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81w C!3hvbtinn Sdvorntf. Iftr liiiHSTivs Advocate i furnislutl to fiit'sori- oers a T.o per annum in alv:uu. If payment be delarotl six months, Jrt.Oo, ere coy, sK months, $1.P0. CLU3 KATES. Sit coj'ios, on.- yrtir, 2. :-". Ten 'ipir., nu- yc:ir .Fifty co;iii'S. ohi- ycnr, ivceivOf! at mie time, $!7 TESM3 TO PREACHERS. ' AH ministers tv!i will not as fitrdils lor tlio Aivocj- ATK, will rrorive the i':ijcr :lt f 1.00 per annum. Those who jy.iy full rau-s will he nllcwed fil'.evn per ooit. on all siil'soriltcr.- s.iij at $'2 50. Tlme win send us seven suS.erilVrs tr one venr will receive the Anvo- CA.TK lor twelve months free vl' char-re. r.v i:i;ai; i vw ktt. N"t ir i".-i-s---r wither on the li ill, l"h:it Autumn: frosty hivnth lus stun. Like S':n- wil l mourner spirit -wrtut.:. Tin- plaiiitiv- uinil is never still. While eoM shades wrap t!o sole.rn An! k i-n stars oi h in uu-lhuv sky, A yo:i'uii: il II hrain. heart :ilitl M'n-1 Ti ' ill this 'hvnry worM oKl-hye. And now t n o tin- Mi;hei noon IIMs tl:irlnes of the middle raht. While re-r haunts my wiful tfiht. 'VUv cr.tve efeiie who died !uS'hmi. Vainly I clasp the chill dumb stone A:idowt all its Senseless calm, i-'--:-hr-dien hearts no earthly halm "V rest i'oiu puiu save de.at!i alone ! o:ir..fnl arms that stretch in air, K:i;jt to clasp the viewless love Tleit. while we know her there ahove, Vet liu-irilessly i n;t there; O :;iriit!ii: touhis that strive to tell The r.iarvels of that radiant goal Whi le stands her pitying, snow-white sou And watches, knowing all is well ; if 5 O lite that stralnest, 1-ut to ?ec. v P With what poor uxrtal power is given, -V The far serenities of heaven ; And that winded anuvl waiting thee ; J itience until the fetter lies, ' A lnvkeu fetter firm no more, t While dawn upon their distant shore V The d;izKlin? palms of Paradi3v ! F-t th.' Christian Advocate. CHRISTIAN L1BEB.4L1TV. liY KEY. E. L. l'EKEIXa IaTiherallty an essential feature of Christianity? Does Bigotry have an essential tendency to evil ? Let us survey the ground covered 1 by these two questions, and see what persecuting other good men; but will be the most suitable answers. every case of persecution that aiises Evlry professor of religion carries exhibits to us the picture of a worse in bis own bosom a feeling of liberality, man persecuting a bettsr man than or a feeling that is the reverse. lithe himself. It may therefore be estab latter, then he becomes bigotted and lished as a rule, that, where bitterness intolerant, and as such will make war of heart exhibits itself, in religians upon all who differ from him in faith controversy, it will always bo found and practice. If the former he will among those who are endeavoring to draw toward him, by the spirit of pull down an excellency that is above kindness, even those with whom he them. A truly pious minister preaches cannot agree in opinion and iu the formularies of elevotion. In this case, as in all others con nected with religious controversy, the Bible is the place to which we must look for precept and example, that will be to us a guide ia forming cor rect conclusions. . Let us first notice the teachings beariiig more directly upon the first question. We are toll to 1 walk in love as Christ hath loved us, and giyen himself for us. ' Henca we should notice that Christ loved and died fir those who were in open hos tility to his teachings. Christ says, 'if velove them which love vou, what 9f reward have ye ? do not even the pub licans the same ?' 'Let all things be done with charity' is a command not to be overlooked. In Col. iii. 11, we are especially taught that, charity is an essential feature of a perfect devel opment of Christian principles. We are taught to 'abound in love one to ward another, and toward all men.' The whole tenor of the teachings of Christ and his apostles is to love and to exercise charity and liberality. Th'tf Bible is the great source from wbichCwe are to draw Christian ex ample One of the oldest examples of religions courtesy, between mem bers of different church organizations, is found in the book of Geneses, chap, xiy. 18. Abraham and ilelchizedeck are here represented as partaking of bread and : wine together, and invoking heaven's blessings together, although they were of separate and distinct church organizations. The organiza tion to which Melchizedeck belonged seems clearly to have commenced with himself and to have ended with him self, as he was without a predecessor or a successor, neither having father or mother or children in the line of priesthood to which he belonged. Yet Abraham who bclongeel to a regular line,"aVl was the father of the faithful, recognized in Melchizedeck a wor shiper the true God, and as such he was treated in the spirit of true friend