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s 5 r IU 16) la LTQ VJ m i Watcli ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you. like men, be strong.'5 I Cor. xvi, 13. - - ' ' 1 " . . i ' ' ' DURHAM, N. C, JANTJAKT, 1895. : TTol. 1. No. 8. -:' : - I r A HAPPY NEW YEAR. With the heginning of 1895 many of us bcfn'n the years vrk differ ently under different j'circum-stanr- from tho-e of 1894. If to us tSit-y are pleasarter or more pros per u Jot i;s lie thankful and strive to I in- re for our fellow beings ics fortunate. With the New Year let us resolve to help each other at anvj cost,-to seize our opportunities, for doing good, willingly and eagerly. Thai where we've been unkind or unobliging we will retrieve the mis take. If. we have been impatient, make an effort to learn gentleness and forbearance. If we've spoken falsely through pride or vain glory J think of the discourtesy! the dis I honor, and make an effort to repair f it Remember the Old, old story' as your incentive for doing good, and cheer every heart that is lonely or sad. Kindly greetings are inex pensive, and yet what a wonderful amount of-good they-da. Tis not to be reckoned; for a smile or bow can be as full of God's trrace as things of apparently far greater magnitude. The smallest deeds are often fraught with the greatest good, and we not only ilo His wilt in each and every one of them, but prove ourselves grateful for our own bless ings in these little deeds of kind ness. Forthe New Year all these thoughts and resolves are eminently fitting, and we - surely make our. hearts the lighter and our blessings the brighter in keeping them. . How many of us made new resolutions atyJ beginning, of; the old year, 471 cnofr, alas, that now they are biit'nicniories ! With, the iojd? year they arc gone, and in their places wc have pure, fresh leaves on whic,h writ. our ncxi. year -"jsxm,oiu. Will we make it worthy tne reading of Him from whom no secret is hid? 4 'The poor ye shall have 'with you always," and when we extend helping hand, to the oppressed, we do our duty, .but when we do it in love and kindness, we barrow the light divine and add a jewel to our immortal crown. 1 ( Do not let us forget 4Jat - ' ' . ' "One more year has closed its record, 1'ycry pagt complete and whole.; What is written there remaineth Till the looks of Clod unroll." With these few suggestions, let us again wish that the New ear be tilled with brightness aiul prosperity for each and all, and should the clouds cast their shadows,? may the "silver lining" gleam throughout it all. V OUR CHILDREN. CONTRIBUTED. The Church Discipline says: 1. Let the minister diligently in struct and exhort all parents to dedicate their children to the Lord in baptism. as early as convenient. 2. Let him pay special attention to the children, speak to them per sonally and kindly, on experimental and practical godliness. j 3. . As soon as they comprehend the responsibilities involved in a public profession f faith j in Christ and give evidence of a sincere and vaniv ri u. iLt iiiimiitwii i uioiiaiv j the same, see that they be duly I recognized as members of the rhnri-h norreahle to the orovisions ! of the Discipline. - - 1 It is a plain duty that every parent owes to his church and child to have the sign and seal of Christ put upon him or her. Vet how fre quently this duty is neglected. How many children in Trinity con gregation who have never been baptized? A large number, I am sure. f Somebody is guilty of criminal neglect. Who is it ? Are the parents blameless?' Have the pastors done their whole duty in this particular? Baptized children coming lb the years o( accountability and giving evidence -of a sincere and earnest determination to live as christians should be taken into the church. And yet how frequently this-duty is also neglected. How few are in the church. Many Methodist chil dren duly baptized are left to grov up in ignorance and wande off i. to forbidden paths. . They are" as frly out ot i!ie chu-ch as tho-.e, imba; tized. They irrow t;t) in open nou- membership and ar rerar .ed as sm:.e;s. ' Who are to blame for this? Gen erally pareu: and pastors." Is 'not something wrong among us; as to this matter? . I hold that it is possible so to rear our children that thev shall be converted from the cradle, and grow up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord some without a break. I believe with Dr. Hudson, that if christian parents and teachers were consistent and were in the true faiih of Jesus Christ, generations of chil dren might be bi ought up who never would know the point at which the transition was