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i'or the Christian Advocate.
i0'l'i;s 1SY THE WAY.
Mk. Editoh: I propose to give
jar readers a sermon on Davenport
I em ale College. And as it must be
! irief, if riot brilliant, I bad best not
hake it all introduction. Hence I form
t once a U'sf,-nd proceed to preach,
'o form a iv.xt, I gather the three
isdiue: thoughts advanced on the day
t jiine rewui grauuuuug exercises.
1 1 pom Miss Kound'a romi.MiitiM, i
1.41. .... . J . A
ther the word 'influence,' as the
j gn of a ruliug thought, which bound
ii'1-j.-!if.ifrii harmony her essay.
ram Miss Serosa I get home, and
Urticditrly she dwislt on a mother's
ifluence ivf. home. And from 13ro.
I obey I get a leading thought ad
jinced ia his address to the gr ad ti
les. That th sy were now educated
ad going forth to enter upon life a9
stern reality. From these with fan
f' aid, oar ttxt is made ''The edu
xtioii f Koman for an influence at
ome.'
Thanks to Bro. Rob-y and the
oung ladies for a text bo suited to
ae occasion. But how must I di
ide my subject ? 1 make this ar-
igc-ment iifdt, the subject 'lhe
I ducat ion of woman for an influence
U koine.'
"1st. How this is best accomplished.
2nd. When best accomplished.
The proposition how this is best
complished covers a wide field of
bought.
The primary step in educators
houkl be to place heart culture be
i ore head culture. To have them to
t 3eek firtt the Kingdom of God and
lie righteousness.' Seek.? to have
v hem born aigaia. Seek to see the
; jtoral lineaments of Gods Imt'ge out
lned or penciled on the soft suscepti
ve tablet of their virgin hearts.
; This is successfully done at Daven
l fort Female College. For a majority
)f the students were converted du
; ng this past collegiate year. Then
i 4 vu ir cnrrr-vl?f l.llv ed-
i 9 OWVIi'l UUAlild - J . , i . j
I We girls, is to isolate them from
Nil and promiscuous influences, end
' ? ' -n -cund thei'i with only such as
R -oodT I believe this also eminent-
iy and successfully done
i mi,.. ,.w.-.r.i,ii.-.rn
OOri. iUUI'J.,u'-iv- J
.i, The
pare, uicuucu jai. -
rery surroundings of thescholars are
eminently calculated to make them
. ., ,.. ,,, i;f
TV.on another necessary step in the
' ,i Ant;nn of rh vonmr? ia
i Rnnre health of body, if you would
.. .-,. ,. ,;nAa Vr n. mbid
f QttVe viguiuuo milium. - w
i i wJikts of thought
akia to those of angels, yet fettered to
'A,i liwanso cneed in a diseased
' pained and d. fi body. Oue of wis-
den's steps then, is to t;ave youthful
vigor from pale consumption, or mis
erable melancholy dyspepsia. And as
to ihis, Davenporc stands ou a hid
and challenges the world for compe
tition. vau'w - -"
r V.nt RL'ain. whrre in (h: education of
, women beat competed ?' I nulwsirat
jggly anwetr, by surrounding them
with the additional auxiliaries of art,
music, poetry, and natures loveliness.
Ann especially is the latter necessary
eminently so. And why? Beoxrtse
1 thvi a is irt he- gentler nature an innate
f affinity to esthetic.?, that is to the
; gcience ol the beautiful.
From woman's heartsoil, Eden's
I moral beauty must bud, bloom and
render beautiful and fragrant this de-
i Bert of ein. God doubtless will use
her to breathe the life, and loveliness
jt spring o'er the winter of our sepe
f ration from him and heaven. Twas
woman's hand that wrapped the mur
l fcy curtains of gloom across mans fu
! turo, and thus put out every hope of
heaven. And hence her character
f must catch, soften and shed the noon-
tide rays of the 'Sun of Righteous-
nesa with the smile of spring o'er
leins dark desolations, and touch
- with resurrections wand the lovelier
blooming of a moral Eden in man.
This can be best done by educating
her amid the beauties of art, music,
poetry, and with nature to pour her
Wild luxuriance of grace ana beauty
at their feet, and with holy men and
women to instruct thern.
