THE FLOWERS COLLECTION
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Vol. IL. 12.
PUBLISHED "WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON ?ERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. HEFLIN, Editok.
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A C-'Uatry Over the Sea.
BY MARV LIVIXGSTON.
From far country over t!io sea,
A "ml.- child i calling to me
A tir le t-hild with shining hair.
An ainitnt such as the angels wear.
S-.e ai :e ' mf in the summer time,
A!- ! -i.v 'l'-lioious prinid :
f i" . re- 'iv darling away from death.
A :. d hud hoids a flower's sweet
But (i e winter c.uno, and darken"!! the
sun.
And blighted my precious little one.
Sat slid from the hdd of my loving hand.
And wandered afar to a fairer land.
A pleasant sight it is to see
A little child at his mother's knee :
o-J3,-r ".rht there is not, I ween.
Than that mother auu emid, aud Jcvh
Letween.
Of all the sad days under the sun.
That sorrowful day was the s i ldst one :
Of what was a.py ther. doth remain
But a little grave henea'h the rain.
A little child, with hining hair.
And raiment Mich as the angels wear,
In a fir country over toe sea.
O.i a "' len sh re. is looking for me.
jrrlrrtimts.
Fr m the Chri.-tinii Advocate and Journal.
Asbury in Dover, Delaware-
Mr. Editor : I am pleased in pros-
pect of having a department for Metho-!
dist history in our excellent journal.
Without disparaging any other section
of the paper, I feel confident that re- ;
miniscences ot our Church would find
, ill-. nA
many regular and deeply interested ;
readers, and that you may not be with- j
out the material for a commencement, j
I will furnish an incident in connection :
with the introduction of Bishop Asbury
into the town of Dover, Delaware. 1 '
believe it has never been printed. I
nave it irom a very reuauiebumw, .uiu
present it m substance as I received it
from the Hon. Isaac Davis, tomyrna,
Delaware, who died m March last, in
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the ninety-second vear ot ius aire, alter
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a connection with the .Methodist -hpis
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conal Church for about sixtv-hve orsix
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nr. and th, until the close ot the
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macy wit!: him, than whom, in the nar-.
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d :reat mti-
ration otin'dents of Methodism, a more i
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The in?ident is a.- follow :
Darin" the time when Governor Bas
sett w3 a practiL- ng ..yc u. ymu .
ing law y tr in the town
of Dover, Delaware previously to his ;
election to the Post of Chief Magistrate
oi tiie estate, it was ms custom, m uie
secu.-e retreat for two or three years
d..n-:he Revolutionary struggle. ;
On ne of these periodical visits,
J,vlg h-te being absent, h.s amiaole ;
wife received and entertained their ,
euest. It was not lon-r. however, before :
Mr. Bassett observed other gentlemen!
present besides himself, when he sought ;
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Mrs. v lute, and inquireu Uitli evident;
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dressed in black
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Mrs. V ., knowing tnat letnouist
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preachers were not in very high repute, !
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answered very evasively,
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'Thevare gentlemen here on very j
important business.
This indefinite replv not being satis-
;tory to Mr. B., he insisted further.
' Madam, I should like to know who ,
factory
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these gentlemen are.'
When Mrs. W. replied,
'They are Mr. Asbury and his
preachers.
This information was no sooner rei
ctived than Mr. Bassett determined to
leave, and said to his hostess:
' I must have my horse.
Mrs. W., understanding the case
perfectly, replied:
' You cannot leave to-night, sir."
Mr. B. still demanded,
' I must have my horse ; I must be
gone.'
But Mrs. W. more positively declared
he must not leave, when he resigned
himself to his fate, and submitted to tho
infliction of an evening with the bishop
and bis colaborers. Alter which he
was constrained to admit they were not
the most uninteresting in the world,
and, as an act of courtesy, he invited
Mr. Asbury to visit him the next time
he should come into Dover. When
Mr. B.issett returned home, he told hia
wife of his adveuture, and concluded by
Baying,
'I l ave invired the Methodist bishop
to vi.i:t ur
dear, she:
Ir.d Tvh.it
io come 'V
will
we do, my
' Do th best we can,' was the only
reply.
