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L3 TEEMS- ,g ia!ii.iiif -AllKM'ATKIS lliriliUed to SllliSCli. 40 n- .- st 1 3.w Ier annum m advance. If tiaTment. be ilelnye.i ris month, fi.mi, pe copy, ix months, $1.30. CLUB K4TE3. iiiei, one ye.ir, $2.2. .: rear f'i.(M. . ?. : ir. received at oue timi'. $1.75. 1EKMS TO F2EACHERS. ;;:-,-,nr wlw wit'. net a as-nt lor the Advoc .. roe.-ive the tsit at 1.(H imt .innum. Those v t,: . r.vtt- N nllowetl tifte.-n per rent, on i viti:r. I V ,. li. f.AKXKS. 'I'll. .ir. .. ii..rt-M.'iiaivli is omiiig ! We hear ttu ltt"-l eUHltns doom ll hi terrible b':. Tliio,-". tf.e uv.-t'iat !iaeeat 0.": ,' t't's!ii i..;..r- ' Mo-in; An.i W ii.t. r" white tinkers are tliruaimini: A .lir8e ;iic I'l.- "t 'lay? U '.r.Xlkiet: ii"r:ii .. more ii"m the mountain Isilicry fir;: Ttietr iv. ii.-. e i.o:ie l'ri.m .,"I:l?:.l anil lawn; ... Vr:t.r.isU I: ..-t-f. -Hers tr:ii:, .i Tiu-ii-'S.t I'laj ..f the fountains e, :"..:.! 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TLc CViiiuuttf e on Education leave io make tLe following report in ligard to this Institution : Tui j Institution has been before this CeintVtLiic - iL.d the public for so many .vars, thai j our committee feel that it ;ii wholly unnecessary- for them to eru jy ike tiui'3 of the Conference in iuiiiir.!jr a long repois. The committee have had the several . . . e i'ems, statements ana suggesuon-j oi he report of the President under their tunest and careful consideration, and .vould beg leave ton-port at fodowE : 1. Ji:.olr-:ii, That v.Lile we appreci- . a'e tiie necesaiUc.s and advantages of Professor of Biblical Literature, ve i .1.1 1,. ,,1.;..K ,..o.nt! ' j;e liO ILitllivu uj n ui... . ' - " - - ? 2. Ut.:-n-e1, That your committee lliv.ru with muck pleasure and satit '.'j faction the iucreas of patronage dur- 'Ilg liie pilfct jctll, iliie .ijuii (j-"vi 1 ;.l deportment cf the students has beet i:. ..ml I tut tliu nr.iiii.r. .m upiight and miexccptional ; and i above ai', they rejoice to record the - fact that the institution was visited; ; iiiiHip i. . . j . . . - . o .V .l.r.i .-.-. it.t.-fi 1 i ill r in f ri flildl- I . tun to the church of upwards of f$fS$ members. ( 3. lltj!.v:, That your committee i :el it a part of the duties assigned ihem in this connection to commend -f Triuity College to the hearty support ;ind conridc-nco of the North Carolina i Conference, aud tuough them to our iifinnlA rrenerallv. uriniT uuou them i" l 1 o " ; to rally to its support, and by a large iincreasu of p.ttronage, sustain it in the i .great work it is doing for our church. 1 4. licfolced, That we do recommend j tLe iollowing persons, that were nomi- I nnifii hv the Trustees, to till vacancies in thfe B jard, viz : Rev. A. Y ilan gum in place of Rev. P. Doub, D. D , decea&ed ; Rev. J. B. Bobbitt in place of Rev. J. H. Bobbins, deceased ; and W. J. Montgomery, of Concord ; J. C. 1'innix, of Yancey vilie ; Rev. J. P. 3Ioore, of the N. C. Conference ; Re. James Reid, of the N. C. Conference ; Xr. A. A. Scroggs, of Caldwell county. DATENI'OIST 1'EMALE COLLEGE. This Institution located in Lenoir, Caldwell county, and being in the transferred territory, comes now be fore this Conference for the first time. For this reason brief description c f the premises is herewith submitted : The college buildings are located on a lot of 1G acres in the suburbs of the town of Lenoir. The college site seems to have been thrown up by nature for the purposes iui which it is used, in cluding lis it does, a beautiful eminence in the midst of a beaut lul grove of native forest. The ascent from the village s gradual, but rises to such an altitude as io give to the edifice an elevated aud commanding position. To its south-east, rises High-Brighton Mountain ; on its east and north-east, is spread the Warrior aud Bald moun tain range ; while uurLh and west, the majestic Grandfather, Table Rock, Hawk's Bill and the intermediate 2hain of the Blue Ridge, gives a tow ring horizon of .azure hue to the wide and variegated landscape. With surroundings o? gneh grandma n:nd i.;iuty, lifted up in an atmosphere ot such jjurity and exhilaration, prou auly no locality on this western conti iint can prosen ? more healthful Jn the college building there is a CHRIS VOL. IV. comni odious eh-ipt 1, Iiecitation lloouip, i'amUug, Cabinet, Music, Philcsopni- cal aud Librarian departments, to gether with a largo three story board ing house witbiu ten feet of the col lege building proper, containing am ple room for sixty pupils. The whole college premises are under enclosure, the