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. : at". i v e ; b t a n i ' : . : c i ; - -; I S that's viewed on earth, Well poiidercMl, leads the soul to heaven." VOL. XX. GREENSBORO. FEBRUARY 9. 1871. NO 3 Every XilEY wonder v? nr. poe of tbe things now being wonder L at by elderly people is, why preaching docs not produce matantane 0as awakenings as once it did. The .rtii U. because Zion dolh not travail. There was a time which came far down into the ycrs of my life, when the Meth Church was all the time in.relig as travail for the salvation ol cnls. 31ethodista(Vame out of their closets anl grotei of prayer to hear the Word, im ploiiog tbo hlefsing of God upon it Ctiae y come donnnp00 the congregation in am er to prayer, and almost alwoys went home felling and praising God Tor his TjocWed goodness and grace. And il t anv time they had a datk and wretch j iKpv went awav full of OU IIICClM'f.) ' J . ' fears that they in some way had ofTended their Lord and Savior and there were creat marchings of hrt. They nevei rcstediuniil God restored to them the joy of "his salvation Tht se , sou!s, bur aenci for the salvation ; of other uuls, aod ieelina that the Word could have free course when it was pledged with the 'Spirit's power these souls in tra rail for sinners, prayed for the gift of , the Holy Spirit, and it wa given, and revivils of religion came cotjttntly on. 1 have seen a faithful pastor hold pro tracted prayer meetipgs twice in every year, beting and praying Ms people to come together and pray for Almighty help ; but four-fifths of bis members nev et eut red one of thesa daily prayers duriDg the four years, o his acceptable pastorate. The few that attended were tbe.' same persons daily, proving that this four-fifths mass of drones dvl not even drop in, but prsratently ignored the scr vice. This has been the hisfory of most of our city charges. We fear the woe pronounced by the prophet Amo is al ready a seal doom on time iniiffere t minds; "Woeto them ttat are at ease in Zion," What God requires to be done by a Chuich cannot Le done ly a tract on of f that Churchy They are not the Church. Every member of the Church U individ ually bound to woik in his Lord's vine yard himself ; and he cannot havo his Iwork done by another. , Common sense, therefore, tells us that when a majo'Uy of Church members voluntarily refuse to attend daily prayer-meetings lor the J eitt ol tha FInlv Ghost u. o i the Dreach : ed Word and on the people that there . . , . .. . . j roa3' le a revival of religion in the con Ji . , , ni , . i :jr ucMru,y; m, -.u-.vu - , voluntary absence from her most press j mg cans to duty, in thesei cnui cnes, , vhile thi neglect of Church order and of Christian life is indulged m, the gos ; pel isvirtually annulled. J i Revivals ot rchVion ma v not be looked i for except in connection1 with a praying, ! entreating Church, when the Church, as the tjwrvh, njeets, and by prayer and 11 fiepplication beseiges the ' throne of the heavenly grace for the descent of the j Holy Ghott upon Church and Congregu tion, in its full demonstration and power,1 it so unmistakably1 that the- faith of the ! an - - :. ' Chorch miirht stand in the noer of cinA fd.ii ?n Xta w ' vivals of religion 'do not come of bim thst willeth, ; nor of him ''.'that run ne'tht hut of God that showeth mrcy -DrlL Pce A PREACHER OF THE LAST CENTURY. I . tne llev. William Gnmshaw. about . c -,""-"j i .o oiiuei vM . j uiu vi mim man any wmcu ; f!f.r;i;:i. .T t. . a -1 t rr. ' -liuu.ijUKiaaa Daa ever seen, ue had jtruo-o d ont nt Hrlrnaa Into i;l.t ' nip,tiih-Haw. rtb-. thebeeWnhi ' the radiating centre of ceaseless Chris u laror. 