All these are found at Davenport.
Art is here. Teaching them the imi
tation and admiration of the graceful
and beautiful in nature. J hus lead
i1oi"r- minrla and tastes to com-
fmence with nature and natures God.
Music ia here. There tkis mild
daughter of heaven is found radiant
;n loveliness, her voice sweet her
charms Btolen from nature. And
these united send a mingled invita
tion forth for pupils. Then again,
poetry and all the refining influences
of an elevating tendency are lavished
in rich profusion around them. And
last, but not lead, here n.tture un
bosom i her softest sympathies, and
upreads her wild and varied imagery
"of beauty around them. And I wish
-,to dwell here to paue and expand
.this important thought. For not-
withstanding many plain farmers, and
other practical hnsi nfiaa mo-n a ex a in tr
think it folly to teach girls music,
ii
ana me ornamental parts of educa
tion, yet I believe it is not only
proper, but necftSSiirv fn t.anoh bntli
if we would perfect their education.
It i3 eminent nmnrifltv ami TtfiHilnni
to suiround girls in their education
with the softest beauties and varied
outlines of grace in art, music and na
ture. Thev have an innatfi nnwsr
which must lie dormant unless de
veloped amid kindred affinities.
There is an inn a- r- 1
thotics reign. A softer upirit within
a spirit which seeks and finds a
school of refinement nearer heaven
than mn. A kind of midway Tioint
is given her a higher nature nearer
related to mild eyed seraphs. And
this linked with the purer abo e, and
man beneath, is destined to elevate
him to an image like unto her own
which is a soft reflex of the lamb of
God.
And while man may bo coutent to
utilize, she seeks to adorn. We see
her hand alike in the vine trailed over
the door of the home of the poor, and
in the wild luxuriant profusion of
costly flower gardens. I sometimes
think, God would have never laden
the earth with the mingled hues, and
sweets of flora's realm, if 'man the
hermit had always sighed and woman
never smiled. If no Eve in Eden, then
soon Adam might have wanted to dig
up all the flowers and plant fruit trees.
For even as it is, some men have so
much more of tliG beast than the an
gel in them, that they deny their
daughters a few feet of eartn for a
flower garden. I, for one ass?rt, that
girls need all the beauties of art and
nature combined to cultivate in ttiem
a taste for L eauty, symmetry, and the
iontrast and mingling of colors, so
that they may learn to imitate God in
nature and be qualified to beautify
and embellish our homes. For a
close observer can easily, on entering
a house, tell whether or not the pries
tess at the shrine of the home altar,
has oultivate-T the esthetics of her
natnre
But to npply my sermon,
this can be best done at Davenoort
A'eniaw uouege u. wie mi ox
ral auxiliaries, which challenge the
Femalo College in the midst of natu-
. .
softer, beauties m-spirmg, buds, and
opens, and ivaves in passing v.uwb
ana pienuuue in suiuuiei. uu
winter comes to fetter her in ice, she
only smiles more winning m death.
Dr. Deems has remarked, somewhere,
'God is imaged forth in nature. This
is as true as beautiful. And nowhere
more truthfully, or beautifully exeni
pMed than in nature around Daven-
pert Female College
I have thought that if nature ever
built a special studio for the educa
tion of woman, especially their es
luetic nature, that Davenport Female
College ia that studio. There they
may see nature from her most pen
sive to her mo3t joyous mood. There
they may hear the soft sighing melan
choly of her winter funeral dirge,
or the gush of joy when spring decks
her with bridal robes. There nature
at all limes appears to advantage
whether seen at eve at morn, sultry
noon, or midnight hush at all times
she smiles in beauty and teaches in
love. At eve, when the hand of Deity
stretches that master picture of earth
across a darkening sky, the young
may see beauty after beauty in quick
succession, fly across the glowing sky
till the light of a dying day is ming
led into the first deep shadows of eve
ning,and night the sable goddess shall
reign 'grand, gloomy, and peculiar,'
by 'waving her leaden sceptre o'er a
slumbering world.' Then after the
sun, on flaming wheels, has driven his
flaming car through the 'evening's
golden gates, and shadows flock to
their sides in dusky phalanx, while
light flies from view. Then how
natural for such a scene to lead their
thoughts and aspirations to that sun
bright Bhore, where night gathers
never. But where streamlets of bliss
murmur, seraphs wandf r and angels
sing. How pleasing to stand on some
eminence and imagine angel fingers
swing afar the golden gates, while
soft melodies seem to float on languid
zephers, solacing soothing, breathing
heaven's softest whispers, " sister
spirit come away." Viewing such a
scene will cultivate the esthetics of
woman, and educate her f r the socie
ty of seraphs above.
