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J. - - 7. J. JUIES, Editor. t3cDotc& to ttclintotu iHdrdl VOLUME XI -NO... 29. RALEIGH N. C, THURSDAY, JULY-19, 1855 if WHOLE NO. 110 ? THE BIBLICAL RECORDER A .Religious and Literary Paper: ; 5 Published weekly at Raleigh, N. C, at $2 00 per tanam, payable in all cases is advance. . JS" All letters on business should, be directed to G. -MnsDttH S6. Co.", Raleigh, N C. All letters containing communications, or io ar way relating to the editorial department, should , be addressed jo Rev. J. J. Jasixs, or " Editor of the - Biblical &ecotiy3r:::yt-jf fAU communications, to insure attention, must i be directed to Raleigh, N. G. -pott-paid. , , , J&1 For further particulars see last page.vjj, THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1 ; Subscribers who do. not give express notice to the contrary are considered Wishing to continue their subscription '.:J';v-" . 2. If the subscribers order, the discontinuance of their papers, the publisher may continue to send them till all cash charges axe paid. ; ; , M "iii- 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa pers -from the office to which they are directed they tre held responsible until they have settled their bill, ad order their paper discontinued w;;; i . 4. If subscribers remove to othnr places without informing the publisher, and the fcper is sent to. the ormer direction, they are held responsible. . . ', 5. - The courts have decided that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the office, or removing and i leaving if uncalled for, , is "prima facie" evidence of intentional fraud. . '--'-. ' . '".-' - .-. ; - . ;" " From "the Southern Weekly Baptist... Methodist EpiscopacyInterior Tiew by MasterXSrlisls ReplyZto the Mr. Damlirs fonrfb Letter. - v :: ; As certain also of your own poets have said. " Religious controversy, conducted in an ele vated tone of Christian principle and candor, ever has and ever will be a most prolific source of blessing to the Church and to the world.- For the time being, it may : create an undue and even unpleasant-excitement; but the per?; . ia j :a.' "i a- " . t .. maueni goou it accompusoes, iar outweigns its temporary evils. So Ioog as troth is held to be dear to its votaries, so long will its maintenance devolve upon them the . arduous, and often un welcome task -of defending 7 it against all the conflicting claims of error. : Indeed, truth and ; error must, in thuir very nature, forever au ; taonize." 44 1 have come says Christ, " to Eet fire upon, the earth ; and what will I if it be alrcaJy kindled ?' nd again ; 44 Every plant that my Lt.avenly Father hath not plant ed, shall . be plucked up.' The truth is, God Lmiself proclaimed war against sin and error in : the very instant of their introduction to this i world : 41 1 will put enmity , between thy 8eed and her seed." . And this war has; been ; going on ever since,1 and will continue until one; party or the other shall; be totally exterminated. It will be a sad day for truth, when its friendsl out 0i complaisance 10 popular opinion, or oub or a sickly, sentimental catholicity, can quietly see ''its virgin form hewed in pieces," and perverted to purposes alien to its original intendment, and - never lift their voices in its defence. And when error shall assume ; the sacred vestments and ; symbols of religion, and ' come to us habited 4 as an angel cf light, beseeching us to accept of its protection and patronage, it were treason gainst the throne of . Omnipotence to yield to its overtures.'-.;,'. Then the Christian he who lores God better than man ought to grasp the sword of the Spirit, and pierce the.,'4 stolen livery ' .with as little compunction of con science, as if it were furnished from the ward robe of perdition." - Thus much, then, in regard to religious con troversy in general. We have already stated, - in reference to the 4 subject- under immediate discussion, that we are contending with no man or set of men, as such. v We are jhchting a prin ciple, upon which we cannot detect the divine1 signature a principle which tran&fcrs into epis-l ':, copal hands the rights and : privileges of the. Lharches of Jesus Const which reverses the whole governmental economy of the Kingdom of Christ, :by making the Churches the ser vants of. thev ministers instead of the ministers the servants of the Churches and which, if unrestricted by other modifying agencies, wiu go oh accumulating, until ; the; history of cpis copacy in America wilL be but too faithful an echo of its history in the old world,'-' AVe chal lenge any man to show a -solitary instance in; which such unlimited,- supreme and irresponsi ble power has been claimed by the clergy in "."tnv Twi-5fw. nf flclesiastical bistorv.l where it' has not ended in corruption, intolerance and I unrelentifl persecution whero ir has riot ulti- matelv become the right arm 01 political tyran- I ny. We care not how pious, honest, nuraer- j oas and formidable, the present friends and tDologisti of e disco nacy may be in this country It is all the more danserous for this. ' We pro-11 claim it upon the house 'top we nail thV, thesis fo the door of each and" every of its adherents. 