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70 PER ANNUM THE ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF THE M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. REV. F. L. REID, Editor 15 LI SUED 1855. cVLEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, 1887. VOL. XXXII., XO. 41 For the Advocate. Wiin I5lslioj Duncan. I.N'-' t" '.NT OF nnxrrv collkck. I regret that I , i v i i oi i t i a 1 1 y prevented l-i Vf I't'''1 i it ' I'lVl" filling ;npoiiumeuis in mem- Ti-l-t'St ! f tlU' IMI'HIM llltlll I 1 1 1 II L HI College, li opportunity oi- I -' 1 1 1 ill II' 111 Mil V -V. I l. ril, K''.- Ai,tlwwlit nonnb in "V Tklt Oil 1 n- - icle Collegiate education ' - t It'll C HI" 11 " ' v,.-,., v. l.'V.M m. The time for its discus-i'.- passed. This conclusion, 7nh. ";ls Uvn cached by every 4,1 I rfnl friend of the church fa- 111" , .1... l,:t.vi- .f lii.rlwo- .!. HI' V I UIC lii.-'iv'i i wi jupiui v u- il.-lltlt'll Ill OUT CUU11U . ll Milium .UYfc" underthe control ot tlie i.r..li were needtiu in tne nidg- ' the present necessity tor their ex ! r .ii.-e and generous maintenance! It It I1 It practical ue jicuiuium .LMrls.andallto whom we ha ve ac- '.Uroudit to be trained by Metho- , t mt'U l in l vim. n i iiiiiiiLv. vi ri,. work at out own altars, uur are surrounded by evils are hidden, from not in the church. evils against ivhii-h thev must be protected by a Christian 'culture directed by godly i:istructirs. Tli'1 endowment and patronage of, Tihiiiv College depend very largely irKiiit'lic realization by North Caro lina Methodists that it is their Col-I,'-Ve. in which they are personally inu-ri'steil. which they have deter mined nmst and shall not fail. Can .air jci-i'Ie be brought to such an ex perience 'r Why not? Certainly, if their teachers and leaders properly inivciaicthe Institution. To tlieni, ciVciallv to the itinerant preachers, wvmust look for the creation of in- .i l . j tdct. sympatic, aiui generosity m Mialf of the College. Tlk-y must talk and preach and in sc.i.-i-n and out season, stir ring the chinch and genera tin 14: en thxiiat u Air. Wesley ur.uvd this on his pivael -!! euvu-ati hers: " 1 'reach expressly lion, particularly at Mid- viiinr.cr. v. "hen you sp.eak ot lvmp:s wihh.1. M5ut 1 have no gift for this.' itit'r er no 14.1ft you are to do it ; else v at are not called to be a 3Iethodist lavarh.ev. !). it as you can, till you ran tio it a you would. Pray ear nestly for thei;ift and use the means fur it." In the true Wesleyan Sjiirit is the direction of the Discip line to preachers in charg'e of circuits and stations, "To preach upon the subject of education, and to urge up "ii parents the importance of educat ing their children, advising- them to patronize, as far practicable, those institutions of learning under the eai eff our church." A conscientious t'licilience to the direction of the Dis cipline, with an honest following of Mr. Wesley's counsel, would secure ;i larue increase of students and ninney now sorely needed in our Institute ns if learning. The earnest wiu'ds of a faithful, unpretentious itinerant preacher to a father 'ncerned about his son's ed "'"ation. sent that son to a Methodist College and gave to "he church one of her most useful vnikersandeiiicient Bishops. While ui mil sympathy with my brethren riio.nij.asst'd with many and exaet ii duties, and having" a good under-t;inding- of the ditlieulties Avhich be them in attending to the varied Merest s c(mniitted to them, yet I ivuiihl tu-ge and insist that for the 1'ivsciit. at least, let the endowment "t your College take precedence of "'viy other interest. If Trinity is flowed and receives its legitimate Manage every other enterprize of Jcliureh at home and abroad will :'' fiuickened and advanced as never .-le. Our Schools, Colleges and Universities need not be relegated 'a sceoiidiay place in the judgment ;tilltlie alfections and liberality of heoj-le. The churches in the I'tiintiy, the town and city are call us lor men consecrated and educat- s''h men are the men greatly "twleu on the border and in frontier and for these men, most need- at home, China, Japan, Brazil ' 1( -Mexico are earnestly begging J11'! the best, the most thoroughly lpi;ed and well furnished, they 'mid have. To our schools we "t look iorour for eign mission-;Vh-s- It is a significant fact that j loll of our foreign missionaries, tldlls ".JWV.11, ttllll cllUW lAll,I- U'W- ... 11 i eoum e en eo irmn n - cuuee Schools catalogues. Endowing will not embarrass our "ilssi, ,, . "i'ei auoijsj ui iiimiei iuiA' 'fi,' u- 1!1(vement ot the church. If preachers and ministers our i(f;es have sent forth have been a "'J-precious dividend on the men money invested in their estab- Tr iiHunLejiance. i endowment of Trinity is not , 1 u-stion 0f ability. North Caro- lity. Methodists nr mnro tbnn si bio. i1'10".' H princelr sunnort for lv-.