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1 ', littilfrHM'Z,. ii' Wa. ' '','. THE FLOWERS COLLECTION If! -4. 41 T W " , ; 0 -PULL!SI!ED WEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE N BTJI CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. IIEFLI Editor. XLJJUEIGH, TECHS; IT JlW 5. (Original For tho X. C. Christian Advocate. A Visit to Washington. On Wednesday night of the 3J, af- ' ter the labor of our ' took the cars for Wikon Vc arrive 1 il!lcatloa-Colleffe for the Middle Clas there in good time, ami in ., W i ses and the Poor. me, our company were all enjovin- a profound sleep. I tLe lilorniu(T awoke, and found ourselves in averv frt , ' " " liiiii- ; neat, tlirivmrr vilhir Everv t 111 no- jwi-muu new, ; ,1 .i o;v, and wp u-iv -r-., i 1 .m w,c appearance of the place. r" 7 r r , " '"'"ever, to become acquainted with the citizens of Wilson uV.uimging the hope of seeing them again at some future day, we left at an early hour i the stage for Greenville" Our company consisted of four gen tlemen and five yuung ladies. In" all my travels, it h.n nr . . fi:iuo . . , -- i - j-'i- conversation was cheerful ; sometimes we were entertained with an interesting anecdote : sometimes the sight of a beautiful farm called forth instructive remiiVKS on agriculture and occasion ally we were edified by thoughts of a rei'gious character, une ot our com- pany was a Ba;tist minister. Rev. Mr. j S , whom I found to be a very in-; telligent and amiable gentlemen. I We arrived in Greenville in time for j dinner. I do not remember the name 1 1 of the gentleman who keeps the hotel ; hut one thing I do remember, and that tu:.poea 10 oe an x.p.scipai v. narcii, 1..-7 - T.' 1f( 1 iror.i the stvle ct c.-is:ruc-fclv)ii: 1 v..io -u- foivned that fh other was a Tethodist Church, and ih;u m-re had been quite a revival th.ere recently. On inquiry we learned that both the Steam-boats f.m Greenville to Wash- is. that he gave us an excellent (tinner, that wluch they professedly propose as j rr Clegg, it is unnecessary to speak ; bishop, JJro. larnes, l am so uau, in If that was a specimen of their usual the end of their existence. I aniim-j w;th a deserved reputation, "ripe schol-! me rMe in the carriage, and you ride my fare, then the regular boaders must willing to believe, much less to say, ! arship, experience of a number 0f:horse" " Certainly," replied Bro. Barnes, have a fine time of it. that there is a spirit of exelusiveness, i yea an;l ability for imparting Fl Grt-cnviileis-a pleasant hu town m the on-inators and managers of our, struction, he is every way qualified for, Ior tlie love t r ,', TV n mnimtd situated on Tar river. I noticed two schools, tnat of design provides only j the position he has consented to occn- j thg horsopand st:med for the meetm- good Ic okir.g churelies : one of them I for the education of the wealthy ; and j DV. A number of his former pupils, ' T , it,a K;cu ' fA awhile, and foil lugtca had just been taken off. for the of the colleges now existing, in educa purpese of being repaired. This was ting the middle glasses and the poor, quite a disappointment to us all, as it at the door of their organization; and laid r.s under the necessity of taking the charge is true, and can be sustam the land route to Washington. What ed. I affirm that a college can be or was worse, the little two-horse hack was ganized that will furnish board and all not sufficient to accommodate the com- the facilities of thorough and complete pany. At length, we procured an ad- female education, for one hundred and uitional I iggy ; the young ladies all "twenty-five dollars per annum, in the got in tin hack, Mr. M. and myself beginning, and ultimately for 100 or took pass; ge in the buggy, and theoth- : 75 per annum, including every thing, er two gentlemen stopped at Greenville. To do this, there must be accommoda We were obliged to leave rnost.of our tions for two hundred pupils, and that baggage behind, to be brought by the number must be in attendance. As first opportunity. About 1 o'clock, we ; suming for the present, that the accom 6t.rtcl for Washington. We passed ) modations and pupils can be had, I several very fine plantations, and we ' proceed with the calculation : I sup were pleased to see such a spirit of im- p03e the accommodations will cost 30, provement manifested by the farmers ; 000 ; the interest on which at L0 per of that region. Some years ago, every I ccnt., would be 3,000. 