made. They would be taught to love Christ and -to -adopt the great christian element of character love and by it to cast out evil, to build, and to acquire habits and experiences, so that when they come to man's es tate it would not be through all the tanglements, besetments and rail ings of an ordinary earthly expe rience. They would come honor able, truthful, loving, full of faith, full of hope, full of, purity from the cradle to the church. "At the same time came the dis ciples unto Jesus, saying, Wrho is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child and set him in the midst of them, and said; Verily " I say unto you, except ye be converted,' and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of , God. Whosoever,, therefore, shall hurubJc himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.H And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. I3ut whoso shall offend one of these little ones, which believe in me, it Were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he. were drowned in the depth of the sea.-' AMERICA'S SOCIAL QUEERS. She had an ambition to be one of America's social queens. What a pity, her ambition was not higher. Why not have taken in eternity, and been ambitious to be the daugh ter of the King of, kings and have consecrated all the God-given' gifts to the highest' service? O, what mistakes women, to say nothing of men, are making ! Their ambition is bounded on the north by self- interest, on the south by. selt-mter-est, on -the west by self-interest, on the east by self-interest. And the length of time' for all that they covet to be enjoyed is a few'short years. and then a boundless eternity: It j- ... seems to me, it our eyes were really opened to see things as they are, all we would need would be to read the daily papers to discover how poor is worldly ambition. " 1 1: i suppose me anumion is icautu, and you become one of the social queens of society, how- long will I am thinking of one . - - - now who did attain 'the height of her anumion: our an me an umi money could command could not hide the incurable disease, and her reign, of course, was short. Not that I do not think it right to be ambitious. I do, but I would have an ambition worthy of an immortal nature. I would have you 'siy: ' "Perishing things 'of clay, . Iiorn for but one brief day, ' Pass from my heart away, . Jesus is mine; . ( And that means eternal life,:,that means a reign of brightness, a feiri of God-like nobleness, and then you will, know power. There is a fasdi nation in the word; we were made to have power, made to reign, made for a throne, and. all that is neces sary is to put in the word imperish able O, dear daughters, do aspire,' do strive for a crbwn, but let it be an incorruptible crown, ia crown of life. Error is always the shadow of truth, and it is so infinitely sad to 'read, as sometimes we are per mitt.'d to do live tragediejs of human fif';o.see a 'perfect trust given i: the human, the sinful human, the wil! utterl ;' yielded to be led ju t where the sinful guide; w-. ul. take lis. The question, most. vMal-of all questions, 4 -Is it right ?" is put aside, and blind passion is taking the reins. T think the time has come when righteousness should be preached, not only in the, pulpit, but especially , in the homes, and the one question, beginning when the children are -young,) should be, "Is it right?" a good question for us older ones also. Margaret Bot lome, in X. Advocate. 1 HISTORY OF TRINITY! CHURCH BY JAMES SOUTHGATE. chapter 11. j . In the year 1872 Revp J. J. Renn was tent to this charge,; and served four years. " We learnTrom him that when he came to this place, Durham had-about 300 inhabitants and all of Methodism was embraced. in one congregation. About that time the town took a rapid growth and Meth odism with it, Durinjg the year 1872 the church building was an unfinished . shell, but through the efforts of the Ladies' Aid Society the first fair and festival ever seen in" Durham was held. It continued for two days and nights and was immensely popular. Enough money was secured to make important re fpairs to the church, such ns-fpdaster- iing, remodelling thepulpr furnish ing new pews anq painting the .building inside, and j out. - This church ii tMpi c aire ',f?at" vac on5cf nine composing the Durham circuit the other, churches ' being Orange vnurcn, neasantAjrcen,iew jaeinei, Mount Bethel, Hebron, Stagville, Fletcher's Chapel, Massey's Chapel. At the end of that year New Bethe was taken out, lea viner eight. Near the cloe of 1 87,3 Durham, Orange and Massey s ChapeTwete set on in one paspr's charge and