Shortly after, Mr. Bassett was busily
engage 1 m hi ;.Hce ; he happened to
raise his eves, ai. 1 looking cut on the
gre n, he saw a venerable form on
horseback, riding leisurely toward his
door, whom he seen recognized to be
none other than the veritable Metho
dist bishop he had met at Judge
"White's; he quickly informed his wife
of the arrival, who rm up stairs in a
business of hn profession, to attend the n '
sitting of the Court in Denton Md., ; and steaJ Ji?cha of h;3 jn j
an 1 often, wnen on his way to and from the reatrfar reater nU!lilti: yf ca. !
D. nton wcuhl spond a night with his , wbi(jh ft kfawycr is engaged, ex-1
friend. Judge v late, where bishop As-; traordi talent3J are notVqnired ; !
bury emoyed the comforts ot a home ... 1 1: , V .n ' !
waen in the State, and where he found . j,5tlot; a uv,J. j
i ' ririt. Mr. 13 cast about in his mind
how he should entertain his rather un
vrelcomc guest : his p'.n was decided
anon ; invitation? were sent to the most
distinguished gentlemen i : the neigh- j
borhood ; the lawyers, doe.ors, and
clergymen were all called in ; Mr. B.
thought to overwhelm rhe poor Metho
dist bishop with an arr.ty of int. licet;
but Mr. Asbury seemed perfectly com
posed and at lio n ! aaixi g gentlemen.
After supper, the conversation took a
more decidedly literary character, and
among other things, a recent publica
tion came up, upon which several crit
icisms were passed, Mr Asbury 's being
the clearest, most comprehensive, and
intelligent. The company conceded to
him his proper place. They became
listeners, and he the delight of every
person present. And from that evening
party must be reckoned the beginning
of Mr. A.: burl's noDularity in Dover.
The best of the story remains to bo'
told. By request, Mr. Asbury preach
ed the next evening to a large and in-
! telligent audience. Mrs. Bassett gave
j him a hearing from hor piazza, fearing
i to venture nearer; next night from the
' door of the boast; in which the bishop
! preached ; the third night she mingled
i in the congregation, and soon after was j
' converted, and proved the first fruits of j
! Bishop Asbury 's labors in Dover. Who j
j can fail to note the hand of Providence j
i in this whole affair, from the beginning j
: to the ending? W. R. !
Advice to a Young1 Lawyer.
The following letter was addressed
by the late Judge Gaston, of N. , to
his friend and relative John L. T.
gneed nQW Attorney General of Ten-
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nessee, when he was about to commence
'
l"3 legal career :
Newberx, March 26, 1846.
M Dear Sir: I had the pleasure
0f rece;vm a fcw- days since, your af-
tont;nn!tta nf rhr frm-tri nf this
raontll llw hasten to assure you that i
j am gratified at being named as one
ofyour references, in the card which!
you a.iVe caused to be published.
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In vour professional and private life
T . , r , , k
I shall always take a deep interest.
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lou have entered on a cireer in which I
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lawyer, the conv iction that he owes to j
his client the inmost fidelity. He is
charged with the interest of one unable
to act for himself, and he is faithless to
, :f he leaves anv honorable
me;ms unexerU.d t0 seCure and advance
luterest3- Thsre ig nQ modo gQ
ll;i;lM.n thrrnrlir nmmn.l
cmpi0tm No man 0f common
be wUU Q CQnfido
tant coacern3 to the management of a
c:ireeS3 Auorn
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t0 f f n.M, the discharge
?f the ""mediate duties which you owe
to 3rour cnent is the obligation ot en-
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aeavoring to perfect yourselt in the
'knowlediie of your profession. Sutler!
no day to pass without study. Read
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slowly make what you read you: own
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by eviscerating the principles on which
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the doctrine rests. It is impossible to
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charge the memory witn a vast number
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tew' imtt 1
ured - in
these may be iaithiully treas-
making these suggessions, I
am not so much influenced by the be
lief that you need them, as by a desire
to show that 1 am disposed to aid you
j in any way I can. To give counsel is
to assume the ofiice o: a friend, and
i that ofiice is one which towards you I
shall always be haypy to discharge.