200 pupils at body in that section was engaged in ; 125 per annum, would be 23,000 the turpentine business, and agriculture : Deducting the interest 3,000 was almost entirely neglected. In 18- 48, I was stationed in Washington, and , Leaves the balance of 22,000 had occasion to pass this same road ; To be applied to the expenses of the frequently in the stsgc. It was then j institution. Now after a rent of ten a dreary, desolate country, and except j per cent, is allowed, and two hundred the turpentine boxes, there was nothing ; are thrown together, which would mate worthy of notice. Now I was highly j rjaHy lessen the rate of expense, no gratified at the change. The pines j doubt can be had as to the safety of have nearly all been killed, or become : boarding them at 7 per month; "that exhausted, so that the people have been j wouid makc the board 14,000, leaving obliged to turn their attention to some- j ining eise. j.ne resun; is, that the ; country is improving rapidly in appear- j ance; nne rarms and oeautitui dwel- j Music and Painting, each 800, making lings arj becoming numerous. V'ne res-! 500 ; leaving 2,500 which would iderice in particular, attracted my at- j employ 8 Female Teachers, at a salary tention. It was, if I remember cor- j 0f a fraction over 300 each. This rectly, at a small viilage called Pacto- j woui,i g;vc a faculty of five gentlemen Jus, and was owned by Mr. Perkins. j ami ejght ladies, thirteen in all, and at Everything was in the very best style, salaries thit would secure the best tal and at once evinced good taste and a j ent in the State. But can the pupils high degree of refinement. If a person j ie ia( ? I sar that they can, and for cannui. ue nappy in bucn a mansion, and j if he cannot live comfortably on such a farm, he need never seek a better situation. A little before night we arrived in Washington. We ere very much fa tigued. for we had traveled about sixty j I . A. t - X. -1 . Till 11 .1 inm-s iim uay. 1 nad nanny time to ; at 125 per annum ? There is, there brush off the dust before the hell rar.gjcan be no ,loubt, though not one now ior c.iurcn. j. ieit mucr. more 1 vi I tv; 1 1 1 Jiiy xki enwy aw lliuiiy lain lai1 ? , 11 i J -i ! ... i ....... . iuua-ii. -av ; thls character, that there is a sufficient wuoie system seemed exhausted, and 1 nuTnDer in the State, excluded from the my mind refused to act But the peo- j coll now exhtinp to make twice cl;ectl"K ar,fj I had to go and j that number : and when it is known do tho best! could. J he churcn was tlnit the cheapneg3 of this school doeg .-it tr. l-r.,1 fV.o, ,1 U 1 . P. . c . . v.L uis tun- nnt . .,n(ln(l r,on itc -i,:0r,-no0a l,f .. . - i t c i -i ' in or out of thc State, there will be no emotions. y .-"rs and a hair had 1 1 . . ' , . , nnr. 1 t u i .1 , I lack of Patronage ; and instead of 200 na-iC(..fl avay. smeo 1 had parted Avith , 1 rr. ... t s. l pane.! iui,pupils n less tiian two y t them ati.3 c.ce ot my second year in ls.'O. Here 1 had spent some of the happiest days of my life. When I saw so many old friends, and missed some oh'-rs who had gone to heaven, I felt commingiea emouons 01 joy ana sor- j row. After preaching, I grasped many l l r" i warm hands, and was greeted by many dear old friends. The next day T took a walk, to view the town, I was glad to find that it had improved considerably, since I left it six years ago. Several very elegant residences had been erected ; and sev eral old and dilapidated buildings had been torn down, and their places were new filled by new and handsome edifi-jthe ces. I rejoiced to meet so many whom I had known and loved in years gone by. But my stay among them was necessarily brief, for I was obliged to leave no Friday morning for Hyde. j Next week I will say something about , my trip down the river, and also some- i thing in regard to this land of plenty ; this Goshen of North Carolina. tmnir inresranitoth alnn.l nf if S. M. FROST. . or the - c- Christian Advocate- Bro. IIeflix : Having discussed the necessity and practicability