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THE FLOWERS COLLECTION CAT 3. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. IIEFLIN, Editor. RALEIGH, TinrilSBY mVi G, 1857. SI SO a Year, in Aivaace. DVO 1 1 8 mm , XJ ILM- JBL 4j at For the X. C. Christian Advocate. IIR3. ELIZAEETH B- EARLY, WIFE OF ilSIior- JOHN EARLY, OF LYNCHBURG. Tiie struggle's o'er life's lackering lamp's 'S'JUC out, And the dark crave conceal that form liioli lj;! diifosed a genial light, :.!il:,.',J eharui, and hulj joy on all khin that happv home. In her uciuwc no ordinary'snirit parsed awav . i-i.ia earth, but one in whom tie charms of oaiann.iod. tho light of intellect, and the l:lihl races of the spirit shone with r.iorc than ti:ui:! j:i p.Iury. Ia the fresh bloom of youth, V hen earth's most potent charms are wont io ta I-.- pin: captive, she iirnored its ciaims, OTerc-d up her heart to Him who bought ilev with ins blood : chose the dispised cross As Ii..r palleadium, and despite tha dangers Of the way, turu'd her unfaltering footsteps In the narrow path that leads to " Zion's hill."' "With heart fast welded to the " Lamb," She j;:lyo Iir han.l to one whom Heaven had ch-'sen T " preach glad ti lings" to the sons of men. Tii us doubly bound to Christ and his ambas sador, She wavered not, but in the strength of grace 5vrvl her Almighty spouse, and cheered and iii.- 1 i a.' la ei jf her earthly toils. Faithful la: s u e 1 ood report A liiiO t'J lilO LilLirCil 01 bur and a siinuug ligi; .e courts f Zion " the the circle r. place of I ;K'r- ia9 V-raver -ma of iov amende! to the skies. Aud I , gs ; who like 1 ii:Si c-i-10 -, :ael," znl 1 1 " ) : ) to i sir, claimed Iter ' ; i ce:at v Jtr ll'J-1-J.r J' eueer a and lev d with j and lov'd with all the ard..r i Of her pure impassion'd heart. Her dwelling ! " as i.air hoiae, where they mi rht rest their hearts ana ;imbs. In all ti?cir wants, their sorrows an. I th ir Je;I'-J sra:pathizeJ, and sought byword and deed ir sorrow-:, and t cheer them Their woik of lore. Manv thus fhv.Vd MassM ncr j " "Visile Aio liv'd, aad mourn her now she's V itri-n the circle ef H'as the sun, the IV iler husband lienor 71 ri T i :t, tne ioy and irlorv. her as heaven's best , , ''U-t ; -iua vroto her on his heart as the most rjrice- .ess jewel. juc v.uvi, i!tiLii;;ut ineu anu true, iier tried and true. Her I Tl-'Din i Siaile wclc.jiued his steps as he return'd faint ! ftw- i T . 1 . ... J . .3 .1 , 1 , I I lit Jl IMS ; buckled on and cheer'd him as he Afresh tlie weapons of his ly warfare. No L tou J e er rested en htr brow, or word of fear cecf.ped Her lips r.s he went fordi to glorious battle. And as ; lc ncar'd the etreara of death, her heai't tii lit ner d witii mrxi in the battle's strife, And breath 'tl ths wish to live and " comfort" "When wcru oaiin the service of the church" Iier ch;id.-:r.-chrin;d hsrin their ini lost souls: The Mul of th;ir v.akin hours, the angel of their Midni-ht drcc:r.s. fehe was to them theim- er'onaticr. Ot all iJiat-c briirat, and pure and sroacl : And hi :!. uto wr. -her like And 1:, 13 Sfil uom seen. iier trrv"pt hcvr beh ve 1 ! Sho was ti-e.r Cuunseilu::th jir friend in health, their nurse in Sickness : end the iiioss;p -sr of mercv in The I: our of :-cth. Keripi ;nt of ths light Divine, she daily biied radiance a name so bright that all h saw hjr l.ne Christ." ths.t she M had been with .-n waika vritf: C-ud," and when the sum- nMr.s cart!, ",Iie L-rijjror:ii comcth " she "trim- ined her lurr.-t And as she pt sl in jolhe inner court, a light ifom the cer:jal Tin in;.' s-jitis. tie smme on the part- Ani ostium iiks r. br io on the death seal'd br.w, tare oviii Then re.-c of ;.,d v. . Jesus l-:d " Aiuiv ---s ti:s;t-ch8 was with the Lord, the-; bli.-.sed one, until the trump ..'.es r.p th; slumbering dead ; and t'ne shsie the everiastiss throne. . ':.. 1,-." rht.. w. LAXGlfOiiXE. '. 