1 he region around about rw ine Dirakcsr m Great liritain. he Hildas the gorse on their hungry hills, I as the population that spread, all over ' uifhnire. ice in e.verv fnrm cf.lt throas h thn m,v,. , . 4 n tno manufacturing towns. In country and town, on market days and he fin mA mm L. f . . f f . . hotuMi d,i, king-rm. : men atd women 1 the moat educated and w.'f I- .J. I nefEhborbLf. J. 'i im than of I, - r - urn i vmi - civilizaiion. Aeiioit all f Willum Grim-hew, single-handed, look up arm. With a slice of breed and an onion U r a day's food,he wcnM trudge over the moors from dawn to lotrmcr ooak. in tjcarch of son! astray ; and, af trra m-ljj'i rest under a grain-stack or on a nay-ijoit, day alter day would cn tinue hi work. To visit the sick, he often, darjog the night, crowed the road less wastes in "terms of mow. On preach ing circuits, hp waa certain to he prcs ent wherever expected. It was no hard ship for h m to preach tl irty times a week, H staid only to deliver his me ssgej took refreshments in his hand and poftjd on l is way, 1 Of court b a man so mucrW in earnes could not j reach otherwise than, wj',1. Crowds flo sked to hear him. All STork shire was Mrred. In every company by the roar -He, in the fens, at the (a hies of th gr.nry, -never was man more on th alert for souls. He replied to the infidel nobleman, "The fault ia in your heart, ir, not your head h said in a shop, where anions numbers whs the Squire, a debaucheo, "The dovil f V busy in thik parish : ' l ean touch with my stick a man guilty of adultery : the ed of thfese things will be death." W hitefieM, Wesley, and all the reform ers they wefe leading, crowded up the bleak: hills df Ha worth to hear Father GrimMiaw ion of his Bare rooms th& curious ed him but jpreach. They took possess bouso on Saturday nights. and lenien. fare did not keep few.iy. And when they crowd of his sleeping apartments.. into hs barb, and out 'of the cbureh in to the'ehurch yard, he was all m his glo ry and got t p early on Monday morning to bra h the shoes of the far-come travel lers. jAddn ssing exhortations to stran gers, leaving his pulpit during tthe sing ing before s pmoo to drive loiterers into church, and ( by night and by day ad dressing bin self, to his Master's busi n ess, he at ast so far conquered'tbc heathenism )1 Yorkshire, that twenty four dissenti ig churches were establish ed within hw itinerating circuit, and t more than five hundred communicants often attends d his administration of the usual sacraments. His power over .hia parghjoners grew to bej extraordinary. "The parson is coming," wa t a cry that scattered garnb lers ind dtunkaids out of icvery ale- houej 3Ieth8nics dared not work, nor shopkeepers kell, nor cricketers play, nor business merJtravel, nor innkeepers fur spirits, n the Sabbath. He recon noitered the ?elds to do away with Sun , I , rf . f I . . day pleasure parties. Fie appeared m nerut a Lord's day horse-race, and J.j.J eting for prayer. Vi uin di ige an a,aemblag6 of young pCOple f0r pleasure on Sabbath even in he stayed their proceedings, took down every name, pnd made the occasion fit tiner for one of his most earn18t Sermons. Crowds attended his daily morning meet ng?. Yvc 5" tI, D, winter. j TIJEj RACES STOrPED.v The Ha worth people tell to this day, I one hundrejd and eighteen years since hgpper,ed,- -how old Grimhaw put end to thi racers by his prayers There were n the pamh two annual feasts At one of these, innkeepers and snorting men were accustomed to make a snrjscrintiori!' lor" a hoi se race. These hnAwk Mr OriinsbRwV wort1'! . T, " i.. Jlore than evry th?ng else, they dam aged good mdrals. They became scenes of gross profligacy. Mf'nrimtK Ii1-; endeavored to stop them, m expostn : .A:' ,t a.i. r,rMehin. inhnence as mini6ttr of the nroaehinrr .inflnence as minister of the - .r.i ' paripn,ana a union ij as iwagisiraie iti the ward-moce, -t naa laiiea. u -ne was . ... 