grounds are well swarded with grass, the yard and walks fue friuged with flowers, studded with shrubbery, aud clad v ith the viue. aud give ana- pie plateaus aud avenues for t xercise and recreation as free as lite forest, yet secluded and protected. This property now, in good repair, is estimated as worth ?Q5,000, and is deeded to a Board of Trusties and their successors for the use aud pur poses of Female Education, oudi tioued upon the contingency of its perpetuity. If devoted to other uses or abandoned, the property reverts to the original donore. It is now encumbered with a debt, of over $2,000, nearly all of which is due to members of the Board of Trustees, and is tiot asked for. At the close of the present session, early in December next, brother Lau der, the present President, removes to Spartanburg, IS. C, leaving the Insti tution for the time without a Presi dent, to which fact your committee would call the attention of the Con lerence, invoking their aid and co operation with the Board of Trustees in efforts to secure a President in time for the Spring Session, opening early in March next. There were 18 matriculates la&t session. Your committee find that before i closing this report, there art some facts bJ'Sfjiu coemption with this Institution umaudiug' iu?tire. Of these there are Isf. That durmg i.11 jts hit -y for 14 years, there never ha iecn a death among its pupils wuiie in their attendance there. But 2d. More than all else, we rejoice to record the fact that mry year of its history has been crowned with a gracious revival of re ligion, which usually cnibi'ced almost every pupil ; unit tbiu gruuioud work generally originating in the college, almost always reached the citizenship of our village, aud seasons of refresh ing and exhibitions of divine influence and peace have not only come upon the pupilage and upou the t.hureh, but have built up and strengthened our Zion, until there has gone out there from a moral influence aud power thsit ought to be fostered and sustained for all time to come. The following Board of Trustees are recommended, viz : James C. Harper, Presidjiit. Edmund W. Jones, Treasurer. A. A. Scroggs, Secretary Rev. G. YV. Round, Azor Shell, Presiding Elder Shelby District, Preacher in Charge of Lenoir Cii c't, Jas. A. Clay well, Morgan ton. John Rutherford, Bridge water. Your committee would otTer the fol lowing resolution? : I'eaolced 1. That the North Carolina Conference recognize Davenport Fe male College as occupying an impor tant position as an educational centre in the western department of our Stite, and that they heartily commend to this Conference this Institution m 9ery way worthy of their confideate and patronage. Revived 2. That in mow of the res ignation and removal of brother L:n der, the incumbent President, yjur comaittee hope this Conference will co-operate effectively with the Bard of Trustees in securing an ablr and compstent man to assumo this posi tion. The following Female Colleges, viz ; Warreuton, Oxford and Golisboro', are under the management of Metho dist faculties have done and are still doing a good work for our church and as such wa very hcartiy l ecom niend them to the p-dromge of cur people. RUTHERFORD SEMINA.Y. Your committee have received a communication from this Institution, setting forth the foilowii,' facts in re gard to it : 1. It is a chartered school, and it is Baid early in January us.t, under itc new organization, it nil assume all the prerogatives of a ciiege. 2. The President antBoard of Trus tees offer to all indige.t orphans, the children of ministers and all licen tiates their tuitioniv of charge. 3. 'I he Board of Trustees ask the North Carolina Conf rence to appoint an agent to raise unds to enlarge their buildings, &c, offering as his salary one third of J the moneys he may collect. This school has Ithevto done a no ble work in this rgard. It is to be regretted that tfc buildings and ap pliances .r& not rore ample an i com plete, and it is reirred to the North Carolina Conference to determine how far these exigeDuea can be met by the PUBLISHED IlSr THIS INTEEESTS OK EALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1870. plan proposed, and whether it is prac- i-ii ... ... i uuauie 10 meet tuo requests or the Board of Trustees. Your committee offer the following resolution : V.soW, That the North Carolina Conference r. cognize the Rutherford Seminary as a co-laborer with the other educational institutions of our Conference, and commend it to the Iatronage of our people. All of which is respectfully submit ted. It. G. Bakket, Uh