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i fforfh fcoima dfjristmn gMocatc. f" - i N & W t S luuuiuu U A LEIGH, X. C. TUT 'US D AY, A H.iV'ST 10, m. .. visiting the City irho irish to make pay m cut for the Advocate, irdl jt'eaxe fit'! at the store t.j Mr. S. II. YouXG, y.fvti Subscribers xh-s jape have crass wuT'A' mm ;. art; ihcriT.y in- (hut their siit-scription ytar is t- f.stire ; ami are resp.-ctfully requested to renric by fir warding SI. 50 tj iliii ;? imvwUatihf. Tit' X. C. C'iri.ian A J wale will 7 ft. ;- .,. sent frt ifl.lC. C.vvept to IhosZ i. ho hare two IX aivanck. Oft" to tie Koimtains. The Editor has gone to the mountain r.-u'ou ot'ur Conference, and will be ab evt.t si ver:l weeks, in attenJance upou can;?") meetings. Arrangements have been made to have the usual business of the of fice promptfyfatter.ded to, during 'his ab sence : but all business ami correspondence re qui his personal attention will have to awaU las return. . - I! 3 not Neglect it X't:.-1-? v.e adhere to the cas id an, c.,r.::0t publish this pn-.-er. Wc tried the tre-.llt system six mouihs, and l-st nearly a tbcu-ri-l dollars. i rj publish on the cash system, n',i; nrfia.-hcrs suid other friends of harch will press its claims upon the v.-a char y. and use prope - f-Se-rt us to extend Recently our receipts have improved a liit'e. S Jine of the preachers are sending iu new But time f;"i subscrlb-Td. so need s. great inauj- mor.-. The r which a number have paid is cx- riling with every week : ind unless an il number of renewals or additions, be sent in. the conseciucnees w Id be disas- ueus. But we cot only ne,-d a number every week to Cu vu-.-ancies thus occurring ; we tlso urouil d .eire a cle:r increase of about cno thousand subscribers, as soon as they tan T..)s,:hly be procured. V.'ithin the past few v. eeh- .-e have had a clear gain of nearly jno luudrot', through the efforts of about .a dozi-n preachers and a few laymen. And if all the preachers, and whole-souled,large-mnided kvmen would at once go to work t si.'ic.t every member and friend of the c-'i-Tch tj take our Advocate, iu two months we should have a cireuhtioa of 5000 I r.i-r .Teat diSculiv is to i.revail on , , " ii ,,r.v"i, i- f.. n,,,i (ii.K.i fo v horn the nO'M'ie look ioi .eai uua sietivhy in behalf of their own paper, to vt'id't'f a tythe cf tho interest which we m'.st'bclkvj they feel in its behalf. Their nrarcnt indifference, - and their silenee, b:ir2 the whole weight of their influence against the circulation of a paper to which the D20le regard them as pledged to give their influence. But we will still toil on and hope on. We will hope that the brother who lost the very best opportunity to obtain a sc re or two of subscribers at the camp-meeting, or half as many nt the protracted meeting, may not omit any future oc casions for such a service. We will hope that brethren, -v'.ii have prissed through so many meeting--, without oneo publicly or privately mentioning the claims of our Advocate, may vet solicit eaoh member to take the pur er, and try to piece a copy in every family. We shall labor faithfully to make the X. C. Christian Advocate useful as auxiliary to the cwizse of Christ. If its subscription list ho enlarged sufficiently, the paper will bo improved in appearance. If its list be not considerably extended the paper will be discontinued. Brethren, let your actions speak your appreciation of the value of a religious jour nal of our own. Go to obtaining subscri bers and renewals. Send them on with the immc-y. Let our Advocate live. The church needs it; the people want it. Its only vcril is in the negligence of its friends. A Hodel Subscriber, Bro. Triplett forwards the money to re new the subscription of Dr. T, whose pa per, we found on turning to his office had been discontinued. Of him Br). T. says, "Ha hold? on to his principle, pay in ad vance, and desires you to stick by yours. On this principle, he says he will be a life subscriber for the N. C. Christian Advo cate." Right, brother. May you live a thousand years ' And may the same spirit spread light among all our readers I Dr. Deems. The Rev. Dr. Deems will preach at the Methodist Church, in this city, on Thurs day night next, the 2Gth inst. Fourth Page. I not omit to read the fourth page of this issue : it has several interesting com-inunications. A Letter frm the Editor. An Excursion to Warren Missionary Collect ions Revival at Hebron Hen derson Circuit A Xeio l' ace Track A Protracted Meeting Raleigh and (ittxion Rail Road, Dkaii Buother : On Saturday the 7th inst. I went over the Raleigh and Gaston Bead to Mac-OD, in Warren county. After spending the night