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RALEIGH IT. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 18861 BTuubbr 30. - - -- - . , -. -.. .. - -. ... 1 (Baptist Quarterly. THE SEC0K3 TEUPLE. (Eaa i; x-ii; 3: 8-13.) INTRODUCTORY. The duration of the captivity in Baby lon, reckoning from the first captives (among whom was Daniel),-was from B. C.606, to B. C. 536 t according to the prophecy of Jeremiah (25 : 11). When Cy rus became master of Babylon,he issued a decree commanding the Jews to return to their own coon try, and rebuild their Temple,1 and requiring his subjects to aid them in this matter. t GOLDEN TEXT. "'They praised the Lord, because the foun dation of thejiouseof the Lord was laid." Ezra 3: 11. . J ' THE LESSON. 1. Now in the first year of Cyrns king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the month of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred ap the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout ail his kingdom, ana pat it also in writing.saying, 2. Thus sayeth Cyras king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the king doms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is; in Judah. :--";t 3. Who is there among yon of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go, up to Je rusalem,, which is in Judah and ibuild the house of the Lord God of Israel, (hjs isjthe God),' which is in. Terusalenr. i 4. And whosoever remaineth In any -placer where he sojoumeth. let the men of his place help him with silver, and with' gold, and with goods, nd with beasts, besides, the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusa lem. . 5. Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the ; Levites, with all them' whose spirit God had raised, to go np to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. - 6. And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with Vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides 'all that was willingly offered. 7, Also Cyrus the king brought forth the , vessels of the house of the Lord, which Ne buchadnezzar had brough forth out of Jerusalem - and had put them in the house of his gods; 8. Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forthbg the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, andlfunibered them unto Sheshbazzjir, the prince of Judah. ' 9. And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10. Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11. All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from -Babylon unto Jerusalem. 8. Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their .brethren the priests and the Levites, and ail they that were come our of the captivity unto Jerusalem, and appointed ' tile Levites, from twenty years old and up ward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord. , 9. Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren,. Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together,- to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons' of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. 10. And when the builders laid the founda tion of the temple of the Lord- hey set the priests in their apparel wkh trumpets, and the rentes tne sons1 01 Asapn witn cymiiais 10 praise the Lord after the ordinance of David ' king of Israel. 11. And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; be cause he is good, for his mercy endure th for ever towards Israel. Antf all the people snout ed with a great shout, when they praised the . Lord, 'because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12. Bat many of the priests and Levites ' and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice: and many shout ed aloud for joy. 13. So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. 1. First year of Cyrus. Cyrus be came king of Persia B. C. 658, and con quered Babylon twenty years after wards, B. C. 538. , Then Darius -was king of Babylon under Cyrns for two r years, when he died. At his death Cy . ms assembled the government of the whole empire, B. C. 536. It is the first year of hi$ sole reign that is referred to. By the mouth cf Jeremiah. See Jer. 25 : 11, 12; 39: 10. Jeremiah had fore told this fifty-three years before this decree. Stirred up the spirit of Cyrus. Very likely employing human means in doing this, the persuasion of Daniel. .2. The Lord God. The Ormuzd of the Persians, was equivalent to the Je hovah of the Hebrews. It is likely that in the Persian document the title Or muzd' was used; ; but the same Bejng was worshiped nnder both names. AU the kingdoms.-Almost all known coun tries paid tribute to Cyrus. Hath charged me. See Cyrus mentioned by name many years bef ore by Isaiah (Isa. 44: 28). . -1 - .. I 3. Of 'aU his peoplt?. The Jews. Whosoeter remaineth. This refers to the. Jews scattered about through all the empire of Cyrus, Such were com manded to go back to Jerusalem, and rebuild that city and the Temple; and their neighbors were commanded to aid them with silver, gold, Stc - 8. Second year of their coming. The Jews obeyed the deeree'of Cyrus and went o Jerusalem, - The first year they established their sacrifices and religious festivals, and made ready to begin to erect the Temple. :,' Uerti&oa&el. The head of the tribe of Judah at that time, made governor of .. Judea by Cyrus. Jeshua. anothe r form of Joshua. He was highpriest (Hag. 1: 1). Jozadak. Contracted from Jehozadak. ? He was 'high priest at the time of the captivity (1 Chroa. 6:15). : Twenty years old and upwards According to the 1 ale of Da vid (1 Chron. 23 : 24V. All who were old enough went to work to build the Temple.- : -'- 9. Jeshua. "Sot the high ' 'priest of verse Bt bat the chief of one family of , the Levites, '. as : Kadmiel was' chief of the other. See 2: 40. . Judah. Called Hodaviah in 2: 40. - Henadad. The ; headot the family - that included the i two branches of Jeshna and Jvadmiei. 