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Whea they exceed this . length, rn c" t for each word must bo paid ia advance. -Special Notioea charged 20 cents per line. - Volume XXXVIII. RALEIGH, K a, JULY 28r 1873: jSTujiber 1. -a AL JiKCOUDEK. 1 For the lieoorder. -FRO AM) CON. BLOOD-LETTING Almost every adult person, J, suspect, looks back to some distinct occurrence fn his life, as the very first tiling that he re members. Now it is one thing:, and in a diiFerent ase another ; but; in every case it iiari event which; producedrnt the time a profound impression. I havej.uo definite idea how old I was when it took place, but t-he first ;ncentof"ray7cwn''.Ufe;which' I can distinctly recall, is connected with blooI-UtingIynd-mptht;T"wasb:nd: ing overme as I lay on the little- couch directly uuder t!ie window, (I mind it as if it were but yesterday V with an instrument in her hand, which theyfcalled i spring lancet, and was coaxing me, by the promise of what I held to bo a great reward, to extend my arm. . As I did so, somebody's hand was laid , acrops my eyes,? and in an instant the blood began tp now in a solid Stream. . I bear, the scar on my right, arm to this day,' and have once or twice, in sub sequent years had to display it, by way of proof, when my mother, who had wholly forgotten the circumstance," was candid enough to express the "opinion thatl had only dreamed it, that it" could not possibly have occurred., -"-.-.. " twenty or twenty-five years ago blood letting was still a common enough practice, while thirty or forty years back it formed an item in every orthodox course of treat ment. In theso last days, however, it has almost entirely fallen into disuse. What is the cause of this change ? ' ' I have heard pot a few of, the more su perficial and flippant members of. the med ical profession assert that blood-letting was always armistakp, and that it was resorted to by oitr.forefathers, simply because jhey were in ignorance pf the true principles of physiology.' Such a I wholesale charge against "the Venerable, thorough-going and liking. e Un the contrary, I could bear it with far more equanimity, nayi rather en joy it, if a man were to charge us moderns with ignorance and pretentiousness;, for everybody must admit, I thinkt that there ' is far more ground for it.in our case (than in the case of our fathers. . At any rate, I cannot at all believe that the physicians of a former age were mistaken in adopting the practice 01 blood-lettm g. it ; was ; m their time, doubtless, a wise, wholesome and conservative course in tbejtreatment of many complaints. Why, 13 it otherwise at , Xot because medical men1 have become more competent, perhaps, but because of a wonderful change iatho constitption of the human system. Forty years ago , the venous and arterial systems, or, if yoo will, the. sanguinary system absorbed the chief part of attention among doelore It held the advance, if I may so express myself and it was often found usefuKo keep it in check. Now, howeverl the rne'rvons sys tem holds the advance, and alrtho.army of neuralgias are in the; fieU,'from which wo may well prav, Good lrd, deliver us Anv middle-aged practitioner is cognizant of Vreat changes in the 'forms' of huioau ailment in this particular: Tobe "letting . .. .t ' - 1.1. .1 ... 1 1 il.U i.,.tl..' blOOa latuese last uajs ouiu w me ueigub .. of folly. - Few rnenhave blood enough At least that is ray, misfortune. . When I was a student at the University of Virginia, I went one uay to my joeioveu auu uunoreu -fripntL 1'f ol. VaDeii. lor mcaicai . aaviee. -. " IT (TQiro 'mo'linii1 nnd i uren.imt.ion iron, and" in a few weeks such a chansre i r came over my health, as it is scarcely pos-. 8ible'-to;nefeo4nanncb. that, the Professor's prescription has ever since been my strong confidence in distress." ' ask ourselves, why has this remarkable "chancro in the constitution of the human -'system, and in tne character ot its com ' . plaints -occurred f Hay it not be because the times have changed ? Thirty y care go - the world we live in was Vill a phleginatio world. In comparison with ;ie . present even America was, thirty years, ago acoun try of slow-going, sluggish people.":,There was no such ceaseless strain oh the nervous system of iiTcn as there is now. They had tfma lor repose and the quieting of the nerves, and a larger portion of the nourish ment consumed was conveneu mw uioou AmATiff onr German cousins At is .even at vTMSspnt tirho a commo-a tliinj; for"the . V.niKa tn lift called in to let blood." I heard ii .-t Tt. nf tfcTTmcfrsit,vof Leip'sie.- .-l i-.-snAMtt''tM: this effect, ? Gentleman in great distress called upon merlpirituaidvice.- Wappearelto me ior ' viv i ft; omM' ;r !-imrfea;to-m& result was rnss . and American pastors nt is .muchoftener;the .nWn wk fall into spiritual dis- iA little blood and too mtfon nervous excitement. In comparison with us, the Teutons, despite all their new-found. st.m a phleermatie, heavy people, ivepose ui mu, u i' iuia hn( among them. ., . a Tf you will bear with me I think, a prac . t ;v.itfltirm m.iv be made of the above. 