at sister Egerton's, her son in-law, Bro. Powell, took nie in his carriage next moroiug to Hebron, & church on Warrc-u circuic, six milts north of Ma con. A protracted meeting was in pro gress, and I found Brethren B.irr.etrtTJoy ner, and Brume, with a large congregation, ready to enter upon the services of the j sauctusry. After the opening prayer, Bro. j Barrett took up a collection for Missions, ! amounting to 8132.00. This amount was secured without effort ; the people gave to the treasury of the Lord with cheerfulness. T'nlesshe brethren on other charges be-s-tir themselves, Warren circuit will be the banner circuit this year, in the missionary ! cause; it wiil send up four or five hundred ! dollars. J The congregation waso large astocrowd the eol'Hed peopl out orHhe-gall(?ry ; auilt'xpWsSive' ofuoiinfflfas!1 j B o. Barrett preached to tuem in the grove, ! while 1 tried to hold forth the word of life in the house. Afteran interval for din ; ner, Bro. Joyner preached ; and during the services of Sabbath it became manifest that ; a revival was at hand. I s-)CEt the night, ' with many ethers, pleasantly, in the hospi i ble- mansion of brother Nathan Milam ; and on Monday the meeting was continued i at the church. Bro. Tillett joined usf and : preached with good effect. Several souls : dreams, our day dreams; in the moments were cvertcd; some backsliders were j 0f creating, of wrath, terror and despair; rotoreJ to peace with God; the members .;a the hoars wlieu tl0 wcakness anj folly : generally were quickened into renewed j aDj covvjrj;ce 0f humanity, hold empire Hie ; and at the close in the evening a mini- I ovoran t,Q high and noble qualities of man; jbcrof penitents were seeking mercy. j an j he who wouI unmoveJ face the cm '; There was a prospect of a very genuine and j battIed host or see t1Q avalanche deseend- c-x tensive work of grace. The meeting was to be continued next day, and I trust has resulted in great good. In the evening I rode with brother Til- j let to Ridgeway, and spent several hours j ' at the Parsonage. What a pity it is that j just when Henderson circuit had procured j an excellent pareonage, the wolf of discord ! should have come in to rend two appoint ! ments from the circuit I i The transfer of the Virginia portion of ; our territory will render it necessary to re- organize several circuits; but it is very im j povtant to do this in such a manner as to preserve the parsonages. on Henderson and j Person circuits, as homes for the families , of the traveling preachers. It will be grat ; ifying to the friends of Methodism to know i that peace prevails on Henderson circuit; and that successful measures are in pro ' gross to build a new church at Townsville, I on the Clarkesville Road Near midnight I took the ears from Ridgeway to Henderson ; and finding Mrs. II. at the latter place, staid there until 2 P. M. Henderson is a pleasant place, most favorably located for the support of j i (rood schools, just opened ; But alas ! a race track is the effect of which will be 1 1 damage the schools, injure the morals, and depreciate the value of property in the village. The people in the town and coun try are looking forward with great expec- j tations of good to a meeting including the ; 5th Sunday in August, at which Bro. Til- j let expects to be aided by Bro. Deems and Bro. Lawe. They had better build an bar j bor, as the large church at Rock Spring will not hold the congregation. From Henderson, endeared to mo by precious memories, I return home to spend three days and then away for the moun tains. A word or two about the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, before I close. It is in first rate running order, and I f resnme the administration of the President, Dr. Haw kins, is satisfactory to the stockholders. He makes every body " pay as they go ;" the rates of fare, and the tariff of prices have been revised and made more favorable to the Company. Although the present tariff of freights is not higher, as I was as sured by Dr. Hawkins, than on the Peters burg and other Roads, I learned from oth ers that great dissatisfaction exists in War- ten, and that about five hundred h: gsheads of tobacco and thirty thousand bushe's of wheat, which, under the old schedule, would have gone down the Rail road from Warre.iton and Macon Depots,are now seek ing a market by boats down the Roanoke to Gaston. An rcvoir. Yours truly, R. T. II. Southern- Methodists. There are 21 col leges and institutions for young gentlemen ; 28 f.r young ladies , 27 high schools for la dies ; 10 mixed schools ; and four academies for 3'oung men. The whole number of colle giate institutions is too