10. Laid the foundation. It was like ; our laying a eornet-etooe. -.They had an ' appropriate religions celebration. . With trumpets.Not for ujosiebat for ealling v together the people, and Making joyful l announcements. Asaph. One of the ; three great leaders of David's choir, UCron.l3:8.) " Pulpit ;aijd Platform, Relation Between Duty to the World and to Qod. SERMON BY KEV, HENRY W. BATTLE. ' 'Reider to Catsarf the things that are Ce things that are God's." 3ar and to God the Mark MM 7. - .This is an epitome of human obliga- tion a oondensation of all that has been truly said upon the supreme ques tion, Whai isduty t It isone of those startliogly comprehensive and incisive statements of moiial law, with which Je sus sometimes parried the artful thrust of skiUed , assailants, end in r moment brought confusion; and defeat upon the most elaborate plot. It comes to us in the midst of a cowardly conspiracy. "Smooth dissimulation, taught to grace A devil's purpose; with an angel's face." Yet I how tranquilly uttered I With what marvelous repose of wisdom and power! There is j nothing like it in the histories of the philosophers. Did the teacher know the danger hiding beneath that specious exterior? Those smiling, flattering, disguised Pharisees and Hero diana,despite mutual jealousy and hered itary hostility, j have ' confederated against him, and are now seeking by in trigue to draw a still more powerful ally one vested withj authority to take life the civil magistracy. '.'Casar," into their diabolical iedmbination of hate and persecution. I repeat, does Jesus of Nazareth comprehend ail this! Yes, and he is safe, for his hour is not yet come. ' M ' j : : , "Master, cried ; they, in accents the multitude .might hear, We know that , thou art not afraid to decide this ques tion which has so agitated the minds of patriot Jews thau knowest how many heroes of our nation have been' slaugh tered because, acknowledging no king save the I ordained' of Jehovah, they would not ; pay tribute to Caesar. Put the great Issue tot rest, speak with au thority of a prophet, thou art not over awed by human power; is it lawful, is it right, to 1 pay tribute to Ceesar t The question has been devised partly with a view to affect the multitude and thus close one possible way ; of escape there was evidently no thought of ultimate defeat. Behold now the Pharisees and Herodi-ana-8ee how from their cold eyes and along their usually stoical features now gleams the malign light of cruel exul tation, for the bated Reformer is, they think, at last effectually trapped see, two, how the crowd is agitated as the whisper, "Thev have asked him about the tribute to Cfflsar," runs with an elec tric thrill through the heaving mass,and those at the rear press forward, and those nearest the centre of interest bend nearer still, till at length all await with bated breath the ; answer. Affirm that it is lawful to pay the tribute, and the tribute, and the! friends of ye?terday will, to-day, withj the fury of fanaticism rend him limb from limb, orhurl against him their bitterest execration, "Publi can and sinner " Deny, and & secret emisary will be -dispatched to the pro curator, and before yonder sun com pletes the circuit of the heavens, a Ro man dungeon will be the prelude to Ro man execution. Yes, the dangerous, barbed and carefully poisoned arrow aimed at the life of Jesus, has left the bow-cord and is flying to the mark. I said he was safe; I say it still. "Show me the tribute money" The denarios is brought, coin that paid the poll tax, and thus the reminder of slavery to Rome. On one side is the idolatrous im age of Augustus, and the legend of Jew ish subjugation on tne otner. wnere s the Jew whose blood does not boil in his veins at the very sight of that sign of national degradation and heathen rule! The plot deepens, the meshes gather about the heroic Teacher whose sublime tranquility Is yet undisturbed. Close the book, do not anticipate the record, and do ybu nnd any way 01 es cape from, the snare! Look again at the coin. It bears Ufesar's image ana super scription -incontestable and conclusive evidence that he is king--whether he is rightfully such is quite another matter. Besides, tne tact tnat tney presencea we denarius to Jesus as money was a rec ognition of the authority which coined and issued it. jUaesar is king, and so long as his demands, within the sphere of the office, are! Just, they should be resnected as belhneine to tne King. 1 am aware that along this line Mr. Jef ferson claimed to have found cause for grave complaint; against the Christian religion. Jtsat nis compuura, u&e m&nv other objections urged before and since his day, arose irom a partial ana superficial study of the facts. Jesus does not teach submission to despotism. That taano wa hot. di recti v nresented by the question-4-though it may bave ureu 7ttcTce uju io uuw vv wuku upon it. except by remote implication. The Question is that of the individual's Untv towiLrrla natiabliBhed and recosmized relations! We are not responsme for for fads which pe did not bring about and cannot change, out we are respon tible for the way in which we treat them. , Now, let us apply the teaching of our text to the great practical question. IS IT LAWFtTIi TO PAT TRIBUTE TO THK world! I da not use the - term "world" in the sense in which Jesus em nloved it wheni said of his disciples. "Thev are not of the world," but used in the succeeding expression, "I pray not that thon shouldst take them out 01 the world" in a natural, not an ethical sense. Quid ed by the teachings of the text F' answer to the great question- most emphatically, Yes; just such a tri bute as is necessary to preserve its legit imate business intact. And by "bus- iness" I mean all that naturally arises out of its proper relations. But yon tell me this is av . wicked world. Alas, that Is true ; but it i nevertheless a very real world.' and here to stav till God makes the ch&rira. Not all the claims made in the name of the world are legitimate. Caesar was. in manv instances, tyranicaL and the words of Christ are. "Render to Cffisar the thinas that are Casar3' not the things he usurps. Admitting him to be king,llet abstract justice reg ulate your condnct as to a king; admit ting the world of humanity, with its va ried relationships and interdependent cies to be as it i is, govern yourself to ward it by the eternal role of right. 