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THE FLOWERS COLLECTION NORTH CAROLINA CHR ADVOCATE 7 JJo PUTLISHED "W.EEK LY BY C031MITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHU RCH, SOUTH-ruffs t. heflin. kiito; RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 1860. T E It M s : TWO DOLLARS A YEAH. IN A DVAXCK. VOL. V.--N0. 47. STIAN ltusiu.es Notice. The Xon.ru Carolina Christian Advocate i ..iiuiif the titneral Cout'erenw. uml of tb North Carolina Cont'erem-e of ibe MethoJin Epls foi.al Chur. U. South, is published, iu Ra'figii, eve Si bscrii tion : as- a year, iu iul anie. All ti are .liai-nntiuued at the exi.iratioii of the time paii f"r. Sul-si'ril.ers will be reiuimleil the time t'-r renewal, an 1 respectfully rtue.'te.l t - renew siit-st-ript ion. tv cross jiakk uu-iii tln ir palters. All the trav.-.iui: preai-lnrs are Agents ...pen ui-i ntH are kept with them, upon romlition ..r nronii.t ettleuunts at Conterenee. nrcKtisiM! : l'er siiuaro of 12 lines ..r less. first in'-ertioii. si. For each subsequent inserti 2."i .-ents. Hiiin. t'Hr,l of ti line or lesi. reran. $ ( 110 A s.mare of 12 Hue? or less. rer annum. 10 00 All aeeoiint? lor advertising arc due at the time i f the tir-t insertion, or when presented. ORIGINAL. HEAVEN, somew here in the vastness The.". I it ; is a place. tvr ad itmaiiiions. wnere me . , - . . il Hi l.iirthcni .l of its sorrows shall rest Eternally. li. whin; is that happy place? I- it ii !.' t'o'iiul on earth, where sparkling Streams throw their limpid waters along; Wli. re llow.-r.s hlonin so gaily: and birds sin So sweet lv"; Or, is it ah c the concave Skv. which canopy us over: where burning Suns throw their Hashiinr light upon numberless Worlds: and planets travel their eternal Kniiii.l: ami stars iiernetnallv shine? We eanliot Stat-' where the happy plaee is to lie found. The word eternal, tells of the hlissfal worl.l A inl faith savs that it is a verity. Tin- christian litis his head cheerfully, anil With countenance Haitian;-, pursues 1 lighted tip with heave.'ily is journey homeward : Kxpei ting soon to reach the terminus f his toilst.m.' pilgrimage, triumphantly Kxc!aiiiiin.', I am in heaven at last. I.I "CAN". F ivet'eviile. X. I". NEW VoRK lORRESrVNDEN' E Nkw Sn"t" siisiend Y..RK. Nov. 27, ISf.O. T liiiesbetter Hanks not 11, inddiraas alarmed H "; f f sstoit f oit'jrrsS -South (''trot an i ( 'vitmit, ,,i Ji'.iiro tienintii i itcarre -J ' Jiit- flarlbaldl i ni mortal- r j ' I . flllt II -r. inn-It illustrations I li I i inre I'ot ti ' Fiith' r I'orJuii. it remarkable nlil n Joslml Wells, the okbst M thodist l'riiit'her. Winter lias come at. last. On Sal.irday last there was a sudden and great change in the weather. from moderate to freezing, with a heavy gale of wind. On the lakes it was u snowstorm. Times are decidedly 1 rtter since last, week and confidence more restored. Our banks will not suspend they never entertained such an idea, and t heir promptly discounting nine millions of pnp. r for th more-hunts, afforded great relief and inspired mercantile confidence:. ( ne irre:-.t evil of the Bank suspensions is the difficulty it create? in making col lections throughout the country, and this difficulty falls heavily upon merchants. I fere is one sad result of the recent elec tion. Even the Philadelphia and Balti more monied Institutions have suspended payment. We scarcely expected this, and it is very mortifying. The news from the South' is hourly in every body's mouth. What's the news?" -what's the news from the South?" is constantly asked. Every hour the feeling is more and more manifest, that at a time, like the present, there must, and will be emeessirjn." The Republicans" themselves are evidently alarmed, fin account of the present state of things and the alarming responsibility they have assumed. I mean the thinking lte publicans. These now have a double duty to perform their common Country to preserve, and next to preserve their party from being torn to pieces by crazy Abol 'tionists. They have stirred up these wild animals in their cages, let them loose, and now will have their hands more than full, to keep them from violence. Even Thur Iov Weed of Albany, Seward's right hand man. now admits the necessity of 'con cession' a cool sign. Congress will assemble next Monday, with no Senators present from South Carolina. This is a new phase in our Nation's history. Next Tuesday week, that State elects delegates to her Columbia Convention, and time only can tell what their doings will be. It is pretty certain, however, that Congress will then have to consider questions of most momentous and pressing importance. May iod grant prudence, patriotism and wisdom to our Legislators ! Tbft Mexican news will startle John Bull. The British Legation at the Capital has been plundered of a million of dollars, belonging to English bondholders. If tJcn. Ilobles, Miramon's successor, does not soon find out the ways of restitution, he will be lucky, for the British Lion does riot long keep his paws idle, on such occasions. Mexico has long enough robbed and maltreated American citizens, and her brigands should be taught a lesson they sorely need ; and in our default, it would be a good thing for Old England to serve them as they justly merit. Our laws are again vindicated, ami another nullifying German I'lay house was broken up last Sabbath night by the Police. The teutons wert? enjoying themselves with Lager Beer, ,Vc, but on the appearance of the Law flieers. a grand rush was made for the doors. Six of the actors were arrested and kicked up in the station house. They also arrested the grog sellers, who kept open stores on that day, iu violation of the Sunday Laws. This energy will soon rid our City of these crying sins. The police is now very strong and able to enforce the laws, numbering 18S0 men. 1,223 of whom are on duty night and day. During the last quarter 24,57(5 arrests were made ; more than three-fourths of them were of Foreign birth. What an