great in proportion to the schools of lower grade. The whole value of the property owned or used by the Church for educational purposes, including libraries, apparatus, and buildings, is in the neighborhood of 2,000,000. But thisamount is much greater in proportion than the en dowment fund. Figures come in the neigh borhood of accuracy on this subject, the amount being, say, $724,000, for the endow ment of 40 collegiate iWituti uis, and 47 school of a lower grade. About $300,000 of this amount belongs to one institution the Southern University, Greensboro, Ala. Haunted Houses and the Like. Any time fcr"?more than half a century has the " haunted house" come to us amon the rumors of the day At no time within that period has one instance occurred when investigation presentedthe shadow of verity. When we speak of haunted houses, we speakalso of ghosts, those personages be ing essential characters in the extremely farcical drama. We had a reputed Jiouse of this -charac- ter, in which there were unaccountable knockings,inthe connty of N. Hanover, fpr a soneslfejftrsIt turned out, at last, that tneVnoise was produced by the action of a Jow-gclapboard, affected by the wind. In thejtow:of J'iliuington, some 40 years ago, a-fiouse-was beset by noises, such as the rattling of chains, etc., exciting great tersDr among some people. We looked for the mischievous thing, and found that a neighbor's dog, with a chain attached to his neck, was in the habit of perambula ting the 'premises at night. How many, cases have passed under our observation we eaunot tell; though we do assert, how ewer, that every one of them ended in "moonshine," to quote a familiar word, Many years ago we glanced at a work by Sir Walter Scott, entitled " Demonology." The author gives a scientific description, so far as science can reach such things, of amazing perversion of vision and very er ratic and wild imaginings. But if we re collect rightly, he left out the main spring and great mover of the deceptive machine ry, the devil, who is a wonderful distorter ! of mental and physical views in our night ing, flies like a "stricken deer," before the shadowy creations of the prince of the power of the air. The foundation of nervous excitement is laid in childhood, by the thoughtless and wicked practice of frightening infants into S1lence or obedience, by threatening the child with some sprite, invisible to the eye. Though these things are eradicated from the niiud by religion or reason, they are never obliterated from the sensitive nerves, and that child, living to be 50 years old, will leel an mot-Unable tlirill on entering a lonely and dark room at midnight. He is notfiaid of any thing, but he cannot sup press adverse sensations entirely. Some readers know this to be a fact. Enough his been written against this practice ; but the devil still has his way in this particu lar in very many families. We feel as though we could write a vol ume of some size on this subject, every page of which would betr with great weight upon the foolish and frantic whimsies created by yielding to monitions of the devil, and abandoning a reliance upon God. But we can only ren so much as may cause our readers to think upon the sub ject and investigate for themselves. We do not remember of a single sen tence in the Bible, either in the Old or New Testament, that sustains the super stition relative to ghosts ; for we can have eo haunted houses without them. The operations of the Witch of Endor come not within this pale. The fear the disci ples entertained at the sea of Genesaret, at the induction of Peter and the exhibition to Thomas, show only that the corruption of childhood had engendered a dread of ghosts or rather that the institutions of the devil were the same then as now. No where, unless we are very much mista ken, is the fact of an existent ghost pro mulgated in the Bible. Young men and old men, boyj and girls, wheu any thing is presented to your view, that you do not understand, see whit it is. Do not be " scared" without a cause. If you know that the object presented is a wicked man or boy, a mad bull, a venom ous reptile, or things of that sort, you will know how to avoid them. But pray do not run from that " airy nothing," a ghost. Truth and Fiction. A preacher in olden time, complained to a friend, as a matter of wonder, that the performances of Garick, the great actor, should have so powerful an effect upon the auditory, who spoke only fiction, while his people were not affected, to whom he spoke the most important truths for time and for eternity. The reason is, said the friend, Garick talks fetion as though it were truth, while you speak truth