With great esteem and affection,
Truly yours,
WILL. GASTON.
ToJ. L. T. Steed, Esq.
The President's Last Sabbath in Wash
ington. President Pierce has, during his
term of office, been a regular attendant
at the Four-and-a-half Street Presby
terian church. Last Sabbath was a
remarkably fine day. The crowd in
the city attended church with our citi
zens. rIhe Four-and-a-half street church
was very much crowded ; all the pews
in the house were filled at an early
hour, except the one occupied by the
President. He came in as the service
began. Rev. Mr. Sunderland the pas
tor, in the course of his sermon took
occasion to address the President. lie
alluded to the great dignity to which
he had been called as President of this
great nation ; of the success of his ad
ministration ; of the cessation of popu
lar clamor, and the prosperity of the
nation of which ho had been the head ;
and alluded, feelingly, with tears, to
the sorrow of that church and the peo
ple at large at the departure of the
President from among us. A solemn
stillness and many tears bore witness
to the truthful sentiment. Union.
euro rr ruirnr n imnnrA in rh rvn. s
Scotch Peculiarities-
'10
eember number of Fiv.zier's
M i,:, .:; io co. trains an article on 'Scotch
P. aiiarUies,' in which is the following
simple and pathetic passage
The Scotch are not a demonstrative
2e. I do net believe among our la -
race
boring class here in the coun.rv, rlu-re
is any want of real heart and feeling.
But there is a great
irdnes ar 1
stiffness m the expression of Ic. Peonle
here d) not give utterance to their
emotions like your violate Frenchmen;
they have not words to say what they
feel, and they would be ashamed (blate,
in their o wn phrase,) to usa these words
if they ha I them. I have had a touch
ing instance of this witnin the last few
days. Do you remember our taking a
walk together one beautiful afternoon
to tha cottage of one of my people, a
poor fellow who was dying of consuiap-
tlou : You U.it ap.ru a. slj lc, 1 ctu!!i,t
and read a proor, while 1 went In and
sat with hkn for a few minutes. It
seemed to cheer him a little to have a
visit from the laird, and I often went
to see him. After you left us T.e sank
gradually; it was just the old s ory of
that hopeless malady ; till at last, after
a few days he died. I hate all cant
and false pretence, but there was earn
est reality in the simple faith which
made my humble friend's last hour so
calm and hopeful. When ho felt him
self dying he sent for me, and I went
and staid beside him for sereral hours.
The clergyman's house was some miles
off, and apart from private regard, it
wa3 a part of my duty as an elder of
the kirk to go and pray as well as I
could with the poor fellow. He was
only thirty two, but he had been mar
ried eight or nine years, and he had
four little children. After laying silent
for a while, he said he would like to see
them again, and his wife brought them
to his bedside. I know well that no
dying father ever felt a more hearty
affection for the little things he was
leaving behind, or a more sincere desire
for their welfare after he h id left them.
He was not so weak but that he could
speak quite distinctly; and I thought
he would try and say something to them
in the way of parting advice, were it
only to be good children, and to be
kind and obedient to their mother. Yet
all he did was to shake each of the
elder children by the hand, and to sav
Giide-day.'
As for the youngest, a wee thin of
two years old, he said to it -Will you
gte me a oiu kis r and tue mather lifted
up the wondering child to do so. 'S ay
Ta-t i to y,ur father,' she said 'Ta ta,'
said the poor little boy, in a, loud cheer
ful voice, and then ran out of the cottage
toplny with some companions. The story
I feel, is not'iing to tell ; but the little
scene altected me much. I believe I
have told you the very exact words that
were sam ; and then
tue dying man '
turned away his face and closed his I
eyes, and I saw many tears run down
his thin cheeks. I knew it was the
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vwjr aounuance or mat poor mm s
heart that choked his urterance, and I
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brought down his last farewell to a
commonplace greeting like that with
which he might have parted from a
neighbor for a few hours. Gude-day
was his farewell forever.
