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I - ... ...... ..-. 1' "; -r ; : 1 fl ' - f Kim. ' J v t? n n rr sj it n ti tt a OFFICE 0F THE ADVOCATE- COENZ '.. OF HABGETT AHD Els.. EALEIQH, N. 0. TERMS. -. Alvvrr. i lurai.-heJ to sutecr; - 1 . T . . ... V SATES OF ASVESTISiNU. 1 Moxirt. t Mosa. 3 M-in. M.. 1 Yr a '' C'-j- annum m aa:inct-. -jni. rg ., ... . months, UM, ore copy, fix mttmns, i.du. REV. J. B BOBBITT EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 8rc. ' 1 Squara. Smarts. s .1 CLUB BATES. ' Si cojitcs, one year, Ji2. 1 .-a -.ipiop, one your $2.e0. fifty ropier, on. year, received n. one tinm, ifl.io. !.,, 4 Sw " W '! M tin it Oil, 8 OP l f 4 1 Ml 0" 12 IS n-1 IS on t i ' M 0" : t ft fit f in uo $ if 19 S Ebiuam. in i 1H 0"i i 1 4iirv. ' V ,.l'mn. 1 13 m In mi ?n ! .1:. ui 4 M b.. . m mi PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS METHODISM IN NORTH CAROLINA. i ' "I nin 1 Coloma I 4 t I HI !. 001 Ml 1 00 l.V It) r . -y w . I ' 11 IN A 'is ;;1 TERMS TO PSEACHEES. miuistirs !... at a? ngriit tor tl.r Aeoc ir, will rv ho ill.- .jT at J 1 . irr annum. Those h'.iy full rati-8 wii! I,c nlloir. 1 fifiei n r rent, on H mutts''! it-crs st-nt. JIOirXT TABOR. i M. tloin-ht I the rhusn three Who walked so oft with ChrUt l.jluw, r Who saw in eai Geth.em.nie Th.'Mj crimson drops of woe; V Tlia' from the living lipg I heard Tin- story ul our riscH Lord. They talke ! to me ot Tatar's sleep, . How tcmUrly lie led them there; " ? Wlvn weary, faint, they sank to sleep, j lie knelt alone in prayer : "i l ii.it while they slc.it strange vision cm.ie. They thought t'.:e mount lins all aaame. i?A iMier wuVimI, ami i with ioii3aIaK-;-"r fir hi; noVr to olbtr sight wa give j lie hM communion with the skies. Ilnthcd in the liht of heaven ; Ili face shone as the pun,'' and io ! His raluieut glistened white a snov.' Tiiey told me of the tw (hat ramo on sniiieft wing, nt haven's behest I'!iT:lh. who, on cloud of 11a : e, Aseeu'deil toirfir; And Mitevs, who otioreb trod. Ar. 1 --I'aef to favc ' couiiiiuned wll . tioj They told me iiell po.di: CVlit U!id Fr'Mi you-i. vV:...ra G'iV i tlieir wondering fear, I;; thPHijli the idieut n!o'''. t s:r.i:ige to mortal u:tr un voic;. i roeUiitiied his : Hit We'd II loved the tl'orh-us One. Au 1 ihe-i they ee i-. d Oh : stay, I cried. Oh ! iit'J' r y11- favored three, Ai.d ted me tio.ru f Hun ho d.tM t!i:.t Je.1l CP' for me ! iV!: Hie. l.:tt tt..i;. irons theme had Ihey A !.o e.H.r.e on j.ic:i hiel etn!.;3sy ? Wrkiiea t;.ey 6p..kc of li:- deeeas , T..e woe. the pain of Calvary ; W: i; lli-row the iitiof psnctf, i;!: r:'i; .i.t e ej-e.t so' Th -t 1-r . :.:c!i shaipe: th-ras v.onid Lear. T!. n.an a erowii - f :-fe mir-I.t wear! ri.-tke of love tuo peat ai.d iligl ; -.it. a viiit for us to know; ih ! w? V:.. w that He muut die. d thi e:i!, on rit, SI wo' ; T. r.'i; A. " .r And I -eic-d, andl"'. the vision Jt-u st-'ol with us alne one. ii.l ee ;-.:!! i:i Him behold T:.- iurihijie "f the Father's hee? '" .- a!i i!i t - o!!ieii of earthly motiltl rri i;ai:L from a'ove? r.d :o it i l . - i-' :h"S to be :-it sueti a frie:.tl a lie ? i : ;e?:'t.':n-i. -'lit r.e voiee replied ; The aaswer t-.' my heart w.t ;ven ; My path of life was glorifi- J Bv tiii one glimpse of heaven ; A lL-ut c.-ksti'.il r-uid me ?li"Ile, Viiile I w :t :i Ji stood alttne. -1 ' f. r the christian Advocate, PROSPECTS OF; TCETIIOUlS.n IX THE AORTH t'ABOLlVA tO.TEREKE. l Mi;. Kiiiion: To be sanguine, may V Le a misfortune, but properly chnsten 1 ed by soundii-?s3 of judgment, certain ly is not a fault. To shake one's head, look wise, and speak omiuous sen- tenees. is commonly taken for wisdom; but it is the wisdom of the owl. Rather ' give ur the clear, quick glance, and K upward movement of the eagle, as soaring aloft in mid heaven, helixes 1 Lis steadfast gaze on the meridian sun, i and r-eeks to read his destiuy th re. The vhole race of croakers think they i fin 1 ample conllimaiion of their das- ta'V.ly fears in tho experience of the , yvt The only use we have for She past, is to profit by our failures learn f wisdom from our mistakes, and hu - mility from our sin-;. Thero was as in teh true philosophy as genuine piety in the A pottle's "forgetting those ,: things which are behind ami reach- ing forth ur::o tiiose things which are t- Ixrfore,' aud j.