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J i I - luriycisriitir) aveekly by .a. committee of ministi: THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CJ Ll'IKTl, SOl'Tl I. vol. vi. -m RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1801. T Kit H S : i A'i i:s A Mr. VI:. ix AIVAT. CVj V J ItS FOR r i V. .1 (Christian 3dior;th '. Hi. ' K I ' I I . I : x. . i- Hi I I. ! I H K i.rs. . K 1 l.M I t TON" AN .T..i;s 'i i r; r i a it 1 ii t: C ; i v i: n .h j i-l .. . ii:i A .-. r ii.- X. 1 '. !.!! -i i r 1 ... :.!.. Vs. -THE METHODIST." a -e.!s that the ' ?'"'' ! vn.vs i.or. Miss I.,. It. llll.lv : I i is ln disguised Abolition fiii s-arv ." .1 : i.'i-t in prove tin- incorrectness ;. . rr I : i : mm I will try to iv- t in-r lue liil.ic r tm- cnintesv i.l iu' imm im .i line .-i 1 lie :.. Of lev .-. X. .Mb.- L-.u. i- -uiity. however. . .1' e ver;il .!-- lui-repr.--eolation-. I iu- .'''."'' I -I hi ilarv ..i).. gives all able article i n;: ilf.l. Keif" of Secular Intelligence, for the year in which it .-tan 1 that .i..hn 1 i :- vi s j and f..-:irof n federate.- ii:i ' jts t Lc.-n luiiiii for their ir.-asoii. and two r St-j h.-ii and iiai.ii-i; . remained in he uicd." In liiin'.'ii I his. Miss Liiu. nuts ;,i: :it;,-r iii-'. Material!;, e wicd A".', thn .1. i . i l: -..int he In :iviif ii the ' V. ;.! is-iii'. .-Ik tie'-n aiios. n :in ; i- iln- iiio-i remarkable evei i ui ...rid for .lamc.rv." Now. the .'! '-.'-V ioi Hot -av so. lur 1 appeal :o My leader-e-i.ffiallv to niv ladv i'liilels. lias ther i-v-r, since the Nat. T in- insin i e ( I ion. ,, o. ... atro aid '.' Av'as not stilled to its , .-Hi Melilova- 1 1 1 l- narration vear 1 ;';.) ': oeem i ed an of mure i -it v than the John Ihown :e U hole lUthei-ii heart Vi i v lifiahr- is r,..t this e ble. and W'.i'tliv ti liorodiie, . !' 1 1 1 e iiioi a i lie events o! the Perhaps .Mis- Lou. is one -iaoei--d class of if males, win i . te.-1'i In"! t.V olo'.lia'. V 1 ; i-.'tlec-. to .piole i from an . and IVon! L'at -he 'joi's oi items oi' in format: tn-arK three eobiiiu '-..lil iillU S ib.li t,t- our artii ,e o ie-f she .boliri.'il v an .V .f tin f llO-s.'l i will notice oin nv.o- i - ! ;: ikc',,:i!.ln ai; I :." :i.;.l t "tol-it - Xa'i t'mln" d. declaring s." hie Wf inal ( i 'ii vent o'.;- ireedom in tin 1'er- ll.l tl k lliat the other If; even mell- ..lis" are w." Aii e. April Vfllti'-ll lia F'.v-irl-ni : "Dfne.el-at;.- X minarmu: - on- at 'barh-toii. Ca! ith r eiiiht ihivs lb ii ( usinnu'. ( 'iit'-innaii i.l a n v.'as ao ,tei wit h 1: e.liaii:i- re- ln:i'iiis. whereupon majoritv of inanv ol' the Southern delcati.-iis with-dr.-w. .iier two days more -p.-nt in bal-lotiii- f'.r President, without result, they :e! iouiiifd. to the 1 ' 1 1 of dune, at Ualli inoi'e. The .-eceilei's met. and adopted a ;.'ail'o!-in. adjijlinn-.! to I ! iehnioiid. dtme I hi:." -May 1'itli. --I'ni.ai" 'oiivention nn-i at IJa'.tiiimre. atel proMuhjaied "the t '..e --ti; inioii ami the I inl'oreetn--ut of the i.av, .' ;..s their jdat form, ami nominated John il. li and Kdw.ird Kveielt. lor 1 n--i-ieie am Viee-I 'n--ideni." Heside- this, we have at the j .roper place, the noiniua ti. ii- of the Ilaltiiiioif and Richmond (.'oll- i:-. with the main points v iliil'er- . ii. e hctween the iiice; nridef and the V.-eh-.l I ,1. i)..;e!as platforms. 'j'hi l: lit oil this ,oint. It must be remembered that the .( ' i jiublishc'.! in New York, that its de editors. ir. Crooks, yeiirijv. and 1 r. I'l'lintoek. cm re-sioniliim-. are Nurthern- - b firth ami education and are mem- i and ministers of the Northern Meth-ii-1 Ch uch. It is ln.t t.. be expected ih:: v should advocate the divine ritrht of owning slaves. It i.- as much as we h.aii-i a.-k. if tbey will refrain from ex-t.ic--,ie.: opinion- again -t the in-fit ution (if lav.-ry as it e:ci-t.- ann.ng us. I!:it hear what ibey s,iy iu iheir issue of the I'.hh oi regard to our own home paper. I ipiote: The lir.n -,,,-, i v. ii :ve course pursued by the North Carolina . I Vo in the midst of -uch : whirlwind of exciteun-ui as ;-t l. resent exists iu the .urh. chaheum tlie ! adiioi at ;on of every I nion -loving Ameri-i-.iii." Now. which is the . holitioiiist. the ..lii;ii. fbr jiursiiing the course, or the M.l),.,. l'sl for admiring ii . Again, in the same i--tie. i!ev. Hemaii Pangs cout rlbufes a letter of two columns, a-i't.-r a visit to Louisiana and Mississippi. The thi- following sentences extracted from f'ter could surely have never found ihfir way info the columns of an Abolition paper. "The , ..f master and slave ha- nev.-r to my satislaction m-oii rove l ; to I..- a -in. That there are greaf evil connected with it. or that mav grow out of it. i have no doubt. So are there evils that may result from the marriage relation, or the relation of parent and child, but this docs not prove the relation itself to be a i sin "As to the physical condition of the ' slaves at the Smith. I believe that they are I far better oft" than the ficc blacks of the i North better fed. better clothed, better h..ii-cd and do less work. They appear the happiest set of j.eople lo be found their masters and mistresses have all ihe care and expense." "The movements of the Abolitioiii--!.- of it,.