4 'Ren der to Cesar thethings that are Caesar's." II ts a command. Hear me. This world, pociety.rfnful you Mty.it is, has claims, upon you which to ' violate or ignore is to sin against Almighty God. You can serve God, to that degree, by serving your state, by purifying her laws and driving crime from her borders.' You can serve God within the sphere of your profession. Yea sir. at the desk, behind the plow, at the forge while with great muscles you strike great sparks from the glowing iron winning food and cloth ing and respectability, for those ue nas given yoo to protect and care for. ; Yes madam, yon can serve God while plying the needle, and there Is no better time to sing the sweet sonjrs of Zion, maklng melody in the heart." than while peace fully and cheerfully bearing the respon sibilities and performing the duties of every-day life. Sir,' madam one and all you can serve God, by a smile or a word, sending sunlight Into darkened homes, and carrying balm to wounded hearts. Hark me. you can sin against God by neglecting the legitimate busi ness of life and refusing to "render to Caesar the things that are; Cjpsar's, ; 1 is a sin against Csar because he is en titled to what belongs to him; it is a Bin against God because God's command by His son Is, "Render to Caesar." The very word "render" Implies accountabili ty. I come now to consider the last grand division of my text: And TO GoB-THE THrKQ3 THAT ARB GOD'S. All moral obligation has its source and sanction in the fact that we are responsible to Uod. 'In the beginning, God" So the Bible opens. And so with our elaborations of thought, our histories and poems, our inventions, our institutions n the beginning God." Rising above all human contracts, written or implied, is the law traced by the nnger and sealed with the usage of the Creator on the human soul; and above every human statute, as the star cope of heaven arches and circles the the planet we tread, is the all encom passing code of Jehovah! This sense of obligation to God seems to be an intui tion of the soul the untaught reading of the inward revelation, though sadly defaced by sin and often misinterpreted answering to the outward given In miracle and audible precept and inspired history. An intuition with authority recognized in' ancient as in modern times, transla ted alike into the fierce customs of ..bar barism and the refined usages of eivilza tion. Truly has it been said, "No man is a skeptic in religion till he has become a skeptic towards bis own instincts." Then let the scoffer go on cracking, his little whip in the face of heaven and imagining that in its faint jar be : hears the concussion of forces which are to shake Jehovah from His throne. Qod rules, is written on the soul. This established, and the divine superin ten dency revealed in nature and taught in the sacred Scriptures, the question, What shall I render unto the Lord ?" becomes the most important that . can engage our attention. -Millions have sought to answer it with the blood of sacrifice, till the mangled carcasses of their slaughtered victims might have formed a ghastly tower to overtop the work of Shinar s builders and pierce the sky. Christ came when the world was desperately In seed of a change. The ancient religions with a single exception had had their probation and had failed. Man by wisdom could JQot find God ; the ancient civilizations bad grown to be huge structures of legalized crime; even Israel's splendid ritual had almost en tirely ceased to teach lessons of spiritual purity and become as gilding to the wmtea sepuicnres 01 nypocnsy. more than seven hundred years before this culmination of "the times of ignorance God winked at," suffering the race to run its headlong course of folly and pride the prophet Micah had lifted up ilia voice and cried : "Wherewith shall I come before the Jjord, and bow myself before the high God 1 Shall I come before Mim wttn burnt off erings, witfi calves of a year old r Will tne Jjrd be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand thousands of rivers of oil t Shall I give myltrst born for my transgressions, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soult He hath shewed theje, v man,, what is good, and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do Justly, and to love mercy,1 and to walk humbly- with thy God A generation yet more remote had heard the word of God by the prophet Hosea: "For T desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. And now Christ speaking in the fullness of the times, declares, with supreme au thority and in the spirit of a mighty protest, 1 tout have mercy and not sacri fice." "So abrogation of the inner mean ing ox the saenneial system of the Mo saic economy, is intended but its eon- summation in the true sacrifice, of which all the others were but types the sacri fice of love, the incense of charity ! You perceive how he blends duty to man with duty to God; wedding the two ideas with the golden ring of charity. and what Christ has joined together let not man seek to nut assnnder. "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar." God's word said it. "I desire mercy and not sacrifice.1 Olshansen, "even prophecy pointed for au iimvov rw v vao , mJ vuw ava u wa ward to the spiritual elevation to which mansand were to be raised by the gos pel ; in wnicn, it is not theextemal deed, but the internal disposition, &nd espe cially that 01 self-denying, merciful love. which is truly well pleasing in the sight of God." God is a spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." There is an eter nal fitness in spiritual service' rendered to the spiritual God. "Render unto God the things that are God's." Hats tov Donb It! How mneh - owest thou my uou 1 , tjome, maae tne computation. Start with the hour, when amid smiles and tears a helpless infant was pillow ed on its mother's bosom, and follow on through all the changing phases of "life's fitful fever" until yon reach this day, this hour, this moment, and how much owest thou my God! Go further still, let imagination . span the chasm eighteen centuries have made, and over that ".Bridge ot Sighs" . pass to the world's great : tragedy, 'tBehoid . one hanging on a tree la agony and blood I" Who is he! What means that "bloodest picture in tne dook ox timer' Does a trangressor pay the penalty of the law! Does some murderer suffer a life .for a liftf No! no 1.1 It's the Christ of prophe cy who Is dying the pure, the harmless; the nndefiled. What means it! For yon that yon might not perish bnt have everlasting life. How much owest thou my Qod Yet you do not love Him! Look once more. . Oh, Spirit, of Che blessed God, throw thy light noon that scene and reveal what my stammering tongue may not utter t Does . not, now your trembling lips move to say the words. "If any man love not the Lord Je sus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran atha!" i Oh, how strange that the hard est heart is not melted by the cross I How strange, Oh Christians, 'that we can get out of the shadow of the eroae, forget that we have been bought with a price, even the precious blood of Christ t 1 "My God permit me not to be . 