Quankey Chapel.
A correspondent of tho Petersburg
Express give3 the following account of
an old chapel in Halifax county, N.
It will repay perusal :
Nine miles from the town of Halifax,
on the 'middlo road' leading towards
Warrenton, stands an ancient, uncouth
looking frame building known as 'Quan
key Chapel.' This is, now, among the
oldest, if not the oldest church edifice
in North Carolina. The first church
ever erected in the State was built in
Chowan county in 1705 by members of
the church of England. How many
were erected from that time up to the
year 1710 we have no means of ascer
taining. In the last mentioned year,
'Quankey Chapel' was built, as is shown
by a very legible inscription in one of
the ceiling planks overhead, bearing
the date 'Jnne 29, 1710.' We know
nothing of the pastoral history of this
church from the time of its erection to
a period shortly prior to the revolution.
One incident of that period, handed
down by tradition, I will relate.
The last loyal clergyman who offici
ated in the parish was named Taylor.
Upon the meeting of the Whigs in
Halifax, on the 4th of April 1776, for
the purpose of placing the county in
military organization, parson Taylor
became very active in opposition to the
measures there adopted, and took occa
sion to preach a very severe sermon
on the subject of loyalty to the king,and
against rebellion; animadverting in
strong terms on the movements of the
"Whigs, nothing was said by the au
dience at the time': not a murmur of
disapprobation was heard ; but on the
next Sabbath, as tho Reverend tory
ascended to the pulpit, he was startled
to find a gourd of far and a small bag
feathers, placed there by way of hint!
The hint was taken in all its signifi
cance ; the parson descended ; left the
church, and very soon emigrated to
some more congenial region. It is cer
tain he never preached at Quankey
Chapel again,
) Within the recollection of the writer,
j the old panneied p'.- s, the pulpit and
! the soundboard sa mounted by a crown,
remained as in the days of its primeval
grandeur. The pews have been dis
placed by a set of very uncomfortable,
; plain plank benshes without backs to
; them ; the old pulpit is there still, but
: the sound-board was taken down seve-
ral years a wo and carried to Warrenton
1 v Rev. C. F. McRae, merely as a cu-
ciuious relic of the past ; where it is
now I am unable to say.
After the revolution the Chapel wa3
used by several other denominations
as a Meeting IIous?, but has been used
only by the Baptists, I believe for sev
eral years past. They still have occa
sional appointments to preach there.
It is in a veij dilapidated condition,
and will, no ere long 'be nura-
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nerea ai w r v c?s mat were.
It
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23 (a
11 of which
Connect the present 'ynthe former
times. Were its entire i history written,
it would present a striking contrast of
light and shade, a thrilling record of
feeling, a pleasing exhibition of prog
ress. But even its name, with the mem
ory of those who have worshiped within
its walls, will pass away, and future
generations will exult in the good that
surrounds them without even a concep
tion of the toils and hardships, the fears
and the dangers experienced by those
who lived when Quankey Chapel was
the church.
From the Christian Advocate and Journal.
ANew Anecdote of Wesley.
Mr. Editor: The following anec
dote of the venerable father of Metho
dism might perhaps be interesting to
your readers. It is related in the sim
ple manner of the Cornishinan, who
forms a part of the story : 'I remember
Mr. Wesley well. I first heard him
preach in Helstone, near the market
place, seventy-four year3 ago. have
also seen him at Redruth, and had an
adventure with him while I was ostler
at the London Inn, then kept by Hen
ry Penberthy. Mr. Wesley came there
one day in a carriage, driven by his
own servant, who, being unacquainted
with the road further westward than
Redruth, he obtaiued my master's leave
for me to drive him to St. Ives. We
set out, and on our arrival at Hayle,
we found the sands between that place
and Sr. Ives, over which we had to
pa.s, overflowed by the rising tide. On
reaching the wafer's edge, I hesitated
to proceed, and ad vised Mr. Wesley
of the danger of crossing ; and a cap
tain ot a vessel, seeing us stopping, came
up, and endeavored to dissuade us from
an undertaking so full of peril ; but
without effect. Nr. Wesley was resolv
ed to go on. He said ho had to preach
! at St. Ives at a certain hour, and that
i. fifiii nmtmf-
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called loudly to take the sea. In a
; moment I dashed into the waves, and
n;j.w inmlvn,! ,'n n. wnvll nf w.n.
a . .
ters. ihe horses were now swimming,
and the carriage became nearly over
whelmed with the tide, as its hinder
wheels not unfrequently merged into
the deep pits and hollows of the sands.