3 "Tr.n haste of the pre - SrnTthTieoSuess, which it has been ckarly shown, isnhereby produced in 0 ,i:! J-Ma to broad and profound .wTnTpllectnal or spiritual, is in every sense a grauijiu iu- i rye zr. t--- iT-,ji."'". Iouhl recommend all, those " he Krcaule of barrenness and super, ir, wh departments. I. have a friend who to aU appearance is the picture .j 7..UI. r-imn'rn(llly. ever-beaming, .t.: Inrrreand important i torate. " ThouSh looking so well, he -. i erthcless become meanwhile one of VnPTvnn. of men. and therefore it r.-L K vim to devote -r ?n nion to close mental ap , in vntn.l a slow nAA rfntirclV W rs (UI.1CS3 tills dmg:-r were Lvl.im) tl.2 YC 2 ".1 - to i-".::::t Vie, z: elasticity, vigour and freshness. ; It .?a0 quite as imposssble fr a person,-lit"!!81 condition of whose beins is motion, to0 e advances in tne knovled2te"of hir u s faults . and weakness; and, . emp! it"1? scripture expression,- "to grow i 1 fx Accordingly we riud that what w styled practical religion i3 getting tJlstar of what mav he styled conteraphtire gion. ij wiucu jl nn un to say, " times happens that tie best of peo;e nre more i concerned aboat the prospfi1 Sunday Schools, vChurches,' Orphstf ums, ana otner excellent ana pra;spvl Christian enterprises, than thv nniwUt the, state of their own heart, oral)0tn own intimate knowled ge s of Gpdl and its blessed , teactangs, , A14 n 1,8 have no leisure or tate forrefie ti11 nt contem plation. , Our wjolo time f oted to eorJct wiiu;lV?to beure, is J ' d necessary, but does not const 1m De. whole of Christian lde aid duty;1 -i ! Jut farther; in pnr insiitution 1 1 lcarP ing the rising generation, long si jc fF. too nervous to devote the requisilevunt pf time to e acquirement of cu!ttft con stantly overburden themseves. i 1P7 Pf9 almost oesiae , xnemsei ves vim t irv vv completehe course and egvv sometimes happens, moreover, 1 13 i the . course itself is more, extensire t.n varied than they ought to be expecied tiW aster in the time assigned; The reiuU jdiat- what" with their own want ot ic0."" deliberation,-and what with, tin tfent pf their studies -nothing is acqtiJ as 'it ught to be. I It is not hard - te.how; reatly the interests; of -solid cation suffer :bj such a combination ; t causes. Those who are practical instniors ; will best appreciate the force of th'tfemark; ior many a lime xney icei, .ijua bound to put a damper on the unTfl ardor of their students, who seem to ret noth ing so much as that no way hasten in vented of learning by steam $ (very tliing else is donenow-a-days. , Sfafrom lovmg th e. academic snades ..thf raung impulse is to cretbevond them, fi--r. -" In this, to our shame, be ft'iaiej are too often actively seconded ? by losevha have authority to direct their OTcaton. But the fevensh haste which; fles Ejn; away from: college before the tie is, rot' likely to impel them to a life ofttjet stucy and investigation ;aerwards llencit. comes that the vast majority of sur youn; men. even of those who enioy,Eerary ad vantaffes. are proving untrue "to learning, and makimf a. deplorable sacrifice of. their fine powers by devoting themsefoca to the turmoils of ordinary business. JOae "reason, perhaps, is that in the whirl ol trade and speculation our native 'nervousness finds a more comfortable : outlet . than in a life given up to study. And, as I said, parents and guardians do not resist this inclination of the.young with becoming sternness and energy.' It is a most ' painful Wlit to wit ness a father taking his son wi& him into his counting-house or bankCbf er -place of business, when the poor , bpj has as yet enjoyed only the most meagro antagay and may possess powers of inid which it were a thousand pities to cast aray in such a manner. And yet, alas, in erery one of our Southern btates, it is said, ire parents who are so intent oh producinglarge crops' as to detain their children from college in order to employ them in the field And this (as it seems to many) is ia decreas- ' - rra..- f -1. : . . 1 rich, which is the peculiar eviltf our times. is retarding the advance "of H people in education and in eVerv other tnlv worth v accomplishment; . fBut for :it mr schools would be well-filled, not onlvwith those who study in order to prepare themselves for business, but also with a much higher and worthier class, who study-fir the sake of learning and. for the loye.of generous culture. 1 am rejpicea ip witness tne en thusiasm now glowing in North Carolina in behalf of education and of ake lorest College. ' May the influences of it be last- m: -not oniv witnm tne Dotrnas or mat State,' but aW in. othei States. . 1 ' - :': i ; j?:5" ?YT: II; Wmisfrr. ' I Greenville, S. C, July 1G, 1873. - ; - - - , ' . , For tEeoorder. Commeneement"" at Chowan Baptist " Female Lit. j tllSES Having missed your accustotd presenicb f at this, thamost iegant and mular of our festivals, I herewith transmit h t sketch of what.was.dona lhCn;an4iere.;Tho crowd was immense, and the whermelti dahs, every where overflowing h human-. faithful service to the Ihstituti saddened every heart.:. .Wei Could but r:mber that while the ' glittering I scene : fidened our eyes, there were hearts bo v down and spirits crushed in our immc lija vicinity. death is a sad blow to the ItUuteV aQd it will be hard to.find aman t j njg place for in honesty,;busines?tca .