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AN ADVOCATE, JJLI PUBLISHED AVEKICL, BY A COAEMITTEE OF MINISTEES FO II THE lETIIODIST EPISCOPAL CIIU PiCII, SO EJrrU rufus t. heflix, EditohJ VOL. V NO. 43. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 18G0. T K It M S S TWO HOLLARS A YEAH, IN ADVANCE. CARO MA fill lusines -'('': "'. Thk Nt Caroms ( H '-t tv mi i rna tho i.Mipr.il ' e-. :li ' i ' lh ' i ! l is- tiv-;i:'i. evu- N .-r: Ii ':iruIoia fun ferem "1" t 'Kit. I c..r:0 .'Hur-S. s .ata. is jutiU rv 1 U? - a;l V !; iinult V Si r.s. tui'Tin : 52 a ve:ir, : .nivy - e. AH IVi''""' are f se.oitin!et af llie c.'-ir:' -fit r the tiWf i 1 lei. Sa'i.-eri ers i'.i In- .-emi'i ! -I .f the ;i,T!f f l renewal, arol r?-l e' tfulh re-.oo-r-'f i ti rrnev ubscr i.tiuu, hy e ('i:yas rfAHK. uj"!i ::.eir r.i;r?. ,:-" All '.te. travelin-r pre.iel-. t- arc A t? : open .--., anf fp kept wrh theia pjmmi romlitiun itt' r"' .-t '7'!'.praen at ton fereaee. Ar t'i:nT;.xs : Pit squire of !'- lines or less, firs in -ivi'V. I. For eajli suhsi iuen insertiun, 2.) eer.t. Kusioes. Cardof 6 lines or less, j er an. S Ii Oil A sBitr "f 12 lines or less, pe r .niiiuiu. 10 00 All aeeturts f.r adrcrtisinjr are lite a; the lime of the firs: insertion, r when pre-rntel. OHIGIXAL. vokk couREspoxntxct. Isew i or.K. Xov. 1, 1SG0. I". .T I f.J j" (I .. .,,. ernl Con tWencr of the M. L. ( hurrh Snifh, kinjrnrrd y Mr. Huttru i Must Splm Id Work "t Art. and Should In- 1'iiiftfMffy Pittronizrd. I have often visited the studio of Mr. uttrie. and watched the progress of his :reat work. Ii is now finished, and an honor to Mr. fc-'mithson who conceived its plan to tl.c skilful engraver, and a tri umph of elegant art in our land. Noth ing 0f the kind, or anything that ean ap proach it, has ever before been finished in the United States, and it is difficult to find, even in Old England, a steel engra ving of this dimension, finish, or charac ter. The picture itself is printed on plate paper 36x44 in size, and the engraved sur face is 28x30, which is very large. There are 200 portrait., about 70 of them Bish ops and Delegates to the Conference. Mr. Buttrie has, spent two years and a half upon the w-nk, and its cost will be some Sii.'.'uO. Jmw the operatit n of printing It. W11R huh, Vv juired a very large pres.'-. "O. and onlv copies can be struck off j a day. The likenesses are from dagcrreotypes, and if they do not ase aiy the fault lies with the daguer i "'list and his camera, and not to the s .il of the engraver. Xo one with any ..yo can fail to recognize the originals the very men themselves. The hall where the General Conference assembled is correctly delineated and im proved by ornamenting its walls with iraiaed portraits of our pious, n ble dead Charles Wesley, Dr. Coke. Asbury, Mc Kendree. Roberts, Emory. Bascom and Capers. Sainted fathers '. their precious tnetiMrie? will he .pherish-l ; J ---.I liv our children, and children's children for all time. J"hn We-lev's portrait, as be should, occupies the m st conspicuous place, over the platform, where rJ'e Bish ops appear. That eminent man of (rod. Bishop Soule. there stands erect, just call ing the Conference to order, and around j liim assemble his colleagues, each striking ly correct. Dr. Summers and Myers are looking through their " pccs" at the Sec retary's table, while a gentleman of color is filling a glass of water for Dr. Cross, at 1 the reporters desk. This will suit the J taste of our abolition friends who admire fine pictures, but Sambo must be thar." The Rev. V. Y. Bennett, with hat. cane and chak, has a prominent place in front, near Dr. L. l'earce. Geo. Carter, Dr. Huston, Hamilton. &c. A little farther off von meet Dr. Rosser, along side of l'res. W. A. Smith, no mistake in his broad face and head, nor in the neighbor ing countenances of Dr Lee, Hannah, John E. Edwards, Wadsworth, Gillespie, McTyeiro. Myers. Watson, McAnally, .Mc Ferri'n, Winfieli, Field. Kelley, and among the Xorth Carolina Itinerants, Deems. Hcfliu, and Reid, i f rrtera crVra rum. I do not know them all, so shall here stop naming any more ; but the per sonal friends of the Preachers, who were members of the General Conference, will, in this picture, without any difficulty, find them. This is certain, and among the best encomiums of the beautiful work. Dr. Marshall stands prominent, (of the proposed ' Church Evangelist," may it sucee-'d !) lie savs the engraving should be sold for S"0, instead of 510, and that i M.i i: ..e l i ,,.,,1 ! lilt; M Gt.I OjHVlin Ul lllil IdllU UIU..I naiu such a noble Church as Mr. Sinithson has resolved to erect. Any liberal soul, like the Doctor, for $50, can obtain five of the splendid pictures. We emphatically call this a great work, and truly it is. There are not less than 200 faces on one plate, and each a correct likeness, many of them full length. We have seen thousands of fine engravings at home and from abroad, and among them the Senate of the U. S., with those noblest of heads Clay, Webster and Calhoun; the beautiful Centenary of Metholisui, wall the " Legal 100, in 1:30 ; Perry's Victory on Lake Erie ; the Signing of the Declaration of Indejien denee. &e., but this historical piece, as a work of fine execution, exceeds them all. And to Methodists what can be more in teresting or desirable ? Xuxt to a good book is a good picture ; and this of the General Conference, South, hanging in our parlors, will constantly bring to mind the holy men whom the Church has de lighted to honor. Then tiie pious, noble object of the work should always be asso ciated with it. the erection of such a Methodist Church in Washington such as the iniportan'-e and wants of our Xational Capital demand. Lot all our families fond of Methodism, her ministry, doctrines and worship, ol'tain and prize Sinithson and Buttrie's Great Print of the General Con ference ! Nor can I imagine a more ap propriate and splendid ornament to our Literary Institutions, their ReadingRooms and Libraries. New York, Xov. 5, 1800. Union Meeting Immense Mr. Ililliard Annivrr&ivy of Old