-'oeke. mey to possess i vkhlnourl. .iTIlnivetravell V Olleu'C. Tllf.v mv. ..l.mwl.n.f- J " " the land." In lounds, throttgh lied, have I seen h5Yl'erity and signs of perma- i'lii'Ml a: . '", 1M- e!eciun.v m me Ar, , ; V,cls as m North Carolina. ilv jweniners, vntn possi- Hlr,,,.!"a?y, equal to the successors V Surely there "I v i-1 1111 institution render !uhoiv f(Lt(theiu lythe faithful -ies , ,T i"iHler and his eollea ,f tf.a id by the toils and sacrifices "iCil must be forgetfulness of (ods claims upon our substance, and that it is "lie that gives power to ivet wealth. " Nearly -200 effective itin erant preachers with local preach ers having access in the pulpit ; iid pastorate to 8:5,000 church membe rs, T)esides friends, can amply endow Trinity College any year that thev determine it shall be done; and as easily, by indifference and unfaithful ness, they can depress it in its pover ty, and virtually destroy its useful nesss. I low greatly we need in the church a conscience which Avill pro vide the best facilities for educat ing young men as Christian men for the work of Church and State! A good measure of success has been realized in the prosecution of the " Endowment Plan" this year, but, I trust, the friends will understand that the work is only begun, and that they will not cease their efforts until the College has every need sup plied. I entreat my Methodist broth er in N. C. not to criticise, in an un friendly and hurthful manner, the College of his church, if it is not his ideal Institution. Rather let him ask himself these simple questions : "What have I done to make it the College it should be? Have I bless ed it with my prayers and sympa thized with it in its struggles? Have I sent all the students 1 could influ ence to its halls? Have I, in the fear of (-Jod and love of his church, given to if my money according to ability?" Your College," brethren, will be just what you determine. I commend to the reader the fol lowing words of Dr. Olin, as ap propriate, to a great extent, in 1887 as tiiey were wlien written m 1844: "To withhold ample, effective assis tance from our colleges in their present situation, would be to insure their speedy and irretrievable ruin, and to throw back the cause of liber al education among us a quarter of a century. I have had but too many opportunities to know that there exists a large class of Metho dists who look with little concern upon the educational wants and du ties of the church, and who utterly refuse to recognize any personal o'o ligations to terests. " promote tnese great m- May the "large class of Metho dists " who so troubled the great and good Dr. Olin be, very soon, without a representative in our midst. I have had a large experi ence with that class but enough. Yours truly and sincerely, W. W. DUNTAX. Sptvtinbnnj, S". C. Vvr tlio Advocate. A .Letter From Bishop Key. impi;kss:o:s of .north Carolina. I will try to snatch a fewr minutes from my crowded and miscellaneous life to give you some of the impres sions gathered by my observations of North Carolina 3 lethodism. Two months of rapid travel, and constant contact with the church have furnish ed much material. My labors have fallen within the central and west ern part of the state. The lower latitudes are yet to be visited. I have campaigned in cities, towns and country ; at District Conferences and dedications; have met the repre sentative laymen;have seen the inside to parsonage life at many points, and have held heart communion with preachers and people. Noav, let me say that for hospitali ty and whole-heartedness, North Carolina is not excelled in all my wide acquaintance. Your people are noble, generous, unaffected ; exactly to my liking. You have the organization and working forces of a great church. Eighty thousand intelligent, conse cratedMethodists in the North Caro linaConferencehave unlimited possi bilities. They ought to be, and I doubt not, are a power in the land. Two hundred devoted men, presiding elders and pastors, going- through and through the land, ' . ' a -m stirring and leading the hosts, can make of these their followers anything they agree upon. Oh, the responsibility and peril of your position! As I see it, the work of reaching and saving the millions of your peo ple seems largely committed to the people called Methodists. Our Bap tist brethren are well represented throughout the State, and are push ing vigorously to cany the Gospel to the neglected and poor and lost. All honor to them. I do not see much activity and ag gression in other quarters. We have the organization and cover the field, and to us the eyes of the people turn. Shall we meet the demand and be worthy of our trust. You have a noble band of conse crated laborers. I have found no bet ter models of preachers than you have in your Conference. For brawn and brain, they measure with the best men in the Connection. Nothing rejoices me more than the unanimity and enthusiasm with which Trinity College is