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i lort() (faointa isttmt Rotate acute. it.l Ulj o il ; -1 V T HI' US DAY, OCTOlJKll 1, 1857. Kui rou's Office: of hi n-tnlnice, one Manure wirth east frm (he L'oj'tlol. tSaJ ' :t-r Iters ichose pnprrfs have a cross '.,, -k on thriii, on' thereby in formal th't their sufwrijition year is nhout t" '.'jilre; awl ore. respectfully requeftc't tn renew by forurarih'ng SI. 50 to this rn;--e immeiliait hf. t&3 Th- X. C. Christian AJroeate will Keren fter '' feat to none, except to those who hare r.VID IX Al VANCE. An Evil The JRemedy. In many of the gracious revivals with which the Lord is blessing the labors of our minis' ry, there is a striking and pain ful disp; ;:"!''ion between the numbers eonverted, -ni l the numbers added to the church, ft is true that God will place the tars in t'ii ; right crown at last, and it should be cause of thaakfulness that our labors are so largely blessed in building up other den miuations of christians. But it would be better for the converts, better for the cause of truth, and better for the future usefulness of our own church, if we could succeed in gathering a larger proportion of the fruits of our own minis try. Why do so many of the converts go away from as ? A knowledge of the cause of the evil will suggest the remedy. The cause of the evil is twofold. 1. In many revivals proper efforts are not mad-; to induce the converts to unite at once vuh us, after the m inner of the times when there w.-re "added to the church J uly such as should be saved." The preacher who conducts the meeting, and the iu tubers who ail him most effici ently, are tearful if the converts be invited to j ia v.'i ; mreh, a i 1 it' ur claims up m them be set forth pending the revival, that party sp::it will be aw.ikeued, and that the work oi ibe spirit will be hindeied. Hence this duty is delayed until the -dose, or aear the clos- ut the meeting. Ia the tijeanwhile the proselyters have been busy with some; and others are scat terel away to the four winds. Thus, but few uaiie with the church ; and the fruits of a great revival in building up the church, are irretrievably lost. 2. Another cause of the failure to gath er in the converts at our meetings, lies far ther back aod deeper, in the erroneous pol icy of pj.-.t year?. Our doctrines have been assailed ; our discipline has beeu ass die J ; our miuistry and the church have been assailed, from the pulpit and the pres of other denomi nations, tor years. We have borne these assaults ia silence fur the sake of peace. Our forbearance is cousru-d by our foes as a confes-i n ofweakne-, which invites con tinued a vaults. In the meantime, those who attc-nd our ministry aud are converted at our to- etings, have heard only the argu- ment s ii our enemies, until me atticKs, uui e force of truth, but by the obstinacy ' . . ' 1 I. . i i . I. a by the of uncontradicted iteration, have alreidy turned th minds of these converts away from u-. rw aoharch. With these the busy proselyters occupy a vantage ground, and draw the.-'i from the alt'irs where God con verted tie::-. These f causes chiefly operate to de prive or ' urch of thousands, who would be more u-eful and holy with us than with others ; tcid whose union with us would greatly enlarge the agencies of the church to do gou l in coming years. The remedy for this evil is plain enough. 1. The duty of union with the church should be urged upon the converts in every revival, at some set time during everyday of the meeting. All the considerations which induce us to be Methodists demand that wr. make fair, zealous, bold efforts to gather these converts into the church. Such efforts are never injurious tothespir- itnal interests of a revival. This ceurse may, like the touch of Ithur- iel'a sp'jar.cause seemiug friends to startup as i pen foes. But they were foes, aud now tnar they come out into open day, their power to harm us is gone. We r peat it ; duty to the converts, to tbe church, to the Head of the church, de mands that we every day invite converts to the church of Christ, as we invite sinners to Christ the Saviour '1. The doctrines of the Bible, the dis tinctive teachings of the gospel, as he Id by Methodists, ought to be preached affection ately, but plainly and repeatedly, in every congregation. The array of intrigue aud error set gaiust us should be firmly met and fearlessly exposed. And this course should be pursued cv-rywhere, patiently, for years to come. In this way the public jnind will be enlightened ; the stumbling blocks will be removed ; the usefulness of the church will be left untrammelled by the w-, bs of error which new entangle the unwary ; and gathering our converts as we go, we .