lirU'oKT OF TJiUSTEES OF GREESeiK.'Ko' 1'KMALK COLLEGE. The Trustees of Greensboro' Female College submit the following report: The Board met in the town of Greensboro' in July last, and or ganized regularly under the charter granted them by the General Assembly of the State. It was ascertained that $20,000 (10,000 of it in the town of LJreensboro') had been secured upon our several propositions. Whereupon it was ordered that that fact be an nounced as provided for in the pub lished plan, and a call be made for the money. In response to this call made accordingly, $3,015 (outside of Greens boro') have been received and de posited in the Bank of Wilson & Shober, bearing 8 per cent, interest, the rat we pay. The Board is authorized by Revs. N. H. D. Wilson and Wm, Barringer to say that a corresponding amount ($3.n15) from the subscription in the town of Greensboro' shall be forth coming, whenever the Building Com mittee shall draw on them. The Board has the assurance from Wilson ii Shober, that the property known as the Greensboro' Femslj Col lege property, in the town of Greens boro' will be sold to the Board at ! cost (principal and interest ). See report jf stib-coiamittee herewith submitted. The Building Committee appointed by the Board has contracted for 400, 000 bricks at $ 5 per thousand. On this contract $512 have been paid. rice orders and receipts on tile. This 6 al that has bee done up to this time. The Board asks for tho appoint ment by the Conference, as provided in the charter, as additional Trustees Revs. Wm. H. Bobbitt aiid Jt-sse A. Cuninpgim. We UH iiiytructod our Secretary to make out a hst of thu-Vi Vfi' have pledged tti: omits jn each pastoral charge, and place it in the hands of each preacher, with the earnest, re quest 'hat he co-operate with us in collec'ing it. If those who have plcdfd amounts will promptly re fipou.l, we t&iall hi able to proseenfe the work of rebuilding .vigprnpiy, and with the blessing of God, we hoj e by your next annual session, to be emblfed to reopen the College for the reception of pupils. Vo Jjaye deemed it only necessary to make a plain s'atement of fcuch facta as puts the status of the enterprise before your ijody. It ia your enterprise. We ore endeavoring faithfu'ly to execute j'onr will. Respectfully submitted, N. F. Reid, President of the Board. Greensboro', N. C, J?ec. 1870. REI'JIIT ON BIBLE CAUSE. The Committee on the Bible Cause beg leave to present their report. That it is the duty of the church to defisemtcata thp Holy Scriptures can not, we think, be jeti.oned by any who recognize the Bible as containing the revelation of the mind and will of Almighty God, And while there are so many millions yet to be reached by this "unspeakable gift," it is manifest ly important that the most enlarged facilities be employed to accomplish this end. We rejoice ia the efforts put forth by the American Bible Soci ety in this behalf. We regard this in slitution as among the most impor tant enterprizes of the age for bring ing the nations of tha fcarth uuder the redeeming influences of Christianity. Its publication "without note or com ment" of the word of God, is catholic in its character; and while there are, 'Unfortunately, so many causes of estrangement operating in ine pro fessedly christian world here is a point at which, we believe, all the friends of tho Redeemer can meet on i common ground. Already the multiplication so great ly of copies of the Holy Scriptures, and in so many of the languages of earth is, your committee think, cause of devout thanksgiving to the com mon Father of our race. It is to be expected that priestly domination that infidelity in its various forma that the "world lying in the wicked one" should be arrayed against the efforts made to give the Bible to all. But, "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in deriFion." "God is making the 'wrath of man to praise Him." The changes which are oc- TIAN REV. J. 15 BOBBITT "' curing in human forms of gov rnment tho heads of manv co:in;ri: ," are opening the way lor the introduction of Divine tinth ino regions of moral darkness inaccessible for ages pas'. These open doors should be entered the Truths of the Gospel, which, like the leaves of the Tree of Life, are for the boiling of the nations, should be scattered broadc-is. among the wmi's and woes of earrh until all Adam's children are furnished with the Woid of God. Your committee propose the adop tion of the following resolutions, to wit: ce 1. That we heartily en dorse the Americeu Bible Society as being catholic in its character, and as