ship, f If in tLese twilight ages mem bers of different church organizations could meet in the spirit of friendship, how much more should be expected of those who live under the blaze of the gospel dispensation ? Our Savior provides a case in point, as an ex ample for all time to come When some of his disciples saw a stranger casting: out devils in the utime of Christ, they forbade him, because he was not following with thera as one of theirmber; but Christ said, 'Forbid him not, for no man can do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of me.' Here was a clear recognition of the right of any one to work for Christ, whether he worked by the formularies of an association of men, or by plans of his own choosing. The language of Christ on ihis occasion is a fit rebuke to all iu this period of the world's history, who would destroy VOL. V. NO. 22. ! the works of thoso who follow not them in their pecu'iar wluins- of faith and practice. The last drogs of Pcliiihnoss woro ri-moved from Peter mind when ho saw the vision upon the liont;o-top and declared, '1 perceive of .1 Imth (!od ia no retsj'octor of persons, but in every nation hu that i'eaivth him and worketh righteousness is accented with him.' Peter instantly went forth to j offer salvation tc all men, even to the Gentiles whom he had supposed not to be included in the promises of God. 1 h ose wao are f nd -f nri.-u:lju themselves and foFluYrers into heaven, and all others out, would do well to make frequent reference to Peter's vision on the house top and the plat form of faith he established as a con sequence of that vision. It is hardly possible to find a case of true pieiy recorded in the Jiible, that does not exhibit before us a truly liberal mind. One thing is certain, the deeper the work of grace is in the heart, the less selfishness, bigotry and intolerance will appear in the life. Does Bigotry have an essential tendency to e vil ? A liberal minded person can never be a bigot, because I such a mind could not close itself up in tnat crust 01 selfishness which I scorns to exerciso 'charitv toward all men,' especially toward those who are honestly striving to promote Christ's I kingdom on earth. The Bible tells us that, 'The blood thirsty hate the upright,' (Ilev. xxi.c. 10,) and that Cain killed his brother Abel 'because his own works were evil md his brother's good.' Xot a single case can be found in ihe Bible where a truly good man is represented as for Christ: a selfish bigot proackes against those who are excelling him in good works. A pious preacher will accept controversy only as a necessity, unavoidable in the natux-e of the case : a selfish, intolerant bigot, delights in his hobby, and in damning all who will not accept his dogmatism. Stephen, the first martyr, was far bet'.er than his persecutors. Christ was better than tho Phaiisces who persecuted him, and all subsequent persecutions have found their patrons in these two cases. When a man pro -claims from the pulpit that he and his followers are the only people entitled to a seat in the kingdom of heaven, and all others are doomeel to hell, he only betrays, in himself, that spirit of Pharisaical bigotry that vaunleth itself to heaven by conceit, and mur murs at Christ and murelers him be cause he receivcth sinners. Luke xix. 7. Selfishness leads to bigotry, bigotry to intolerance, this to persecution, this again to strife, strife engenders malignant feelings that end in bloody persecutions, all of which may be ti'aced directly to those pulpits that preach heaven for themselves and hell for everybody else. From the spirit manifested by some ministers in pi'oclaiming perpetually, ia every sermon, death to all who fol low not them, it would seem that they were not willing for Goel to manage his own affairs in his own merciful way, but they would snatch the bolt from Jehovah's hand, and fling the arrows of death at every heart that 13 not filled with the same venom as their own. The fundamental strata in every selfish mind is, to consider all others unhappy, who will not adopt the same selfish views which such minds cm brace. They are known by this rule. For tin Clins'.iuu Alvt':itc. COMPOSITION OF A SCKMO.X. 1Y KEY. J. W. ABEUNETHV. XU.MKEIi III. In preaching, tho understanding must be informed, and this must be done in such a manner as to affect the heart, either to comfort the hearers or to excite them to acts of piety, re pentance, faith and holiness. One of the most important precepts for the discussion of a text, and the delivery of a sermon, and the composition of a sermon is above all things to avoid excess. There must not be too much genius. I mean not too many bril liant, sparkling, shining, striking things; these flights always look as if the good man thought ho really did possess a great inventive mind. They generally