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IT " 'ASS 5. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON TERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. IIEFLIN, Editor. To. So. a . fUJUSIGH, TEMSDAY JUXE U, 837. SI 50 a Year, ia Advance. (Original. For the X. C. C. Christian A-hocate. An Educated Ministry .No. 2. xo JOVIUS. lou say, " I do uof shun just and close -i:cpeetnn or my views, however much I "would deprecate the iidinnrt-bpnsii.n and id-temper of a prejudiced controversialist." j J tue classes you' hava aamed actually In uiakiug this avowal you are no doubt j ex'sS n tne Methodist K. Church, South, aware of the fact, that the paper for which ; or ortn if there be a third class, they you write is the organ of that association occupy the middle ground, and will be of which you are a member, viz : " The i sllPposc'd to be right, then they are coin Young Men's Aid Society' ; and that such ! P"sed f those who, as I have shown, are has-been the course of its Ed! tar towards j like yourself, in favor of j n alteration in those who are opposed to your an! his views jour, mode of ministerial appointment; and that they caunot, without doing violence to j tn"se wuo advocate the old and long tried their sen.-e of self-respect, make it the me-! s3stt'In Per: t'"n- Since these are the dium of defeuee of a Jiible and Methodistie j on'v Pl'rsons who have " spoken ou this Ministry. IJenee your hu.nble servant has I subject," yon must refer to them and them availed himself of the columns of i he paper j of a sister Conference in order to ray his respecs zo me nonoraoie unknown. After the specimen whieh I gave in my first article of your go d temper and im partiality, our readers need noi be surpris ed at your deprecating the " mi-apprehension and ill teiup -r of a prejudiced c n;r Vt-rsialit." He who van look upon the far-spread influences of Methodism the heaven app dated and heaven approved work of a class of workmen, not one in a huudred of whom ever went through any previous process" of literary training, and who in default of such a " proems" declares them to be Just?- named itnpos-1 tors," does well to talk abJut " ill-temper" and " prejudice" : and to expect that such an imputation will be allowed to pass with- out a justly merited rebuke, is to expect more than you are authorized to exact from human nature. The rapidity with which you pas over " piety, a special call of the Holy Ghost, a living faith in the power of the truth, an humble dependence on the Divine truth," may subject you, notwithstanding you avow they are '-essential to the work of the ministry," to the suspicion that vour i great desire for "an educated ministry," leads you to look upon these indispensable prerequisites and adjuncts, as of secondary consiJerati n. And you need Dot be sur prised at this suspicion, when you call to remembrance the fact, that these innovators on the gospel plan of ministerial appoint ment, in whose wake you and your compeers are endeavoring to leid the Methodist Episcopal Church, commenced their sad divergence in a very gradual, and, as it seemed, unobjectionable movement; and when they had reached the very acme of their impiety and infidelity, aye, and down to the present day, a professed call a moving of the Holy Ghost to the work of the ministry exited, aud still exi.-ts in the published formularies. When the wisdom of men lea ls theiu t swinf wide of the law of God, there is no telling to ' what extent of transgr ssion they wilfgo. The sh.rt history of "the operations of the Society of which you are a member, and whose cause you are seeking to advance, is pregnant with lessons of fearful premoni-1 tions. lou cannot have lorgetten the pub-'cllul ucriveu uot oy succession as an lished declaration of the lamented Dibrill, I heir-loom of the Church, but directly that " It was not to tach men divinity, ! FROM CHRIST BY FAITH, AND BY THE EF but to teach them orammar, that our So-': fkctual working of the Holy Ghost." ciery was formed." The Editor of the II. C. I (Discourse by Ilev. L. M.Lee, 1843, p. Advocate, scouted the idea, that those 28 ) You can f)rm your own opinion engaged in the enterprise had the most re- j of the signification f the words italici mote squinting towards theological schools: zed a"J Put in capitals ; to my mind and vet he, as the leader in this innovation !theJ seem to teach the very thing which has again and aain uttered the desire that ou repudiate and treat as chimerical I we had such institutions : while you give .might adduce other evidence on this par it as your sage opinion, that a previous ticular point, but will forbear for the pre process ' f education is necessary to secure 