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6 1 r f THE FLOWERS COLLECTION CATE PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY .A. COMMITTEE OF MIISTISTEBS FOE THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHU ECH, SOUTH HUFirs T. heflin, Editor! VOL. V.- NO. 45. EALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOV. 27. 1860. T E K .H S : TWO HOLLARS A YKAR, IS ADVANCE. NORTE CAROLINA Business Notice. Tbu North Carolina Camsrnx Advocate an or '-an of the General Con tore nee. ami of ih' iortfa Caruliua Confereac of the Altliolist En is- copal Ciiurch, Sooth, is published iu Udluih, eve ry luesuuy inornins;. Scbscriptius : $2 a ycr. in advance. All papers are discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. Subscribers will be reminded of the time for renewal, and respectfully re quested to renew subscription, 4j n cross h ark upon taeir papers. All the traveling preaeher.-! are Agents ; open accounts are kept with them, upou condition of prompt settlements at Conference. Advertising: Per square of 12 lines or less, first insertion, $1. For each subsequent insertion, 23 cents. Business Cards of 6 lines orless. peran. $ (i 00 A square ef 12 fCies or less, per annum, 10 (IU All accounts for advertising are due at the Uuic of the first insertion, or when presented. KIVKC WOMEN IN INDIA. Jiguth Chuuder Gangooly, a Brahmin convert of the American Unitarian Mission in India, lately made an address in Man chester, England, on his war bark to his native country, in which he thus described the condtiion of woman in India: In India the women were not allowed to walk about the street, lie rejoiced to see the beaming faces of the mothers and sisteis. and daughters present, but in' meetings in India one saw nothing else than beards and whiskers, (laughter.) In India the wmen all married, and most were widows. They married at a very carly age; there a girl of thirteen or twelve is an "old maid." He had never seen a irl in India unmarried at the age of thirteen; they had nothing else to do, (daughter.) The most part became widows, and lived a life of wretchedness. And what gave rise to the suttee ? There is no system of second marriage in India. There a' girl of ten or eleven may become a wi dow, and the moment she becomes so, all her gay dress aud jewelry are takeu away; she has to dress in simple, coarse, white clothes the sign of mourning; afterwards she is to take only one meal in twenty-four hours, and that composed of coarse rice and vegetables. Fish, the only animal food allowed in India, is denied to widows If vou told a Brahmin womau that her food looked like ii.sh, she would refuse to at it! Besides, there were two days of lasting in each month. So girls of ten, eleven, twelve, must do with one meal in the twenty-four hours; aud besides, fast Completely two entire days in each month; a:id if -a girl during the fast should drop down with hunger or thirst, water would be put to her lips enough to revive her, but no more (sensation.) I have myself, said Mr. Gangooly, often found a girl, a nelce of mine, daring the fast in hot wea ther, lying in her room, panting, and pressing a cold marble cup to her lips, for relief. And when I asked if I should bring herwater, she would ask. -'Will you make fun of me. uncle?" -Will you drink? I would say. and she would reply, '-No. jrod has made me a Brahmin, and I must f so live and die. You might hide the water beneath your garments from your t friends, but how could you hide it from Krishna, who sees everything!' Jlis eyes penetrate what is in the heart. Go out from this room. I will die a faithful Brahmin widow because Cod has made me such." In order to escape these suffer ings, it was thought prudent for the Brah min to die once, instead of every day. it is only Christianity which can bring con solation and relief to these widows. Wom en, however, would be reeded to convert women. The males and females live apart. He had lived for three years iu the house with his brother's wife, but ne had never seen her face If he asked her to do any thing for him. she would only move her head to signify that she would do it. Owing to the caste system in India, women were not a.lowed to tallc to strange men. Hence, the great difficuly in the way of their conversion. Female miss ionaries alone could do this work. It mitrht be asked, why did not men who were converted, convert their wives, or mothers, or sisters? But the moment the man became a Christian he lost his caste, and his wife, his mother, and his sister would stand aside, and have nothing more to do with him. He knew in his neigh borhood two young girls who would live and die widows rather than follow their husbands, who had become Christians He would recommend all present to go home and think seriously about their privileges and duties in these matters; and. in obe dience to the command of our Master, he would say, ' Peace be unto you." (Ap plause.) DUODECIMAL SUCCESSION. The New York ChyrrJinmu is rapiiily developing high ehurehism! Witness the following from a late number: '-We trust then, that we shall be able to show satisfactorily that a proper organ izntiun of the Church can only be effected by the association of twelve presbyters, mentally constituted with a preponderance of the spiritual faculites, and illuminated by the power of the Holy Ghost: and that most, if not all, of the evils which now afflict the Church are occasioned by neglecting to choose the right persons for the minis try, and of associating property constituted individuals in religious apostolic brother hoods. In this way, and in this way only, can the Church regain the exercise of her latent power of performing miracles, which her Divine Head promised should accom pany Wr through all ages of bur history, but whi-ih she herself now practically ignores." The Epi.