John Street Dr. Thompson s Sermon Herman Jiatujs' Collection. The Union Meeting last week at the Cooper Institute far exceeded any political demonstration of the season, in numbers and enthusiasm. In the procession not less flian 25,000 people paraded the streets, with banners, music and torch lights. Mr. Ililliard is here again, and addressing the people eloquently in aid of the Union ! ticket. Mr. Seward id in town, - ! other side just flow. j J Sunday hist was tin: anniversary tf i John St.. remembrance of Einbip r ! arrival 1 00 roars ago. .Dr. Thomps-o. tlf Christian Advocate ad Jourtiu', ; livered an excellent discourse i:i the j i:ig. Love-feast preceded the sermon. . i the afternoon there was; an exjierco -! meeting. Rev. Herman Bangs l rt-si. i in ; and at i 5 r lit a discourse by Rev. 31 r. J!;: ri.s. the converted .Jew. and former past' r Colleotions reaching S1000 wen; taken t:; tar the support of the gospel on this ho i ored fpot. KMCKKRBOCKER. S hi u hi C T I O X S . AX INCIDENT WORTH TEI.L1M5. ENCOURAGE 1ISUKAU,-K.KJ 1TINI:J , ANTS.) I MET my friend II. on the cars a few days ago, on his return from Arkansas, where he had been visitiuga daughter, and looking at land. II. is a Methodist, and generally looks up the preachers ami at tends the 'meetings." While at Lake Village, lie made the ac quaintance of Biv. W., the Methodist preacher in charge of the mission, in cluding the village. In one of their con versations. II. found that W. was low spirited and greatly discouraged under a cloud under a hmjitation to locate, give up the pastorate, and go at some other business to make bread for his wife and children. II. dissuaded him from it ; urged him to trust in the providence of God for his sup port ; assuring him that God would care for hiiu and provide every blessing, if he trusted him, and went on in his work. W. said he had been itinerating a number of years ; had a growing family; had re ceived so little from the circuits travelled. i that he was now in debt for what had been necessary to support his family, and he did not see how he could get along unless he located, and went to some other business. (Vet, during the conversation, he showed some papers as evidence of some of his debts having been paid by kind friends, which ought to have encouraged him to travel on. II. learned, also, that Sister W. was opposed to her husband's locating.; Still W. insisted that he would have to ' locate. II. replied that if God had called j him (W. ) to the work of the ministry, it i was clearly his duty to stick to it. and trust ! God for every thing that was necessary fyr I the support and comfort of his family: and j if he did this, he believed God wouid pro- j vide in some way, by the hand of some ; good man, for the payment of all his debts, ; and he would be able yet to goon untram- . melled. II. then gave W. the case of J.. of the Mississippi Conference, who, in 1SJ4. i was tempted to locate, for the same rea- ' sons ; but was relieved by a donation of j So0 from a friend, which covered all his , -Kl-., iLk Lit. niaooil in incgooJ work, : and had been useful asa minister, and had ! prospered in temporal matters. Also the ' case of S-. of the same Conference, who. i though relieved by a donation from the ! same kind friend, vet located, and became. ' in a few years, hojtelessly embarrassed, and went down to the grave under a cloud. "Now," said II.. "it is all a temptation of the devil ; and if you yield to it. I shall ex pect you will do no better, but worse. Trust in God. and do your duly as a min ister, and he will help you out some way. W. replied "that his horse had failed ; j and if his debts were paid, he did notkuow how he could go on without a horse." j (While this conversation was going on, j a Bro. F. came in. He took no part in the j conversation, but seemed a very attentive ; hearer.) F. replied to W.'s last remark : "I am a ! steward of the Lord ; I have not much pro- j perty; but if Jire hundred dollars will do I you any good towards paying oft' your j debts, I'll give V'ou that ; and I have some i horses, from which you can select such as j will suit 'ou, and be welcome to them." I On casting up. W. found the money : would cover all his debts. Horses were ' sure, too. No more giounds of the tempt- j ation ; and the transition was so sudden, the light so clear, that W. wept for joy! and gratitude his noble wife joining him j in it, j Might I moralize or draw inferences ? j 1. The Church does not always support ! her ministers as she should, and as; she is : able. j 2. Consequently. ministers areso pressed ; with pecuniary embarrassment as to par tially disqualify them for their work. 3. Satan takes advantage of this, and leads some away from the work if not to ruin. 4. If those who have the means would ! but regard themselves as the Lord's stew- ' ards, and come to the rescue, many min- isters would be in circumstances to be more useful, while others would be save I trom locating. 5. The reason for the evils which some ' men experience is lie loafe.d ! II. II. M. . Mississippi X'ashville Christina Adio- ' COt: REV HENRY SLICER. i The Methodist gives a strong picture of this patriarch of the Baltimore Conference. He was born in Annapolis in 1801 ; learn ed a trade in Baltimore in his youth; ' afterwards studied a short time for the ministry under Bishop Emory; joined Conference in 1822. In 1837 he was elected Chaplain of the Senate. " and in the number of his re-elections has been honored, perhaps, beyond any other clergy man in the history of the nation. In politics a Democrat, but not an active poli tician, r.e has, however, had influence for good with every Democrat President, for several administrations. As a preacher, and before the masses especially at a camp-meeting Dr. Slicer is a man of great force and lemarkable efficiency. At such times he always appears completely j himself and master of the occasion. He j evidently feels the dignity and authority j of his divine coinniissson, particularly j its dark side and addresses himself to his message as