(y, and de votion to the churches, he ht 10 superior. "He wa3 a man, take hu i t -n ;n aii I shall not look upon his lik ; fain.M ; The Institute has just clo; q8cholastio year of great prosperity, and twenty six young ladi attendance, and Dr. McD. with just pride, that so exer. the conduct of his pupils, gle instance of discipline 1 necessary in the course o' Those of us who;know he impartial he is in the disci ties, can understand what v rnendation to his.administr: involved in this single fact The chapel which is al on such occasions, was I for Titania and her fairies t in. The ne arts and i ve hundred 1 ve been in T remarked has been s not a sin een found last year, 'iithful and ,r of his du .'es of, com - powers are 1 handsome '"al enough ?o revelled tery were 3g result. ! evcrrie:i :ry svr:'.I.i ; : i r:.l has the is a a the taxed to produce the c Triuraphal r.rcl;c3 and festc CO cncctcl Wf.u.5 covered Lie inch w la s tA"-.or6- Af Ann ppiera. 4uoiijkcs""un onr aniu- rivaled the lilies of the' field, fronted the rostrum, and high overhead, amid the pic tures, Professor Delke with, his usual deli cate use of the beautus of the Latin tongue, had in golden letters thus met the query of any cynio who might suggest "Cui bono?" with the motto, "Si Delicias Requiris, cir cumspice." 1 ...... ,IJut all these things, captivating as they -Werc to many of us, "paled their ineffect ual fires," when attention rested on the fair beings who clustered so thickly around, . . Fluttering with joy the happiest of the hapy The essavs of the eioht vrmn liw who gradnated were highly creditable and occupied the morning of Wednesday with their reading. At -twelve. Mr. Conk7 of Louisburg, delivered the annual address a luuBb uamouo, ana sensioie speecn, replete with devotion to onrnoblo old State and good advice to the 'vohncr "ladies. We yere-.8tffortuiiate-a.itff'taakeMK'ldkV' acquaintance: and found, him a- crenial and 'accomplished gentleman." f We warrantiis associates on , tne 1 Calelgh ; circuit y alne. him as a man and a lawyer. He is tha kinsman of our old friends P. II: and Ti. C' Winston, who are so well known and an- preciaiea in tnis part pt tne world. ' We did not hear the sermon to the gradu ating, class but it was highly! extolled by others who enjoyed that pleasure. :. rv T The graduating exercises occupied the. evening. Several young ladies in the bloom of their youth received their literary credentials and severed. their ' connection with their. Alma IJaterThe Bad circum stanc6;We have already " referred to, made it out of taste for much festivity. Sd we missed the concert, which would have oth erwise bem given. Tlie few pieces per formed wre : an earnest of what might have been expected. c The instruments were in cajital ; order and we have never heard them surpassed in depth or purity of tone. The new Pabinet organ is very fine, "but we hop the trustees will retain the grand old instrument which has so often poured fortk. the muffled thunder of its great pedal notes on such occasions. .No tee.d instrument can, for . a moment .bear comparison with the real, organ in the ma jestic beauty of its tones.- - I ; We hearthat additions to tha buildings af '-pntemplation, and think them well ' -t red my ;? the: condition of affairs. B,gs aitend this noble institution, and cow in conclusion, Mr. Editor, to use tho iavonte expression : of Gen. Jeb Stuart, "Long mai it wave.M . . . Pres. - Fox tha Eecorder: 1 rJUCATIOlVLMEETINQ AT EEIDSYILLE The mecliig was a success.": Tho mem fcrship is sA all and poor,, but Pastor Fon- Une had aivertised th meeting extent si cly, and i. Saturday a tolerably large. auuence wasbresent to hear the addresses. I xk the moEun Dk Tritchard; irave an intresting aqtbunt of the early struggles ofVhe CollegV, and Itscusseditt - a clear anj'orcible fiannef the necessity " of its- endcyraent. Even the - most i. imlettered' mautf the aidience could not fail to feel its clims upoa his liberality. ,': ' f i j. In i, n Anmf it e TnrlrM - H ami r-i7' r iih1 was icTowedW Pa ers, alr wl;n a r-K 1U CTVUUii VUUilQ' JACIi DVjmj AULA astor a ontaine and oth- liberal ' collection was taken; . . ' - v ..... ... On n dav Dr.' Pritchard preached a sermon n education, " which made a most profount ian ion on the community: and the .tend of education in Heidsville hope to Jb leresuits irom it t:"0ugn him preach it on another oc we naa trd casion, wfjixrd -it the second time with Another .liberal subscrip tion was iii taken, v winch, with that se cured on Sri-day, amounted to about three hundred jd rs, four hundred bebg the apportiontnt. Pastor : Fontaine hopes to secure ih.jcficit-by November. It is proper to 0 that several persons of othet.,denpnitions gave liberally m re-, sponse "to 2 p.8 appeal oh Sanday. , A Presbyterian ,ve twenty-five dollars; One or tw0Mathetve ten each and a Primi tjvi Baptist:,3 