aiming only, in the ends it pro poses to accomplish, at promoting the highe t interests of mankind. UcAohxd 2. That we highly approve the employment of Rev. Ira T. Wyche as Agent for the State of North Caro lina, aud that we will cordially co operate with him and the auxiliaries, in securing funds for the cause, and also in distributing the books lifstjl red 3. That every family ought to have at least ono Bible. Respectfully submitted, J. H. Wheeler t'h'm. lilM'OliT ON CUl ROU PROPERTY. Your committee on Church property beg leavfi to submit the following re port; We l ave carefully rs. viewed the subjects committed to our investiga tion, and feel compelled to state, that for several reasons, we find it impos sible to gain such information as would enable us to present snch a report on the value and condition of our church property as is desirable. Our time is limited. And in many cases we can find no one who can give us the infor mation we desire. ' We can therefore only report on such facts as we have beeu ab!,e t obtain. As to c ur Parsonages, two ne oiieg have been purchased and nearly paid for during the past jear, but we are sorry to sav tiwit manv ,r,f by no means well furnished. The pure mind of our niemLvrsbip neds stir ring up on this point, that our preach ers may find a comfortable home in every pastoral charge. For want of this, many of our preachers have been drivtn to the necessity of purchasing homes, anil locating their 'amilies at points inconvenient to their work, and the efficiency of the itinerant system has btfjn tjiu iiMpaii-cd. Lot us no: stop, or let our people rest, until every charge has a comfort able home for its preacher. As to our church buildings, we note a decided improvement during the past year. Some new ones have been erected: others are going up, aud ma ny old and (lihipidattKl Lave under gone import ant' repairs. Le: this spirit of improvement go on until ev ery shanty, in which we now preach, shall giv way tp ;i n;at and handsome Church building. We deem it important that this Cqnfeifiuce should adopt some plan by which it mr.y annually obtain a cor rect report of the number, value and condition of the Parsonages and Churches owned by it in the State. And to reach this result we submit the following resolutions, viz: (i.) That'o. pi-fiachei: be requir ed to append to his statistical report, the number of Pargsnaggs, 0wrcheg, and their value in his pastoral charge. (2.) That in cases where the title is in dispute, or difficulties affecting the Jtjtle the preacher in charge shall re port tlie aamu, witti uli Ine fuio to this Conference for such action as it may see proper to take. Respectfully submitted, W. D. Meacham, Ch'mn. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE KE LtTOUS INTERESTS OF THE COLORED PEO PLE. The committee to whom was referred the subjeot of tbe religious interests of the colored people, are strongly im -pressed with the great work of sav ing the colored race from the evils and effects of sin. The General Conference of our Church has directed its wisdom to the plan for the accomplishment of thi.3 great work, committed in the pro -viderce of God, especially to us. Un hallowed influences have aliei ated, in iome degree, the colored race from their former friends, and employed them rot for the best purposes, and have inflicted damage on the race for a time, but a healthy reaction may be safely expected : wLere credulity has followed the voice of the vicious and designing, already the reaction has commenced, and a healthy convales cence apparent and encouraging, and is inviting the zeal and labor of the Church in this great depar. ment pf usefulness. Many of the colored people desire to return to the fair whence they have strayed, where in other years they were cared for with a shepherd's care. Patient hopo and prompt action, warmed by a holy zeal A DV EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. .MJETHOD.LSM I..TST imbibed at the throne of grace, nrein d.. spendable to success. All o-m,t works p,esent difficulties, and reat christian enterprises trancli on the claims, of avarice 1HJ,l liIlk(. war ,; covet ons,,eSf, g.o, ;ld our Church ;.,.i,...t-, ,i i . ...ien.ei nm uuiy we owe io save ihis race. Ar the caltl.i resonrres vanlii:g when "pon a thousand hil!s aiv God' "d the hearts of knie-s-. n,,t to say his peopl,., nrii ii( Hi. li!U()s ? Qar fait It nu.st rise to the matri i udeof iho. r.u .Vv-iAw.flHi4'KWAii'.cs..iol iuu ufiia t.r in., jnv.iv.li. and the ex tent ot that love which sends its tm-rey to ail onr race of every color and