1. t. . - ' h.arH vith natiencp. is enaractcr , war . V j .u: Aru a L,,j ' No4v cared to rrovoke the ' , It . . ' v . , parens indignation. Hat ft was deter : mined that thd thnn'il not abandoned ThP RuhS(.rinti.,n m nn' T ---------- " ; . hnd theannouncetnent lcr ; handicap madJ public! "Unarde to1 pre vau , ' 1, , . , ' ... to Gorj j For tkvo weeks before the Fair i s i at . made it, in fublic and - private - a ub CrrlJT'!T tb5 lh 1 toprd. Atthea? 1 l tmm rnw . - ii m. ' I ...4 j . eatertd,5 jodje appont!v a mod itaad built.mnd teta tfJerrd.takeo aad hVded. Tha mof oin wa fair, oi nambrrt olj tbe gentry aod nobility ad drivtn ia U witnew the port. AU at ouca dirk lo g.tter tn tue ncates. n?nfningntnca ana rwaU or thccdr followed, exestre rata muu mammae wai sperta. - i - tbred days there wai no ces-ation. The cloodi ei iptied their wnter tnces.aotly. Of course, the races did not tike p!cc. - 3. . OLtcrtnr. FI5ApCIAL nELICI'JW DSTIcES. RT DR. RON p. s A respected eorrpondnt write, to know cqr opinioo alwnt the pop of holdioc tOnrnamnt fnr the nnrre of acting to build Charehea, We had not heard of tournaments in the charic ter of financial religious devices. We j had heatd of benevolent balls and pinna j lotteries, and sanctified bcznars. but not j of consecrated tournaments Now we 'j oe love as rti faui dia aoout wme com mnn practices in his" day, that tourna meota are nothing at alt to religion. Jf a number of young men think it worth; while to spend months in training to com pete with one j another in the noble trial of poking a broom han,die through a cur tain ring, and if the" contestants in this pretty j game can call themselves knights" and their play a "tourna raent," without a keen sense of the ridiculou;in short, if the burlesque of the old knightly contest can be enjoyed, we see no impropriety in it more than in any o her juvenile frivolity. hen, however, balls are added to the "tourna raent we have very great objection to them. We a.bhor balls, anl pirwcaiariy public balls. They are evil and only evil to bodi', mind and spirit. Dincing i & the ultimate j provision of .exhausted society for the brainleaa. rhilosopbieai ly, it is but a part of the grand enter trise ot tne numan - auiuwi human being which is working itself out in practical demonstration in this world's great madhouse. .-.- I Now to give! bills far Chureh purposes it simply fo profess to da evil that g o1 may come. But it is not true. Nobody holds tour-naxaentsfor Charch purposes. The! efiort is only to tax the Church for the tournament, not only by getting money for tbe 'tournament that would not otherwise be given, hut in bringing tbe nhnrnh to sanction amusements ot doubt ful propriety. v We are opposed to an Knr nrnflFfrs of aid from the opposite party.; There arc no commaiinii-a. i .a - M this eountry tjo f j cor to pTf viie irem e'vos wi h places of wot ship For many years ti e house where we are writing was the only Metholiit prcaehiog-place for this neighborhood. The house was not large, yet it was large enougbfcx Asha ry and the great men of old to do tha work of their npastleship in. Any com mun'ty