1857. I Mtttimis. OcriJbiicrate Ciinrchss. Agr: ast v:. !j to an intimation given . i'r-.w tlinmrhfi! nm nffVr.oil in respect to churches, united or confede rated together for the great work of preacHr.g the gospel to evary crea ture. In no particular whatever is the masim 'r.r.ion is strength,' more clearly exemplified than in this. Indeed so obvious arc the advantages, and .so clear tho necessity of such a measure, iLiat it is scarce fair to suppose church 3 Lave ever cxis.cd lon and perform ed any important part of the work of evangelizing the world without such union and co-operation, while it h per- ' fectly obvious that in proportion to the strength of th-3 confederation and close ness of the union of churches, has been their power for doing good. Though confederation docs not con stitute a church, and though churches must exist previously to confederation, still such union enables them to do ma ny things which they could not perform V -u '.r the u;.ion. They unite their i v strength, ilieir means, their talent, an J I influence, and thus jointly accomplish J what could not be accomplished by ! them singly. ' Take for instance the several church' ! es in any one of our circuits. Sonic of those churches, perhaps .all of them, separately considered, could not support a preacher, and thus supply themselves with the regular ministrations of tho word but unitedly they can, and all are benefitted. Here and there may be found churches able and willing to support ministers all the time, and in some aspects of the case it might seem very desirable for them to be alone, have a preacher all to themselves and manage their own way ; but 'when it is shown, as may be easily done, that they i may confederate with otlfer churches and still retain enough of independen cy for all useful purposes the advanta ges of such confederation form a pow erful and indeed an unanswerable ar gument in favor of that course. The truth is, without confederation no great enterprises of general utility could be carried on no great good accomplish ed beyond the immediate vicinity of the operators, however zealously disposed they might be. Hence we find in all the past history of Christianity, confed eration, by some rule or other, has pre vailed and still prevails among all the vavious sects of Christians, while these j cinfj ot.i xrtivrr i i n f iio 11vr mo In mr rP w" v- vt-i i v, J- y uuiyui urn y aumvv wi v churches nearest agreeing m tncir views of Christian doctrine -d discipline. By iLo .oteL, . confederation, as held and practised i the "lelhodisl Episcopal Church, stronger individual caurcaes Help the AveaKer, stronger cir- cuits ncip tiie weaker, ana stronger conferences help the weaker by trans- , icr oi preachers ana otherwise. ly this means tne Great tmblishin inter est which exert such a tremendous : fluence upon the moral and religious -ij ovrt csnir.cl n-n1 c.-v , J -."-v erful for tLc accomplishment of good Jiy the same system, tne missionary operations are carried on with so much ' good to the world and glory to God. The gospel is thus preached to thous ands and tens of thousands of the Lord's poor who, so far as human wis dom can see, would be destitute but for this. By the system of changing the preachers, the' gifts, grace and useful ness of the preachers severally are dif fused over a wido ptpnt of tr-rritorv. ! and made useful to the whole church. By the system of itinerating, the vari- oa ohnvhpq a.VO Supplied With mini 3- tprifl sprvirr. at a cost ot rjernans one- tenth to the whole church ot what , j , . i ouiu. uc i c'uiitv; tu oupijr uiiiitctti to each church separately, even were there preachers enoup-h to do it. So we see there is almost everything gain . - ed to the whole church by this plan of confederation, and if there be anything lost which is very questionable in deed it is lost only by an individual church here and there throughout the widelv extended work. And so crreat- ly do the advantages of the plan as now uptriiiuug picpuimeiLite uici vuj suu- posed losses by individual churches, that nothing but incorrect information on the subject, or supreme selfishness could induce either preachers or people to desire it broken up for the sake of the few who may be supposed to be lo sers. For the losses are only imagi nary. Whoever, On true gospel prin ciples, cultivates true catholicity of feel ing improves himself and finds his re ward in the very act. So of individu al churches. Those most interested and most industrious for the welfare of others will find themselves most pros perous. This is a law of Christianity, ! never to be observed without exhibiting its legitimate fruits, and never to be vi olated without injury. V hat would the Methodists have ac- j romnlisiod in this or nnv othv conn- ! try but for the excellency and efficien cy of their union of effort, so perfect that