of educa ting the masses through primary schools, i located in every community, for boys ! and girls both, I now present a plan to I secure the same classes a complete cd- j ucation on equally as accommodating! terms. I have morp t.hn inf-;.,,!0 ; in a former article, that a large rnajori- i ty of the young ladies of our State are; aosolutely excluded from our collen-es, ! by the heaviness of the charges ; 'nor I am I so inexnorienpofi - - - - l raiic ot the fact, that the present rates j of charge, organized as they now arc, j is a necessity laid upon them, to the laws of which they must submit or be-; come insolvent. But the very fact ; that these colleges-have been built by j the Church of Christ, with, ostensibly, i m - . . 1 i a benevolent end m view, ana yet the ; masses have not been reached the ; very class to whom thegot pel was more ' especially to be proclaimed ought, at ; least, to create suspicion that there is, a defect, either in the organization of I the school, or else they are derelict in duty, in wilfully failing to accomplish j 1- ! l Ti-I K : equally muisposeu am j, to cuarge sucu . a sn:nt upon the nifro:i- of these col- iees : a uirii that slums the poor, be cause they are poor, and propagates a system of education, that of necessity j must keep them as ignorant as poor. Charity, then, lays the ineffectiveness. 8,000 to employ a faculty : which would emnlov a President at S1500. two Pro fessors at 1200 each, a Professor of tne following reasons : There are now, in schools in this State, at the present prices, varying from two to four hun dred dollars, near sixteen hundred pu pils. Now, I ask, if, at these oppres sive charges, there are 1600 going to schoo cud tlore not be two hundred T 1 1 -1 1 equal m character and ability to any wou(1 he r00 . B . ' , , 1 - " - I I iiutvm J l educating them at 125, 100 would pay all expenses Bro. lleflin, I discover that I shall jhave to trespass upon your forbearance with another art;cle? or else make thig toQ j and preferrinc the forme, j close the present. JAMES II. BRENT. Roxboro', June 13, 1857. For the X. C. C. Advocate. Olin High School. Bro. IIeflix ; The general interest ; that has been felt in North Carolina on subject of education, within the j past few years has secured the estab- lishmcnt of many useful schools, both male and female; this is right. We lock upon it as one of the best indica tions for the social, and intellectual projects of tf. a . SS t & lT" " 1V"1CiUL't-i 111111 iijwsi, u not an these schools, are un der the control of those, who, care for me moral condition ot society. We can out lee! grateful, and this feeling is accompanied with an earnest desire that they may be successful. Araonr the number thus established and coi. trolled, is Olin High School, located in the county of Iredell, Western N. Carolina, thirtv-two miles Nm-rh "WW from Salisbury, and fourteen North of Statesville. This R-'h nr Tidies l successful nnwnflAT, f Li as the xew Institute. The last Leg it. -r . islature upon application changed its name, and enlarged its privileges. It has accomplished much CT t f, I t An vr- in . i and other sections of th ,nn( T , " -during the past yqar.-tlvjrsj.awijts. 'ifie' 'examination at the close ot the session was satisfactory. The number of students respectable; though not as lanre as desired, in view ot the lacili tics for imparting knowledge and tne !an nxiousiy on ne ioohou tui u,,u :1 ! on. The jrood brother at whose house bro. buildings. On the occasion, the Rev. R. G. Barrett, of Salisbury, delivered an address tnat instructed and pleased the audience in attendance. lhe next session will commence on the 4th Wednesday in July. The Trus tees have secured the services of Rev. Baxter Clcss as Principal, and A. II. Merritt, assistant, to take charge of q school, for the future. Of Rev. 1 " .. -- n 1 I 1 n0w till, with credit, positions or cnar- ; n.fPr m ehnrch an id State. Of Mr. j raduate, with honor j Merritt, he is a graduate, with honor of the University of the State, has ex-1 perience as a teacher and brings tes-1 timonials of a most satisfactory char- ! acter from President Swain, Prof, j ou 1 r tun f, Shipp, ami other members ot the rac- -, ' 1 TT-ii k -l i ultv at C hapel