though sure his Master had eminence in the congregation who ! must be dragged from their hiding places by the strong arm of the law. lie reasons with them defiantly ; he scorns their paltry excuses ; he rips open their ingenious subterfuges, not along the seams, but across the texture : he offers them mercy, feeling they are not worthy of it, and applies the balm of Gilead to their wounds with the point of his sword ; but it is the true balm for all that." GKN. J.U'KSO.N.S WIFE HER T.ASf HOI KS. ! SINGULAR ECCLESIASTICAL CASE. The new volume, of M. Pauton's -'Life j The English papers report a case o of Andrew Jackson" has the iollow tic- clerical zeal in pressing obsolete eccle coimt of the death of the Ijeneral's wife: j iastical law, which sounds strangely in On Mondav evening, the evening before j the Nineteenth century of the Christian the iveiit3'-tliird, her disease appeared to era. It appears, that an unbaptized child take a decided turn for the better ; and she j died in the parish under the vicarial then so earnestly entreated the General to charge of the Rev. Edward Tote Neaie, prepare for the fatigues of the morrow by i of Horsey, who refused thereupon as by having a night of undisturbed sleep, that j the rubric required, to perform a burial lie consented, at hist, to go intoaii adjoin ing service. The parents of the child, being room an. I lie down upon a sofa. The doc- j thus debarred the privilege of formal tor was still in the house. Hannah and j religious services, took the matter in their (ieorge were to sit up with their mistress, j own hands, and contrary to the advice and At nine o'clock the General bade her j command of the vicar, insisted upon-' good night, went into the next room, and i having prayer and singing over the child, took oft his coat, preparatory to lying down. by the mouth of a layman, and did sing on He had been gone about live minutes; .Mrs. Jackson was then, for first time, removed from her bed, that it might be re-arranged for the night. While sitting in a chair, supported in lie firms of Haio.ul:, sUo ut tered a long, loud, inarticulate cry; which was immediately followed by a rattling noise in the throat. Her head fell forward upon Hannah's shoulder. She never spoke nor breathed again. There was a wild rush into the room, of husband. doctor, relatives, friends and ser vants. The General assisted to lay her upon the bed. "Bleed her," he cried. No blood flowed from her arm. "Try the temple, Doctor." Two drops stained her cap, but no more Jolloweu. It was long before he would believe her dead. lie looked eagerly into her face, as if still expecting t. see signs of return ing life. Her hands and feet grew cold. There could be no doubt then, and they prepared a table for laying herom. ith a choking voice, the General said: 'Spread four blankets upon it. If she does come to, she will lie so hard upon the table." He sat all night long in the room by her side, with his face in his hands, "grieving," said Hannah, and occasionally looking into the face, and feeling the heart and pulse of the form so dear to him. Major Lewis, who had been immediately sent for. arrived just before daylight, and found him still there, nearly speechless and wholly inconsolable. He sat in the room nearly all the next day. the picture of desoair. It was only with great diffi culty that he was persuaded to take a little coffee. And this was the wav," concluded Han nah. "that old mist us died; and we always sav that when we lost her we lost amistus and a mother too; and more a mother than amistus. And we say the same of old iDi.sfer for lie was more a father to us than a master, and many's the time we've wished him back again, to help us out of our troubles." CLERICAL IMPOSTORS A BOLT. Tr is a very bad thing to have announce ments of this sort to make. We, however, extend to two of our city contemporaries, i-u. r4;, j,.,..,. itio eoui twy ur peat i u g t hei:r warnings to the public. The character of sister Churches are thus protected. Moreover, these parties may attempt to impose themselves on our people, and to get into our church: there is no telling: The Banner of Peace, (Cumberland Presbytei ian.) Nashville. Teun.. warns the public against a man calling himself R. C. Moore, grandson of Bishop Moore, of Virginia, who has been playing the ''con fidence game" on several clergymen in the West. lie succeeded in obtaining license from a called Presuytery, at Helena. Ark., and then suddenly left for "parts unknown forgetting to pay a few small debts. The Rev. S. Corley says: "Said Moore is about twenty-four or five years old, fair com plexion, full, blue eyes, small of stature. and of prepossessing manners, but a hare. imttosti-r: and I hereby warn all Churches and persons whatsoever against having anythinghore todowithhim, until he learns to behave better. I should not be sur prised at any thing he might do." Here is the other. We copy from the Baptist Standard, Aug. 25, Nashville. Tenn. We have of later c.dved frequent letters, of which the following extract from a brother is a specimen: "The report has reached here that J. R. Graves is an excluded member of the Baptist Church. Graves himself, wnen here, told us that the report was entirely unfounded. Is he an excluded member, or not? Please let me know." For the information of this brother, and all others, we take occasion to say thus publicly, that, in October, 1858, J. R. Graves was charged bebre the church with "grossly immoral and unchristian conduct;" was found guilty, and was e.r pelled J'rom the ch arch; that .soon after he was advertised as an expelled member; that he has never been restored; and is this day an expelled member, having no con nection with any regular Baptist church whatever; the pretended church with which he claims connection being a little faction, expelled soon after he was, for schism, disorder, and abuse, and defam ation of the church. Mr. .. A, draws is mi expelled member of the. Baptist Church. His true status is therefore that that ol'any other person of like character, who goes preaching