-u tjj.nl Urn, rir, Phila delphia, well says of the author of the above extract. " What business such a writer has out of bedlam it might require a vivid fancy to tell! What business he has in the Protestant Episcopal Church, unless it be to fill up the measure of its af flictions, is altogether inconceivable." A MUTUAL COMPLIMENT. " A certain elder who was holding a se ries of meetings at a place where but litr tie assistance could be had, was overjoyed one Sabbath morning to see a brother, who was a pod preacher, ride up. and im mediately insisted that he should preach for him. "No," says the brother, " the people came here to hear you ; but if you wish, I will preach this evening." " Very well, says the elder, "I will pre pare the way for you by preaching from the text : 4 He that Cometh after me is greater than I.' " " If you do," says the brother, " I will preach in the evening from ' All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers" John X- 8. Harpers' Jlvyrry'uc. INDIAN MISSION CONFERENCE- A letter from Bev. Willis Folstmi iu the Xtishcile. Adccf-ate says : "I left home on the 7th of September, 1SG0, and returned on the 10th of October. I have been travelling with our presiding elder, Brother loung Lwing, through the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nation, attending all the quarterly meetings as an interpreter. I have, to this date, attended six quarterly meetings therefore have seen what is going on here in regard to spiritual things. 1 am happy to state that we had very good meetings at every point. It is a wonder to me that our missionaries do not report such meeting: through the papers oftener. I have not. at least, seen but one or two reports pub lished iu the Nashville paper from the Indian Mission Conference, during the whole present year. It would be -very in teresting to our Indian brethren, as well as to our white brethren, to hear occasionally what is going on in the Indian Mission work. I can safely say that our missionaries in the Choctaw and (. hichasaw Nations are doing wonders that is, I wean, iu civiliz ing aud using the means for the conversion f our Choctaw and Chickasaw people. They have already been instruments in saving many precious souls, inis glorious work, thank God, is going on victoriously. Choctaw aud Chickasaw people are trying to be more religious than ever they did. Very hard times here ; many of the Choc- aws are starving tor the want ot bread. But, notwitstanding. they seem to be per fectly resigned to the providence of God. And I believe we have raised more mis sionary money this year than we did last year. It seems that the people are more liberal than they ever were before. May God bless their stores. Ourpresidingelder, Brother Ewing, has been faithfully in at tending his appointments this year. He is a persevering man. He preaches with great acceptability. His familiarity with the Choctaws and Chickasaws has gained the confidence of the same. He made himself at home everywhere he went ; that is the reason our people like him ; and not only so, but because they know him to be a good Christian man. On Sunday he said ho enjyed the meeting better than at any other place ; yes, he got very happy, and I believe the reason of this was, be cause he preached the doctrine of sancti fication that day. For I know myself that, the more I preach this doctrine, the u.oie I generally enjoy it; the fact is. I always get a good blessing every time I preach it. And I do wish that all the preachers would preach this doctrine more than they do. During this last round Brother Ewing preached thirteen sermons. And myself, I preached seven sermons, aud iuterpreted eighteen sermons. Uur Ltioetaw ana Chicasaw brethren are in great demand of Choctaw hymn-books. I have now iu my possession four hundred and seven hymns translated into Choctaw language. I have been ready to have it printed more than a year ago, but no means to have it done. I know not what to do with it. If the Mis sionary Board will not do it for us, who will, or how shall I have it printed ? We must have it ; we need it. Yes, we want it done. This question has been laid be fore the Annual Conference, (Indian Con ference.) in 1856. But no answer. What the Missionary Board will do for us in re gard to this matter ? I think it is time now that they should let us know what they shall do for us. SENTIMENTALISE. What is sentimcntalism? Did you ever see the shudder of a withered aud anti quated prude when somebody happened inadvertently to say ldejs?" That was sentimentalisui. Did you ever sec a seedy old dandy, fallen upon the evil times of dingy linen and on the evil tongues of dunning laun dresses, denouncing vulgalrity and de claiming on refinement? That was senti mcntalism. Were you ever told of fine ladies who enlarged the compass of their crinolines, aud hurried the making of their dresses, but who, when they sipped their lemon ade, lamented the miseries ot the seam stresses? That was sentimcntalism. Have you ever known women who wept over the penitcnitial sorrows of the fic titious Mrs: Ilaller on the stage, but who had only " foul scorn " (we thank you, Great Queen Bess, for that magnificent phrase) for those of the actual Mrs. Ilal ler in society? That weeping was. senti mcntalism. Have you heard the rich boarder, who never put a dollar in the poor box say, "God held the poor? That was seuti uicntalism. Have you ever listened to men eloquent for liberty, but whose own temper was the temper of tyranny? That was seuti mentalism. Have you heard the rich gourmand, sitting by his bright coal fire of a winter's evening, while he moistened his clay with Burgundy and whittled u pine-apple, murmur to himself, "Abu! for the house less and culd ! alas, for the hungry and thirsty ! " but whose interest went no further, and was like the interjection, a ! mere gasp ot wind : That was scntiiucn taiisui. Have you ever heard the blooming aud healthy maiden complain of her broken hopes and despairing heart? That was sentimcntalism. Has an athletic youth, with the appe tite of a lion and the