Hill, besides other dis-: . J . , . , ' , ! tmguished gentlemen. A commodious i brick building has been erected, the j community is moral, the country is healthy, and board can be secured on j reasonable terms. We can safely recommend parents j to send their sons to Olin High School We have written this communication without solicitation on the part of any one, but living here, and desiring to see the Institution prosper, because de serving, and having facilities to judge. We commend the school to the patron age of the Dublic, with confidence. W. BARRLNGER. Olin, June 24, 1857. For the X. C. Christian Advocate. A Thought. ; heel " Yes ! ' Sing to hi in ! sing to him ! The cloud, not larger than a mans,! wonder what I'll sing!" "Sing, 'I hand, that floats on a summer's sky at j don't want to stay forever here !' " cried noon, may prove at eventide, to have 1 the bishop, much to the amusement of the been the cradle in which the infant j good brother and his wife, but to the iD- whirlwind was sleeping. And so, one j solitary vice, cradled in the bosom in the morning of life, may grow until in the evening of our existence, it will be come the tornado that shall lay both soul and body in ruins. WILLIE. Idrrtinus. Profane Swearing. "We remember to have been very deeply impressed, years ago, by seve ral instances, setting in a clear light the fact that the imprecations of men often seem to determine the form in which the wrath of God overtakes their wickedness. The reader may re ly on their authenticity. They occur red in our State ; and we give them upon the authority of gentlemen whose testimony stands above suspicion. A person, in humble life, when stir red by anger used, as his favorite oath, the phrase, 'I wish I may be burned alive !' He fell into a hogshead of heated water, and was so badly scalded as to die. Another, under excitement was wont to say, 'I'll cut my throat from ear to ear !' He committed suicide, in that very manner. A third habitually gave vent to his malignant passions, in these words, 'I'll be hanged !' And hanged he was. These passions led him to murder; and brought him to the gallows. 'Every one that sweareth shall be cut off;' is the explicit threatening of Jehovah. Let sinners remember that he has an ear to hear their profane oaths, and a hand to avenge them. Let them tremble lest in his righteous displeasure, the calamities which they invoke upon their own heads, should be made 'the portion of their cup,' even before the eyes of men, that others may 'stand in awe and sin not.' Or, if they escape in the present life, let them know that they are reserved to 'suffer the vengeance of eternal fire,' unless they foresee the evil, and hide them selves from it in Christ, by repentance and faith. It is a fearful thing to trifle with divine justica, Religious Herald. Bishop QeoTgew Ms Horse. Onactam occasion Bishop George was to ast licv. Kobcrt Barnes, of the Baltimore Conference, at a two-days meet in", at a i..uutry appointment, on a circuit in the boii'ds of said uourpreoce. x,.u. Barnes w a bachelor, and like the most of that cl , was somewhat crabbed in his temper. Bishop George had a favorite horse, wlich was permitted, frequently, in his jourpyings, to stop and browse by the wayside: and sometimes, when leisure afforded, was permitted to stop in streams of water. in the deeper parts of the ford HHs. fc nnnl nff." or "take the fever oat of hisics,'' as a humane master would assign foi the indulgence. From long lis-ase this horse learned to distinguish when his ini s'ter or a strang-r was astride 1 - - - - . . : "w,su -: r 1 rOIO h aw-.. - j had f topped the .wer night at the house of a good brother, direc-t.lv on the road the j bishop was to pass on his way to the meet- in"-, mere was to oc a iuve-iasu inthe morning, a .d Bio. Barnes was early , . , i i c i.. u:t. ri;ie in radines to convey himself and familv and Bro. Barnes to the meeting.