-ressing " toward the Ui.rk fr the prie of the high eaiiii g of Ge. 1 in Christ Jesui." There was a time when the North ' Caroliua Conference was straitened in iter territory anl resources. A mere jl longitudinal fragment of the St..te, y shut ia by the South Carolina anel Virginia Conferences, there was noth ; ing left for her but 1 1 struggle against I fearful odds, in maintaining her eccle l siastical position. She was doomed ' to see many of her choice young min- V isters transferred to older and strong T ' er Conferences, and her resources "i cripiled by the division of her terri tory. - With a heroism eleserviug all praise, uu bent her energies to the work be : fore her, trusting in God and her own ; indexible purpose to lo the right. The late accession of territory from the South Carolina Conference, with tt& thui' tn MdHwiirf members, two Fe : male Colleges, aud one Male College in embryo, places her at once amongst r the strongest of all the Southern Con j fereuces. j And now, with an era measuring J .Some four hnit'li'i't wi'cs from east to I west, and au average of half that dis I tance from north to south, out hun f dr l and thirty ix effective men in - f her ministerial ranks, inrty fn-r. thou 5 iUHl members of the church, aud her St schools and colleges, both male and C'lemale, occupying prominent centres of influence ; and last, but not least, 4 the Ivaleiou Christian Adv ocate, situ-r-. aled at her very heart's core, and ready to defend her institutions, and be the meelium of a rapid communica- tion of thought and feeling from cen tre to circumference, what, we ask, is wanting but the blessing of God and earnest effort on our part to secure lto most enlarged anrl permanent S?jWe -oiifess, fr. Editor, language in ioo poor to convey to the minds of j your readers an adequate idea of the 'Jjri'lnt prospects of Southern Meth- VOI,. IV. o.lism ia the good old North State. Instead of reposing on her l tarels, and congratulating herself on her im proved outward circumstances, our Conference should spring forward, with the energy and strength of a young giant, (under God) to improve her piety, redouble her- membership, build up her colleges, extend the" cir culation oX her only journal, and with an eye single to His glory, make her self felt, as she should bo, in all rlie educational, benevolent, n 1 rtugioug tinogmg irom uer past. History ner conflicts and licr triumplis in the day of comparative weakness we predict a glorious future for North Carolina Methodism. If our ministers and members will but b true to themselves and the great distinctive features of our church, cultivating the most en larged catholicity of feeling toward others, and the intensest love of their omi denomination, then will our God bless us,as in the olden time. and the language of complaint be banished from all our borders. Methodism, whether or jx-ic, is " Christianity in earnest"" the life of God in the soul of a mau" com munion with God and the luve of our brother. Such is its interior life. Its outward development will correspond with the teaching of God's word. Hating Piiarasaism, it sets itse'f to do the " will of God." Repudiating AntiDornianism, it seeks to be justified tJtc.Hf by Faith. Extending the arms of christian charity toward the vitul: race, it prays and labors for the salva tion of a:'! mankind. To her spiritual apprehension, Heaven and Hell are living realities. Eternity, a fathomless abyss of inexpressible anguish, or a joyful fullness of unending bliss. In tent only on saving souls, she stops not to consider loo mwh the beauty of forms, or to weigh in the balance of thought the importance of metaphysi cal distinctions. The glory of Gcd, in the salvation cf souls, is her aekuowl- edged end; and the subjugation of ... -it tne world to Const, is tier ciieiisneu purpose. Com, brethren, let ns unit heart and hand in pushing the victo ries of tho cross to their highest pos sible consummation; and then shall he glory of God lill all thet,e lands, tud onr hearls shall rejoice with a joy unspeakable itnd fall of glory. I'ardon the writer for savin;; that h feels himself specially commit ted to thi Children's Department, and though them hopes to see an impetus given to the cause of God, such as we La c never seen before. let us he'p each other by our pray ers and sympathy, and we may yet live to realize tha fulfilment of that pronise "Delight thyself also in the Lore, and He shall give thee the do siresof thine heart. Commit thy way unto'.he Lord, trust abo ia Him, and Ho ."lull briny it t -.-. And He hall bricg forth thy righteousness as the li'jitt, fuel thy judgment as the noon day." Yours truly, ecc, Saii'i. Leai;i. For the Christii'.n .Vdvooue. A HEVlEW OF AN ARTICLE ON WAR. Mk. Eitroi:: It was my intention to have reviewed the above-named article beore this; but so it is, and I hope not oo late. Though r.n " ol scure peron," Ben Ellet, upon the subject of war, has let his light shine. He is a cit set upon Mt. Lebanon, rr perhaps Sncw Hill. If I am asfelicitous iu my review as he is in hia ,var subject, I mny also, though an obscure person, be brought up into the lount of Vision become more generaU- known. Teaee, it seems to me, has beui as strongly aelvocateel as war. It htn engrossed as much at tention from tie very fact that it is an "unmitigated jvil." Its horrors are patent, but