through the country, and imposing upon the churches. jVasli eille Ad locate. .UE'i'HoMST CONVERTS. Tn reply to the remark of the Southern Church man, that the great instability of Methodist converts may be traced to the want of a sound conversion in the majority of those who apostatize, Rev. Paul White head says, in the Richmond Christian A'rorafr: "Hundreds and thousands ofN persons connected with families in other churches, have been converted in our meetings, and now from a large part of some of those churches largest of all in the Episcopal church. Indeed, in some places, its whole growth is of converts made among Methodist. I saw two con firmations in one parish of this diocese within ten or fifteen years past, consisting of 15 or 20 persons, of whom all except one or two had been recently converted at Methodist revivals. . . . Many per sons raised in our church and converted in our revivals, have been persuaded by Epis copal ministers to join their church. These ministers (the very same in some instan ces we know of, who talk about excitment and sympathy in our meetings,) have de clared their confidence in the piety of j these converts, and treated and instructed them, after getting them into their fold, as people whom they had good reason to be lieve were regenerated." the way, and at the grave, tno iiymn, beginning: "Alas! how soorj the Wily dies, .This but an earthly elod: . . Each pusd'tug moment loiuny eries Prepare to meet thy God," " by which singing," in the language of the complaint entered by Mr. Nenle, "the said FA' ward Pote Neale was then and there n xed and troubled, he being then and t l:ivjrie vicar of the said parish, and the oiJtr r. 'n duly authorized to per form f J, i, '. of thec Sajj 'di, contrary to the form of "U1J. the stj.tte h case made and provui- j ed." The' S!,, vi n le being the only per son authorized to pel "or in the service, and he refusing, the poor people, who, by the vicar's own statement, and by all the evidence, were worth', religious and law abiding, would seem to be in a dilemma, for which, in a most Ci'ristiau country there was, strangely enough, no remedy. With a natural repugnance to see their child " thrown into the grave Lke a dog," they " cairied it to the churchyard, and feeling it hard, that they should not be allowed to go in, not understanding Mr. Xeale's reasons, they knelt down outside in the road, and offered up prayer. They then rose, and in orderly procession walked to the grave, where they sung iheirhymn. For this act the clergyman, with zeal for law and order, brought them before the magistrates, who, evidently disliking the duty, fined the poor people one shilling, as they said, merely to save the law. The vicar, who seems to be really a good fellow, but for ecclesiastical buckram, was thus appeased; but the lawyer employed by the defendants, with equal professional j persistency, appealed to the quarter-sessions j He has the best chance of oeing beaten i unless the vicar withdraws the charge, for ! it was clear that an offense against an existing law, dating back to the reign of Queen Mary, had been committed. The case is curious, as illustrating the in consistency of many an extant but obsolete English law. with the advanced spirit of" the age. It might, have slumbered, until it. entirely ruste 1 from the statute book, if it had not been for the o'Aeial zeal of a A SAHHATI1-SCHO0L INCIDENT. At a meeting in Exeter Hall, London, where there was a vast iiumberof Sabbath school children assembled, a clergyman arose ou the platform, and told them of two bad little boys whom lie had once known, and of a good little girl whom he after wards learned to know. This little girl had been to Sabbath-school, where she had learned "to do some good every day." Seeing two boys quarreling, she went up to them, fold them how wickedly they were acting, made them desist from quarreling, and, in the end, induced them to attend Sunday-school. These boys were Jim and Tom. "Now, children," said the gentle man, "would you like to see Jim 1" All snouted with one voice ; " l es : yes. Jim, got up said he, looking overto another part of the stage. A reveren- i looking missionary arose, and looked smil- ingly upon the children "Now, would you like to see Tom ?" "Yes ! yes I" resounded through all the house. "Well, look at me : I am Tm. and I, too. have been a missionary formany years. Now, would you like to see little Mary Wood V The response was even more earnest : "Yes !" "Well, do you see that lady there in the blue bonnet ? That is little Mary Wood, and she is my wife .'" THE CROSS. Blest they who seek, While in their youth. With spirits meek, The way of Truth. To them the sacred volume doth display Christ as the only true and living way ; His precious blood on Calvary given, To make them heirs of endless bliss in heaven. And e'en on earth the child of God can truce TLe glorious hlessirrs of his sovereign grace. For them he bore His Father's frown, For them he wore The thorny crown. Nailed to the cross. Endured its pain, That his life's loss Might be their gain. Then haste to choose The bettek part, Nor dare refuse The Lord your heart, Lest he hkcl.usk: " I know you not," Then deep despair A V ill he vour lot! R E F L E C T ION-' The past where is it? It has iled. The future! it may never feme. Our friends departed? w ith the dead : Ourselves? Fast hastening to the tomb. What are earth's joys? The dews of morn. Its honors? Ocean's wreathing foam. Where's peace? In trials meekly borne. And joy? In heaven, the Christian's home. THE FREE MASON. A mason's home is everywhere W here e'er a mason's found His foes are few, his friends are true, In weal and woe he's bound His brother's sorrows to partake He'll bear them for his brother's sake. 