can build, a comfortable log cabin or shed in a few weeks that would accommodate them ia beariag preaching. But people are: not j satisfied with the nec esfaries of life inj religion more than in other thingr. t We all wnt to haro Churches finer than we arc willing to pay for. ::""! h :-; . f ' v There is another thing on our nvnd a'Jt V UT h bui'din; We are meatu ring our success by the number of . t ti- : iu Churches we are Dui.aing.oDuv.ou or 'act mat were e.. ..u5 v. t0 Ml a.mem, Il-aouiu uc a tu..u3 calculation, and the result ol it vrouM 1 he startling: to estimate how much ol the salaries allotted to our preacher in rhp "Raltimore! Conference has been i ; s ! KIITn'r. I'li nrrli i nW We WOnlll be . ! Mad to see Churches built wherever they - coold be nsei Bat we proteU (L.tn .tiiha wt nf h nr -K ! um.u,uSrcr -r- .--j - cm. i uc ui -i. u -. v-7 " - " i tut a minister; and tbe minister botll be adcqnately sopportea. e ,. . - ' ' ' .-I " . ' iit ' ! ts 1 y. J ;J?.. JnA ,h-' f !"inVto leave the work. - vet the' preparing to icay efi ne worn, j me mat lueir n-- ptople are.huilding'Churcb'es, and bn:U i frtt-Mr. IVr friwh, Ut l Ui ' Cl fa. U, miurr. Ty . ... . . . ' : . ... yoarwlf; and yti tkat, rwkty w n.n t,l God. It i opicaal wttb yon to pay er aot to py. Tht cri ncmbe'ra who pretnlve it arc loaad I ax f all powible effort to procure it fbm tie perlt. We roof et we are mere eca iu oi iftBttir.ww4 about the turret of the aioi.teta poar-d down v '. .t -. .vm. ; 'B v 1 Thy are for the convenience of iht p f pJe aod will he provided. Hot tha t ntit. .r,. tn . fr.... 1 Their wants are not oVtrnttve: The peo . pleae nt mide uncomfortable by ihtirlj. fpnvatiuns. iai we may im uinrcai j that if a congregation ahould build a I ehureh at lig as St. retet' and neglect " . . , . . ' . i a proper provuion for their prciclcr, the Splendid place of wonhip would to of 5 Httle use to tha; Do unto others as I ron woti'ff that thev'ahonfd do to rou." U a very large part of religion, and the j part about the genuinenefc of which there is uht d;fiiculty in decision. Depend non it, if we do not love (not entitaen tally for the Bible does not know any thing about rentiment separate from lact) i! we do not love our minuter whom we see, we do dot loyo his Master , . ' j i . tion. because we have not tf.id what we promised him, inaimuch as we do it to th Iea.it of theA9 ( rin ii nntn llim 3Iany will say' in that day, "Lord, Lord j have wc not built Chuiches,wc r a filed for dolls, and went to tournaments, and dano cd;at balls, and starved prcaehcra for thy 8ake." liut the King shall say, "When 1 was ahuncered y gave ae no meat,1 Baltimore C. Athocalc. WtSLEr'S PRACTICAL nOTES In the early days of Methodism in r.ngianu. mere was a tpreacner, samuei j urauuarp, oi wnom iv esiey naa a mgn opinion, which he once expressed in a , ' Tt It very nappy way. jraaDurn oeing once in a state of impecuniosity a state not peculiar to Methodist ministers Wesley sent bi n five pound not? with a letter : Dear Sammy : Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwe'Hn the land' and verily thou shalt be fed. "Yours afiectionetely, John Wesley. The rply was equally happy : 'Rev and Dear Sir : I have often been struck with the beauty of the pas sage of Scripture quoted in your letter, but I must' confers that I never saw 6uch useful explanatory notes npin it before. "Tair Ilev. snd dear sir, you obedient knd grateful servant, S, Dradbijrw." What could possibly be whiter than snow ? It is the heart that is washed in the blood o Jesus. "Wab me, and I shall