remained so unin 1075. At ine conierence o 187; Durham was made a station. When Brother Rehn took charge b the church in January, 1872, the membership was 57, j and during his four years' pastorate there were added to the membership: By, res toration, 27; certificate, 67; $bap- tism and ritual, 60; . which, added to the former members, 57,. made' a total of 218.. Removed by death and otherwise," 17: leaving a total at the end of the year 1875, 201 members. He informs the writer that during these four years there were many gracious revivals, every year, and from the summer of 1872 the general state of the church was very good. The . members were divided into small classes under competent leaders,- and prayer meet ings were held regularly in private houses. Visible results followed and spiritual strength developed rapidly. The church paid annually for the support of the ministry in 1872, $162.30; in 1S73, $169.40; in 1874, $696.95;. in 1875, $781.10. Its contributions to other objects developed in proportion to. the above. We find the- following brethren on the official board dur ing this pastorate, viz: j James Stagg exhqrter; W. W. Gues4,I R. W. Cole, Washington .. Duke, D. j C. Parrish, J. S. Lockhart, W. B. Proctor, S. A. Thaxton, J. W. Gat tis, Alexander Walker, -A. Nichols, Sr., J. S. Carr, J. T. Driver, John Ai McMannen, local preacher, A. Nichols, Jr., A. D. Wilkerson, Wallace! Styron, ex hbrter,Wm. Halliburtonj G. F. Watts. The following '. marriages are re corded: J. S. Carr and Miss Nannie G. Parrish; Robt. E. Lyon and Miss Mary E. Duke; T. G. ! Cozart and Miss Bettie F. Walker; R L. Duke and Miss .Mattie V. McMannen; William Halliburton and Miss Fan nie M." Parrish; RevJ E. R. Raven arid Miss Annie E. Styron; Dr. A. G. Carr and Mrs. Annie E. Moore. The following deaths of prominent members are recorded,, viz: R F; Morris, Mrs. Ann E. Whitt, R. W. Cole. C. H. Lyon, Sarah Barbee, A. Nichols, Sr., W.. J. Green, Mrs. Re becca J. Morris,, Mrs. Caroline Mor ris, Rev. John A. McMannen. The last act of Brother R'enn was to ?ead the burial service over the re mains of Brother McMannen. The text of his first serm6n to this charge was "God is Love," and the last, "The Grace of the Lord Jesu Christ and'the Love of God and the Com munion of the Holy-Ghost be with you all, Amen' He stated that the memory of those years is a precious benediction to him now. The light of heaven seems- to shine on hint from tHe altar place of the old church, from the homes of 'he trU est friends he ever had. and '. fiom the cemetery where the ashes of some of them are sleeping. Through many of the members who were the- parishioners of . this devoted preacher of the Gospel of Christ, we learn that Methodism took a new and firm hold' upon this community and that under the guidance of the Holy spirit many were consecrated to the work of the Master. Through his influence also, some of the most prominent men in Trinity church of to-rday, arid who; have in greaf meas ure dictated its policy and yatched with concern its progress from year to year, were brought y to Christ during the refreshing seasons, of re vival iii the year just mentioned. Probably the most important work of Brother Renn was to harmonize the discordant elements of the com munity and bring back to its com munion several promirient families who had left in 1871 to form other congregatipns. This policy seemed 10- ue in accoruuiicc wiin tne 111 junction in Holy Writ. "If a brother be overtaken in a fault ye which are spiritually-minded should restore such a one in the spirit of meekness and brotherly love." Rev. J. A. McMannen was one of the most noticeable of those restored, and . he lived thereafter in peace-with all and died in the faith of that gospel which he. had so often proclaimed to others. ! 1 Rev. W. H. Moore succeeded Brother Rennin the year 1876, when the church had been made a station, and the principal work of these years was its organization as a separate charge, dnd j Brother Moore, states that it was 1 possibly the most uneventful year of all his ministry. There was some revival interest during the fall and a , few accessions were made to the church, but were, mostly young people. There was not a death in the con gregation during the year, nor was there a marriage celebrated .by Brother Moore. His preaching was of a high order and greatly enjoyed by his people. He was . sincere in all his actions, faithful in the per formance of duty, and left with the good will ot the entire church. He was succeeded by Rev. W. H. Call, who stated in a letter to the writer that when he reached Durham inJune, 1877, he