'Tis hard to die away from home, Where strangers only dwell. No kindred dear to shed a tear No wife to say 'farewell;' But every mason is wife and mother To evry sick and dving brother- LIKE YOURSELF'. In a Scotch parish there was an ancient of the name of Saunders, whose wit was reputed to be very sharp. The laird who was also a wag, met him one day driving a pig to market. "Weel, Saunders," quoth he, "ye're driving yer kizzer (cousin) to the market." "No, na, laird ; he'sjistan auld acquaintance, like yoursel'." I TINKERS AND THEIR MODE OF WORSHIP. I Tlie annual festival of the people us- iallall'd Dunkards, can.e off at Hickory j Cove, Hawkins County, on Saturday ana o.Sabbath, 13, and 14th hist. As many of imr readers are unacquainted with this j :vople, a few items touching their history ' ;uid mode of worship may not be uninter esting. History fixes their origin in Ger- many in the year 17uS, though we have ' hoard thetu speak of a more ancient ori gin and of an identity with the church spoken of in prophecy as fleeing from ;crsecutiou and taking refuge in the wilder ness of Fiedmont. The original society ii Germany consisted of eight persons, all (fwliom had been Presbyterians save M. Kipin who was a Lutheran. Like all fjiier Baptist organizations they were at a Ij. s to know how to originate a scriptural tism-that, is baptism by immersion ni none of the company had been scriptu rally baptized according to their new views of the divine institution. After much debate and prayer they cast lots to as -certain the will cfGod as to who shoukl' e the administrator of the ordinance. '1 he name of the person on whom the lot fell has been carefully concealed from the world. He, however, baptised his breth ren by immersing them three times res pectively and they in like manner baptised the new immerser. About twenty families of this persuasion, landed in Philadelphia in the year 1719 In the year 1729 about thirty others joined the little band from the same society in Germany. Others however soon after came over and the number increased rapidly. Thus was ori ginated in Germany and then in America, this quiet peace loving, unassuming, pior.b and devoted people. They are now pretty numerous in some parts of the United States and are doing much good in their way. .Members were in attendance at the late meeting in the Cove from several adjoining counties. Saturday night was the night of the feast. A narrow table of sufficient length for the accommodation of the membership was spread in the church the brethren occupying one side anl the sisters the other. Soup dishes filled with the essence of the il J'l-u iia! html," which had been previously prepared for the pur pose, were placed at equal distances upon the table so that as many as four could cat from the same dish. Of this and bread, well prepared for the purpose, they ate a full m ;al in love and in memory of the supper which our common Saviour ate with his disciples before his betrayal. After supper the Sacrament proper, j was administered, and before rising from the table- The ceremony of washing feet I is always observed. In this instance, it j followed the Sacrament. The salutation j by the -holy kiss was also observed dur i ing the ceremony. We enjoyed very nini'ti the exercises on Sabbath. A sweet ' .religious infi a Mice evidently nervaded the j' asfWo'jlj . i lie preachers seemed unbiicl ' wit!.- the spirit of their mission. The universality of the atonement ex- pcrii: ental religion and keeping the Com- mandiiients" are usually the subjects of diseoure on such occasions. Ihese people are truly, a "peculiar people." They; have the honor of being the only church in America it not in the world, who re main to this day unaffected, unchanged either by fashions or lighter literature of the age. They are the same now they were fifty, yea an hundred years since, both iu manners and in costume. They and they alone, in these respects, connect the present with the past. Here, other churches might at least learn a lesson of moderation touching the gaudy fashions of the day. We respect and love this people for their simplicity, earnestness and strict observance of the rules of their church. They are a quiet, industrious, useful an peace-loving people. In pri vate life they are kind, accommodating, honest and courteous. Heaven grant them yet greater success in saving the people. Iletaiovs Intelligence. FORM OF BAPTISM. We look upon the controversy about the form of Baptism as indicative of ignorance and superstition. It certainly is a strange magnifying of small things to suppose that the Almighty can be particular whether Chrstians use red win- or white wine, wheat bteud or barley bread in the Lord's Supper; or whether they partake of theele luents kneeling, or sitting, or standing, or reclining. The essence of the sacrament is in the spirit of it, and all the is required about the elements is that they should be decent emblems to suggest it. So ofBap tism. The essence of it is the Baptism by the Holy Ghost. What matters whether salt water or frtsh water, running water or quiet water is used ? Whether the body is submerged in part or entirely, or whether the water is applied by pouring or effusion or sprinkling? Can the Lord be particular about so small a matter? I'erhaps he may tie, Out it we Delieved it ; we should be compelled to modify our district in January, and was greatly aston ldeasot his nature very greatly. ishe(J at what ne saw His yecretarj re It seems, however, that in some parts niul-keI to the missionaries :" There was of the country this old, and wc hope obso- ,icver S(M, MK.,, si;,,lt in In(ia M tI)iso lescent, controversy still survives. The j This rvierT0J I0 a o;,thering of about two Am: lock Adeocute hasa notice of a new : tiU(USimi liative (Wtians. at which he book on Baptism by Rev. J. A. Clement, j was .)r).llt. p-,.,,,,, tjK. proviIICC of Pa in which some of the arguments in use , p,)l.tl, Kebreopn.ithoes have presented among the people m that section are given, j tlt;UiS(1)v,.s t the number of forty-six, out u c pieseiit one as a spuciiiici. 