1 A stranger to myself and thee; -1 Amid a thousand thought 2 rove. Forgetful of my highest love." "O, thou my soul forget no more 1 The friend who all thy misery bore; 1 Let every idol be forgot," , , ' But, O my soul, forget him sot I" Unconverted friend, hear God In Christ, The divine . suitor, : pleading,' "Son, daughter, give me thy heart." Is it not His of right t 1 charge yon this day "render to God the things that art God's." - i OOD tXAIMS YOCB SERVICES. , Christ said "Ye cannot serve two mas ters." Do you enquire who, besides God, claims . human service ! Ah, there are many, . Some with the undisguised fea tures of sin. some as "amiable follies," some as angels of light. . Christ has given you the spear of Ithuriel in the words, ltHe that is not for ms is against me." Test them by that, . and oetoars. But don't form a gloomy, idea . of religion; the Christian religion is neither a sys tem of melancholy nor a dream of lotus eaters. Its beatitudes- are real and its joys the purest and best that life af fords. I think I have shown,' you that there Is no antagonism between duty to God and obligation arising out of tem poral relationships. Well has one of the greatest men of modem tunes declar ed: UI have always said, and always wiU say, that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citi sens,beUerfathers,and better husbands. " The Bible creates and fosters sociabili ty. By according to manr his true sta tion and dignity, he is made an object worthy of our study, sympathy, and companionship: By revealing the so cial life of Jesus of Nazareth "the real ized ideal of humanity's chief excel lence" we are taught to emulate those refined and exquisite sensibilities out ox which grow the tenderest sympathies, the broadest philanthropies, and noblest attachments. In his human nature our divine Lord was pre-eminently social, marvellously considerate, courteous and refined. I declare it as my firm conviction that one cannot imbue his life with the genuine spirit of the Bible without be coming, in the most exalted sense 01 tne word social I am not in sympathy with some very excellent, but long visaged peopleSwho, as Charles Lamb said of the Quakers, "Would naint the universe in drab." This is a beautiful world-still, and on every twinkling star, and burnished wave and smiling landscape, and glittering page of history, God invites his children to enjoy the good things Ha has provided but this does not mean dissipation ;it does not include the glow of the wine cup. the ring of the billiard cue, the whirl of the waltz the social vices and frivoli ties which deprive the mind ofrthe ca pacity for serious thought. Life is real." 'Be not a dreamer life b not for dreams They live to sorrow who bnt live to self. 'Tis God's unchanging plan and nature's law That they shall reap not who refuse to sow. Therefore think. Be sure you are sowing, but how! For what! Lord By ron once said, he bad no character. His lordship was mistaken, he had a bad character.. Be not deceived ; God is not mocked.for whatsoever a man sow- eth that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the - flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting." The choice is with you. Be wise: "Render toUsssar the things that are Csegar's, and to God the things tbat are liod'a." Some Glimse of Paul, BY WM. HKKRT STRICKLAND. No. IIL Punning the thought suggested in our last we near raul applying or test ing all wp do and say in the . Name of the Lord Jesus, expecting his blessing upon us. This will send every railroad tram to the sidling on Saturday night. This will loct tne w nee is 01 every pleasure car riage on the Lord's day. This will close every bar-room and gambling saloon from now till the millennium dawns. -This will stop the opium trade that Great Britain, a Christian nation, forces on the heathen Chinese. This would banish from our earth grim-visaged war. rut tms principle into the manage ment of our Indian affairs, and there will be no mere frauds and peculations exposed, like leprous spots on the na tional government. No more mean wmsaey ana poor Dianseu cnarged np at extravagant prices. No more "Star- MWltA ' fnUMi Nrk mnra "TlnlrtMna" built. Civil Service Reform will be real not merely imaginary. With this principle borne aloft, Con gress would make short work of the Mormon abomination. If crowned heads could make this their policy, then the immense armies of the old world would instantly be disbanded and the present status 01 nations would not be constant ly changing. lea, this principle of loyalty to Christ may be applied to all the daily round of humble duties the hum-drum affairs of life; all may be accepted and performed ior unnst and tn His name. How it would ennoble toil t How it would banish from duty the idea of drudg ery 1 iow 11 wouia dignuy Humility and obscurity 1 It makes worthy every action of life, and gives it a bearing and innuenee tnat is everlasting, it makes every voice melodious with praise, and turns every nmt stone into gold. He was acting in nis own name and for his own ends, when DIotrephes strove ior tne pre-eminence, it is In their own name and tor selfish ends that Induce men to buy up all the grain, or flour, or sugar, or bacon, ana "make a corner." that they may "squeeze" a fortune out ox the poor buyers., ; " in the name of Jesus." brother, ohi how many things will yon now leave oa 1 flow many neglected duties will yon now take up ! 4 Aiet me emphasize Do all and sav all. In the Name of Jesus. exvecttna Sis 0 testing. m . . ... . .. .. w ; Christmas Tree at May's . Chapel, j On Christmas Eve, we were all Invited to the church at May's Chapel, to see a Christmas Tree, given by the Sunday School; and It was a beautiful tree, full ox valuable presents. .The - pastor . was not forgotten. He received some very sice and appropriate presents. A large congregation was . present, to witness the distribution ox guts, and . all were well pleated. 