clime. Great success has crowned the effort a;.d holy zeal of most of onr sister Conferences, who have put into sue cesf-fnl operation seven colored cotd. r enccfi ; and on the Riih of December, a General Conference of colored Mva- chors will convene, presided over by one of our Bishops, wiim the plan f the last General Conf -i enee will have been complete. Let us in humble trait, in the God of a'l giace, atiemjr to accomplish j what is practicable, and real ze what ' God has promised. We submit for : uiinpliou tho following resolutions, viz: i 1. That the presiding Bishop bo re- quested to organize a ;!. m-d C'oidVr euce, embracing the territory in Xurlh Carolina and Yirgi.ii i C -n .ciu-es, t the earliest lime pract ic.ible, and that he appoint a lace near thf line !' twteu the two Confi'i-.! J i i" s:!;!i meeting. 2. 1'ual the jfishop, it' it tljiuks jl wise, appoint a Suprintendem of tiiin work. 3. That the mim slurs of llijs Confi ) en.ee jeport to tue Hupcriuti-ndeu i tL names of the colored preachers in this Conference, at their earliest conveni ence, ap.d otherwis aid as thuy luay be able in the promotion of ihir; great work. 4. That the expenses ii.cidej't to the woik of a Superinteiulcii;, luu divide'l among tl.c circuits r.m.1 station o! this Conference, in jr at proportion with the Yirginia Conference. " 1 n n ii mo iluj'ctiuwu.ivui. . ; authority to take up collections for this work, at any pi act; h; unty jadgo vj-i' : ami tht thn muiistert; j',(i.ir.i!y ; opcratu, G. That ihc ministers of these Con ferences, seek those colored men who think they are etdied to tiu; miuistry, laud take them under their instruction so as to qualify ti em for their great ' work. V. That Thomas VV. flaiii.-, Vv. it. , Bobbitt, N- F- Reid and 1. li. Hunter be appointed an Executive Commit ee to fix the salary of tho Superintendent, apportion the amount, and receive and 1 disburse the. money raise i for thai, . purpose, and rep--ri. to the next Noun ; C roiiua Confer.. nc-j. : S. That, tlie Bishop presiding be rs . quested to ptiblish tin addrcso to the people on the subject of iho religious ! interests of the col J cod peop't;, as , parly as convenient, after the adjourn ment ,f this Ooifei.en.jc, .1 1 publiaU it in the Raleigh Christian Advocate, ' aud Richmond Christian Ad vooa.f t;. 1. That thu Presiding JSldcrs be re- i quested to bring this interest before ; their Quarterly and District Conf eren- j ces, so as to stir up the Church t o iur duty on this subject- j ltespeciiully submiild. " T W. GUTHRIE, Chainnu.i. ' For tin Christian AUvocjiif. THE LATE X. V. t'OM'ERKAX'E Mr. Em roit ; A common question, asked iu Greensboro' and at homo, is "What did you think of Conference ?" Our answer, often given in speech, shall nowbe made wi h the r ou. It was our first visit, aud therefor a some) little lime must, be given, to mb the dust out of onr eyes stretch our limbs, aud look around again and again, so as to determine, defiuiloly and precisely, what we do think about it. Well, i-o far as the personal of the J Confercuce is concerned, (excepting j f rf nnrza wa ftinnrl it iIaciiI ! pdly good-looking, aken as a body, u nn 1,0 atffilt. !n find an n.ss.m- blage of equal number, wbiah would more deeply impress a stranger with its intelligence, and gentlemanly bear ing, than the North Caioliua Confer ence. Of course we saw the usual varieties, and shades of character, both intellectual aud religious. Some eminent for ability ; others distin guished for piety and zeal in the Mas ter b cause. We were struck wiih the medium size and sinewy forms of most of the members. There arc but few fat men among them. Konm . incl i-.afion to Jose the Lair ; but that is en. lined al most exclusively to the Fathers of our Israel. The great majority of tho members, are iu the prim" and vigor of life. The most venerable for age OCATE N OUT IT CAROLINA- tn 1 long services, are t! o Revs. James Rei.', Norman. Dr. Closs, and Joseph II. Wheeler. Confining our attention still to ex ternals, we wotdd say that we have not seen since the war, a body of men so we'l dressed as the members of this Conference. The lai co number of ladies present, trout day to day. were matrnificentlv 1 c!.1(. Tho galleries were like a gay jmrterre. of variegated flowers. "What I would Mr. Waaler tWak, if he could rise from the dead aud look upon all tin's splendid array of fashion in Methodist Church-V asked a vencrablo and holy man of God, of the writer. With seliLoJs and colleges languishing for want of means, churches b-ire .ml comforili-f-s -Ministers' families driven to a!l