'sent, and follow your train of remarks : the minister fr m the charge of " i pos- j " It is a specious, but neither fair nor tor." These signs are significant, and cast forcible saying as often used, 'That God their shadows before coming events " i chooses no agent for his work who is not " Forewarned, forearmed," is a trite say-1 fit for Here we have another clear ing ; but whether these forewaruings will humiliating evidence of your indiscre cause the Church to be forearmed, remains ! t,on. ar'd presumption. You affirm that to be seen. " it is neither fair nor forcible" to say "that You proceed " It cinnot have escaped God chooses no ageut fur his work who is your notice, sir. that there are two classes not fit f"r it ;" and so according to your o extr. mi-ts who have spoken on tissub- i theology and logic, it is both " fair" and ject one class exalting learning as every ("iorciule to say that Croc, the infinitely thing, aud even more than piety, the we andprrfect Being does "choose agents r.tl.f-r rlass making religion not oulv fill its f"r his work" t7to are not 11 fit for it" ! ! own place, bat making it even displace ; I ml learnior : the one. forever !" education at prating all the while "about scholars and I theology and logic, for The must be a para booksfthe other with equal silliness de- j g of wisdom and propriety. But to te preciating scholarship, as if thereby they gave evidence or greater piety. This is a most remarkable passage. I am at a loss to determine which is its most conspicuous feature, its "silliness," its want of discrimination, or its inflated im pertinence. Suppose we analyze it. "For ever prating all the while.-' " Forever," say3 Mr. Webster, means " At all times. To all eternity ; through endless ages." The persons you here designate and your language includes both classes are the most remarkable for their loquacity that I have ever seen, heard or read of in my whole life. They are "prating" "at all times ; to all eternity ; through endless ages;" and yet mire, "all the while," beyond the duration of Ci endless ages" ! ! You have certainly fallen into strangd com pany. In the above passage you marshall the opposing parties on the question of " an educated ministry" under two and only two, classes; viz: those who exult " learn incr as every thing and even more than piety ;" and those who " make religion not only fill its own place, but make it displace education and learning." If you have properly designated the opposing parties in the Church and if you have not then you are inc mp"teut to bo a leading lie-former- then you are strangely unfortunate in your classifications. Adhering to your arrangemeat ot these parties, you clearly include all those who, like yourself, are " forever prating all the while" about "an elicated ministry" under the first class, or those who exalt " learning as every thing and even more than piety " while you with equal distinctness, accuse those who are opposed to peculiar views, with " ma king religion not only fill its own pace but making it displace education and learn. Jng." Allow me to say, that I have n0 such acquaintances in the Methodist Church or ministry. I have been a mem ber of, and an itinerant minister iu the Methodist E. Church, So'&th, for many years, and have yet to meet with a Metho dist who advocates the one or the other of the extremes vou mention. Your associa tions, however, seem to have been different from mine, and hence you have seen per sons, and heard opinions which have not ' come within the rangscf my observation. onv at)d as I have an a juaintame with no such persons, I ahi at a loss to see the r-:ni ot your reru&'ls. It seams 'o nie.j you have busied you'ipeifin creating a mTra i f straw, and are expending your great strength in demolishing it. But if you mean to convey the impression that those wtio are in favor of our present system of ministerial appointment, " make religion uot only fill its own place but make it dis- : Place education and learning, in that cas ise 1 am Iorcta t0 tue conclusion that you have 1 wont say knowingl . and desined- i ly perpetrated an unblushing libel upon tue character and fame of the greatest and best men tlie Church has ever produced. I ll is on th!s supposition I base the charge of inflated impertinence. If such be your meaning you do well to cast a vail over your iace. ane snaaes or a tresiey, an Anbury, an Emory and a Soule, cover us! The concluding paragraph in your first letter claims attention- You say Have any, save inspired men, had their call to preach accompanied by mental gifts endow ing them for the work ?" I will reply to this inquiry in the language of others "The evidences of this call, and qudifica- tions