Yes here, as one beautifully says,
beauty rests o'er nature like the amile
of God. To commune here with na
ture amid spring's loveliness-autumn's
profusions, or in her icy bier of win
ter, when soft winds sigh, or herce
blasts wail, her funeral dirge, and
desolation drapes her tomb In any
and all, communion with nature leads
to communion with God. Without
nature woman's education, at least,
is imperfect. Davenport female col
lege lies in nature's wild embrace and
invites woman nearer heaven. She
challenges the continent to produce
superior natural auxiliaries for the
education of woman for an influence
at home.
Iu conclusion let methodists, of
North Carolina at least, educate their
daughters there. Some are so doing,
yet many others are patronizing in
ferior schools under the care of other
denominations. Send your daughters
to Davenport, if you wish them prot
perity educated. Support mt-ihodiRm
m:.rry methodism, and education in (
indissoluble nuptials at Lenoir, their
union will bless our church. Hnt
i, ..j, wuii enuow tnem witu a
patrimony by your sympathies and
dol'ars. Patronize Davenport before
any school in North Caroliua, for
Greensboro college is unbuilt, and the
Anson ville school has died for want
of sympathy and support. Let us
save Davenport from any such Lite.
Brethren wake up to duty. Eduta
tiou and Christianity should be hand
maids to go hand in hand around our
earth and win it back to knowledge
and God. "Itixekant"
REPORT OP TREASURER OIF
THE MISSIONARY BOARD iF
THE X. . CONFERENCE FOR
1S7I.
AMOir.YlT OOIXKITEP FROM I'lltt'llT AND -TU'lONS
To amount received from
Treasurer,
former
$248.60
$S0.OO
30.00
8 0!)
30.00
27.00
2.00
14.20
55.00
15.25
20.50
$231.95
$20.00
30.00
BALE10H M3TKICT.
Raleigh City Station,
Wesley Chapel, no report.
Wake cir.
Smithfield cir.
Roles ville cir.
Tar River cir.
Loiv'sbnrg Sta.,
Granville cir.
Henderson cir.
Nashville circuit, 1
Wilson Mission, )
Rock Soring Mission,
Total from District,
HILLSBORO WSTUICT.
Hillsboro Station,
Alamance cir.
Chapel Hill A Haw River cir.
Durh-am cir.
Pittsboro cir.
Frnnjclinvillo cir.
Perse! n cir.
Leesburg cir.
South Guilford, no report.
High4 Rock cir., no report.
ToL.l from District,
GKEEN8HOBO DISTRICT.
Greensboro Station,
Guilford cir.
Trinity College,
Thomasville and High Point,
Davidson cir.
158.50
124.52
55.25
8.70
48.35
40.00
$485.32
33.00
1G.00
10.50
15.00
500
10.70
21 CO
Ashboro cir.
Forsythe cir.
Wins' on, no report.
Stokes cir.
Madison cir.
Wentworih cir.
Yancyvilly cir.
Uwhaiio mission
Total on district,
SALISBURY DISTKICT.
Salisbury sta.,
Rowan cir.
E. Rowan, no report.
Mocksville cir.
Jonesville cir. no report.
Surry cir.
Mt. Airy cir.
Alexander cir.
Iredell cir.
S. Iredell cir.
Wilkes cir. no report.
Union cir. no report.
Total on District,
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Washington & Greenville
Warren cir.
Roanoke cir.
Tarboro cir.
Williamston cir.
Plymouth cir., no report.
Columbia cir.
Mattamnskeet cir.
11.90
25.00
10.00
27.95
10.00
205.71
$8.50
0.35
29.05
1.15
10.00
19.25
30.00
S.OO
$112.30
$12.89
113 15
63.74
30.95
18.88
16.72
23.50
Portsmouth & Ocracoke, no report.