- :S . d olJ k;H,op niade hisappear- j anCc, and was cordially welcomed by Bro. ; i5;irnPo and his ho-t at the srate. Seeing the rarriugc, the bishop eagerly rsked, '; Bro. Barnes, who are going to i ri,-e. in that carriace ?" " Why," replied j I$r0. Barnes, " our gond brother here, and j his wife, and myself." "0," said the jow Poon after There was a formidable stream to cross, quite deep, and Bro. B-irnos. unacquainted wiu d wide. Bro. B-irnos. unacquainted wit. a the hab- iis of the horse, rode in, and giving him the rein to let him drink, he, with his head down, sauntered leisurely along till he got little below the usual landing-place on the or)rn?ite side, and then came to a dead , , I V , ' . , ,. , , . halt. Bro. Barnes vigorously applied his , , , . , i,,f ofi heels ana therein; but the horse stool JoT(red! 8til! or woulJ occMsionally turn arnund) aD cvinced a determination to use h;s own pe lSure as to hi3 egress from tne water. Several persons passed, and, seeing the irascibility of the bachelor preacher, enjoyed the joke, and passed on Bro. Barnes was much chagrined at his unenviable plight. Presently the carriage drove up, and the old bishop,, discovering the situation of the rider, exclaimed, " Lo, me ! I forgot to tell Bro. Barnes how to manage my horse in crossing the stream." After amusing himself for a while with the strenuous efforts of Bro. Barnes, with hand and heels, to extricate himself from his dilemna, the Bishop thrust his head out of j the window ot the carriage, and exclaimed, !" Bro Barnes, sing to hioi !" "Yes" I cried Bro. Barnes, in tones that did not j bespeak a very placid state of feeling still j vigorously jerking the rein, and plying the creased discomfiture of poor Bro. Barnes Suffice it ;o say, Bro. Barnes was re lieved from lis perplexed situation by the good offices if an equestrian passing, who h.d the horse out; and a good love feast and an excellent sermon from the venera ble bishop scon appeased the wrath of poor Bro. Barnes at the perversenes3 of the bishop s horse. Western Christian Advocate. Doi't be Hindered. Two men Etarted from the same place on a bright nornirg to take a journey, occupying a lay. They soon separa ted. The one reached his destination while the sun was yet visible ir the West. He hisurely stabled his horse, took his evening meal, and made him self comfortalle at the inn. His only trouble was concern for his laggard companion. He thought 'some evil must have befallen him.' Long after dark his fellov traveler arrived. Being asked the causa of his delay he said : 'I was obliged to stop at every other house to whip off the dogs that barked at me. Did they not bark at you, al so V 'Yes,' replied the other, 'but I did not stop to whip them. I told them they were unmannerly curs, and drove on.' Hebrew a Living Language. A political newspaper written and printed in the Hebrew language, may be classed among tho 'curiosities of lit erature.' Such a paper is now appear, ing at Johanisberg, in the Baltic pro vinces of Prussia. It is edited by Rab bi S. Sillerman, of Syck, under the title Ha Magid c, 'The Informer,' and is published weekly at a very low price. Hebrew printing offices existed in Russia and Poland before this, but were closed by Czar Nicholas, as pro moting, by the introduction of a He brew literature, the national isolation of the Jews, and thus hindering their Russification. This measure has been abolished by the present Emperor, and Ha Magid is therefore imported from Prussia without any difficulty, and finds a large circulation among the Russian and Polish Hebrews. cviiii; lLJ wioini, .v 7 'Never Since I was a Child.1 These words affected me deeply says Mr. . ihey came to me through the grate of a prison-door, from a young man about twenty-five years of age, of good form and intelligent countenance, but quivering and trembling from the effects of intemperance. 'When were you brought in here V 'Yesterday.' 'On what charge V 'Drunkenness and disorderly con duct. 'Where are you from ?' 'Philadelphia.' 'What was your occupation there?" 'Some year3 ago I had a very good place in a draper's store ; but I fell into d habits, and lost my place. Then I uuti n aa btiiicu up uuu pun u 'Were you religiously brought up ?' 'Not by my parents ; but I had re ligious instruction in the Sunday school.' 'Then you have attended Sunday school.' 'Yes, Sir.' 'What were your first steps astray V 'Going about in the evening, and ta king walks into the country on Sun day.' 'Did you drink when on these excur sions V 'Sometimes wo did ; sometimes we didn't.' 