-iiall still goon from grace to grace, until the whole earth shall receive the gos pel as u benediction from heaven. T. A. Stewart. If these lines should meet the eve of Mr. T. A Stewart.be is iequsted to write to Mr. T. J- Stewart, Tarboro' N. C. who is acxicus to hear from him. r. . n. k i Infant Baptism. The church of which this paper is an organ does not enforce Infant Baptism, un der penalty of excommunication. To make the acceptance, or the rejection of Tnfant Uaptism, a condition of membership in the rhnrh l-j iiiftro in nfiwn-r1 nnti isi t lh &Til1- it of Romanism than of Christianity: and1 would be an assumption of power which is not exercised by the Head of the Church, who receives all alik who beGevo in Him, without regard to their honest differences of opinion touchin- baptism. ! We are content to persuade men toded ! icate their children to God it baptism, by giving our reasons fur believing it is scrip- fiiml !ifui l'ifrhf i The first ' argument in favor of Infant Bantism. to which the reader's attention is taA h,c.i :jmiu nf h. Abrahamic and the aosvd covenant i The covenant with Abraham is first re-! corded in Gen. xii, 1-3. "Xow the Lord I i,j o:.i a k nti. I1UU n I Li UUIU HIM uui arucc KJXAil i tuv ' " country, and from thy kindred, and from j thy father's house, unto a land that I will . , , T . , - it . show thee : and 1 will make or tbee a great , T ... , , , . nnfmn qdiI I will hlca thpn finn ni.ib'P iL ' . . , ,. , thy name great : and thou shalt be a bless-; , V -ii 1.1 xl iL 1 1 a ing: and I will bless them that bless thee, t 4, and curse hnu that curseth thee : and in . , e .,- ,. , ,i i thee shall all families ot the earth be bless- , : ! , . . . , , . , ., , ' i itus promise is construed oy Dorn reier int-l ne inriliiincr finirltnal Klocincra i . ... , .... " CX ' rt a in ''f "V -irAthp ("hi (iron nt t hi i , , . , i i j i prophets, and ot the covenant which God , .. -.iii . tUUT.4 s lilt L-4 1U AUk.'WBO, J I 1 1 I J AWIMUM... , ., r , . , , all the kindreds ot And in thy seed shall I the ear?h be blessed." ! Gal. iii, 8. 'And the scripture, foresee j j. . i , , - . i .i i In subsequent numbers, e will show iingtharGod wouid justify the heathen 1 ' ! , i e u u i u e .u 1 that the Apostles understood the Great! i through faith, preached before the srosprl I . , , t . i i il "ii Commission as authorizing the baptism of I unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all na- r I . i.i i , , infants. j ; tions be blessed w ! Thus two of the Apostles quote the clo-1 A isrational Thanksgiving. i sing paragraph of the original covenant ! j ! with Abraham, and interpret that cove-1 w are pleaded to observe that the secu-; nant as being identical with the gospel. ; Iar Press is recommending the observance j j But this original coveuant also includes of a da.V of national thanksgiving. ; ! temporal blowings ; "I will make of thee j The perils which threatened the Union j j a great natiou, and I will bless thee and seem for the preseut to have passed away. ' make thy name great." The scourge of pesnlence has been turned ; Twtuty four yeirs after this first an- aside. Abundant harvests promise to re nouncement of G-d's coveuant, when Abra- ward the labors of the husbandman P ace ham had given signal proof of his obedient and prosperity dwell in out borders. The j faith, it was repeated, eni: rge l, aud con- goodness of God demands acknwledgement. firmed to him by the seal of circumcision : Iu the absence of any central authority I Gen. xvii, 114. (As the passage is long, in the premises, it iu-iy not be practicable ! we do not quote it ; but request the reader to have a day of Thanksgiving sippointed 1 to pause, turn to it, and read it carefully ) for all the States of the Union. But. tb ! On this we remark : Govern jr of this State will soon announce 1. The chief import of this promise was a ay of Thanksgiving and prayer to the inot that G .d wouid give the earthly On-: cjtizehS ,f North Carolina. Let it be tl-1 ! naau; for Abraham never possessed a foot serve(j. Let all the congregations of ehri-: i of lane ia Canaan, except the field and cave tjans assemble, and let the pastors papare , 'ofMacpelab, which he bought with his ' sermons adapteu o the occasion. : money. i I '2. The seal of circumcision was nt giv- i en to the promise of the land of Canaan to I Abraham's descendants; for noue of his i descendants, except tliroug'a the line of Ja-, cob, ever possessed the land of Canaan ; ; ' whereas the Ishmaelites, the sons of Abra- j j ham and Keturah, and the Kdomites, all r l.U. ....... noncril; i icceivcu iuc igo 01 un.uuitiu ; j of the promise to "the nations " That I j promise was the pledge of the Messiah ; j ! and the seal of the promise was given to i ! the only people beyond the limits ofjber. The Bishop not being present, Rev. j Canaan who had been taught to look for i j hi3 coming, in token that he would redeem j i both Jew and Gentile. ; Of this covenaut Paul thus speaks to j show its identity with the subsequent