1 It was a joyful occasion with old and young. This school is one I of the best in the Sandy Creek Associa tion. A hey raised for Sunday School m f " .:mm -jvif --ymj, Sotaelhinsr over 600 perfect lessons wr rwvaea. OUR BALTIMORE LETTER. North . Carolina - and " the 'John Hopkins University An Important Question, The young men of North Carolina have never fully' realized the interest they have in the noble University found ed by the munificent bequest of the late Johns Hopkins. '- The question whether the Trustees of the 'University are managing the mil lions confided to their care in accord ance with the wishes of the donor, is no w .being freely discussed by the peo? pie of Maryland. His will, alter stating now bis railroad stock shall be used for the benefit of the University, reads: " And I further request the Trustees of said University to establish, . from time to time, such number of free schol arships in the said University as may be judicious, and to distribute the said scholarships amongst such candidates from the State of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina as may be most de serving of choice, because of their char acter and intellectual promise; and to educate the young men so chosen free of charge." In accordance with this will, the Trus tees have established twenty scholar ships yielding free tuition, and eighteen honorary 'sebolarsnips, yielding fZSO per session and free , tuition. Besides the above, they bave established twenty fel lowships yielding $500 and free tuition. and . twenty University scholarships yielding $200 open to general competi tion. There are also two scholarships yielding free tuition open to candidates from the District of Colombia. It is now questioned if all the above honors should not be awarded to students from the three States named in the wilL At no time in the history of the University has North Carolina received even the small share of the honors allotted to her. The annual register snows tbat on ly about twenty students from that State have been matriculated at the Univer sity since its foundation. Of the 138 fellowships conferred since the opening of the University in 1876, only 26 have been awarded to students from Mary land, Virginia and North Carolina, and of tbat number, North Carolina has only received two or three. Of the large number of scholarships that have been awarded, not more than three or four have been given to students from North Carolina. A correspondent makes the following forcible statement in the Baltimore Sun of Jan. 23d : Citizens of Baltimore are at last awakening to the fact that the trustees of the Johns Hopkins University are not administering their trust in the way it was Intended it should be by the gen tleman wno ieis ms minions ior its en dowment. Is there a man in Baltimore city or the State of Maryland (apart from the trustees and their little coterie of friends) who knowing the late Mr. Johns Hopkins, Supposes for one instant that bis wishes are being faithfully car riedoutf The gentleman 01 the board know, or they ought to know, full well that the youths of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina are not . being bene fited as Mr. Hopkins expressly wished they should be. Do they suppose that Mr. Hopkins intended his munificent gift, or any portion of it, to go towards indulging young men from .Eastern and Western colleges in their studies in some specialty at the University, and after wards from the means a. e., money- gathered there to go abroad and still pursue these studies! Not a bit of it. He never intended any such thing. He was too practical, too straightforward He wanted his means to do good at once, and to the deserving young men of those States where it was chiefly made, or where at least the foundations of his large fortunes were first begun. Take the catalogue and mark how few the young men from the three States a bove named are in comparison with those from the : East ; and is not this very natural, too, when the head of the University was born and educated North and graduated from a Northern college! Granting that good work is done and great results obtained by some of the professors, and that the University is well and favorably known abroad. Is that all it was intended to dot And these trustees tell us, in their superior wisdom, that Clifton is no place for a university. Have they any thing to do with that! - Thev were put there to carry out the wishes and desires of Mr. Johns Hopkins not what they think should bave been his wishes and desires; and the sooner they are made to understand this the better will it be for the eity of Baltimore." It aooears that it was the intention of Mr. Hopkins that the University should be located at bis country place, Clifton, near Baltimore. Disregarding his wish, the Trustees have placed it in tne city 01 Baltimore. The attention of the General Assem bly of Maryland, now in session, has been directed to these questions, and the following resolution was offered in that body Jan. 21st; it . vr " whereas, it nas become a Ques tion of grave doubt in the minds of the general public as to whether the trusts created under and by the last will and testament of the late Johns Hopkins are being administered 1 according to the meaning and intent of said trusts, and in order to satisfy the people of this State, who were intended to be benefi ciaries nnder the provisions of said trusts ; belt ' "Resolved, by the General Assembly of Maryiana, That a joint special commit tee 01 two on the part ox the Senate and three on the part of the House of Dele gates, be appointed to investigate the condition of said trusts., with power to send for persons and papers, and to re ceive and hear such witnesses and test! monyas may . be deemed advisable in the matter, and to report the result of snob investigation to the General As sembly of Maryland at the earliest prac ticable date, and also what legislation. if any, may be required in' connection therewith." The people of North Carolina are not less interested in this question than the . people of Maryland and the result of the Investigation will be awaited with inter est. Would it not be well for our State Superintendent ef Public Instruction to give the matter some consideration I It is conceded that this Is the best University in - America. The President is widely known as a scholar, and in his Buceessini management ox the Univer sity nas shown great executive ability. The faculty consists of practical and progressive scholars. The libraries and apparatus have been selected with great est Care. It is truly a . lite - Unlveraitv. and it is to be hoped that the young men of the Old North State, after having ta; ken a Collegiate course, will avail them selves of the advantages here offered for study. - ' I know there is a feeling in North Car olina tbat young men from tbat State do not get their dues from the ' Universitr. bnt I believe that if competent students wiu otter themselves. President unman Wilt see