Bath cir. 12.39
Total on District,
NEWCERNK DISTRICT.
Newberne Station,
Beaufort Station,
Straits, no report.
Trent cir.
Kinston cir.
$292.22
$13.50
12 00
10.00
8.25
12.45
2.35
26 00
45.25
600
17.00
5.25
5.00
5.00
Snow Hill cir.
Newberne cir.
Goldsboro Station,
Everettsville cir.
Wayne cir.
Neuse cir.
Lenoir cir.
Wilson cir.
Jones cir.
Swift Creek, no report.
Total on District, $168.05.
WILMINGTON DISTRICT.
Wilmington F. Street, $25.60
Wilmington 5th Street, 21.00
Topsail cir. 10,00
Kenansville, no repoit.
Magnolia, no report.
Clinton cir.
Cokesbury cir.
Bladen cir., no report.
Elizabeth cir., no report.
Whitesville cir., no report.
Smithville,
Total on District,
IA VK'l TKVI1.LK DISTRICT.
Fayetteville Station,
$7.50
7.50
10.00
$84.60
$80.00
Cumberland cir.
35.00
Robeson cir.
. -
M.infofimprv e.ir. . . .ia.UU
35.00
22.40
18.45
35.00
17.25
. p,-. j
Utvharie cir.
Buck Horn cir.
Jonesboro cir.
Troy Mission, no report.
Det p River civ.
Total from District, $355.10
SHELHV DISTRICT.
Shelby Sta., $20.00
Shelby cir. 28.00
Lincolatou cir. 30.00
South Fork cir. 15 00
Rocks Spring cir. 6.10
Dallas cir., no report.
Lenoir cir. 33.28
Newton cir. 10.00
Happy Home cir, 7.85
Morgan ton cir. 34.00
McDowell cir. 10.00
Rut herford cir. 48.00
Upper Broad R. Mis.,nt report.
Columbus Mis., no report.
Cherry Mountain, no report.
South Mountain, no report.
Davenport College, no report.
Total on District,
CHARLOTTE DISTRICT.
Calvery, no report
N. Charlotte,
Pinoville cir.
S. Charlotte cir.
Monroe Station,
Monroe cir.
Pleasant Grovo cir.
Concord Station.
Mount Pleasant cir.
Albemarle cir.
Ansonville cir.
Wadssboro cir.
$242 23
$8.00
12.00
25.00
1G 00
5.00
8.40
11 50
35.00
13.70
1.00
60.00
Charlotte S:a. Anniversary col. 313.70
Total from District,
$514 sa
AMOUNTS APPLIED ON DISTRICTS
Raleigh District.
Nashville circuit, )
Wilson Mission, j
Rock Spring Mission,
15.25
20.50
Total
Hillsboro District.
Hillsboro Station,
Chapel Hill & Haw River cir.,
Durham cir.
Leasburg cir.
$35.75
20.00
30 50
39.22
20.00
Total
Greensboro District.
Wentworth cir.
Uwhrrie Mission,
Total
$109.72
$10.00
10.00
$20.00
$12 39
111.15
18.88
16.72
23.50
12.39
Washington District.
Washington and Greenville,
Warren cir.
Williamston cir.
Columbia cir.
Mattamuskeet cir.
Bath cir.
Total $195.03
Newbezne District.
Wayne cir. 5.00
Wilson cir. 5.00
Total $10.00
Wilmington District.
Wilmington 5th Street, $24 00
Total $24.00
Fayettcville District.
Fayetteville Station, $60.00
Rockingham cir. 50.00
Montgomery cir. 30.00
Uwharie cir. 22.40
Jonesboro cir. 15.00
Deep River cir. 12.25
A.
Total $189.65
Shelby District.
Shelby Station, $20.00
Shelby cir. 25 00
South Fork cir. 15.00
Lenoir cir. 23 03
Happy Home cir. 7.85
Morganton cir. 20.00
Rntherford cir. 48.00
Total $158.88
Cuarlolte District.