00 they . numoerea. Dy toousanu3,;miuions or; ,i . i - ti :i i. . L?. : 1 aundreas ci minions j uas tue History or CaD13-; eopacy, up .to- tne penoa oi its eitaDiisnment hi this couuiry,' is i written in carnage and blood And when such a system of intolerance, btgo- , try and persecution rears its head in this happy: laad of freedom; religious and political, ? we.l care not bow its lineaments may be softened by lae pencil OI artlSLa WC cans ' uut nuu wuat i meetness and discretion its mitre may be worn"! by its present digniUries it is - anassumpon ! of power which God has never delegated even to angels. ; And wo f proclaim -eternal hostilitj to such an unwarrantable assumption of power, on the part of any set of men, however wise . their heads, or good ; their hearts! " Said an in r - -telligent and well read member of the Metho-, v i dist Episcopal Chut ch to ns not a year ago, in I urging tho importance of there being a variety, l . .ct sects in the world, 44 the tendency of eccle Vi v siastical power ever has been, and ever will be to corruption. ' -,; ; '..:' Ci-V - Z . ; We have been, up to this time, attempting to delineate the exterior of Methodist Episco . . pacy occupying the attention of the reader J". with such views cf .it as would naturally strike the attention" of-. the casual observer. V - - ;-.: ' We now rropose entering' within the vail, 7laiio2 with us two artists cf etatlished repn- tation, wLosa names will imr-rt a value to their ; picture, which will not only ciro it a place in ; every "MethodLit parlor, t.t ai-o in the parlor, .cf everv. wcll.-ir5, hor th C'-rch ml Stata. We :..itaean Bishcrs Basccms tnl HrnuKZ. The ; x.;; frst shall hct;h the lac,--r, :J th $:::-! s; shall r-..;zt ll; rortrailare. Where .11 cr ; L:1 1 - tbe people the aathoritj of .the rulers is abso-k lute, and 'the people are disfranchised of all right, in the various relations existing between them, as subjects, and thosejwho hold the reins of k government. . Such a I government, must1 alwajs lead to mental debility,; will depress the moral vigor of a people, and necessarily abridge ' tha liberty of reasoning and; investigation, 1 In -all governments of this kmdf right ' the erca- ' ture of fortune, and " the slave ' of caprice Those who live : 'under a government, hieVde niea to the people the right; of representation! blindly engage to submit to (the will of others, right or wrong, and must continue to do so, or else deprive themselves ot all the' advantages of the community in which they live, in order, to get ridof its evils. r Thd enactment of all lawg and rnles thfere&revshouldlbo vrith andi by the consent, of tbo, peoplei and their czecv tion strictly under their conttol.,f J- ' No contemptible Jimnef, tbis Ilfenry B.; BasA comb..; But now for ; the iportraiture. ; We ' quote from thel Debater in the General Con-, leretce; held in the city of New York 1844,"'' pages 12&S29.:. . irUe,; N I'' Mr; Hamline said--M ' Th" cliss-leader, by mere eccentricity, becomes un popular iti his class. The. plstor at discretion removes him from Lb office. Theefborter or unbrdained local preacher proves unacoeptable, aaa quarterly conierence refuses to renaw his ; license. "The itinerant pastor is no useful in t,?' -t, j -i t-t "..' I ... ... bis v buu tue Disnop or via presiding elder, deposes hioi from his charge or from the pasto presiding elder impairs his" usefulness on a dis trict, noi Dy gross aFeasance:, but by a slight misfeasance ;or'oftcner still bcauso be is not" popuUV. and the bishop removes him to a Kta tion or a circut, and perhaps makes him an as-aistant--J speakacot,now:ofannualppoint ments, when the term of thejitinerant expires by limitatioL, . but removals liy the bishops or the presiding elder'.' inl, the! inervals of confer ence, which always imply , a denbshis frora'of- fice, as. well as a stationin act. In all these . instances the manner of removing from office is '' icwuiiaf.y r irsi, it jai summnry, without accu ation, trial,'or format sentence.: Jit is a mints tevial, rather than a Judicial act; ' Second, it is for no crime, and 'generally for na misde meanor, but for being 4 unacceptable." Third; most of these removals from -office are by a sole agent, namely, by a bishop or preacher, whose will is omnipotent in the premises u Fourth, the removing officer b not legally obliged to : assign any cause for deposing." I f he do so, it is through courtt tiv , and not as of ri-iht. Fifth . The deposed officer- has no appeal. If indis- creciiy or unnecessarily removed, lie must sub-, nut ; for there is no tribunal authorized to cure the error, or to rectify the wrong. But we be-, lieve that there are good and sufficient reasons for ' granting ; this high power of removal to thdSe