as though it were fetion. There is much force and truth in the application of the moral of this anecdote. There are, indeed, many preachers whose utterance of the sublime and awful lan guage of inspiration, is so mild and common-place, as to induce the hearer to suppose that there is not so much in the matter aftci all. The speaker tells of the sufferings of Christ, of the awful and eter nal destiny of those who die without a trust in his salvation, the amazing coinci dences of the prophecies and their fulfil ment, without emotion, instead of demon strating iu style and manner, which im passioned truths are expected to affect our humanity. ,4 r 3Vho thus delivers liimself becomes lia- a the eharg-e of not understanding the of not feeling its force ; of being of that "mouth and utterance"! of God; of being devoid otVhat; ualification which is the" great christian minister. y man suppose that he can make up for ttitt defects, by rant and gesticuiatioh,'" evenvy the most polished oratory. He must fcel that whut ho says is. tiue. However ho may impose on his fellowmen, he cannot succeed in the work he has undertaken( by. mouthing it to God. Nor .v ill those of his hearers who have been endowed wit the gift of the Holy Ghost, bo 'edified. The response of the hearts of such will be : " Paul we know and Apollos we know, but who art thou?'' 'The Signs of the Times." i v V IB A. V ' Our Lord rebuked the spiritual dullness j icave to state vcry explicitly, that Metho of the Pharisees and Sadducees, for not j j;sts will baptize children and -an baptized perciving the .wonderful indications in i their day of the opening views presented of the Kingdom of God. " He answered and said unto-them, when it is evening, ye say, ltvj weather for the skvj auutu nro moruiusr, Z' iWic! t. v foul weather ro-day, for the sky is red and lowering. (), ye hypocrites, je ean discern j the face of the sky, but. can ye not discern the signs of tin times?" j Ana cannot the christian world Uiscern ; j the signs of these tunes i bach wonderful j lnCmber be again received upon his old j outpourings of the Spirit of God, as we j baptism, either faith as a condition of bap ! have experienced in these days, unprece- j "or tIl(J final pcrscVcraneo CI tLc I dented in the annals of the world ? Con-: ,.epU(iatcd. j versions are recorded of vcry old men, very j uIItflin"isconcerned tofinihia "friend" ! young men, all ranks degrees and condi-jjQ sucl a dileuima; and is sorry also that j tions of men. The sailors are coming in- j SQ refpect;1ble a person should borrow "cap i to the fold of Christ. A whole crew of a , anJ dh from som8 d,,lirigt)j,ae, and cry .merchant ship, alone, at sea, have found j out t.at thfl jietll0!:,:fc pr0!T3 is gag?cd." ; pardon and peace. A daily prayer meet- ghoulj cvm ti0. Bishops attempt irinova- ing was held, at last accounts, on t.oaru tne : U. S. steamer Wabash. One hundred a.d fifty seamen, atjeast, have been converted j on board the h. K receiving ship Carolina. Every where, on sea and on land, are seen wonderful manifestations of j the power of God, over the hearts of the i people, through the gospel of His Son. This matter addresses itself especialiyto all who are in the church militant A great conflict is coming, and a great victory is at hand for Him who goeth forth conquering ! and to conquer. Who will have a hand in j th(J gorious wurk ? Young mcn prcpare yourselves for the battle; do service , f1, nniTr f t,n T.r,r,i nnfinr tu0 Annci. ctninpd bnnnpr of .Tohovah. Christ, the , , , , Lord. Surely the time is at hand, when . J t'ae prophecy is to be fulfilled, "every r 1 J creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard T . - i , ii I sfivui'T 15 pssmrr. and honor, and srlorv. and power, be rntb him that siiteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb torever aud ever." Do Just as I Do. Well, how is the way you do, let us hear '! " Why, sir, I rise at 5 o'clock every morning throughout the year; spend one hour or hour anJ a half in prayer and medi tation; breakfast at 7 ; attend to business till 12; engage in religious service till half past 1 ; dine at 2 ; business again till 4; recreation one houi; service again till 7 ; then tea : then nra-er mectina; ; then scr- vice and to bed by 10." Very well, indeed ; a good day's work. The only diffiesrl'sf h, that you parade this as a meritorious matter, and intimate that no one is in the way to heaven who does not do just a you do. This is a positive mistake. If this were the case, what would be the hopes of the sailor, wheu on the giddy mast, iu a gale; keeping watch anl watch, or all hands on the watch, and tho like. He has no hope