at the same time is it not a necessary evil? One has said , ' there shall be wars aid rumors of wars.' Of his authority thre can be no eloubt. It is a great efibit of the civilzetl world to preserve peace but in the struggle she sometimes colapses into war. The origin of war is nt in the desire for the woes which it jiings. It is often the result of an effo t to maintain right. It is the hand upliled iu the defence of justice and trut., that is often ta ken as a challenge ftr combat. Iu war, it often happens tat a great moral question is in vol ed. The same prin ciple which actua'es i mau in the pro tection of himself all family, is that which involves contitjnts in war. In the one case the mater is more ex tensive, but it is the ame fire. Ben Ellet says, " If every christian would assist to the extent tf his ability to chauge the tone of feeling upon this subject, he would be at agent, in the hand of God, of umkingwars to cease." How change the tone 'bVom a higher to a lower key ? Subrni, to be tram pled down and tramplel under when the test of great moral principles is at stake ? We are to be vijtiant for the truth aiakejao prececleit for jaatice and truth to be obtruded upon. " The sword of tho Lord aud of Gideon," is sometimes necessary to defend the right. Truth will prevail, but from cowardice many of her votaries Bhall fall. Submission to wrong bt t seldom corrects error, but often emboldens wrong doer. It is doubtfu as (o whether war can, in our day, be pre vented. We must deal ' largely " in matters of fact to deal fairly with this que&tion. In opposing war and, advo cating peacethere : 'a, j.p field and broad acres iu which to ts patiate; but let principle be assailed, and some peace measure will fail. Like the (Junker lady when her sou was seeking the forgiveness of his sins amid the shouts ftnd songs of God's people, who acknowledged " she was mad and lelt like fighting." Her principle of quietude and silence was invaded. I am not in favor of war in the :tb struct. When such a measure must be resorted to, it is in one sense great ly to be deplored; bat if I were going to advocate its claims, I shou'd give Abraham as an example. He armed 318 men, pursued his enemies, g;ve them a drubbing, took their spoils, aud received the approbation of ' Mul cbiseieek, King of Salem, which is King of peace.' D. C. Trinity College, Doc, 1870. TO THE FRIENDS OF AMERICAN HIBI.E SOCIETY. Wo earnestly invite attention to the following statement: 1. Tiie wort of the Suckty cuntinum to c rjan't, both at home and abroad. The political, social, and religious movements in progress in foreign lands, and the fresh impulse given to Christian effort on the missionary field, must prepare the way fir ne w and extensive demands upon us iu this department of our labours. At home, the resupply of the coun try is still receiving earnest t out ion. So far as ascertained, and wiihont in cluding the distribution through other benevolent societies to which we have given large'supplies of books, there have been visited since May, l8GG,net less than 2,47?i,Sol families. Of these, 223,133, or nearly one in ten, have beenfounel destitute of the Scriptures. About 200,000 families, representing a million of people, have been sup plied, in addition to tome 70,000 chil dren anel other iuelividuals, and over 4,000 Sabbath aud secular schools. Important facilities havs recently been secured for elistribi: ting the Scriptures in Utah, where our Agent has been kinelly received and cordially aided. We are now confremfed by a vast work to be done among Chinese im migrants. Besides scattereel colonies in other parts of the country, we are informed that there are some 00,000 or 70,000 of these people on the Pa cific slope, Dearly all of whom can read. Some distribution among them has already been efi'ecteel directly by us, anel through our Auxiliary, the California Bible Society. But the work is scarcely begun, aad we must look to tho liberality of our friends to aiel us in prosecuting ic promptly and earnestly. 2. The ordinarj' current receipts tf the Society are not now sufficient to meet its obligations in the domestic and foreign fields; while its operations can be yet further extended, to keep pace with a larger 1 berality on the part of its frieDelc. If the gratuitous contributions of tho past year should be doubled this year, the Managers could judiciously expend every dollar in embracing the opportunities aud meeting the demands for Bible distri bution already before them. 3. An erroneous impression seems to exist in some quarters that the So ciety is rich, and has ample invested funds. It is true that it owns the Bible House, which was erecteel by tho special contributions of friends in New York City, who made it a freo gift to the Society; and this, with its manufacturing appliances, has become a