to perform the duties imposed by it, are given in the special influences of the iSptnt communicating burning zeal tor the glory of God, and more than common desire for the salvation of men imparting to the understanding 'a right judgment in the things of God, a just conception of salvation by faith' and touching the tongue wirh the fire of heavenly eloquence." (Beauchamp, p. 54.) " Scriptural know ledge an accurate and comprehensive view of the evangelical system, a clear conception of the truth as it is m Jesus Christ, a just estimate of the Gospel as an exhibition of the glory of God in ihe great work of redemption, and a proper regard to the means to be employed in bringing men to the knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins s absolutely demanded as an adjunct of ministerial character, es sential to every one who undertakes to decfare the counsel of God, or to instruct siDnprs in tte way of life- of faitb anJ of obedience. These attainments, from their Tery nature, cannot be conferred by ordi- natlon - -i hey are the graces of the have some curiosity to know the erudite Gamaliel" at whose " feet" you studied serious, do you not perceive the irreverence if not impiety of the above sentence ? Have you consideied the character of the Being whose doings you nave Here arraigned Be fore the tribunal of finite wisdom f The Mwfitness of which you speak is purely of a literary character : you can mean no other. Those unlettered men who have entered into the work, according to your theology and logic, are either uncalled of God, or if called by Him, then He called men to theworV who were not "fit for it." Your rule places you between two horns of a fearful dilemma. You either make these " agents" arrant " impostors," or you charge your Maker with a folly that would sink the reputation of the humblest archi tect. Take a few examples as illustrative of the charge I prefer against you. Do you believe the distinguished Bascom, and other bright stars which shone in the gal axy of Methodism in the close of the eigh teenth century, were true ministers of Je sus Christ ? That they were called of God to the work of the miuistry ? Of these Mr. Finley says "They were taken from the plow, the loom, the bench, and the anvil, and, with the braad seal of heaven's commission written on, their hearts, they went forth to draw from their owu expe rience, and the uncommented word of God, those soul-saving truths which brought the sinner to the dust, and raised the fallen to the blessings of pardon and salvation." (Western Methodism, p. 250.) What think you of that remarkable Welsh Bap tist minister, Christmas Evans; do you think he was a true minister, called of God 1 His Biographer says of him : " At the age of seventeen Christmas could not read a word." Having professed religion, he addressed himself to the task of learning n read, and " almost entirely unaided, he prosecuted his purpose; aud in an incredi-1 bly short time was able to read his Bible. He was now cailed upon to exercise his gifs in pub'i-j prayer and exhortation." Thu commenced his miuistry. Our la mented Dibrill confessed, that " many who have become the most effeetuil tra velling ministers in our connection, could at the start scarce read their Bibles correct ly." Were they called of God moved by the Holy Ghost? If so, then accord ing to your showing, " God chose" agents for the work of the ministry, ' who" were "not fit for it".'! Well, you must settl" that difficulty with the great Head of the Church, for y..u impeach His wisdom. Referring to the quotation wliicb I have just been considering, yuu say if t'u's lan guage "is to be understood as asserting that the m.-n is at once- ready for the pul pit, then it is a saying which. a it has but the endorsement, of a single respectable ex ample in the ministry of the Church, is not worth discussing at all." Hold, mv friend! fr it is very manifest y-u are not thoroughly versed in the- matter abiit ' which ya speak with sneh m:ijfiui-rt Lahtiness.- You ....no .duubjeauetuber the oft repeated quotation " a little learning is a dangerous thing," and so it may turn out in your case. Let us See. In the Wesley a it Tracts for the Times, you may find the following : " For it is deemed a jast and scriptural presumption, that those whom God calk to the pastoral office, he also qualities for the effi dent discharge of its sacred duties." (Xo. iv., p. 5.)" Bishop Siule I cannot pnrsundc my- seir ttiat OoJ calls men to the work ot the ministry who are not qualified to commence it." (Letter Feb'y, 1841.) Dr. Winans " To us, it is enough to know that, up to the close of the second canon, the only authorization" of the Gospel ministry, accredited by the Church, was the designation of the party, whether apostle, evangelist, pastor or deacon, by the Holy Ghost, to the work he was to perform. (Sermon, p. 11.) Professor Sasnett. " Most of the min isters who in t!