear,
To kiss und care for me."
Sirrr t child'. She kin-1 hi little cherk.
And pres'd him to hnr heart ;
For then td.e felt how he would grie,
If they were call'd to part.
SUi jrnpw Ui,v de.ith could make on fetl.
But then h pray'd. if prie h mut ,
That Chrit would pue n lief ;
His Spirit sanctify tl.'r soul.
And thing l fwl't f ii h jrrief.
Chritfiin luMli'jrnerr.
Mary and Her Drawer ;
OR, NOTIIIMJ MADE liY J ETTINO A50IIT.
The church bells were sending forth
their merry chimes, and hundreds of
children were wending their way to the
Sabbath school. Mary was late that
morning, and ran very quickly to her
drawer, in which were kept her gloves,
hymn book, catechism, &c, and en
deavored to jerk it open at once ; but
in so doing she got it crooked, and it
would move neither way.
Being in a great hurry, she began at
once to fret and blame the drawer for
not coming out. She soon becamo
quite angry, her check flushed, her eyes
f.parkki and with violent ffort sho
pulled the drawer out, emptied iu con
tents on the floor, tore her dress, disfig
ured her hvrnn book, and almost ruined
the drawer itself.
Her father was patiently waiting in
the hall for his little daughter when the
accident occurred, and ake-d her what
was the matter. Her infant reply wn
"Nothing, father ; you go, and I will
overtake you presently."
Little Mary did not overtake her
father, and he looked in vain for her
at the Sabbath School.
Her dress was sobadly torn, that she
could not go to the Sabbath chool,and
with tears flowing down her chc-k,fh
sat down and thought soberly over her
conduct.
She doubtless felt very orry for her
anger, and the unnecessary damage she
had done.
No one, when the family returned
from Church, said a word to her own
reflections. When hex father had ta
ken off his hat and seated himself, she
modestly approached him, threw her
arras around his neck and said, "Fath
er, do you know why your little Mary
was absent from Sunday school this
morning?" "No, my childj" he replied.
"I was m a great hurry, and attempted
to pull my drawer out very quickly and
got it fastened bo tightly rhat it would
move neither one way nor the other. I
tried and tried, but it would not move.
I then got angry with the drawer, pull
ed it very hard, and not only strewed
its contents over the floor, but hung the
nob in my dres?, and tore it so ballr
that I could not come to the Sabbath
gchoh" Her father told her, he wil
lingly forgave her, and that, hhe ahv
must ask God'a forgiveness, for she had
committed a sin in giving way to her
anger. He also told her, to remember
that nothing waS ever made by getting
angry. If she ever tried to do anything
and cculd not do it at once, she moat
not get angry, but be patient and
calm. I hope this little thing taught
Mary an important lesson; and may it
teach yon the same dear little reader.
Kothing teat ever made by getting an
gry, lut tomething alwayt bit.