it has been made to tell with mark ed force upon all parts of the country? And it should be remembered that the same sort of combined effort which has ! achieved this much, is necessary to maintz s gained, as well adr-nees. In j as to make still fuii j all combined efforts of this kind.preach- ers and people must be willing not uly to live, but also 'let live.' Being, in a very important sense, upon a common level, they must respect the rights, and have regard to the necessities and wishes of others, as well as maintain and provide for their own. And just here let it be specially noted, marked particularly and well remembered, the Methodist people, as a general thing, will never break off from this confede ration, shrink from the responsibilities it imposes, or complain of slight disad vantages attending it, while the preach ers are true to the church as a whole, faithful to their duties, and preserve the spirit in which so much has been aecomplished. But should they (the preachers) lose the true spirit of itine rancy, lose in fact the true apostolic spirit of preaching the gospel to the poor, and begin to iook round and lay plans and wire-work for easy, popular, er pecuniarily profitable appointments, become unwilling to work in the vine yard, and to work for His sake purely for the love and salvation of souls; then will enyyings and jealousies creep in. Then will the spirit of disunion and dis cord prcvsul. Then will Congregation alism spread, and those men at whose doors all these evih will in reality lie, will stand before God and the world as violators of plighted faith, as 'sow ers of tares.' as disseminators of bad and injurious influences, as doers of harm rather than good. The strength, the efficiency, and the glory of Methodism i3 in her federa tion, and while in the ministry and membership the Solemn scriptural in junction, 'Let each esteem others as better than himself,' is observed, so long will her plans work harmoniously, safely and effectively. God bless the church, and keep her faithful to her trusts, and free from in triguing and designing men, who seek their own and not anotner s &t. Louis Chris. Advocate. rood. Happy Conversions. A DRAMATIC COMPANY DESTROYED. The Journal and Messenger of Cin cinnati contains the following highly in teresting narrative : By frequent visits to that school of vice, the Theatre, a few young men be came so intoxicated with the perfor mances on the stage, that they determ ined to spread its blasting influence by forming a dramatic society, the object of T,-hieh was to get up special enter tainments for the young, and display their own skill in these exercises. The society was formed with g.-eat hopes of its success. It soon numbered fourteen -.arvi7n-ra -" 1 ' . ?Vi?viVAii t ilHii lilOnSY money liberally in purcnasmg the wrorKS oi Shakspeare and other dramatic writers, wita quite vanetv oi scenery, etc. orac few entertainments had been 'iven. which reatly emboldened these 3 O . i ardent young men. I reparation been made" for giving many exhibitions tins spring, but io '. taere was a worm at the root, and like Jonah's goard, 'which came up in a night, and perish ed in a night,' so was their beautiful scheme of corrupting and demoralizing our youth, cut short by an untimely death ; scattered like chaff before the wind. It was accomplished in this wise : The secretary of this society was earn estly pressed to attend some religious meetings held in our city ; as usual he made all sort3 of excuses, but after a few night's persuasion he at length consented to go once. He came was interested the Spirit of God was in that Assembly the power of the gos- J earnestly crying for mercy : uur young , i hid hrtn ton bv manv who were friend s neart nad Deen aaectea , ne , came again, and on one baooatn morn ing in March last, was in the Sabbath School, and heard many of lm former companions tell what Christ had done for their souls. His sins appeared to him in their blackest form. He was well nigh in despair. During all that service, he wept tears of anguish went home with his heavy load, embraced his mother and begged her to pray for him. Sho did so, and poured out her fervent cries into the cars of Jesus: then said, 'Now, John, I can do no more ; you must cast yourself at the foet of Jesus and look to him alone for salvation.' His mother left him. He did cast his soul