produce very bad ef fects. The hearer will seldom fail to say, 'The man preaches himself, aim s to display his genius, and does not aim to save souls.' A sermon must L JrC I o i i J 1 1 I IVt If A I Hi inj.in-.rsii3fiiD in t.mk interests of Methodism in j not bo overcharged with to m doctrine or matter, for no one e in member it all, and in aiming to k all they lose, all and not one out i p of twenty can tell you a single word the preacher did say, unless it be the iliv-:! or the last word. The preacher should always take care never to strain a; v particular part of the .sermon, ciihi r in trying to exhaust it, or to penetrrdo too far into it. Frequently in ;. : -tempting this, the whole thing e u;, orates all good! I have of'en fm;d myself in this predicament. T' . prcacUetJiiust not aim to - .-ay nil be can, or could say, but aim to say the best thing he can. In reasoning, the minister must not go too far. He may do this in many ways, ci'Ji-. r 1 y long trains of reasn, or many propo sitions fastened together.or principles-, or premises and consequences. This i all embarrassing. The text should !-e drawn upon for the doctrines, and not the doctrines drawn upon the text. Lincolnton, X. C. For tlii (Jliristian BKJOTKV. Bigotry is an undue devotion or at tachment to a certain party, sect or opinion with a contemptuous disregard of the opinions and professions of others. In nothinc: does bisotiv ex ercise its contaminating intlu-r.-uco to so great extent, as it does in matters of religion. Wo have this principle exemplified in the conduct of the Jews toward the Savior whi'c cu earth, and toward his followers after hi n. The eloctrine that Christ would iu; ke a princely appearance, was genei :il!y be lieveel and taught among them, a;rl so great was their attachment to this favorite creetl, that when Chu-t ap peared m ejuue a cmieren !iiaiJL;- J from what they expected, they refr.se 1 to recognize him as the promivc d Messiah, nothwithstamling, he gave the most substantial evidence of super natural wisdom and power. Tho Jews were not tho only depes of the demoralizing influence of biv of ry. The principle exempli lied in their conduct toward the Savior ;at;l his religion, is in keeping with the human character in all ago.1-:. Even in the present the most enlightens 1 age of the world it is seen to an-iy itself against the cause of the immacu late Son of Heaven, while ihe Church of God the illustrious Bride of Giory is dishonored, her energies pro -trafed, and her influence weakened - -How lamentable that the Christian religion should be so abused, tho progress of the gospel so hindered, and the only means of salvation : : paralyzetl ! Yet it is nevertheless true. At the present day we find many professing Christians who are so much attached to their own profession, and so much prejudiced against that of all other.-:, that they not only refuse to associate! j with them iu the service of God; bid openly abuse others, because they aie: not disposed to agree with them on some minor point of doctrine or mode of administration. It is frequently carrieel to so great extent tnat it re sults in the most violent abuse c' some of Christ's sincere followers, yet the minds of such persons are so blindeel by prejudice that they ne t only think they are not wrong, but that they are doing ' God's service, ' when in fact they are striving for tho sake of an opinion. Bigotry is a dangerous principle. Not only is it destructive to the com mon interests of Christianity, but it greatly endangers the soul of ihe of fender. Every sect that is organised in the name of Christ no matter how widely they may differ from us, and all others as to their conceptions of duty no matter how ridiculous their customs or modes of worship may ap pear if they recognize Christ as the redeemer of mankind, and the only mediator between an -offended God and offending man. Saeh a society is a Christian society instituted, and supported by the Holy Ghost. St. John tells us that ' Every spirit that confesscth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. St. Paul tells us, no man can say that Jesus is the Lord; but by the Holy Ghost. Then to speak agaiust or to abuse such a society, would bo speaking a- ainst the Holy Ghost, an offence, for which the Savior has declared thi re is no forgivcnesSjUeithcr in this world, nor in the one to come. To those who have indulged su.h dispositions, we would say, 'Go and sin no more.' You ai-e not more sin cere in your profession than the Jews were in theirs in the clays of the Savior. Nor are you more attached to your opinion, your way of thinking, than St. Paul was to his when he so zealously persecuted the Church of God. They were mistaken, and so may be you. To those who would avoid the error, we recommend the counsel of Gamaliel, 'Refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come Ui:V. J. B. BOBBITT RALEIGH, K C, WEDNESDAY, MAY :. nought f. nvcri ! , but if if, be of God, ye can irow it; Jest naply yo oe e.llid to ht against God.' "Daij." Fur the Christian Ailv:c:iU!. il-ls!53 Of I llC WOl'ItS. XL'A!"ER I. b.lterers and adulteresses, not that the friendship of the -'lenity with God? Whosoever, id is tbe r-voin'T of God. The term mjrld as used in the Scrip tores has various ireanings. 