I strugglad hard to maintain my seat
in the saddle, while the poor affrighted
animals were snorting and rearing in
the most terrific manner, and furiously
! plunging through the opposing waves.
1 expected every moment to be swept
into eternity, and the only hope of es
cape I then cherished was on account
of my driving so holy a man. At this
awful crisis I heard Mr. W.'s voices.
With difficulty I turned my head to
ward the carriage, and saw the long
white locks dripping with the salt sea
jdown the rugged furrows of his venera
ble countenance. lie was looking
calmly from the window undisturbed
by the tumultuous war of the surround
ing waters, or by the danger of his per
ilous situation. He hailed me with a
tolerable loud voice, and asked, 'What
is thy name, driver?' I answered, 'Pe
ter.' 'Peter,' said Mr. W., 'Peter fear
not, thou shalt not sink.' With vigo
rous spurring and whipping I again
urged on tho flagging horses, and at
last got safely over ; but it wa3 a mira
cle, as I shall always say. We contin
ued our journey, and reached St. Ives
without farther hinderance. We were
both ver wet, of course. Mr. W.'s
first carei after his arrival, was to see
me safe lodged at the tavern. He pro
curred me warm clothes, a good fire,
and excellent refreshment. Neither
were the horses forgotten by him. To
tally unmindful of himself, he proceed
ed, wet as he was, to the chapel, and
preached, according to his appoint
ment.' The above anecdote of Peter Mar
tins is not to be found in Mr. Wesley's
published journals, but was rekted by
Peter in 1849.
W. H. MAKEANEY.
The SVcw KurjUA, Minister. Lord Na
pier the Bii ish Mini.-ter to the Unite!
States, who arrived :it New York on the
Persia Friday was honored with a national
salute fired on board the steamer. He
took apartments at the Clarendon Hotel,
and will shortly proceed to Washington to
secure a resideai.e. His family consists of
his wife four children, pverie.-s, butler
and footman. The Chau.ber of New York
I are to give hi'U a publb reception.
A STOPiX
I was in the medical staff of the army
during the Revolutionary war. I was
rather young to be there. My consti
tution was one of the best. Had it
been otherwise, I should, no doubt,
have fallen a victim to the habits which
I contracted in early life. My tenden
cies were convivial ; temptations to in
temperate drinking and gambling were
always present, and importunate ; we
were a clique by ourselves, with no one
to molest or make afraid ; and no one
thought himself degraded by being
drunk.
I married very early in life, when I
was little better than a boy. Tho girl
that I married was thought to be a
great deal too gooi for me by every
body but herself. I w i ; not intemper
ate then; an i, for a time my rife and
our little home seemed all the world to
me. She had a little property, and,
in about a year 'after our marriage, she
gave birth to a daughter. Bad habit3
soon got the mastery of my better feel
ings. The attractions of the gay cir
cle at the tavern, or the quarters of
some comrade, became irresistible ; and
the very consciousness of the neglect to
which I was subjecting tho woman
whom I had promised to love and to
cherish, began to make her presence
undesirable, and home a place of men
tal and moral punishment. Qua!ms,
and struggles, and gnawing of the worm
that dies not, doubtless there were,
neither few nor far between ; but the
temptations were irresistible. I was lost.
I knew it.
The details of a thousand cases are
much the same. The little modicum
of property that my wife brought me
had dwindled away, piece after piece.
Where had it gone ? Down my insa
tiable throat ! I had swallowed it, or
gambled it away ! No memorial re
mained, but rags and tatters ! We were
very poor. A more uncomplaining
woman God never made. She strug
gled to hide even her tears, to save me
from pain on her account.