there, and found what every sinner finds who goes there 3Iercy ! Mercy ! Now his joy knew no bounds; his happy spirit wTas joyful beyond ex pression. Not more glad was Chris tian when he escaped from Giant De spair's clutches, than was our friend when he lost his hoavy burden, by look ing on the crucified Jesus. Shortly after this, to the joy of his parents and friends, he was welcomed into the church and baptized, and is determin ed by the grace of God, to be as zeal ous for Christ as he once was for Satan. "Whilst in this anxious state of soul, some of his companions in sin inquired, 'Yv hat will become of the Dr amatic So ciety if you leave us ?' He replied, 'I don't know, nor I don't much care, but my soul is worth more than all the world.' By persuasion and entreaty, he prevailed on them to come to the meetings ; re"l.t has bee..i, twelve out of the fourteen have been convert ed from the error of their ways, to the wisdom of the ju3t. The society is now entirely broken up, the dramatic works, scenery, etc., were all condemned to be burned, (Acts xix: 18, 19,) and after all the debts were paid, the balance in the treasury was handed to the C. Or phan Asylum. Where's the skeptic or infidel who dare say, 'Christianity is worn out ! Eighteen hundred years have rendered it effete !' Worn out indeed ! 'Tis as fresh and vigorous as when our Master proclaimed it to the world ! Effete is it? Look at its power? 'Ti3 noth ing more nor less than 'the power of God unto salvation to every one that believcth,' Caught Fairly. A stout-hearted sin. ner used to attend oae of the English Methodist chapels, because he could not resist the fascination of its music ; but he was afraid of the preaching, and sat ha bitually with his fingers in his ears ; during the sermon a fly lit upon his nose, and in brushing ic off with his hand he heard from the pulpit the exclamation, " He that hath ears to hear let hiui hear !" etc. Ho was " struck uader conviction' and !3eam3 u dcvotol christian. So the Sight Thing at the Right Time. A pleasure-boat was la'ily fanning along, one summer afternoon, against a strong ebb-tide. The ovaer lounged in the stern-sheet3, with Lis hand on the tiller, watching the sai -ft diat drop ped along past like white alls settling on a beach. Suddenly he heard a splash. The boat had for its freight a party of children, some hi 3 jwn, some those of his neighbors ; and one of these little ones, his only son, not three years old, had fallen overboard The first impulse of the agonized father was to leap overboard. But, witi admirable presence of mind, he reflected that if he did this, the loat, wpuid to up stream. while tho tide woald'carry ; him down. So, keeping one eye over las. shoulder, on his boy, he wore his craft. .. It seem ed an ace befdre she came jA- id ; and when she did it was far fro . tue ohild. Once, twice, three times lie had seen the little fellow rise and sink. The boat W3.3 HOW 8 t last, skimming down to wards whore he had disappeared, bat the white dress was no longer visible. Suddenly, as the father breath lessly, over the side, he saw away under the surface, the "leam of tlie tiny frock. Like a flash, he darted down ; seized it; rose; saw the boat fifty yards off; struck out, and happily regained it safe- Suppose that the father had obeyed j tjonabIy have lost his child. But he ; oau3C(i to think what was the best to I N - 1 - Tl i. - ,1. - '..1.1. t- JJ his first impulse, lie would, unqucs- i . i, rV,.i ! u . Ul'.L lb ILL lilX- right moment, and thus he saved his boy. Alas I all men arc net like him. Thousands of fami- liri wnnlil he bnnnifir ti n world itsnlf t llfrtI,lJ t . , - ) , . V ti. -l , 7 m airaiir wmr tlUUlLl tlJ tTl'.Cl ntl-t'-l ill WjLJ ,t, if men did the ritiht thin always at , the riht time re say that thousands ; cf fam'51icg woui,i be happier. Ask any j experi8ncea merchant why this or that man nas tailed, bn tour cases out oi five, he will answer that something wa3 either badly done or not done at the season, and that otherwise the bank rupt might have been rich. Inquire of impartial observers of our national history why so many of our great men have missed the Presidency, when they were known to covet it ? The reply will be that, at some critical point in their career, they made an impor tant blunder, either by not doing what was best, or undertaking to do at a time