1. It is applied the earth and all things pertaining thereto 'the pillars of the earth toe the Lord's, and he hath set ; lie wm id upon them. . It is ap- pued '1 Lret o mateiial universe h faith we understand that the oriels were framed by the word of GoeV that is, by Jesus Christ, 'whom he h ith appointed heir of all things; by whoin, also, he made the worlds.' ;j. It is applied to the Jewish econo my 'eve 11 so wo, when we were chil tti f n, were -1 bondage under the ele ments of ihe world.' 4.. It is applied io the inhabitants of earth 'God so Lac i the we-rUV 'Behold the Lamb of G'l which tiikoth avay the eiu of tho world.' -5. It is applied to those who are 'without God in the world.' It is iu tlos tense that the term is used by James i: i. These are the enemies of God, from among whom he, according to the ele ction of grace, i. e., through sancliScatlon of the Spirit and belief of il-o t:nth, hath called us to bu heirs of the promise, and lights in tLe midst of a oild groping in dark ness; and as the elect cf God for this , ... - . . i. , r-.n. pux-poho we can lia.e au xeuuwMi.p viitlithem. Our duly is to fear Gcd and Yo !; righteousness; their practice is o Late God an el work iniquity. We 'walk in the light;' they 'love elarl.ne.53 and hate the light.' They 'low. their own,' but hate us because we arc not of them, as the' hated him by who:; name we are called, because he v 1.::-. it h : not of them. 'If tho world em.' said Christ. vo know tlmt. d me before yon. If ye were of 1 1 -ihl, the world would love its ml because ye are not of the n ; 1 v.-Oild, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth y. u. Jf they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.' Jims it is evident that by the term -..-oriel tho apostle James means the ungodly those who neither have the lov: cf God in their hearts, nor the fear of Goel before their eyes, nor the bnowi: lgo of God in their thoughts, bv.t lust only after such things as are carnal, and tend first to excite and then to gratify the lust of the flesh, tho lust cf the eye, ami the pride of life.' They are 'carnal, sensual, devil ish;' send living thrs, under the power of unholy kinpeis, they are the con s'.iMii, violent anel implacable enemies of (.Joel and all that pertains to godli ness. M.Hikind are divisible into two grr.nd armies. The world, that is, the wicked, are arrayed on the side of evil, center ding for the wrong. Those who 'are not of tho world,' i. e., the righteous are arrayed on the side of justice, contending for the right. Be tween these there is, and in the nature of things growing out cf the antago nistic principles by which they are in llucnccd, there must be a constant and eternal conflict. Darkness is not more opposed to light, sin to righteousness, Belial to Christ, hell to heaven, the devil to Gcd, than is the world to the church. And it is not more cer tain that Christ ' was manifested to destroy ihe works of the devil,' and to 'take away our sins' and consequent misery, than that the world, the flesh and the devil are constantly, zealously and but too successfully, pressing their forces to deetroy the church of Christ, to take away our righteousness, and despoil us of all the honor and glory coufeiied 011 us by the Saviour of sin ners. And hence it is, that Christ and hi.- apostles so frequently warn us of the many and great dangers to which we are exposed while in the world, tmel to earnestly exhort us to guard oi.rst Ives pgainst 'the evil which is i.-j it,' and to keep our garments clean anel unspotted from it.' And we should 'give the more earnest heed' to these exhortations seeing that after we have exercised the utmost care we shall st ill have much 'heaviness through inanife.'ld temptations.' 'In ihe world ye shall have tribulation,' said Christ 'from it vc may expect strong and in cessant opposition; against its tide of abuse and persecution, malice and backbi tings, stiifo and envyiegs, al lurements and seductions, friendship anel alliances, ye must, with 'fear and trembling,' steer your storm-beaten bark amoi g the rocks of Offense, and thre ugh the straits of Difficulty. Bat white he informs us of 'tribulation' to tome, he bidd us 'be of good cheer,' reminding us of the great fact that he has 'overcome the world.' 