sorts of shifts, to present a decent appearance- -shoeless and coat less orphans compelled to staj away from the lit use of God ; we could not help thinking that a portion of these superfluities might have been well bet towed to meet these necessi ties. But we had almost forgotten at how much less cost a lady can appear to i be well dressed than a gentleman. ; Cod bless the ladies: they lend an i-resistible charm to any occasion when they are present ; am! they are always present to minister at the al tars of ijcnevoleiice Mi l Religion. With regard to the work f the 1 Conference, it possess , time fen tun 8 of 1 1 1 1 ; i s 1 1 : 1 interest. The first great ;uf stjon to be settled, was the pro priety of forming the Western N- C. Oolifcreiic;; at thjs sessjon. The Went had taken, jts positi-.n last summer, and c'.pi.t to Grei-nsboro' bv her dele- e gation, full of zeal for the measure. ! Your readers are familiar with the controlling reasons which underlay tho whole inov mi nt. They need not i U; r peat i d here. After a patient and laborious discussiorj of the whole sub-ji-c , in eope;:tr;!.!e li'i-iuo or eompro- 1 niise were proposed, whicii were ac copicd by all partits, and the Repoil of the Committee, deferring the divi sion until tli.. nevt. Annual Confer- ' ence, vvhcu presented i" open Confer-j-UCi', i!! agfced tu Miti-uU drlnlr, iiulipj Ihj re ias muiih of raoral sub liiuiiy U) t !o ih'Houmeut. Tile poetic imagery and fluent s-pecch ef the gifted Kennedy from Aslioville ; the stirring thunder and lightning of the ard 'lit Boring, euch of whom dw elt jn y iirotiii strains on jf,e gi-'.ijilenc and beauty of their mountain 1 omen ; and the prospec tive fortunes of our Clmruh, in that elevuled region : ami the beau' if ill little i pis-ale of Di. 'Sbipp, gracefully announcing il:e marriage between the rich valleys of the Ca awba an 5 l'e dee, and fertile vales, and glo.ious mountain ranges encirchiig tlirf Frei.ch Broad, forue.'d .v piJ.e ol moral and oetio beauty rarely equalled, never surpassed. Fromtii.i! blessed hour, tins feflings nd q?initua of l;oth wptions harmon ied completely, nutil the close of the bessjon. Vv'e felt like a band of brothers, la boring together for the. highest good of our common Zion. The Sabbath was a hiU day, a spir mvil rs.i.it or lut things, such as i not enjoyed at crei session of an aunual Coufereiice. The sermon of Bw'o; P'iotVc ad dreiiieit 1m the preachers on Sidbath motning, was ali (hat could have been desired, or expected tvcn from him. It. was ircat in tlx: highest i:nu holiest sense of i hat word ; and will doubtless 0 yenK-mbered by many to the la' est days of their lives. The Sunday School meeting on Sab bath afternoon, was one of decided in terest. The mus:c was sweet, as it al ways is, when proceeding from child ish hearts and lips. The Bishop's Ad dress was appropiiate, and the spirit of the whole meeting animated and j pheeriug; I Wo of the transferred ten ilory, were made to feel perfectly welcome, ' long before the kind and brotherly ex i pression of welcome conveyed in Dr. Craven's resolu ion, was made public. The solemn memoiiai service on 1 ni8ht. taocbhig addrtss I tf Dr. V.l aud Dr. Deems, the fcW remarks of the Bishop preparatory to reading the appointments, were in fine keeping w'vlt the occasion. Wc parted reluctantly with our o!d, ami usw friends, hoping aud prajinjj So- many happy re uniuns here ou earth, aud a final resting placs in Heaven. The hospitality oi the good people of Greensboro' was as generous as it was elegant. The feelicg oi pleasure sei med to be mutual. But for the de cioiou of inspiration, it would be diffi cult to say who are ' more blessed" on then; occasions, those who "give" ortiiu.se -'receive." Certain we uio that their sweet memories linger long in the bosom of the T.inerant, and often rise like angels visits io cheer Lim in his lonely rounds. NO. 48. May God bb s. t he people of G boro' and the members of the North Carolina Conference. Yours, -,, SVML. LEAK I). THREE CEVTL'RICS OF Pfio TESTA Tts7l EtTtOI'E. The three le.td.ng la'CBt, r Karope are tho Teutonic, dm Celtic, and the Sclavonic nati. ns. The foi mer are f . J :.. i ejumi iij j a-uiaild. ."Scul mi1 t north of Ireland, Sweden. Denmaik ' ' - . . . 1 e.-. I i . . Norway, Holland, wud Prtissii, (wiihj me exception of Posen,) upper and lower Austria, as well as the minor German States, nmi German Switzer land. The Cell aie Jo be found in the south of Ireland, iu France, in the French speukiug cantons of Switzer land, aud in B, jgiuni. The SW,m,., race comprises the Ru.