what was not fit. Often the peace of a wife has been destroyed forever, the character of a child ruined irre- TretWr o? eveJP seemed a rvht thin? ia a wronrr way: for strictly speaking, that which i3 not seasonable to do, it is not, just then, right to do at all. This brings us to the great truth, that the world would bo infinitely bet ter if men would learn to do the right thing always at the right time. There are thousands of well-meaning philan thropists who will not stop to think what is the best way to act, but plunge overboard at'the first cry of drowning society, careless where the state may drift meantime. Is it a wonder that they often perish, or that those they seek to help go hopelessly under ? Merely wishing to do good never does it. You cannot reclaim even a starving beggar-child from its life of vagrancy without care and tact aud perseverance. How much the more difficult to reclaim whole classes ! Generous and impul sive, but foolish men think to remodel the social fabric with a dash of the pen, in the shape of a new law, yet they cannot reset one of their own bro ken limbs unless they have made sm gery a study, and even then cannot heal the fracture without the aid of tim Men are not ai I-i'i-ll.-i inte gers, they are not even mere intellec tual machines ; on the contrary they have tastes, habits, nay, prejudices, which must be consulted by the reform er if his reform is to succeed. A shoe may be a very good shoe, yet not fit one ; and so may a law or constitution be in the abstract, while practically it is worthless. That golden future which poets rhapsodise about, and which, as r:any believe, holy writ foretells, will never come till mankind learns tc do the right thing always at the right time. Bait. Sun- That's a Fact. A venerable old man says : Let the slandered take comfort it's only at fruit trees that thie"e3 throws stones. Tiie old man is right. Who ever saw thieves throwing stones at ths birch, maple or elm tree. Tiie more fruit the tree bears, and the richer it is, the mors it is likely to attract the attention and labors of the thief. No man who tries to do his duty to his fellows, and endeavors so to live as to bear the fruits of true religion in his daily eon duct, can, for a moment, suppose that he will pass along through life'without being slandered more or less. Such a man will, of necessity, have some enemies ; and these enemies will try in every way to injure him, and among others, they will not be slow in stirring up the polluted and polluting waters of defamation and slander. A man who has no enemies is merely a milk and water nothing." We would not give a fig for such a man. lie who is anything who makes his mark in the world who does good will have ene mies, and if he has them; he will be sure to be slandered. Let him then be comforted in the reflec tion of the venerable old man quoted above ; it is only at fruit trees the thieves throw atones. Olice Branch. An Old Heretic Caugat. With amusement and with no little instruction, we have been reading an account of some curious Presbyterial proceedings in the northern part of the State of New York. It appears that in the Congregation of Prattsburgh, of wnicn tne ltev. is. v. omitn is tne pas tor, a few members, less than twenty out of three hundred and eighty, hav ing become inoculated with the virus of Oberhnism and those other isms, that come with it, as the humors of the hu man system love to collect into one sore spot, becoming disaffected, sought to effect his removal. With this faction the Presbytery of Bath sympathized, and desired Mr. Smith to ask a dis mission from his people. This he de clined, a3 hi3 people wished him to re main, and he was .very well satisfied with them. At length the Presbytery found that Mr. Smith was unsound in doctrine ; he had become so intensely orthodox that he had gone clean over into dangerous and destructive error, and must; be called to account for her esy. The Presbytery met, and at Mr. Smith s suggestio i, it was agreed that he should present his views on certain points of doctrine in a discourse, that they might hear and -judge him out of his own mouth. Accordingly the accused minister delivered a very able and eloquent dis course m tneir bearing, to wnicn tney listened with close and critical atten tion, prepared to detect the evidence cf heresy lurking under every figure, or