who exercise it It prpmotcgWeliaiou dissoluble unity. It quickens the communica--tion of healing influences to the infected and the enfeebled parts of the : body ecclesiastical. In a word, it is a system of surpassing energy," and is worthy, of all eulogy. - ... ' vMr. Hamliue -was elevated - to the rank of Bishop after making the speech from which we have taken tli3- foregoing extracts, and at the -very same Covftrencei Sa-tbat'we may regard his exposition of Methodist EpTscopcy, as having been endorsed ; by the General Confer ence of theUnited States. ' , Now, reader, it becomes us to speak in a se rious tone." Here is an embodiment of eccle-' siastical power, growing up under the boughs of the tree of liberty, assuming to do what ? look; at it sternly in the face.'V Yo cannot plead that an interveng vail obscure the picture. Metho dists 1 look, at it ! and we , bavet mistaken your allegiance to the " King of kings. and Lord of lord3, as well as your love of liberty civil and religious! . if, after steadfastly gazing upon . it long enough to comprehend Its outlines, you do not feel an honest indignation risi in your, bo sonis at such despotic assumptions on the part of your Bisnons ana clergy. xon cannot plead ignorance of .the existence of this unbridled,' unlimited supremacy of your Episcopacy, for we have dragged it to the light of day, and ex posed it to your view,; Agam. we ask what do- tuese. KaDDis in scuerai i conierence assemoiea assame ? Listen ye who are charmed with the : democratic ekmentl ta tbwsystcin of sptrita-. af"wPotl8n?,:. . ! .. : - -1 bo ciass-ieaaer may. do removed irom dis ' office it the discretion of the pastor the pastor , I mav be removed at the discretion ofi tbe bishop 1 or prcstdins elder the local preacher may be suspended of JAe idiscretion of the quarterly j conference the presiding elder may bo removed conference the presiding elder may be removed I at the discretion of the Bishops. Now let it iDa aisuncuy noieu auai every iep oimia uis- . . il. -a" jI. - L 2. i cipunarj pruvesa, w very (Hruce w vturon is utterly xgnorca.? i is notj even recognizea I as 'an advisory cptmciL ; The . constituencies j who have to, bear the Jburdens, and wbo are the-- parties immediately; interested m these offices, are not so much as consulted in their removal,; j But then look at the manner ixi which such ! re- moyai pruucuo. j-,. u; ; mcsu., uuuiuucb,.. fsnecified 'aboyeV;-44 the lirianner; of removing; j from 1 officelMicaiJ:lst.It isisttwry WITHOUT ACCUSATION, TKIAI., US FUBHAb 8EH- TEirCE; 2d oJ no cjrime and generally for no misdemeanor, but for being vunaueptu ble.11' 3d. Most of the removals are by a sole "atrerit." namely , by a bishop or preacher whosb .WILL IS OMMFOTEiST JIN sfllU M1SES. 4th. The removing officer is not le-, gaily obliged to assign any cause for deposing.. "Jf be do BO, l is wrougn conrzezy auu uui u ui rieht. 5tb. The deposed oGicer has no appeal. i . . . - . ' . a tin if indiscreetly or unnecepsariiy removea, ntu MUST SUBMIT, for inert is no tribunal au ihorized to cure the error or rectify inc wrong.' Let us condense it all into a single sentence The manner of removing from office is summary, without trial or accusation ts for no crimes for bein!? unaccevtalUmosur by a sole 2-fiiit. a bishop or preacher, whose will it cm rJpetevt in the premises, and who i3 not bound even to nivi any reason for his' act zzl the :vicl:n ct P 1 3 (rrf 'xr 'J' J has iiO ajta.l unethcr j Itel, IT E MUST SUBMIT! ...AJ J tor tril::il to rictlfy the izrong! ! All tl!3 cnl C: Ch-r:1: iys:: th before the Gea- .3 Ut' ..... r l i . And wo are required to believe that this (j culiar" "system" of1 surpassinsr enercry u is .u, worthy ef all erdngy That it beautifully harmoniaes with - American democracy! and that he who cannot see the 'JDetnocratic element1 in this system, must possess a t judgment over - powered by a strange prejudice V? '. There are Bome.draughts upon human ;credulity that can . not well bo honored. Now ,io regard to the dogma of .transubstantiation! when a :Catholio priest gravely assures us,' that the price of bread he holds in his band has been transmuted by some strange spiritual hoctit foemi into the ver itable flesh of a body that was crucified eigh teen hundred years ago our eyes, touchi: tasted ; rand smell lo .the contrary notwithstanding, it strikes us that it would be perfectly respectful to decline rtbe honor of implicit faith. ; Or in 'regard tor baptismal regeneration r if an Epis- copalian pnest - or bishop should dip bis band in water and sprinkle a few drops in the face of an unconcious child, ,andi pronounce mean' -.while the solemn bnptismal formulary, and then" gravely beseech us to believe that that child j , although the instant before ibis ceremony was ' beyond ''be-covenentof mrcy.t is" now;4? r--generated and grafted: into pAhslf without iutending the alight est disrespect to bis rever-V ence,' wo should presist in saying, Non tgn trc dulvt t we have not been able to see where: the Divine Being has Assigned to a few drops of water an agency, which i4 uniformly ascrib ed to the Holy Spirit. ' And when a Methodist Episcopal clergyman entreats us ' to believe that a governmental economy, in which a! mil uon ana . a nail 01 suDjecis,; we uko tue re puted membership of that Church,) have rid more voice; in its ie;-.sitive- or aammistratiVQ polity, than the subjects of the Ctar except thoj ' bare privilege bf $iibmis$ion. an economy in which the will of its self-constituted rulers omnipotent in the premises.1 there being no rtri bunat " 4 to rectify the wrong.1'' -all we have to aay is u pardon it if -toe know no suehV dbW aiocBAcr, 44 if tee comprehend no such 11 Re ;l7BUCANtSM:;'!.Ji;:. 