illustrious man is Garibaldi ! the Washington of Italy. He has re signed all his power to his King; and this quiet retirement to his island home proves his pure, patriotism, as fully as did his bravery on the field of battle. Whilst Italy remains one kingdom, his name will be honored. His fellow countrymen are not ungrateful, for already a number of Sicilians have presented the deliverer of their country with an elegant hiansion and grounds near Palermo. Noble patriot: a nation's gratitude and a world's admir ation are far greater and more desirabl than lands, treasures or titles ! Punch is illustrating, in his last London No. the Prince s return from the I. . S He represents the royal youth as Ameri canizrd. sitting before the grate with his legs at an angle of 45, on the mantle-piece smoking a cigar, and a pocket pistol in his hand. A mint julep, with its straws is on the mantle. He wears a shocking bad hat, tipped up on one side has turned out a " goatee and looks like " one ot tne Bows." His father, Prince Albert, stands near by, in perfect fear and astonishment, whilst his royal promising son remarks to him. " Now, Sir-ree, it you If honor up and settle down. 1 11 tell you all about my travels. . Punch also sings for the Yankees : "Old hi-ws. John" Bull, tnkc back yonr Prince From our superior nation. Where he lias been, for some time since. C'ompletin' education. calculate, thotioh Wains is voung He's rrathered many a wrinkle, Ami. when voti hear his polished tongue, l-.xpect vmir eyes to twinkle : Yankee doodle, &c. The horizontal attitude With legs upon the fable. Outstretched at easy latitude. And length consider-rtii?. Deportment's earnt with dancing, so. Xow Wales can show his mother ( (n one hand how we shakes the toe. And rests the heels on t'other. Yankee doodle, vo." Last Sunday, we heard a discourse from the Bev. Henry Bochni.or' Father Boehm.' He is an extraordinary man, in his both year, L believe, iu good liealtn and tne tun en joyment of his faculties. Ill' sermons ire clear, short and excellent. He is one of the best Methodist chronologists iu the Church ; the travelling companion of As berry. he is also the best Methodist con- ersional historian 1 know : his dates and facts correct and always to be relied on. Joshua Wells, of Baltimore, is the uUJmt liviiiir Methodist preacher now in our land. uid must be over 9U. He is quite weak in body and mind, but a very strong man in ins day. Another sudden change in the air, lrom bitter cold two days since, it has changed to a mild, rainy storm from the South. KNICKERBOCKER. I7) LECTIONS niVKY OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONS IN SYRIA. In answer to numerous inquiries respect ing the situation and number of the Sy rian missions, we lav before our readers ome particulars relating to this portion of foreign held which is now absorbing so much ot the attention ot the I Unstian world. Modern Syria, stretching from the Eu- hrat s on the cast to the Mediteranean on the west, lnciuues! wmnn t . area ot .ti.uw stiuare nines: tuai is io say. its surface is larger by one-tenth than that of the State of New York. The pop- lation of this extended territory, however, s estimated scarcely to exceeu a minion and a quarter ot souis. in pnysicai cuar acter there is a great contrast between the eastern and western portion ; for while the jrmer is level, or nearly so. the latter is traversed by mountains, with intervening valleys possessed of the most, fertile soil. It is to a comparatively small district in this part of Syria that the missions arc confined, within and in the immediate vi cinity of what was formerly called PIioj- lcia. lhe city oi Beirut, which is the central point of operations, is situated about midway on the coast, here running almost due north and south. At a distance vary ing from ten to fifteen miles, a lofty range Mt. Lebanon lollows the general di rection of the shore, and further to the east again in a parallel ridge, known as Anti-Lebanon. The intermediate valley is, in its widest part, about fifteen miles road. These ranges and this valley have been the scene of the recent commotions and bloody massacres. The inhabitants are here composed of quite a number of classes, distinguished not so much by di versity of origin as of religious tenets ; and these live partly in separate villages, part ly together in the same towns. Of Mo hammedans we find first the Turks, seerJnd some tribes of Arabs, and third a people peculiar to this religion the Druses, whose faith is a mixture of Islamism and Parsee doctrines. Acknowledging seven great law-givers, of whom the last three are Je sus, Mohammed and Said, they profess to believe in ten incarnations of one and the sameUod. Their name they derive from a foreign teacher, surnamed El Drusi, who, in the eleventh century, founded their sect. Much obscurity for a time hung over the real tenents of the Druses, arising from the fact, that to the class of the uninitiated the privilege is accorded of dissembling their views, and conforming to the worship of their neighbors. They are warlike and brave, and number about 140.000 souls. The Christian population consists of Orthodox, Greeks, United Greeks, or Greeks who have acknowledge i the supremacy of the pope ; a few Jaco bites (the remnants of the old Monophy sites,) and the Marom'tes. This latter sect is supposed to be a remnant of the Mo nothelite, or adherents to the doctrine of a single will of Christ, which originated in the seventh century, but in the twelfth became united with the church of Rome. The conditions of this union were submis sion to the authority of the pope, and lib erty to continue the observance of their peculiar traditions and rites, in which are included the administration of the com munion in both kinds, and the raaniage of the clergy, as in the Greek church. They elect their own patriarch who resides at Antioch where there are a few of their faith. The Maronites amount to about 180,000. The language employed by all