tapering off in every period. It was done. The hour of judgment came, and the clerical members of the Pres bytery, in the presence of the congrc tion, condemned him out of his own mouth-. The sermon was rank heresy, a concatenation of errors, and one man set it down as blasphemy. When the whole body of them had committed them selves unalterably against the sound ness of the discourse, the pastor rose and gravely informed them that he had read in their hearing the 32nd Lecture of Dr. Chalmers on the Epistle to the Roman3 ! ! ! The audience burst forth in streams of applause. The feelings of the Pres bytery, depicted in their faces, may be imagined, but not described. They were overwhelmed with confusion, and vainly strove to recover by charging the preacher with deception. But the case was simple. lie had offered to set forth his views and had done so in terms that were easily revised on a prin ted page, " am wj . 1 these views to be heresy. Their contro versy must be with the dead Chalmers, as well as the live Smith. What is to be the end of the matter we do not know. The case is still in progress. Mr. bmith ha3 been called to another charge to the Church at Painted Post. Hi3 people refuse to let him go. A friend writes to him and advise3 him to leave the Presbytery, and if he does not wish to go to Painted Post to go some post that is not painted iY. y. Observer. Sound Doctrine. The following arguments in favor of advance payment for newspapers were advanced by a member of the Ohio Editorial Convention, at its recent ses sion : "What would you think of a farmer who had raised a thousand bushels of wheat, and who should sell it to a thou sand different persons scattered all ov er the State, and agree to wait a year for his pay from each of them, and if one half of them did not pay at the end of the year, he should give them anoth er bushel of wheat, and agree to wait another year for his pay, and thus go on year after year ? How long would such a farmer escape bankruptcy? probably not much longer than publish ers of newspapers who follow such practice. It costs the editor of a weekly paper as mush to supply a thousand subscribers with it for one year as it costs a farmer to raise a thousand bushels of wheat. Th farmer sells his grain in bulk, and either takes the cash or a note, just as good as cash, for it upon delivery. The editor cannot sell nis thousand papers in bulk. They are sold to a thousand different persons, living in different towns in the county, and different counties in the State, and he must wait until the end of the year before he can get his payment, and then he depends wholly upon the hon esty and responsibility of the subscriber, for it is impossible that he should know the character of all his subscribers. It will not pay him to go around or send around the county or State to collect his dues. It would cost more than the collections would come to." The Hungarian Language. The Hungarian language is especially remarkable for its conciseness, and is ad mirably adapted to express all the various phases of human emotion. On the tribune it rolls like thunder from the hps of the patriotic orator, and the dullest mind is aroused from its lethargy. From the mouth of the poet, who soars on the wings of in spiration, it sounds now as the triumph ant song of the rising lark, when the theme is of liberty ; now, as the warbling or the nightingale, when the lay is of love, its pains and its pleasures. No other language has such lofty expressions for the feelings of love and patriotism, and never has their magic failed to touch the he?rt ot tne gen uine Magyar. Secret Washington's Farewell. The following is a letter written by a lady upwards of eighty years old, re siding in Philadelphia, to her grandson m Washington, District of Columbia. "When General Washington deliv ered his Farewell Address, in the room at the south east corner of Chesnut and Sixth streets, I sat immediately in front of him. It was in the room the Congress occupied. The table of the Speaker was between the two windows on Sixth street. There was a narrow passsage from the door of entrance to the room, which was on the east, di viding the rows of benches. General Washington stopped at the end to let Mr. Adams pass to the chair. The latter always wore a full suit of bright drab, with slash, or rather loose cuffs. He also wore wrist