now being sustained. This is her emergent op portunity. The failures of other ef forts, and the slow progress made in her equipment,have wrought a deep and powerful conviction in the heart of our people. They are turning with a hopeful zeal to the College. There seems to be a purpose to en dow, and to do it now. All are agreed, both people and preachers, nothing should be allowed to ob struct or hinder. The education of her children by the church is a primal and overshad oAving obligation. No church is fit ted to do her full work that is not furnished with the facilities to teach and train her coming generations. Every mother should nurse her own children. The founders of Metho dism, both in Europe and America, saw it, and laid foundations. Their successors have urged the work for ward, and to-day our church is dot ted over with universities and col leges and schools built and maimed for this work. North Carolina Meth odists have not been united and co operative heretofore, and hence for nearly fifty years Trinity has strug gled against great odds. But tne dawn of a new day has come. Trin ity College is a necessity to the church in this State. Without it Ave are unfurnished and placed at a great disadvantage. The church is determined iioav to make it what it should be. But the duty laid on us to provide colleges for oitr people, carries Aith it the duty of our people to educate their children at our church schools. Our stand on this question should be definite and urgent. Pastors should educate their people from the pulpit and at the fireside, and turn the minds of groAving boys to the college of their oaati church, and insist and demand that they be taught by those who are set apart by the church to this great duty. Public sentiment must be formed and chrystalized. The Trustees are determined that Trinity College shall be first-class, and that young men shall be taught as thoroughly there as at any other college. This done, then it is disloyal to send else where. The day is coming when North Carolina Methodists Avill be a unit on this question. I congratulate you on your grow ing prosperity. 1 find the Balekui Advocate popular with the people, and growing in their esteem. The compliments paid you at the differ ent District Conferences attest this fact. Your new dress is proof stronger still. You deserve a gener ous support ; foiymtside of being the official organ of your Conference, you gi'e the church a good and very satisfactory paper. I Avish you more and more success, and i stiil uviig- er place m tne connuenee and esteem of the brethren. Yours truly, Joseph S. Kev. Tor the Advocate. is a Political Christianity Force. BY JL'DOE AVAETER CLARK. The Master' said that his kingdom Avas not of this Avorld. Its proclama tion has had none the less a remark able effect upon the kingdoms which are of the world. The effect of its teachings upon the Hats of men, in rendering manners and morals pur er, in the elevation of the masses, and in the education of a public senti ment to which the conduct of rulers, crowned or uncrowed, is subjected all these things have been a poA--erful factor in shaping the political destinies of mankind. But in another and a more direct sense there is a political force in the teachings of the gospel. Mr. Steph ens, in his "War Between the States, " says that there is "a politi cal force in ideas before which con stitutions and compacts are but as barriers of sand before the resistless march of the ocean." The central idea in Christianity is one that must profoundly affect the political insti tutions of every country. The en unciation of the great thought, that hetween the supremest power and the humblest of men the dignity of manhood needs no human interme diate, is a declaration of the equality of all men, in its truest sense of an equality before the laAAr, and before the irresistible force of that idea all the $orms of gwerment established by kings, oligarchies and aristocra cies, with their unjust and burden some inequalities, are disappearing and are destined to an early and to tal extinction. Christ taught that the poor should possess the kingdom of heaven and that the meek should inherit the earth, that Cod wTatehes orer the humblest of his children with more than a father's care, that He is no respecter of persons, that in His eyes there is no rank or station, and that not many mighty, nor many rich are chosen. The necessary and logical effect of such teachings, applied to the government of this Avorld, is an abolition of hereditary rank and of inherited privileges, and a govern ment of the people by tke people and for the people the equality of all men before the laAv and that laAV established and administered by the people through their oaati agents. This thought was too great to be received at once. It had to sloAAiy grow as Christianity grew. Side by side with the growtli of a church, which was not of this