-siaus, the Poles, the Bohemians, the S.rbs. the Croats the Lithnrians, atid otheis. Roiubtt, who gave much atteiiiiou to this subject, wiiting in 184:, esti mated the pODulalions ..f T,.nf, 82, -00,000; the Celts at (18,000,0.(0; and the Sclavonic at r,s..0u,00; or, o nittrng the I'rl, Isics, we may .ay tmore were ii. 1SW about -.,70O,- 000 Teutons. 58,CU0 0.10 C its, and the aame uumoer oi ftciuvinvus through- out ine uropraii continent, Xeariy the who ,f tkr Truhus are Prutekint, and ibtnu has long been in oneration n tiv. it i.v ., i ;,.i. n r i.v,ra.i.aui pun nave eieen rising m ; lJNl(n.'tnnl 1. ... 1 me worid, while th. je uuder Papal lunueace have Oee:i on the decline. Th lira n rt .i.. t... o,, .I-, crises ifi i:ie history of nations nmi cif ii.dividuals When on their cuml net for a conn.ara ,ivelj biicf perij.i their whole future turns Tina ot. r. I i , mu, uii.ituus w uen truth and error are, iu the providence of God, presented to them, bide by Bide, and they are tiskvl to ehite which they prefer., frunce rejected P rolest- tuitiou aud iiuiixitwi t-opery, ami sue. has been smarting for her choice ever since. When tLe so called Tnviiicibie Armada threatened .he oven I., .,, .r!:. , 1 rotestant England Spain could boust of 43,000,000 inhabitants; she ha3 now only 11 000,0;0" Heaven ha, suick-1 eu her in her tirst-boru j the Egyptian-. Uui. lUu giowih e-f! Protestaiitisiu iu ItcliUid pi spent, is j dawning Upon thai unnapj.y land, vel . within our limes lieiun t lias lost up i ward oi 2,500,000 mhiiLuiants, more than one-thud oi tlie whole. Let. 1 uuuei iue iioniinion 01 mo l api.ey liic ' V i .1 . . . I . . logical uemonsiia loii wuuiuiTn y.lji fiAVLUV, OlvU IU. Uesell j , .............. .. .ii i - I... .i . od lalmjia, Ihebts, or Memphis, howling wildernesses, thu toad, the bat, t he- wuli, iiu'i m , serpent. Looking at I'roleslant mtioiis, ! Great Britain had lO.SOO.OOJ when ! the Armada came; slieh.is now ;J-',00,-j UUU ill tnese islands. Besidu-, this, she has largely peopled Amerie.i, la dia, aud Australia, New Zeulanl, and other iskfi'ta oJ .)io South. Sue has , centupled her wcnlth; she has keen i her childre ' grow irom ten miluous Hi ten times leu millions, and h. plead the Bible over all thv .vijd'ld. j Looi at Prus;,;. Only a eeiitui ! and a half ago the iiilo ot the King ot Pi Ubsia was fii'dt assumed. Bu:. Prol- : estant truth was offered to it and ac- ! cenled, aud, amid st.ru. 'idea, it sr.iead. ! Blessed with a suceuyjsioa of abhj Eiec tors, and then oi King equally liistiu guishel, Prussia became a toimidable kingdom It is thus a fact that the Protestaut powers ot Eu opc have for three centuries been rising, while those - " i , enslaved by the Papacy have beeu sinking iulo deeper depths. During tho last fifty years th fol lowing countries have increased in population as follows: Russia, 1.10 per cent; Englaud, 119; Prussia, 7'J; Aus tria, 2G; France, 12 per cent. M. Block says: 'The true increase of a popula tion, however, is the excess of births oyer deaths. In this, respect Franco does not appear to advantage. The excess is in France three times less than in Austria, live times less than in Ru sia, six times less than iu 1 russia, aud eight times less 1hau iu Great Britain.' Heie it, viii bo perceived mat th? JJiwctt Romish powers, Frauce aud Austria, are prevented by some physical law from making tut same proxies with the utliwr leading na tions of Europe, and their Voicea must necessarily become less potent iu the affairs of thj worid th u thuy have hithcrio been, ii in. eueaje ol Ger man unity be fully consolidated this mighty power will be wielded, no: by Papal but by Protestant hands. And Prote8.ant truth is capable of raiuiug the newly-formed empire to a position lroin which Popery and Celtic impal siveucaa and gallantry will not be able to displace uer. Primitive 2Mhodi.4, Eiejland. OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE -C0BNF OF HAEGETT AND D4WS0N Sit. EALEIGH, K. C. . BATES OF ADVlISlXei. 1 Month. J Viix. : Mux. C .U.mi, 1 Vi Si'.u r. t Si.uare. f .- i H. ! . Ill II" 211 IM . :! f 4 .mi j.i id .i ( i . ,. f mi . jit in. i-, mi ; , . , l i , j.-, m a ml 4 , i 1 li- Is ui :i mi , ,, is IHI 2,1 II , I , , 2 mi x, 141 j:, ui !ni i .VI oi biiiu in in i; i 2 Siuhiv. 8 Sainann.: 4 .ren. ..I inn. 1 Column, Adv. r:i uii ut ill Iv cliaiitfe.l ..m e every H.i. m mil wi.m, , iditional ,h;iri.p. rr ,wv fl( i f chamre there i!l he . eM.a rhrnye ,.f f.enty re.. nlnch. Ten-y.lv. Krcei.l.,a..i.