ruffles. He had not changed lii3 fashions. lie was h short man, with a rcod head. With his family he attended our church twice a day. General Washington's d:ess was a full suit of black. His military hat had the black cockade. There stood the Father of his country, acknowledged by nations the first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.' No niarshalls with gold colored scarfs ; no cheering The -most profound stillness greeted' him, as if the great assembly desired to hear him breath and caich his brcatn the homage of his heart. Mr. Ad ams covered his face with both his hands. The sleeves of h:s coat and his hands were covered with tears. Every now and then there was a suppressed sob. I cannot describe Washington's i appearance as I felt it perfectly com- posed and self-possessed till the clo.30 of his address. Then, when strong men's sobs broke loose, when tears cov ered their faces, then the great man was shaken. I never took my eyes from his face. Large drops came from his eyes. He looked to the grateful children who were parting with their father, their friend, as if his heart was ; with them, and would be to the end." A Remarkable Dream. A pious man once related the follow ing dream, which we will give you in his own words : I have known tho grace of God for nearly thirty years. But in spite of t r all my advice to my five sons and two daughters, all running on in tho broad way to destruction, they C03t me many prayers and tears, and yet I saw no frUlt Ot tiijr lrnlwi . Iu J. j last J dreamed that the day of judgment was come ; I saw the Judge on his great white throne : the holy angels sat around him. I and my wife were on the right hand of the Judge ; but I could not see my children. Said I, 'I cannot bear this, I must go and seek them. So I went to the left hand, and I saw them, all seven standing together, tearing their breasts, cursing the day that they ever were born. As soon as they saw me they caught me, and said, '0, father we will part no more.' I said, 'My children, I am come to try to get you out of this dismal situation. So I took them all with me ; but when 1 came witnm a snort distance or tne Judge, I thought he looked angry, j saying, 'What have thy children to do with thee now ? They would not take warning when upon earth ; they shall ( not share the crown with thee in heav-1 en. Depart ye cursed.' I At these words I awoke, bathed in ' perspiration and tea; Sometime after ; I this I related- it to them, as we were all together on a Sunday night. And no sooner had I began to speak than I observed an apparent change upon them, first one and then another. Four . of them are now rejoicing in God their Saviour, and I believe that he is at ' work in the hearts of the other two, so that I doubt not but God will alio save them in answer to prayer. They have since been converted to God. Canada Christian Advocate. From the X. O. Christian Advocate. Musquitoes and Spirits. Some use for musquitoes found at last ! We said to a friend wli r tpo a nn ro v ri m 1 1 the other day, j r communicant; of the Church, but has gone after spir- i" n , "t x i . 1. 1 t t ltuansm, -.spirits uon i seem to ue mutu j in vogue, of late. Spiritualism i3 rather on the decline, in New Orleans.' Gravely and innocently he assured us to the contrary. The work was I going on. iut, said ne, tms is a Dad time of the year, for this country the j musquitoes break up the circles. The mediums are flesh and blood; and! when one sits down with his hands on f a table, or tries to withdraw his mind , from the exterior and sensuous world, J and enter certain states of the interior life, slap on the nose or his hand or neck comes a musquito.' Our friend was serious- as the grave. He intimated that spiritualism would return in full practice, with the cool weather. And even now, some mediums got under musquito bars and did very well I According to his school of philoso phy the reader will laugh or cry, at this. A Young Hero. Master Walters had been much an noyed by some one of his scholars whistling in school. Whenever he called a boy to account for such distur bance, he would plead that it was urn intentional 'ho forgot nil about hcro he was.' This became s-y frequent that the master threatened a severe punish ment on the next offender. The next day when the room was .unusually quiet, a loud sharp whistle broke the