fiVe. , : :' ' Sunday, ev w Judge Kerr delivered an address on. t Mission of Baptists in this crisis or b world's history." We confess to a g 'delight, in hearing this Wo have hearliV on three dlffcVenti oc. casions; and 1: n , h have the plerfeure of hearing him c aan more , . . Tho Canva' s ofxhc Beulah aft pros ecuting with I 'or th endowment enter prise; and pf a . and; labor ; will insure success, wp r 'expect tho Beulah t send p to the Cj tntion the' fall amount of her apportiof .t. The three youngmih- lsters of thi sociation Elders Fontaine,1 Jones and B i, ,are winning golden opln-" aons lor tne? good work. ' Kerr and V enterprisinr for the Coll are : awake subject of -: - The Rei condition.; Ves, and doing a great and, cy are a noble trio. J udge Jas. Potcat, a liberal and man, are engaged actively : arid. Judge Kerr's speeches deeper interest . in,' the ation. .' .' . ' . q church is in a prostverous ; stor Fontaine's labors have r the last two,: years with, :urings of theSpirit.: Last .o as many as seventy-five irsion, many of them young, :d men. The membership urired. : They . have a neat lup, sustain a large Sunday j devoted; and we conSden-. that under the ministry of : pastor, they will . become a .cstial body. :si: as fprung np as if by magic. J ajhalf ago three store?, one ) or three residences constitu-' c:. K ow you will find eight ries, three large warehouses, gorae of then quite hand '.cls and many new resiliences, j t'ao Baptist Church, there is vtcrhn-r Church in process of been bless gracious year there professed and midc is about c house of school, a tially ex their fai large an: Keids Two yer hotel an ted the tobacco a dozen some, In adJi a lar3 creetio buiCIr c:r.;.: tl.e Xlcuiouist coiiicii'juio 2 13 siv, ithr.5 no no sshool, ;2 C'.;;u Ci liu .,. c.' ..It' i. i k. .... r .4 I -wntcr v, itv:3y;: .0 it is the most desirable location for a school in the State. " The citizens are anxious to secure a young, vigorous teacher, and suck a one wouia seoure men- most nearly sup port and cooperation. : This announcement is made by request of seveval;of its lead ing citizens.- "Further information cau be obtained by applying either to Kev. P. II. Fontaine or ilaj. -M Oaks. 1 r. P. II. Committee on Ways and Means for Foreign . i ''.' - - Lisw ' ioaro. , . I Tlie Hoard of Foreign Missions of the Southern Baptist Convention has engaged with its missionaries to remit to them, quar terly and in advanceonfvfp,urth of the an 4ual appropriations' voted to them. This engagement has been met with the natural ioycsLanennd .women, who for -ycais. have, been, borrowing! money ,m strange lands to support themselves while the v la bored for others who made payment at the' ena or tne toiu Alio present arrangement is demanded by every -principle of -lustlce and wise business- econbrayi to say nothihg PfiChrUiaQ: lovP to our devoted brethren and sisters & heathen countries. -. The stipends for the first two quarters of the year have been paid; but there is not a dollar in the Treasury to jnect the obliga tions for the July-October quarter. What must bo done 2 The Corresponding Secre tary proposes to leave his officej' where his presenee is daily and pressingly required,: ta visit the States, as far. fis: practicable; and raise : these needed funds But, one man can go over but a small portion of tho territory covered by the Southern Baptist" I convention, cannot tne Jioard secure the cooperation of a : few- active- brcthreh-ih each of the States, who will organize them-' selves into an Executive Committee to fos-; ter and advan.ee 'the ;interestoff Foreign Missions, and I to r secure, -funds-.at'pnco.for; our present quarterly payment ? It is hoped that a plan, which is now maturing will be presented to thenext Southern Baptist Convention, which will systematize collecv tions for both of the Boards of the Con vention, and relieve them from their present uncertain and precarious inode-of .existence. In tho meantime,', our foreign missionaries must have food and raiment, and other nec essary. things w'hich j our'churches are vif tually pledged to supply. This season of the year may be uniavprauie i or copebung money; bat the missionaries -are none the less needy for thaf-they4 must liaye bread and clothes, and pay house rent and native assistants. liTtos bo tnoi practical, willj not .brethren of tho .States which have furnished missionaries ,. to the heathen, undertake i to provide this quarter's- remittances to ' thoso . missionaries; while brethren of other' States raise funds for incidental expenses, ?and for other fields, say in South .America -and "Africa? To particularize yet farther: willnot Maryland. .by the agency ot a self-ponstituted Execu tive Uommitteo at Baltimore,' supply ;'at once the means for brother and sister it H. Grates? , Will not Virginia, bribe State Foreign, MissionjBoard located at j Clrr lottesville, secure fho funds tot brother George B. Taylor and family, Miss EMooiV and Mrs Ilohncs? KWill not NoVth Caro lina, by the active cooperation of brethren at llaleigh, AVilmingtpn, . Charlotte and Wake Forest, and other parts of. the State, take upon them to shfply brother and sis ter M.