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J J A orncE or tiie advocate cokni ji OF HAEGETT AND DWvSON Slo., EALEIGH N. 0. ILOl , TERMS. Tar e'litasnvs Awv.m-atk is furiii.lio.l In rolwri Vrs at $..' per annum i:i advance. It i;i.yin'iit If delayed iini'illi.', fi.im, one ropy. ?i mouths. o- - CLUB RATK3. Si co;.: . year. si.Jo. 'IV ii oopi r.o year $ i.ti. 1'it'iy o.ipic. one yi :, ronhcl a! one inn., jl.ta. BATES OF ADVEKTISIX-.;. 1 Movrti. 4 M,ts 1 Mon". C M I V. iliiV. ,1. i! I.OHISITT HDI'OH ANi !M UlUSi I UK. i'ir.i.5T,Tsi'U5r) iin" ti-i.k i;tmhksts cxk st'KTj ioi ).is.t ir Noi-ri i cakolina. 2 Ml 1 It ll ;i mi , 1 1" j i i- r i- I I- l""!! - oi , ,i Ml I ; im ::u i ".. i . I II l'l ' I' . ii in ' i i tm . 1-h n., 1." ' S.,uare. 1 .j:j.i:-. - I S.jll u-c. cl'm. ... Col llll I HI 1-J l It. I- :.u ! .vi it. IKHSIS TO FKEACHERS. All .imii .t. is nli-i iv:!! not :o airi-nt." I. 'I' the Aitv. i-.i.cii:c'itH -IU l.e r!iai'-.-.'l irn e very t'-i.-. m-ili'l. ill. oi;t a.l.li -i-.ti.il ri.ar.e. Tor evo v i.'ii'-i el.aii-i -. re iii 1 an exU.i eliaiitc i.nt e. i o an iiich. Twi-n') -io.-1 r e.nl. ina-M. I l iii- a'-."' l..n for -i". i-i il i: 'ti'-ii- ill I.o, ni e-'liiiii:i. S.i ci il roiill-r-til ma.le on re Oolialli. l-r:ii- rr, wiii . iee tin ! r at S 1"'' per ail Tlion- who pay lull rati-s l!l I"' nllo'.vi d iil'tccn i'i aii ii!.scri!H-ri m-iiI at $2 50. Tlise wf;o -o-veil tii'.Ss.'li'x : l'-T oil'.' ..ear Will tve.-i-. c t! It. on KALE1G1T, N. 1"., WEDNESDAY, API I L 12, 1871. W.ILOLK NO. 219. i lTi: l-'l' t'.vcivc nio-ill.:? hoe ol CHRISTIAN DVOCATE. lorn ni.sxjosi. If ,i i ratinol on tin' ocean Snil aai.'lli,' till' 5ivillc.it ilri't. i...-kin?..ii tif ii!s,n.'St l.iu.'WTi. LauKU:: at tl.u t..vm y..u uuri, Y..H can -Oatul I'.ni.'ni: the sailors, Ata-horo.l yi-t wi'liiti tin.' bay. Yon ctmlcii.l a haul to l. :; ' in, As they latuieli their boat away. If you arc toy weak to journey l'l) the mountain, stoop ami hiaIi, You call stand within the volley, -m.5te'fli n.nltitnde go by; Yoi ran clunt iu happy measure, A.- tin y slowly pass a'.onir: 'nioiih tin y may forget the tin.-j.-r. Tlwy viil not f-r; t tiie song. If v"U liv.c i.i'! void aii'I silver Evtr ready to i-otr.nia'.iil; Ii';. "Uiamiot toward '.lie tu-e-dy lleaeh an ever i.pcu hand. Yon can visit t':e afflicted, i Yr the erring you can n cci', Y' ii cau be a true din- ii iiae Siitins at the Saviour's f- -! 11' ;..'U :." !,: the harvest. Oaracr i p tin riv-hest sl:t-a'', Jliiij a u'raiti i-ot'i ri;c ar. i eo:.k n Wiil I lie carelrss reapers leave: tio an.1 gica;. amonir i'ae l-iicrs. til-'.wiair rani. HL-ainst tin- wail, i it n.ay i. that tin- slia.liw ili.li - -ill- lioavl -st n-li.-at of a'... l! yu; emitiot i" col.'ii' ; Trove yourself., sol.lirr Hi'.-' II. tth.-re th e ami smoke :v tliir'. Tllrr. 's :.o '.m-k f.: vim to io; Wli.-l: lio lia-tlr fscM i.- i!rll. Y. u - lili 1:0 v. i:h caii fal triri-b Y'-'l can b-.-. ir away li;o v.'oumii -i. Y"l! call c v . ' : J. i'i-: V a'l . l- not. 'hen .''!. i iy '.'. ailin". i-'-.r s.:.,.. j; cal.-r '.'. 10 to i -i t 1 1 . o i; a i',. y j. ..i.. ,.i - .-in- ivli! ii- v r i-"-ii- lo ;.ou. lio ami inii in any viiicyar-1. lo not fi .a In lo or ilan-: 1 1' .mu ai.t a !h-M of lal-.r. You c:;:i lillll it any-,vlii-ri-. K..r Ck- Ll.ristinii Advocao . (:Kil TCni'I.R. WTIKC'S i: r. I.. I KlUvlNS. - - - . Here is an :i legory that is not all ; ullegory, 'a dream that is nfc all a ! dream.' ; The fleiacitt had assembled in a ' grand council ) device ways and . means of enc.iag a uiagnificeut tem-; Cllt j,art3 t.f ..., ,.mpie --'--.l.o;-pin in honor of the greab Aia nrnxT of ; posed. In this Vb:iie, iha : . ; creation. A" snm as the members j thought I'm; -..;r e v::s iv.:lur (..-. bad taken their seals, ruosj-Hora's, ever ' ju soue of his txnre ..-i-jh.t, ;:n.l v,- ready to throw liht upon a subject, ; arose and explained the object of tho assembly, and nominated his old and experienced friend Oyyoex, as chair man of the meeting. Oxv.iKX replied, 'I am tbnnkfal for the partiality of my friend, bnt as I shall rash, f: ctpiently to articipft'c in the debates, I would prefer that my friend Miaa-Titr should b chosen to preside over tho deliber ations of the meeting, lie is pecu liarly qualified for the presidential chair, as his well known gravity will -t - 1 (i i t f enable nim to uiseiiargc me nuaes oi : m.)jL t.;.J,....u. the c-ffice with a cunrleey an I digi.ily ful .U)'a j becoming so angus' a b .dy as ttje onlt.r cou..'t. which is now as. -enibie 1. A bro'Lcr at my elbow has whispered iii :ny car, ; that our friend Pi.vnxu?.: has more gravity than aIekc'-'uv; this I will ad- i i ... m n ,i i T ...:tt 1 ' ' ad 1 that he lacks the afthhilby of Ainu . 1 -in- iv'iii w .inii-k tivll n- i.li-dile.' ' unr tin v' .iii : : '.1:11 11-1: 1 . 