'I " "1 -v.:J r And. that our; Methodist brethren may seel . that we are not alone in this matter- that they jmay know , what their ; Presbyterian brethren " think of - this ' peculiar 11 44, democratic! ele ment in their church organization wei will ' close this part of oiir argument by introducing a short extract from an article: in tna'-'Ualvio- istic Magazine, written wo believe by its then editor, Kev. FVA' Ross, now pastor tbf. the Presbyterian Church in the city of Huntsville 'in thi -State.; If -: they '-complain nt what a Baptist editor has written what will they say when they read the following from a Presby Jirian editor: Referring to the aforesaid expo sition of Methodism by Mr.; Hamline, be says : 44 Look at it,-ye members of the Methodist i Church.. Look. .at it. --.What ! , . A system J jtcirihjfef-WM say youjguM nmsof ; America"?'.? She answers, 4 The'Melhn- dist system is deatAtoa It iJu institutions for which Washington f alight 'rid freemen died I1 nai vays me vaospet r , i uospei ieiia.us 4 The Methodist system is Ati-Christ---for it is the very identical priestly power which has crushed and trodden under foot the liberty wherewith Christ doth mah free in every age of the world."" . c . ' ' ( To be continued') ? . . Tip-Top Disciples. . A quaint writer in the N Yi Evangelist who 1 seems much interested in the natural history of ; Uiscipies uavmg mrnisiieqi description oi sev- ' , ' 1 '1. . - . a! .1 . .. '. . i1 ' J ciai tpecies ocionging 19 iuc general ciasBae Votes a brief chapter 0 what be terms,44 Tip tbp 'Discipline'. Our re;iders may be interested in the description, and riot unlikely, thi!y may ; fancy that they have seen the original. V If they should seem to recognize any of their own Uo- j eaments, we commend to their notice tMPwordi of exhortation at the close : . . 44 Tip-top DrsaPLES.' . ,44 That is about the J last name I should think of. applied inhis mari- ner. Well, if the thing werej to be dropped, 1 would be very them both ' sink. very glad, to, drop the name. Let them both .sink, together. , But since the one j will swim, we can it help letting the other too. 44 But the name is never used, in the Bible. No ; but the thing is there ; ;and the above un clericali but truth-speaking appellation, is just. simply the condensed description of a Bible-, recorded disciple." 44 Dtotropbes, who lovcth J ito bav the' pre-emraenco".'? Pre-eminenoe,. i : pretty weu up , - auu w oe up-top is 10 get as higb. as yon can wi Ana just what Diotrophcs 1 . Joyed is very dear now to some in Z.ion. j. IS ow, there' rould be no difficulty in all this if the. disciples, woo want to be top, would bu J get -on -top of something, that had a re a j get - on top of something, that had a real and I valuable eminence. But; they don t tike valuable eminence, uut tney aon t taxe wmg m the right direction." They would rise and ' soar on eagle's flight upward : but what si bub rim tut tnrntri inpir wmm m ninin -- -" a t . ,. " ' . a '; . . v . . . . 1 I7' .' XTsm. mt.A- '': 4tlA11 AnthlAMtf' am others must yield. 1 bey must decide and baye their own way in the choice of the minister, the amouLt of, his salary, the nature of his labors. The minister choice about his house,: his poli- i iwa, .aui wuu "w. buu uaru wj uw.wita evvu, hroustbe in. submission to that of brother Did-' j trophes. Arid that debrotheif must have all due deference paid him in the administration of "all church and society affairs. How,' in the ere ation, can they be right and safo unless his de cision carries the day. This is what he thinks, and that is what he thinks and it fis Utterly amazing to him that all other opinions do not wheel into tho ranks, and let his be captain 1 He is the cleverest' brother in the church, and na amues xoe uriguuafc buusuiuh puiy let mm be top.r .But put a feather's weight pn bis soar ing wings and he comes down upon yod as an eagle that basteth to his prey., ; Pat .him, and pet him, arid let him have bis way, giving him a little of the sweet incense of fiutery, and let it be understood that all things 1 are done, and to be done according to his blessed will, he bayi mg and enjoying the pre-eminence, and his face shall beam with hesi tant complacency, and . all about hia,cacnct but be witnesses of his bliss-? j Butif dsar brother 13 frustratsd, and his wir-s are not strcrj f : :.h to hkzr hini above all epposi if nen will have their 1 . J aV 1 c: 1 c-rry t A V -. . . iJ by r i -? f top ri-!, f r : J' ) r . f;cn .'