'Thank God and take courage,' thou trembling one, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. Jesus Christ, thy 'strength and re deemer,' has 'overcemo the world.' He has. vanquished tho foe he 'is thy helper,' and he 'careth' for thee. He knows your wf nts, your hopes and fears. He knows your weaknesses, anefhas felt your infirmities. He un derstands your sorrows.aud is acquaint ed with your griefs. And being 'a greaC High Priest,' who can 'be touch ed with the feeling of our infirmities, he- knows how fo sympathize with.and how t. 'deliver them that. partakers of flesh anel blood, be also himself likewise took part of the same, that througli death he might destroy hira that had the power of death, that is, the devit, and deliver them, who, through fear of death, were all their Jiie time subject to bondage.' And forasmuch as he has thus 'overcome the world,' subdued the '-'s, conquer eel tne deni, and, by 'tho law of the Spirit of life' which is in himself, 'hath made you free from the law of sin ant death;' therefore, 'stnud firm in the liberty wherewidi Christ hath made you free;' 'be of good cheer,' be faith fill, maintain your integrity, keep your covenant with God, remember your sacred vows, never forgetting that 'the friendship of the world is enmity with God,' anel .you shall not be 'overcome of evil,' but 'overcome evil with good.' W. 1). Lee. On BuileTi:;-, Iloiisrs of v;i sliit IVo. I. nv msnor Ji tyi:h:e. Methodist churches should be built in view of the usages of Methodism. What if this developed a distinctive style m arcitccture ? We accept it. It would not be Romanesque, Normau Byzantine or Gothic, but Methodistic Such a result would not only be ration- ai 111 lisen, our conserving. jjet us have it. Following this suggestion, Metho dist churches, like Methodist people, must be 'reculiar.' A few ncc.nlinrittos may be noticed: In addition to rooms for the great congregation, and for the prayer-meeting anel the Suiitlay school, there should be a class-meeting room. With out one or more of these, no Metho dist church in a city can be consitlered thoroughly furnishcel anel complete. Ia the villages and rural e'istricts one may sometimes see our churches without an altar-railing. It is a blem ish x grave defect. Our people have fallen into this by an unfortunate ad diction to union churches, in connec tion with those who have no use for, and, perhaps, prejuelice against, a chancel or communion rail. But ire have a use for-taud n j pi eji.d cragainst it. Baptists and Presbyterians take the holy communion sifting; they are served by their pastors and officers in their pews. We have no such custom. What inconvenience is witnessed, when in one of these unmethodistically ar ranged houses the Methodist minister procoeels, after sermon, to the Lord's Supper. It is a signal for confusion. The most densely-seated portion cf the congregation is unseated, with no place to go to, unless they 0 out of doors or stantl in the aisles. B.nches are turned round, when movable, and the stewai'ds proceeel to improvise an awkward substitute for that which onght to have made a part of the orig inal plan of the house. The communi cants kneel where they can,' and the administrator reaches the elements over the backs of benches as far as he can. Our solemn and decent ritual is marred. The place is not prepared for it. The same infelicity is experinceel, more or less, in the administration of baptism by the scriptual method of af fusion or sprinkling. Methodists kneel in prayer. But if there be no kneeling-boarels in front, or the pcws,be wedged so close togeth er that a worshiper cannot turn round, he must sit or stane; an attitude in prayer that we arc not preparcel to adopt. Our ministers claim the liberty of exhorting as well as of -expounding. They are expected to be earnest, and must not be shut up iu a box. They preach and do not read sermons, and, therefore, have no need of a book boartl breast high. Methodism is the Church of the peo ple. This is allowed by se-me as a praise, and by others as a reproach Tlhti ieople look for welcome here; the stranger feels that he has a right to be at home here; the publican and the sinner are invited. We have no -outer court.' There is no 'uavo' for the fa vored few. The whole house is a 'sanc tuary.' If your local economy allows rented pews, do not rent them all, nor all of the best. Pew doors do not be come us, they look forbielding and ex clusive; but if doors you must have, let them swing lightly on their hinge1-. Remember, this is our style. Methodism is not poor, it is not rich; and yet it is both. This wholerome north cahotjna. 