'There is an argument that Baptists have been wont to parade as unanswerable. As- ; suming that baptism signifies a burial, they ' Fay, "If you sprinkle a little sand on the face, could that be called a burial?" He j retorts,"who ever saw a Baptist minister ! plunge or dip a man. Why, say you, I ! have seen it many a time.' You have have you? Well, lot us see. The preach er led the subject down into the water until it was about waist deep, then he dipped him. Just so. But stop a mo ment Did he dip or plunge the lower part of him, say from the waist down to the feet? 3Iaybe you had never thought of that before in all your life. But, say you, 'the person was wet all over. Wet all over ? There now, is that another meaning of baptizo? Wet all over! Well let us try the meaning of -to baptize' as it occurs in the Bible : ' He that believes and ia wet all over shall be saved;' 'I thank God that I icet all over none of you, ex cept Crispus and Gaius," &c. Zion's Herald. A CHINESE PROVERB. " A word once let fall," says a Chinese proverb, "cannot be brought back by a chariot and six horses." Take care, then, what words you speak. For every idle word we shall have to give account. LTRIOLS ItEVLlTIOXARY VERSES. The following ingenious composition ap peared in a Philadelphia newspaper many years ago. Its author is unknown. Its peculiarity consists in the manner in which it may be read ; viz., in the differ- ent ways : 1 . Let the whole be read in the order in which it is written ; 2. Then the lines downward on the left of each com ma in every line ; and, 3. in the same manner on the right of each comma. By the first reading it will be observed that the Revolutionary cause is deprecated, and lauded by the others : Hark! hark! the trumpet sounds, the din of war's alarm.? O'er seas and solid grounds, doth call us all to arms ; Who for King George doth stand, their hon ' ors soon wiii shine. Their ruin is at hand, who with Congress join. The acts of Parliament, in them I much de light; I hate their cursed intent, who for the Con gress fight. The tories of the day, they are my daily toast ; They soon will sneak away, who independence boast. Who non-resistance hold, they have my hand and heart ; May they for slaves be sold, who act a wliig- pisti part On Maiisheld, North, and Bute, may daily blessings pour. Confusion and dispute, on Congress ever- i more ; j To North, that British lord, may honors still ; be done. I wish a block or cord, to General Washing- ton. ; HE TAKES NO RELKilGTS PAPER Who takes no religious paper? A ' member of the church, and quite a lead ing man in the congregation to which he , belongs. Is he a poor man? No ; he carries on a large business, and makes money faster than most of his brethren. If lie were poor there would be some excuse for him. Is he an intelligent man? Well yes ; he takes one or two, or perhaps more, political papers, and is well posted up in political matters. You might as well think to turn the sun out of his course as to convince him that any thing is ' wrong which his party advocates. And he wants every thing done in the church according to his way, and his way, he is perfectly sure, is the way things were done in the purest and best times of the reformation. But he knows nothing about the mis sions of the church. He does not know where she has missions established among the heathen. He could not tell you whether they have done any good. He i could not tell .vou whether a descorul-nO of i Abraham lias been converted these fifty years. He knows nothing about how other congregations in his own church are j getting along. So when one member re- joiees with it, and when another member suffers he cannot sunur with it. He casts a dime into the hat once or ! twice a year when collections arc taken up, and then wonders what the church does with so much money. PRAYER: " Prayer highest soars when she most pros trate lies, And when she supplicates, she storms the skies. Thus to gain heaven may seem an easy task, For what can be more easy than to ask ? Yet oft we do by sad experience find, That clogged with earth, some prayers are left behind, And some, like chaff, blow off by every wind. To kneel is easy, to pronounce not hard, Then why are some petitions debarred ? Hear what an ancient oracle declared : Some sing their prayers, and, some, their prayers do say ; He's an Eiias, who his prayers can pray. Reader, remember when you next repair To church or closet, this memoir of prayer.' CONVERSIONS IN INDIA. The Christianization of the Kols in the Chtta Nagpore district is proceeding at a verp rapid rate. Two thousand have al ready been baptized, or rather, this waa the number some six months ago. The number of those who have broken caste, and have applied for baptism, is also very large. Ninety were baptized in January last. A missionary writes that, in the neighborhood of Ranchee, the Gospel is spreading like a fire in the jungle. As many as eight hundred villages have re ceived the Gospel. So many Kols were pouring into the station from the jungle, that three missionaries were occupied all dav in giving them instruction. The , .;.,., :Vernor of lien.! visited the of eleven villages, asking instruction. t They say that large bodies of this sect arc' ready to embrace Christianity. There are six missionaries in the Chota Nagpore field. Germans sent torth originally b Gossner. In Lu know and the surround ing villages, eighiy-iiine natives have beet, baptized since the rebellion. " What does Satan pay you for swear ing?" said a gentleman to one whom h heard using profane language. " He don't pay me anything," was th reply. " Well, you work cheap to lay asid the character of a gentleman, to inflict s much pain on your friends and civil pe pie, and to risk losing your own soul, an all for nothing! You certainly work chea very cheap, indeed !" A PASTOR'S RE-CREATION A brother, writing to the Advocate an Journal, says: I do not mean to condemn rc-creatio as unlawful for a minister ; but, after thii ty years' labor as a Methodist preacher, njver found any bodily exercise so profit; ble for body and soul as pastoral visitation. To those afflicted with hypochondria, would say, try it; try itpe.rseveringlyjan.' you will find it a most c ipita! cure." HEATH OF A I'lSTIMll'ISli E!) I, A NY. Mrs. Edward S. Livingston, relict of Edward Livingston, the statesman and ju rist, died in New York on the 24th hist., in the 79th year of her age. She was i one of the few remaining representatives of the women of the active political period which followed closely upon the revolu tion. Her husband was a member of Congress in 1797, during Washington's administration, and took part in the ani mated controversies which ultimately led to the election of Jefferson. He was sub sequently Mayor of the city of New York, and afterwards, at the battle of New Or leaus, an aid to General Jackson, with whom he was always on the most intimate terms of friendship. It was during his residence in Louisiana that Mr. Livingston prepajd thut cod- f lav.