1 '..111 " 1 ' 1 ; (i)i.oi:ixu sa.il, ' I na- e tdway.s been parti 1! to my frit nd Mr.i.i i us, as we have oftt-11 been together, and in onr united capacity have vi: ked so i tie very remarkable evruts, especially iu the healing art. I ttui well aware of the ease with which bo fi-.s himself lo the varied capacities of his brcthicu, and I feel satisfied that he will make a good presiding officer.' Hydrogen said, 'I feel partial to my friend Oxyoex, because we have been partners in hydraulic machinery, anil I have found him reliable under all circumstances, but 1 also admit that the gravity end dignity of my friend Slr.Eci'itY peculiarly qualifies him for the presidency of the assembly.' NiTKOuEX said, 'Lake my friend I1y jinooEX, I am partial to our brother Oxior.x, havicg been his partner in uunrvous enterprise, as windmills, sail-vessels and many other useful in ventions; but I am willing to forego that partiality in favor of our distin guished friend Ahaa i -cy.' After rumcrous expressions of opin ion, the vote was taken and jIeucl'iiy was declared duly elected. Iooine was then nominated and elected secretary. XI 10 assembly being now organized, the president announced that he was ready to hear such propositions as the members desired to introduce f-jr the consideration of the assembly. AeiiVM (gold) .-aid, 'As I have been accused cf being an enemy to the Di vine Aia iinrxT, and of diverting atten tion from his glory that I might en throne myself upon the hearts of eth ers, I deem this a fit time aud place to contradict such statements by pro- nnoimr to erect a tcmn'e, which shall ! be the grandest of aii odhh-es, in hon or of that JVing whoso mime is above all names, whose v. oiks are above all imitili n, an 1 wh -e i raise .should ho ulOVO tllC jnVVV i' II1. .'.'! ' ht.n-j.--i:. i fiinl mv r Aiii.i.Mi i f.;iv r) wiH tlefniv ull ilie c.pt ii-cs .;' " wot I;.' O.WfiKX r-pl!r.l. '1 fctl, :. Jot'.hilyi-i'J ail ill tliid IlsSiliihlV l'c-L-1, :li;liib!'.i' !' H' the liberul oiler muilo hy o:ir fiK nil Ai ni M, hut ih'.s is it vvoil: in v.l;ie!i ;tll tlesirc a iri, sliariiig nlilic in the ex penses, the l.ii'Ois. he prol;'.-.., the plearures anl tlu: hotiovo of ho I ii?'l.i hle :sn UDil-ji I ii;.v- I rcf . r.v ). pose that, oiu-li one : -ti'i'-ii'e f hi.s abnntlanee, hui'i :i;i iij.'iS- i ial :iinl I ib e-, aaJ that the work h- f.-t-ilnvifli aeoni- plishcd.' -'Aiitrsnsmf s'iivt, Tiim maoli'plcasoil8 with the last proposilion, auil for my part fitaii-l reaily t c.-ntri'.'uto nil tl clay and brick ILa. m :y b ro-riii v.-u.' SiLiei'M said, 'I lake ;le:nr' ia s-ty-irg that I will coiitribtitv the an-1 neeessai'3' fur the . i V:i. .i'U !:. Fhia.tM silo., M :: h an v ;ooU cn'evpi ; j n;:t i. w.i: ;;ir:i;.- !i ; all the iron for jiaii-i, l ;.:;, !,:.? or ! ot'ior iieoufitl iai-i'diit!;-';.' Stanm'm sai-i, 'I v. 1 1 i iti-o i eh; eifiil'y ' furnish ah the tin iieeei-'S'-J y f. r e .wv ! iug the biiKliug, or for any .!.: : p:;rt ! of the work in wlieh s-iieli ii.aicr.'.il may be rupiirt -d.' Thns all the lat iiilit; e-.fiit -n.-fii 1a ' speak wilt ii caeh Lu-1 nis.l-. ait ju- iej. ; PromiiK-iitly i.mon.ej llui.-i was ('-.;. js who eoat ribt;' lii! ;::i t : rsi '!: ;.;!:: i f vl:a!t: lels. J.r . i ; .-,! :-. : ; ! : .. if.ii'iueiiy -i;ara.-ti v:,..': v'.i i-..-: niai'ks, ilioii !. i w; -v ; . ' :-.; . iiat : Kai.h M ( pet' ;::,!: ii-i : : sio))3 ih;,: -;!- .':i:i; : !. . . 1: . 'J'l:i: j:i''. . !: .' : ill matter for th- ir e a-:-h -:'.i.'.u-.i v.-.-ts uie plau uf the U-iiile; witt.a ::;:. tvas ; seltlcl they v.;;H 1-v fi-iiity iu tiuiT ; upon the wo. k. i After Jian.-ei'oa ; rt iu-i;'M hy i ! cut liiOUibei ia v.'ltieli Si ;.:;r;. : tlioliyhL lo IluVc i:u. 11 V iliT ! it was ajrreeil luai, :e, i;i-.i.ti .i 'Ya:.-i hi-; . iu : much expo i. : e;- la i!: .. !' ".. la-. geiher wi'.h Via M.r..r stiHl C'i!i;M shouhl CollSiitufe a C'.jjii:i!'.! , c :o :h'.t": and submit a plait f -r ih- L-.-mple. "WLUe the e.-mtal'te-.t were abi..iit ir. the discharge tf 'I e ihem, a live-ly tit hate the choice of T.-yerials ei -. - ,d ( Vt-r- 'i'-'ii IV i n !" ; .1 : i;: it0 Srti.j,H;i of paiii.'ing -va ;. ! ; d; eussien, C.'i:f..vi;txK was a c i: -1 vi b iug ai tial to grc-tm co'or-'. atid :,i to the color of bhi--.. The comifli-tee riii: .d :;,-.d ' -.--m if ted the plan of tiie l,-'.:p'i-, .-,. was so admij'r;l)iy !.x..i:it'e..l i a.s adopted without dt b-.tf. The nhiTi pi'ooi,': vd w ; of a i.!i a . OU'O' 5tnpcJi i-jns c;rc:i! :v .s?r''ie;-i." ontcr and inner c i:r' . T;to court was to t t i.i ';-' - ;:".' ..': !; -i r.e I by c-.'n t; oi , a no,.d ,.,an,v 1 - in ; : ; ; -- i! 'Y . hi-ighr- of .c iiiuvr corrt wt'ii : to rise thr.jngh ! h.. r mv: ii' i he - -r. r court, and to h. n i ; '.he oil's r i-i. in height. Tho win a of i !i . oater court were to bo laced :ir,:r.:i " -, , . . , t. si:;es, UUS lue sv:: i. :, , i inner u,iv., r. .... . ... lite ou.cr eoiir V. '. i ' i . :i .. i ..in ; i ; i i ,: . ..; a : : - the p'.irch, and i..ti -r .:o ;:'-. finest of a!I i-aitii-via-s. court. Wits to be iili. -.! wi n : from every fi-1 1 o' a.v . .;! a-.-:. T!ie inner court .u.s lo have a -.;!;!. a altar, so: wii Ii di.tni 'U.'t ; and a!! the rarest gems ef bcauiy, with a'l.:.; o exquisite w-irl: iiianship, Kiia wlih-h iuccBse was to arioO per ca. Iiy. The children oiIc.xo;;.:;e;; an.l Si.o rii were not to be allowed to i;ppi aen the temple, but iliey might stand afar off and sec its bea'i'y fr..;u thj distant vale. The child ecu of Wo.M.