31, 1871. fact is entitled to a prjnounced effect in her architecture. It should be plain, commodious, com fortable.tasf of unsub stantial, elegant if you please, but not so costly as to absorb all revenues, so that men may say we have spent so much on our walls and towers that we must bo excused from a collection for missms wo have nothing for chaii- ty. Meihodisin claims for its object, 'To spread scriptural holinesj over the land;' it aims at spirituality in its mem- DU,F. more maa namoers; it asserts the right of moral discipline. There fore her churches must not be project ed on such a costly scale as to make ungodly revenues a temptation, or tho aid of the worldly minded a necessity. Hence that old Wesleyan maxim: 'Not more expensive than is absolutely un avoidable; otherwise the necessity of raising money will make rich men nec essary to us. But if so, we must be de pendent on them and governed by them. A ad then farewell to Metho dist discif lins, if not to doctrine, too.' I do not envy the Pope his St. Pe ter's Rome. That house was a proxi mate cause of the Reformation. The extravagant cathedral buildings start ed the plan of raising money by selling indulgences. To complete St. Peter's this shocking expedient was resorted to. Luther's protest began ihe re and went on. St. Peter's cost the Pope the Reformati.jn. Hi. Louis Christian Advocate. TO THE MEMBERS. 1. Take care of your Pastor by such a watchfulness and generous provision for his material necessities that he shall suffer no embarrrssment in his work 011 that account. Such parsi mony as too many Churches practice upon their ministers is not only wrong, but wasteful. Force not your Pastor into the hurnilhition of ever becoming a troubled debtor or a still more trou bled petitioner f or financial relief. 2. Give your Pastor continual to kens of your inter st and sympathy in his labors. He does not need or desire ' l t-w ej . f-iJ f J bllUl iJ-o AO JJ fj 11116 1 exceedingly able nor eloquent. But for many reasons ho hungers and thirsts for expressions of interest and encouragement from his people. Let him bear his burden alone. If his ser mon touches your case, refreshes your spirit, clears your doubt, comforts your sorrow, or in any respect con tributes to your edification, or if his prayer or visit, or any form of minis traiion, public or private, tloes you some good, let him I-now it iu some quiet, honest manner that will greatly inspire him. 3. Do not lay the whole burden of parochial visitation upon him. Do not. expect him tc spend his time in merely J , t , ' You mnst go to bim; you must call upon him freely and v fearless!, as you do upon your physi- 1 1 lit cian. 11 yon neeu 10 consult mm search him out without any hesitation. If he is needed hero or there go and fetch him. How should be know your child was taken sick day before yesterday 1 He cannot afford to waste his time in aim less formal 'calls' from house to house merely for the sake of saying he has visited his pariah.' Bat he is always at your service. 4. Give your minister time for re creation and rest. This is often a qnestion of sickness or health with him. He must keep himself in erooel physical trim, or the inevitable dys pepsia with its fumes and dolors and horrors will leave its taint and blemish on whatever work he shall do. Do not allow yorr Pastor to become mor bid through lack of recreation. 5. Pray for your minister. Paul repeatedly said, 'Pray for us !' And if you pray for your minister as you should, you will be very likely to do for him all ojher needful things. Let him Inoir, that you pray for him, and he will be wonderfully uplifted and stimulated in his labors. A sense of the sacredness of his work will thus be ever kept alive in his heart. Be sides, your prayers will call down en riching grace upon him. Unless you will thus install him in your hearts, providing for his wants, giving him tokens of your deep sympathy, helpiug him in labors, guarding his heahh, and supporting him with fervent pray ers, there is little hope of any large harvest of the seed he sow3. You may have a popular minister, but not a productive ministry. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Gon's Tkf.es. A missionary tells of a man who was asked how he man aged to pay up his offerings so regu larly. He said : 'You know I have co coanut trees. Well, my wife mike oil out of the nuts, and so many of the trees I have said were to belong to God; and whatever they make I give it; not all at once, but so much every Sunday, and it just do for my wifs,my self, and daughter. O ! sir, when you speak to us in chapel about money, I feel it I feel it.' WHOLE NO. 22(5. MACAULAV A.D MISS MART' XKAU. I had been more and more impress ed by the aspect of one cf the guests. Ho was a man of largo presence a portly personage, gray-haired, but scarcely as yet aged; aud his face hrd a remarkable interigence, not vivid nor sparkling, but conjoined with great quietude, and if it gleamed or brightened at oue time more than an other, it was likj the sheen over a v.n,a oauaw kh f-ej,. -"Xiiere wad somewhat