.',.:, chilly sca.vi cf ... :r a t I ........ f . ... . Suffer now; few WOrds of exhortation, brd-i ,tber ip.lop Do toy to be content with a t fciuu h iiiuo win Biue oi iu. wp, lor -m lew v .reasocs like these s o t' ... 'r.;: J.: Eocause the principle that you would stand v 00 oan hold only one .at a time, and therefore your chance, there beinsr many competitors, j ; ,' small as to getting there at all. - - ;J . ; 2. First-rate authority has put the safest and eone M desirous of affording me. an, pppor roost honorable place far enough from the top. 4v-onitjto speak with him alone, but was asham 44 Ho that is greatest among you, let htm bo :U t0 confess that J was wrong, ;and; merely vonr acrvftnt - ;Rfnr fiAn-nriM rmmllUv '4 .r.; said that 1 must bid bim eood-bye, :as the coach 3. All tip-top articles. brotheKnetxtnyatfTMr , ' U .to danger., . Trees on mouotaia-tops are roughly handled by the storms, ; y ou will be rudely. peltedby jail 'sortsof ;missilcsj if you get up wuer? you want to be. ; A eminences,, like uencea. iiko i. jealousy. It may gratify your vdnfty to get ' there,' at the expense, however, of your wisdom.' I 7 uar exnonation enuem, oromer, mas uo j this 't- Gratify jwur upward propensities by get : ting a-top of all those sinful passions and grov 'eltng propensities which havo been a-top of you. Having ' been i ridden,- now turn rider. ! Bo it written of you, 44 He loveth the pre-eminence," ibut only.in all that elevates and beautifies the oharacter. . Paul was tip-top disciple in this K 0f the ominous predietiori, 4 the time may come sense. To a , glorious pinnacle he rose.; And, when yoa wUh feel sorry for what yoti have ut by all the beauty . of his examplo, and all the tered to-day.VI hastened home, full oV anxiety energy of bis words, re we i caUedupon to fol- and grieff only to find my father; at the1 point f Dlm,,;;;fv:'vi'-J r V 1' a c " ' 7 At ' '". '- ' "4. of my presence, and resigned bis spirit into the; " Speak KlnqijV ' : ' i hands of God amid: the. grief of a sorrbwinjg; In our daily intercourse with tlios'e we love ' i m our iamily relations as husbands and wives, ; j ' parents and children brothers and 'sisters a h constant watchfulness ought to be maintained' I "over our words and actions, in "order to avoid r? inflioting unnecessary pam. How frequently t i, As Stood beside bis bed, ana gaz 'a upon the. does it occurs that & word?; unkindly said to 'lifeless features of one of those we. ouec loved, bpt who have since been " whose every command it was my duty to have. reruoved from .us bv the band of datJi. will obeyed. ( and which, as a general thing. I did hauut our memory long .afterwards, like an avenging aemon,.causing us poignant and vainf . . regrets ! Years; after the circumstance has i passed out of our. minds and the 'mind of the mend we; may have grie ved or wronged, if some sudden calamity Details bim, or some unoxpect- A ea summon cans mm away irom carta,' and re moves bim from the scope of our apuify to make ' redress, will the awakenediinemory of the un- kind act or word icloud the melancholy reflec- . tions of our waking hours, and even haunt our dreims! But the most bitter and poignant re flections arise when wo have parted in kind ness from some one connected, with us by the tendercst tiesj and jfhen no opportunity occurs to eneci a reooneuiation,, iao person we 1 nave injured is removed from us suddenly by daath hen comes the period of vain regrets and un- availing self reproach; . What WouId we give for moment; , - r - . , , ...... ,T . 'have wronged ? But alas ! too late-too late! i the experience of an acquaintance, related by mmse.f not 4ng since, illustrates most forci- bly the above position.; i He, bad;boen living, he said, aw? y from ..home for t-everal . months, was, an a iait of a week. or twd at his father's , house- . The father was a man of :s tho most un co ti promising integrity, arid cherished strong, though; honest; :; prudico a transient kmusemeri tai - He ha 1 '.never 'allowed ' his 'children, while under his Coutrol, to attend' dancing parties or showed or to mingle in tho ' sports which most men regard as unobiection- able, or at least not altogether to bo condemned, The Con8?quencaiWas,t;lhat" the children, as i f usual uuder.eucb. circumstances, were .fond cf indulging, in, the ioterdictedv pleasures,-; an i . were apt, vwhen an " .opportunity did .occur tq" cary theni roo,ar.";They Jelt their; father was ; prompted by a sincere c nvictiori'ofand a di- sire' to discharge, the dutiesof a parent who J feels the weight ;of h1srrWponsibllity W God, I but they felt aLjo that he . was; unnecessarily ! stringent in hw interpretations 'of what hdf considered right or wrong. - As a consequencei' ' they