-ia: tiitd Ai-.mi-uai io.N were to be allowed to enter the porch, but not to cub r tlu h. Jls. Tho chi'dreu f .IxxowiAir-.a: au-l Wisdom were to be admitted into tho outer court, by tho only dour on which was to be engraven 1'xktt::y. Y.iAi occupant of the ou'...-r courl w ir, to wear a breast- plate on which ia en graven Love ok Xati'ue, and x crovvu on which is engraven SciExct;. Xone bat the chiidren of If; .; ii.uv were to enter the inner court, by tho only door on which was to 1m e ngravett, Guyce. Wii hm tho iiall e -.vrti b. wear a.breast plate engraven, L e or Geo, and on tint head or each e.-o,v;i engraven, L'iavi.'i am- rn .is;:. Thus all ! lie :irr;tage-jien4 ; f .r the grandest of all ,sux)er.-'raeinr:.-i we-a complete!, when ihe assonsbly was dismisscilwith a doxo! igy, of w'a'ch the following is a translate;:;: Tlt'jii art ('-i-r't., ( L 7, : huii'ir and f'nj ami ii-n-rr. f ir !h -k hod m?.'v oil tli'ii'j.i, aailnrlloj 'f' ts art lhf arc and ''.'' rrrv'-'J. Tiieie is thi? dijlereuco belwica. tliso temporal fj'c-nir.g5:, heahh and money: Honey is the mo t envied, but the h ast enjoyed; health is the mof t enjoyed but th' ha-t Lvie 1. For the Cliri-timi A - :.!.-. E'or what IMijM.-:- has Mais' Sim-Oiling far lilt irs hvi-il SIVJ-2I llitll I iii;v. J. Ik Bonia i r: T do not know b it what I have already become t ire some to both yourself and your read ers, and will therefore Yvith this chise my numbers. As intimately and closely a-lied v.ith the question, under consideiation, i . ti e question as to a mail' mny-v Inter, both what it is as v eil as how it en- forp.As: iliitv'. Uonscience iias been (lenuetl by some to be that judgment which the ra tional soul passes upon its actions, and it is said to be a faculty of tho s oul ii-;-a;lf, anel perfectly natural to it. Others say, and among them the great Adam Clarke, that it is no .-iLer than a fa iiVy capable of receiving ilgh! and convictions from the Hpiih ot God, and it answers the e: d iu spiritual matters to the aovtl that the eye does to the body in the process ci visual. The eye is rot light in it: oil, nor is ii capable of discerning any ob ject but by the instrumentality of s-.olar light, but then it has organs properly adapted to the reception of the ruys of the san and the various ku-gcs which they exhibit. Now when these are j lvt-eni to an eye, : itic organs of which are poif. ci-.-, there i- a discernment of these objects. Oi.hcr wi iters say that it is n ni; .' 'i '! li'jhl. Milton calls it ' Uy-Y:- ii :i ire and J )-. ctor Young caifs ii i iod iu man.' in the same manner the Spirit of God enlightens that ey e of the : mi!, which wo call coat-cirtu.r; it pOictrab t; it v.ith effulgence, and points oui the wiii of God, which will becomes the rule of conduct, to all, and hence arises the '-':'(;0l I" 'lll"J. Doctor Thoiuweli, an emitmul ii i:.e of the L'rosby tt-i i.an order, says in relation to this same subject: J.f the understanding is deceiveel in reeciiiig as tiiy will of Gixl, wlnit in truth is not his wiii, but that which he con demns, conscience is compelled to en force its convictions upon tho g"o.t"d that God wills it.' Conscience may proceed, as ;u the al .'-.-. ihe case, upon a false hypothe sis; bt then its decisions would be right if its hypothesis were correct. The mnvlicn would be .".--.', it il e law as receive 1 by the understanding (( null ii v.rislid, for it performs its own functions properly ; which is not lo judge of the reality of the law, but auppooiug ii to exist, to enforce its decisions. 'I his I hold to Lo perfectly correct; and it goes of itself both to explain and to reconcile with purify of inten tion, and therefore to take aw y the criminality of clille-rent cus-oms pre vailing amoEg different unenlightened nations, iu regard to their treatment ot aged parents, and the like. It is the :tfl:e of the uudeis'nudii g avaiiiog itself of tie light f nature a.nong the heathen, aud of the light ci revelation among christians, io aseer tain what tho v. ill of God requires; and when this is discovered, there is a provision in another pari of our con s'ituiiou L-r i eeoguiziug its amhority and enforcing obedience. The ruh: or inn; is no soon "V ac i:i o'v'olged by the uulieriaiiiiing, i 'a.iu a sense of obligation is excited in iii-iii;- c iii'-cii'uoe. Conscience ti.cn is i in.- d is-iuet recognition of God's aa thoiiry, and the sanction of God's lav.' in the human breast. If this be so, many acts which we condemn in our Christian country, are of small, very small import when view ed as they are by tho heathen, by the diiii light of nature, ami as they have not tho Biblo they aro a light unto themselves, &c, .v.c; and with the re vealed Yvill of God, as given to us, they have nothing to do. Frequently do I Jind my.