'Have you been in the habit of pray ing to God V lXevcr since 1 teas a child.' There is, then, a way which leads from the Sunday-school to the jail. Street-walking, Sunday excursions, the companionship of careless and wicked men, the neglect of prayer and of the house, of irod, these will soon lead from the Sunday-school to the jail. 'Never since J was a child.' What a dreary waste did tho retrospect cf those years present ! Prayer first oc casionally omitted, then deliberately neglected and at last utterly abandon ed and forgotten ! Placp, character, business-habits, health, peace of mind, all lost, and the habits of a vagrant, and the burning thirst of a drunkard, in curred. Mark the gradual sinking down in hi3 position ! The merchants clerk becomes a pedlar ; the pedlar de generates into a disturber of the public peace, and presently finds himself the tenant of a jail. The progress of sin is downward, down even to the abode of endless sorrow and lamentation, 'where the worm dieth not, 'and the fire is not quenched.' Hear! Hear! Hear .'Education- Lord John Russel said : " He did not think that any system of education could be established in this city (Lon don) that could be useful to the people, unless it was based on religion, (cheers) because if they did not admit religious instruction, they must take one of two couraes. Either they must exclude all moral instruction, whatever, and they thereby merely cultivate the child's in tellect, quite forgetting his heart, his duty and his obligation ; or they must take another course they must teach morals according to approved works, but not deriving authority in any way from Scripture. If they did this they ap parently got over the difficulty, but they fell into another difficulty, which ap peared to him much more serious, name ly, that they professed to teach morals without admitting that those morals derived their sanction from an immortal Being, which had been revealed to us, as well as derived from natural relig ion. He held, therefore, that (though nothing appeared so plausible as the argument of a great many intellectual men that as Christians differed so wide ly from one another there was no re source but to have secular education) the education must be religious, and if the worst came to the worst, so that there was a total separation of sects, he held that that evil was less than tdie adoption of a mere secular education. Gos. Mes. A " Short Method" with an Infidel. The Christian Index gives an inci dent of travel which illustrates the val; ue of Christian consistency in particu lar, and on all occasions. The writer of the anecdote was one of several gen tlemen, among them a lawyer and an editor of some note, who were quarter ed for a night in the same room, at a country tavern. Before retiring to rest, the editor introduced a dispute on the suhiect of relision, by avowing his dis belief in and contempt for its doctrines. He indulged in a lengthened oisplaj ot his bitterness and folly, with but an oacasional reply from the lawyer, until the latter commenced preparation for rest, by withdrawing quietly to his bed side and kneeling in prayer. An in stant hush fell on the scene. An au dible rebuke from heaven could scarce ly, it seemed, have interrupted the cur rent of blasphemy with more surprise and awe Little was said further ; but the retiring of that company of travel ers was a season of speechless solemni ty long to be remembered by every one of them. J A Woman's Belief in 'Women's Rights.' i The following condensed opinion of 'woman's rights' will remain true and in full force long after the feminine misanthropists of the day shall have been forgotten : I believe in woman as the equal of man, in that she equally with him was created in the image of our Creator. And I believe that the dignity and worth or human nature consist in this likeness to God, so essentially and only, that after this all other distinctions fade and are lost. I believe that woman is inferior in position to man, in that she was created after him, and dependant upon him. I believe that man possesses a strength and comprehensiveness of in- man can only comprehend after iney are once unraveled. I believe trat woman possesses a delicacy and acuteness