world, wras the spread of civilization whieh,after all, is the effect of the moral teachings of the church upon the lives and in telligence of mankind, and folloAving close after is the ever-widening, ever growing republican spirit which is the application of Christian ideas to the political government . of the world. The light to think, to speak, to act has been more and more asserted a men came to feel that before the ultimate tribunal, where all men must stand, rich and poor, king and preasant, master and shwe shall stand upon the same level. The leaAdi ot this idea has worked in the political measure of meal until itj shall ere long leaven the whole mass. The fire which A'ent out from the lowly teacher of Nazareth de vours the cedars of Lebanon the lofty thrones which OA'ershadoAved and oppressed the world. The small stone hewn without hands has groAvn to', a mountain and fills the Avhole earth. Born in a stable and cradled in a manger, Christ came not to en hance the tyranny of earthly rank; without a foot of land to call his oath on the soil he trod, he came not to establish a government of the wr)rld by its rich; without a roof to coyer his head, with poor fishermen f o. his companions, he came not to bind the chains of military power upon the people, but to vindcate the truth that Avhere the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Let the hu manitarian deny his divinity and strjp him of all except his manhood, yet from his last resting place in the rodk-heAA ii tomb of Joseph of Ari maithea, the "pale Galilean" rules the; world. Viewed as a man only, the political effect of the teachings of Christ immeasurably exceed that of any one else. The Sermon on the Mount Avas the earliest declaration of human rights, and made possible those which haA'e succeeded it. Raleigh, X. C. For the Advocate. Our Washington Letter. (From our Regular Correspondent.) In adminstration circles it is giA en out that the next important question for consideration is the appointment of suitable members of the joint High Commission to adjust the fish ery troubles with our Canadian nei 1 ilir-Ti A nd if i,j liiiiluTulfu l Hial- Secretary Bayard finds great diffi culty in securing the services of ca pable men for these positions of inter-national trust, as it is thought to be a thankless and profitless work the final issue of Avhich is involved ifi?- '."'.st bewildervwr pvlexity and uncertainty. It is expected that the Commission Avill also undertake the settlement of the disputed boun dary between the "United States and British Columbia, adjust the juris diction of the United States o'er Behring Strait; and also consider the question of reciprocal commerci al relations between the United States and Canada. It appears that full confidence has been restored in financial circles by the action of the Treasury in pur chasing bonds, by AAiiich means about thirty millions haA'e been ad ded to the volume of the country's circulating medium the past fort night,'thus dispelling,at least for the present, all fears of general commer cial distress. And not that the breakers are supposed to have been safely passed, it is apparent that, outside of Wall Street, the danger Avas more imaginary than real, for the general business situation Avas and is as good or better than usual before the Government came to the rescue of commerce. In proof of this, I have to offer the records of the Treasury Department, which sIioav that there are $15,000,000 more money in circulation now than there Avere last year. Secretary Whitney expresses the opinion that the most important fire arm yet invented is the dynamite gun,, which has been the subject of a practical and most satisfactory ex periment, Avith the result that the destructive agency can be thrown with perfect precision fully one mile and a half, and even further, if the gun be trained for that purpose. The dynamite gun can destroy the largest and strongest ironclads, and is undoubtedly one of the greatest of inventions. It is announced that the Supreme Court vacancy Avill not be filled until after the President's return from his Western and Southern tour, and in consequence, hope springs aneAAr in the breasts of the constantly increa sing number of aspirants for that eminent distinction. One of the latest Presidential booms is that of Gen. Sheridan, which is worked quietly the initia tory step being the publication of his life. If the spirtual condition of the Fiftieth Congress is not improAed it Avill not be the fault of Christian endeavor, for the out look is very bright in that direction. The whilom editor and famous evangelist liev. Sam. Small, has located m this city, and in addition to that accession, the American section of the Evangelical Alliance Avill hold a session in the Capital, from December 7th to 9th, which Avill number 2,000 delegates and most important religious meet ing ever held in Washington. The Evangelical