gos- ! pel, and its independence of the repealed cercmouial law of Moses : Gal. iii, 16-17. "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He sa ith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as j of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ : And this I say, that the covenant that was j confirmed before of God in Christ, the law ; which was four hundred and thirty ye ars ! after, cannot disannul, that it should make j the promise of none effect." j Here we wish it to be observed that ! Paul, in a preceding verse, calls the Abra- handc covenant, "the Gospel preached be- i fore unto Abraham, aud in the verses last I quoted, shows in what sense it was "the ! gospel :" namely, the promised seed was jChiistjand also that he uses the words j "promise," and "covenant" interchange- ! ably, as expres.-iug the pledge of the Fath- i er to give bis Son, of the seed of Abraham, for the redemption of the world. The identity of the Abrahamic covenant ; with the gopel is thus established beyond : all question. nd it only remains, for the purposes of ' our argument, to show that circumcision j was the seal of that covenant, which was the original edition of the gospel. Ou this point the proof is clear and am- i pie. Bom. iv. 2. "And be, (Abraham,) re ceived (he sign of circumcision, a seal of ; the righteousness of the faith which he had, vet bein;.' uncircumcised." It is alleged that c rcumcision was of Moses: but Paul affirms its independence ; of the Mosaic ritual. It is said that cir - I cumcision was given t Abraham and his I seed in token that they should inherit the , , , ! earthly Canaan; but the laud of Canaan j was given only to that portion of his de- ! seeudatits who came through Jacob, while progeny of nations. I ii is amrmeu inar circumcisiou was ouiy a political reijuiawou or uie ticws; out tills narrow vi w is not only refu ed by the ex - tension of the rite to all the deacendents of : the patriarch, hut is flatly contradicted by ! the inspired conit!ien?aTc-r, who expressly j says tnat circumcision was "a seal of the ; righteousness of faith ;'' in other words, a j seal of the gospel covenant, as it was reveal-: ed before the coding of the Messiah, the j Saviour of the world. I Fr,m the Positi"n thus established by the word of God, it follows that as infants wrct'nntIed ,otl,eo,J seal cf c ircumcision, j sare ,h7 e"k to baptism under the! T 1 j c,rcumc,n has been repealed.; bap-j 7 l'M"u"Nlt u ' original . rights of children, secured in the "gospel preached before unto Abraham," have "The word of the d' wblch oriuallJ entitled children t0 the orJlD3n of the covenant, "eudu- rtth f(jrvcr " . .SuP'03e tbat UQder free suffrage j ,aw' a VOter wll 0WDS no ,and' flhou,d de- j Dy the "ht of a landholder to vote for j senator, tor the reason that in the new law, ; i . 1 1 ' ""!. t . 1 t C til .! UUH,,UB s f ia 01 ine ot ireenowcrs to Vot' tlhat the Slleuce of the 1!ew act excluded them : such an argument, would ' be treated as an absurdity, and freeholders r would go on votinr uuder the old franchise i , . , , . ; which has never been repealed. It is upon . f . i similar grounds that children are sail en- . j titled to the outward ordinance of the i , , , .... , . , ! church, because their right and title to re-: ceive it, has remained unrepealed and un-! - . . touched, amid all the changes of the Chris- tian dispensation. So r did Peter under- stand the covenant, when, upon the day of ; , , , . , , Fenteoost, he preached baptism, and stood ; and cried to the descendants of Abraham, ! , . , , ., ; i "ine promise is to you aua to your onu-; We trust, the coming anniversary of Thauksgiving and prayer may be observed ! iu North Carolina ss it never was observed before. ; Kansas Conference. The Editor of the St. Louis Cbritian fi rnn'ltn fl f f Tlil fid f hd Vfiinft BOQ CI HT1 nt thR v,. . Kansas Conference in Leavenworth city. J I roin bis account, we gather the toiiowmg. 1 he Oonterence met ou ttie 4tli eptem- i fccatrett was elected President, A number had been converted and added to the church, and prospects were iinprov- ing Harmony and good feeling prevailed in the transaction of busiuess. The Suu day School interest has advanced. We have teu church buildings, worth twelve or thirteen thousand dollars. We have one Semiuary of learning, at Fort Scott, which owns property worth about three thousand j d dlars ; beside the schools among the In- j dians There is one Parsonage. Altogether! our prospects are more favorable than here tofore. A resolution was passed, recommending the next General Conference to divide Kan sas Conference, was passed. As there are but nineteen prenc-hers on the list of appointments, we are at a loss to guess why it is thought advisable to divide so sma.il a Conference. Brethren Scairett and Bradford were elected delegates to the General Conference; aud