to ft that they shaU receive the pecuniary advantages to Which they are entitled. . , J ' C. IV s. Johns Hopkins University; '- 7 Jan. 25,-188. ' IDr. PrUchard Might t -1 .x . In reolv to a late article bv Bro. Hur ley, of Matthews, in which I am charged With teaching bad morals, 1 have this to say : 1 am glad to see . the article, and for several reasons. First, it is well written ; his points are clearly and ford-' bly made,- and the spirit manifested by the brother is good. Again, It relates to an important subject, one ;which interests our farmers, the mortgage system, and. which, should be. discussed In all its bearings in our public journals. And. in. the third place, it affords me an opportunity of a personal -explanation.:: . . ; :i,-:t-. When Bro. Hurley says " the Bible denounces extortion and usury," I am not' sure that I understand what be means by usury. The Bible seems to use this word in two senses. In Dent. 23: 20; Exod. 23: 25, arid Lev. 25 1 35-37, the word simply means interest for the use of money loaned, which was allowed when dealing with strangers, but was for bidden among the children of IsraeL In Ps. 15: 5, Prov. 28: 8 and Ezek. 18: 8, the word seems to stand for immoderate interest, and involves the idea of oppres sion of the poor. Now 1 can see nothing wrong in re ceiving interest on money lent. Mon ey is property, and to take pay for its use is the same in principle precisely as to receive rent for the use of land. 1 1 Wayland, in bis Political .Economy, page .317, says x " Were there no money-lenders, there could be no money borrowers, and were there no money- tiorrowers, the industrious artisan would surely be the greatest sufferer. It is not denied that the money-lender leads for his own advantage. But 1 do not see how it is any more odious for one man to lend for Jus own advantage, than for another man to borrow tot his own ad vantage. It is not pleaded that the one, any more than the other, is benevolent. That is quite another question. All that is pleaded is, tbat both, so far as the things themselves are concerned, are equally honest and honorable." Again, the same authority says: When a man loans his property to another, there is always a risk of his never being repaid. Now the greater this risk, the greater will be the interest which a capitalist may justly demand. The Italics are mine. Now f presume that Bro. Hurley uses the term 'Usury in the sense of exorbi tant and oppressive interest, and- that; he agrees with me, that a moderate and reasonable interest xor the use ox money ; is perfectly legitimate. I do notremem- ber the exact words 1 used at Matthews. ; I was, arguing against the mortgage sys tem, as ruinous to the small farmer, and this because the very system involves a higher rate of interest than the farmer can afford to pay. What I meant to do; was simply to state the principle an nounced by Dr. Wayland that where the risk is greater, the lender might just ly charge a greater interest, and it was certainly very far from my purpose to Justify the capitalist In charging, an ex-t orbitant interest. II 1 made the lmpTes- si on that I deemed it right for the "time! merchant "as Bro. , Hurley terms him; to exact of bis poor neighbor aa op- pressive and . burdensome rate of inter- est, I was most unfortunate 1 in the lan-f guage T, used. . j By the way. this mortgage system ist one of the living issues of the day, and! I do not know how the Recorder; could do a greater good to the country! than to engage a number of competent men to give ns a symposium on the subjeot. " T. a. PBTTCHARD. f The New Life. BY REV. THKODOBB CtJTUKR, X. D. A capital motto for the year on which we have just entered would be this : We also should walk in newness of life." We must not try to live on last J ear's experiences; to attempt rit would e as absurd as to keep our oodles hale and vigorous on last year's bread and) bacon. If some church member! ware; asked the searching question, "Are youj a Christian !" they might answer in a so; I was converted a great many years; ago;" and they are relying on a histori cal memory rather than en their presents condition towards Christ. Their "con version" seems to be locked la a drawer for occasional reference." Regeneration, however genuine, re quires constant renewal.- ; Paul was wri ting to a church and not to the heathen, when he told them tbat they should " be renewed in the spirit of their mind." A fresh tnfosiohof the Christ-life into our souls Is needed every day. The stream of grace and good works keeps growing more shallow, ana wouia actually run dry if we did not draw fresh supplies constantly from the Lord Jesus as our inexhaustible fountain-head. Some pro fessors are small poofs nearly evapo rated by worldliness; a living Christian Is a running, rejoicing brook, with wid ening waters as he near the ocean : of eternal love. Children's clothes answer very well for childhood ; bat a full- grown Uhhrtstian mast " put. away ebUalab things " as too small xor bun. ; My friend, suppose that you get meas ured for something larger. -. The most practical way of walking in the new ness of religious life, would be just this endeavor to do this year- what yon never did before, aad what yon have always done, determine to do more thoroughly. (2.) it may be wise to carry last year's lessons (some of which may have been burnt into yon by the flames' of trial) into tqls year. But l entreat you do not carry last year's loads and worries. Drop ' them - most resolutely. - There is not one ot us strong enough to carry those old chronio worries and to do this year's work.. That sagacious brother Paul knew just what to remember and what to forget. He therefore forgot the things that were behind,, and reached forth after those things which were be fore, as be pressed forward to the goal of tne nign caning ot God in Christ Jesus. : (3.) Another sore way of reaching newness of life will be to make " short work with bad habits and besetting sins. The king ef Jddah took a pen-knife and tat pperolLwhiob' Jehudi wasread aug-co mm uoree -or. soar leaves -at a time and toesedhem into the brazier nntu the whole roll was-: burned un. There is an agly roleof bad habits which ne Christian had better put the pen knife into most unsparingly. Thev dis- ngure your enaractert ana binder your spiritual growtn and km your tn&nenee Xot Christ The habitual praetiee for Christians are a terrible : hindrance to the conversion of their children and their