- Norlh have been p re ductive of evil and only evil, to the mas- tors and slaves, exasperating t ho former and causing them to restrict tiie privileges of ihe latter. Oh. when shall this -vvieked strife come to an end. and brotherly love and fraternal intercourse return !'' These jilt .rations speak for themselves. Hut, lest 1 weary my reader, twill con clude by expressing the opinion that lor beauty and neatness of mechanical execu tion. I'm- scholarly ability, patient, syste matic labor, and business tact, on the part of its editors ; for strict adherence to its professed principles, and for true conserv atism on the subject of slavery, the .1 ih o.iist is not surpassed by any newspaper in the v.1 ;. I-in ili..- gratification o!' '.i's- Lou. s van ity, T inform her that her unprovoked at tack has already added one new name to tin: subscript! in list of the .1. (lxlst. And for :he information ol all others wishing to -ubsei ibe. I state that it is published by Lemuel Jiangs, No. 7 IVekmalt street, N. V.. at 82. MI a year. .Iiuisters of any denomination receive it at 81. -0 per year. Speeiiueii numbers sent free on applica tion. X. '. I'..r i lie X. '. I'liri.-ti.m A.H...-:.ie. t i) i i:ui;.( i: i' v i rovaci:. Ncarlv ail societies, j.'overiiinents and a oiialioii- have sonic patronage. son,e j.laees of profit or honor that are desirable am; profitable to the recipients. The X. Carolina Conference has some such po sitions: some absolutely under her own control, and some conjointly with other coiil'civnee.-. Of the i'ormef are certain ... i , , .-tat tens, circuits, districts, committees. ucl- epitos to (b neral Conference!. ic; of the latter are I'i.-hops. Secretaries. Agents, Kditors. Ac. These position- are matters of great interest to the Ohurf-h. and theo retically, are for the beneiit (jif the people more than the occupants. Sitill, they are in one seii.-e. Church pat rem age, and to that extent are subject io vcviy nearly the -amc conditions as any oilier kind of pat r. nage. The-e positions are desirable be cause ibev all- .h as.-iut iu their lab- . .id in their associations ; they clev1 -x-te ;id the reputation of the incttniliem.-. both bv the public estimate of such positions and the inspiring tendencies of the duties I reijuired ; they improve tone, manner and iiiielligv nee by their s.-cia! and literary su- I perioritv. 'J'iiis is iiecessarily so. while): human nature remains a-s it is. It i- difti- ! , . 1 ciio i.'f an', man to ne i:fe-ii u'iilioni isvv.ii oi-.-a.-ioiis. and few men will fail to attempt -ispeiioiif v. when such is demanded and appreciated. n the other hand, few will . scape the influence of rude manners, igno rance and a Leiieral indifference to all that i is decant. s; ....... ,1 ;,,ft I ' - ii.at a very lew year- m either k.iu.1. never fail to make their visible mark upon the man. Your n. an of the best places beeomes iv lined in manner, speech and dress, while lie man of the hard places tends to the reverse. These things being true, the cir cumstances are neither to be changed nor avoided. Ii:it it is easy to see how. in par ticular eases, unintentional injustice and lasting i n j u r v may be done. .V cninbi na tion of circumstances may send a young man lb'.' several years in succession to the hard places, his improvement will be some what .-ha pi d by his surroundings: the pub lic wiii decide his merit by the grade of hi- appointments, and he is conventionally Voic! and actually made a second rate man foi life iiaiv cases may form exceptions. but this is the rule. Hence Conference j patronage has much to do with the fate of individuals, and the amount of first rate taienl in the Church. Conferences having considerable human nature in them, are apt. or at least they may class iheit men, like the Turks do their soldiers, according to the stars rather than merit, and may rank them A. Ii. C. I, and then by the effect of appointments legalize the decree. Then few mcu would ever fall front A, to i. and few would rise from jMo A. Preach ers may be made somewhat like Knglish noblemen, viz : by acts of Parliament and all tlie circumstances favorable to ability and reputation. So forcible is this, that the public would not believe any man No. j ...i... l .. :. ..i ! . win. H.n i oe ii .on. .1 ii i .si lass .il- poiiitmeiit. and a real 1) man placed in a f reputation, would be believed to have tin stuil' in him. though it might not at all be evident. This Conference patronage must be in the hands of some man or men ; these are christians and must and will do what they iioiH'Sily believe best ; still thev are men and form their opinions like others. They conclude that one. two. or three as the case may be are A men. and so on of the oihers. and their bestowal of patronage is and must be, accordingly. Xow these rea-ous of classification may t,r may not be accord in to reality. Stuiiigle wished Ale, lor liuccd in the first, wisk in Scotland because he grunted so impres sively; an Knglish Bishop was chided for making a certain man curate. '-Ah." said he. "he reads very badly, but then be praises my book splendidly." Let, the patronage dispensers be good, honest and wise as any mortals, they see things each in a way peculiar to himself, and the Amen will soon Ik1 pronounced and so ol the remainder. Uut. this does not prove that