-lt., th- aUnj n.t for.iteelal Doller, in Iw column. Sl-eei ,1 contra,- mxie ri,lw,n,;,,,. (..nil I'ltor. a. t. itrrntoi: We find the fo'l i I'.l'tllif the rccepthm 0f (j1If( n. ""HOUIICII! "iitlciiiin into ourcnureh, n, the Bdtimo,., .v.. ... tlK.lii.sfant. Withthcsenieesor Dr. Munsey and Dr. B:ClWf . cwnMHuon hi (.Vntral church l.a.t.niore will be blessed bevend the eomn.cn lot of mau in pulpit mini,ni tions: in Ceni iNTiiAL Mfniomsr Ji Chui.c-A... -Yesterday Dr. Ail. rt T. Bledsoe, o' !hu Sni,rn Il,iurt4,l,i :...; ... ' ' Willi 'Ulc V I iu-...l .... I . : . I.. . t i "v.. I'UKf.miy n ' f.. . I fr Hi dissent iu certain tenet ..r i... l cop.-d Cliureh. f. " ro'estaii' lilallv ...... ........ . .- i w,u, the Meth list Episcopn' Clm. ch, South, and ailerwa.ds preach -Iron, the pulpit of the Ccntr.ii , - . . J "iieeu-ii vnnien oi that douoiuiuntiou. Le I'Mli;;- ton st.eet, ,n pivd. tiuation. Ther. . .. to..a congrrgHtioii i.teHeid. " -uuiisey, p,iKt,,r ,(f church, -oiiducted the Mnviecs .1. ..... i . . i llu ittei - ..ia! ,u such occasions; which aro simple and direct. ib-. Bledsoe appei,...l In for. altai-. ronl j.fi .-. . . . .. ll,f ' tions i.i,,.w.i....J . i - ' pio:: ; J-rcU Di.cpime h-r ,eceiu., J ; m. L.he.s, promising t wuroril7 , ., the Usatfo. of the Methods ,,.,is4. Chu.ch, South, was dulv -idmiMel After this ceremony ), J;k,ls ', ' amended ihc pulpit with Dr. M lun.scv. and lead his sermon ! x -N ATI III Te a iii:s Ci:t :usi rv. Sa He ilhistr.ues as follows: " j called I he iuh r .. r.: . i Urs T .. , " -v "'.t .. ,,., , ---- ...nw I UUIXI JI'H of loses I ever saw. She look m.. ....t . ... .i . . , lu in in Willie. )o:,Cn es, climb ung icisi., a,Kl ri.s,.H :., ,lhev. .y giautof baUlcs ami he .,j. jest moss rose, ev. ry specie 1 had rv :er heard o , ci.. ih, ,-,, ; bright pi.- fosion. Mrs. T. beg , plu,-k,ng ril.t j aud left. Some bu.sl.es with but a j Hinglo flower she dispoiled. I remoli H.ute.l 'Y, iiri ,-,,1,1,;,.. ,,.,, j Mrs. 1., al,t J. A!i,' sai.rshe, Mi i Ij iteils, do M.ii not 1.1 now that the win to maku ll ' ,,,'',r l I'1"'1 I. nowcrs Ireeiy '! i. ., r , . , ' 1 lose notliiiw , .... . ? 3' . 'S, ""ivv,li . We neve, ""-"""'i -'3 w"'" g'v. .tl!ISTi:i(l4l. imvi:icti Th. calamity which 1 stand in dread . ;.n I which is, next to tin, with irawal oi lie- ivii,., 1.!. .... it ,, .. .. (V IT' ealest a lllll cli ciin viifL.r 'I is I llllt elier- f (i oiHlli!r 111. V leiivi! tlie Ini n ivl re f llie gospel foi other l.lo!cs-iioii . ; ,i,.m.y rt;.3S .(llilI.(.s ;i M.Iin,1a!((s Ini(l. listry.' And I will give y u.,olhei. equally true: 'Th,. ,vertv of the parsonage will devilop itself iu thv poverty i.f the pulpit.' I have no doubt about it. Genteel povortv, t whi h some ministers are doomed, is one of the greatest evils mnl Iho sun. To place a man iu circiiiust:iii: s wh i'. ho is expected to be genen-is and liospitabJ..-, t. open hi ( hand as wide as his; !ie;:.rt to ill., poor, to 't his family a good education, Io briii" ""'n, "I' ia v,'"'lt iH g'"t el Hr,., ;lid to dny liini the mci.n.i of Joing s is ''noMo!l. ' lor the hope e ueuvt'u' to c,uWt,t'r -'xisteic. hi thu dreil'1 "f ltL,t' l,,iU '3' ortilica- I li tis meeting, peihapii Homo oJd acquaintance, whom ho dure not in k to his table lot his more prudent wifo should frown upon his extravagance - iu harassing fears of what will becomo of l.is wile and children when hi "til't hes iu tho grave, a lu uiofculti vale.i mind and delicate s nsibilith s has trials to War more painful than tlie priviitiuns oi the poor. It is bitter euj), and my heart bleeds f,r bielhrcii who have never told their sorrows, concealing under their cloa.. tin; f x that gnaws at their vita!. Dli. (tCTlllUL. P.v i ni.in ins own Canoe. Tho falh ei . 1 Matthias was a sleju Arctic ; -re-iu, and brwugut up Iuh soli in tii. j w ay he should go. Wlieii tho di e i t- fc t aoiilhwest wind was drivinc I!' bi akers nigh over the rocks Clua huv;u, he wotd l place hit SOU iu le ka,itk t c-iLoe; aud throw him iulo ini sui t. The little fello, wuh the dj -bie paddtc iu hi hand, would watcu his opportui ity mid right himself cs I h de.-,cendo.l, wnd ihon triumpbantly paddle through the boiling sea Io tl u little haven w here the canoes land. People used to say io MhUIius j, r; 'you will drown your boy;' to whc.h advice the sage uniitcr of seals au. white whales replied: 'If the bot cmo not right a kayak in a stormy sea I c can nor kill a seal, uu 1 if he on n t kill a seal he can not he iu Glue .. laud, in which c ise Le migiit j ist as well din." rx i J
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 14, 1870, edition 1
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