digestion of rhi noccros, sent you his virgin volume of poems, informing you in a confidential epistle that his verses have been written with tears and blood? That was senti mental ism. ' When the sick sinner drivels about , sanctity that is sentimcntalism. When . the worn out libertine eulogizes virtue ' that is sentimcntalism. When the dying spendthrift preaches on the worth of econ omy that is sentimcntalism. When the discarded courier mourn? over the pomp, the luxury, the waste, die ecoitfuhiess ot . kings thtit is seu:iin":ita.:sm. Wheu ; kings themselves, uncrown d and de- ; throned, banished or imp. i. one !, moralize ; on the vanity of glory a. id ihe uncertainty ; of power that is sentimcntalism. Wheu j the companion of your youth, or ihe asso- ; ciate of your thoughts', or the snarer 01 your plans, with whom you have sworn eternal fealty at the altar of sacred friend ship, refuses you the loan of half a dollar that oath of his, surely, was nothing but sentimentalism ! Rtv. llary iitlcx. For Small Towns and Villages. -Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out ; so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Pkov. xxvi, 20. NOT BEYOND THE POWER OF LOVE. Mr. Gough, in one of his recent lec tures, proceeded to confute the idea that drunkards are so far brutes as to be beyond the power of Christian love, saying: No, they are not brutes. I have labor ed for eighteen years among them, and I have never found a brute. I have had men swear at me; I have had meu dance round me as if possessed of a devil, and spit his foam in my face; but IneverYound a man I would give up. It may take a long time to reach his manhood; but he is not a brute. 1 think it is Charles Dick ens who says, ''Away up a great many pair of stairs in a very remote corner, easily passed by, there is a door, and on that door is written, ' oman. Ana so in tne heart of the vilest outcast, away up a great many pair of stairs, in a remote corner, easily passed 1)3", there is a door on which is written, "'Man." Here is our business to find that door. It may take a long time; but begin and knock. Don't net tried; but remember God's long-suffering to us, and keep knock ing a long time if need be. Don't get weary if there is no answer; remember Him whose locks were wet with the dew. Knock on just try it you try it; and just so sure as you do, just so sure, by and by, will the quivering hp aud starting tear tell you. you have been knocking at the heart of a man and not of a brute. It is because these poor wretches are men. and not brutes that we have hopes of them. 1 once picked up a man in the market place. They said, -'He is a brute let him alone." I took him home with me, and kept the '-brute" fourteen days and nights, through his delirium; and he nearly frightened my wife out of her wits one night, chasing her all about the house with a boot iu his hand. But she re covered her wits and he recovered lib'. He said to me, ''You wouldu't think I had a wife and child?" 'Well I shouldn't." "I have, and God bless her dear little heart my little Mary is as pretty a little thing as ever stepped, said the brute. I asked. "Where do they live?" "They live two miles away from here." "When did you see them last?" About two years ago. Then he told me his sad story. I said. "You must go back again." "I must n't go back I won't my wife is better without me than with me! I will not go back any more. I have knocked ler. and kicked her. and abused her, do you suppose I will go back again?' L went to the house with him. 1 knock ed at the door and his wife opened it. - "T tins Irs Bichardson?" f "Yes Sir." "Well, that is Mr. Richardson. And. Mr. Richardson, this is Mrs. Richardson. Now come into the house." TLey wetit in. The wife sat on one side of the room, and the "brute" on the other. 1 waited to see who wonld speak first; and it was the woman. But before she sptko she fidgeted a great deal. She pulled up her apron till she got hold of the hem. and then she pulled it all down again. Then she folded it all up closely, ami jerked it out through her fingers an inch at a time, and then she spread it all down again: and then she looked all about the rjoin, and said. "Well. William?" And the "brute said, "Well Mary?" He had a large handkerchief round his neck, and she said, "Voir had better take the handkerchief off. William; you'll need it when you get out." He began to fumble about it. The knot was large enougj;he could have untied it if he liked: but he said, "Will you untie it, Mary?"' and she worked away at it; but lur fingers were clumsy, and she could n't get it off; their eyes met, and the love-light was not all quenched; she opened her arms gently and he fell into them. If you had seen those white arms clasped about his neck, and he sobbing on her breast, and the child looking in wonder first at one and then at the other, you vouldhav said, "It is not a brutt; it is a man, with a great big warm heart in his breast." A DUMB MOTHER'S ARTIFICE. Mary, countess of Orkney, was deaf and dumb, and married, in 1753, by signs. She lived with her hnsbaud, Murrough, first Marquis of Thomond, who was also her first cousin, at his seat. Rostellan. on the harbor of Cork. Shortly after the birth of her first child, the nurse, with consider able astonishment,saw the mother cautious ly approach the cradle in which the infant was sleeping, evidently full of some deep design. The counters, having perfectly assured herself that the child really slept, took out a large stone, which she had con cealed under- her shawl; and to the horror of the nurse who was fully impressed with an idea of the peculiar cunning and malignity of "dummies" seized itrwith the intent to fling it down veneniently. Before the murse could interpose, the countess had flung the stone not, however, as the servant had apprehended, at the child, but on the floor, where, of course, it made a great noise. The child immediately awoke and cried. The countess, who