employee. Suppose that some an gel should reveal to yen that this year Aooo . wouia pe tne last year 01 , your earthly existence;' What " a new role of eonduet yon would begin to write! How quick yo would be to settle that old outstanding debt, and to make np that wretched disgraceful quarrel with a neighbor or a relative, and to repair your neglects of some-" poor sufferers, and to labor and pray for the salvation of many wbaare dear.toi you! .It may not be your last year ; and if it is not, yon are a twelve-month nearer that iudg- tnehteeaC before which the roll of your Ainrwiu naye u be unlodded,: Human life 1 ,?i i ' , 1 , ... . u uae-a mauuoia 4etter-writer: mere is a thin sheet of fime, and underneath It bra black sheet we call death." Every woravsaues tnrougo. ' and wnen the .blacfcsheett.is withdrawn, there is. -the record of your conduct on the scroll of eternity! Thank God thai he is permit- ung-yoa to begin a new and better page f experienee and behaviour. ' (4. This week: of prayer now passing may stimnlate us. with, fresh thoughts. prayer and purposes. Yet they will do us little good "unless the-r are honestly earried forward' through-the remaining fifty week before na j Special seasons ef prayer, or activity -are too apt, to end In mere spirits and, spasms.. . The essen tial thing' is to 1 walk in newness of life." That signifies the i continuous movement the steady, onward pace in ther path of . obedienoe to Christ, .. day after day and week after week, in all weathers. Enoch did not run himself out of breath and step; he walked with God, and never halted until be reached the Gates. There will be no preaching ' done this, year which will be so convinc ing to skeptics and so converting to sin ners as the daily walk of consistent, noble, sweetrtempered, honest, and god-ly-minded Christians. If, our .Sunday sermons are not illustrated and enforced ' by such sermons during the week, we may as well lock np our pulpits.' A re vival of holy characterandboly.conduct would give us a Pentecostal year of blessings. Wherefore let us walk in newness of life, putting on Christ, and wearing him as a beautiful apparel (5). They tell us that on a certain' dangerous, seashore there is- a man who lives in a queer house, built"entirely of wrecks. The floors areJ made out of a; ship's deck, the kiteben out of an old ship's galley, and the walls are: the cabin-panels of wrecked packets and steam ers! The whole structure is composed of the smashed remnants of better things, t euch are the lives and enaraeters of thojsandsof unconverted souls. Such may . yours be, my impenitent friend. One part of your character is made of broken Sabbaths ; another part of broken' promises to your Saviour that you would repent and serve him. The whole fabric shows- broken commandments of God in: every wall, Your heart-house cannot stand inspection, and God will put It to! the flames. -Move out I This new year : is a good time to begin, a new structure that will be storm-proof and fire-proof. and -will be a habitation for Jesas Christ to dwell in Witbrvou Dig deenl layt your -foundation on the Roekv The first thing you dtf to luease conscience and Christ will be the first material put mto the new structure. Don t lose an hour; don't stop with wishing or praying to be better; put prayer Into praetiee, and in God's strength begin a new life, Christ is ready to come into ybu ; are you ready for himf New York Evangelist. Our Preachers. . The appendix to the proceedings of the. Convention in Reidsville contains the names of 646 ordained ministers. Two have left the State1 and another is stationed in the Lanatis Asylum. This leaves 643. Of these 54 are men of wealth and can preach, or not preach, as they may prefer. But among them are some of our most eonsecreated pastors. 80 it is not money, but the excessive 1 love of tuoneyr that disqualifies ax minister for usefulness. Among the pastors some are very poor, and are often sorely pinch ed by want. Still they-are happy,4 zeal ous and efficient. They dearly love theiri work--they feast upon it. Generally the! ministers have married wisely. Their wives are usually industrious, frugal and nappy-hearted. Every child make it mother a better woman, and preachers homes abound in children. About 200 of these ministers are doing all the pastoral work that is done among our people. ; Some- of them over-crop themselves ana taaemore ennroneetnan any one man can- properly serve. Sev eral have charge of fine churches. Some go np to 8. Many have four and these are iu some cases, 100 miles ft part. But can a man, living 40 miles from his peo ple, give proper attendance to the sick; and the afflicted! When a pas'or is tod far froHhis people, they feel very far from him. - Then come .rules made by men, assessment contrary to scripture, and exclusions . of - those with . whom neither pastors, nor deacons are ac quainted.' A good shepherd leads, but; does not drive bis sheep. " He goeth before them and the sheep follow him :: fos they know his voice.'?. A man in Row. an started with a few sheep. He call' ed and fed them every day, and soon his flock covered the hill. A man in Gran ville Inherited a large flock of sheep. He salted them onee a month, ' and soon their wool was on the : briers, and the . flesh was off their bones, and one by one they disappeared from the earth. Month ly preaching, combined with constant attention will do for some churches ;but these' monthly saltings are distressing. The people need pastors, not mere pul pit supplies. " Yet we have some model pastors. ' They love - their - people and their people love them. Every hoase is a home to them. Their salaries are freely paid, because their people gets some-' thing worth paying for., t - North Carolina has in actual life some pastors far in advance of any described in the books. -? Qh that all her ministers might catch the spirit of these consecra ted men t' '' ' ""' '!'') "'' " - : :. Bnt we have about 400 ministers 'Sep arated onto' the gorpelt" and yet in other callings. Some are very aged and calmly waiting the call to a better world. Bat many are in the prime of life, and might go to destitute fields. Six minis ters reside near Lnmberton and the same near Taylorsville. Shelby and Forest City, each has seven and Bakersville has eight. Surely 'torn of these can be spared for Hyde, and Dare: Are they waiting for persecution to scatter them among the destitute ? Paul -said, "Woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel." If they have this feeling, they are wilt ing to move. " . . --i"- , '.1- -' .'