-s) " hicii juai" him m i.auie biltong the most eminent ju rists of the world. Afterwards, in 1812, he served as Senator of the United States ; then, in 131. as Secretary of Suite, and. finally, in 1833, as Minister to France. In all these positions Mr. Livingston found in his accomplished wile not only an ami able companion and friend, but an able coadjutor. The liveliness of temper which enabled him to enjoy the gay socie ty of the various capitals of the old and new worlds was fully shared by her, and she ornamented as well as animated the high social circles in which they joined. In the latter part of her hie Airs. Living- ston was wholly withdrawn from soviet', although she always retained the liveliest recollections of the brilliantscenes through which she had passed THE ALPINE CROSS. A week or two ago we alluded to a story of two travelers crossing the Alps, one of whom was ready to faint by the way, when he was cheered by the sight of the cross on the summit of the pass a symbol that afterward rose as a vision be fore his eyes when about to chc in death a touching incident that has been turn ed into poetry by Mr. James T. Fields, of Boston. X. V. Ecaii'p list.' Benighted once where Alpine storms Have hurled hosts of martial forms Halting with fear, benumbed with cold, While swift the avalanches rolled. Shouted our guide, with iuivering breath, " The path is lost to w'VC i tlrnth!" The savage snow-cliffs seemed to frown, Tiie howling winds came fiercer down ; Shrouded in such a dismal scene, No niorlal aid whereon to lean. Think you what music 't was to hear, " I see the cress! our uay is char !" We looked, and there, amid the snows, A simple cross of wood uprose ; Firm in the tempest's awful wrath It stood, to guiij lh iiuveli-r s pai n, And point to where the valley lirsj Serene beneath the summer skies.' i One dear companion of that night Has passed nwav from morti.l sight ; He reached his home to droop and fade, And sleep within his native glade; But as his fluttering hand I took, Before he gave his farewell look, He whispered from lushed of pain, " The Alpine cross I see again." Then, smiling, sank to endless rest Upon his weeping mother's breast. PI0 NINO AND H13 COURT The Pope was subject to epilepsy in his youth, which prevented his becoming a soldier, and led to his entering the church. He distinguished himself while i priest, by his benevolence aud devotion to duty, liis physical disease destroys the vigor both of his spiritual and mental impulses. His countenance is benevolent, but feeble, and is an index of his character. His kind smile is almost silly, aud his face is distorted in expression one side looking angry or morose, and the other placid. He was an excellent priest, but has not enough capacity for Pope. Since his re turn from Gaeta, his gentleness has de generated into obstinacy. He has become ascetic, visionary, intensely Pontifical, ir ritable, casuistic, and intellectually feebler than ever. This suits Antonelli's purpo ses, and he encourages it by every means in his power. The Pope's household, to which England, Germany, France and Italy each contribute a prelate, is headed by Borromeo, one of the most brutal of fanatics. It also includes Merode, a Franco-Belgian, who is a cunning, fanatical soldier, and who got up Lamoriciere's band of mercenaries. A FRANCISIAN MONK OUTWITS A DOMINICAN. Two monks, one Dominican and the other a Franciscan, traveling together, were stopped by a river. The Dominican said to the Franciscan that as he went barefoot, he was forced by the rnlc of his order to carry him across ; that if he re- fused he would commit a great sin. The Franciscan yielded to thisobservation, and i took the other on his shoulders. When they were in the middle of the ford, the Franciscan asked the other if he had any money about him. " Yes," replied the other, " 1 have two reals." " I ask you a thousand pardons," brother," rejoined the disciple of St. Francis, "but my order forbids my carrying money." And with these words he plumped his man into the river. WAITIN'J. Rev. Dr. McLean, of ti e Pro-byterian church, recently died at, Indianapolis, I nd. He had been confined to his beil for the hist eighteen months by paralysis, which, however, left his intellect unclouded. Indeed, it seemed to beam forth with unwonted brightness. 1 lis remarkable faith and trust in his God remained with him to the last. When asked by a clerical friend, 'How arc you, Doctor?' he replied, 'Waiting, waiting.' 'Do you feel resigned?' 