-eit', .hi!e thinking on the ato: cment th.it was made for man, led almost to doubt its reality, and for the reason that it venud .seem to me entirely unnecessary. I would find myself arguing in this manner: 'If it be God's wiii to save man, nothing more was wanting than to will it, for all things are subject to his will.' It is coitainly one of the most pious exercises of the mind or of the un ler staudbe;', to enquire with proper rev erence iuto the ends and reasons of Ins administration, and such an inves ligation is proper and becoming at, ah times, yet when th reasons of those dispensations are not given by God, we have no right o argue fr. m our ignorance that no such dispensations are given. JHdn.p Butler says, ' Let reason be kept to, and then if any part of the Scripture account of the redemption of the world by Christ cau be shown to be contrary to it, then,' says the B;nh on, ' let the Scriptures, in the nemo of God, bo given up,' but let no such poor creatures as we are go on objecting against an infinite scheme, merely be cause we cannot understand if. So y. s J J,,f (1.. u I neVCf Could per; Ceive how it. was recone:'. : ehlo with j Divine j-itdk-o, to unish the innocent I f-.r she guilty. On reading, however, Bledsoe's Ti". o-ticy, (a woik I now recomincnd ;.,' ; v ry nniti,) my mind has ia a very been relieved from its The vu i... r in question draws the dfu'hic-i Ion -;a very nice one I admit.) bo' ween the o-h.iiniru'u-r and the re .'' : . ;ee justica of God. lit ' hen states thai Jesus Christ only suffered, but .wis iv.iijuni.-hH, th.it.it was 'JfMl'a. y;-.' htrutive and not his retributive justice that was satisfied; that God never could punish tho innocent for the gnTdy; that his retributive justice re mained unsatisfied, but that his ad ministrative justice demanded the puni .-hint i.t of the ofiVndcr ; but as the high; si e.'-jeet of all puuishiaent was to -.jccure the eentral good, the atone ment of Cioi-t became necessary fo that on. for it scoured in the hearts of Li-, subject:-: a cordial approbation i f the prineij.ks by which they were ;-;overnod. 1 1 says lite Bishop, the admiuis tra'.ive i i.aiee that has been satisfied by the atonement. This merely en force j ihe punishment iu order to se cure the cads of good goverumeiP ; and la it i . capable of yielding and giving place to any expedient th .i. w iii s cur. tii.t. Vide Bled.-oe's Tiie diey, io:;o 2ri !, h'f a it-ii just Hie tt on and propt r uiidevstainling of the atone -it,; :t itio. 'a', ty our Jjaia; end Saviour -U-J Citii:.;. A Si i-ILO :iN AiUAX. hi hi:!' i.d e ;.ii; V, X. C. '! Ill'- ( '!:! i'Miili: .1 i -. ."-:i!c St A ITS?!. Mo-e iiiau forty un- ago, in ti e Baptist church iu the town where tho vvtifer v.;.:-; V. aliened, it was distinctly stale. i hut ' Infant Sprinkling' had be-in Lutgukhh.g for some time past, an-.t confidently pr; dieted that it would ;i.e be lou.- be fo: o it w ould die out caliph U -!y. ?.i.otin r J.Yichai'd, who wiiuef.sed the 1 unilug of ' Uie British' on our shores In ihe vetviij iii-: Ameri an Jie'veiuu'on, wi !' n t he h' ai d "f ihis pred-ic ! i jn etild, Jiy ihe h-..-;p of ihe Lord, I wilt m-dco it g-t:-.p oueo more before is dies.' Jl'.vving a large number of grandchil dren, : he found one among them thid ha i i:o: been baptized. The next Sab baiii it. . as brought to the cliurch and ptibliciy reeogniz"d as a number of Christ's uiyetieal Lolly. Since h A time the haine thing has been predicted times without number, audit has generally been foMo-Yvoel by a revival oi ii.fani; bantisui. Ti a; Apo-t'a exhorts us to pr volte eiteh o:Ler fo love and good woik. Vheih'-r tiie provocations in thee c ti es are iu the rpirit of true chiis ti.iuiiy or not, certain il is the effect stated lets almo-st invariably followed. So Lu g as i'edo baptists, for peace a lire, are silent in their pulpits on the subject ef bapt'sm, B otis's seem to gain eotdkk-jtco that lucre is but one baptl-.m, and that is iaimorsioc, which I'ifj only have tho authority rightly to atmlnister; and that all others pro fessing chris'iaiiity may fai'y under siaiid th'.:hi, they consistently txeluda f-Oiii ihe Lord's Supper, as it is called, a!! wh- d not conform to the inilia-(.r- rite ac-.Mi.i:ig to their interpreta tion, thou by making Heir own inter-prctau-ja ihe i d'.diibio rule of duty ty ail Other acknow ied;;ed christians. Ai the same time i hey subject them silves to the chaige of inconsistency, by recognizing IVdo baptists on every other occasion as b:'ovcd brethren: with whom they can joyfully commune; with whom they can exchange pulpits, aaT co operate iu every possible way to advance the kingdom of Christ. Many years ago the writer was in vited by a Bapik-t minister to preach for him. Be was informed at Ihe sauu; time that it was tho regular day for communion. Tiie writer re plied, Thou shall not muzzel the ox l-lui L -ivadelh out tho corn.' Tiial in ' '., lie replieJ. U;i) sorry il is so, but ii' ! v-i re lo in! ni ii ij-.jti lo our enm.n union il v.