-ie progress - of Methodism who have been called, and who have been extensively useful, have been tiken from the lower and middle ranks of society, and had been brought up for the most part, in great destitution of intellectual advantages. There is meaning in these facts. ' Chris tianity is religion for the masses, and Methodism is especially the people's reli gion." (Progress, p 249. hat think you of these? Are they " respectable examples in the ministry of the Church f 1 could greatly enlarge the list, but will forbear. 1 have been struck with the force of these remarks of Mr. Beauchamp, and will submit theoi to your consideration " Men who are in possession of little popularity, sometimes advance new and extravagant doctrines, in ord ?r to fix; the attention of the gaping multitude upon themselves as prodigies of wisdom lie;uso of tho aston ishing discoveries that they have made. And it sometimes happens, that su ;h per sons become popular, in prop rtion to their extravagance." You have certainly made some wonderful "discoveries," aud in an ticipation of yet more astonishing develop ments, I subscribe myself yours. Yirginia. J ustcs-facio. For the N. C. Christian Advocate. Education Mixed Schools. Bro. IIeflix : In my last I endea vored to show that mixed schools were indicated by the providence of God, and the separation of the sexes contra ry to the ordainment of Heaven. In this number, I shall farther the same thought, and add other arguments in favor of mixed schools. To separate boys and girls, j3 to part asunder those whom God has uniformly joined to-! getrier nrst. by ties the most tender, endearing and sacred ; and secondly, by their mutual dependence and neces sities. What tie of nature so strong as that binding brother and sister? They nurse at the same breast ; are rocked in the same cradle ; are bantized at tho same fount ; worship at the same altar; enjoy the same pleasures at home, and share alike the ordinary home sorrows ; and are taught by the same Divinely appointed teachers Father and Mother. This holy tie, this Divinely established relation is most unrelentingly broken and most heart lessly invaded, to the injury of both sexes. At the tender years of ten or twelve, so called " good breeding" im piously demands their separation. They must not only go from the pater nal roof and be placed beyond the di rect influence of home, but must also be torn asunder, placed among stran gers and forced, in thir inexperience, to form new associations, often times dangerous and highly injurious. When or where, I would ask, does each so much need the strength of the one, and the pure influence of the other, as when away from their parents, surroun ded by strange faces and new scenes ? It is true the brother is the greater suf ferer of the two by the separation ; for the daughter is not so exposed to temp tation, has a higher toned morality and a more intuitive knowledge of right and wrong, and has the Divine method, so far as having teachers of both sexes goes, maintained in the system of her instruction ; but not so with the son ; every thing by which he is surrounded is masculine Male Teachers and Pro fessors, male boarding-houses. The in fluence of one woman seated in state at the head of the table, only known as the housekeeper, distributed among twenty or one hundred boys, is all that is feminine in such schools. No sister whose smile of approval would be a stimulus to good, and whose sadnes would be a reproof. The mere fact os a brother's having the care of a belov ed sister would dignify his nature, ex pand his manliness, restrain the evil and develope the good of his soul. Is it wonderful that boys, deprived of home influences, with no female com panions, inexperienced, with every thing around them rude, masculine and unruly, should' return home unimproved in manners, defiled in spirit, and by no means the gainers by their instruction ? Is it not more wonderful that they main tain their moral character as well a3 they do ? If it be said that this argu ment is not applicable to schools in vil lages and neighborhoods in the country where the pupils board at home, I re ply,, that the necessity is not so great for mixed s.chools.in such cases, as home influence is not lost. Yet there is a necessity . If the family school is Di vinely arranged, and therefore the wis est and best .hat could be devised, it follows that all Our oluc .tionai ayatoma, fully to. meet the want of the children, and to result