in your example, nor in the teachings of your system. W.iat then is his hope 1 We will tell you. " Then shalt thou see and flow together, anl thine heart shall fear and be enlarged ; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Jentiles shall come unto thee." What is to become of the laboring clas ses, the multitudes '' that no man can niini ber?" Among these there can be found but minutes instead of hours, for -especial service. The hborer has no hope in sys tems of pharasa.cal ordination. What is his hone? " TLis Poor man cried and the r Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles." It is written, "Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kinguom which he hath prom ised to them that love him ?" Many other words are written of a corresponding char acter. The humble heart, the aspiratory prayer, faith and obedience, and other commandments are the order of the poor man's course in his travel. You do very well, as appears by the re cord ; but if your heart is not right with God, the prayer; U:1, be merciful to me a sinner I" is of more value than millions of such offerings as you make. These pii vate devotions are communions with God, which the disciple knows about "for him self and not for another." Have charity to believe that your neighbors, by the grace of God, do the best they can in his service. But never imagine that " Do just as I do," is the standard and that wisdom will die with you, forsooth. If you are thus influenced, you are in the " gall of bitterness and the bondage of iniquity." The Biblical Eecorder. Our friend James will accept our con gratalations upon the improved appearance of the Recorder. The now suit of type seems to fit it well. .In the last issue of that paper, "a friend to Ileflin," wants to know if Rev. J. Til lett did not at Jerusalem last fall, bap tize three persons as infants who had not professed faith in Christ one about ten another about tirtlve and the other about sixteen years old. Answer; the two eldest were believers; the youngest wasbaptised as an infant. So we understood Bro. Til- lett to say in the presence of others in Warren, who confirmed his statemjji tr.WAcd for the. beuefft' of "a friend to Hefiin," who it would seem was jo impressed by the arguments at Jerusalem last fall that he fearsHhe parents will even force their adult 5 children to. infant baptism, "Ileflin" begs believers ; but that we will not knowingly Xtize an uncouvertcd siuner of adult age ft QJery'. Upon their own' principles of believer's baptism, and of final persever- avy, -lW ;3 it tiiaf Baptists do nofrre-bap- t:r,,,,.a,.i.,;,nj K.tjMPi'?' fe .ir.Snl nor. tiv i e etu i uie va vive u iiuoi o -b. u.' sevc-rance'- be the true doctrine, jffollows that cxpu!sion of a member is tauta-' nouDt to the declaration that he has never Lt,cn a cenuine believer: aud was not there-, fore fit for baptism. And if the expend tiong upi)n the r;lits of other ,lle.nbers of the church ,a fl.i'ed to Ileflin" would find this par(,r frce t0 ring out;l p(;.a t1;lt shoud , , a,is land to renress the usurna- tion?And now "Ileflin" bids his "friend" good bye. Editor's Table. ''Biographical Sketch of the Rf.v. Valentine Cook, A. M. With an Ap pendix containing his Discourse on Bap tism. By Edward Stevenson, 1). ., Nashville, Tenn.: Published for the Author by J. B. McFcrrin, Agent. 1858." A'alentine Cook entered the traveling ministry in 1788, and spent ten years in irginia, Maryland, aud Pennsylvania, c ' .J . J most of that time filling the oui..-e or presi- ,. T ,no i ding cider. In livs he was sent as amis- tQ Kentackyj wlure hc soyn ,uar. uear ... , , . vil'e, and for more than twenty years ' J J preached Christ in the power of the Holy K.host. lie was a man ot deep piety, txtra- ordinary talent, and respectable lucrarv acquirements ; and his labors were blessed of God in a remarkable manner. Prom the imperfect materials which were placed at his disposal, Dr. Stevenson has made a "bi ographical sketch," which will be read with interest and profit by many, and pre serve to the church the memory of a great and good mau. The volume is beautifully printed on 201 pages of good paper ; and we presume may be obtained from all the depositories. National Magazine : The August number is at hand : upon the whole, supe rior to most of its predecessors, and well filled with articles and selections of high literary merit. Price S2 a year, in advance. Address Carlton & Porter, 200, Mulberry street, N. York. Home Circle : The August number is excellent: Dr. Huston enters upon his du ties with new zest and energy. All the ar ticles are good; aud the Home Circle is, we think, the best Magazine extant for religious families. Terms $2 a year in advance. Address J. B. McFerrin, Agent, Nashville, Tenn.: or pay the preachers,all of whom are Agents. For the N. C. C. Advocate. To Members Of the Mwonic Fraternity in Xorth Caroli na, South Carolina and Virginia. 