did not hesitate when circumstances favorf ed it, to evade their father V mandates, to set them at ;defianci.,F ' tfcirivVfe-' 44 1 shall .never forget,, said the narrator,; 44 nor cease to regret the . incidents of my last visit borne during my ifather's life. yJTh ere was to bo a ball at a , (neighboring ; tavern by no means a Teputablo place-and . it was to com 3" off the evening before I was to return to my4 em ploy ment in dista nt town. 5 Feeliri my -self emaucipated-from 'parental control; (for V I bad just1 reached my majority, -arid priding t myself upon the idea-that t was now master of my own actions, 1 signibedmy. intention to bJ present. My father, as usual, : forbade niy! at tendance. ...1 answerd him in anger stating that, his authority over- m e .was ; h&icefoi U en ded ; that he bad treated roe ' like , a boy, in l 1 had submitted like a boy until now; but since I iiad reached the age at which, tho law permitted me to think and act for .'myself, I was determin ed to. assert my rights, 'i went; eVenV89;far arid was 3so unjust td my' 'fath'rfastolndmaur. tharadesire existed i otfhyi part ?folyrariia "river us: from a love of paternal authority. "Ho was a man of strong and natural irritable feel-:' ingS, but bis motives were always of the purest kind and my conscience smote me as al ut. tered tho sentiment which my pride would not permit me lo.recaii. v . . t ; . An angry blosh, passed; over his connte .nace at rsuoh an unusual rccebtiori of bis com mands,' but he checked himself instantaneously) "I may have erred in manv points touching the tun itugncivu nitu uuiuuai uiuuukM, wuiv, government rirriiy children, but I have" endeav ored to do iny duty ias a parent and as a man. 'The tinid-inay come' when yoti may be torry for what you have uttered to-day !? : i.4 A nd that time 1 did.xome more speedily - than ieven he aril rcipated.0 They were pro phetic words, and even at this late day they 4 haunt me in my dreams- , ." rwont to the ball, but I did not enjoy my self;'! was jovial,' and full of glee ; my asso ciates' thought me in unusually good' spirits but it wisill feigned and hollow-hearted as a sepulchro fCharlas, the time may comd'when.; you will ca gorry for wuat you Lave uttered to-day !' r:: ia ny 'ears.- u - '.:i' '' 144 It 7Z3 near norr.ic' when s. tarty broke d 1 returned bonis, jadsi iafrint, ex- ?tl ia r!.?::;aLcr.;r-y, r 1 ;:n u:rn llh cxc: I ;t.;-t t 1 1, t I f.U i-Lo troiibl.I tl.;, .'.Lli L...l t! '. ..ar noon, riea 1 f , ur..h . j i .1 rii.. .i tha bc-.i incanaBttatf'i! m fmrrf mintn.l prertion '-arill V half resolved, ere I left homo in the afternoon, t w coniess my fault to xajt lather. 1 met mnv. at the dinner table; but no allusion was made by either of. us to the incident of tthe previous diy j'and when we arose from the table it was .uecessary for mo to take the coach. I followed jay father into our little parlor, whither bo had lMHave ott nothing nioreto say.Charlea r s I "4 N6,TI answered. andwa tarted5lT took the coach' for the scene of ray labors displeased , , tA -a a j in my avocation paying allowed the unpleasant, circumstances toL pass out cf my mind, when tm express cam9 requiring my immediate presence at home, for it was stated that j my ; father- in & statei; of perfect . and florid health, had been stricken down, by; an appoplectic. ' i' -.j; t ; ' AltKbUfrh at III kiiva when 1 thi iriiiflniTAr utt: Ha wa tnnsim and was not fsTnected . survive. T'hei" -indeed. ! felt the tull force-. household.Vof rwhoni mine ; was infinitely; the most outer, voce, inawu, oeiore ray arrai, ue rallied sufficiently tblriquire if I bad come, and on being answered in the negativeirelapsed into a 'state of insensibility, and never spoke agaiai;; obey,) the "thought (of the:; last -act of disobey ' iz : j v - 1 a. . A. . j 1:1 uienco ,jra;i unitinuacHs ;, wriuiea.iusaiitc.u avenging fiendj and J ; felt as if a word of for giveness from those cold lips 1 mould .bave been received more joyfully than a welcome admis- sion to toe ouss 01 neaven, ; The Greatness of Uttlc Things IIS In Lieut. Maurys recent work on the Phys .r.ical.Geography of the Sea, be gives the result of microscopic examinations of some shells drawn U up, from the" bottom of , theti Atlanta, ocean, where ; it is. more, than two miles in depth.- These shells aro so minute that to the naked eye they appear like common dust or clay j al though n.ot a "grain of sand is among tbein : :. .J .L' .l .:. - a- ' 11 - r 11 ,j - ; t n k " rm worid ..cbon. alt the elepaauts.r" TTie smaU ten - w .Wv "Uk T Z-. W i; - f : '.. r - -. K . a. ,. . -. . -. .3 0 v whales. ' . It has been the great error of historians, statesmen and ; politicians to lose sight of this truth. They look only at the whales, the big -fish, and seeiu tO- consider these W -the ; riibn archs of the deep sea of politics," and they alone Jiave the right tri swim there If the French .emperor flounders1, or"; the K ussiap autocrat lurus ovet' ou ms tuae ana aies, eacn conicruon ia duly ; chronicled. .But in the meantime, wuai uo we near 01 ine progress ot tne peopia, the industrious cla sscs the small fiah ? They aro tne true , monarcus ot tuw great' and wiue sea of politics, after alIiTbeyf fornVthe strata by which the geologists of : history will hereaf ter mark the progress of this age.' and classiftr1 all its products t arid upon the. basis of which 1 r':ll 41. f t. ..'