in the greatest good, must conform tx this. Hence, the schools must be mixed schools, having both sexes as teachers and pupils. If it be admitted that it is best to educate brothers and sisters together, then it must be admitted that it is best to have mixed schools ; for the admission drives us to the necessity of having ro public schools, or having them mixed. The subject will be continued in my next. J. H. BRENT. Roxboro, May 18th, 1857, For the X. C. Christian Advocate. Ashe Quarterly Meeting1. Bro. Heflin : I have just returned from the third Quarterly meeting held at Jefferson on the 23-ith inst, for the Jefferson circuit. I know not when spent a few days sr pleasantly. The scenery in crossing the Blue Ridge is grand and the coun try beyond is very fine. I reached the town of Jefferson about night, and next morning I found myself surrounded with mountains. Jefferson is a very pleasant little vil lage. The citizens are intelligent, in dustrious, hospitable, and kind. We had a large, attentive audience, but no special interest no revival at our meeting. Brother Haskew (P. E.) I think to be a noble-hearted man and a good preacher. I formed an acquaintance with Brother Mitchell, and I know him but to love him. A good number of the local preach ers and lay-members was present at Quarterly Conference.and seemed to be very zealous in the cause of God. Ta king all things together, I am not at all surprised to hear of the opposition of Bro. Hicks, and others of his Con ference to the transfer of that territory to the N. C. Conference. It is a good country. But I canwot see bow they can blame us for desiring its annexa tion to our Conference, provided they desire the change who live there. They belong to our beloved state, and their sons and daughters ought to he taught to cherish her interests, and love her institutions. She has been stigmatized with the name 'Rip-Van-Winkle' lorn enough. Let her combine her forces, and march forth before the king in all her modesty and beauty with the daughters of earth and we fear not the consequences. To say nothing about the ties that ought to bind the hearts of our people to the interests and institutions of home, self-respect requires it. If we do not respect ourselves we cannot expecj them to respect us, who are Our neigh bors. I do not intend by this letter to ex cite a spirit of transfer because that spirit is already awake. I believe that not only the church in Ashe, but those who have little or nothing to do with the church are anxious that the change be made. And I hope that not only Ashe, but all the counties in the state will see that a petition be sent to the next General Conference, asking for the sta:e-lines to be the Conference boundaries. Truly, C. M. ANDERSON. May, 28th, 1857. Marks of Grace. Dr. Sprague's Annals contains some ac count of Rev. Dr. Newman, of whom Cot ton Mather said, he is 'a very lively preach er, aud a very preaching liver.' A paper found among his writings entitled, 'Notes or Marks of Grace I find in Myself,' evinces that he attained a high state of spir ituality. Bead it : 'I find that I love God, and desire to love God, principally for himself; a desire to requite evil with good; a looking up to God, to see him and his hand in all things that befall me; a greater fear of displeasing God than all the world; a love of such christians as I never saw, or received good from; a grief when I see God's commandments broken by any per son; a mourning for not finding the assur ance of God's love, and the sense of hi3 favor in that comfortable manner, at one time as at another, and not being able to serve God as I should ; a willingness to give God the glory of any ability to good ; a joy when I am in christian company, in goodly conference; a grief when I perceive it goes ill with christians, and the contrary; a constant performance of secret duties be tween God and myself, morning and even ing; a bewailing of such sins which none in the world can accuse me of; a choosing of suffering to avoid sin.' How many, of our readers can find in themselves these marks of grace? Baptists Drifting. The Tennessee Baptist makes the startling announcement, that 'the Bap- use denomination, tor the last century, has been incessantly drifting from its, old moorings, dragging its anchors, with breakers ahead.' How rapidly has it drifted, and how for the breakers are ahead, may be learned by the follow- tacts stated by the same paper. 1. There has been a 'ruinous lapse of a large body of English Baptists in to open communion.' 'Thank God, exclaims the editor, 'there are more than seven thousand there yet who have not bowed the knee to ihis new Baal. 2. 