? A man in Chatham saw a lean horse trotting by. He said, That hoase died ten years ago ; but he still goea on , his old momentum acquired before 1 his death." So it seems to ne utbat eome preaches .have, ceased from study land are trying to run on their old momen tum. Their sermons are wanting in freshness, and the people 'want some-', thing lively and vigorous. ' Hash made with gravy i good ; but lean beef Jhashed with cold water and salt who can eat it! Pnt some rich gravy in all your bash. J. H. Muxs. - It Might be Worse. There is an unhealthy craving among small statesmen in the South for "em igration." There has been' expendi ture of money jby several eammon wealthsto bring in ship, loads of for eigners. With the average political So lon population is "prosperity," ahd prosperity is his ideal of successful state- ' eraft.1'' ! - 1- - . -a tm-i-., ra j?mq Ex-Gov. Vance of North Carolina, in a recent address in his native State, ut tered wise words when he said the peo pie of that commonwealth ' wanted only the amount of immigration they could thoroughly . assimilate. That is sound doctrine. .t-,,..,. l4 i-fr To add a swarm of hornets to . a bee hive increases the population in the gum, , bnt -not the social order. i'There are ominous- signs in the sections of out eountry where the r annual millions of steerage passengers form an eddy. The western cities are overloaded with4 the decayed driftwood of Europe. The restless, Godless and dangerons -class on that Continent rheld in subjection by police and bayonet, seek our shores, V where they ! becom e potent factors in opr civil government. Tbe demagogue of the day is made in their - image and breathes : their; breath; The codes of cities are interlined with their influence. ' The "Continental Sabbath turnr the day of rest Into a bacchanalian festival. American ideas are mocked. And jwhat do these serfs and criminal vandals know or care for the great principles txet constitutional government! 1 These " sovereigns," bred in moral rottenness, kept in subjection by fear, ' festering with lust for riot and rapine, find ' vent for diabolism in the crowded centres of our country where "manhood suffrage" gives the ballot at once to the vilest brute that is transported hither, while it forces the native to live twenty-one years before he can cast a vote. 13 .' i s Year by year the refuse of the . nnder stratum of : European civilization is emptied into American politics. How long can our system endure this 'acrid and disturbing element i f It is a cumu lative poison in the body politic. The ' blinking eyes of an owl can see . the dis order, chaos, and hideous confusions , coming in -the evil days of our children and children's children. Already - the tension is strained. Men of patriotism and forethought shudder at the horrors . ahead. Is there soundness enough m thetree to expel th venom working Us way- into the sap2-jA f rebellion 2 t?of States, geographically defined, may be . put down with guns, , , What avail , wea pons of steel against invisible ideas 'of r evil contending with ballots! 'A l' The Sooth need not be anxious for an influx of moneyless, ; ignorant and .vic ious emigrants and regretful- that the Northwest is attracting the masT of foreigners who come over as human ballast. The old emigrant or Guinea, long used to our customs and; -cliniate, is preferable, , . .,-. . , Z, The forcible and confiscating freedom of the slave and his hostile attitude in politics towards his former mast srs i has 1 led to tiie underrating him as a citizen. 1 As a peasant population, he is unequal-i led. He is docile, stout and fairly in-' dustrious. His habits and character. formed by contact with t superior race, are superior to the same grade in JEu rope. His behavior during the war, in protecting property and households in the absence of the white men, ranks him far above that Caucasian importa tion the riotous robber who in peace would murder and plunder. The negro is the antipode of an atheist in religion . and a nihilist in asassination." The white and black citizens of the South know each other. Let. , them work out their destiny together.' They may not have a miracle of " prosper ity," neither will they witness a pande- . monium of horrors from jealousy, bes tiality and atheism. Richmond Chris tian Advocate. LITERARY NOTICES. General' John Newton, Chief of Engi neers, United States Army, originator of the plan and director of the work, has prepared a complete account of ' the operations for the removal of the-ob-; struotions at Hell Gate, from' their be-y ginning to the explosion of Flood Rock, in October last, which will appear with full and new illustrations as the leading article in the February number of "The Popular Science Monthly." -r- George Austin. By Mrs. James Hine, Philadelphia: Am. Bap. Pub. Society; 12mo. 288pp. Price, $1.25. . . 1 This is the interesting story of a young man who was caught in the whirl of worldliness and fashion' in a great city and borne away for a time. His course is downward for a while.. After wards, through affliction, be is reclaim ed and brought back to Christ and the church and makes a very useful man. f Tbe boo t will suit a large class of people, young and . old, who . will find here dis cussions of great interest on questions of deep concern to all. The style is fas- cinating, the characters well drawn and. everything about the book attractive. -. Rose 'Suds for the Little Ones. ' By Mrs. R. M. Wilbur. , Price $2.00 post paid, (for the series). Consisting of ten 18mo books adapted to younger readers. The following are the titles : , t Harry On The Farm, Little Folks' Scrap Basket, little .Drops of Water, Little Folks' Lessons, Bits of Stories,; Snow Flakes, Crumbs For Little Chicks, . The Bird Book; Chip For Little Gleaners, Pebble Stones. ' - - - The books are profusely illustrated, and bound in cloth, with beautifully , ; colored and illuminated' side-stamps. " Tb'ey will prove very attractive for t Reward Books or for the Library. . V -. American Baptist Publication Society .- 1420 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. -, Branch houses: -Boston, 256 Wash ington St., and 14 Tremont Temple. : New York, 9 Murray St. Chicago, J51 . Wabash Avenue. St Louis, 1109 Olive . Street. , : . '-f.
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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