these conflicting sects is the Arabic ; but the Christians retain for use in their churches their Syriac liturgies and Scrip tures, of which they can scarcely compre hend a single word. Consequently, we need not wonder that religion is at so low an ebb among these degenerated churches. The first missionaries of the American board arrived at Beirut in November, 1823. They were Rev. William Goodell and the Rev. Isaac Bird. From that time the cause of a revived Christianity advanced, until, at the outbreak of the present troub les there were nine principal stations and line out-stations, with eleven male mis sionaries, three natives preachers, and thir- tv-six native teachers and assistants. Of all the hindrances which the missionaries Lave experienced, none have been more important than that which arose from the unsettled state of public affairs. Twice the missionaries were forced to leave Bei rut : in 1828, and again in 1840, when that city was bombarded by the fleets of Turkey and her allies, and Ali Pasha, of Egypt, was compelled to relinquish his claim on Syria. The opposition of the dignitaries of the Christian churches was violent and unrelenting. Asaad Shidiak, oue of the first converts, sealed his sincer ity by a martyr's death. He was an unu sually intelligent Maronite, and of great learning. He had received his first reli gious convictions when serving as an in structor to Rev. Jonas King in the Syriac and Arabic languages. The story of his noble Christian bearing, first in avowing his belief in the truth, and afterward in j maipjaiimn!? it durum; his imprisonment in a monastery to which his own mother and brothers consigned him, cannot be suppos ed in melancholy interest by any in the lUiials of the chuich. To the shame of the Maroniies, it must be said that Asaad Shidiak was treated with every refinement of cruelty. From his first place of confine ment he was removed, it has never been known whither. But nothing has ever transpired to shake the conviction that he soon fell a victim to the fury of his perse cutors. Of the nine principal stations which composed the Syrian mission, previous to the war of the present year, three are sit uated upon the sea-shore : lsi-irttt. where were stationed Keys. Messrs. v an Jiyck and Ford, and where all the printing of the mission was executed under the super vision of Mr. Hurterj Tripoli, about sixty miles north ot lieirut, the residence oi Revs. Messrs. Jessup and Lyons ; and SV- luii. about twenty-five miles south of Bei rut, occupied by Rev. Mr. Eddv. l rom Beirut a great road leads almost directly eastward of Damascus, passing successive ly over the ranges of Lebanon and Anti- Lebanon. A couple ot miles to the right of this road, on Mt. Lebanon, is the village of lriuniiihui, the missionary station of Rev. William A. Benton. A few miles south of this again, is Dii r-i l-Kotir. for merly occupied by Rev. William Bird. On the same range and not far distant, is situated Anit. the seat of the semiiiary fbr the training of native preachers and helpers, where a year ago eighteen pupils were in course of instruction. Rev. Mr. Calhoun is its principal. In the same neighborhood is Siik-rl-d'iurb. where is a flourishing female boarding-school, under the superintendence of Rev. Mr. Bliss. s the Damascus road traverses the valley of the Lconitcs. which intervenes between the two parallel ranges t.bove-mentioiied. t leaves at a short distance on the left the once populous Maronite village of Zahleh. the late scene of fearful carnage ; while on he right, and twenty miles southward, is the out-station of Rashbeiya, and yet fur rrrcr, i -i.:., L. !.. At- The station at this place was rapidly grow ing in importance before the late out-break ; although it was of comparatively recent foundation. Hashbeiya is on the site of Baal-Hennon. on the roots of Mt. Ilermon. The location of the nine out-stations before referred to. need not be described in par ticular. The last of the principal stations is at Jfoms or Hums on the river Orontes, in a north-easterly direction from Tripoli. It is in the midst of a wild and turbulent region, where misrule has long prevailed. Rev. David M- Wilson is here stationed. The results of missionary labor, as far as such results can be expressed by mere tatistics, were the establishment of four hurches at Beirut, Abeih, Sidon and Hashbeiya, with a membership of 1 12. In the thirty-two common schools established by the missionaries. 1.065 punils were in- tructed. of whom 268 were girls. These were truly gratifying rewards of patient toil with the Divine blessing, and inspired hopes of yet greater future achievements. e have made no mention of the much more highly blessed missions at Aintab. Marash and their vicinity, situated on the very northerly verge of Syria, and consti tuting the " S-iuthern American Mission" of the American board. They are distant from the scene of conflict between the Maronites and Druses. Last year there were not less than ten churches, with a membership of about 500, and average congregations on the sabbath in sill of near ly 2,000 persons. A: Y. Worbf. FARMER'S LIBRARIES. Ministers, lawyers, and teaehers are gen erally well provided with books. They would not feel competent to discharge their duties were they not continually gathering information, and their employ ers would not place confidence in them, did they not think they were masters of a large amount of book knowledge. But what need has the farmer of books, beyond his Bible and Almanac ? His duty is to la bor as hard as his strength will admit, and when he has done his work for the day, he will be tired enough to go to bed, with out nodding over a book written by some idle person who is too lazy to work. Such has been the feeling of the mass of cultivators of the soil, but it is now, happily changing. No man needs a good library more than a farmer. He has a profession that as really requires study to master it, as the lawyers or teacher's. There is hardly a branch of natural