'There are (Baptist) ministers of most distinguished names, who advo cate the validity of baptism adminis tered by Pedobaptist3, and advise our churches to receive them, tKu recognize those sprinkling as Scriptural churches!! But old Baptists called them branches of anti-Christ !' Our readers are aware that Dr. Fuller, of Baltimore, stands prominent amongst tho-ie lapsed B iptists condemned by the Tennessee Baptist. The Western Re corder, of Louisville agrees with Dr. Fuller. The editors say : 'While we yield to none of our brethren that differ with us, in our devotion to the princi ples and practices of the Baptists, so far as such are laid down in the Word of God, still we are forced to ad nit, that to contend in all instances that baptism is not valid unless admin-! istered by the authority of a regular authorized Baptist church, is equiva- lent to claiming a regular and unbrok - en chain ot Jiaptist churches trom the days of the Apostles. This unreason able claim we are not prepared to set up for the Baptists. We have always; filt a contempt for the doctrino of Apostoncai succeasion contended tor by Episcopalians. 3. A third fact stated by the Tenn essee Baptist, to prove that the Bap tist denomination IS drifting, is that 'the majority of Baptist ministers of? this day are delighted to inter-officiate j f , , i i ' ministerially with the preachers of the i very sects, which the Baptists of 1603. considered to be as very harlots, as either their mother, the Church of I England, or Rome, out of whose loins they came. Thus admitting and teach ing their ministerial parity with Bap tist ministers before the world.' i -t. 'It liaS beWtUO of oko.; .Vv'!,v nnn Sideration With the aCCOUnieU UlOCi j 1 uiiitinc... 4k. Baptuts to. invite rea leaves Mreweu ner lorau. the preachers of the sects of anti-Christ ! , . r - i . .i t ..,.,. 4-1 ..liears have pat, this morn I wandered (i. e. in regard to hose Baptists that , thniwxh P e nn(, i(,ly pon,,ere(1 used to be murdered by them) to seats I now tjie jvy tril;is crelt higher on the stone in our deliberative bodies, our associa j at Amy's grave; tions and conventions, and to take part and aid us in consulting for the promo tion of the best interests of our denom ination, and the spreading of our dis tinctive principles in opposition to the teachings and faith of those very preachers.' 5. 'Another fact the last Baptist Association that met in California, and and the only one in that State, receiv ed a delegate from the Congregational Association and appointed a delegate to that body. It appointed a delegate to the Methodist Annual Conference, and another to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the person of a leading Bap tist missionary of the South.' Such are the facts stated, with ample proof by the Tennessee Baptist. While the editor sighs over them as evidence of the decay of Baptist principles, we may be permitted to rejoice in them as evidence of the prevalence of more enlarged and scriptural views among our Baptist brethren. It is somewhat remarkable, that the defection is espe cially amongst the more learned of the Baptist ministers ; whilst amongst the less learned, sentiments as narrow and bigoted as those of Rome prevail. We note these facts amongst the signs of the times. St. Louis Presbyterian. Advice to Young Females. Never marry a man without the consent of your parents. No matter how much you may fancy you love him, you canuot expect a blessing on your union, if you persist in going contrary t the better judgment of thote who are appointed by Providence to watch over and ndvise you tor your good. They, of course, have bad more experience, and are better qualified to judge than you can be, who are but just setting forth in the pathway of life, young, inexperieuct d, and too ready to form favorable opinions where your affections are concerned. Let them beyourconfidants; open your heart to them as soon as you aro aware that anything of this sort exists. I would confide the secret to my parents as soon as I would acknowledge it to my own bosom. Theirs is not the cold, unsynipa thizing judgment of the world; it springs from a deep affection and interest in your lasting welfare, for what comfort would it be to them to mar your happiness ? You, r whom th -y have watched aud guarded from helpless infancy, with such undying affection as parents only can f el. Recom pense their love, then, as far as in your power, by confiding in them, and seeking their counsel; be assured you will lose nothing by it; and though you might meet with disappointments now, it will soon pass away, and in after years you will be attended by the blessing of Him who has said, 'Honor thy father and thy mother.' Advocate and Guardian. From the N ishville Christian Advocate. Th3 Worth of Caiapbellism. 