all or even the best men have been selected, for change the control of patron age and you wilh e.jU il jj will see a new set of men iahiit and reputation. This State, national and all other I is seen in governments. This is the beauty of elec tive governments, they change their rules and thereby raise every stratum of the population to the seen light, exhibiting precious jewels even in the lowest. Hence no man may rashly conclude that he has been intentionally harmed in the church. that he is crushed by premeditation, and has no hope; if he is any thing, he has means anil prospects; he has or may have a voice in the location of the patronage, and new eyes may see his excellency. Nor should he wholly despair of the old. for they sometimes ; ""- " jierfectlv irresistible." In lur.iine i', chanue their opinion of a man. and repair '. molii -.. , v , ff V . , , p- i"-'wno meiim. .bv.l.i.ff. .oisfa!.. v with A-i.i .vnd L-fiiciv.'-n y. 1 !U.AJ . . j. -fv,-, - 1 -5 ill aiA.itiit ior the s ate ol tiling in f t-t i ,i ,'. p I'lii he preached he as genera V.y ..t-. some conferences. The curious selections ,.,, , . u .. I made bv some men, and the positive neg lect of some of fine ability without supposing any intentional wrong. .Never attribute your position to r-atan. to wire-working, nor to prejudice, but make yourself worthy of the patronage, and one of these days your worth will be seen. LOT. For the X'. ". Christian Ailv..;ite. I'ltOI'ICSKOIt VOIiKAS (illl)HlAR. Professor York's --(rammar for le- Utnne.rs. liublisheu by . I.. I omerov. ot l!:dcigh. ami printed by A. 31. (.lormau. is now before the public, to claim its share of patronage frr-m the literary and scientific worlil. Its excellence can be properly ap preciated by those instructors on'y. who have made teachitm the business of life. Men of small calibre, who have paid but little attention lo the important subject of Knglish Cramm ir. need not ,. n to give instruction in York's series of C ram mars, without first studying them. Such teachers, no doubt, will find objections to these (Iraminars, and prefer Smith's. Murray's, or some other works, equally as futile. We have studied and taught (he latter works, and some twenty-two or three oth ers: but we shall never do so again, at least, while such works as Prof. York's can be obtained. Antecedent to the ap pearance of the works under consideration, it was a noted fact, that no student could become a good grammarian, by the study of any nw author. The reasons, which are very obvious, were the following: 1. Not a single author properly under stood the subject himself, and cense, jitent ly, his i ! rammar was very defective. 2. Ncarlv every author vvr s,n,l".v i because ne was a uiiui aim reek .-cmu-ir ; ! i ii i .... l n . i i : In atnl Having (tevoieu mo.-i u nis seiiooi- ( liours to the learning of other lauru-ua-es. us rammar was based upon uie an.iiomes i 11 .1 ! ..f languages, and. therefore, was not what - : l-hi'dish ( rammar should 1 lave been. .'. The leading object of previous an thors seems to have been. .l(.os only; which, indeed, is but (' of what should be continued iu an -Knglish Grammar j.ro- per. Analysis may teacn us to unuerstana j the component elements of a compound; . i . .i i.l' but it, cannot teach us how to make that compound. Siiifnxi' is or should be, the most important item of an Knglish Cram mir. In Prof. York's (i rammar, both these subjects have been treated in a lnasterly manner. In conclusion, we appeal to the teachers of the South, to give these Crammars a trial. We have done so. and we make no hesitancy ill saying, that in our humble ! judgment, the books have no superiors up on the subject, upon this continent. The subscriber will furnish schools, aen demies. or colleges, that may apply to him. in tiny part of Western North Carolina, np. on the same terms that the books can be obtained from the author himself. The "Introduction" should be used by those who have not studied grammar be fore ; and then they should complete the subject by studying the author's "Illustra tive and ('(-instructive Grammar." j 1. L. A 15 EH N K i ll Y. ! li nilit r'iiiil Ai inh mi. liiu J.'i Co... ('. j C 1 1 U KC 1 1 t'dXTROVKRSV, Some months ago. says the IVntrslmil 'lun i limnu, some controversial articles be l... ,.f!..v.-1.....l .,,..1 il,., ..,1 tweeii the Idsliop oi .Maryland ami iiie ed itor of the Su iitliiiii ( "n ii flu mi ii were pub lished in that paper. The controversy arose from a letter written by Bishop Whit tingham to the S'l'ithmi ('linrrluiian. in which he attempted to prove that Latimer, one of the martyr Bishops of the Reforma tion, taught ihe doctrine of Baptismal re generation a-: it is now held by Traetarians. The Bishop seems to have felt defeated himself, for after a time he comes out with a pamphlet of more than a hundred pages. not to prove, or attempt to prove, from the j writings of Latimer himself, that he held baptismal regeneration iu the sense vefei- red to, but (pioting from Luther, Mclanc- thon, Cranmer, and Ridley, r.s -some of the sources of interpretation of Latimer's language." The editor of the Smith' : u Cliiiri'hihiui has now replied in a pamphlet of nearly a hundred pages. We do not hesitate to pronounce it one of the best pieces of controversial writing which has appeared on the subject. That it is a de feat of the Bishop, is saying little; it is a rout. In all our reading we have scarcely met with a more perfect overthrow than our Rt. Rev. friend has sustained ; and. we venture, it will be some time before he r.isbes into battle again, without a better knowledge of his subject, and of (he re sources of his antagonist. l i-iim tlie (,'. V.) Meiln.di- JONEI'II BE.VSO-V PREACH IX... 4. 