sci ence that will not contribute greatly to his benefit. He also needs books upon hou ses, cattle, and sheep ; the management of the dairy; the care of bees; the proper way to raise apples, pears and other fruits ; the treatment of different soils, etc. In addition to these, the farmer should have books of literature, history, and trav els. He will be as much interested and benefitted by the perusal as any one. The money spent in purchasing a reasonable number of oooks, and the time spent in their study will not be lost. Knowledge will give ability to increase the income of his farm, arid will elevete his standing in the community. A farmer's family, also need the means of improvement found in a well assorted library, and its influence will be felt in their moral and intellectual advancement, and in increasing their love of home. It may be thought by some that the expense cannot be afforded ; but if a few are pur chased at a time, in a few years a library of a hundred or more valuable volumes may be gathered, which will be worth more than the same number of dollars at interest. HILTON. But the chief excellence of Milton's im agination was derived from another source. Eclectic as that imagination was, classic when clxssicality was required by the po etic connections of his theme, it was pecu liarly characterized by those features of liitensehess, ot grandeur and sublimity, which are never found apart from thn Holy Scriptures. Nature interposed but a thin vail between the old Hebrew mind and Jehovah. Through the transparency, the Living One could be seen ; and although that mind knew little of physical science, it knew much of the great Being who dwells behind its laws and phenomena, and gives them all their meaning. It heard God's own voice in the thunder. It saw his footsteps on the waters. The cluster ing vines hung upon the sunny hill-sides with his abundance, and the cedars of Leb anon towered with his majesty. TjieD, too. miracles such as no nation had been privileged to witness, called o" "t . i"Jer j' reverence, and awe. For it, the Red Sea had opened a highway ot escape from pur suing vengeance. For it, Sinai had smok ed with fires of dj earthly kindling. For it, Carmel had witnessed to the sovereignty and presence Jehovah. Often were these magnificent demonstrations lost upon the rebellious people, but the national mind, as evidenced through its truest representa tives, retained their influence ; and on this basis was reared, generation after genera tion, a superstructure of lofty thought, of historic splendor, ot poetic renown, and of prophetic glory. Milton knew where the ocean had learn ed its endless anthem, and where the sun, flaming high in heaven, had lit his beams He knew the mountains as one born amid their forests. Better still, he knew the God of the mountains and of the valleys, and if their images were in his intellect, His image was set in their midst as the supreme beauty that all minor beauties could only encircle in emblematic homage. Milton knew, too, where Moses had caught the music of that song which first cele brated in "stately march of sounds the high deliverances of Isreal and God's guid ing hand through the dangers of the desert. And he knew where David leaned his harp when that harp led a nation's thanksgiving and sounded a nation's joy. Isaiah, Jer emiah, Ezekiel had been his inspirers as well as his teachers. And from these sources he had learned that lesson which poets have been slow to learn, namely the superiority of sublimity to beauty in its moral relations. The perception of the sublime is more favorable to those moral emotions which truth and duty are concern ed with than the perception of the beauti ful ; and hence the greater capaeity of sublimity to render service to conscience. Milton rarely exerts his strength to pre sent beauty. It is a secondary rather than a principal element in the poem ; and. in fact, he relaxes into it as a recreation. The beautiful passages in J'arttJisi; Lost are as tropical islands in the ocean, while the poem resembles the ocean iteclf, smooth itir its billowy swell around these summer scenes, and then gathering its suspended force, all the mightier for the brief seren ity, rolls afar its waves and its music to the encircling heavens. Dr. Ijipsamxbr, WESLEY AND WHITFIELP. The subjoined extract from Thackeray's Lecture on George II. of England serves to show that a Wesley and a Whitfield were needed at that period of civil and ecclesi astical decadence : "As I peep into George Il.'s. St. James'. I see crowds of cassocks rustling up the Lack-stairs of the ladies of the Court ; stealthy clergy slipping purses into their laps; that godless King yawning under his canopy in his chapel royal as the chaplain before him is discoursing. Discoursing about what ? About righteousness and judgment. Whilst the chaplain is preach ing the King is chattering in German almost as loud as the preacher, so loud that the clergyman (iwuiy be one Dr. Young, he who wrofp Jit Thoughts and discoursed on the sptJ'rof the stars, the glories of heaven, anautter vanity of this world ) actually burst out crying in his pulpit because the defender of the faith and dispenser of bishoprics would not lis ten to him. No wonder that the clergy were corrupt and indifferent amidst this indifference and corruption. No wonder that skeptics multiplied and morals degen erated. No wonder that Whitfield cried out in the wilderness, that Wesley quitted the insulted temple to pray on the hill-side. I look with reverence on those men at that time. Wrhich is the sublimer spec tacle, the good John Wesley surrounded by his congregation of miners at the pit's mouth, or the queen's chaplains mumbling through their morning office in the ante room, under the picture of the great Ve nus, with the door opened into the adjoin ing chjjmter, where the Queen is dressing, talkTmdal to Lady Ilervey, or utter ing sneers at Lady Suffolk, who is kneel ing with the basin at her mistress' side ? I say I