valuable property. We cannot over estimate the wise forethought and beneficence which have thus pro vided the best facilities for manufactu ring books at the cheapest rates, and for steadily enlarging our benevolent work. The House itself, therefore, is of value to the Bible Cause only as funds are provided for maintaining the operations which it was built to promote. Beyond this, the Society baa, atul intends to have, no perma nent investments. A temporary fund, fluctuating in amount, has happily served during the last few years to save us from elifficulties which the or elinary receipts would have been in adequate to prevent. Yet, at the be ginning of the present fiscal year, this temporary deposit amounted to only $14,000, while there were outstanding engagements to be met to the extent of nearly $90,000. It would therefore be unjust to our work to withhold contributions on the ground of an apparent surplus, which would be far RALEIGH, N. "VVEDN 5 more than exhausted if the Society'? obligations were all due at once. " N:r cm we depend on legacies These are not always immediately available. They may be in the forrl of real estate that cannot at once I sold, or securities that c tnnot be ad) vautageously converted into cash; or thev mav be attended with condition. that deprive us of the present C8e the funcs. ' It. a rraiigiug owlfP and adintiiUn ttw, icilttf " our" engagemente. oTir 1 Lord; but to a very largr extent, a ed aiixn main reliance must always be on tho current contributions of living friends. 4. It must be remembered that the Society is strictly a benevolent Insti tution. It sells its books at cost, and to Auxiliary Societies Lelow cost; while in anno ally distributes gratuit ously, through its Agents, Auxiliaries, other charitable institutions, and pri vate individuals, many thousands of volumes. Its gratuitous work eluring the last ii.scal ear amouu'ed to near ly $200,000. The American Bible Society, theie fore, in view of its increasing respon sibility, its strictly benevolent charac ter, and the present demands of the work at home and abroad, eauxksti.j AWE.U.S TO Yorit SYMPATHY. YOUR l'EAV- EHS, AN i rout I.JLEItAMTV. JOSEPH HOLDICH, ) , THET. RALSTON SMITH, j ANDREW Ij. TAYLOR, Ant Trea. CALEB T. ItOWE, GrnereAyanl. Bibli: Hcrar, New York, Nov. 1870. A IIV.1K l OH CIIRIST3IA. Siuitly toll th" fl-M'tii!t moments, Sviill return the fental il.iy. I illiuj; : ill our hoarts with ".lailiieM. To !:i:i;- ail our lips to praise. Aloeni one's b:ive hoine'warl hastened, lie.ii il.-tiros now are glowing free; HouM'iiiiM bands nxnin tinituil Niuigli! lmi happiness we see. Christmas ! 'tis a jivoiw season; (iliiiliy we will hai! iti dawn. Thinking d'the woixlrotis tidings Mice to earth liy angels borne. Let tide id years roll backward, Let lis stop the flight ol'tillie; tla.inj; with adoring wonder On that mysl ery sublime. When the incarnate God ilc.scemliiijr, Mowed His own anointi d head, Vailed in clay His radiant glory, On the cross ol'snirering bled. Let. it:, liien to the anthems Heating om.e o'er Iiethlehein'g plain; Cite-li again that heavenly music, Sweeter Car than mortal ptrain. " Peace on earth, oood-will from heaven; Loudly swell the glad refrain, Lo '. the Lord of light and glory. Stoops, to ransom sinful men! Mi ' the echo or those anthems. Never yet has died away; " l or thy wondrous love we tiiank Thee lesus, ii-, iour!"- thus we pray. STRENGTH OF THE CHI fICII. A writer iu the St. Loui3 Central Boi'hHt, showing how activity in the cause of Missions promotes the strength and life of our churches, remarks: If we would build up our home in terests, we must discard that miserly do-nothing adage, 'Charity begins at home' (for it is proverbial that those who plead this adage would have char ity not only to begin bat to end at home), nnd cultivate the missionary spirit. Show me a church that takes an active interest in missions, and I'll show you a church of enlarged benev o'ence, whose prosperity is wall assur ed. But show me a church that neg lects missions, and I'll show yon a church of narrow, contracted views, that most likely doles out a scanty liv ing to its pastor, anel that is behiricl hand financially and in many other important respects. Experienced f!or ists tell us that if we would make our rose bushes bear abundantly, we need not fear adorniag oar neighbor's flow er vase wish their first fruits. The mora we clip, the more they bear. Stinginess would say, 'Charity begins at home' you had better let them stay for foar you will have no others, and thus defeat itself. The Scripture is thus verified: 'There is that scatter eth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liber al soul shall be made fat, ami he that wateretlnshall be watered also himself.' I cannot better conclude this paper than by adding a few words from A. Fuller. Says