Alliance, as its name implies, is a representative body of all evangelical Christians AAliose mission it is to co-operate in religi ous AA'ork. As soon as the program me is issued, 50,000 copies Avill be distributed throughout the' United States, and it is expected that the number of visitors attracted AAill be much larger than the number of del egates in attendance. The great popular demonstration in honor of Ex-Governor Shepherd, Avill take place next week, and will be an eA'ent to be pleasantly remem bered many years, as the'greateful citizens of Washington are thorough ly enlisted in its support, haA ing contributed the liberal sun of $10, 000 to add to the grandeur and im pressiveness of the pageant. During the absence of the Presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland they leave to-day the White House Avill have a fall cleaning and the usual annual renovating; matting Avill be ex changed for carpets, and the heavy yindoAv hangings Avill replace the light draperies that grace the Aistas all summer completely transform ing the general internal appearance of the mansion. IVoxhiitgton, 1). C. For the Advoc ate. Our New York L.ctter. BY JOSEPH S. TAYLOII. Henry George is occupying more space, 1 believe, in the daily press of this city, than any other individual next to the President of the United States. It is very apparent that he is giving a deal of concern to the leaders of both the great parties. By the Atandard, which he edits, and his live speeches a week, Avhich he promises to make during the present campaign, Mr. George Avill doubtless convert no insignificant number of voters throughout the great com monwealth. Mr. George is no ordi nary antagonist. The fundamental error of his system is so battered on both sides with noble sentiment and universally admitted AAith truth, that the whole morsel looks very SAveet and tempting. The press tried to laugh him out of the contest when he ran for Mayor ; but to the sur prise of eA eryboy, and the chagrin of Democrats and 1 republicans, he came out second in the race. Avith 07,000 votes! NeAv York City is the paradise of Henry Georgeism. Here Ave have hundreds of thousands of working men, many of them very ignorant, very poor, and born on foreign soil. Wlien, therefore, an economic quack comes along Avith a cure-all panacea for the social ailments which oppress the laborer, the latter does not stor to ask, "Is it right ? " Is it possi ble ? " but he is willing to make the experiment. NoAr, Ave know, and 3Ir. George must knoAA', though he Avon't admit it, that much of the poverty that exists in our cities is self-inflicted; is due to a general want of thrift and temperance : and all this talk about making evervl ody rich by a legal plunder of landhold ers is the raving of a madman, or the method of a knave. When Pizarro had captured the Peruvian king, that monarch paid a ransom of fifteen million dollars in gold for his release. After deduct ing the royal fifth, the soldiers pro ceeded to ' divide the balance of the booty amongst themselves. Every man found himself suddenly rich. What did they do? They began to gamble, as there Avas no other way of getting rid of money in the heart of a savage continent ; and in a short time the majority u- re as poor as ever, Avhile a feAV hoarded their gold, AAent back to Spain, and spent the remainder of their lives in affluence. This army is a good picture of hn nain nature in New York, or any Avhere else. Bev Dr. Deems, avIio marries a great manv couples, humorously says lie never lets ins marriage cere monies go through entirely smooth ly: he always manages to have at least one good "hitch. " On the evening of Oetoljer 3rd, 1 (1.1- will eelpbrntft the Twentv-first An niversary of their present pastor's ministry, to them. There Avill be present on that occassion to make addresses, KeAr. Dr. John Hall, I lev. Dr. Philip Schaft, Bev. Dr. Howard Crosby, and other distinguished gentlemen, clerical and lay, most of whom Avere present and assisted at the opening of the church. Not for many years has the pecu liar jealousy existing between Phil adelphia and NeAv Y ork been so for cibly illustrated as during the Con titutional Centennial Celebration just closed. Many Philadelphians look upon New York as almost a foreign city. Scarcely the tenth man in .Pennsylvania has eA'er been to NeAv Yrork. The State of New J er sey seems to be a non-conductor of that social and business fraternity AAiiich makes distant centres, one in sentiment and custom. I suppose NeAv Y'ork and Philadelphia are as unlike as NeAv Y'ork and London ; yet they are only ninety miles apart. Philadelphia has just had a show. All the world AAas interested ex cept New York! Throughout the State of Pennsylvania, many of the schools had special patriotic services; and in Lancaster City the school authorities made provision for a special and thorough study, in all the schools, of the