'I once witnessed the sad effects of this system in the case of a lady who had been immersed for the remission of sins, ami resred her aJl upon this faith, She was brought to a dying pillow, and when she looked into the awful realities of eternity, the conviction that she was not prepared to enter upon them, press ed itself upon her mind with awful force, and she proclaimed aloud that she had ben deceived and would be lost. Her friends sent for their pastor who, when he camo, was told by her olainly that she had been deceived. f lis reply was, 'You. have only given a way to gloomy fears When you were immersed, did you not believe that the Lord Jesus Christ w;sthe Son-of' God. and the Saviour of the world V 'I did,' said the dying woman, 'and I have nev r doubted since ; but I now see myself to be a poor unconverted sinner, who never exnHnenced a change of heart.' Oyes, yon di.l,'et;,i 'and you. have been a good woman ever since. Quit thinking upon this subject, and be cheerful. All will be well.' She would not be satisfied, and begged hini to pray with her that God would change her heart, and fit it for heaven. This h-: refused to do, saying it would only make her worse, and exhorted her to be calm; all would be well. She wanted to send for some one who would pray with her, and teach her what she must do to be saved. I went to see her, but was denied admittance, and she soon died in despair. In preaching her funeral sermon, her pastor spoke of her as being saved, though she had suf 1 fered under some degree of gloom in her last hours 'J. Stamper.' The above is only one case of many of a simlar character. It is a fearful j traffic in souls, to be putting that sys.- tern upon the people tor the gospel. The Widower's Warning1. 'Twas when wind and wo .dim I grappied, and the dawn ne drear :md dapnlel. fth cUai' ,ikfe "',m1in pennnnt, that mv Viu-'g wife dvmg lay ; And dim- wivming passed'hef .re her, in the twihght shadows o'er her. Warnings to the spirit tenant, c-re should fill the home., f clay. Prayer was vain, for dath to leave her prayer th.v. Go 1 would stay the fever; Night anil morn, we both besought him to remove the hectic bloom. Spring tide g ive, the fatal blooming, Summer Ana Ur u tK ner in ; .iuiuiuu au lire j How the e neral.l mosse stn.ned it-howthe lichens pale engrained it. How the autumn erimsom-d briar its fantastic shadow gave ; So I musod. for grief is listless, and a long ing esiuie, resistless. Once asrain to slumlrr Ky her, where the dreaming shadows wave. On the dark rank grass I laid me ; Amy's spirit seemed to i-hade n;P, Every sense in sleep surprising; with sleep sounds the air was rife ; Ah, once mor we slept together, in thft soft and sunny weather, And tlie slumlvr so.inds s"emd rising the old graveyard teemed with life ! Voices of past generations came in mystic low vibrations, Fitfully around me straying vague and aw ful muttering; Youthful voices infant lispers and the old men's broken whispers, Would I knew what tliey were saying! mur muring of forgotten things. Then, from Amy's rayless dwelling, came a tender tone upwelliog, Tho old graveyard thrilled and trembled, 1'ko an oee-iii murmuring shell. First it came, a sobbing mutter then as sil-1 ver tongues did utter These sad words my heart pulso bounded to the voice 1 knew so weiL Strange f the words so heavy-hearted, have from memory departed. Though in fancy still I hear her, yet the sense I can't recall. But I think it was a warning, sent through visions of the morning That I soon should slumber near her, in the soundest sleep of all ! Hints to the Brethren. EXHORTATIONS IX MEETINGS FOR SO CIAL WORSHIP. 1. Speak so as to be easily under stood by all present. To speak so in distinctly, or in so low a tone of voice as to be understood only by these near you, is almost as bad as to speak in an un known tongue. But the opposite ex treme of pitching the voice as if the brethren and sisters were dull of hear ing, is equally to be avoided. 2. Always be short. If you observe this rule, you can hardly fail of being heard with pleasure. If your remarks are brief, although they may be ever so uninteresting, they cannot be tire some. Wrhen the brethren see you get up, if they do not anticipate anything very enlivening, they at least have the comfort of feeling that you will not weary them with a long-winded exhor tation. 3. Always have a point, and speak to the point. A single idea clearly ex hibited, and strongly enforced, is worth more than a half hour of rambling remarks. 4. Speak with earnestness. What comes from the heart will bo likely to go to the heart. 