."tAnlAt t. - ill llAlfillrt.A I iAif-. i V 1 . 1 3 care oi tue poor, ana tne ricn win tage care of themselves. . Educate the masses, and- there - . ' .1 . 1.- li , ..'"! '- - -11 '- - Al' ', will arise from the number a sufficiently large; class to generalize, their ideas.; and carry but ; their principles;; jlteform lhe: people . in ake them temperate, trutuiui and virtuous, tor they give torie and'teiriper' to the age and to the' country, determining the character "of its lead-; ers far more than the leaders that of the masses ' - And . n !n ind I vlilnal lif rl Ali.Ak,!.: ! I. I .UU BV .U .AAV.. ..V.A. ' , "V VUaidvtUrt ' 111 -is little things that make and unmake us alt There are thousands' of young tneff of "genius and enterprise . at tbis moment, who" dreatri of f 1 J" a! A5-i 1 : . -Aili- J ' iame ana aisuucuou, saa woo,- u it only re- quirea somo great act.oiaaring-.or- sacrifice within the scope: o human possibility, to be como distinguished would bo heroes i but be cause true eminence, is only to.be attained by a persevering .application hv a .nnmber rof daily j ; virtues, are tjonstaniiy. ai (ww wiw t ne t wooie v ; scheiutj of "things, and esteem - itt a very badly; ' governed world in .which" they 'find no higher., place. I -..v,.. 4-;,.;' It is a' ""irianVhaMts "of dress, demeanor and ; conversation that make or unmake the friends on which his success and ;happiness. in; life ide ; pend. hit is on a raans little habits of eaUng ana tmnring, oi loitering over urines, or.itnow;. -ing how. to brush them aside, that his charac-; , ter for idleness or industry' and the occupation Jof the 'largespart ;of his time. depend. 'j. It is, the way in which a man takes care of the pen- . ; nics in his? pecuniary transactions that ; defor-' mines whether he will ever take care of pounds; ' v Little "habits drive -naili finto r our 'coffins.--? They- more 'than' mako up by their number, whafc theyBeerii-tOflackinindividuIi . tance. i They are tnre seeds of character. We ' might as well plant acOrns,and not expect them to glow, as cherish small j vices and bot calcu? late on their increase ; or as - reasonably hope ? to see the firm and noble. oak where no acorns ; -were ever plantedaa; - true greatness andsucKf "cess in life, where the seedlings of a thousand little habits of industry arid virtue bad not been. ' first" carefttUy;eherbbed.r'l;H-i iJ' ' In a word character is. the sum of little things, rather than! great ones. Vi The true; esti mate of an ir Uridyl is riot ascertamed by bis accidental cr v. : ;asional achievements but his every-day haliu. ' A nation's character is not' determined by its famo.s men, but by the ha bits cf its masses; and the character of the age by the vices or virtues tb- t were o inherent as to lo cMOttced.';rJ?Zz. Ledger. ; r V.'y zzi utter folly cf etc -: ' j .t frth iathe followir j zzcl f-J hii lap. Th3 htt:r - :3 - r L. i. . . . in the taornTng c'zcli'to command Va z one the murderer-, caother the liars, t-isrtta V k I er the Ewearers, wc., 2cc. At eve-ir- ti .1.... .i.l. . t ' rrl ;y ewppeu at ine mouio or. a cave, i ce q:t;: arose. who. commanded the taeancst set cf r.:a. The subject was debated at length, but without coming to! a decision:; Finally bi3 Eatacia Majesty ; was called upon to decida the catter io dispate.j -Whereupon ho said ? The n ur derer got .something for killings the thief for stealing, the liar for Jymg, but the swearer was the. meanest of all jibe Iserved without ; pay. - They werej his majesty's best snbjscts ; for while they, were costless, their name was legion, and presented the( largest division ia his (Sa- taa's) enp , From the American Jlessecger'. v ;.. Tl;ree Uzlj Libers. . . - "Mtfancthon used to relate to Lis friends. - with delight; an instance in which two or three poor but holy women rendered a most impor-' -tant service to the Reformation, at a crisis rwhich -was! full ?of darkness and peril; WThe . princes had: ordered a council of the most emi- nent reformed ministers ' atTorgau, where tho couTt was then held;: Luther was there, with Meianctbon and many others. The sword of - the persecuter was at the throat of the church. The enemies of. truth were bold and full of hope ; ;her friends,' many of them timid and tempori zing. J Despotic power was measuring out 44 in goid-smitu 's scales,' . as one ot the reformers expressed it, the peace and truth bf the church ;of God-i'pJjJr 1 ' Vi Here this b,44, the little arid feeble knots';of God's thinisters came together, imploring, bo-" ping; arid aWaHirig help from God alone. After