- T. Yates at Shanghai, with .their' necessary diying? -Will not South Caro lina, Georgia and Alabama, take care of brethren J.B. Hartwcll and N.r B. Wil liams and their families, and Misses I Whilden; and L.Moon, -who have been given , to. missions by. these States ? ? . Sliissis sippi has already expressed a desire to snp port brother E. Z. Simmons- and family ; and will riot our brother, General Lowrey, and othersmakfran I immediate' move to send us! their quarter's allowance? Ten nessee will bo sure, to take measures to supply brother and sister T. P. Crawford, who for twenty gears' have borne the heat and burden .iof missionary life in? dura. Will not .brethren Graves,i and Landrum and Jones,"; and- Eaton, and Manly, and Uillsman, and othei s, . whose hearts incline t4 this work, correspond and begin at once Jto work under our plan or some better one jto afford the present supply ? The heaviest expenses are for needed buildings and new fields; and we look to West Virginia, and Kentucky, and iMissoui and Arkansas, and Louisiana and i Texas to 'tako'theiri part and. help along the; .work of the Lord. 27ie Hoard U , merely tie agc7it of the bhiirclies, ' and jii utterly " IieTpksz without ihey furnUhthe ineans for theworfc? "hii wwr wjyvryrn-p jrpvMai. , avnumuer ot young people's niissionary societies are in working Order, and we wish them to ap ply for the support of native pastors, teach ers and pupils ih? the, several schools )f ChinaItaly t and - Africa. "I The ! women of Richmond are nobly' supporting Miss Ed monia Moon of .Tung Cbovv, and, we doubt not, will gladly take under their patronage her sister, Miss Lottie Moc-m; just appointed' to the same field, provided that Georma. whereMiss Moon now Jives, does npt claim 1 d adhering populations by tens of thou the honor of her maintenance. The policy f "ds, iu the distant and immobilo coiin- which the Board is striving to establish is, lligid economy, no - debt, and gradual 2rogrcss.; ." ,.. : : .'- r-: , -.- - , if. A. TurPEii, r " Cor. Scc. F. M. B.,box.l30,ltichm'd, Va. Jbn?t ' Newton says. Satan seldom comes to a Christian with great tempta tions, 4r with a temptation to commit a great sin. Your bring a green log and a candle together, and they, are very safe neighbors; but bring a few shavings and set them alight, and then bring a few small sticks 'and let them - take lire and tho log bo in the midst of them and yon will soon get rid of your log. And so it is with little sins. You will bo startled with the idea of committing a' great urn, and so the devil brings you a little temp tation, and leaves you to indulge yourself. There is no great harm in this,' 'no great peril iu that ami ho by these little chips we are lir.st easily lighted up, and at last the green lou: i.i : burned.-" Watch,' and t:.tyac-. In-n J?? . THE CENTUKY WE CELEBRATE The government and people of. the United HJates hare taken in hand, none too early,1 the requisite preparations for celebrating the centennial of tho nation's birth.' .2So political event more impor tant to the world has ever taken place than the Declaration of Independence in 177C u The century which has followed it has been tho world's new era, . The prog ress of the United States in respect to education and religion, to literature and science, to art.- and industry, : to wealth, and population, to ; political. iower and greatness, has been ; vast beyond the dreams pi the founders ' - of the llepublicJ It is most J proper that ':this 'Wonderful grQWtJi 6hotild be celebrated by a whole leople, and it will be, not alone at Wiil adelplua,1 where most -fittingly tho spe--cially nhtional celebration will take place but.irf every: cityand town'and village' and, household. In every imaginable form the records J of that growth. will be gathered to serve 'as jnonnments of the past, and I guides " and incentives for, the future. Kcligious denominations, each in their own wray, will celebrate the Cen tenary, making the - year ' 187G the point of a. new; and more, energetic departuro. WHY SHOULD B APTISTS. CEtEBKATB THE v . CENTENKIAX ' - The snfliieut answer is . in their history. One hundred years ago we were a small and feeble people, struggling against ter rible odds for the realizing of a church made up of regenerated: persons; bap tized in profession of their personal faith, anu enuuea xo ausoiute ireeuom or cpn 8ciehce, because responsible to God alone in religiouscoucemmentSj' not violating the civil peace, Such :-was i the Baptist faith. Onr numbers iu 1773, so far as we have lecn' able to determine them,''' were not Hir from 15,000 members in ac tual communion. Our doctrines were de cried, and our people were persecuted. In Yirginia,and tarther South,onr preach ers were annoyed and outraged in every form of, fines, pelting, scourging,' and imprisonment.' In Massachusetts, perse cution was less rude and riotous, but not less: determined. 