had looked with maternal eagerness to the result of her experiment, fell on her knees in a transport of joy. She had discovered that her child possessed a sense which was wanting in herself. DON'T WAIT John Foster, in his essay on ''Decision of Character," says : "It is wonderful how even the apparent casualties of life seem to bow to spirit that will not bow to them ?" words which we wish all those young men would ponder, who, instead of throwing themselves into the work ot lile, and doing a manly part, are forever wait ing for something to turn up. There seems to be altogether too many of this class of persons at the present day, and a sad sight they are. Irresolute, ind olent, doing nothing, waiting for a turn in the tide, not breasting the waters like men iu earnest. Their province seems to be to wait ; not to wait as a handmaiden upon her mistress, but to wait inlistlessnessand sloth, while the diligent and persevering brush by them, hasten on, and secure the prize. EAST TASKS, IF UNTRIED. Dr. Beddocs once said that there arc " three things, for which every man, what ever his education or abilities, deems him self capable, viz., to build a fire, to preach a good sermon, and to practice medicine." An exchange adds a lourth, " to edit a paper." INTERESTING INCIDENT. In compliance with a resolution unanim ously adopted by the Synod of Virginia, at its session in WasljSftigton City, that body collectively visited the Tomb of Washing ton at Mount Vernon, ihe flay Deing favorable, a large company of the visiting clergy, with their families, were in atten dance, representing distant portions of both Maryland and Virginia. On the arrival of the boat, the members of the Synod, with a large company ofspectators, gather ed around the Tomb, and after a season of profound silence, in Avhieh each one present seemed to feel deeply and solemnly the im pressiveness of the occasion, with heads uncovered, united in singing that beauuful National Hymn, called "America:" . "My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, I It i hoo 1 smr ! Land where my Fathers died ; J. and of the Pilgrim's pride ; Let freedom ring. My native country ; thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name 1 love ; I have tliv rocks and rills' Thy woods and templed hills ; Sly heart with rapture thrills, Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song ; Let mortal tongues awake ; Let all that truth partake ; Let rocks their silence break, Thy sound prolong." After the singing of these appropriate and patriotic lines, in which the whole company united, the Rev. Dr. Reid. of Richmond, Va., made a most appropriate impromptu prayer, referring most beauti fully to the occasion, and the scene there enacting, at the conclusion of which the whole company united in the Doxology " Praise God from whom all blessings flow," &c. The occasion is spoken of by those who participated, as one of the most striking and intensely interesting that lsts ever oc curred at Mount Vernon reflecting credit upon the Synod, and indicating the patri otic devotion of the reverend clergy to their country and their country s cause. HOVE ON ! The march ol'life should never stay ; All tilings should onward tend ; Slan should not clog Progression's way, But strive to move and mend. The waters more in depth of ocean, The streams along the dales : And rivulets with onward motion, through sweet and verdant vales, Move on ! The clouds move gently through the sky, I lie eartli roils ever on : Time swiftly in its course runs by, And years pass one by one. Slen too should strtv.; to follow theiu. Iu this their onward way, Permitting naught the tide to stem, But ever, day by day, Move on ! Men r.iay bo wiser if tuey strive More virtuous if they will ; And who within this world would thrive Must aim ;W higher still ' Let bigots stand by follies old, The wise will pns tliem bv ; Weak minds may cling with ulpjl But strong ones valiantly Move on ! hold, Like waters rolling to thfc ocean, Down mountains piled on high, Like clouds forever in commotion, That move across the sky We will forever onward press, Thus fetterless and free ; And deeming virtue happiness, Our watchword ever be, Slove ox ! SUCKING UP WATER FROM SAND. Livingstone, the African traveler, de scribes an ingenious method by which the Africans obtain water in the desert : " The women tie a bunch of grass to one end of a reed about two feet long, and insert it in a hole dug as deep as the arm will reach, then ram down the wet sand firmly around it. Applying the mouth to the free end of the reed, they form a vac-' uum in the grass beneath, in which the water collects, and in a short time rises to the mouth." It will be perceived that this simple, but truly philosophical aud effectual method, might have been applied in many cases, in different countries, where water was greatly needed, to the saving of life. It seeius wonderful that it should have been now first made knowu to the world, and that it should have been ha bitually practiced in Africa, probably for centuries. It seems worthy of being par ticularly noticed, that tfrmay no longer be neglected from ignorance. It may be highly important to travelers on our Wes tern deserts and prairies, in some parts of which water is known to exist below the surface. ELOQUENTLY SPOKEN. The Christian Inquirer, urging the need of more catholicity among Christians says: " In the Churoh, as in the State, we must live and let live. If we have right to exist and flourish likewise. The old cry was to put down heresy ; but nothing iu this world can be put down. If we at tempt to put down every error arbitrarily or violently, it springs into a tenacious and wide-spread life. The very shakiigd"' the tree of Mormonism by the bloodylraiid of persecution has scattered abroad l3?!uag nant seeds, and they have fallen and ger minated on many a foreign soil, and gained converts in every benighted land. The test of our humanity and Christianity