4s Heiison must have been a hemcnth preacher the word is not too strong. 'I te contemporary Methodist biographies oftfl allude to his sermons as indeseribabfv grand and powerful, especially when 4 treated of u judgment to come.'' Ilob-i' Hall, who is considered the greatest piii:1 orator of his age. liked to hear the vetei jfi Methodist, and said: He is irresistib r tended by as many persons as could possi bly press within the doors, ainouiitiiiL' usually to between two and three thou sand ; and so powerful was h's word, that his immense congregations were moved, not only to tears, but often to loud wailing, so that he was sometimes compelled lo kneel down in the midst of his sermons, that the people might relieve their minds by acts of devotion ; when he arose and resumed his discourses. At the height of the troubles which fol lowed Wesley's death, he set out on a preaching excursion in Cornwall. Ife passed through its towns like a herald. In some parts of the country companies of the people came nut to meet him and escort him on hisiWay. " Never," he wrote, "did i -ee a place so crowded, and never did T see a congregation more affected than at lledruth while discoursed on, 'Who is this that cometh from JaIoiii. with dyed garments from ?ozrah '.' We were in formed of several who were awakened, and of some thatwere justified. Many h m ilieils continued in prayer a great part of the night." At Tuckingmill. the chapel being too small to hold a fourth part wf the congregation, he stood up in a fi. Id. having a wall and a bank behind Bin! en one side, on which some hundreds placed themselves, and the bulk of the congre gation before him. cousistiiiir of about live thousand; he had not spoken Ion l;' bid ne many were cut to the heart on all sid. s," Numbers were in tears, and many criedfut in distress in different parts of the con: -ro gation, lie continued speaking till li could speak no more. He then gaveieil hymn and prayed, t hie woman c.-iiu-J! lo St .rr. ,! .. i . with strea- lining eyes, ami a heart HtL ot , l . i i , '.latituue ana lo e. declared what Cod Lad tone r her soul. As soon as he had ti uissi'd the emiirreiration. numbers thruu'ed -' ; ti hapel. where many cried out I "Lr distress ; and the leaders, local preachc. i 1.1 . 1 .!.! ! ami otiiers. continued iu braver witn tic -re. i ,. , . , . , t most ol the night. I he next morning he ; was informed that nearly twenty in all. were brought that night to taste that he J-iord is gracious ; and not tewer than one lull.jr(.(1 wcvc awilkc.,ed uadcr the sermon, A Mot!,rtllist vrjtCr records that thirty-six yeafs afterward, the impression of this powerful discourse still remained on ;so:ue minds, and was deep and hallowed beyond description ; and another authority remarks that he became acquainted, in later years, with some of the "best educated, in t intellectual, and energetic men of the lo cality, who were brought to cry mightilj to God for pardoning mercy under this dis course." At Penzance the chapel could not hold a third of his hearers ; he took his stand in the market-place, and preached with great power on the "Judgment to come." to about six thousand people. At Tuckiig mill again be cried aloud to more than eight thousand: "If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink." while many wept, around him. Ten thousand gathered to hear him. iu the open air at Cweiinap. and " hundreds, and even thousands wept for joy. or cried out in a manner that would have pierced a heart of st nie." He preached to the excited multitude till night compelled mm to stop, wtien nicy hastened ,le ..j,,,;;,,,, ;,lto a ..erlai.i Second 1 Jap to the chapel, where many fbund peace i riulvll ,,- a penitent negro. This with 1 bid." At St. Agnus, m.t more than ! t..m(l ,,l,u.ked and black from the burning, a sixth of ihe people could get in!., the , , ..,U t sort f gallery perch until chapel: he went into tin- street and pro- i wl;u. silm(.ls l,a,l hoen taken into fel- elaimed to tnem : " there is joy in heaven ; over one sinner that repenteth." lie re-j turtle 1 to Redruth the same day, where he says : ;' was presented with such a sight as I never saw before. The whole street before inc. as far almost as I could see. and all the alleys and houses on each side the street behind, on both sides of the market-house, and the market-house above and below, were all crowded wilh people as thick as they could stand. Some of our friends calculated them at fifteen thousand. ; T think there could not be much less. .i'hey were all as silent and serious as night while T explained Daniel "x 27. I con j tinned preaching and praying from two till i four o'clock. Many. I believe, felt the power of the word. Soon after I began, a postehaise with company, came ; but being unabie to get through the crowd, they were obliged