many prayers and long deliberations, Melanc-: : thon .being called out by a messenger rose rip Weary and sad, and left ,the council On his way back, he passed through a room in which the poor wives and little children of one of tho . .ministers' and. two deacons were nursing their '' children arid hearing them repeat their prayers. Philip stopped and. .listened with wonder and -delight, as he always used to do, to the lisped, prayers of little ones, remembering, the word, 1 ,4 Out of .the mouth of babes ' and . sucklings hon bast perfected praise, that thou mightest ; still the enemy and . the avenger. '.' What . moved him particularly was the sight of one of the deacon's Wives wha was nursing an infant at her bosdm ,J prepari ng.with her hands ipa rs -vip for her:bu3bands breakfast, and listening to; ttwoAerfMiW repeating its prayers O,' exclaimed Philip, 44 three holy labors at once, -i-ill well-pleasing; to God VVVici . - . . c Strengthened and lifted up in spirit by this -this spectacle, he came back into jtbe council twith a joyful countenance Lutherl observed V the change.." 4 Philip said he,. 44 wherefore . dost thou return to us so joyful, who just now '"Wentest oul so sorrowful and anxious t What has happened to tbee ?' 44 Be"; not"afraid. " ; gentlemen, replied Meianctbon,' 44 for I have met with those who will ngbt for us and defend .' us, and stand unconquerable against all fc force.. . 4. Who," ruquired Luther, are thoso brave generab and soldiers f,, : 4t The wives and lit tle children of our ministers and deacons," an swered - Meianctbon, w whose prayers I have . just heard, arid from wbiclr God will not turn j away' his ears. Even heretofore the Father of ' ? our ; Lord Jesus Christ 'hath; not deep sed these ' prayersarid he will riot T am persuaded dus- ' , '"pise iiem:MMr'-- ' ' - - . All who were in the council were moved by these words. - With re-established faith and ;-bopef they took such -a stand as became firm " ' and faithful ministers of the word of God. The measures ; of that day wero blessed to tho churches, and ;God mercifully lightened tho affliction of his people ; J. P. " . -, ; ' . - :. i "i . - ,m , 1-, -- . .Popular Extraragacce; ; C; j Our Christianity and qnt , love . of country v should put us upon fitting remedies for some of -,. ' "the alarming habits of extravagance which pre vail among us. One of the sources of this man- -:' ,ifold evil. has-been fairly put in the following remarks of a wholesale merchant and importer, as' given in tbe annual report of . 44 The Ameri- an Woman's Education Society lV;.V-j'V, i4 You have got hold, of a great matter, sir. I i hope you will succeed. The women are ' 5 -wrbngt sir.-"They arerioteducated right. They are going to bankrupt the country unless - there is a changeii iMore b thought of show ' jthan substance . VVe pay scores of millions an-' " ' jiuallyl foriladie' prnaraenta which are .of no use. . We cannot afford it. At is worse than .sinking .the gold n the sea ! . We are paying ' .more duties ou artificial . flowers ; than . on rail- 'oad'irpo lGodr'jKelpyou to elevate the posi- -tioriaud the aim of wotnan!' j . iThe fact that a store in this .city employed iu'the sale of "laces and other superfluities, ia 'that line, pays a rent of ten thousand dollars a ' ; year, is a significant'eomment upon thb epeechv :' The're is i no curer for wchi an - evil, though it " I threatens ruin ta the country, and greater ruin ' ito Christian character, but 4a sometkicg that i shaU divert the ambition of the feniala taiad to s something .better; worthy .'of rational and im- . mortal beings, than thb rivalry ; in expensivo " T , dress and outward show.. . . . ;-, . 7- There, b; another1 form of; extra va 'race e to ' which publio attention 1 ought , to. be directs d. for jrhich the Iadiei are not so much responsi ble. It is seen in the present Etyle of cur pub- ' lid steamboats and hotels. It b neither csces- sary nor. expedient for any of the substantial purposes of the traveling commur"'y, that oar :-steamboats should be floating pahe:3, zzl that ' , every. person who; dines at a hotel, -:-!! te - made to pay for -ia sumptuous feast, i-v:!rirj ' - alLattainable luxuries .whether e vrhhes th;s - or not It would be-of great. r"hlic aivan- tage, if our hoteb ehonld adopt the European plan,.6f, furribhing only wh at, should 1 3 e p3- cially ordered. - There is a manist absurdity as all will grant', in "making every rer:::: rho 'f - dines at a public table, pay for 'wi:.3 v hl;h Ls ;' aow5aot'rtise i bet' xio5: -greatar than 'iz. uihir j ; every guest pay the Cost cf a tz:,-tuous ueal, ' . i-while' fee" partakes ef '.ca!j th3 !.-;;; Clzhcs and desires noc:.;r. t . . ... : ; puhlio tabL-, -:tl3.cf :1T pror:4.:3 ' z c-3cf tl .:ry -tre f :" " : tr--r ce 13 .:, La I a 3".-TlJ: ''rr 1 A. i . . A ', t. cr J i . J vrha t.i v.
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 19, 1855, edition 1
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