T. Wallace was elected alternate. Olin Hih School. We clip the following from a correspon dent of the Petersburg Express : "I left home two weeks ago, coming up n tlio V I1 l .ilr.,l t.. .ili'.h,,. rl.n,, b private collVeVam.e to tllis piace, 35 miles. This is a small village which sprung into existence a few years ago. It is loca ted right iu ttie Woods, about 14 miles north of Statesville, the county seat. The bouses here are all new neat and substan tial, painted white, and scattered about as they are, among the beautiful forest oak, present ,a handsome appearance. There are j j thice stores, and, be it said to the honor of! ! the people who cou pose the eoinuiuuity, j '(!" n- i c u i j v ! liio Ouu High School, under the man- j agetuent of the Ptev. Baxter CIcgg, is lo- i cated here. The building is a lame brick ! edifice, well ad .pted for a 0 1 ege of hig;i i I &d aD caPa!e comiimdatiug two ! I or three hundred students. Mr. Ciegg is : assis,ed by teachers well qualified for the j j positions which they hold, and there can i scarcely be a doubt but the school will ; position. No location in the country can j : oe more iieaimy uiau mis, uur can auy scuo -i iu ui out ui mc omic euuuuuucu ! by a more intelligent, moral, industrious and peaceable community." The Lord s Supper. The tvue import of this solemn sacra ment will he better appreciated, if we di r ef oar at'ention to the circumstances uu der which it was in-wV, and to some of the touching ineidejts in she history of its Atbr What that history was, before He be- came man, no tongue can tell. We but krww that he was the only begottten son of ,he Father' th sovereign of all worlds, with whom he had a unity of nature, of autnoruy ana oi gi ry. ins nature was live which delighted in the creation and in the happiness of inrelligencies, high and boly and immortal. By the word of his power he brought into. existence the earth, clothed in beauty and bathed in light, the abode of man, holy and .happy, intelligent and free. For the glo.j of God and the I Wessedne.s of man, hoi and haPpine,s were iudissolubly connected with obe- diencc. ft But man disobeyed ! The penalty was -death. The Son took on him the natuie of man, sin only exceptd, and in this nature he suffered the penalty of the law, as our ! substitute. Amid the gloom (f forty centuries, the J been seen sparkling altars of sacrifice hal in the east, and rinting G-ds ehon ones to some event in the future, which should open the foiutiin of solvation to the world. The voice of Israel,triumphant in death. tion tl) ,,e advertisemen. of Mr. Po.sd.who had been heard to ut.fr the prophecy, offers .j .w ng machines, at prices so 'The sceptre shall not depart fron Judah, re;ife0nal.le as to place them iu the reach of nor a law-giver from uetween his feet, until every family Shiloh come." An4 another had exelaiin- Ye have seen one in operation, and be ed, in the desolation of earthly hopes, iieve th.lt bljt, economy and convenience know that my Ttede.merliveth." And the Wll! be prompted by their general use. voice of prophecy w.,s more and more bur- ThegJ gl.win, ...ad.incs possess several ad vened with the pfdiction of the coming valltare8 0Vt.r tbo,e heretofore used. They .Messiah. Q Qot !.Ci jj. ,bey do not w.'ar hoops; they Finally, the angels proclaimed his ad- j0 ur tjp snuff, they do not make bills at vent: "Behold, I bring you glad tidings the store. And they will do in one day of great joy, which shall be to all people; for the w0,k which would occupy the human unto you is born this day in the city of Da- machine for weeks. Call and s e, over the vid, a Saviour which is Christ the Lord." P(jst Office. From the time ef his ad ent to hisascen- i sion. we have a plain, full and truthful his- c , , . T. t -. x .1 . " 1 . 1. it was uui ihj o;is uuin inc passu ver. Jesus was surrounded by the disciples who had adhered to his cause in the midst of per secution, because they trusted in him aud love d him. To tiiem he -a'M, "Thi sou of in iti is betrayed ta be crucified." And while he satin the house of Simon, of Bethany, tlitirn r iinA n u'o!ii4i Im vtiirv on -i 1 -i I'Wkit iii" , e . " . , copy rhey set up. bos oi ver y precuoiiH oin tiiient, and poured tJ J r i - , ,i i i i u We adopt the f iMowinsr, from the Ash - it on 12 is iicau. sina ie hushed the uiur- ' . lT . ville News, and respectfully commend it to uiuringsor his diseip es oy savmg, ''In that . r , , ' , , . . ii i the attenu n of correspondents, she p .urea this oiutmeuL on my body, she r , . , ,, "We are at all tunes pieased to receive did it tor my burial. ,, i- . . well written communications on .