be whiic-r than blow." Pialms, li.T. MINISTERIAL LIBERALITY. The impression is strengthened hv the observation of every year, that no class of h,.v -, rri wu u.Aut a'j i tuvaivh LlCdt. rcif A 1 (JIB s fact it abundantly illa-trated nt our Annual Conlerence gatherings where large tribute is laid upon these devoted men. At the! Conference missionary l mw anniversaries, they are, by eminence the givers. " Their money goes into every educa tional enterprise, into the foundations ol every church building, and every chanta ble undertaking. For the moat their giving is an act of ' sell-denial and sacrifice. Their deep poverty abounds .1 :i f .u.: 1:1. 1? 1 J ,P P th.t the arP,., nf lh Phnrih mfirr not h maft in vTn " witcu ia ti mc tc 1 uai t.uu luiciuuai c SCTTiTl o! od s so nearly all. that bc h a8 baVdy 'cnongh tfpay his ftrrijges ' i on his wav home from5 Conference. " - , , Such.examp'cs sre, needed for r.buke ! .... r e to the cyetooness of , the Chnrch an j tW wxt U It U tVt frcW, wke d em tlta titir 4sty, lrt U U etlcH U 4. IW,ii.t,tU t W4 . i . ;. . t . rrerttr; aa J thtir r trrWlf U a to tko to c3. f tr Vcrt f tW lrH taral traar.. Wwlcy't tia3t. U tka cirrrtU to ?r thaa jt i rt J''i Attar waa a.vrr rv apo'o:c thta wh Lt prtl wta l Wauk to hlr poof IrotKrr aaJ rt , r,tef . . . ha ahirt U aid aaothef. r t.;'J -Tfl ' j Jty, !' LIVI50 tf IBTIX5. How iopofUat that CkriitJaaa, aa iog tpUtkf9 bif It tad trade a 4 idf t m u - u. . . , . . . rectly pnnUa I icthow mi ay eft hue ' ' """j5 --F" Urcd ,rcrJ n!f ed font, on 'ro114 . rrct tn(1 in dim ink. Hot after ill. orthodoxy U aafcf In the eooKcntrd j heart, than io the theological Hilar j.' uonnowiKO TBornLr. flow many thousand are there, whoae encrciea are raralraed hr borraviar ; , . , , T, , 1 trealle I If they are not very no fort a nate to-da), they will be- ao to-moirow. ! Thr 9d 40 aoch ' tbf,f tIiai Rrot io lbftt haTC bttt liuU Ufc fof U 4 pcrformaaca of the dutiea of life. Soeh re not the person i who aeoomplish much. TROUBLE. 1 compare the troubles of a year to a bundle of faggots. God unties the tun die and gives ui flnt one stirk. ThU we might easily manage if we could only take the bundle appointed for us each day; but we choose to increase our troo ble by carrying yeterdya stic k over i again to-day and adding to morrow's 1-ur dcn to our load before we ore required j0 Jjear f9 . TfXE CLOCK 8TBIKE3 ONE. A yoang gentleman in one of the f ashioaahle circlea of Dritih aociety,wa, on a gsy occasion, attending a trJcndid ball. . Id the midst of the muic aod the dance, he was aa Iightbeartedj and though fleas as the throng around him, when as though a messenger from hear en had .b;cn scat to him, tho clock struek one. That fine passage of Dr. Young immediately flashed upon his mind ; The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, , Hut from its less, tongae To give it then a Is wie :n man. As if an angel spoke, I. feel the solemn sound. If beard aright, It is the knell of my departed hoars ; Where are they f with the' yean beyond the flW. It is the signal that demands dispateh. How much is ta be done ! my hopes and fears i Start up alarmed, aod oTei life's narrow verge i Look down, on what ? a fathomless abye.; A dread eternity. ' ! - i Conviction seized the youth, f fe left ) the gay circle, and retired to his cham ber Tharetult was a saving change, and fcr the rest of his life thus fai he hss found, ia the purtult of holy and heavenly plea urea, higher joys than the World oi fsskioaajble folly sod slo ever1 gave Wim, when he was Us root! x dent YOtary ) 1 QUESTIONS FOR TM06E CONCERNED. fa it decent for a man to let the ralr of bis face gro to snch a length, and in such a direction, thjt h Is ohllged, .e pea ted ly, to pull it cat ui his month with his fingers while st the table taking his I food? : ' j ' : la il deeont or religious for a mltU ' V ter or member of the Chnrch to conform ' far -'"- of the world In t ling the hair oi Lis face grow so that U , s , . . is obliged, a? the aacramental lalle. io - . dip it into the enp Wrsti Meth ITT;) 1 1 ttitra I- l vm mm ; k. I m turpaoac it c a ! J tiea mit. a lt, tiUf .Ur j Srteak ikt Jt4 ii i ; ;u ira tr; rtt'j I 'N.rry 1 , -t kytaa v 4rwil ti CI t I'm A Ijtxa tl til! 'f lire, wl ra Li Var j kt it tinU rt4j trvji titr cwmi 9-f tm , t gave eat i Ui4 late tie Wky a I t Jlatle, ataa ! ts cil U iff, Irae4 to oUy tl- dftit ; Draatra, cr ld, cr I ;tf. tat lay Flowed to tie uai't & I. r Widor4 aad arrtwti w.th f . r t! r way Down to rtrreal r aio, Jrnf ttt tool ol tr i, Ilia U Ik f ol! it ! r!r rj ; Jeea' name hp) ao 1 tcr, flarpioc't and frifin Jetai came the dra I rn f , Show ns car iio tbtgtm, mi as with all tte lift cf rscf . Carry t p to hratcn There are arrta iumi'i h itc l.e.r. The taae c4 "Naaey Daw a ataally set to these cherry and uliir.,- lines, aad the poor tniriaers Cn-lm M;i the wind taken out of their . tt'.," tp the cofteat as hopelm, And allow 1 him to finish the rvice In t-r. 1 V MC8ICITH Mr. IN 150. 3Iuiie Ugina whrre rerch lrarstfT throogh it th innaov! spirit all tl a: i nrxpiCAsitle and yet of rat aeroant In us can girt algn of ItIf. Hence, the I ftiet poetry, tkat anapical aomrtM.,; which diatirguiakes tie atieranrr f genius io its Liph hear, U ftnalogoat tt mutie, and seta the fine chorda vilraiirg ftimewhat io Ike saraa way. Did yoa never step within the portal of a yait and crowded Chnreh in t!,r hour of prayer ? In vain yo mgtit catch tho syllables of the far cfT, rale, piritoil looking man. What il jcu could not hear them ? , You heard Um , his fpiri.,his to,took pttkion cf ) rut spirit, till, loting thonglt cf id, it went Hp with tbo ret. t)f that so.-f i the tlcioencc, the itflieoce of mtyic- -Virijht. THE LONELINESS orCHLLBl. Did you ever think of (l,ti! vrlir Va spoke of I eing alcne and ir,irj); said that he was oot looe J Yvu will find, la ike Dcrl?o gallery, one of lUth as Ps picta re's of fladouna, io which there is sa exqoiaite reiiing cl TTT? the most fogifive paasjges of4 time. The mother hss a hook, sod sis ia reading snd he child Is putting ia hand in her bosom, sad hc has lis exjraUn of beirg sbsorbed In the took, scd yet rJ havingaofSciently notkrd the child tr.' look up. Her c xpruaicn i caught at that subtle moment cf t'me, whea l is thinking ol the be ok which 1 ta j reading, and yet oot quite ihirAin of It, but thiakiog ol the chid 1. The who! pictort p meats that thought, and yi seeUclearJ. And wherehriat ajaka of klostll ia thb Inatiocr. it ia on ol those salt tie transitions where L i ipeahlcg cf hlavlf ia his re lit Ion la the world, and hespesks of hlaaslf u being alone, and yet, instantly lifting hU thought to God.ftf i, "Not ilene." This sobPme discrimination, how fuU it ia of meaning and comfoit, and cossolaticn to us, in our various relatuos cf lifr Tbe flrtt lesion ct the devil with a toy is to ft him to he attained tf his jcj ceecej and when he socceeds In thi he W to U athtoej cf It good hahits and ths maxims which his . t i i i l . . . . . . ,. . . endeavoring to fix upon Biird. ia is in tenicie an'i imxicecr rii.
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