am scared as I look around at this society, at this King,, at these courtiers, at these politicians, at these bishops, at this flaunting vice and levity. Whereabouts in this Court is the honest man? Wrhcre is the pure person one may like ? The air stifles one with its sickly perfumes ! There are some old-world follies and some absurd ceremonials about our Court of the present day which I laugh at; but, as an Englishman, contrasting it with the past, shall I not acknowledge the change of to day ? As the mistress of St. James pass es me now, I salute the sovereign, wise, moderate, exemplary of life ; the good mother, the good wife, the accomplished lady, the enlightened friend of art, the tender sympathizer in her people's glories and sorrows." THE FAMILY. The family circle is God's blessed or dinance, and is the sweetest, the happiest, and the most hallowed spot on earth. It is the nursery of affection, of friendship, and of virtue ; the place where those ties of mutual depandence and help are first formed, which, in their expanded state unite human society ; and according to the manner in which the rights of the fam ily circle are enjoyed, its duties discharg ed, and its true benefits realized, are the moral character, the stability, and the grandeur of a country. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR. A young man has just left me, with whom I have had a pleasant hour's talk concerning the gTeat matter of personal religion. He is lull ot youthful energy hopeful, energetic, industrious, and skillful in the business to which he has given his life. If no disaster should befall him, he may become, in the course of years, one of the greatest merchants or the land. Bet ter than all this, he has just given h heart io God, and is rejoicing in the fresh ness tn his first love as a disciple of Jesus It was good to be with him, and listen as he poured forth his new and warm feel ing, and spoke of his new purpose con- ceviiing himself and the future. ' pne of his sentiments rings in my ear. no that he is gone. " I feel," said he, anl his eye kindled and his form dilated as he- spoke, " that I have something to infe tor now. He had lived before, as I r.. for business, for advancement,, for oney. T iie?T things Sccui to lie nothing now, compared with the new and higher arms which had entered his soul. He had found Jesus, and with him he had found ' something to live for." He had become a C'i istian, and his whole life had become exawiad by the change. The young man was right. Every Christian has something to live for. He has a chief end, a great end, wherewith to give concentration and vigor to all his la bors. The aims of the worldling are often low, sometimes degrading to man, always far beneath the aims of the man who has been renewed and purified. Soon he will find that his life has been a scene of labo rious trifling, in .which he h-is wrought hard and gained nothing. But the Chris tian lives worthily because he lives to some purpose. He lives for eternitii. He strives after its rewards and anticipates its blessedness. The glories of heaven attract his eye and heart, and he hastens to their possessions. He looks for a city that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Surely heaven is something to live for. He. lives for the rjooduf num. He longs for man's salvation. He will endure self denial, and suffer taunts and scoffs, if he can win souls thereby. He will wait long and labor long to bring one soul to Jesus. This is the purpose of his life. It is a great purpose. Jod will pronounce it so in the end, when the purposes and works of all shall be made macifest. 1 would that all Christians felt constant ly that they had " something to live for." They would live to some purpose then. They would make a deeper mark upon the world. They would redeem their lives from aimless indolence, and disrnify and ennoble it by giving it a great and worthy nd. Man would bless them, and Uod Loiior their works and prayers, by causing ihem to ministers to his alory. Bible. Times. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. 11 Y H. VV. F.ONdKKI.l.OW. . When -the flours of da nr- .-.. And the voices of the night Wakfct'che better soul that slumbered. To a holy, calm delight : Kre the evening lamps are lighted. Anil, like phantoms, grim and tall. Shadows from the fitful fire-light 1 lance upon the parlor-wall : Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to Tisit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished Xoble longings for the strife. By the roadside fell and perished, Weary with the march of life ! They the holy ones and weakly. Who the cross of suffering bore. Folded ther pale hands so meekly, Spake with us fin earth no more ! And with them the being beautious Who uuto tnv youth was given. More than all things else to love inc. And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me. Lays her gentle hand in mine. As she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes. Like the stars, so still and saint like. Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet comprehended. Is the spirits voiceless prayer; Soft rebukes in blessings ended, Breathing from her lips of air. O, though oft depressed and lonely. All my fears are laid aside, If I but rember only. Snrh as these have lived and died ! THE I01" AY BIBLE IN IRELAND At the last anniversary of the Protestant Association of England, Major Stuart stated in his address to the meeting that immense success had followed the public ation of the Douay Bible in Ireland, in a cheap from. In one month 3,000 copies were sold amongest the Roman Catholics, and in six months the sale had extended to 8,000 copies; and subsequently he heard that it had got into the hospitals and other institutions. The priests who had been inducted to issue this publication, in con sequence of what had been stated in the Catholic Lay matt, by Protestants, now found they had made a false move, and had placed a weapon in the hands of the Protestant