Let me pass over some three years
of misery, and co:ne at the conclusion
of the whole matter. One bleak De
cember morning, I was about going
forth as usual from my wretched habi
tation, when my wife put her hand up
on my shoulder, and pointing, first to
our sick child
and then to a few brands
upon the hearth, reminded in
that
it was
I those were the last, and that
bitter cold
As I turned away, I prom
ised to send her some fuel immediately.
I soon met some of my comrades ;
and, resorting to the tavern, we passed
the hours, as usu.il, in drinking and
revelry, until near midnight, when I
staggered homeward, it was piercing
cold. I reached my door-step, and
placed my hand upon the latch ; then
it first occurred to me that I had whol
ly forgotten my promise ; I had sent
home no fuel ! I entered the apart
ment. A light was still burning. The
hearth was cold. My wife sat, rocking
her sick child in the cradle. She turn
ed her eyes upon mine. The tears were
streaming down her shivering cheeks.
" Wife," said I, " for Heaven's sake,
when will you leave off crying?"
" Dear husband," said she, " when you
will leave off drinking." " God help
me," I exclaimed, as I put my arm
around her neck, for the appeal was
irresistible " God help me, and I will
never touch another drop.
By God's help I never have, to the
present hour ; and from the date of
that resolution the days of our uninter
rupted happiness began. Boston Tra
veler. 'The World Owes me a Living.'
No such thing Mr. Fold-up-your
hands, the world owes you not a single
sou ! You have done nothing these
twenty years but consume the products
eared by the sweat of other men's
brows.
'You have ate and drunk and slept ; what
then ?
Why ate and drunk and slept again.'
And this i3 the sum total of your
life ; and the world 'owes you a living.'
x or what : How came it indebted to
you to that amount ? What have you
done for it ? What family in distress
have you befriended ? What products
have you created: W nat miseries have
you alleviated : vv nat arts have you
perfected ? The world owes you a liv-
g t Idle man, never was there a
more absurd, idea ! You have been a
tax, a sponge upon the world ever since
you came into it. It is your creditor to a
vast amount, lour liabilities are im
mense, yonr assets are nothing, and you
say the world is owing you. Go to !
The amount in which you stand in
debted to the world is more than you
will ever have the power to liquidate.
You owe the world the labor of your
two strong arms and all the skill in
work they might have gained ; you owe
the world the labor or that brain ot
yours, the sympatny or mat neart, tne
energies of your being ; you owe the
world the whole moral and intellectual
capabilities of a man ! Awake, then,
from that dreamy, do nothing state ot
slothfulness in whielvyou live, and let
us no longer hear the false assertion
that the world is owing you, until you
have done something to satisfy the
just demand to which we have referred.
Exchange 1'aper.
Cbrgymen and Lectures.
A correspondent of the Congrega
tionalist thus writes on the subject of
public lectures by clergymen: "Among
the institutions of our age and pari of
the world, a leading place is occupied j
by popular lectures. The winter does
not come more certainly, to pour out
its frigid treasures on the earth, than
it does, to wake up the whole tribe of
lecturers, and scatter them broadcast
over the land. So regular is this an
nual eruption of intellectuals, that the
lecture season has become a3 specific,
as to the time of the ve.ar, (between
auiuai.i ana son
ng.j as green cor?, sea-
son is to designate summer
"indeed, it is a question, it m tins
th
progressive age, the time has not come
for an improved calendar, somewhat
after the followiug manner. For
spring, the flowering season, then green
corn season for summer, followed by
autumn, or pumpkin season, and the
whole closed up with lecture season.
It might be objected, perhaps, that
this division is not exactly equal, since
the last in order, the lecture season,
ensroaches a little on pumpkins, and
runs a little into flowers ; for popular
use, however, it would do very well, as
simple, in the spirit of the times, true
to nature, and entirely American.