crrehss self-possession, large ami broad enough to be caller dignity; and the more I looked at him the more I knew he was a distinguish ed person, and wondered who. He might have been a .Minister of State: only there is n ,t one ef them who ha? any right to such a f.l0e and presence. At last, I elo not know how the con. viction came bu: 1 became a.vare that it was M .eaul.ty, and begau to see some slight resemblance to his portraits. But, I h ive never seen any that is not wretchedly unwerlhv of the original. I saw Mis-i Manineati a few weeks since. She is a large, robust, elderly woman, aud plainly dressed; but with al she has so kind, cheerful,, and in telligent a face that sho is plcasanter to look at than most beauties. Her hair is of a decided gray, and she does not shrink from c dh'ng herself old. She is the most continual talker lover heard; it is really liko the babbling of a brook, and very lively and sensible too; and all lha while she talks, she moves the bowl ef her ear-trumpet from one auditor to another, so that it becomes quite an organ of intelli gence and sympathy between her and yourself. The ear trumpet seems a sensible part of her, like the antenmc of some insects. If you have any little remark tc make, you drop it in; and sue nelps yon imike remarks by this delicate little appeal of Ihe trumpet, as she slightly directs it towards you and if you have nothing to say, the ap peal is not strong enough to embarrass vou. AH her talk-w. a int i..,,.f and liar n )';-1 . : like egotism, becaiso it was so cheer ful aud free from morbidness. And this woman is an Atheist, and thinks that the piiuciple of life will bjcome extinct when her boely is laid iu the grave ! 1 will not think s J.wero it only for her sake. What enily a fo.v weeds to spring out of her mortality, instead of her intellect and sympathies 11 jwer ingand fruiting forever ? HuvriionxE in Note IJo'A: Idolati.y of X.vmks. A careful ex animation of the earth for the moral changes it has undergone, as the geol og'st pursues his so rc.h for tho natu ral. !!li'dlt difSPOVi-r t; 11 h mnno r. onltt - . , , , ,. accompanying idolatrv, on the surface K I l i': I I ,111111 iloi,? .11) liei.l -.t f liA English Chinch suspect that her Bal moral (Baalmurus) summer retreat, was a point of heathen worship in times past. Our females robe them selves in Bahnor.d tokens of a gross and blooely idolatry. Our beautiful city of Baltimore, (Baal troid muir)or B:tal of the long street or strand, now contracted into Baltimore, is but the name of an idolatrous locality else where, trausferre 1 to America. That wneiaVe person, (Calveit) who even now traverses our strtets.whosc titled ancestor oiiginated the settlement, knows bat little of the itlolatrou me morial it presents. If the society of Friends were aware to what an extent idol names are attncheel, I hey would avoid them as they do the days of tie week. Blarney, siti afed about as far north as Baltimore is sorth of Cork, Ire land, is another of those idolatrous names which rears its head in the midst of Christianity. Bel Arnca, or Baal of the small hills, gives rise to tho saying, 'They have licked the Blarney stone.' Tne smooth tongned inhabitants of the South of Ireland, have thus perpetuated the error of their worship, and of their Pho. nici iD origin. X doubt they were accus tomed to 'kiss the calves,' (idol) in the excess of their devotion. Th: Ob server. Since Christ is proposed to us a the object o' oar whorship he must needs be very God. None do tho dcril's work more ef fectually than tht50 who foment need less divisions among the people of God. The time is abort. We arc here for a moment only. What we do must be done quickly. The end is at hand. Every sinner at God's bar will stand self-condemned; ho will bo mule to own that he knew better and did worse. All solid peace of conscience can on ly arise from a sense of God's favor aud reconciliation through the Re deemer. There are so many thieves in New Yoik that they propose to form a so ciety to reform some of their number, and thus prevent their business from being ruined. OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE COMIX OF HAEGETT AND DITVSOS Sid. RALEIGH N. C. RATES OF ADVERTISING. M-.lT. 1 M.inth. i M.n. 1 M-.xs. 6 M..5i. 1 Vr n 1 SiUMV. J s-tiuarcs, S.iii.im., f 2 M 1 1 4 4 ."xi, ;i mi C m VI 1 em lft no 1(1 H' l-i in. 20 on n im Su M (Ml $ .-. f ll IN) f 1- 0.1 ill IN' IS (Hllj ,'.. Il I.'. IHI '.- Ill' 4 I II is n ;iii tm'l !V. iji ?l IK in II IO IHI .!.'. mi "1 tk1 1 I'M iNi Oil en . 1"" el. I.- "l 4 fipriri-n. f..rmn. Col'inn. I Column.,: Aelv.'rti$4-mfUtf will W chnnKi1.! once rv.-ry llir.-. months without adiliiimul char. For tv.ry i.ilur change there will Ik- an i-Uia charge of tw. nly vn' :ininch. Twi-nty-fiT.- jx-r c.-iit. i a.M.vl to 111.