Monroe cir. $5.00
Pleasan Grove cir. 8.40
ATonnt Pieasant cir. 10.84
Total $24.24
Amount received from former Treae
urer $248.60, a;-d forwarded to Treas
urer of Parent board, by check, under
standing it to be the 10 per cent due
the board from last years collection
Whole amount collected frcm Circuits
and Stations, $2741.78, Whole amount
of caah received. $1974.51, 4.0 per
cent due parent board deducted from
cash, $l6 71, Balance of cash in hand
? . I
of Treaarer, $877.80, Total amount
applied jn Districts 767.27. Amount
of appropriations $2750.00. Prorata
on the J)0 dollars worth of drafts
$59.89. Statement of settlements on
claims, ver paid treasurer of Parent
Board, 33.48.
I RALBIGU DISTRICT.
Appropriation, $200 00. Prorata on
this amount; $119.(54. Applied from
collections on District, $35.75. Bal-
Lwwr.r: $83L8a- JPid ...on,, same at
1 x "
HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
Appropriation, $400 00. Prorata
on appropriation, $239.28. Applied
on District from collections, $109.72.
And from Went worth circuit, $10.00.
Balance due on claim, $119.56. Paid
on claim at Conference, $116 80. Still
due on this claim, $2 70.
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Appropriation, $000.00. Prorata
on claim, $358.92. Ap plied from col
lections on district, $195 03. Due on
claim, $163.89. Paid at Conference,
$174.84. Due Treasurer to amount
over paid, $10.95.
SEWBERN DISTRICT.
Appropriation, $250.00. Prorata
on claim, $149.55. Applied on Dis
trict, $10.00. Due on claim, $139.55.
Paid at Conference, $37. 65. Slill duo
on claim, $101 90.
WILMINGTON DISTRICT.
Appropriation $200. Prorata on
claim $119.64. Amount applied from
collections on district $24 00. Due on
claim $95.34. Paid on same at Con
ference $99.29. Duo Treasurer to
amount over paid $3.65.
FAYEXTiiNlLLE DISTRICT.
Ap propria, ion $300. Prorata on
claim $179.46. Applied from col
lections ou district $189.65. Over
prorata and due Treasurer $10.19.
Refunded $4.72. Still due Treasurer
$5.37.
SHELBY. DISTRICT.
Appropriation, $700. Of this amount
to L. C. White, $400. Prorata, $239.
28. Applied from collections on dis
trict, $75.8' Dae on claim, $163.48
Paid at Conference by incorrect calcu
lations, $218 12. Due Treasurer to
amount vGrpiV $54,64. To D. C.
t 3fcn. Prorata on claimfl
$179.46. Applied from collections on
district, $79.68. Due on.claim $99 78
Paid a- Conference, $105.25. Due
Treasurer to amount over paid, $5 47.
CHARLOTTE DISTRICT.
Appropriation, $100. Prorata on
claim, $59.82. Applied from collec
tions on district, $24.24. Due on
claim, $35.58. Paid at Conference,
$37.40. Due Treasurer to amount
over paid, $1 82.
REPORT ON l'AVME - Ti ON OLD MISSION DEBT
Amounts assumed and paid by the
ministers ami others, 1871. Paid to
N. 11. i). Wilson Sllii.iy
YV. O. Wilson, 30.00
A. ). 15ets 12.80
N. 11. D. WilHon, 2:.0O
Collected from circuit uiid slaiiuii K-70 73.00
5V.1 .1)0
$530.00
$1.30
Paid to N. II V. Wilson
Forwarded by him to Dr. McFerrin,
Expenses,
Balance handed to L.Shell 28.69. Received from
V. A. Sharp $20. T. W. Guthrie 5. W. S
Chnffin 15. W.C. Griimon 20. N. A. Hooker
1. W. J. Parker 5. D. R. Brnton 15. J C
Thomas 10. J A Cuaninggnn 20. I W Avent
10. Buck Home cir., 10., J. U. Brooks ?.).
W. H. Moore 20. Luther Clegg 5. T. L.
Trinlett 5.50. Z. Rush 10. J Tillet 17. C H
Phillips 20. J W Wheeler 10. L W (.'raw
ford 15. A D Belts 40. A D etts for N F
Reid 10. 8 W Helsabeck 10. R S Webb 15.