-ubjocts For fifteen centuries the Passover had 0f public interest. But we must insist on point d believing Israel to the great sacri- : the observance of a few simple ami whole- fice to be made by the promised Messiah, some rules. , , , .. ,C1 , i 1. Be short; do not let your article ex ile who came not todestro" out to mini the , , r i e coed three pages of litter paper, cr two of law, "when the evtn was come, sat down ; f,loSC0pi U11less under extraordinary cir with the twelve: and as they did eat he said, ; cutiistances. verily I say unto y.u, that one of you shall ! 2. Talk to the point, and quit when you K.if r: v tun - thi-v vv c Yf&tA n ol v stir- ' 20 (1(1 P. w.v J CV O 1 1 I i . 1 . rowIuijana oegan every one or tnem to say UDto him, Lord is it T' Having indicated the traitor, he is abuut to complete the oi- servance of the last Passsover. -Vnd now that the. type of his sufferings, so long ob served, is about to be superseded by the dread reality of his own death, the little baud of his disciplns, iu tearful silence, hani; upon his words. He looks sorrowful, and speaks of his crucifixion. VViil he abolish the great sacrificial rite that was a p edge to their fathers, of that better offer - ing which should purge their consciences from dead works, to serve the living God ? Will he pass from the presence of those who love him, and leave no token, to take the place of the vanished passover, and be : Dear Bro IIefux : Please permit me . . ,. n ,, ,. . ,,:. ,..i to say through the Advocate to the people to believers or all future ajes a sign and J .... . ... . . . . ' r on the liitesville circuit, that my pro seal of redemption in his blood ? While his . tractu,i ab.,lCC from the circuit is caused disciples are thus pondering, "Jesus took ; by the cickne-s of my mother, who is this brtad, and blessed it, and brake it and gave ' moment lying at t he point of death with it to his disciples aud said, Take eat; this typhoid fever. I shall perhaps be aMe to , , i . . i , i r.-suaie tnv labors by the l.-t Sunday in is my body which is broken f..r you. And0. t(.w 'j.y fur he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave ; vm- &c. N. A. II. GODDiN. it to them, saying, drink ye all, of it; tor this is my blood of the uew testament, which is shed fof mwry, for the remission j of sius. For as often as ye eat this bread, aud drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death, till he come." , , , , - , , e., As slowly, through the incidents of that . J . . . . sad evening, the conviction is pressed upon the minds of his disciples, that He is soon to leave them, they become very sorrowful. But Jesus, touched with sympathy, com- e , it llX . , . foits them; "Let not your hearts be ' J troubled; ye believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house, are many man - tfions I go to prepare a place for you I will c .me again, and receive you unto my - w. , f T u , , selt, that where I am there ye may- be also -I will pray the lather, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever !" ii t i i i'i .i i t Cheered by word . like thee, his disci - ,, . .c pies scattered by the terror of his crucifix ion, are reassembled by his resurrection. They witnessed his ascent into heaven. They received the. baptism of fire; and went forth to preach the gospel to every creature. Thin you that these disciples were neg ligent in the observance of the sad and solemn memento of his death ? Nay verily. They could not but feel that they were i brought nearer to bim whenever thev obeyed his command, "Do this in remem- berance of me," Reader, are you a disciple of the Lord ? Do you neglect the saciainent of His death ? Can you, dare yod be negligent of tlii-i duty, of this sacred pimlege? Oh ! come back to the Lord, and to the ordinances of his house. So shall you again find rest for your sou!. Explanatory. The articles on Sianler and Evil Speak ing, over the signature of Hiro. have, we regret to learn , been und rsto d as design ed to rvflvct upon individual.-;. Had we suspected any such design, we should not have published them. Jlore ver. we are authorized by IJaro to disavow any iiiieu- ! tion on his part to reflect upon the con- duet of any, in any sense whi-h could be personally offensive. After this disavowal, duty Ui the readers of the Advocate re quires the exclusion of matters of a per sonal nu'ure fiom its columns. "We cannot take part in differences of that sort. New Subscribers. The issue of the Advocate last week rap short, and we were unable to supp'y quite a number of new subscribers. The sub- j scriptio'i year of these new subscribers will begiu with this number. Iu the meantime subscib-rs .