5. Don't speak so often as not to al low others to occupy their due share of the time. Exchange. Genuine Benevolence. 'For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek ;. for the wrao Lcid :a rich unto all that call upon him.' Rom. x, 12. A late Archbishop of Bordeaux was remarkable for bis tolerance and en lightened benevolence. The following anecdote is illustrative of this trait in his character: 'M' lord,' said a person to him ona day, 'here is a poor woman come to. ask charity ; what do you wish ine to do. for her ?' 'How old is she ?' 'Seventy.' 'Is she in gre-t distress?' 'She says so.' 4SHe mmt lo believed ; give her twenty- five f ra r.cs. ' 'Twenty-five francs ! My lord, it ii too much, especially as she id a Jewess.' 'A Jewess?' Yes, my lord.' 'O, that makes a great dif!rcnc2. Give her fifty francs, then thauk he" for coming.' Anecdote- John Yi. dough lecture I in Cii'cinnali on I'rid.iy night of las week. Here is one of his anecdotes : Along, lean, giunt Yankee entered a Crug st"io and asked : He you tho druger ?' Well, 'spose so. 'I sell drugs.' ' Wall, bev you got any of i his ere sen tin' stuff as the gals puts ou thoir hanker' chers V Oh yes.' ' Wall, our Sal's gwino to be married; and she gin mo niueocice and tol l tn to invest the hull 'mount in.seentiu B'uF, no's to make her stink sw -et, if I could find, some to suit, sj if you've a min J I'll jest smell round.' The Yankee smelt round without being suited untilihe " lrugger" got tired of Iiliu, aud taking 'down a bottle of Luribh rn, f aid : "I've got a scen'm' BttifT here that'll suit you. A single dropou a haadkerchicf will stay, for weeks, and yoit can't w.ish it our, but t ger. the strength of it you, mt take a go d big sineil." "Is that so, mister? Wall, jest bdd on a tniunit, ti'I I get my bre.ith, and when I show, you put it to my smeller " is li juor h is dono ninny & man. Do. you suppose lie got up nnd smelt again, as the drunkard did ? Not lie hut, robing up his sleeves and doubling up his fists, he said : 'You mad.; me stucll that are tarnal cverlasna' stuff, mister; now I'll uiako you smell fire a:iu Lnmstoue.' A Sailors Opinion of Mission. Said Rev Mr. McLeod, at. a meeting of the London .Missionary Society, 'lUmg read, iu the a- count of some voyage, thio M to the ui-cred.t of missions I shortly after met with the capt aiu'of a hhip that vcyaged to the S uth S. as, and I nske 1 hitn.'Doyou thiuk thv the Mis-ionariis have done much good in the South Seai ?' He look ed at me, and said, 'I do not know what you know about uisions, but I will tell you a fact. Lat year I wa wrecked on one of those Mauds, and I knew, ril t years before an American whaler had been shipwrtvked on the same islind ; and tha crew bad been murl red ; and no do-ilt you may judge of my feelings, when wo anticipated that w e should eit her be d.shed to p ices on the rocks -luring tueuight, or, if we survived till morning, subjected to u dreadful death. As ooii an tuc day broke, I saw a number 'f canoes, uwuned, pull in away b-tween the islaudand hip. Wo prepared for tho W'.rst consequences.- JuJ.reof our amaz.-ment when the natives came on board in European dres, ud nnk" to us io KnglUh ! In that very inland I heard the Gospel on the Sabbath-day, and sat down at the communion table, sod fang the psalm that I had f-ung in Scotland. He added, ' I do not know what you thiuk of missious. but I know what I think of them." Jour, nf Jfixs. Hints for Minister Expect much, and much will be given. Souls are perUhing every day; and our own entrance into eternity cannot bo far distant. Let us. like Mary, do wuat we can, and no doubt God will b!e-s it, aal reward us openly. m Get much of the Lidd ;n life in your own soul ; soon it will make life spread around. Never forget that the end of a eruion ii the salvation of the people. Cleivo to the Lord;' not to man, but to the Lord. , Do not fear the face of men. Rnnembcr how snall their anger wdl appear in eter nity. Oh, fi 'ht hard again -t sin an 1 thedevH. The devil never sleepi; ba yju also active for good. . , , But an in -h of time remains, and then eternal age- ro'l on forer bat an loch on which we can stand aud preach the way of salvation to a perishing world. It is n.t great talents God blesses, so much as great likeness to Je-un. A holy minister is an awful weapon m the naaiot God. Five Hundred Pollari Reward. The Citizens of Henderaon county. North Caroli na, hava issued a Hand Bill.nfferin a rawrd of Five Ilundr-d Dollars for the arrt of a villian named Eleabeary Johnson, who com mitted a rape on a Mis Mary Springs, ot that county, on the 23d ult. . . 1 sMSfmi
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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