-it'U breed- un tit : chttrch. Tho v, i i lei', not wiihstanding,preachcd as he sup-pt.sed, suitably to tho occa sion, to a serious and attentive con g n gat ion. .iu.ong ihe brethren and sistt r- -htie was every expression of Lk art-kit j y , while they listened to a leeha! of the love of Jesus, who elied fee e.c.'y sinner. "When tho pulpit s- r vices eh sed tiie -.viiter ki't them to it . a. t. aii nc, nudi-turbed by the pres t i.ee ol one whom they could not, eoiisu-lealty with their rules, invite to a participation of the emblems of the Saviour's bioia n body anel spilt blood. During a ministry of nearly half a century, the writer has never met wih but one consistent Baptist. In 1 Silo, i.i lie to wn of Mnrfrejsboro', a Baptist minister, in passing through th ) town, was iuvlied to preach in the Mefhoikt Chur h. lie was a young man, evide'itiy v . '1 c iucated, and, without don!)', truly pi .a. II? was mo les', : or :i -'aril.'. ! iyathig fu'ure us.-fiJne: -i in his! 'clij! I'i'ho v.ri'e-r it as ne t v.i 1, ; i .4 i so.ta1 times since, ".i. t has :ko: bin in-'l in "Baptist si,,: .'uc'ho.iist p i lf; Ho has sr-.-i; .,r. n:id- r c.ir cp. .ances v.'ul! cileai i'.-.-i ta disturb Ins (iiiimi!y while the. lu.,i bifter andAindiclive epiihets were plied on l.irn to agony; yet h- here l.i.i'se'fii'ke -,Cl)ir.tian gc-ntlemr.r. ;.;! a Christ i--n rii si-r. W3t:i;ev v t'e. r. J'o:o may Lo f io his prejud.ioe, f-ar c; n. i.-.h n-y yH-'ring lo 1 is coiiviciiens, and 1 is in - no .oaptis. S-viiurcu ! -,ervee more respect than JI. .J. If his piety h.u been ii iciur. d with a few tlrops of sotn godliiu.',.-, i; is the natural prodnc?. of a nuad, o-j i essed with tho cum lotion that it has arrived fit rn ad sliced penricn in the pro gress of thought in which hi iiuds no tnpport from the:-.-! why ot enly avow, yet praciie'aily th-ny, bis riincipie:. If ottf Baptist friends woiihi :;o to the help of Bro. V. II. J.. li ! ,-B- WO'Jld have but ilttie gfv.i.n.l:i O : -' i c is -n troversy wit;: thein. i'h-y i- g'.p. he quietly kit where Brotesfants '.a uera ,'ly are wilimg to leave ti-e que- lion t-f Bapal Ini.ibibiiity . 'Jiii.e a a i -a: April ord, 1?7.1. t'.-i- ii-. i i. ;i; ..n,, - ,. If. Ciu !: a !'.-.ii.'. 'Jiaii is one fact contacted with v'hlech Bails, which m.-il-tv s it m u ' diiii; id!, a- d r.U pleasai.t to Isii:- th- n ei.dt r :-. u tiiiixlttg re i ow; ti;:t' is, ii.ee Ma: i- 1 cratcd ami (-i.ooiu-agi- l b' ;;.l itt iauni- na'ie'iis oi' Cl-ri.-.fdaj-i: J It ot- i. V. :;ii is not always wit It lk- mnltlfs do. The pi 'iciiee of t"u y ( iikrales the habulr,.-1 i ii -liali i-h;i't:ii oi a -iris in ue liquors eeu i!i;.:h Oiiiio.!: sy. ri'h' Use of tobat.ee is ion .-aied bv S'..)ei'.-ty gene-rally and putctha-d by iia- n:ln islry rery ge l.e i-:ii.! :--..o. .t tbe.-in leave the kak-.a el r.j on d.e pidplt.- -and seme evei: ehew the qi.ld. i.i'e I p: caching; and I have . , n ihe (-weKe from the 1 ipi: CUllii-g' up i.i the holy sanctuary . Bai I do not think lliai because these i hirer:; :.r:r i-ra'.-.i iecJ by piasensin t.ueii l i-h i. i ion, : iiat they oi', a o is sa. hi v. .-!. -! s--. a body We'-;; t k-ci so::,;: d:hi h ue i- ; -j - -posing thorn; ere,i ,'... ?.-,.'. a lit'il treii-'.! cdiitil e", ii --j i'i'iji. Xow, Chereh i'f.li a; . it- t.':y '---uhll. Alia tiny tit '.:''..; a.-:-'., c-a-diicteii, and e.,i;ce,:.:r;.3-..M .is ihey a:e. will be popiihir. To my i.ihid t'.e-y tiro very kn:or.di..l;:g. ii-. their principies tLoy eucoei'eg': tkea-ptiun altd fraud, and toh-ri-te aid -courage gaiulhiag. i'or iim pr. senk i wilt not s,,e-.k of i be :- 'vk and mod': of c iii i.'eiing ihet:., but tf their pr.u cioks. Beccpiku 11 s at. the cry IhrceLLohi oi iii:.l.u j ;,sy ate tiie liiost efliekiit meanrt o; reallf ug a Lirgo leveiitie -vhhoid a;y iuvc-i'meul. Tacre e.iii he n-' 1 for len i. 'mg i ; at stake. ' :. . .: :' lii.ude, far it is a, kind oil iV.eie, witho it '.ausic and ehtneing.' "War. a are sehl fer live or kn times their v.due, the inteu'ieu. being to cell thus. Tiie prince is ostensibly for ihe wares, bat really for ihe fre-lk, which is decep tion. Xo v, thai tiik i - d-. -iioraiiZiug, I think is ci- r jean . h". : ili.-i parti.:: ate encoiii age -i L-y i;e l. h:;rca m piaelice elecepti-:f ; aiil by pnicticing any i Ling we f-iiin an ad .cks.ieU. l-.-r i',;ai.l whv-n r e c e. n- e it , i;e-;-sl.ihy, we will do so. is k wuoiig lo !i act ice deception? if yes, then Church Fairs are dcioomLaing, kr they rac tlce deCepdioll. Is gambling wro.sg 1 i he u'k'et ol gambling is to realize .soai.ihhig f r nothing. When two or more persons gamble, what k gained by on is l,l by another. And having g d.--.-d, or having lost by g.iiubhng, the par y is tempted io make auoik.r cii' i ; if having gain !, fo g du iao:e; if having lost, to regain that which ho dt 1 lose. And therefore gambling ileniuraliies. When any of tho wares of the Ikdr are left unsold, then they are put up to be 'rolled' for or cff. ilk at tick is valued at ten debar?- - fifty pi rsu: s take a eliauce at cue do' lor each. One person wins. 1'oity ni:.