'Episcopacy In Virginia and Congregationalism in Massachusette.1 were established religions;, and. Baptists, wuau iutouioacuw;i3 iu. luuso COlOnieS, were chief sufferers. In .both colonies their determination to resist, taxation fox the support of worship in which they did not share," and to affirm, for themselves and for all men, the inalienable rights of conscience, was vthoronghly ' taken. ; Jn the first dawn of measures tending to in dependence in the Congress of 17 1& the Baptists made" their appearance tuia de manded their; rights. iThey committed themselves to tho Bevolution, but thev insisted, uiat uie- xievoiauou must secure -delivereuce and liberty in respect to mat ters ot laitn. , Tnenauonaimdependence did give them deliverenco and. liberty: and when the , Constitution! was framed which was to establish the General Gov ernment, dissatisfied with the absence of security lor the consciences pf men,1 they iasisitetl on the amendment which makes that seenrity absolute, The lingering es tablishments received their death-blow. uuu xuiHiisi( iriucipies qi religions Hfterty "became the common inheritance and dis tinction of the American Teople. A.n linndml years have passed away. These principles have : spread , tliroughout the civilized word, andhave gained triumphs erery where more or less complete. - Tli ft Iloman Catholic Church itself has not. at txius uupiiji vtmui mo power to persecute. In llnssia alone, persecotioa linrrers. but ' - I. - , - r. .O.J c uii iuuxu m tuuuQismng iorm. In this century, we have errown tn In a! jeopie, in iiier. tjmtea jstates,". of more than 1,500,000 members in tho commu nion of our churches. i Our adhering population is "estimated dt from 0,000,000 to 7,000000. In wealth we have advanced in a ratio equal with our numbers. A century ago (1775,) wo dedicated our first house of worship having claim to archi tectural character (the 3 Fust Baptist Churckin Providence,) and ,we did it so well that the hoblo edifice remains to this time ;;the-MiDJratioaf..taU: beholders; Now our churches, in tho best forms of tho architecture of tho age, : abound in every State. Then we had laid the foundations- of oni first college, now we have the foundation : of many. So "rapid was the increase of our churches, . tlmt for a long time all the colleges of the country would have been inadequate to the train ing of our ministry. . -Wo ? are repairing misfortune and neglect . by schools of learning, w hich combine evangelical pie ty with advanced' scholarship, and are bringingthe- intellectual j force - of' our ministry rapidly- in to accord with the char acter of our. times, Our : ou tspreading activity was never , move, marked than now. Our missionaries carrys the Gospel with tho extension of our frontiers; thev raise successfully the standard of vnn gehzation in Europe, and count converts tries of Asia. W hat ieople have been more favored than tho .Baptists of the United States, and what people more than they have cause to celebrate the human event which was the divine occa sion of their growth and prosperity f nOW SlIALL nAPTlSTS CELEBRATE TIIE . CENTENNIAL f I It is proposed that the Baptists cele brate the centennial by. a universal and simultaneous; movement throughout the United States, in behalf of their institu tion's of learning enlarging these insti tutions for their proper workand strength ening them by endowment. Engrossed by tho evangelizing w ork which, by the blessing of God, has so vastly swelled our numbers, wo have not brought our institutions of learning into accord with our growth, our needs, and our duties. What monuments can we rear so enduring us thoso Avhich have reference to the cul ture of the .human mind ! - 2u institu tions .-of tho world live like endowed s'.-ocl3 cf ..la-;? Icurriag.- TLo col leges of Oxford and Cambridge have out lived the dynasties of Tudors and Stuarts. The Monarchy might -perish forever, and these wouiti nourish in immortal youth. Harvard and Yale," and Brown and Co: lumbia, and Xassau Hall, and the Uni versity of Pxainsylvania, survived the Ileyolution, ami" Southern , colleges are, coming forth from the calamities and de vastations of civit war.' ;Monev invested nowhere is so , suro to reach forever the pnds to which it" is consecrattH.1, as that Wisely invested in institutions of . Chris tian learning.-. , Snch institutions, made strong for' their work, are moreover just the- instnmientalitv now- most roriuired by the Baptists J of the . United - States. Wo neeil them, and nuust have them for the greater duties: and, destinies Of an other hundred years. - Wlicn we are able to reach exact statements of . tho condi tion and" necessities oi'.our institutions; the aggregate amount required will un doubtedly Recur appalling to timid souls,' put it wm not he beyond the nbiht.v ot a great and willing ieople. Commenced soon as the work can ho, organ izel in all the States,' and carried " forward till ISTCwith an attractive and hopeful coal, the centennial contnnutioiw may be made to-outstrip by far all tha eositribntionsof thehumlred years wiudr it i'prup:)7ed thus to celebrate. We must show new enterprise; .wo - must take broad views, auucalcuiate.ior a great mture ; we must move Our whole peoplethe rich, and the well-to-do, and the poor, and, bring the consecrated, offerings to the Vervk'.e of -wise and practicable iradeiiakiiigs. Our children's cliildren will 'rise up to bless th& provision whielihas tint anticipated their n(H5e.ssitiey' and we vhall. impress. tne w'oria .with the conviction that tuo trmraph' of a spiritual religion has' its natural blossoniiug ' in that w hich most adorns, and : benefits human' Mfy.