is to be willing and glad to have other men prosper as well as ourselves, nor seek to convert every body else into instruments to swell our prosperity, and play second to our renown or aggrandizuients." CANDIDATES AND PASTORS. The Nugheilte Advocate makes this point in an excellent article on the subject of pastoral visitation : If a candidate for office, within a few months, will eanvass a county or district, including two or three circuits and stations, and make the ac quaintance and shake the hand of every voter in them how is it that a preacher will spend one or two years at one charge, and scarcely beeome acquainted with all the members of the Church ? Why, Brother ? ANECDOTE OF JACKSON. Jackson was elected judge and took his seat, in the Supreme Court of Tennessee in 1798. He continued to dispense jus tice in a rough and ready way for six years, Th& most prominent story told of his judicial career,relates to his being summoned by the sheriff, by his own order, to aid in seizing an un ruly and dangerous citizen. The turbulent fellow, a man of great streuth and ourage, and armed to the teeth, was parading the street in front of the court house, bidding defiauce to the whole worl 1, and the rest of mankind. "Mr. Sheilff," said the judge, " seize that man jnd bring him before me." The she riff i t few moments reported that the despnudo refused to be taken. "Summon the f .:.sr comitatm" ordered the bench. The posJ ac cr-iosoJ, b:i'r:fh i-ntf&ra result. Summon me," commanded the judge. "The court stands adjourned lor ten minutes." The judge was summoned accordingly, marched up to the delinquen with flashing eyes, bristling hair, ami pistol in baud, and made him in a moment as submissive as a lamb. LITTLE ENMITIES AND P0LITCAL OPINIONS. The following just and much-needed observations were made by the Amador Ludyvr: He is not much of a man who permits his political opinions to curdle his feeling toward his neighbors. lie is wesk-headed and flabbby-hearted whose partisan preferencos lessen his friendly intimacies when nothing except mere differences of political opinion intervenes. When there is no absolute cause, such as personally offensive words written or spoken, no citizen can rationally consider himself warranted in freezing up his kind ly intercourse with those whom in politi cal quietude, he esteemed worthy of amiable remark. The social relation should not. iu this peaceful country of equality, free opinion, and free speech, be disturbed by the political; the general condition of American citizens is not such as to naturally produce profound animosities, bitter and lasting clanishness, and frenzied disputes. Our political partyi.-m. view it as we will, does not. in or ai"nt it, possess sufficient iniportenco to justify the surrender of any man's evenueess of temper to violence, or anger, or enmitv. DOMESTIC LIFE, lie cannot be a happy nii who has not the love and swife of woman to accompany aim in every department of life. The world may look ('.ark and cheerless without enemies may gather iu his path, but when he returns to the fireside, and feels t!:e tender love of woman, he forgets Ids cares and troubles, and is a comparatively happy man. He is but half prepared for tie; journey of lile who takes not with him that friend who will forsake him in no em ergency who will divide sorro w i 1 1 c lease his joy:: -liit the veil from his heart, and tl-rovv stiiishine amid the darkest scenes. HYMN. Oil ! where are kings and empires now, Of old that went and rami;'; But. Lord, tliv Clnireh is praying yet A thousand years the same. We mark her goodlv battlements, And her foundation!! strong: 'e iie;ir within die solemn Voice Of Ler unendi.ig song. Unshaken as eternal hills. Immovable she stands A mountain that shall fill the earth, A huse not made bv hand.-. RESDi NATION. Dreams of yoath and hope faded- It is well : Kre bv life's rudr cares invaded, Or bv sorrow's midnight shaded, Th-yhave fadi.d gently faded It is well- Fame T sought, but 'twas denied me It is well ; Strong temptations would have tried me, -dander's evil tongue belied me, la obscurity 1 hide me It is well. Wealth to me no favor showeth It is well ; All nvy wants my Father knowcth Daily what I need bestoweth From this trust con'teutment growefli It is well. I've no share of earthly pleasure It is well ; Wisdom from her heavenly treasure, Filleth all my hoi of leisure, With a higher, purer pleasure It is well. NOT RECTI r'YIXli MISTAKES. The following is from Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine: "Towards the close of the revolution, the owners of the North Churcbin New Haven, sent to Boston fer nails to make repairs with, when one of the kegs sent in return for the order was found to contain Spanish silver dollars. The Deacons wrote to the Boston mer chant that there was "an error iu the ship ping of the goods;" but he answered that the nails were sold as he brought them of a privateersman, and he could not rectify mistakes. So the silver was melted up and made into a service of plate for the Church, where it is in use at the present day." WHY S1:AK ANIRILY! Dr. Arnold, when at Lalehaiu, once lost all patience with a dull scholar, when the pupil looked up in his face and said, " Why do you speak angrily, sir ? Indeed. I am doing the best I can." Years after the doctor used to tell the story to his own children, and say, " I never felt so asham ed of myself in my life. That look and that speech I have never forgotten." Is not this a very suggestive fact for many parents and teachers, and for masters, too, who are oft times impatient and reasonable with youths of this class ? "I GOTO FILL MY PLACE." Dr. Lovick Pierce, in a sketch of his brother, the late Rev. Repimck Piercjj. says : "My brother was more utterly deaf than any I ever knew. For niany years he never heard anything that was said in preaching ; but he always attended. Many years ago, at a camp meeting, near Charles ton, seeing him