of perception, which enables her to feel her way di rectly to many important and practi cal truths, which man reaches by a lon ger and more laborious process. I believe that many women surpass men in intellect. I believe that many men surpass wo men in feeling. I believe that neither the vigor of j man's intellect, nor the accuracy of i woman's tact, can avail to preserve ; them from error if tho will be not bow- j ed before the decrees of God. I believe in woman's right to careful development and cultivation of her nat ural powers and capabilities, so as to . render her in the highest degree intel- j ligent and happy in the sphere which ! God has assigned to her. i I believe in woman's right to keep ; silence in public assemblies, and to j leave the task of public instruction to ; those better fitted by nature and cir-! cumstances to fulfil that important du I believe that most women, if they listen reverently for the voice of God and nature in their own souls, will find themselves drawn rather to acts of love and mercy in private and domestic life, than to grand public schemes for ame liorating the condition of the race. I believe that woman's natural and appropriate position is that of compan ion and assistant to man. I believe in woman's right to submit unreservedly to her husband in every thing, save in matters of conscience be tween God and her own soul. I believe in man's right to love his wife, even as himself, to regard her in terest and welfare before his own, to cherish and protect her as the apple of his eye. I believe m the right of each to la bor, to suffer if need be, to shed their heart's blood for tho other. I believe that the beauty and joy of life is love, and that woman can love and does love as deeply and devotedly as man. Those Kaockings. And do you believe in the spirituous knockings ? asked Mrs. Partington, as she leaned forward over the table and bent her eyes upon the individual who had nar rated some queer things ho had learned in Springfield. O, I would like so to have Paul come back I A gentle rap upon an old chest iu the corner attracted their attention, and the party immediately surrounded it. If it is Paul's apprehension, said Mrs. P., I know he'll answer me. Paul, is that you ? Knock. Just like him, said she smiling, when he was living, he used to be always tapping whenever he had anything in the house to tap, didn t you, Paul ? Knock. Can't you epeak ? Knock. Does that mean yes or no ? Knock. What does it mean ? Knock. Some one of the party suggested that the alphabet should be called, which was done. Are you in want of anything ? Knock What is it ? and the anxious spectators through the medium of the alphabet spell ed 'Sidur. It is Paul ! exclaimed Mrs. Partington, that is the way he always spelled it. Do you want me to come to you Paul ? The answer came back, No, I'm in bet ter company. The old lady turned away mournfully there was a sorrow in the wavy locks of gray that straggle beneath her cap border there was a quiver of grief in the tone that inquired for the scissors there was a i misty vapor upon the spec glasses like the dews upon the leaves after a rain the cap border, like a flag at half mast, trailed in j woe over the ruin of disappointed affection. 1 At that instant the cover of the chest open ed, and the head of Ike protruding, dis-j closed the secret of tho knockings. Ah, i you rogue, cried she, a smile dispelling all J evidence of disorder, ah, you rogue, was it i you? You'll never be a good spirit, I'm1 afraid, as long as you live, if you go on so. You shouldn't try to frighten people. I Paul. xx j - It seemed as if a whole basket full of sun shine had been upset in that room, it was so pleasant all the rest of that evening ! Path Finder. $1 50 a Year, hi Advance. From the Methodist Protestant. The First Prayer in the Family. B and had was a member of the church, been for several vm had never gathered hi3 fam'ily uround the altar of prayer. Attending the appointment of the circuit preacher, ho heard a sermon on the duty of family worship, and in the course of the ser mon the preacher remarked, I hope that there is not one christian here who 13 at the head of a family that does not pray with that family.' SaidB , 'I felt ashamed and