missionaries, which they were using most effectually. Formerly when the missionary spoke to the people, and appealed to the Scriptures, they were met by the argument, 'That is not our Bible ; our priests tell us that our Scriptures are different.' Now, however, they replied to this: 'Turn to your own Bible and you will find what we tell you is there also.' The title page bears the names of the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, authorizing its perusal by the people and bearing witness to the correct ness of the version. Some priests, how ever, finding their people have taken to reading it, have the unblushing effrontery to tell them that it is a Protestant work, and the titiepage a Protestant forgery." IS WINE A BLESSING 1 Mr. John B. Gough treatej this topi with no little dexterity in a recent speech rn an Eastern city : I wish to say here that tha clergymen of the Church of England ue positively doing more for the temperanje movement than dissenters ; and the saiae is true of their wives. I was invited 'x church with a clergyman who is now the Bishop of Car lisle, and we had a discussion for about two hours. A titled lady was present, and she helped him. I was aloie, and had to bear the whole brunt of ths battle in the scriptural argument. "lhe Bible permits the use of wine, said he. "Very well," said I, 'suppose it does." "The Bible sanctions the use of wine.'r "Very well, suppose it !6es." , "Our Savior made wine." . "I know he did." .1 . . ' " WTiy, 'we tjieught you were prepared t o deny this. - ,- li do Uot. uuiiy ;l I eT:m --" -.LiVHiy ter.) me is spoken ot in the Bible as blessing." I replied, "Ihere are two kinds ot wine spoken of in the Bible." "Now, then, you are not a learned man ; prove it. ' ell. 1 said, '! know there is. ( laugh ter.) Prove it." I know there are two kinds of wine spo ken of in the Bible." (Renewed merri ment.) Prove it." I do not know that I can, but I will tell you what it is the w-i-n-e that is spo ken of as 'a blessing' is not the same w-i-n-e that is a 'mocker', and tha w-i-n-e that is to be drank in the kingdom of heaven, can not be the 'w-i-n-e of the wrath of God.' (Great cheering.) So that, although I cannot prove it learnedly, I know it is so. Now, there are others who go farther than I go, but you will please let me go ust as tar as 1 can understand it, and it 1 cannot go any farther, don't find fault with me. 1 hold that the Bible permits total abstinence ; and I would rather search the Bible for permission to give up a lawful gratification for the sake of my weaker headed brother who stumbles over my ex ample into sin, than to sec how far 1 can follow my own propensities without com mitting sin and bringing condemnation up on any one s soul. Another gentleman, who came to me ir a long talk, said, ' I have a conscien- ious objection toteetotalism,and it is this : Our Savior made wine at the marriage of ana in Galilee. "I know he did." He made it because they wanted it." "So the Bible tells us." "He made it of water." "Yes." "Well, he performed a miracle to make that wine." 'Yes." 'Then he honored and sanctified wine, jv nerfonninsr a miracle to make it. There fore," said he, "I I'eel that it' I nhmtid ive up the use ot wine, I should be guil ty of ingratitude, and should be reproach- ng my Master. "Sir," said I, -'I can understand how you should feel so ; but is there nothing else that you put by, which our Savior has honored .' "No, I do not know that there is." "Do you eat barley bread ?" "No." And then he began to laugh. "And why ?" "Because I don't like it." (Laughter.) "Very well, sir," I said, "our Saviour sanctified barley bread just as much as he ever did wine. He fed five thousand peo ple with barley loaves manufactured by a miracle. You put away barley bread from the low motive of not liking it. I ask you to put away wine from the higher motive of bearing the infirmity of your weaker brother, and so fulfilling the law of Christ." wish to say that that man signed a pledge three days afterward. (Renewed cheering." I only mention this that I may give you some idea of the manner in which we have to advocate the movement in Fmgland. NOW AND THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Rev. J . C. Holbrook, of Dubuque, com municating to the Congregational Herald au acconnt of the ordination of a young Evangelisto labor in Iowa, makes the follow ing reminiscences by way of contrast with the Past. In looking over an old Report of the A. II. M. Society, I found a list of all the missionary laborers enumerated in the year 1826. The only one for the region west of Ohio was the following: "The Rev. John M. Ellis was com missioned October 24, 1825, to labor as a Missionary in the State of Illinois. One hundred dollars outfit was granted him by this Committee, to defray the expenses of his journey to the field of his mission, under the expectation that he would soon be able to select a location, where the principal part of his support might be derived from the people. Mr. E. immediately tcok his departure for the West, and after a use ful tour of about six weeks, having been delayed by the very low state of the waters of the Ohio, arrived at Kaskaskia, Illinois, in the early part of December. At this place our missionary was well received, and listened to with attention ; and we are happy to learn, from his last commun ication to the Committee that he will prob ably be able to remain at this station, to divide his labors between Kaskaskia and St. Genevieve, iu the state of Missouri, with the prospect of great usefulness to the cause of Christ. These two villages contain considerable wealth and a large population, and arc considered as highly important in their influence upon the sur rounding country. The character of the inhabitants for intelligence and enterprise is highly respectable, and such as, with the blessing of ( rod upon the faithful la bors of an able minister of the New Testa ment , promises a rich accession to the church of Christ." What a contrast does this paragraph suggest to the state of things in 1800 ! The missionary was s.c weeks on his way; now he could accomplish the trip in a lit tle over forty-eight hours ! Then one miss ionary in all the great North-West hoped to be able to sustain himself by dividing his labors between two prospectively important points ! Now hundreds of pastors and missionaries are scattered over the re gion. The northern Illino'S v- tlmost an unsettled wilderness as well a.