in great weakness go to the stand, at every hour, I said to him,' Brother, why do you weary yourself to go every time to the stand, seeing you cannot hear a word ? To which he replied, in his own emphatic way, 'I go to fill my place aa every good man ought.'" THE CONVERTED DUTCHMAN. llev. Billy Hibbard's story of the con verted Dtffcchman has been told often, bat ueserves w oe toiu again. Hibbard was a pioneer evaugclist among the Dutch settlers of New York, and many are the humorous anecdotes which hegath, crofLamong those untutored but honest- heafTeil rustics. Re had a strong sus ceptibility of the humorous, and would often relate hiseomico-seriou.4eminiscence with such effect as to excite one part of the company to tears and auother to laughter. according to the serious or mirthful pro pensities ot the hearer. Ve give tne present story iu his own words, for the words are essential to the sketch. It is the experience of a converted Dutchman, as stated by himself in a class-meeting, and has always struck usas a correct represnta- tiori-ei the kj-ir oi-the 'tuition bnrt and of the triumphs of grace over the stinted views of avarice. He said: "Mine dear b.'edreii, T want to tell you soine mine experience. A en de 3Iethodist,s first come into de.s; parts, I tot I was do ing berry well ; for mine wife and I had two :-:ons. Ned and Jim ; and we hud a good farm dat Neddy aud I eotild work bery well, so I let Jim go out. to work fourteen miles from home. But de Methodists come into our parts, and Neddy went to dare meet ing, and he got converted, and I tot we shall all be undone : so I told Ned he inusu't go todese Methodist meetings, for so much praying and so much going to meeting would ruin us all. But Neddy said, 'O, fader, I must serve the Lord and save my soul.' But I said, you must do de work too. So I give him a hard stint on de day of dare meeting ; but he work so hard dat he gat all his stint done and went to de meeting after all. While I set on mine stoop and smoked mine pipe. I see him go over de hill to do Methodist meeting, and I said to my wife. Elizabet, we shall be un done, for our Ned will go to dese meet ings ; and she said, 'What can we do ?' "Well. I said, den I will stint him hard er; and so I did several times when de meeting come. But Neddy worked hard. ami sometimes he got some boys to help him, so dat hi? would go oil' to de meeting while I set on my sloop and smoked mine pipe. I could see Ned go over de hill. 1 said, one day, () mine Git, what can I do? dis boy will go to dese meetings, after all I can do. S'.ven Ned come home 1 said, Ned, you must leave ofl'going to dese meetings, or I will send for .Jim to come home, and turn vou away. But Neddy, said. 'O. fader, I must serve de Lord and save my soul.' Well, den, I'll send for .Jim ; so I sent from Jim ; and when he come home, den I heard he had been to de Metodist meeting where he had lived, and he was converted, too. And. Ned and Jim both said. 1 (). fader, we must serve de Lord and save our souls.' J5ut I said to mine wife, dese Metodists must be wrong; da wiS undo ii: all. for da have got Ned and Jim both ; sb vou would go to dare meeting, and vou c.v.i see what :s wrong; but Ned and Jim can't see it. So next ! meeting day de old womau went wi ! .Ned and Jim; but 1 set on mine stoop and smoked mine pipe. But I said to mine self. 1 guess dese 3Ictoiiists will have got daro match to git tie old woman, and she will what's wrong. Sol: nioued niine pipe and looked to see deni come back. "By-and-by I see item coining; and when day come near I see de te:'is run flown mine wife's face. Den I said. O, ur'iie God, da have got de old woman, too. I tot I nui undone; for d-.i have got Ned, and Jim, and tie old woman. And ven da come on the stoop, mine wife said, '(), we must not sbeak against dis people, for da are de people of Gut.' But I s.aid nothing, for 1 had not been to any of de meetings, so I was in great trouble. JJut in a few days after I heard flat dare was a Presbyterian minister going to preach a littl ic w.ys ou; so i tot IV 1 i . J would go, for I tot if "would not hurt anybody to go to his meeting; and I went wid Ned, and Jim, and mine wife, and be preached ; but dare was noting done till after de meeting was over; and den dare was two young men in de toder room dat sung and prayed so good as anybody ; and da prayed for dare old fader, too. And many cried, and I tot da prayed bery well. "After dis I was going out of de door to go home, and a woman srfid to me, '-Mr. .you must be a happy man to have two such young men as ilem dat prayed.' I said. Was that Ned aud J im ? Sue siid, 'Yes,' Oh, I felt so mail to tink dey had prayed fV me, mid exposed me before all the people But I said noting, but went home, and I went right to bed. But now my mind was more troubled dan ever before, for 1 began to think how wicked I was to stint poor Neddy so hard, and try to hinder him from saving his soul but I said nothing, and mine wife said nothing; so I tried to go to sleep ; but as soon as 1 shut mine eyes I could see. Neddy going over de hill to go to his meeting, after he had done his hard slint, so weary an'd tired. "Den I felt worse and worse; a.".- y-and-by I groaned tiutand miu'" wifeaxt me ' hat's du matter?' I saiu, - believe I am dying. Sue sail!. Shp.ll I call up Ned and Jim?' 1 said, Yes. And Jim come to de bed. and said, 'O, fader, vat is de matter ?' 