1'iji.ii.e Normal School, Hion Point, N. C. August Jdth, I8o8. Brethren- : I would respectfully call your attention to the above School, an 1 state that I desire your co-operation in the wo k of educa ing such of the destitute female or phans, or children of Masons as w ish to be teachers. I am willing to admit twenty-five such young ljJies and credit them with the entire amount tuition until they can teach and pay it. I wu!d therefore enquire, 1st. Whether you can snd any such to my School, and give or loan then the amount necessary for their expenses of biard, books, &c. And, 2nd. Whether i con Id probably secure in your vicinity paying' pup:ls, whose patron age would aid me in accomplishing the above work. Any aid you Cm indiviJniilly render in this way will be t-iankfully received. I am now aiding severs of the destitute or phans and daughters Masons, as well as others, and will cuntinufe to do so, as far as my means aud patronages-ill justify. Yours Fraternally Wm. I. LAXG'X, Proprietor, Fire. The Salem Veoes Press of Aug. 13, says: 'On Wednesday snWht, about 11 o c'ock, the dwelling and kt.en 0f ur pen. dleton, at Midway, Davidn county, --as consumed by fire, together 'y th nearly all ' the valuable furniture. Theye originated in the kitchen, by accident. For the X. C. C. Advocate. The Cause of Missions. To the Preachers or the X. O." Conference. I'ear Breturex: A recent lefer from the Treasurer of the Paren t S.-ciety at Xahille. Tenn., prompts me to suggest to yon the im portance of making a strong and speedy ef fort to bring up your collections to the high est possible nintor the present year. Our mision field is tn-;iiig. It must Lo extend ed considerably within the limits of our own Conference. Old missions which have been unproductive and expensive may ne mvKen , up, but new fields which promise fruits, and j vras thi.ught to have been the largest c-n-there are many such, must be entered and j t-ouive of persons that were ever i-oiiviin d cultivated. To meet the lure anil annually increasing expense of old and new, both at home and abroad, demands increasing libe rality on the part of the Church, ai.d addi tional effort on the part of the preachers. Every one of you doubtless, feel anxious that our Conference shall not fall behind. It is true the late Gen. Conference lias cut off from ns nearly a whole District, (all the churches l,ying in Virginia) which last year contributed about 000, but which this year must bo reported to the Va. Conference, yet with a little extra effort, I am inc.ined to be lieve it can be made up in Xorth Carolina. ;t U3 do it brethren. 'litrTi-easuTy' in Nashville is nr.w in want ; ;ts owri pjciiiaimnTect. Hence sinners were of funds. If collections do not .-umo iu pr-e- awaketied and mourners coiivi ited, baek dily, the Society must borrow largely. To gliders reelainird, bcl'ov.-t. built up, and a prevent this, it is proposed that .lleetions ! season of general nfic bing experienced by now in hand be forwarded foi-thwiih. If anv J Church. nr.i. W!,,-nn w,. f,i. ;,. i...i t.fti.n.i eregaid this me ting to have been . .. , , ibinin a hank ehccK, cr (ith-r s-.tie lunds.uii'l " - , ... v .... ... forwi-.rd nrtiio, and I will renut to toe- 1 reus- uit-i 'iimi iiit'iii unee-. xoiir, -v- . .1.. n . . -- i- WM. I-:. l'KLL. Aug. 8th, ' lSo!. c. New York Correspondence. Bev. Aaron Hunt, a Methodist minis' ter, recently deceased, was the oldest tra veling Methodist minister in America, ex cept Jo.-.hua Wells, id' Baltimore, who, with Dr. Bsngsand h-iban Clark, are ab -ut all of the oldest class living. Mr. II. was converted at the Old John Street Church, and commenced preaching in 1790. He lived we'll and died in peace. The Evening Post started a story seaudalous in its features against Rev. Wui. P. Corbitt, one of the most popular preachers in the city, especially among the Methodists, calculated to ruin him ; but. upon investigation, the charges were found to be allfahe ! An eminent Baptist niin- ister iti this city, some years siuce, was hurried inuoceutly to Ids '-rave by similar by charges. A stranger would be amazed t-i see the number of gambling holes iu this city 'they are legion ;' and a Christian would be mere astonished to find, in what are called " Christian families," that "card I'ltiiinj" is one of the most common amuse meuts, even in Methodist. Baptist, and Presbyterian families ! Young and old either engage, sit round, sanction, or smile upon the game some until o.ie or two j I. nnersity The interest is nlienily d p, o'clock at night I Whether these families and is increasing aiimtig all n;m and clas send their children to the gaming houses, ' ses. Bro. Pisht r, from Danviilc, is with or the gaming houses send them to these I nie, laboring with a devotion that is noble. families, T don't know. The conversion of the notoriously wicked Robert Dab' Oieen is one of trie miracles of tlic age mid the present icvival year none need be discouraged von;. Major Tiemanu, Peter Cooper, aud many other highly respectable citizens, have been recently tos.