- vhat now forms the States of Michigan. Wisconsin, Iowa. Minnesota. Missouri and the territo ries beyond the Missouri river. What a change in thirty-four years ! THE CITY OF LONDON. London now covers over 120 square miles.having increased three-fold since the year 1800 ; and bricks and mortar still invade and capture the green fields. The population, according to the the report of the Registrar-General, augments at the rate of about one thousand per week half by birth and half by immigration. Notwithstanding the enormons wealth of the metropolis, it is recorded in the report of the Registrar, as a remarkable fact, that" one in six of those who leave the world die in some one of the public institutions a work-house, hospital, asy lum, or prison. Nearly one in 'eleven of fha dnnf he in a trnrL-linn " . '. This shows that DovefW;flir,;iW& flf fro noolu rf waJVIWjsiii It.&l.'' muiiituue wit.ii reieauess.gitjT--. j vT w:3i p;die!rTeinri erimfnaVl IJan this be said ot any other city on the globe f And how great a number there must be who barely manage to escape this fate The severe competition for suh- istence and wealth which characterizes London hie is a terrible ordeal lor any human being to pass through, and thous ands fall in the attempt, crushed beneath the golden Juggernaut. It is now notorious, says a London Ex change, that in the large establishments. where some hundreds of assistants are em ployed, the ureat majority of them are broken-down tradesmen, crushed by the competition of capital. Even these occu pations are obtained with difficulty, and the less fortunate gradually sink lower and lower in the scale, until they are driven into the public institutions, where they meet an untimely death. 1 he list turther swelled by that numerous class who, born in a respectable sphere, and well educated, sink into degradadation from the sheer love of display and vanity of living beyond fheip" means. It is on record that, out of eight thousand convicts who have passed their probation in Pentonville, one thousand had fallen trough this wretched vice ; and it is stated that most of the number were, originally, res pectable in more than an ordinary degree. Ihesc statements teach us that the rcatness of London has been purchased t a fearful cost inhuman poverty, misery and crime, the result of its eager pursuit of wealth HOME ATTRACTIONS. Heaven's blessing upon the one who in vents a mode by which children may be kept at home, over which the allurements of the outside world can avail nothing. He is a benefactor to the race. As much as it is sung and played, home is not al ways " sweet home " to the degree that it is described. There are austerities and asperities and interdictions and conven tionalisms that render it unattractive, and besides there is a familiarity with its atvonoH that docs not suit the snirit that is never satisfied but with change. Depend upon it, where there are harsh words for outraged " propriety, " as displayed iu boisterous mirth, and cold formality is in stalled at home, there will be a drawing away from it and a continual search for excuses to evade its claims. Claims ! 1 1 might be a question if homes thus consti- uted have any claims upon living human learts. I feel glad when I see any new device advertised to make home what it should be a place of happy abandonment of care, a place wherein the soul can act itself in the light of innocent cheerfulness. The man who published a book of Parlor lames has been of more benefit than many sernionizers. ao good is lessened by its teachings, no frivolity is inaugura ted. It opens up a new avenue to happi- ness. 1 1 is the new emotion that tne mon arch longed for. Enlightened parents un derstand the neeesity of enlisting all at tractions, and in those homes where they practice in this light, there is no discon tent, no discordance, and every one is hap py. There is a gentleman in town who lias a large family that has long acted on this plan of home amusement. Instead of setting up as the father of his boys, he abandoned that idea at their twelfth birth day, and became their companion play ing with his boys and dancing and singing with his girls, till his severe neighbors, who belonged to the rigid church, ques tioned his sanity. But the severe neigh bors cannot show such children as his. They are always at home, always happy, always contented. The rigid neighbors complain of noise that they hear at tiines.but it is not the noise of strife. It is of mer ry voices full of home harmony. REARING CHILDREN. The following rules for the proper man agement of children, are given in Hall's Journal of Health : 1. Children should not go to school until six years old. 2. Should not learn at home during that time more than the alphabet, religious teachings excepted. 3- Should be fed with plain substantial food, at regular intervals of not less than four hours. 4. Should not be allowed to eat any thing within two hours of bed time. . Should have nothing for supper but a single cup of warm drink, such as very weak tea of some kind, or cambric tea or warm milk and water, with one slice of cold bread and nothing else. 0. Should sleep in separate beds, on hair mattresses, without caps, feet first well warmed by the fire, or rubbed with the hands until perfectly dry; extra covering on tin; lower limbs, but little on the body 7. Should be compelled to be out of doors for the greater part of daylight, from after breakfast until half an hour before sun down, unless in damp weather, when they should not be allowed to go outside the door. 8. Never limit a healthy child as to sleeping or eating, except at supper, but compel rcgularilty as to both; it is of great importance. 