1 said, 1 believe I am dy ing. Aud he saiil. Fader, shall I pray ior you.' 1 said, O yes. and Neddy, too And glory be to Got. I believe he heard prayer; for do I felt mine sins like a moun tain load to sink me down to hell, I feel dat Jesus is my Saviour." TU MAKE AN INDIAN ITDDINlr. T;-'-p off the i-f-"ani from tie; milk o! last night. The hot lire wi'l cause it to foam up nil right. Then stir in the meal it should be rather thin Then salt it, and spiee it, and put the cream in ; A cupful of sweetening, with raisins a pound, And then with the pudding stick make it lly round ; It should not be hurried, but boil up all o'er, Should slay in the oven three hours or, more. This makes a fine pudding, and one thtU will do For Printer, for Farmer, and President, too. HARRIAGE IN THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. At Clover Le.t, Manovercounty,('a.)on the Gth inst., by Kov. Mr. Corraway, Col. Lewis W. Washington, of Bell Air, Jefferson county, Virginia, to Ellex, daughter of Geo. W. Basette, esq. In tuis marriage a singular coincidence occurs; the groom being the grcat-graud-son of two brothers of Gen. Washington, and the bride the great-grand-daughter of the only sister of Gen. Washington, and also great-grand.dauglrter of the sisser of Mrs. General Washington. SAVE THE LEAVES. If Brother Jonathan were as savinii manures as John Bull is, he would be V..,f,. i- v, i .-iii ui i iui laimo. o one Knows uiiiii ne lias seen it how careful English and European farmers and gardeners are of every thing which can be converted into manure: and this is one ground of their superiority iu agriculture, Now let us repeat what we have often said, that few things are more valuable for fertilizing puroses than de cayed leaves. They are hardly infifrior to barnyard manure. Gather them up now, this very month of November, before they are covered by the snow They are abund ant every where, lying iu heads and wind rows in the forests and by the readside and by the fences in every yard. The wood-lot should not be stripped clean of themjbut doubtless every larmer's land contauus .nio; of- Jun here and ihor than he can find time to eait home. ' Ga ther them up by raking or by sweeping with a large birch broom. Stack tlicni and pack them in the large wagon, adding sideboards as high as convenient; you will hardly get too heavy a load. Cart thorn home and use them as bedding for cattle and horses; use them for compost iu the stable yard; use them to protect lender grape vines and shrubs and plants m winter. Strawberry patches will fairly sing ior joy under sued a leathery blanket. By all means save the leaves and use them. A mrricnn A;ricnltniHlit, muTe How comes it that this little volume, composed by humble meu in a rude age, when art and science were in their child hood, has exerted more influence on the human mind and on the social system. than all other books put together! AVTieuce conies it that this book has achieved such marvelous changes in the opinion of mankind: has abolished infanticide: has put down polygamy and divorce, created lor families that bussed thing, a Christian home, and crowned its other triumphs bv causing benevolent institutions, open and expensive, to spring up as with the wand of enchantment! What sort of'abookis tins, that even !he wind, and waves, and human passions obey it? What other engine of social improvement has operated so long, and yet lost nono of its virtue? Since it appeared, many boasted plans of :ii:ielioraiion have ken tried and failed; many codes of jurisprudence havp arisen, and run their couie, and expired. Empire after empire has launched into the tide' of uuie, and gone down leaving no trace on the waters. But this book is still going about doing good; leavening society with its consolation ; strengthening the tempted; encouraging the penitent ; calming the troubled spirit, and smoothing the pillow of death. ' - - I'VE .'ja-ORDERS Not TOGO. If any young man will take heed to the Bible, as a guide in life, he will be saved from many iUial crruu. and i-u wretch cdness and rennfrse. We wish that all o;r young readers had the resolute will of John in the following incident: "I've got orders positiveordcrs not to go there orders that I dare not d.sobcy," said a youth, who was being tempted to a smoking and gambling saloon ! uyii t he so 'ii((m-coine along like a man," shouted the youth. "No, I can't break orders d John. "What special orders have you jl line, show' em to us if vou can. Shov ot? CO Show us your orders. John took;, neat wallet f.om his pocket, and pulled out a neatly folded paper: "It's here." ho said, unfolding the paper and showing it to the boys, read aloud : They looked and 'Enter not into the path of the wicked man. Avoid it; pa not by it; turu from it, and pass away." "Nv," said John, "you see my orders forbid me going wilh you. They are God's orders, and by llishelb, I don't mean to break them." THE SLIIUN i SCALE OF MORALS. The standard of right and wrong is eter nal the heavens, unchangeably one and the same. But here, on earth, it is perpetually variable. it is one in one age or nation, another in auother. Every profesion has its conventional morality, current nowhere else. That which is permitted by the peculiar standard of truth acknowledged at tlie bar. is falsehood among plain men; that which would be reckoned in the army purity and tenderness, would lie elsewhere licentiousness and cruelty. Trade has its honesty, which rightly named, is fraud. And in all those cases, the temptation is to live content with the standard of a man's own profession or society; and and this is the real differ ence between the worldling and the religious man. The one lives below that standard, no higher; the other lives above his age. lioln i Iukh's Harmons. ATTEND THE PRAYER-M I-ETINC. Make it a part of your reii meet your brethren iu prayer, do not love the prayor.mccting, sign that you need it very much. ion to Jf you it. is a ways to your prayer-nieeiing and vou will soon feel increased happiness iu your daily ' wait wit li Ijou. ( io and get all you can to go with you, and you will soon see a revival of religion. Do not try to be a non-praying member of the church. You cannot sympathize with your brethren without praying with them. Brethren keep up j-our prayer-meetings every where, and see if God will not pour you down a blessing. CUristitiH (linirdimi. what is iioMi; wrnioi'T a mother 1!Y AL11K HAWTilOllNE. What is home without a mother, What are ail the joys we meet, When