to unyoke the horses and stay till all was over." In the evening he stood up in the Jim phi theatre of Gwennap, Wesley's favorite preaching place in Cornwall, and twenty thousand people surrounded him. " I saw." he cried unto them. ' the dead. small and great, stand before God," etc. Many." says a Cornish writer, "were eonverted that night, and otiiers on the pjPy united a tender regard for -thn-following morning-." j chitn li. s wilh an inviolable attachment for Jn this remarkable journey he travelled his own." in a gig, during a single month, about four hundred miles, and preached forty sermons to at least sixty thousand hearers, lie was so thronged by eager listeners on one oc casion, in the open air, that he called on all converted persons to retire to the out skirts of the assembly that the unconverted might app'-uach him and hear; but all stood more steadfastly than before ; they seemed fascinated. ; What," he cried. ' .' all unconverted ." Iu a moment the ter- ; i ble conviction of sin ran like fire throu'"rh I P I .he I ii 1 1 1 r . t iuh 'OiiT r.i-,ii.ii,ifL'f l.t-i.i. tMn ! ,. ,, , ,'" , , . ,'. , .;L." ,L'H ".V niiiKireds as it shun by these . ' . . 'Vurd- 1 he ""predion of his mighty ''- t ' r.v " ,t-: i.,v. V'1'- - f - - I r..m the tdiui.urgli r.ci.-. l)R.l DIFFICULTIES. A f.Ali M I Nil rxi.it KASE IX MOUKRN TIMES. It is the opinion of many eminent phy sicians that, the present century has wit-ne-.-ed a very large increase of brain dis orders, and this increase has taken place in an accelerated ratio, as the strain upon the commercial and public life of the people has become greater. The intense compe tiiiui which at present exists among all the liberal professions, the excitement ac companying the large monetary transac tion; which distinguish the present day, the gambling nature of many of its opera tions, and the extreme tension to which all clas.-iv of the communiiy are subjected iu the uiu-easing struggle for position and even life, has resulted in a cerebral excite ment under which the finely organized brain but too often gives way. j IV.'lirigbani of Hoston. in the I'nited i sJr-.t.j n-.ii .M..M....1.1.. ...,( ,,r ! ,1... I,!.!.. . ' r ....w.l.J.l .i:.,,..;..., i in. .... . i ti.- " eviioia. i-ii.-i . in i s Ol (Its own country, in which he asserts that in sanity and other brain diseases are three time." as prevalent as in Knglaiid. This statenieirl would seem to confirm the notion that a ge a headisin if we maybe allowed the term--is straining the mental fabric to it.- breaking point. And we must remem ber ih.-t the mischief must not be guaged merely by the number of those who fall by the way side; there must bean enormous amo-nit of latent mental exhaustion going on, which medicine take- no count of. It is a matter 'general observation thai the -I'll r r i i enikuvn ol men ot intellectual ctuinenci of en pos-e.-s feeble, if not diseased brains.' I.etii the simple reason that the parents have unduly i -rcised t.ltat organ. What applies lo lud.viduals. M a certain modi fied degree applies to the race. A gener ation tluil overtask? its brains i- but too likely to be succeeded by a second still more enfeebled in its mental organization, and this exhaustive process must go onin- i crea-ing n the social causes producing if continue m operation, ' u e nave sonic means oi measuring tne magnitude of the evil where absolute lunacy is concerned, inasmuch as we possess offi cial ret urns to deal with, which guage its rate of increase or decrease with pretty tolerable accuracy ; but we have no such menus of ascertaining the nature of the increase of those no less grave disorders of the brain, which do not bring the patient under the cognizance of the law. If we could tiike count of the number of able men who. at t he very height of their effi ciency and in the very plentitude of their power, are struck with insiduous cerebral disease, such as softening of the brain and dropout of life as gradually and as noise lessly as the leaf slowly tinges, withers, and then flutters to the ground; if medicine had :iiiv system of statistics which could present us with a measure of the amount of paralysis that comes under its observa tion, or of the apoplwctic seizures which so suddenly blot out life. we should doubt less be astonished at the very large in crease w hich has of late years taken place in affections of the brain. ESER1EXCE. The New York Tribnm' has the follow ing: " Wereinemberonce lo have witnessed lowship; when the excellent pastor said. --John, come down !" And John did come t down. The white neophytes had been gently enough dealt w ith, but John, being black, caught it severely. "John." said the pastor, i;you have been a great sinner. You have been one of the worst thieves, my brother, in this neighborhood; you have been a nil liy-mout hed swearer; von : h&tn a unlnkanp ( lhllotr j , you n()w ,lf(.s rcrclltallCl. . but a great many j.eople think you will backslide, and they have reason to think so. (Siii-fm'ii iii'ixs'i .') However, we will give you a trial," iVc. Y.c. So John was admitted, and retired to his perch in a flood of tears. WAS'.IINUTOX. To the question, was Gen. Washington a High Churchman, a correspondent of the j TKOUHl.U.S IN TIIE CUHKk CIIIKC1I S'liithmi Cliimliiiuii). in