"Of thi3 new institution, the army
of its supporters is recruited mainly
from the clerical order. On every
steamboat and railroad, at the pre
sent season, you meet with clergymen
hurrying to every quarter, like the
angel of the Apocalypse, not like
him, however, with the everlasting
Gospel to preach to the perishing peo
ple, but to hold forth in town halls and
lyceura rooms, bringing their contribu
tion to the general stock of winter's
amusement, and taking their share of
the money raised for its support. Ma
ny of our excellent ministers, pas
tors of Churches, to the appropriate
duties and cares of which their time
and talents are pledged, are scouring
the country, from November to March,
in the business of lecturing their
sick to be visited arid their dead buried
by others, in the meantime.
"If clergymen are drkven to this bye
way work as a means of support, then
their parishes are much to blame. Why
should the people force their worthy
pastors to turn aside fro a chosen,
pursnit, and become itinerants through
the country, in the labors of an uncon
genial occupation ? Better give them
a comfortable support, and let them
stay at home with their families and
flocks ; or if they have time to spare
from home duties, let the people send
them to preach the Gospel to destitute
parishes, hold protracted meetings, and
encourage feeble Churches.
"It is one of the signs of the times,
but not one of goad omen, not a happy
indication, that our religious teachers
are turning aside so much from their
sacred vocation. Reverend men, set
apart to show us the way to heaven,
and by precept and example, to illus
trate the Christian virtues, do damage
to public sentiment by secularizing
their professional station, and mixing
themselves up with too many things
foreign to their sacred calling.
"In some of the public journals, (one
or two of them religions,) have recently
been published quite a list of the win
j isters of th) Gospel, and pastors cf
churches, advertising themselves for
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employment, and displaying the quali
ty and character of their wares, quite
in a business-like way, and by attrac
tive subjects, etc., endeavoring to
catch and secure the' patronage of lec
ture committees' Such exhibitions are
neither to the credit of the profession
nor for the benefit of society. To
Christian pastors, by no means is de
nied the privilege of delivering a lec
ture, now and then, on other than re
ligious subjects, in a quiet and becom
ing way. But to make a business of
it, and publish themielves to the world
as ready for the market, with their lit
erary wares, to entertain in the most
approved style, lyceum-goers, is quite
another thing. This course, in the
view of many, is a compromise of a sa
cred profession, and, to say the least
of it, in very bad taste. Especially is
this the case now, since lyceum lectures
have degenerated, fcr the most part,
into the mere appliances of amusement
so that the man that can perpetrate the
smartest bagatelle, and excite the most
smiles, is the most popular lecturer,
and the most in request during the sea
son." Hocus Vocus. How to yet a fine ichitc
house out of ait empty vchhfay barrel. Put
the barrel in a secure place, near a spring
of good water, on the road to the grog
shop. When you want a dram take
the price of it in your hand and tdart to
the grogshop go as far as the spring.drop
the money through the bungholo, take a
sood driut of v.atcr and return home.
Repeat tins operation till tho barrel is full,
knock cut the head, and you have the
price of splendid brick building. Fact.
Washington Idolized. T1 you know that
Washington had been placed in the calendar
cf saints ? There is a church at Itivas, ov.-r
the principal portal of which is a very well
executed bust of the American revolution,
and on inquiry of a nitive of the town, I wai
informed that it was a bust of the " j;-ud
Saint George Washington " I confcxs that
as I passed this church I felt like taking off
my hat, and did it -not because of custom,
but because I couln't help it. Letter Jivut
Nicaragua.
From the Herald and Journal.
A few thoughts lit Ministers.
Why are there no sinners converted
in my charge this year ? Is there not
power in the gospel now as ever, to saro
the lo3t ? If so, why doe.i it not tako
effect in my congregation ? Am I
faithful in my public ministrations and
private admonitions? Do I teach pub
licly and from hou?e to house, with that
zeal and energy which the cause de
mands? Is my speech and ray preach
ing with enticing word j of man's wis
dom, or in demonstration of the Spirit
a rid of power ? If sinners arc not con
verted, Avhen the Lord maketh inqui
sition for blood shall I be' found guilt
less ?
In view of my high and holy calling,
and the account I must render to God,
what ought I to do more for the salva
tion of the lost ?
A Buotheh.