her loving .smile no longer Oreets the coming of our feci. The days seem long.the nights are dreary Aud time rolls slowlv on; And O, how lew an; childhood's pleasures When her gentle care is grine ! Things we prize are first to vani.di. Hearts we love to pass awav. And how soon, e'en in our childhood. We behold her turning grey ; Her eye grows dim, her step is slower, Her joys of earth aro pa.s.sed, And so betimes, ere H-e learn to know her She has breathed on earth her last. Older henrts mav h.av; their sorrows, Uriel' that quickly die away, But a mother lost in childhood Grieves the heart from day to day, We miss her willing hanu. Her find and earliest care, And O ! how dark is life around us What i.s lloMii without her there! THE WORSHIP OF PII.EXCE. of i f:,t i.. .i. -v.... . ... .. a ti ' V 7 k I 1 be grandest hvinn That nature chants the litanv Of the rejoicing (.tars is Hilent praise. Their nightly aiithemn stir. 'J he souls of lofty seraphim Iu the remotest hen veil. Tim melody Ileseenils in throbbing of celestial light Into the heart of man, whose upward g...., And meditative nspect, tell Of the heart's incense passing up t!. i,i;:!it. Abov llic crystalline biht The theme of thoughtful praise ascend. Not from tlie wildest swell Of the vexed ocean Konrs the fullest piulin ; But in theevetiing enhn, Ami in the solemn midnight, silence bl. ri.U With silence, nnd to the cur Attuned to liai n;i divine Begets a slrain Whose trance-like stiK.ess wakes deli. i..u pain. Tlie silent tear Holds keener anguish in its orb of hi brine, Deeper and truer ..ri.-f Than the loud wail that brimr relief. As thunder clears the utinospliere. But the deep, tearless sorrow how profound ; Unspoken lo the ear Of sense, 'tis yet as eloquent a sound As that which Wakes (lie lyre Of the rejoicing day, when Morn on the mountain li,rlt!4 Lis urn of fir.:. Tin- (lowers of the glen Jb joice in silence i.nd huge pines stand npart Upon the lofty hills, and sigh Their woes to eery breeze that f. asset li by. The willow tells its mournful tale So tenderly that e'en the passing gain Bears not a murmur on its wings Of what the spirit sings That breathes its trembling thoughts through nil the drooping strings. He loves Cod most who worships most In the obedient heart. The thunder's noisome boast. What is it to the violent lightning thought? "SAVE Y0CR BACON." A sentim k.vta I, and hiL'hlv excited con tributor to the Southern Cultivator, furid-he. that admirable j.mrnul with some iiK.lli.lu.HM hints IllHill u mo.t Iioetie kii1.;... ( 4., , . ' - "" J seem designed as much for use us ortmirici.t, we "make bould to borrj-the loan'of them. Jiog-Killing tnaes have come! Tho days Of craikliuis, chitterlings, sausages, aud souse ; Xow, "cabined, cribbed, confined," ye porciim crow Their lust allotted corn portentous rrnnch ; Or, wrapped in rosy, pinguid drennis, r.-e.dl The pleasant days of pighood waking theni rt To startling terrors of impending death And ominously t-rni,t' i,r vlu, O fain morn dire ! On .some high .scanlliu hung, betwi .-u two slicks. Their capillary covering gone, nnd nude And while the bare integuments, thry malt 'I he linnl dash and hot aspersion from An old tin bucket or broken gourd ! O, days to childhood dear! When airy ,po Uulblds her first of many-tinted tales, And bur.-ls her primal bubbles! Now bring on salt! yea, peppers, black nnd reu, Vt liite grains of chyniic compound, hi li rour clerk Yclcps pot'iK. nitron, better known To men of sentimental minds as "vil Lrinous saltpetre " So rub for life ! as one who., earnest p.ilm Here chasps the ciip-.sheaf of a (wcbeiiioiilli'i toil ; ea, bii. L the coming to Ihe clewing ynr. Ami so makes ljlh etuis meet! lioVR JIJJ jo SLEEP. Backward, turn backward, oh, Time in your llight. Make nie a child ngain, just for to-night! Mother, come luick from the ccholess shore. Take me again to your heart os of yore jviss irom my lorchead the furrows of earn. Siifioih the few silver threads out of my hair Over my slumbers your loving watch keep Hock me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep Backward, flow backward, oh, tide of years! I am so weary of toils and of tears Toil without recompense tears nil in vain Take them nnd give me my childhood again I I have grown weary of dust and decay. Weary of dinging my soul wealth uwuv Weary of sowing for others to rcup ; Bock me to sleep, mother rock mo to sleep! Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, oh, mother, my heart calls t'.r you! .Many a summer the grass lias grown green, Blossomed and faded our face between Yet with strong yenriiiug and pa.ssiormlc pain, I long to-night for your presence n"iiin : Pofne from the ilenee so long and so de. P Bock me to sleep, mother rock Inu to sleep! Over my heart in days that are flown, Xo love like mother-love ever has shone Xo other worship abides and endure, Faithful, un.-elfidi,ni.d patient, like ouri. Xonc like a mother can chnrin nwav pain. From the sick soul and tho world-weary brain ; .Slumber's soft calm o'er my heavy lids crer Rock me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep I Conic, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulders again as of o.d Let it fall over my forehead to-night, Shading my faint eyes away from the light For with its sunny-edged .shadows once morn, Ha;.ly will throng ih,. gweet visions of yore. Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sw.i Kock me to sleep, mother rock mo (or.b-ep! Mother, dear mother! tho ynurs Lave b.u long Since I last hushed to your lullaby song Sing then, and unto my soul it. shall seem Womanhood's years have Ix-ci. but a dream : j Claspi d to your arms in a loving embrace. Willi your light lashes just sweeping my face. Never hereafter to wake or to necp, Hock me to sleep, mo'h.-r rock im- to slued Remember thy Crct tor iu the daw of thy youth. if
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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