-Her the paper; , wfl will sfi tlinf sill orders sh;ill hf nin nnf. y altenJej t hereafter. Sewing Machine. We intended last week to invite a'ten- Write Legibly. Prop-r names and all unfamiliar words should be written verv plainly I J That local name, in an obituary f.om Hyde was priu ted according to manuscript. He who wrote it is alone re-ponsible fur the error. Unusu d care is needful in writing for this paper, because the typographers are not familiar with the names of men, b 'oks and places most frequently occur. ing in the i r 1 -1 rtftLA ; . jj.,ve your ortho'naphv correct,your rutu.tuation ditto, andyonr chirophy j not more darkly my-.t ri u- than Egyptian ' hi -rogijptncs, as we no not understand any thing more primitive than those characters. Observe these rules, and your articles may be printed, and p -ssib!y read. Carolina Cultivator. The numbers for July, August, and September, are issued in one cover. Aud j the i,i;tor having caught up with time, ! proiujw.s weH for the future. Price SI ,00 j a year in advance: address W. I. Cooke, j Ralei"h. Whitesville Circuit. REVIVALS. Forsyth e Circuit, Sept. 26th. Bro. Hkflin : Please publish in our Advocate what the good L rd is doing for j us on the Forsythe Circuit. On Saturday before the 1st Sabbath in this month,! . . ,It -r. ' 1 commenced a meetiug at Mt. Vernon, j which rC6ulted in eieven additions to the j church . j On the Saturday following I began a meeting at Kernersville, Bro. Gunn help ing me ; it continued till the next.Uhurs- : , . ; T, e i,t- 'day night, Bro. Maun ot Winston helping the tW(, j.lSt jaJS This was considered by ' the oldest members the best meeting ever held at Kernersville. Some forly souls ' were converted, and the church powerfully ! revived. List Saturday we bejjan a nieet- wh;cli ;s s(il, in 0Q S()mc h proft,SSC(1 re!ijrion. Tho church gets some excellent additions ! as ruits of these revivals. One feature of f . . t ,i , l l : u . ...... : ., me matter x uo uui jiue ; 'ui uccian . , , , , - crowd so closely ou one another, that we have to leave some of the best material at the altar of prayer. A number of elderly persons deeply interested, have to be lelt before they profess. I would that this were otherwise. Yours truly, S. H. Helsabkck. Leasburg, Circuit, Sept. 20th. Bro. Hefi.in : Our protracted meeting in this place, resulted in the conversion of 30 souls ; which added to the number al ready reported, make in all, since the first of August, 94 converts on this circuit. Yours, &c, Jno. W. Lkwis. GRANVILLE t'lKCLJT. Sept. LGtll. Dear B no ; Hkfmx : Our iiieetirsr at Calvary rcsultud in the conversion of j souls, and in greatly reviviiiii the church. At Tiinity, w-i hid truly a time of n fresh -ling from ; he presence of tiie Lord: 1) I whites and i or 4 colored professed faith ; in Christ; 11 persons joined the church. We were a-si-ted by brethren It. K. $11 : cheaux of the M. P. Church ard Oakley ; of the Baptist 'Church. Yours i.i Christ, ! J. W. Fl.OYJ, IU J. Ill NT, ! Vre should have stated in our last, that ; Bro. Hight as at Bethel, and labored very efficiently!. I WiLivEJi CrucriT, Sept. 15th. ' Biv; llEFf.rx : The revival m still go in on iu W.lkesboro'. About '25 have professed c-uiversian, and 17 have jo-ned , the elm ch. 'The Lord hath done great !nd r-tock in trads being seized, he had to-M-us, whareof we are glad.'"" To g security for the payment ot the line. things for us, whareof we are glad Him be all the glory. Very truly yours, C. 31. Andfrso:? MISCELLANY. . A Blunt Conclusion. The New York ' Sun declares clearly, but with ;n'eat eaha- ness 're are beeoming a nation l of vain, ex--1 arv 1st to this1 travagaut fools. From Janu i date we have imported foreign merchandise ! to the value of one hundred and seventy- j ii,il i f ! H'j '". It gives us phas five millions of dollars about fourteen j ure to tate that a revival of n Huron i. millions mora than our imports ainoutiud pioirresing at tins Methodist (!hu.ch in to for the same time hist year. The value this place at the piesi.on time '1 he nm t of our export since January Is is about iif-; j,g commenced abou' a week im e, I ut the ty tuidi -ns of dollars, or four millions le s inclemency of the weather pievi iit i ti. than our exports for the same time last people from attending until fc- niht!. yerr. Ve have run into debt this year si,.0. J'or the la-t few nights em. sidei able alone about one hundred and twenty-hive interest bas been itianift -ted an I it con millions of dodais, and by the end of the tiunes to increase every night. Member- of year our for.-ign debt for imported goods the ('hurch have been made happy; peni- will be much larger. A Si'jnijicitnt Fact. The last N. Y. In- dependent, a paper which serves (rod and Mammon, being the organ of uew light re- ligi m and of the. 'c nmerci il agencies (espionage houses) in New Y'ork, pubiishei a list of the merc-aiiuie failures ;-n ( suspou- sions that took pliice during the pre v ions motitli iu all quarters of the country The number is eighty-six in all; and only ele- ven of them are tiding business south of Masoti & Dixon's Hue. This is a signifi- cant co.nuientary on the persistent tnisre- presentation by the Black Ilepubll-an pa- pers of the businw habits- of Southern nierchan ts. Dispatch. Science anion; the .Japanese. M. Von S'-ibold the distinguished scientific author, states that the knowledge of the natural sciences amongst the Japane-te is much more extensive and profound than is gen erally supposed. They poess a great geological map of their island by iouiitj. They are well acquainted with the systema of European naturdi.