- nhuvo rate for special nntlees In Loeal column. Special ointracU maile on reacnahl.- lvnn. HIT A!l WI'lOM. 'Played Oct.' Is a gambler's .slang phrase, but how siguiticaut ! H u e is a young man who was once the pride of his mother ami tho h pi of hi . father, now a 'phiyeel cut piu!igali'. Here is a politician wlu was emee re spectable and rjspcclcd, now a cor rupt, bosotteel, 'played out' vagabond. Here ia a poet, artist aud Musician, one who once stood at tho head of n Jorge social circle;, and was popular with all who Knew hi 11; he krini i vain of his gifts and acepiircincntviud ventured on a course of irregular life, which soon led to dissipation ami, fi nally, to his present fallen condition, x 'played out' genius. There are many 'played out' boys. They were well started in life, having well formed bodies and braius, and inheriting con ditions favorable to make; them men. But by bad habits they have ruined themselves, and arc now 'bmuud u,' used up, dilapidated, 'playetl out.' MOONLIGHT. Tis midnight : un tin- dioii iitain.i ln.iu ii Tin1 colli rotiiul ni'iou chilli's ..Tily ilouii; Line roll llie wat.-i-.-. Mm' llir skv Spri'tuls like uu eio'iin li imur ml liitrli. licspnngW willi those isles of li;;lil .So wil'lly, sjiii ilually lu ilil : Win) evei j;:w.m1 iihii llietn .-Lining. And turned 1 e'arlli without rriuiin;',. Nor wiidieil for wino-s to II iw iv. And mix with their eleniiil ray': lltji-titt. 'Excuse my Ief- hand,' said Wiggins as lie Miook liamls with a friend. 'Certainly; I never take umbragii at nature,' was tne reply, referring t. Eccleshistes x: 2. The te xt is, 'A wi.-; man's heart is at his rieht h-niel, but 1 fool's heart is at his h it ;' and the consequence is they have not spoken since. John Wisi.ky's Fii:st Sm.mon in Amekica. Tho Brunswick .ty w' says tnat a number ol .viellioeiisi iiivnie-s, together with some friends, proeu-edi d recently to St. Simon's Island, to vb I and have photographed tho ve il, r.-ibh: live oak under the umbrageous branch es of which John Wesley, tho fotin h r nr ii.;sil1 nle.u.ii,,i bj ijrster- -w It ij i,r ,l...iil.- lli-i! the picture will be engraved mi sieel and offered for s.de. The live oak referred to i s a mag nificent ono, ami Las cai-t its shadow upon many a lively group iu Ihe thisii times of St. SimonV; tho Farmers' Club House, to which all the islait.h 1 t were accustomcel to resort n emo day of every week, having stood ia imme diate proximity. For its own wke, a.s well as for its social history, the livo should be photographed, for l ln ie is nothing approaching it on ihe Atlantic coast. But we never before heard that this monarch of the forest h id a religion;! history. Tho Church of Frederie-.i, established by diaries Wesley, not John, was origiuiilly located, ami htill stands a portion of it a original tim bers being yet incorpe rated with the oftentimes rtiiewcel building in a beautiful grove of live oaks, some half mile or more in the rear of the town, or the site once occupieel by iho town, nothing of which remaius but a few brick and tabby ruins. John Wesley, tho great founder t f Methodism, was occasionally at tho Frederica settlement, aiding in Ihe work of his brother which, iinf.'rlu natcly, was not a very successful one - but bis 'first sermon in America' was not preached on St. Simon'. His first religious ministrations in this country were delivered 011 Tybce, 011 the arrival of the immigrant ship that bore him hither, and consisted of thanksgiving to Goel for the safe deliv erance of himself and fellow passen gers, having Iaudcel for tho special purpose. This was in February, 17:jh The party then came up the rivtr,an 1 John Wesley's 'first sermon in Ameri ca,' according to Lis own private jour nal, was preached in the Court Iiou; o in Savannah on Sunday, 7lh .March, 173C, the text being the epistle for this 'lay, tho 13th chapter of 1st Coiin ihians. We dislike to spoil a handsome lilllo photographic speculation, but this is history. Sa oannah ll-jmbl i un. Beecher Bays that 'no lawyer lias a ripht to undertake business which ob vicusly tends to the injury of t lie pub lic. No man has a right to lend Lis services in any form to uru'ertakings hostile to honesty and injurious to society. A gentleman describing a wcdeling, the other day, got off the following extraordinary sentence in regard to the bride: 'In her lumj face the twin roses of health and beauty shown.' lit) probably meant to say fanny, but 'the confounded printers !' It is said that tho Rev. Thomas K. Beecher has discovered that oilmen who are hanged go to heaven. Wo have no desire to take that line. Mrs. Partington says that since tLo invention of the ncedle-gim there is . no reason why women shouldn't fight as well as men.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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