The Depuesiox or the Clxhuy
THE D.WGEK OF TIIE ClIL'KCH. Such
is the title of a sermon intended for
Scotland ; but the following passage,
taken from it, deserves to be read,
studied, and inwardly digested by tho
churches in America. The sermon
says :
When you ask the clergyman to
walk first of your guests, as, in virtue
of his function, the premier untitled
gentleman of tho company, beware lest
the usage which marks the respect of
Christian society for religion itself in
the person of its mini.--tcrs, becoico tho
means of dragging into painful censrj
cuity threadbare habiliments or leaky
shoes. Send him not away from circles
laughing in light-heartcdness, and
boards laden with luxuries, to a home
darkened by anxiety, and a tablo cov
ered with bills ; troubles, it may be
fast creeping on ; give tho 'bread of
sufficiency, as well as tho 'stone of po
liteness. The Ieart.
The heart that's o.f been rendered cold,
By slight, or sc-rn or jer,
Can never fuel love's warmth again,
S-. thankful or Nincere ;
For, us the newly hu 1 1-d rose
I) th feel the wintry blast.
Si doth the heart grow week and Bad,
When blight U o'er it cast.
No h.ilai of Friend-i'iin e'er cn heal
The wound j d.vply riven ;
No consolation e'er cm soothe
Too pang that's oiiio ben given.
The thorn that has been planted there
Can never he. withdrawn ;
Nor can the heart ha glad again
Beneath the ha id of scorn.
Though it may Boom t join in mirth,
And strive to hide its pain.
Still how thatacaiag heart doth feel
Its core is rent ia twain.
Tho pulse beats wit'i mad lening grief ;
It vitals throb wiih pain ;
And all its bl xiil that once was warm,
Doth freeze in every vin.
nr tlie Cjiilbrcn.
Mary's Wish.
Last winter among the juvenile speakers
at an anniversary of the Trinty-staticn
Sabbath School, on Hti'en Inland, there
was a very iutereating girl, named Mary.
She Fpoke the following simple ver:3,
writtt-u by tbo pastor, with deep feeling
ami most marked rrojrietjr ;
I wii.ii I was in h.".avcn,
With Christ atJod's right hand,
Where angols live and iug
A holy, gloriais hand :
And where my friends are fund.
Who struggled hard wnde here,
But who at last arj frtvd,
From siu, and care, and fear.
0, happy, happi place!
'Tis better far tluia this ;
No unkind looks are there,
No words to mar its bliss ;
No actions vain to grierc,
No conduct tern or col l ;
There, there, my Jesus i,
Whoso arras would mo enfold.
But shall I merely with 1
Shall not 1 labor too.
My father's work and will,
While here on earth, to do?
Yes Lord I would be Ihino,
And trust thy promise given
For aid to will and toil,
'Till I have gained my heaven.
The winter months had scrrcely given
place to the balmy air and sweet fiowern of
May, before that lovely girl was taken sick
unto de: th. But the met her death, as
friend, whom God liad sent to guide her to
the bright world of which do bad so pub
licly spoken a few months before. She
joyfully gave him her bund, and departed
with him to the gpiifuul world.
How singular that tho wibh her lips ut
tered so sweetly in the winterj should be so
speedily realized ! Yet, so it was ; and my
readers would do well to live as Mary Ii7d,
that if like her, they die b-toro twelve
summers shiuc on their puthauy they
may like her, be ready for the change.
S. S'. A'hoeatc.
A Qcestiox. A minister sojourning in
our city, in a conversation on duelling, was
made aware for the li.-t timi that surgeons,
h.aIp r.r.ifessional capacity. nlwas accom
,.o:rf narties to tho lield. Uo uked
n.l tha ouestion has nn spix-arance
of
reason, too) why minister did not attend in
their professional capacity, as it was liklj
of those who went on tho field with serious
intentions, one would probably uod the con
solations of re.igion ? The suggestion is an
original one, we believe, and we commend it
to tliof-e who take part in establishing the
usages of "honor."
Savannah Republican.
Would not a sexton, undertaker ond Rrare
diger make valuable and exMlratiog addi
tions to such a party ?