guilty, and could not help saying in my heart, here is one. Bat if God spares me I will pray this night with my family.' Night came and with it some company of irreligious young wnlcrsfitf r.'Ss-.ilhrrr: ferred the first prayer in the famif" ximx uui icai vi uuu aai.i;ii uirain nun tor DreaKing ins solemn promise, deterred him. lie waited tha retiring of hi3 company, but they staid a strong conflict agitated hi3 mind, and the question recurred again and again, 'Shall I pray V and was as often an swered in the affirmative. Thought he, if this company would leave I would pray The night wore tediously away to him, he had no pleasure in his com pany, and finally said : 'I feel the need of praj'er if you all don't,' and turning to his wife requested her to read tho Scripture, for he could not read.him self, after which he sung 4 A charge to keep I have,' &c, and then knelt down, and prayed. Said he, when relat'ng the incident afterward, 'it was a great night to me, I had not prayed long, when I forgo everything, and when I came to myself I was rolling on the floor and shouting as loud as I could, and the young wo men and my wife were crying, and. the young man looked as if he wished he wa3 somewhere else.' What a cross this was to take up but what a joy succeeded tho discharge of duty. Many happy seasons have I had around the family altar of B , as I gathered there with all the fami ly, white and black, and as the sigh, the sob, the prayer, the song, and tho shout would go up from hearts irres pective of position or color. No doubt some in the future world will date the place of their resting impressions at tho family altar of 1 . NOBFOLX. Courtship of a Eashful Clergyman. The Rev. Jno. Brown, the well known author of the self-interpreting Bible, was a man of singular bashful ness. In token of the truth of this statement, we need only state that his courtship lasted seven years. Six years and a half passed away, and the revcr. end gentleman had got no further for ward than he had been the first six days. This state of things became in tolerable ; a step in advance must bo made, and Mr. Brown sumraonal all his courage for the deed. 'Janet,' saM he, as they sat one night in solemn si lence, 'we've been acquainted now for six years and mair, and I have ne'er gotten a kiss yet do ye think I might take one, ma bonnic girl V 'Just as you like, John, only be In coming and wi'it.' 'Surely, Janet, we'll ask a bless nig? The blessing was asked the kiss was taken, and tho worthy divine,, per fectly overpowered with the blissful sensation, most rapturously exclaimed : 'O woman ! Hut it is guid we'll return thanks.' Six months made the pious couple man and wife, and, added his descend ant, who humerously tells the story, a happier couple never spent a long and useful life together. Dr- Olin on Christian Perfection. " I had," he remarked in substance, " difficulties respecting our own theo retical view3 of the doctrine, perfect love. I even joined the Conference with exceptions to it, and stated my objections when a candidate before the whole body. But I was admitted, the Conference expressing the hope that further inquiries would rectify my views. Years, however, passed without any modification of my opinions. But it pleased God to lead me into the truth. My health failed, my official employ ments had to be abandoned, I lost my children, wife died, and I was wander ing over the world alone, with scarcely anything rcmaing but God. I lost my hold on all things else, :;nd became, as it were, lost myself in God. My affec tions centered in Him. My will became absorbed in His. I sunk as it were, into the blessing of perfect love, and found in my own consciousness the reality of the doctrine which I 'had theoretically doubted." Life and Let' ters, vol. 2, pp. 207, 208. Law. In a chancery suit, one of the coun sel, describing tho boundaries of his client's land, said, in ehovrinz the plan of it : " We lie on this side, my lord." The opposite counsel then said : " And we lie on that side." Tho chancellor, with a good.natured grin, observed : " If you lie on both sides, whom will jou ave me believe t"
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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