-ts and have tran.du- ! t:ous of the mote import of their works-. They have also a botinwal dictionary, in which an account is given of not fewer than 5,'jOO objects, anri' is en bellUhed with numerous fine enyraiui:; TV-- J ic itl U"ti nt tl A mce:l.Mlg ut' t !i 3 Sons of Israel was held itt theii Synagogue in Washington city, on Suiniay evening last, Capi. J. P Levy in ciiair. I'he oftject was to 'protest ag;i!st certain arti cles in a treaty between this coonfry and Switzerland, wherein the Jewish citizen: are deprived of their constitutional' rights when soj -uriiing in that uountry.' The resolutions also strongly cen.-ure i'rt-:id -nt l'ierce, and the Senate of 1S-35, for coticlu ding and ratifying a tteaty ss. oppressive t t citizens 'who alivavs have bein Ioval to the laws of the laud and oratefui t.o their see - ond Canaan.' They" appeal to President charge of a s' o jjua. iu the ban of otic Bu' h.mau to recur their red-i ss, and a , '- bis ucgres. committee was apj-ointed to wait upon him. ; Appointment uj a 1uUa A:,"ur. An An American Cuteye in Home. Bishop drew J- O' llaid'jir ha- besu uppoilitt d ag-iit O'Connor. if Pittsburg, who has just re- for the payment of pension.- nt I'ayettev ilie, turn-d from Uome, states tr,at the Pope N. C... in place of James Huske, removed has agreed to purchase a htuse in that, ),,:isi:e Vt-. Th wcve of VViJming city, at a ct of $40,000, for an American. ! toll 4. r.? Ji:n,; decided by a vote of nine College, which k to befitted ap-by contii-it,, t, to subscribe Si'r.tMiO to the Cups butions from the United StaU. 'J'he En- pcar unJ J),;cp Itivcf ImiT.ncm.-ut. p,,,u, ,,, ,, ,,, S IUc uet - mans ami tne insii all tiaU ciJJegcs there, and the b:shop thinks there staould also be an American College, where hu people of j this country might meet- eafA other ami exchange the same tourtcsi.s -is oi her su-i tions. The Mormons, ntul the fmiaii The United States Indian ar'nt at Fort lsra- mie has iu formed: the Jntei?r Department that the 3Ionnins have lti.Tnated :n:-esure: f'"',c SIS riiin.ired oole(r. J to control the trade with ti.e Indians, by t , u." " '?'r !3 '"V4 'T'1,1 , . , . . ;, J i lu-avn r wiis loi;riit ui t!io wii.ie iiin aooiii making settlements evi rv Zv or .yj un s. j , . , , , ,i : .e .....;, . y ii iii- a ii 'r a!so, tio.t t!ri M tlo mwm' niiric : He calls upon thehecrctary to remove hem, 1 w,iere tl lim,, w?i:r.iK -js p.it,Js n found : saying tl. at if this be not done, the Mor-! m.uiv years uo. '.'Mi.-h i.p.vim ns tmli.-afj ; niotis will becoiito txcetoi-tjgly triiblesc-mcv i in ahund niei- of thj pri'omii lue.-iil in tiiiit i and defeat any policy 4ir government may j region. :-n.I will : h,uht i cut'y vjihaneu : n.lonf. with tin- Trnli:.n It ntr.in rtoii the V.i'll? I ill.1- Iniviv the Mormons are actiag in. tbsiS matter in i... i. .. .:.. .!. .....:..! ! violation of law. ' j Capt. Iferndon. The prvsa teems with tril utes to ta gtillant Virginiati who comtDantletl the " Central Aiueri-! ca," and whe so nobly performed his1 duty. Suys the Virginia Sentinel : Deep will be the regrets that will! follow him to the ocean eavc where he (sleeps; many the tears of sympathy with the stnefcen family But if he had to fall and all have to fall what time more propitious to his lame He had, through 'ernble days and nights, maintained his cour age ; ami composed the spirits of mul titudes f men, women and children, whoso sole earthly reliance ho was, and who scanned his countenance to read their rioom. lie had saved all the wo men, and children, fifty-nine in number, ami prepared the men calmly to strug gle with their fate. His work done, he arrayed himself in the uniform which he had ever honored, sent his wife the most eloquent farewell ever tittered, and went his way. " Tell her ," said he; and he poet shall strive with his tenderest fancies, but strive in vain, to fill the blank with aught so expres sive as itself. So far as the affections outweigh the imaginings, so far the untold emotion excels the dream though inspired by the muses, which shall at tempt to give it utterance. Only in the unfathomed depths of wedded love can it find its interpretation ; there only the meaning too big for words, be fully understood. Tranft rr f V. J. B"ggs an 1 C. II". BogL's, i f i he Wewtern Virginia Methodist Conference, ,:,r eca tf.ni.