-TJi Centennial. - ,. ..,. ' - ... IiOriSDtlUl FEXVLC Jf-OLirGC I 'A' pleasant ride- of 'two hours and we are' at Franklintou,' and, Mr. Jpyner's hack ; makes the i remaining ten rniles agreeable. ' The roads are good, the coun try beautiful and the ; crops promising. Ami here is tho end of our journey. Mr., and Mrs.Green keep a good hotel, make tho traveller comfortable, and feed him Welt "vBuring the evening, carriages keep arriving from the country bringing visi tors to the , i - , ' - I,., . C0IIVJ!(CE5J1INT. ' i .JSTowit is - S . . m., and tho people aio moving towa rd the elegant building standing a little back from Main St.; iii'a largo grove ot oaks. - The chapel is taste fully decorated with evergreen and flow ers and pictures, as ladies know so well how to do such things; " Over the centre of the rostrum are portraits of Gen. Leo and Stonewall .Jackson, a: t But the time has come for the exercises to begin and Dr. Royall mtroduces Col. W. F. Greeny of Franklin, as the speaker or. the evening. .',.-.'. . si. i ' .j. . The war and its - results make us sad. Many of our wisest and best men have fallen. But " lest -our - repining and'our grief become a crime against'heavenlet us -gather up our , skirts,; gird our loins and go forward in the way of our destiny.'' We would fain scan this destiny bttt can not. - . . - i i i But let lis liopo tliat, as-prihg rentes nature after the, death of? winter, there is 4 brighter tinio in' storefor us. We can not linger? over the dear memories of the past f Carlyle has said,' 'tho; only rem euy.ior sorrow ana- suilernig 13 staving and doing." Tho time .ha3 come for 'the strong resolve and earnest endeavor. Our population -may soon. be three : times' doublet!, and become three. hundred and twenty millions. The-resources 'of our country are sufficient for such a'popudV tion iicncQcarciess,' indiljercnt andm pcrjicutl education will jwt answer tlie de mand ' office' 1 present and , the'.-future. fl Though there is much of value in the' past, the stage, of action is , bciiig lifted up and enlarged, and -we must be prepared for the change." We welcome you to the search for truth What' i truth -f 'It is said, in one sense, to be exact oorrcspond eneewith tlmt wliiqltharf been, that which is,ahd "that" which shall be. This, accord of fa'cts and tilings, may be'daTk,'myste-' nous; amUirreconcilableA ?Tho ,work Of the philosopher is - to - winnow, the false from " tho true "Wliere jshall- truth be found. 2sot in IheAiecp', riotw ithgold or silver. God knoweththo, ilace tliervof. And yet we aro told there is a ponuiet between science and revelation. Science may blnnder in" the search for principles and announce a false, theory." 'Ilevelatiort may le misunderstood. But. truth .citii hot be inconsistent As. well suppose in consistency in the character-of God. But may it not be that 'those Who havo found inconsistency, desired to iind it, or at iH'st saw only a few of the facts ! Un till they , havo measured and surveyed the wliole lield,- how shall they assert what is the truth of science! llevelation does not propose to teach science, but 'the relations .of 'man' to God and his i'ellow-meu and the duties .arising therefrom. It speaks of. the facts of nature as they seem to be. As the mariner leaviug the shore says tho shore recede. ... - ; But, the Bible does sometimes give ut terance to scientific truths, clothed in its peculiar and graceful drapery. 4i All the rivers run into the ea, yet the sea is not Ml; unto the place from whence the riv ers come, : thither they return again7 Many other examples were given andex plained at length. If the master mind of Xewton saw m such coutiict. let ethers assert it with modesty. All truths emanate from one centre and can ju-ver interseet though they may seem diueivnr, as the rays of light iVcja the same m;:i. Aiul now, 5 t la Laem owas exerted ny woman in the age of chivalry, how much more by you The aiaoant of it and- whether for good jvu;i.z uidiC..-, 11 KO U1UC11 1H- or evil will depend upon the development ' and proper uso of the powers given yer.. It is not sufficient for woman merf 1 " skim the surface of knowledge. ii r mission is not merely to be nattered ai.vi ' admireth It is riot proper culture simply -to store away in memory a mass cf facts, but to know the reason of things. You may not surpass the. other sex and lead" the way to knowledge, but you may know : the results attained by them. You nay." even help to enlarge the borders of science.