-: h's -. On j mikcsiiins dollar.; tho others los'a one dollar each. In moraiiiy, is there any eliiToreucc between latli i:g and playing cards for a su.u oi in -n-.-y ': So far as I have bee.i aO.o to - e thissuiject, I havj !.,-,- i tin, i. 1-ci.istibIy, to th-! c-i.cl-. i-".i, diit it k a great iiii.-kr:.une kr r- i.gt n, lor ;;en!iiue pie y, thai .he CliUich .s no ceptcd the lempiii'g eikr e-f B :iis, to increase their revenue, in-.-, nev- r have been, end they Lever ; .ui be made auxiliary to V'k'y, end Chri.-'fkn devotedness. They may enh -nee Chure'i revenue, i?cy may uk-ru J;.r edifices, they may make ever pars ti nges more cori-foriable, 'nd may nrake our churches more j !pu!.ir wi'h f-e gay world; but tb.ey never will ad vance the spirii ueiity of the Church. And whoever wi'h a pic.us hear, and devotionnl spicif, vi its a Church Fair and partakes of i.s sp'sk wiii suffer damage. Mark that;. Brx Ik.r.ET. Oypas Cas'ic. gu.evwi-.h ev.-ry i-'-r l!i.. t i,iitii;i A.!v.!.-atr. " 'B' i! i: w it e v i; s i; i 5 S ii Si 'u VHTOliJ Vil'- lino. Boi;:.itt: I see that 1 here are o'lt signs of prosperity along the win).: hue of oar bf : ved Meiho-lism, stretching as i: dors f-.-mi Uie waters of the I'hesai t ake to ihe Gulf of Cal-ife-rr-ia. Ji is true she practiced eye might discover, heie and there, things to bo deplored, things calculated to ekpress an ', paralyze for a time in certain localities, but nut really im pec"rf1;hi eau..;o of our Immraiuel. This may bo expeeU d even in a good cause. If nun .'orsook Jesus when his tloctiines would t xpo.-o tlnir deep-seated ele pravi ;es, shah we noc be iiepared to expect wui! defection ia our r.inks? Bui. while we have things of this kind lo contend a;;-.iiu-;f, m0 ought not to bo disturbed e-r depressed; hut we ought ou-y to double our diligence, w atch unto prayer ai d wait pathntiy. 0;)k;-s v;n i:h'.; up to close the partial breach, and the long line ap- ears iulaci, and tho Blood Stained Banner is sc-.-u waing over tho cou t; ntiing h.ists, the titonts of victory and s u.gs of triunqOi are still heard a cendi'ig. O :r men, from the Bish ops ih )vu to tho.-'C ef tl'e most humble ciif:', too in arm -r. ii-hting aud iking lit ti.e harm. The variotss O gaes oi ihe Cli.uvh, (and yours, or ours i,oi. ex-.-.epted,) ..re contending in the .spur tf it. ;ei:ero.is rivalry for tiie f...:: h e-t.t e ihkve ; ed to the builds. 0 ir Sahb t h school army i.s doing a noble wo; k in training up the rising ruee for God, and Jo fid (he homes of our land with ihe light of heaven. ihe Book Agents are busy sending out ihe 'while winged seeds' of joy and life, tluoiigh ait the .surging titles 01 e rr young, bat gi.ud pe pulalion. -All .a em lo bo rising, 'i-kiding on tlie-ir : a.alaJs, c.isting ilieif garments about th; m,' j.ml huiiying ioiiit; scene oi ia ft:, bet wWi the powers of eil,and lei veil : j.-.aycis ;;ud e a; in. -si eft'ol is, : iv. briugh.g V' C-ary wttiide-rers home, i-iii-.hng up :-heai's of souls for garners in the .-ih.i-s. The Semi-Ucntcnui.o iiote, iu that giant eiry of the Vv'ifh, S'. B'.'iii , W'-.ti. like tin. elect lie thrll thioii;.-ii eutr wi e-lo c mnection. May God miens ify tho inil-tence and mul iiii'ysiieh i'teri'l .scenes among our ptojtie. k cai-'e witi! the ring of the t; lie Uie ;:i,bi:t h in spirit and mate rial. Br a.: Caiiiorka on! Oregon, Yvor.ls come from tho 'pioneer bands,' (krnelkg v-.-t there io cultivate in inanuck: ! ;u , 111 e the tones of a i rum pet ia'king wish a ; e-f things to cohifc hereiif. i r. As these notes break upon i s ii'-iai Uio ract.io slope, we r cogni.:- the weitl tieiory pealing from She : -limpet's tjni;uo If any thing was wantittg to ins; iio the feeblest, (he words of 'our iiujali,' as Li ; k 't WS i e brushing ti e dews on Joid-a:;'..; t-an'. -, ci so by th : crossing, Victory 1 Viet- ry 1 ought lo he euougb. Truly to u : the keen; are auspicious. X-l- they not jubilant,' In icw of these things, kt us -i'a.y more, work iiaider in e very dcpariiucnt, bring up every cnk.y-ike of oar Chiirch to the fiukst nieunuro of success, and God will yet bo with u-. and though our iiiuoic past may have been glorious, ikj fiile.ro wiii bo ni-'r-j glorioiw. LoTiiAlll. March ik.k I VI- ;stAVi-:z:, 'ran 3.2S't:-i'i:i:z'-iii r 't iir. si't.. ix-. Cuyler .ipives ilie following striking thoughts on prayer: "iJ.it muting th.it van were once made aiive, kin. ! iv ad.-r, are you alt re to-day? If so, how shall you keep alive ? 1'iibt of aii comes j-r,iy-r -the daiiy and hourly iu'k-rcourio of tho soul wifii (Lid. I'rayer is j n-t as vital to my spiritual life as water is lo the 'monthly rose' whose leaves are now dripping from lac lefre hing of tiie pitcher. I'rayer is the conduit-pipe between my sju! an.l heaven. Ii is the to let upwards for gra'i'udc, and yearning d s'res for blessings; it is the diet ihioug'i which the supplies of grae-e peuir downward into the heart. When the channel is allowed to froze up, T : in iii the s inie cm li ion with tee 1 u!i-eL-epcr who - inquires, T uc!:Lrwl y the wa'cr d-.-e-s not run ; eay j'hi. J.iii:a!;er is sent for, ; n ! ho .s-.