6. Never compel a child to sit still, nor interfere with its enjoyment, as long as it is not actually injurious to person or prop erty or against good morals. 10. Never threaten a child; it is cruel, unjust and dangerous. What you have to do, do it and be done with it. 11. Never speak harshly or angrily, but mildly, kindly, and when really needed, firmly no more. AX Ol.li SAILOR'S KlilUKE. A merchant and ship-owner stood at tin entrance if his store, conversing wit li a gentleman on business. A good oil sailor, belonging to one of his . I .. approached the store with the intention of entering it. litit. observing t ! -1 tin- dmr was occupied, modestly stepju-d aside, not willing to interrupt the conversation. As he stood waiting patiently .01 opportunity to pass he overheard prolan allusions made to Christ, and tiiriiin-j t look, he perceived it was his employer who was speaking, instantly li changed his position, and stood in front nfibi gentleman, with his head uncovered, and addressed his employer in the following language: "Sir, will you forgive me if I speak a word to you?" The gentleman, recognising in the sailor one of the i-ivw of thq vessel recently arrived and suppos. I lug lie riight.have sonic i lung In miuimi- jucate ft fng his-, jnfcrests. kindly cn 1nm to spiak. Wiihout further lhlitftioii'. tho -ajIor proeeiHled ''nry-' Won't be oflVndetl. ;l,ct;;si. . v.i!'i ;.Tr ignorant sailor, if he tells you"!ii.- fecTihjh" The gentleman again assured him he had nothing to fear. -Well, then, Mr." said the honest-hearted sailoi. with emotion, "will yon be no kind a- not to take the name nl'mv blessed Jesii-' in va n.' . lie isairiHiil rumour: lie took mv IT i l.-.-t from the horrible pit and the miry lii-i ... i 'V and established my goms. iih.sir. ii.m I if 3"oti please, take the name of my .Icsn. in Tain! lie never did any one harm, but is always doing poor sinners gin). I " The rebuke was imi losl upon him for whom it was intended: a tear Mill'used Li eye, and he replied to his urgent tvqiio-t : "Mygood fellow. God helping inc. I never will again take I Iu: nai I' your Saviour iu vain." "Thank you, sir," said this faithful witnessof Christ ;and, pulling on his hat. he hastened off to his w.uk THIRTY REASON'S WHY I MMI I D ioli: 'Jo nntiT I ought to come to Christ : Because he is the Son of God. 27 : 51. Because he is the Son of man. 2: 11. Because he is the great Prophet. 3 : 22, 23. Malt II. I,. Acts Because he is the Hob. 7 : 26. Because he is King ireat Iliuh-Piiest. in Ziou. and Lord of all. Psa. 2 : 6. Because I am guilty, and his blood cleanses from all sin. 1 John 1 : 7. Because I have broken the law. and lie is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Rom. 1: I. Because all my righteousnesses are filthy rags, ami lie ithc hord mir righteousness. Isa. 61 : 0 ; Jer. 33 : 6. Because ! am naked, and lie lias lhe white raiment wherewith I may be tint li ed. Rev. 3: 18. Because I am in darkness, and he is the light of the world. John 1 : !. Because 1 am foolish, and grace and 1 nil ii came by him. John I : I,. Berimse T utu vilo. mid lie is mail- i f (mil sanetilication. I ( or. I : ol. Because I am dead, ami he came that I might have lite, and mii'lit have it i i . . i . - abundantly. John lo : 0. Because I am perishing, and he calm to seek and to save that which was lo-t. Ln ki ll) : 10. Rucaiise I am Weary and In a y laden. . J and none init ( linst cj u ;ivr mm test Matt II : 2. ISccaiiM I a i u poor, and he has nu-ran li able riches. Eph. 3 : s. Beeau I cannot see. and he vvh .-en I to heal the blind. Isa. 21 : 7. Because he is the chicfet ainon-j- ten thousand, and altogether lovely. Sum .: 10. Hi. Because when I baled him lie loved me. and gave himself lor inc. Rom. 5: s Because be is able to save me, however vile and guilty, lu ljiless, iuooiaiil. .-ni l hardened I maybe. I lib. 7: 27. Uecause he is willing to .siye i ie. I Tim. 2 : 4. Because there is salvation in none Acts 4: 12. .1 c him him ami Because all tin prophet IH.IIll to Acts 3: 21. Because all tin types lired mi ti Heb. 10; 1-0. Because he is tin: t . th truth the life. John 1 4 : Because he never rejects any thai o me to him. John 6 : 37. Because he is the resurrection an l 'In life. John 11 : 25. Because he N to be my judge :il I he l.-i-t day, and I would now make him my friend. Acts 27 : 31. Because God's command makes i: my iluty 1 John 3 : 23. Because, if I come not to him, I inn f lie down in eternal sorrow. John 3: 36. Surely these reasons are as many as I would desire. And tliey are very wcfiiiy I never had as good reasons fir any thing 1 did, as I have for going to Christ. I will go just as l am. I will not try to make myself better. It is of no use. I must be born again. 1 must have a '.rri al salvation. .nd I will i;o now. I ilan wait no longer. Now is the accepted t'liu-; now is the day of salvation. Yes. by God's grace I will go to Christ .lesiw now. I can hut perish if I g I am resolved to Irv : For if I slay away, I know I mil-l tor ever il!".'' I'll'A KLIIS. Many a little makes a meiLle." Take care of the pence, and the pound-, will take care of themselves." "A penny saved is a penny earned." "Diligence is the. mother of good luck." "No pains, no gains." "No sweat, no tiweet." Sloth is the key of poverty." "Work, and you shall have." "Better go to bed snpj().rl, ss, than fo rise in debt." "The morning hour has gold in its mouth." He who will not work, neither shall bl eat." It is too late to spare when all is eiit." "The world i bis who has patience and industry." "He who bv t In- plow would llirivi-. Himself nmsl either ho'd or drive." The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands." A fac kitchen makes a lean will."
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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