L Branson 5. M C Thomaa 20. W II Bobbin
40. J B Martin 20. S Leard 10. Collojtod j
at Conference, J P Moore 45.50. E W
Thompson 20. J W Lewie 15. R A Willis 20.
H H Gibbons 20. J J Renn 5. Wm Barrin
ger 40. C C Uodson 10. L S Burkhead 20,
for N F Reid 10. A K Murchinon 10. N F
Reid 20. L Shell 20. W II Bobbitt 10. A
W Mangnm 25. J E Leggett 5." M L Wood
6. A R Iiai pn 10. G M Pepper 10. T J
Gattis 10. O J Brent 15. W M Jordan 10.
N M Ray 5. W D Lee 10. J E Thompson 10.
Amount brought forward, $529.3!). J. B.
Alford, $15.00. N. F. Reid, by JJ. E. Thomp
son, $10.00. M V. Sherrill. 410.00. Newbern
eircuit, $5 00. T. A. Boon, $10.00. J. E. Mann
20.00. W. R. Furgereon, 5.00. Total $004.1!).
Paid Dr. McFerrin, at Conference, $445.20
Sent to Dr. Redford by check, $10.00.
485.20.
With amounts paid by N. II. 1). Wilson, 530.00.
Sent to Dr. McFerrin by J. P. Buie, 20.00.
Paid on old debt, $1035.20
After this settlement, by W. S. Black, $15.00,
$1050.20.
This k1 the best tliape I can give the report
on old debt. I hope it will be satisfactory
L Shell.
Treasurer of Board of Missions.
The brethren who have received over their
prorata amount will please forward to me by
mail the small amounts due the Treasurer, or
il more convenient, send to Bro. Hooker at
Hookerton euch amounts, and apprise me
the fact. Attention to this m necessary to the
relief of Bro. Hooker. I also owe Bro. Nor
man a small balance.
The payment to Bro. C. C. White was mada
on a prorata of whole cash collection instead
of whole amount alter deducting the 40
per cent due Parent bcard tbere-from. The
prorata on which I settled with others wss oa
the collection minus the 40 per cent, but it in
' eluded the $100 reported by Bro. Hooker, to
which bo was entitled ia addition lo the ap-
m.iU fnrlhim . bleb nil (rll t not. to
flUJJlinOUII .v.j.....-, ,. - 0
have been in the report. I hope this report
will be 8ntisfactory.
My office is Newton, Catawba CO., N. C.
With mueh christian affection yours,
L. Sll KLI..
THE POOR MUST GIVE.
BY BISHOP KEENER.
to the poor for support. The gospel
is a gospel for poor people; and we
do Dot fake hold or appreciate the
great power that exists in this direc
tion. " If," says one, " you could on
ly get everybody to give a cent a week,
that would be fifty cents a year; and
that would be three hundred and fif
ty thousand dollars from our Church
alone for the missionary cause."
True enough, do that and you have
accomplished the greatest feat that
ever was. But it requires a tremend
ous organization to only do that and
an immense enginery.
Now, there is no way in the world
to do that but by the Holy Spirit;
and if the Holy Spirit; moves on the
minds of all these people and brings,
them forward with their contribu
tions, wo will succeed ia all the Chris
tian enterprises oi the day. The
Catholic Church succeeds in her tem
poral affairs by means of small cou
tributions brought forward by her
people. The priest does not go after
them. Every man who has a friend
in Purgatory or who desires his own
sins to be forgiven, cm only accom
plish this by making his offering of
money. Ho must put it upon the al
tar himself.
So the Holy Spirit, when he wan s
a man to give, si ya that ' a willing
mind is accepted according to that a
man hath and not according to that
he hath not." God is not going to
measure your gift according to ten
thousand dollars, but according to
what you have.
Many people stand back and say,
" If I had aa much money as such an
one, I would give." Why not give
no w?. You can give Aa much out of
what you have", in 'proportion as the
man who gives a hundred thousand
dollars.
I do not know but I have talked
long enough on this theme. I will
just 6ay I believe that God's Spirit
will ultimately raise up a body of peo
pie that shall move under his im
pulse; and that, by and by, this great
secret that seems to have been lost
will be discovered as a living force
in the hearts of all members of the
Church; and that the day will finally
come when God will driva this wor
ship of Mammon from his Church;
ivhen there shall be hundred and thou
sands of people, praying for the grace if
liberality. And I say the time has
now come when we are to labor for
this result; and if I were a circuit
preacher and knew there were five
men in the circuit who were praying
for the grace of liberality, I would
have not a doubt of my support.