he: 'It is a fact which cannot be disputed, that since Chris tians of various denominations have been engaged in foreign missions, there have bee; greater exertions to commu nicate principles of religion to the heathenized parts of both England and Scotland than at any former time within the remembrance, r.t least, of the present generation. If I were to say they have been five times greater than before, I think i should not ex ceed the truth.' Every sin has its Satan in it," and robs the soul of its beauty. Every sin hath robbery in iL It ia iu endeavor to carry away some one or oLhtr of the crown jewels of heaven. Haliijvrtos 2SDAT, DECEMBER 21, 1870 . CONVERSION OF CHILDREN. Children and, youth may become disciples of the Lord J.esus ' Christ, and may be safely gathered in-o the. Christian fold, ; if , only their parents and their pastors will bo content to receive the bab. Christ in the youi.g convert or the voting Christian. cVLCh.acne, Parents !ln 1 'achers are to sf Jr .nP luo cuitdren under tneir care Christians have brought up th :ir chil dren iu the hone that v hen they siiall have arrived at years of eliscretion which are usually supposed to ba somewhere from fifteen to twenty one years of age, J they will then them selves become Christians. I hold that it is possible so to rear our chillreu that they shall bo converted from the cradle, and grow up iu the nurture and aetmonition of the Lord some without a break, and some subject to those normal disturbances which come from physical causes in tho readjust meut of the system at its maturity. If Christian parents ami Chris :i in teach ers were consistent, and were in faith of the true Christ Jesus, I believe that, generations of chillreu nilgai be brought up who never wemld know tho point at which the transition was made. They would be taught to love Christ, anel to adopt the great Christian ele ment of character :c ve and by it to cast oui evil, to build and to cqtiire habits and experien- es, so that wl:Mi thev cohio to man's es:ate, it would not be through all tho tanglemenis, beset merit . anel soilings Gt an o daa ry earthly experience. They vvonkl come honorable, truthful, loving, full of faith, full of heipe, full of purity, from fb3 cr.ul!e to the church. Aud I do not simply believe there will ever be a day of millennium. I do mt be lieve there will ever be a prevalc-iict; of Christianity, until, instead of trying to fish for the few adults that can be brought from evil iuio good, we learn how to take life at its beginings, and to train generations from the first, to t,s-i.iniihe-)od, parsing through infan cy tud youth, iuto the full develop rueit of Christian life. Iicch'-r. THE PREVAILING IDOLATRV IN CHINA. Ifev. J. W. Lambuth, of our Ci.'ina Mtsiou, in a letter to tho New Or leans Adcocate, speaks of tha prevail ing idolatry and pleads for missions iu thai benighted laud in the following terms : There are altars to heaven, to earth, to the sun and to the moon, anel to the north star. There are other ai-ta:;- o gods of the rivers, of the niouu taips aud of the valleys, to the gods of light niug, of fire, and many more too numerous to mention. To tht te th Chinese bow from day to day images of wood and stone', maele in the image of man. If a.-ked why they bow to these senseless and inanimate images, they will laugh and say: 'We do not worship this image, but what the image represents.' Tlie llomun Catholics will tell you the s;.m thing. But the Bible does not allow this, atd teaches us that it is idolatry, at which God is greatly displeased, and will punish all who continue to bow down to them. So fixed and determined are thef e people in their notions of idolatry that they care but little for the glori ous truth of the gospel of the Lord Jesus. They turn with utter indif ference from it, and spurn the terms of offered mercy. The gospel is pre sented to them in the most simple way that it is possible to do so; and wo are led to believe, from what we know and have seen, that the gospel is just as much adapted to the Chinese as it is to other nations. We need not, then, doubt of its ultimate result among the heathen. Let not our Christian friends, who feel that the cause of our Lord has failed in China, become discouraged; for if they with draw their help and aid, Goel will raise up others to take their places. No matter how much ve oppose the work and refuse to help or give our earnest support, God will carry it ou and cause his kingdom to triumph over all. NORTHERN RADICAL RE FORMERS. The New York Obserwr says : Let the doctrines of the IndejH-ndent and of Mrs. Stanton become the ideas of the State and the resulting legisla tion will of course convert the com munity into something far worse than the polygamy of Salt Lake City. It will rather resemble the Sandwich Is lands before the Gospel, where the