stillness. Everyone assert ed that it was a certain boy who had tho reputation of a mischief maker and a liar. He was called up, and, though with a somewhat stubborn look he de nied it again and again commanded to hold out his hand. At this instant, a little slender fellow, riot more than seven years old, came out, and with very pale but decided face, held out his hand, saying as he did so, with the clear and firm tone of a hero : 'Mr. Walters, sir, C not punish him I whistled. I . doiDg a long hard sum, and in rubbing out another, rubbed it out by mistalt, and spoiled it all, and, before I tlu-ught, I whis tled right out, sir. I " very much afraid, but I could not sit there and act a lie, when I knew who was to blame. Yon may ferulft me, air, as you said you should.' Anl he held out his hand with all the firmness ho could command, never for an,. :nt doubting that he was to bo purAhcd. Mr. Walters was much affected. 'Charles said he, '. .ing at tho erect form cf the doliat child, who had made such a conquer. vver his nat- ural timidity, 'I would not strike ton a How for the world No c- her do-'bt3 that you spoke truth ; you did not You have been ahc- mean to whistle. The boy went back '.is seat rith a Hushed face, and otuetT '-rut on with his .sums, lie must hu ery eye was upon him for the smallest scholar felt that cv- admiration, uld appreci such an ac- ate the moral tion. courage In ! The Uarriage Relation. The great secret is to larn to bear with each other's feelings; not to bo blind to them that is cither an im possibility or folly ; wo nnt see or feci them ; if we do neither, they are not evils to us, and there is obviously no need for forbearance ; buc to throw the mantle of affection around them con cealing them from' each other's eyes; to determine net to let thun chill the affections ; to resolve to cultivate good tempered forbearance, because it is tho only way of mitigating the present evil, always with a vicv to ultimate amend ment Surely it is not the perfection of human character that makes the strongest claim in love. All the world must approve, even enemies must ad mire, the good, the estimable ia human nature. If husband and wife estimate that in each which all must be con strained tc-value, what do they moro than other? It is infirmities) of char acter, imperfections of nature, that makes each the comforter, the monitor of the other. Forbearance helps them to attain command over themselves. Few arc the creatures so utterly evil as to abuse generous confidence, and calm forbearance. Married persons ehould be pre eminently fricnus, and fidelity is the great privilege of friendship. The forbearance here contended for is not a weak and wicked indulgen of each other's faults but s:ch a caloo, tender observance of thcu as excludes all harshness and arige nd takes the best and gentlest mode ot corrertioo. feJMrs. Ellen Key Ulunt ha3 giveo the world a beautiful volume of poeuu, entitled 'Jiread for my CHMren aud her is one of the cruiuba : " Dear Lord ! only Thte .' Only Thee ! I pray, Fill my hcait with oztj Tlice, Till I pass away. Many do I love, Aud many do love ii' But Thou Thou all above 'Thou knowest I love 'i'' ce ? " L'ear Lord, bo my guiJ I give my hand to Th ! y day and night, thrv's-h tiino and- tide, I know Thou wilt keep tne. Ihe fairest love ia run- Which in thia wc.hi may tc ; Dear Lord, let eve tLi-j j be mine Tbou knowest I loc Thee !' " Dying Profitably. To die profitably is a btcj beyond dyinp comfortably; I mean to die so as to do good to those that are about ua in dying to die so as to convince them of sin and convert them from it ; which is to- ai like Sampson, whn hs fIcw more Vhi.K tinea at his death than ia till hid life Wore. Wc die profitably when oar natural dath is a means of ppiritol life to any. Horr this will not, cannot be, but iuthe way of believing. lie that doubts, droopg, de sponds, calls in question, and dies so as rather to frighten from tb m allure to the love of 'religion sod godliuosg. Philip II nry. The people of Chicago arc alarmed at th feartul increase of crime in their midst. Their alarm should have hid birth before m host of rum-hells were opened ia their raklnt. Society cannot breed rattlesnakes and expect to escape their fang. ffwr. thief. I
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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