- ' - ' ' v t - Here the speaker paid a fitting tribr. to Lady. Mary, Wortlej- Jdontague .avI ' attempted to introduce inoculation, of, which vaccination is but an improveiue. r. Also to many: other distinguished women J If yon.may not write like JIanhiU 2 Tocrrt, -you may be as" good a woman-If you; cannot attain to the 'distirietlon'of some . yon.mar .Ixi inspired by. their exam,, 'i l he : women arc, the hope? of 'our Land."i The architects of the r'arthenon were not . t hose' who raised' the "massive stones to r their phices, but those who chiseled them. ! Wpmau7s marble blocks ; are, th souls of i great men, the men that must .save our c country.' v ' - The address is a very fine one. -''' ;;Anntcresting young lady gives us ex- ' . cellcnt music. "The Storm" is so' well imitated that' "we' almost shiver at the roaring of tho wind. --.. ? An essav.is now read t bv Miss Kate Furhiun, of Lbuisburgr f Eobt E. Lee." Vthcr"- names' are ovorthy" of d:tmv. guhil'ed.ntentToiV' but Ai& preeminently"'4' so.jijlleknew hows- tp be governed and ho to govern.. As a croNvnlng char-"- teristie her waii WQiristiali, 'a follower of ' ' "muff '-it" A,iu-.j gouume specimen jl the tine, the great and; the. good man. The essay, showed extensive acquaint;- - ance w-itli the history Of Hho great hero, . and an ability- to nalj ze- character "not " attainable ly .all- ; 4- -j r. -. r . Piano .solo, well xe'cuteL. Miss Clara Ilarris,' of Louisburg reads' an essay on -Devotion -to' Principle." Many' instancesjfJiia: are given. A hotablo one is found jji Washington re - fusing the crowirwhlcli his countrymen' were ready to giveMrn.Z. It is this that makes life noble. .It is .this that makes . martyrs. .'LTe that overcometh shall all things inherit.' f - - :p A;very good essay, j ' . - Two young ladies give us more good,; music" .' - ' 'i -- Truth the-'Keystone of Learning,9 ' essay by Miss Mollie Hall, of Columbus. Education is iwpular in this day.' -.Other reasons for this fact ' may be given, but -these are only : secondary. Learning is the handmaid, of , truth. r ; Gold is good i ' wnen ngntiy used. Jbo ot learning. z ? is often prostituted; to unholy purposes. Darwinism- is' an example.- iveligion is the home,:of learning: i Ilistory,' poetry, science have all '.been j made; tributary to s religion, Letlearnmgthenbe fostered. " An excellent essay well read 1 r ' A?onr young v ladies uowt'entertain the' L audience with musicr-- u i fir, lioyail presents . diplomas to the three yovtng ladies -ho read essays', and " declares" them jfull::graduates"of Louii1 I burg Female, , College, Hist parting ad 4 ures to uiein i prciuie ana touenmg. iiter.inore mutlTerr large - crowd dis-'4 pesrses-; i''-- V . f SE3II-ANIfTJAL, ' CONCERT. -THURSDAY- i'.-i .EYi2HSh;: r cAgain the , chapel is crowded, and a rare .treat is expected " or are these ex pectations to be disapjwirrted.- "The fol' ; i lowing ia the :: j ,r ; u-. . "s - i. , . W : vf 1 1. Clari! : ,'hen the,Summer llain -i is Over.'7 .From' " lVElisiro -D7 Amore." 2. Overture;' Magic Flute,7 Mozart '" Miss 'Foster and Mrs. uarraway; - t , 1 Vocal' Solo; ;" Gaily. Chant ye Sum- T mer Birds."7 -Miss . Williams.-.-; ; - . , , ) ZSOvdrturc i "Tancredi,'2, Pianos,) EoSsini; Misses Grice, Fni'man, Williams and Hanis. . :, . .. ..." , ' j t.. - . . j.i Bird, -Ilaekelton1. -.v Misses Mloyall and '. Hawkins.-' :-" . - . - , 0. ' White llose Polka?. Misses Tow- d ellr Pleasants and -Mitchell. . - . . : 1 71 ."Welcome "to Spring," (2 Pianos,) ' Oesten.' -Misses Foster, Stone, 'Fiifgu- '"' soiv Smithy pals and Terrj-. , . . ' x 8. Vocal f Trio: "Concert of.Xightm gales,7. Cbncone.'. Misses-Williams,- Fur : ; man and Hall.- ' -----, ! 9.' Dance of the Fairies,1'.- (2 Plane ,) Fowler. Misses Grice, Perry, Pleasapts $ and M, Pleasants. '-'.".' - 10. "TheLittle 'Old Woman.77 Misi IlaMkirus.- - '. 11. "Floncs Valtz,'; (2 pianos,) lliulccl. Misses Grice, Powell, Mitchell, Foster, .- Dent and Smith.,' - 12. Vocal Duett: FHege du Voglc hi," - (German,) Abt. -r-Misses Grice and Furraaii. Job aim de- Paris,' Boildipu. Misses Grice, Williams and Harris. li.'Hong ami Charm: Minnie, .' wn T!1a t.;.1j wu; m;, -lrrfi L11U tin D11J 1 III ,, - ' j i M I i " lo. "Dance of the Mav Queen," pianos,) Moelling.Misscs.-. Pleasants, con, lavis and Hall. . - - . ; tlO.-l'oet and Feasant," Sappc : V -3 Foster and Grice. ' . ,17. :V6cfd Duett Les Zingarfcllc?' (French.) Bordesc Misses William-? a:... Hall. :-.-. ... 18 Overture : " Preciosa," '-Weber. Miss Foster and Mrs. Carraway. ; ' ID.". Chorus : "li,arly b lowers," C-:..,,c.-But for lack of space we sliould Le - to speak of many of the pieces in d'-M. We raiibt tell how well the little' girls per formed -.-tliifir -. part. - The perfonnei .1 in numbers .5 and 10 were aged six and t: -. years. Tho audience would not bo sali- ;ctl without a repetition of number 10. Xi;m- uer 1 1 did credit to the little girls of twelve vears or under. One of. t'.- . . performed iu number Jl. -.1 he concert was canto a success credit lo tno ai mty ot .Mis teacher and to the diligence c 1- t; es uuucr her . iustruet!'..-: thankful to teacher and p::' v Ltful cutcrtd-rt. liam, Branch and Dent. , , . - -w
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 23, 1873, edition 1
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