ca price of each individual was the only law of marriage. It is the duty of all virtuous women to frown-upon these enemies of marriage. The poor lost eisters of shame are too often despised of women; but harlots are not half so despicable as those women anel men who teach that the marriage tie should be sundered at the capriee of the par ties. Better far for society to have no bond of marriage at all titan to make it liable to be broken at pleasure. TIIE AMAZON. This great river rises in the little Peruvian lake of Louricocha, just be low the limits of perpetual snow. For 500 miles it flows swiftly through a deep valley, then, turning sharply eastward, it runs 2,500 miles across the great equatorial plains. Two thousand miles abovo its mouth, its vvylth is a mile and a half, increasing -torvci- ten luilfes at the "head of tne delta, where it divides, and, after running 400 miles, presents a front of 150 miles upon the ocean. For a great distauce, it is bordered by side channels, or bayous, as they are called upou the Mississippi, named by tho Indians igarapes, or canoe paths. From S tntarem, the principal town above Para, one may paddle a thou sand miles, paralL.l to the river, witnout once entering the stream. For twenty-five degrees of latitude, every river that llows down the Eastern slope of the Andes is an alllucnt of the Amazon. It is as though all the rivers from Mexico to Oregon united their waters in the Mississippi. A half-score of these tributaries are larger tho Danube ex cepteel than any European river out of Russia. The volume cf its waters is greater even than the breadth of the river would indicate. At Nauta, 2,200 miles from its mouth, the ettpth is forty fet, increasing rapidly as it approaches the oceau. The largest ocean steamer could ttoubtless steam 2,000 miles up th-.: Am izou. The voge-ation of the valley is exuberant. There is a bewilelering diversity of graud and beautiful trees, a wild, uacouque-led race of vegetable gitiiitf, draped and fe&tooued by creep ing plants. The moment you land upon the shore you are confronted by a solid wall of vegetation, through which, if jo1! wish to proceed, you must how your way with axe or macheta. Palms, of which thirty variety are noiod, constitute the ma jority of trees. Then there are 'cow tree't, a hui4 Jie--i aiid iiiiy ieet " bigfi, yielding a miik of the consistency of cream, used for tea, coll'ee, and cus tards. Tne 'cauch-j, ' or rubber tree, though of a ehli'eitnt species from that of Ihe ivi.st Indies, produces a gum which eonstitutos nit si, cl the rubber oi commerce. Agassiz puts this tree-, forty or eighty feet high, in the same class with the milkweed of our Amei icau pastures. Of ornamen tal wood there is no end. Foremost among these i--; the moira pinima, or tortoise-oheli wooel, the most beautiful in graiu aud color iu the world. E-unigh of tii3 is waul el tverj year to veneer all the ttwellings tif the civilized world. l'Yr many years to come, the exports oT the Am izon Y.d ley must be main I j !Lc products cf its forests. Yet, stvaageiy enough, tim ber i; now one of the chief articles of import at Para. A city of .).j,UJ0 in habitants, iyii.g on the verge of a gre.it le gi st, i v.y, p:i;e boards from far away M.-iim:. This foliy will in time come to an end. Contrary to all that we might expect, the climate of the Amazon Valley is temperate rather than tropical. It is more equal than in any other region of the world. REASONS TOR PLAIN DRESS ING ON SUNDAY. 1. It would lessen the burden? of many who find it hard to maintaiu their places iti society. 2. It would lessen the- force of the temptations which often lead men to barter honor anel honesty or display. 3. If there was less strife in dress at church, pocpie iu moderate circum stances would be more inclined to at tend. 1. Uuiveisal moderation iu dress at church would improve the worship by the removal of many wandering aud foolish thoughts. 5. It would enable all classes of people to attend church better in un favorable weather. 0. It would lessen, en the part of the rich, the temptations to vanity. 7. It would lessen, on the part of the poor, the temptations to be eu vio is and malicious. S. It would save valuable lime on the Sabbath. y. It would relieve our me ns of a serious pressure, aud thus enable us to elo more for good enterprises. THE SUCCESS OF SPURGEON. Dr. Foster, just from Europe, says: " Though only thirty-seveu years of age, with a ministry extending through only fourteen 3'cars, he has built and paid for the most commodious church edifice in England ; has received into his church, chielly on profession of conversion, 13,000 persons, 160 of whom are now preaching the Gospel; has built and paid for thirty-seven chapels, most of which are under the supervision of pastors converted under his administration; now employs COO Bible readers; sustains an ortlf it f.