noticing a state- j The new Greek Patriarch at ((-installment in Norton's Life of Washington, re- tinople is likely to bring great excitement plies, ' that Washington (as every bod I to the churches. Tn one city, for instance. j knows; was in no .ense a High Church - man; that the bishops and clergy of the General Convention of 1798 'Rejoiced in the election of a civil ruler, who had hap- S.VAPPlXfi IP. Mail ilogs and turtles are not the only snapping animals in the world. It is fo be feared that most families are atllicted with one or more "snappers." who are wont to exercise their spit-fire propensities, especi ally at. the table or around the family fire side. Addressing herself to her mother, Mary, with her eyes full of twinkle and fun, says: ' I took a walk at ten o'clock this morning, and " here John broke in. Now, John wx just at that age when a youth knows everything under the sun. and more too; he never makes a mistake. i always positive that evervthin he d,M- 'ays positne that ec.rytJiing He Iim - I says or tlunks, is jiwt exactly so, and could ' -i i . , . , - . " . , ' I .sister, how could you say it was ten o clock? j . , it was quarter past ten. at least!' One sample is enough. Kvery one of observa tion can, of his own knowledge, multiply cases indefinitely. This unsecmingly habit is sometimes observed in families, whose position and opportunities of association, would lead to the siipposili'n that everything vulgar or uncourteous would be instinctively shun ned. The person criticised, not having sense enough to pass over the booi ishness. begins a defence; and before one is aware of it. the whole table or circle is silenced, and find themselves iu the awkward posi tion of listeners lo a series of angry con tradictions about a matter ol no possible consequence to any one of the whole com pany in "tie sense, but of importance iu an other, as there is a certain disigrceable ness abonf it whic'i all feel more or less. What if a thing h tppened a minute or a month later or sooner? it is the general w,,U- iftehtion is directed. Contradictions and criticisms and correc tions in general company are clownish ; they are (dear prW that, in almost every case, the person who assumes such an un gracious office is a boor of the first water, and is essentially deficent in that refine ment and delicacy, which are inseparable from a cultivated mind, and a laste for all that is beautiful, elegant and refined. A whole c ening's enjoyment has been fre quently marred, and all the company have gone home with a kind of blight upon the .sensibilities, in consequence of a jar caused by the impertinent contradiction or c. r- reel ion of some unimportant fact in a nar ration. o'.s .A lot' ll.nllh. TSSEI UK. y , Were We in. I acquainted with the j'-ast history and future dcttiny of tin-church we might tremble for the Ark of God. lest she should be engulfed in the merci less and deej. wave ot this troiiblesonM' world. But "With Christ in the i-si-vl We -:.n smile at the sb.i-m." "The Lord of Host is with her ; the God of Jacob is her refuge." Her banners stream like the thunder cloud against the wind, and she braves the fury of the blast and the tempest uninjured. She floats upon the wave a stately and magnificent fabric, made transparent by the Divine glory, and reflecting from her full-spread sails the beams of the morning. Kmbark ed in her. with loving and loyal hearts, every swelling wave we meet within our heavenward voyage shall but rise us high er and yet higher, till we lift our heads in to the light of unclouded day, and have an abundant entrance ministered unto us in the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour. REVIVALS. In the island of Jamaica, extensive re vals of Cod's work f?(, prevailing in almost every part. A correspondent of the ' -nam describes it as a most remarkable man ifestation of divine power. The most aban doned are becoming penitent, and are turn ing to the Lord. Many grog-shops have been closed, stolen property restored, and the instruments and wages of sin renounced The missionaries are almost worn out by incessant labor in conducting the various services which the exigency of the times requires, and in giving counsel to and pray ing for the numerous enquirers after sal vation. The inhabitants of the island say that they have known nothing like it be fore. I'OOR HOYS. lon't be ashamed, my lad, if you have a patch on your elbow, it is no mark of disgrace. It speaks well for your indus trious mother. For our part, we would rather see you with a dozen patches on your jacket than hear one vulgar word es cape from your lips or to smell (he fumes of tobacco in your breath. No good boy will shun you because you cannot dress as well as yout companion, and. if a bad boy sometimes laughs your appearance, say nothing, my good lad, but walk on. We know many a rich and good man who was once as poor as you. Fear God. my boy, and if you are poor but honest, you will be respected a great deal more than if you were the son of a rich man and addicted to bad habits. j the whole church have proposed to become Protestants in a body, rather than accept his j appointment over them of a Bishop whom they had convicted of gross immorality. Frugality is as closely oniit-.