-ou ei l.tiiis the duhcuity.- 'Vo: r pipes are i'r.-r.eii up; the cen m ctloii wi:h the reservoir is slopped.' Alas f...r i ho Christian who has broken bis count etku with Christ ! Biii ye r may be also likened lo a hl -er.q Si with Ilcaveu. Our mes Si'g'S eo up wi'ih the lightning speed of thought. The merciei nkcd for ot't-n tl v. backward fo us with Ike prompt ee-s aud velocity of a divine love. S i.iTinics the blessing starlit i:ei:;ise.t one-. Sometimes the an S.ver i dehiyeel. Tiif-n we can only i o our diiiy and vail. Sometimes the ia iy comes in the Midden sheck of an unexnec:.-d Sri:,; it conns like a death message o-.-, r wire s! But it is aii right. God knows what an swer to sen I . I mud lake what my Father chooses tu ;Jvc. If I put my self info connection with God, I am only responsible .'or !hi. end of the ceh s'ial telegraph; not for tho end hat lies in ll.c lafiuitc bosom e-f love. I mu d receive j si what God sends. Thy will be done .' But trying mes sages are nut so dreadful a.i to Lave the telegraph of prayer utterly out of order through long disuse, ami the soul cut off from communication Yvith IJestlS.FiieRd r'is thy connection with the Divine Hearer and Giver broker off? Then lo your kuees! To your knees ! "l'l-.tyi i- voir y;.i:;:ied lo convey. Tin' lih's.-inr's '.nl ili-.-'oii.s to givi-: bii!.a us llicv live - ii.m! 1 Clnis'.Iiiiis pr.ie. I',r inA.j ,;,:;, j j,n,,j ;,,. rr.." But wi'h praya r the Master also coiiileil tf-tti -h I'tt! n-'.:. . 'I say unto all, watch !' Xevi r y t have I seen ihe Christ iair whose he-art would not "'near wak hii'g.' The ovi rsight must be close, c .'iisiaitt, and Yvt.keful. If you were set to keep a canary-bird on the open palm of your hand, yen would understand what is meant by 'keeping the Iv.irt wish ail diligence.' You must not talc:- oil' the spiritual eye for one in.-ta ti. Have the arm ol esoluti on cv r :: a Iv Iu seize it She very tits' ii ioi! that it attempt., to lly off into ku. 'V.'iici'eforf; I s-i i.i.to til!, wafch!' Watch lla: ft:.! by a t proaches ef the tempter. Wa'ch ior old bf.bits of sili that will ska' back again though tiny have been driven off a hundred times 'frem the premises.' Watch over your soul's nni:, rk:-, in which ti e thoughts are cr 'il'ed. Watch ovi-ri.n unruly tongue. Wu'eli for eipportti ,i- ties to do good. D t the Mary side of your religion l.-e i v r tit (be fe ;t ol Jisusin hil!:u:!e devotion; ht the Mitrl.' ii side of y-'.ur piety be e ve r abounding in the work of the Lord, ii ihe.-e days we h ar much about Ike 'higher life.' But- She best prescription that we know oF for tittainiiig it is to use our knees for pi aver, our eyes for watchfulness, our purses for liberal giving, eair to! gees for eonfesring Je .lis, a.!!-! 1 o'h .--:! hands iii hard work to do Ohri-ifs will, ami ;o juill sinners out of the ev rl.istin;; liics." i i Prparlmcnt. SnnsJji.y S''h:i.t5S iji-1riie:tt;i thv Law (fi! SiiiM'fss. IU I.I II ! W i I'.UT.MAN. The fiinditiiu-ui.il hiw of God's king dom is growth. 'The great spiiiiual law may find an i'luslralion in (he an. .logics of (Lephyi; ical constitution. What a he! i. less thing is the human being in early infancy! We can scarcely think of anyhing mare feeble, more absolutely d' -pendent em ma'cr nal care. Yet s . e ho v grand a ele vel p ment niay grow out of this infantile weakueits ia the course of twenty-five years. Tiie full -r-nvu man, however, Las lo pas.; tin ough the stages ot childhood, learning lo walk and talk; of vote L, wiih its swelling muscle, an t hardening c:e, ;iud re-sjtit as ac tivity, until Le reaches tho mtlueit; of his niaidy -stie-nglh. If this growth is seriously interferre I with iu any e.f its early st:ig-'s, the dumiging residts reach pcrhips through the whole after-life. In this respect, even, we may say with the poet : Hie ciliM i: t'.lllli l- ..t'llic lll.tl!." From the analojries of vegt:iable life we may draw a similar illustration - See that lnagiiiti -ent oak, whose giant stein anel mighty limbs loss b i -k the storms ef winter and play wiih the raging winds. Tinu was when it wa w rapped up iu a g-'i'iu, much the siz i of ti pin's head. At first the acorn furnished food for the life fence i.i tin germ. Thin Uu young thing appear ed above the s -irfa-.M of the ground; and iu a slow, cum u!a ive process, gath ered, year after year, new rings of m iltcr; year aftef year swelled in size rose in height, and shot deeper its roots. Centuries ca: lie 1 on the growth; and now it stair's ia "pillared majes ty" nnt'.e but e! ' pent symbol of the po wer of an endless lib-. Yea tii.ce the operation of the same law in all mental growth. Here i.. some great mind, capable of putti: g its in.picss on its own age, and aii suc ceeding ages. If jeui ask how it reach el this eminence and power, the an swer will point VjU to tho 'iiadual steps by which the: mental culture went j IIaiu r. It is related of a certain di . on the mastery eif the elements of j tiuguished cif'z'ui ef MaK-acbiue' :.., leprnig, the daily drill, the nightly who 3 not now living, that alter Li . s uditsTmany a blunder, manv a elis-' return from a short Buiopeau tour Lo conragemenf, many a weary hour, and was accustomed to refer toil more fie -headache, and sk.