-( containing 100 beneficiaries, and sup ports GO young men in college. NO. 49. A WON VS DEFENCE. For myself, I .should be thankful to return to the hab-ts of our grand mothers, buy a bonnet which would do to wear ten yeurs; have three dresses, two for every day and one for I nice, and wenr them year after year, lill they wear , without alteration; also twist np my hair iu a plain wad at the back f my liarL I iTfl then have more limo for reading and studv-, and m .re m- ncy to spend in books, pictures, ami tiavpliii t nnv nothing cf tho nnlim,tl - - 0, . .v money for doing good. And I know of very many women wLo would be only too happy to throw aside the wearisome t-hackles t f fashion. But what would be the result? With the maiden, no more beaux; with tho wife, a cessation of devotion on the part of her husbaud- r s:ts too diro to be contemplated for a moment. I speak what I know an,', testify what I have seen. I have myself been to parties sensibly and economically clad, and 1 was despised nnd rejected of men; again, I have bern more fashionably and fxneiiriivflv :t r..,l ,.,.i t i - j - v., wu,i m. ll n. ll more beaux than I kuew what to do with. By the w y, why don't some of the wise and nensible bachelors court and marry among the vast army of working girls? They are dressed simply, and me aiciihtomed to habits of economy. Tl;ey would be glad euough of good hom, s, and would make excellent wires. Tney aro per- sonally attractive, and I doubt no, are quite as refined and intelligent as the average of fashionable women. Why is there not a greater el em and for them as wives, nnd why aro Lot the Flora McFliinsey's a drug in the uo.in.db ; ajci, lUU IHCIS BpOBK lor themselves, lis not deceived. O. nit brethren! With tou lies the fault: from you must come the remedy, refuse to pay court to silks, pannier's, frills and chignon, and we shall go over to calico in battalions.-.! fW. 7SIE (0OI'(IO, OI" FRANCE. The Baltimore M,ih,d;.t ,,..,; sums up tie coudit.on of France nnd the causes which ha-e led to it, in ti e following words: France has riven nooerv a full on- C I A a ' I portnnity; and how sho has been ben- efited by it. his Appeared freepiently, in dismays which have filled I he world C ' i - it i i with horror. Cardinals hare been her prime ministers; her kings have been Most Christian Muj-s:iu; popery has been rampant in the realm; the Bible silenced; Christ ltid aside; the Church put in His stead; the people without any proper idea of liberty and person al responsibility. And so, the nation, with a crowded population is ailrift upon the wide sea with no one capa ble of holding th.: helm. Miserable demngogtu . have se-ized upon tho gov ernment, without having even moder ate pretension to statesmanship, or any military ability. Not one general or statesman in France. More than 300,000 soldiers are prisoners in Prus sia, the country at the mercy of a Protestant power, Paris investeel with troops enough in it to conquer Europe, the nation paralyzed, aud nobody with sense enough to surrender. HOLD ON. Hold on to your tongue when yon are just ready to 8wenr, lie r spenk harshly, or use an improper word. Hold on to your lir.nl when you aie about to strike, pinch, sfeal, or do an improper act. Hold on to your temper when you arc angry, excited, or imposed upon, j or others nre angry about you. Ilohl on to your hearts when evil associates seek your company; and invite you to join iu their mirth nnd revelry. Ho'd on to your n nue at all times for it is of more value to you than gold, high places or fashirnabte attire. Held on to tru'h, for it will serve you well, anel do jo i good throughout eternity. Hold on to your virtue, it is ab ve all price iu all times and places. Hold on to you good character, for it is anel ever will bo your best wealth The Abiuixu Wonn. On the door of the old mosepne iu Damascus which was once a Christian church, but for twtlve centuries has ranked among the holiest of Mohammedan sanctua ries, are iuscribed these remarkable words: 'Thy kingdom, O Christ, is an everlasting kingdom, and thy do minion endureth throughout all gen erations." 1 hough the name of Christ has been regularly blasphemed and the disciples of Christ regularly cursed for twelve hundred years within it, the inscription has nevertheless re mained unimpaired by time and un disturbed by man. It was unknown during the long reign of Mohammedan intolerance and oppression ; but when religions liberty was partially restored, and missionaries were enable to es tablish a Christian Church in that city, it was again bronght to light, en couraging them in tneir wort and Ia bor of love. m mlhi !iNout .J.lltluiua cLirg. tor v.ry uil,,. c!n,ttVTwn!tvncitr charge of l.rniy ,t. iii:ch. lweorr-arr r cut. lia.Mcdto u,.