'No, not resigned; that is not the word. My prospect is too bright, too glorious. I have an eager longing to be with Christ, for when he shall appear, I shall bo like him, for I shall see him as he is the Lamb of God the Lamb! What have I to be resigned to?' LOVE OF CHILDREN. "Beware," said Lavater, "of him who hates the laugh of a child." "I love (rod and little children," was the simple, yet sublime sentiment of Richter. RETK1MTIVE JUSTICE The last communication of a Beirut cor respondent is full of interesting dcl.id. relative to Syrain affairs. Fuad Pa-La is still prosecuting the work of Vengeance with indefatigable energy. The turn of the lruscsto suffer for their cr!n:-s is now come? and the measures of t lie Mos lem minister for th;ir infopvi.cnt evince his determination to render ii trrri ble and effective. Thirty-live of do Lebanon chiefs have been Miiimi"iu d for trial to Beirut, andaproclamaliou ha been issued by the governor in which h" ciri merates the penalties that shall be i-iu d on such a decline to appear. "'I he chiefs." says his excellency, "who re!'u-e to obey the summons to appear in Beirut :ue oe prived of their rank, npdthe title of In icr is Mo' d fro-V, the r names. Setoii'.ly. their estates and personal property r v -i to the government. Thirdly, the provin cial government has fallen frmii their hands, and they are deprived of all offiulal servants. Fourthly, judgment tJiuil 1 o , pronounced on the absentees without lav, even though absent, and. w In ti liny are arrested, they shall be punished." Notwithstanding this threat of de privation of rank, and dignities, and h uev and property, and condemnation to d. !, without trial, however, twenty three ehi -M out of thirty-five ventured to di-icj.nd the mandate, and did not present tl .i ,. solves at Beirut." But their c.inl um.-.c , will only serve to render their fate t lot more tragic. Fuad Pasha works unh other instruments than mum i in proclamations. If those Druse -die persist in refining to come forw.ir I. submit their conduct to ii.uii:.; they will be put relentlessly to ileal h their mountain f'astneses nay. tin- , i I , 1 p. ii i .1 has already gone forth which d.-i..s their doom. That cscai may 1 e im possible, it has been determined to sur round their territory with troops, and. le-l the Turks and French should not be nu merous enough to form the conicmpl.iie 1 cordon, 14,000 Bedouin Arabs hae I con subsidized as anxilliaries; mid the.-e I . I given a specimen of their zeal and ino of warfare by dostroying a large lii.ie village, ere the date of our corrcspondi i.: s letter. The whole force directed r'.a'iot the delinquents will amount to near :,o'iimi men, which, hemming in ihc dexovd district ou every side, will leave it in habitants no alternative sac death or unconditional Hirrcndor. 'J l.c c:ti d st'ile of feeling among the Frcin h soMn i.-. the antipathy f the Turks inward the.-e fanatics, and the baibarous cluir.n ti l .-: i of Arab marauders, lead us to apprehend, indeed, that the latter privilege il lo denied them, and that a general M.d indiscriminate massacre id' the entire I i i population will be the result of this w ar. But even should the obnoxious r. -,. ,., be utterly cxtermina-'ed. one thin-; ;h i or tain: Fuad 1'asha has made up hi- mind to annihilate their oliticaI or;.- .: '.nl ion. "The office of kaim niakaiu. or Lem i-.l governor, says lie in Ins proclamation, 'is divided, for the time being, i.ilo l.mr de partment under four officers of e.ivein meiit, each having a Miflicient qtiotn .f imperial soldiers for the sccuritv ofil.u christians, their restoration to ihe:i hi me , and the protection of all the ji-oplc." 'j li.it inipcriiini in impcrio, by which Frti'MO and England rendered the mountaineers of Lebanon almost indepeupent of the I'oile. and perhaps prepared the way for the re cent massacres, has ever been recan.Yd with aversion by the Moslem goxcrmiu ut ; and hot, under pretence of providing h-r the safety of his christian fellow subjects, the sultan's representative gladly unkes it out of existence, so far as the I'ruc are concerned, and restores to the ex it tive at Constantinople its legitimate auth ority over lawless tribes. Whether the Western Powers will ulti mately approve of this innovation, rem (ins to be seen; but if they persist in holding the padisha responsible for the lles and liberties of the Syrian christians, would it not be reasonable to allow him some I, ale control over those who are mict like'y to be aggressors against them ? If a sj ceial protectorate is not established in Syria fi r the benefit of our brethren in the .aith, a more than nominal authority over that in teresting section of his empire ought n:re Iy to be conceded to the government of the sultan. Should the French, Turks and Arabs, however, wage the murderous war o;i Lebanon, that was apparently in con templation, the Druses, at least, will no, prove very troublesome in tho future to giaour or Moslem. The World. THE TWO JOHN WICKLIFm. It is an extraordinary fact, but not il a hss true, that there were living at lid siiino period two John WicLIifl'c: both born about the same time, both cdu rrted as ecclesiastics at Oxford, and becoin'ng the heads of houses, the one of Canterbury, tho other of Balliol both prcbcnd.u !, the one of Worcester, the other of Chi chester and both dying within a c.ir of each other. This is the more remark ibb as the name of Wickliffe is a local one. and the only locality in England bearing i ! name is the village about six mile, from the town of Richmond, in lotkshiic, where the Reformer is t-aid to have been born in or about the year 1321. This fact may not only clear him from several ap parent inconsistencies of conduct, but fiom the graver charge preferred by Anthony AVood, Dr. Fell, Bishop of Oxford, an I other writers, that the zeal which be li--played iu withstanding the errors of tho Papacy, was occasioned by nothing el.-o than the loss of the warderiship of Uanlcr bury Hall, Oxford, of which they say ha was first deprived by Archbishop Lang ham, and finally by Pope Urban V., an 1 that "what he aftewards did was ino;e!y out of revenge, and not at allof conscieic '', and that, beiug a man of pood parts. i.j exercised them to an evil end." Light is, however, thrown upon these nutters by the discovery of the fact, the Warden of Canterbury Hall and the Reformer weto two distinct individuals, which is clearly and satisfactorily established in an article, from which this is abridged, in the Gen tleman's Magazine for August. London Church Intelliijencit. CANTEXPRSSIONS jj PR.WEB. By what authority is Christ addre..ed as "tho fairest among ten thousand, and the One altogether lovely?" The la& guagc is not in the Bible. In Solomon's Song the birds are asked, What is thy be loved more than another beloved, ( fairest among women? t r r J . A 'V
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