-ploss night. Thus queutly than good ladcwoall J.ctatc, the days and years of youth were aud (hat, on being aske:d lo ..over ji spent. It was a lime ejf graiual, iin- prayer in public he bog-i 1, " O Lorex . peiceqBble changes. The mind was j tb'-n kr.owest when I was m Ikiroje, ciihugiiig and B're iglheiiing it.i facnl-'elc. tics; faking on new impressions, de veloping latent powers, undergoing quiet transformations, working up h its maturity ef culture, and becoming at length a force mighty to move (be world. What ir tho lesson tap;V n by il lustrations like those ? It is ion of reait importance. It is thb: that iu all our efforts I do moral and reli gious good we must n at disdain the humblest, smal'.st, must silent andiiii obtrusive iiislruinen'alitics. We niii-t not neglect tho very earliest opportu nities at which our influence in tho form of iniprcssiou mid instruction iu righteousness may mate itself fell. In a word.wc must bcjriu at (he begin ning. I hesc general principles h ive mi important application In Sindiy- :-chools. 1. The materials on which s iperiti .endents and b.aehers opera! es are tb ilastic luiiitls of childre n. That these minds are iuiiiialttre, is an iniport.u.t circumstance. Il is Irne, !hc.-e are f.d leu beings, needing tlu laipcrnatui.i', new ei eating grace, ef Christ's rel.-m,--tion. It is equally true that ihe pie vcL'ienl, cu-opeiMtiiie; grace of the Ho ly Spirit, moving on the spiritual k iii nls, renders it possible lli.il the character of childhood should po .-e si and e xhibit (he virtues of g nth lie: s Jo.-ilby, respect for authority, d. -. iie to do right aud please God. O.l .such e-h incnts as these Chri iiian inslri ti. .11 may cxpi nd is neesl . nergt;(ic e f forts wi'di the proi;ii:-e of laicce-s:-. These blossoms may ripen into mat no fruit. Without suitable cult ill", they will, Liter in life, d'u out and drop off. J. This instruct kn what is it? Of what elements docs il. mainly consist '.' They arc tin: vital germs of revealed, icligous truth. What God is, and what arc biselaiu.s on us; how he i- lo be worshipped; huv redemption I. i -. been made for the sin of Ihe world by tin Sou of (bid; ia wh it w.iy we may beeome pe rsoiially iuti rcs(e-d in (hi; salvaliui; whit is the ful lire shite, an I how we iiniy rovide for ib Gretd i . I.i ii.. I.i-v , .. nil II I .' .K. III; l"ll T datioii of h'.maii welfare in lime mil elei ni'.y, are the e h-iin ntary jn inciph s t mbraced in Ihe bsicli ngs or ihe Su i day school. Once roofed in the mind, their iufiiur.ci! and power will be f. It soone r or l ib r. To (he convictions they h ave in Ihe moral appre hen. ike, the preaching of the goap. l appeals. -They are the forei mi uers o conver sion. Happy is he who lias from a child kl'awli the Holy Script ures.w bi.ai are; able to make him "wise unto sal vation.' :5. An Lite l'igent and firm h M up on ihe principle that the mo-,1 inq.oi . laid results follow the smallest begin nii.gs in (he kingdom of I eacii God's admin:.! rat ion in g'Mce wl.Le it furnishes a preventive lo iuq atici.ee. and discolliagelneld, at (he same lime supplies motive and method of oj ei i tion Sunday -M-houl work is emi nently a work e f faith, demanding the. .a',. nfe of hope, as well as Ihe labor of love. It presents frequent occasions of discouragement, sometimes of fret fulness. Iiiin.edi. to lesuUi; need lc! be looked for. He that works in this field must not be dis ippoi tied, if '; pare nily much of his elk i t to iu -Uiiiel seems to be thrown away. 'Bait h al ter touch, and iboiisin U of touchis ! f.(1!l tLe artist's poe-il, are nacos uiy to bring out from the canvas ihe poi (rait he i.s striving tu produce, 'i lia ; must lLo Sunday-school teacher hirie. to put upon the youthful mind impr. : wion after iniprcssiou, and Uu t i ' I for the result. Si.ei.iiT or Hai i ixitss. -An Itain'i bihop, who had struggled ihi'oiiji many difllculties without rcpiniiigau I been much opposed without maiiikf ' iug impatience, being a-k:d by a Irk' I tu coliimliliicale the St Cl( I of bis bi ii always happy, replie I, 'It con-is's in a single thing, and that is, making a i-'ghl u e of my eyes.' His friend, in surpiisc, begged him to pLdu li. mci ning. 'Most willingly,' rcplh d the lisliop. 'In whatsoever stale I urn, I first o. all kok up to In iv n, and n -member tha my great busbies., is lo g t there; I look d iwn uion i aith an I call to mind how small a spac s I shall soon ii i in it. I then look abroad in li e world, and I see wh it mahitii h s aro in all respects leis h ippy tiuin my self, and then I karn where all my cues inn t till, and ho'.V little lca: il I ever had tu murmur, or (u be other wise than thankful. And to live in this spirit, is to be always happy.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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