- ,mro ite for (wrlai noUeot in Loral column. Sfwul coutrart mad oo maunabla trrma. MOR.nONISJI AND THE "LAW." In December last lie United Stutes Assessor of InternrI Revenue "for lU Territory of Utah asae'sseJ Brigbnm Young, aa Trustee for the t'burch cf Jeeus Christ of Latter day Saints, au income tax of $3tf,5G9, to which ho ad ded a penalty of $10,770,50. ThoMor inoa hi appeafa) ,ftu the R ,Mes ment, first, because the trust fund wan raised by tithing, and was a voluntary offering, and consequently not taxable n8 ,,,ue; second, because, if taxable. tlie had bcen re,ieved by the act of "my ik, ibu, giving exemption to ov eiy five persons living in religions communities holding property in com mon. Wo now learn by tho Assoei.i- T.l . . . . . , ted Press dispatches irt.iu Washiuc- !U that the l'oiut cf voluntary offd- l 3 b"eu duCKkJ against Brigh u i Jul:o .ns Ttec. On tho second Viut ia which tho Mormons claimed to COUlu witLn the law tempting co,ntuon Property, it was shown by tLe o'ovc"iment that tho property was Dot Lcld in C0llJ'-n, as required by 'ho terms of the law. Tha mutter I,,, - 1 deciJe(1 hy Acting Commissioner Dou6k8i n favor of tho government R8 to tli0 tax' bnt relieving Voting from 1110 Pcualtv- Instruction will bo HOnt to C,'llc'-'to' Hallister in L'tuh to co,1,;t't ,uo ftt o"-. arw Krfttie'l to learn that iiilb;- 0,1068 arw in operation at Washinctoii nrglBS f resident Grant to adopt a moio stringent lwlicv toward the Mm. mons, forcinsr them immediuMv ii I obedience to the United States laws. Per the honor of the country wo hope Ihe President will yield to tlm-wi nn.- gestions. BrsiNtsB RrLKiioN. Tho Bible al lows no blovtuliness iu business.-- Christianity encourages invention, urn- motes refinement, suggests method insists upon order, promptness, regu' iarit.. ' , . , ' 1 , ' ' tan;J'6J humor, good manners, bu',u iiou-. xnv rPMotirccM oi lliu earth are abundant for till. If manual labor were mtde a pai t of oilueaf ior, an essential in e. ery school and col- curriculum, tne world would I o brKhter und cheerier for thechang.. 11 1S becw has bcen dunned out as f"r ft livelihood under- PBU, ovenaA- uniaHinot.e.l, mid m . chnrched that so mnny 'toilers an- worn ftn:1 Ht'ur3'. nml f"rcol to igno- rann an',1 'el""cboiy; whereas if their work aud position were nroiterlv re- warlf,i they would b- strong, vigor- ous, intellectual, religions, aud happy. Clail'n Workday L'hriMiiin 'lj. Bkmxants of Ti;iiu:s.- Tho census returns show that thero are quitu a number of renin mis of tho Indian tiibo iu New England who retain their distinctiveness from tho civil- f izetl population, and claim to m class- " ed accordingly, which is a fact una certainel in any previous ennsup. General Walker, the Siiporintendent, has instituted inquiries a to the con dition of theno Indians, ho as to c.ios them, if necessary, as tribes, in which c&oe they will come under tho super vision of the ludian Bureau. Infer ring to Indians, wo notice tho state ment tint a young Uto Indian recent ly made his way from Fort BriJgcr to Washington and asked to bo educa ted. The circumstance coming to the attention of Hon. Wni. 11 Dodge, he has made arrangements to send tho young Indian to Lincoln University, Oxford, Pa., and if he provos worthy, Mr. Dodge intends to give him ti col legiato education. Many Christians imagino that, now since they have believed, they must draw their comfort frcm some other source, or in a different way from k-hfTthey did at first; they turn their whole attention to themselves, their experience and their graces. Forget ting that the true way of nourishing these is by keeping their eye upon tie cross, they turn it inwsnl and try to nourish them by some process of their own tie vising. For rny own part, if I had au inaui -portable burden, if for auy cause I weio bent upon fajrinVing every earthly hope tis peace-offering toward heaven, Ivvoul'! iu!ko the wide worlel my cell, and good deeds to mankind my prayer. Many penitent men have done thisand found poace in it. Hawthoune. Rich An Nohle Kilatives. I wi.s reading lately of a very good ansvitr made by a very little boy, who after wards became a very distinguished minister of the gusp. 1. Oao of hia schot I fellows whs boasting one day about the number of rich and noble relations he had. Then ue asked the future minister if there were any lords in his family. "Yes," said the little fe'low'Iknow there ia one at least, for I have often heard my mother say that the Lord Jesus Christ is our elder brother. A charitable man was boasting to Lord Palmerston, 'I spend half my in come in charity, I assure you; I do, indeed! I give thousand of pounds away. Generosity covers everything.' 'Including modesty, omtims ? ask ec hia lorddhip. ... . , 1
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 21, 1870, edition 1
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