-1v slau- i dcred by Stephen H. Branch, iu his filthy sheet the ik Alligator, the result is, Mr. I B lias got to get out stone for a year or t two! Mr. Leslie, for exposing (lie "Stril j Milk" coneerns, has been held to bail iu several cases for alleged libels ; but I think ! his case will be very different. Bu.-iness is very backward, but is now beginning to revive, and the crops generally encourage the hope that it will be good. The nior- tality among children iu the city is very great, being three fourths of all thedeaths. Dr. Abel Stevens' .Methodist History will be out in October, and is looked fir with much interest. The nett profits of the "Tribune," of this city, amount to 72, 000 a year value of paper ?3:JO,000 I The ten million treasury bonds woie near ly all taken in this city, at about five per cent, premium. Money is abundant. August ii, is.-s. H. Revival;. VriL.1I I N UTO X D I .STRICT. Br . M. J. Hunt reports a 12 days meet ing at Gosln-ii, closing on the lOih inst. Twcrity-eiu'ht joined the Church, ci"ht of wh din were colored. The number of con verts not known. Fifty dollars were col lected for misMonary purposes. Brothers Hunt and Butts write jointly, that a meeting held at Salem, which em braced the 4th Sunday in July, was vcry pr sp -rous. Twenty one cuured and three whites joined the church. Taylorsville CIRCUIT August, 5, 1353 j Bro. Heflix : Say to the friends of Ziou that the Lord is reviving bis work on this circuit. We commenced a meeting at Liberty on last Saturday, which still continues. We have had a gracious time. 19 have professed to obtain pardon, and 16 have joined the church, and many oth ers are still crying lor ui'-rcy. ihe church has been powerfully revived, and poor backsliders have been reclaimed among j r,ussesS a subterrencan VUL llllZ! whom was a Baptist minister who had for- j , the water's edge. Tho mono i etid.mily ineily beeu a strong advocate of the doc-J the result of the subscription rai-ed bv the trine of the final pcrvevcarancc of the saints, i party of the Pretciider.W the want nf which The spirit of Elijah's God took fa.-t hold i ,he. liUter was prevented from striking a de upon him at this meeting, and he fell at j clsive blow." the foot of the cross, confessing his sius. . Ax Ixterestixo Anmvf.iisary. We aro He affirmed that he knew he had been con- indebted to the Uost n DiiU Adveni-cr for verted, but said that he had h. it all, and ; 'he followit g interesting rc'minieence, and then was afraid that he would be lo-t for- e'll'ally interesting i.otieo of an aiihivr.ury ever. What will our Baptist friends sav to ! "I(-'.bra,i!"1 : A" fourth of August, M'.C, this ? Here is a living witness, and one of . i . -e i " their ministers who testifies that one may, after having been converted to God, lusc every spark of religion, and again feel that he is a sinner exposed to death and hell. You may say also that we have secured a house aud lot at York Collegiate Institu- tute, for a parsonage, in which we are now tivinrr i-"'cuot ,P' , ii . lne house and lot cost us 6900; and we have raised a subscription of about 8700j will get more, which is to be paid in to meet the payments of the parsonage, ac cording tj contract. Tbi will make the Alexander circuit a very uYiraMc tuc. 1 To God be all tlie lorv. It is proper that I shi.nid s;iy that Br1. Barker aud York h-hi-nd '.villi their usual zeal and mk-ci s-i. Very respectful! v. W B."RI('lIAUl?O.V. M ATT A M l K I' F.T f'ltK ttT, ) Augu.r, th, lS.'-S. j j B::a. IIi:rr.ix : Oir Camp uu eting li !d 1 on M ,it(amuk tt Lik,', has jut th s.d Hie comxregatiun was ian-e lrom the mii:. lnent.( I11L.t to he end, and on Sabbath it. together iu Hyde. Willi a-f'-w except ions very gond rrder was observed throughout; and a more than usual share of attention was paid t the ministrations of the word. Brother Carson in hi strength, avd in the Spirit of his master, was rcsei t, and so also, Were tlic following bnthteti, !z: Bros. Guthrie, (.iRihirs Prof. Siati.