-ied with industry as hll nes-j withtii. llV 1 llt . Ib v. Ir. Ilamilii.ii. ..f Led-. 1'n.jl.ind in a i-fecni sfiiin.n. i.ut tin- t'.llouiii sealehini. '1 tlest lolls Alll h.l- lioi il.e church almost I.. learn what i- the j...v..-r to pray. What j.e iv.pt ion hi.- w.- ..I LiKiriini prayer, bcf.iv which inouiiiaiu dVpart t What of (, , s. , ; , . piaer. which causes us to slam! e'oiitiuu.illv upon the watch tower in the day-time, and w hi.h sets us in our ward w hole nighls ? What of inijii,, liiiml. prayer, which -tonus hea ven wilh its Molenee and force." What of iim'itl prayer, 'gathering u- together to ask help of the Lord V What of .-...,;.-ent. prayer, which regard- in. :i.ii,uit of our hc:..ts'.; What of ,;. ,... ... . . , , which fulfills itself "'. Let but -uch . layer be understood, let our spirit bin -break with such longing' and lie expectation of our bosoms shall not be delayed. -And it shall come to pass, that before ibey call I will answer; and while they are yd -peaking. I will hear.'" church oi i:.;iTvm am dis- NEVI'ERS. The Loudon Vluisii,ui Ol, has the following remarks, iu regard to the relative altitude of Pissenters and ihe Kstablisheil Church :, ihe present day:-- "The relations of the Church oi' Kng lainl and I i.-.-eutcrs are uiidergoino :i great though silent and unnoticed ch.-iiie. In the side of the Church theie is in( the same dread of lis-eiit ; on (he -ide ot I is seuters, lucre Is llof the same I... lilily to the Chinch of Knglaiid. W e believe that no talent or popularity in any ili.-reniing leader could now unite the igoousand intelligent body of the younger Noncon formists, who arc beginning to occupy their IbiYUiosi. ranks, iu air, formidable assault upon the Liturgy, or the const i'u t if it of the lislablished Church. All this has passed away, and will probal.lv never be revived." M AI'l'IMi OUT CM Ail TElt. The .ImiiiKil lell.- a good joke upon Fowler, the phrenologist, w ho has been re cently lecturing al Concord. X. li . " While here," the Journal say -. he made a pri vate examination of ihe head of a ..un man, a clerk in one of our stores, and gave him a chart which declared, iu -ub-laiicc that iu point of iutcgritv and h."i: - . he was as pure a-the angel-' in heaven, and as incapable of doing a bad thing as they. few days since, ihis very -.mu- oiiiig ( mall Was dcleeieii a- a lliiel h ivine. . ...! . . - , i: about s imi from his en. plover. s' "i of vv huh 1 he paid Prof. Fowler for mapping :tt his . angelic character ! The-e facts we slate! upon the authoi'iiv ol the iiicnliai.l in whose service the voting man wa-engaged. One of two things is une. t iih. r Pn.f Fowler's sciciu u is a humbug', or he fell into a trance, in which state he g..l hold of an angel's head." O.N DRESS. Till-, i 'luUtliiii (1 iiii,.li,tii (Canada,, dis cusses the question of dress among .Metho dists and tin' right way of preaching about it. The editor say-: 1 1 requires, no doubt . a good j udgiucnt and good taste to know lu.vv Jar ! go in reproving particular modes of extra v again e. and to know iu what kind of language to convey your re. roofs, .-o as to do good wii li on! doing harm. No doubt a preach, i may make himself ridiculous in prea. hing ..u this subject of dress, and l.c may give unnec essary nll'ence w il bout taking the best mi h od of convincing. Kvvry preacher, howev er, may safely, at any lime. ini-t that we should Hot so dress as to injure health, fos ter pride by useless ornament, or incur needless or sinful expense by costlin.-- of drees, or by the perpetual change neces sary to a close compliance with fashion EVIL RUMORS. Good people are often made the bull of tattlers, who retail reporC lo their iiijurv. A writer in the '.' thus hils them off: When Sanballat sent woidloNe hemiah that there were cciiain r. pod- iu circulation concerning him ofan unfavora ble character. Nchellliah replied. -'I'hclc are no such things done as tluui saved, i.ui Ihoii feigiiest them out ofthiiic own heart. ' llovv truly do these words describe iiiin-h of the evil surmising there is in the w... 1.1 ! Sauballfil judged Nchcmiah by what he would have been himself in Neheniiah' positioii. A drunken man often think ; everybody else is drunk. Whii I your-. lf around on your heel until your brain is reeling, and all the world will seem to be whirling around you. Just so a corrupt mind thinks everybody else is corrupt . " CIV IE WA It. Says Burke: --War su-pends the ni'cs of moral obligation, and w hat is lung sus pended is in (lunger of being totally abro "ated. Civil wars strike deepest of all int.) the liianm 1- ol' the vitiate their politics : tin people. Tin- , corrupt their morals; they pervert even the uatmai taste of equity and justice. By leaching us to consider our fcllow-ereal Hies in a hostile light, the whole body of our nation becomes gradually less dear lo it-. I he very names of .: fleet ion and kindred, which were the bonds of charity w hile we agreed, become new incentives to hatred and rage, when the enmmuiih.n of our cuiinhy is dissolved." Plea-ure, like quicksilver, is bright and J shy. If we try to gra-p it. it still ( Iude- n-t, and still glilier We. perhaps, .ize ' it, but find it rank poison. S( ol.OI i. S:K.UoS." la an able ai, -lei. ,.u "Objective ( ing " ill the '..e,b.