-ft rred to tl.r Kasteru vT Virginia Conference proper. NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS. Fire in Piyiifnith. A friend writes: We had on the Jl-t inst, a n.t Ie?tru' tive fire here. The st ui it d ! : of r..p erty i.i ahont ?i0.l"0. ri- st of ihich v..i insured It i:ej'iocd a whole block 'f buildings on the imi buitics par! Wa ter st. Hew inu-h iuin in a few hour- !' Northern ll-L- I'to'lae The J. II. Meaehum, a tnvelfiiig Kok-cl!cr, has? Ken stopped b? 1'ei aty Sheriff Itilsie, under a charge of having violated lie law by selling without 1 cene, then by incur VTiiir ; pcualiv ot 10 '. I1U htflsc, v hic'o( It ought to lie generally Known tnat cur indefatienbl deputy sheriff is d tci iiiined strictly to enforce the law in all imm-h ; therefore, it wi 1 be the in'cr ;r of :dl iu- t tending to trade in Vaneu connfy to pio- cure tue necessary license accotiung io Laic, otherwise fhey will be auiruarily dealt w:th. ihis is just as it oaglit to be; as Jons as a Jaw remain ot; nr "tatutc BMk uoicpfalel, it ouglit to Ne mforcid. and Mr Sludge d.-sprves c redit f-r his ac'. tiv'ty at-'d VI 'iliuce. a r rt i'. I" it A' tet : tents havelx-cn converted and bird heart - ed siuners have be n made to prosiia'o themselves at the altar and cry for tnc.cy. Several have been converted, and h Hum ber of others are unxi. usly ri.qiiiring, 'what must 1 do to be save t.' I'r on the iu'eiv.-t that has beeutak.ii f.r the last f-w nights it is reasonable to supp- s..-, that the meeting will coiitinu- for several nights, !nd probably several weeks. The mect iig is conduced principally, by our two be- lover." pa-tors, Shell Sm.f, m.d the pre- t'iding Klder, llobert Caismi, with som- assist nice from Mr. Arr. n.M', It. i 1 aii-1 Joyuer. Our ! in,: u poli'i. al pat- r wt to not knew w both- r H w uvd re t.o. r or not for ris to go iut'. u tb-t. liled ai-eoiint of the serin. mis preached, bi'.t wc must say that we huvc never listened to b-.ti r. than those preached I y the ininist-.'s t hat ;irc conducting the meeting they are forcible aud to the point. May the good Work r oti tinue to increase" until none ;-d;;.il be hit Io advocate the cause of the wicked one. La i isbl' ; F.t'ijle. Tii -i ii nl i f U liijii --.. Tne revia! winch we s.cko cf l;st. week still going on at the Methodist Chuifh i:t tid pi c-e. Cur beloved p.i.s'or h rc bci-ti labor'ti:: for up wards of two weeks vvi'b very hub: hep, and therefore the noit b: vi ry n.oieh fa tio'viid, but 'bey do not stoo th.-ii labors '''hev hail the iissta:.cc L-i-f nii;l;l, of tin iii v. L). Ii. UnifM) of I'n.rikl'rrtoii, who pr ached Us an ei'-citetit s-rni'iti Fiom th;-! iliNn-st th'tt ii ,inilet d, if i-- leaoti all. to suppose ilo nieeiiii'.r will- continue for soiiK-i tniit. We do not know th - mini bfr of ( etiVcl ts. l.i.uisl.n ry Fa,f S.pt. 2G. Fatal Ac it. .John G King, INq , of L misburg, N. (,'.. Iiad a valuable .ser vant girl, aged 1'2 ye-ivs, ki!h;d ou 'A'edm-i-- : nmndng hist, by the ac- idciiMl dis- : Xfir r,llinir J.'iv, VUt'iod ."' I Ii" n he. l. lV'i i.:w rld'jodist churches, says the Ciinto". J n-.h peioh nt, iiare been dedicated in ..unpson county wi'hin about six months; r.hn-c-of them, within the last thice wn-s. d'oi.D. We In.-vc h . n s'n,wn a p'-inn n. of gold :prart,: fnotui tit rite I i. -1 I .Vice in ('a barrus coyiitv. I hr: I'tuif. w ih. n.'.i . lain dred ji'-'Jiiy weights. :u.d in sioh.'.1 l,y tni- ' eis to he two-thirds go!-J, M-irg. worth a- One-fourth of this tuine is ownM by our friend Kitinr ilrn'i-irii, L-q., of his town th otfic jfhree fonrihs tire o'.vmd hj iw uoythe-M cini party. Oftsliiili' Ih w . -- - - - LATE NEW?. Trom Europe-. Halifax, Sept. "o Ths c at.ishir. Canada arrived at her wh nf to-day. Cyrus V. Field controVfrts in the Tiitn s. I , i..il i, i.f iiMirn-i) tli-if f li. . t. j lailtie c.Vde is injur.. so as to he u.iavail- ing for the Indian telegraph, and sa that it ha-" been proved to be as pol jjs ruhi t Er-t sbippfd. The Tim. s fays that from eighty to u hundred millions of American stocks art held in London, and suge. sVs the forma tion in that ciy of a Committ e vf Ameri can st:i' lilioIdei to protect f'-reijin stocks from injuries c.ued by the machinations of sp cula'or in Atneri'-a. Th London Attorney named I 'can b;n absconded in debt X15, M' i-tcrlii., in eluding forgeries on u gigantic scale. Doctor Livingston t tended a nm-tii-g io Mane'" st' r of the c ttotj supply Associa tion, explaining the .'O'liini Tc al resources of Africa, and r-aid that i; is w II adapt - -I to the cultivation f sirg-sr and cotton. Letter;, frotnjthc Lady Frunkliit's xp.-di-tion at Paul's Kiver, tiie. n and, s'ate that the expedition pr. ;. lesscs b . nd sptr ta tion. The subtiiaiitie fel.'.Maph betwve-u Ku ropo mid Africa, was succ ssfully laid or tho f)th. Additional steamers have been tharUr td to send troops to India. Religious riots are poin g on at LMfact. The Catholics hav oratiiI n annr-d o
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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