-n, Mcacham, Nt-wby, and all the local breth ren ou the circuit. A noble corps of spir ited soldiers ; and nol ly did they gi.e c vi denco of their faith and prowess 'I'lo y nt forth the truth as it is in Ji.u, with j ow-r, and in demonstration of the Spirit. And that whieh was xo declared was found to be "harper than a two-edge 1 mvoi , producing 1 one oi srreai perioral o':ici.i. i ae vision- m : , ..., , ., , ,i- II MM ! 1 I 1 ,.' . ., . ' restraining it-iliiciH e abr ad lar bey -ii'I tie; i pale tit' t!o- eiiuieh. I am truly g::d to stile tint as a pari of ! the precious fruits of this meeting we v ro ! inablcd t witness t!o c mi versio,: of (it is j thought,) more than sixty soul-1, an I t !ip j ::ddi:ii ir t ) onr ranks !' about fifty m-vi n j persons who offeied themselves i.s pi..ba 1 lionets. We heartily ptav that the woil: : . J . ' may still go on. Totlodbe ot V :lu r nay lor us arid our en I I 1 I Vour bn and fel ow-l.iborcr in Christ, W. M. R MUOili: East Rowan Ciim i it, ) Aug. 11th, is.'.s, BltOTHKR Ukfmx : I would t-ay tl.n your columus that the good h-rd is i. li ving his work on the Jvist. Rowan cirenit. We l;ave just closed our camp nu-enne- at j Providence 'lunch, wl.ieh re-u ti d in the j conversion of some eight ?ou!. nu.oi.g tl t whites, and a ini'iihcr ( colored found I penes to their souls iu Christ. To God be all the praise ; amen . J. I'. SKEKNIl. At ;rsT IT, h, 1:S. Bro. Hf.i i.i v : The Lord is blcv-ii g the church at Chape! Hill with u gmcious revival. Twenty -two whites have profes sed a number are y t set-king, and the prospect is biightening nt cury inciting. The work is rtaehir-ir iho surdoiits in (ho and with a succ ss that few if tinv i-ouhl achieve; fir lie . and fliw the lull coiiliiicnce and fervent rifft e; ion of ihe peo ple, boih in and out of the i-hurih. May God forever bless him ! We praise God for his merciful visita tion, aud pray for and expect abundantly more. Very truly your brother, A. W. Mam.im. MISCELLANY. Wasiiin'oton'h Family Ilir.i.r. Tl.o njoiit of the Naidivi'.le I J i 1 . 1 Sociotv, Mr. 15. M. j Hawkins, has recently been disiributihg It; bles in Macon County, Tennes.ee, and while traveling through the conn y m-t ui:ht!ir old l'einily Ulble that f.nui 1 a pi iee in (i.-i.'l. Washington's chamber. Mr. II iwk'm f-ny . : "I took it iti r.iy bands me! examined it carefully, afrer which I read the l'.'.h P-abn in family worship. I t!ieua-kid the br ther liow be enme in pos.-e-siun of if. Jlctuid that at tin: (iciieral'H death his niece dll h- ir to the Bible. Previous to h-aiing Virgiuhi, her son was taki n sit-k an I died. Hi- waited on him until d-ath. The (J1 I uly i..l him that she was getting old an I inii-t k on die, and t at she had nothing to give him f.;r waiting on her son su- the old family lol.le. lie gladly reeohed it an I bmiighr it'to 'JVii-nes.-ee with h m on hor.cha-k. lb; t,,M mo that he would not lake three ill oi n.d d I larsfoi it. Tim geuth in in lives in the tou n of Lafayette, Macon c-iainty, and bis name is Col. Claiborne. You can't begin to imagine how I felt, while turning over ils leave-h. I really felt and thought ihat 1 had f mini a precious jewel. Jt apprarcd to mo that I would have given any pi ice for it." IMscovkry of a Cn;:-r or Or.n Coi v. Tin; London Court .f uii na 1 has the bdh.wihi; : "A most extraordinary iJitvuvcry, icb, for obvious realms, i- M,ught to , kept a profound secret, has taken phuc in an -,'d ruined house nil Ii i-1. An imincriw) ehc-!, f ull of gold and siher coins oi Lnbsti Maini , has been found c irn-calej in one id tin c- lari, where it had been carefully walled up. J'rmi the papers and documents contained likewise in the chest it has become evidi i t that the house was onee inhabited bv l!o- lii.gbroke, who mu-t have laid com led' here during tho period wlieie:nh's whereaboutd bus always remained n puzzle to biographers and historians. In one ( f his letters hu nun- 'j0-1" rhli rttn'Ht '""'"i"."' . " 'he " "rp '" '?' V ! "i0 W ' h" tern lnghlanus of J-.m-iipc, w ho-i he ua u. t j to sce n" a;n till ,,e etu' ne., , J,;, K'' " ' his gift of this New World. 'Hire- hundred : and sixty years pass away, and on tli xame ; day the noblest vessel in the New World' ! nuv3' comes in M-;ht ,(' t:.e m ist eastern i.f lliu hiJ"1,lll,nas of Xorth America : ami as t!, I T,iT .,e ""J'"";'? .wi".' "'VVn'"" ican strores the thread which given Kur- pij and America to each otler. A majestic c -1- ! ebration .f t e great hero's faithfuftm b avur, j at tbe end of a year of years nitwit wa ' m;l,,e ! ' i 1 V 1
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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