found the social element of ,the church needed special attention. It was a town of strangers collected, from all sections of the country, of all sorts of dispo sitions and training:, and it taxed i : . i his time in gathering many of these hito the Methodist church- and he jelieved that his labor in this direc ion was not without its fruit. During this pastorate Rev. Dr. . Leo Rosser, of Virginia, labored with his church in a meeting lasting about six weeks, and although there were not a great many, converts, much good was done. Many con secrated themselves to the service of their Master and some valuable members received into the church; prominent among these was Brothef Thomas L. Peay, who was cori- verted ,in this meeting and cast his ot with the people of God. The preaching of Dr. Rosser won all hearts. It was of a superior order and always accompanied with the demonstration of the Holy Ghost H'e.. was a man, of great faith and has gone to his reward, doubtless carrying many' sheaves with him. Brother Call ays in his letter t the writer: "Your sainted fahcr di- d during the year and it wa- mv go d fprtiine to have ti e priViv visiting him oftm urine illness, and it Vas a 1 t go to his ipoiiu" Tv p orw. much attached to the people os Durham and he now rcmembets them most kindly. h Th e m in ist r v o f F. H . Wood was embraced in the years 1878, ,1879 and 1 880, ' and it was during these years that the founding and build ing of Trinity church were pro jected Brother Woodard his faith fuY cbadjut r- among hc lavti ei , worked v: a "j - up i h" cr i:r';,.. r" bet re in plan v w'r ulniii t a . ihe tonirac. ma c f.'o tis i uildinir- Th Vorno s on n o Trinity chinch u as . ai( ;n the year 1880, and the a d e s- d occasion was de i e td bv 11 H . Merri m an. n o w" 1 cad Th e . A. ub- ject of his addr s was ' IIkj Intl -ence of Christianity on the Mat.-nal Interests of the Worldi" It war listened to with undivided attention by a large audience, and the ver dict vvas unanimdus that it was a masterly effort. .Two marriages were celebrated during this pastor- v ate on the same day viz: the 13th of November, 1878. Not one of the . partie to these contracts were m em bers of Trinity church, and all were of different churches. ' They were Henry T. Jordan, of Henderson, N. C, Methodist, and Miss Annie I. Wynne, a resident of Durham, Epis copalian; Chas. P. Hbwerton,' Bap tist, and Mrs. Ducey, Catholic. Both of the latter lived in Durham. It was durinir this pastorate that one of the greatest revivals that the church had yet passed through was held by the Quaker preacher, Mrs. ,Mary Moon. Large additions were made to the membership and a deep work of piety and1 consecra tion was the result. , A young men's prayer meeting was' staffed after this revival and was kept up for many years. One of the important events of Brother Wood's pastorate, besides the projection and building of Trinity, was the building of Mc Mannen chapel, three miles west of Durham and' the organization . of the society . by him. ( He was a zealous pastor,, well acquainted . with allhe details of station work, " and ever ready to uphold the doc trines of the c,hurch of his adoption. , He has always been a Methodist in the true sense of that term. Al- r though he. worked . with greates't.f assiduity for the cornpletioii of the hew church, vet it was. destined that the dedication should be under I the administration of, another, for alter three years of faithful service he was succeeded in December, 1 SSo, by Rev. ..Jesse A. Ciiiiingim,, who remained two years. , to be continued. TREASURE IN HEAVEN. The late Dr. Deems related that one of God's faithful stewards once? . said to him: "I sat down a night or two ago and calculated the increase of a dollar at compound interest, and found that, in less than two hundred and forty years, it amounted ' to more than two and a half millions of dollars."' "And I asked myself , whether God would not make a dol laid up for him, grow as rapidly as it does by the laws of trade.' - ; ' ' - The Bible is a rock of diamonds, a chain of pearls, the sword of the spirit; a chart by which the chris- ; tian sails to I eternity; a map by ' m m which he daily walks; the sun dial .' by which he sets his ; life; the bal- ances in which he weighs his ac tions. To be read daily. Thccounf- ess of Suffolk read, the Bible over : ! 1 twice annually. Dr. Gough read fif- I teen chapters daily. Joshua Barnes read his Bible a hundred and twenty timesover. Robert Cotton read the whole Bible through twelve times a.., year. -A i - . n if I
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