Constitution. In New York the eA'ent passed by, and scarcely a teacher or a principal in any of the schools so much as allud ed to the great celebration, and its historical significance. Certainly no official notice Avas taken of the occa sion by the Board of Education. Noav, this seems unneighborly, to say the least. It seems alsu un patriotic. I do not believe the sci ence of government has yet attained the position in the public system of education that it deserves, and that it is going to occupy in the future. The majority of the men iioav liing in this country probably never read the constitution. And'l believe the majority of the children who go mt of the public schools of to-day have never read it, much less studied it. In the curriculum of New York City schools, the study of civil govern ment is prescribed' f r the last gi ad e; that is, lor pupils of an average age of about sixteen ; but the majority leave at fourteen, and therefore leant nothing of the State or National Constitutions. I his is Avhy even the so-called in telligent voters of the country often vote for measures and policies the nature of which they have not the faintest conception of. IIoav many of us can stand up and tell on the in stant how the President of the Unit ed States is elected; or name half the " powers of Congress ; " or rame the duties of a Justice of the Peace? Yet, even when you were boys, some of you, you knew all the primary facts of physics, botany, mineralogy, and astronomy, just as boys now do; yet of the fundamental law of the government under Avhich you lived, you kneAV absolutely nothing, even as boys now knoAv nothing. Tiiere are young people in schools of to-day who can go over all the C;esars of Pome, andvall the kings of Britain, that could not name the members of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet to save themselves. I knoAv not Iioav it is in the South, but here in the North, three things seem to me to need urgent attention at the hands of those who control public education. These three are instruction in goo nunca", morality, and literature. The sects haA'e become so jealous of one another, that all religtotrx in struction is banished from the schools, and with it nearly all mor al instruction. The Bible'is read in some schools, perhaps in the majori ty; but it is merely read, and in' this city "comment" is prohibited by Lxav. Teachers are afraid to men tion the subject in the class-room lest they say something to offend some scholar or parent, and through them the authorities ; and thus the whole matter, after a perfunctory reading of some passage that does not contain the name of Christ (for fear of offending Hebrew children), is ignored. Then, again, in but few schools is literature taught as a branch, and always at the option of the teacher. Child ren groAV up Avithout a literary taste, Avithout the knowledge of good literature, unable in fact to distinguish good from bad. But this is the age of reading, and read they must and do. They see expos ed at eA cry street coriier cheap edi tions of vile trash and buy it. I do not belieAe I overstate the ease avIich I say that the literary diet of a ta jority of the fathers and mothers of the future in this country, is to-day that miscellaneous agregate of rub bish knoAvn as the "dime novel. While the children of the country might read and would read, if prop erly taught, Longfellow, and Haw thorne, and Tennyson, and Goethe, and Victor Hugo, they waste their time, and Avaste their precious eye sight, and blight their intellect and sear their concienccs, over the pages of the very dregs and scum of litera ture. Xtc York City. Opinions in Brief. We say it is time; to call a halt, and throw away all this miserable stuff called popular songs, and go back to hymns and tunes that sink the soul in penitence and then ele vate it to true worship. Alabama Adcocate. Dr. B. W. Smith, of Bandolph Macon, has this to say in regard to the church newspaper: "It is church, college, circulating library, and camp meeting, all in one ; with a news stand and nursery attachad. It is a circuit rider that never gets sick, and whose congregations rath er enjoy bad weather. May it be welcomed, entertained and further ed on it way! " A Pastor known to us began to feel a deepening earnestness m his AA'ork, and an increasing spiritual sense of its solemnity. There seem ed no special cause for it, but such was the fact. The result in time AA'as a quickened church and many comersions. The Pastor learned afterward that the peculiar impres sions upon his mind and heart began Avith the agreement, unknown to him, of the 'women in their prayer meeting, to make this a special sub ject of praj'er a spiritual blessing 'upon the pastor. The prayers went silently to heaven, and the answer came. "Prav for us," Paul says, "that the Word of the Lord may haA'e free course. 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