-r '',...,.',.',,, , bv i'r.'l ileiirv I '.. S n;'; h. it i , Vv .-!! -..n Thflc b in. real .1. fin ,), taking ),., own h.an a- a guide, n cxpo-in . aii J 4 al.viug ihe evil- of ( 'her h.-iit- S.ol l ing sermon-, a- ihe L.pl,. :,,,( ,,,;.;i l1"'1"- :"v I facile of all pcrfoiln an.-.-. They only C j bftle ex, V- oi bile : a liitle in rvoii . ..m. a l,nle e i Coll elll. a little c. Ii-,,i,,u ,e- ol hlllie fanatici-m. i ;, a ,.,,. , ,. . , tT. . j It :k hicMin ui !.. paint ihe Fvil One ,., Cln i.-t ; becau-c the former i ii, n- bv i.j fur. . ami th- latter ,,1,,'y bv ; is. .-. Ib.n. . and liooi , ale W. , ,.' a.l ..,. , '., lalioii. ahm. t auv iioV i. c . .m -iq.plv. I id 10 portray the I... ..f the I .a in-One bo. d.- it a-k the b. I art ' , ,i..ht been addcdtolheabove.tli.il i ..(comilior I) the preacher when he inei.lv eld- ijVv many deel 1 faithful. Til E .IKWk. A late London paper has th.- f..ll... il(. facts in relation p, lib- ililere till); people "In this era ..I i.-bgioii-. awjkeiiin," :. id activity, ii can n..i vmpri-e h- t.. he-n ..I . movement : u-: the Jew-. Within th. la-t lew Week-- a pdlpi; hfl -. be n . , J ill a esleiii suiagoeii.'. and i.-.u bine i iiow i.iadilally grow ing int.. u-e UI,, ,.. ib.-iii An a oeialiou w.i- h.iiuc.l iu lio o ov ii body, for the pin p..-e of pr..iii..tou' il.e i. ligioii : education of liu-Ir vuii;' pi .. pic and ..I pleading the kiiovvle.L. ofih,. Old Te lam. lit S. lipliiic-., whi.-h ha. I ready i-.-n.-d a family edition in F.n.'li-h and is now eiia.jed iu brinvilie out :)' edition for ecu,. ml circulation at the I., v e-f po-sihle figure." A .11 S t Ri TICIMI. Km.-r-oh's lalc-l book i-(-mill. -.1 TI..' C In. t of Life." It is iu loiter Km h-'i. and iu a better moral l..ne than auv ol hi-, previous publication-. A fricinllj review er say.-: There p.-rvadf- ihi- vvoik gen -rally a healthy lone. Ihii it ha, n,,t. y colics-, altogether the ling .'flhclnv metal. And -oin.iiiiifs vv.- m ..., ;,, ijtiolc by way ..fc.i-b ! i... i If ic-.ii; J the ca' !( t :..! simple hearled Male m t who aii.-wcri t-j a pantheistic i'liHpdv f her lover, i in i. ph, to her .pie lion if 4e were a believer:; Who! ,u say -oiind-, very line, and is very nearly whatiL-' plif-l h it- me ... ib- in iiol. )."( f.,r-. I '..r all I leu . '1 1 1 oi ii a. .. i.m-n, 1 1 V !' s i Mi:u(.iiisii: mimvi iiv Ihe New ol k ..( ',. . j in . I s :i j.-n tor. a- accounting li.r the fact that a mui b. r of important pulpit- arc m -eiij.ie.l . b..y-." iu ihi- way : I think it i . can-, milii-tii- do not improve iheln-el-, -s a- rht-y should II ivy many I he-re arc who preach in. belter at fortylivv than th. j did al tWf ui y-live ! Ib.vv 1:11 b - Vv. see ol th oiiieasf i.l knowledge, -kill addle. - o. i hara.-ier and power vv hich male minister lovid. and honored and oiivhl fori" A ltEl i I I I I. SEVMME.N I . The following beautiful vcru utaii - a --ul i n i.-i 1 1 iu wbiiii many Will lecogin a Ifcling they have in. .I.nil.l nipfinie-. 1 bll" lleVer klloWll b". - o I oil. b llll'l V I ( pic- : ti iirVi't ';;( I Uc ;i . I ti lit-' U ilf II t If ' H llM I lilt I It lilili il. l'i' li I: fiour- :i . flti"U'ti tlin lciiii 11.;.! kf' ll.- . I ;l I ;tl. I li'U tl. V: I I 1 r. I ill- ;l t l I ll tl It 1-1 t"- llnl- (' j-it r'i ii -rr :n ui-ii in ii lti.iiti l t.llll'l- l.M K i (I'.f t.ci. ti -irii.-r iiooic '."ii-iii l.y ! : ti ' - I) Kil EltkEOT I'l. Ii l.M. II 1 M.Ni. On the ll'.th of Angu t !.-.! a lla-l. ol li o li t ui ng -liiu-k a wind mil' al l.appi.ui iu bralice, iu which lln if w a. a feln tl V.Io wa- killed by the (If. ill. llllid. Mil oil who.-e body ihciv v . I. fl the piet'lie of a nelghboiiug ii.-- v. I: h ail it s biaiic ic . :.n I leaves coinplele Thi- -ingtllai t it toning by tiie lighiiiiii:' wa- -iCeii ai.'l til tc-t.-d by medical caiii!ii(-r- ..lid the Inii'ii ipal allthoiitic- of the place. (lll( Oil.. 1 1 h.l- been Wi ll -aid. that a . iii.de ( .' ' el-.p of colli i- Voi:h loole th.'lll .'ill ttic old of ( 'alii'.'l Ilia In addition lo itsolloi Use-. il is UoVV fo.llld that it produce a clear fluid, that bum- without .d..i wilh out smoke, ami i- iucpeii-ive. alb.i blii . good light in an ordinary l.ero-. ne lain;, lor ball a (cut an In.ui. Tbec.iii oil i a cl.-ar and o lorle-- a- v.at. r I'O IMCEVEN I' K tlllllls HtltklX. OIM. -l KEES. 'I be hi I l'i illf Iv VV have i V.i llifd to ti i-nl v in.-a-c the lice in -fravv. old :i p. r. ..r -nine siii h lu.iiiiial. It -I- I.ui linle to doit and ii wo! -ave many dull d ail 1 prevent much a u n v aucc. All.-iel I it before the injury i- done, f.u r. i n i; ii it i' i in: ii." Mat y A., daiighli r of lb v. .1 I'.laii. h a'.d. I'u-id.ilt of Whcatoll Cub. je di -d mi the bth inst. She wa a r.-mrii k nbl pioii- girl ; and a her -p'.iii approaeho.I tin- heavenly la id, she ( lied out. ' ''". ,,. ili. ;' ... ."' and then h. .jui. tlv II ll a-lffj' in .Ii-u-. m - CO EllSIOts l IMtOTEsT NT IS M IN HOIIEMI . Tin- iin.vcmiiit among the I b.mai 'a' h olic .oplllatioll of llolniin.i low:. id tin- Protestant Chun h i- gainiie- in extent 1'. i nuny place liiinicrou- .nr r ion : are reported H t. b ' I H r r X I t I i f us 1
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 4, 1861, edition 1
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