And if I knew that in this city a doz
en men were praying for this same
grace, I should calculate that the bles
sed influence would presently extend
throughout these Churches.
I tell you, my brethren, that it is
exactly hero we are to succeed. Wo
are to recognize the truth that liber
ality, in the New Testament Bense, is
a special grace; and that this grace
bears many fruits.
Now, I have a single illustration to
present, and then I am done. There
is, as you well know, a profound lii
losot:hy, if we can discover it, in con
nection with the building of the pyra
mids. The question is: For what
were those immense structures origi
nally designed ? It seems to me that
they were but a religious offering of
the people. They are found in con
nection with their temples, springing
up at a period when the whole nation
worshiped the sun. These pyramids
were encased with polished red gran
ite, and when the sun shone on their
mirror-like sides they were pyramids
of fire. And at twelve o'clock m. they
reflected the rays of their sun-god,
Phtha, without a shadow.
I cannot conceive of a richer offer
ing or of any fuller display of the re
ligious sentiment than that which ac
tuated these poor creatures in their
gropings after God. And these pyra
mids now stand there, pointing silent
ly to heaven, expressive of that great
struggle of the human heart after the
" Unknown God." There they are: no
wonder that the Pharaohs (the sons
of the Sun) chose to be entombed in
them, in the very bosom of these huge
altars of flame.
Why, sir, it is Baid that in that Ti
tanic labor it took three hundred
thousand men twenty years simply to
form a road -stead from the Nile to
the spot where they were built. I
beg of yon to think of every heart in
Egypt, of an entire people engaged in
a work of that character er e tre
mendous act of worship, giving their
substance and their labor, doing it
without murmuring, gladly making in
the unity of their Ubor and desire
an offering worthy of their God.
Oh, if we had that spirit in us ! If
we would raise to CLrist this temple
of " livinor stones." il in the spirit of
an enlarged Christianity we would
but come forward and give such evi
dence of our gratitude to our blessed
Lord and Master, we should then
ehow ourselves, at least, to be equal
otho86 poor being who, in their
Dunduesa, laid rttr- n
lives upon the altar of their devotion.
Why are we so very chary and so very
careful and so very calculating in re
gard to His Church, bought with His
own blood, who has constituted us
kings aud pritsts to God, and intends
to enrich us forever with the river of
His life !
dittOI AUVIC'E.
President Porter, of Yalo College,
gave thefol lowing advice to the stu
dents of that institution tho other
day: 'Young nun, you are tho archi
tects of your own fortunes, llely
upon your own strength of body and
soul. Take for your star Belf reliance,
failh, honesty, and industry. In
scribe on your b inner, 'Luck is a
fool, pluck is a h ro.' Don't take too
much advice keep at your helm and
steer your own ship, and remember
that the great art of commanding is
to take a fair bhare of the work.
Don't practice too much humanity.
Think well of yourself. Strike out
Assume your own position. Put po
tatoes in your cart, over a rough road,
and small ones tro to the bottom.
Rise above the envious and jealous
Fire above the mark ou intend to
hit. Energy, invincible determina
tion, with a right motive, u:e tho lo
vers that move tho world. Don't
drink. Don't chew. Don't smoke
Don't swear. Don't deceive. Don't
rortd novels. Du't marry until you
can support a wife. Be in earnest,
Bo Pelf reliant. Be irenerons. Be
civil Read, tho papers. Advertise
yihr business. Make money and do
good with it. Love your God and fel-
hi men. Love trath . and virtue.
Lira your country, and obey its laws.'
If'tltia mlviripi be implicitly followed
by the young men of the country, tho
millennium is near at hand.
SEEDS THOUGHTS.
Not Alose. Sages of old rent-ended
that no sin was ever committed
whoso consequences rested on the
head of the sinner alone; that no man
I could do ill, and his fallows not suf
fer. They illustrated it thus: "A ves
sel sailing from J-:ppa carried a pas
senger, who, beneath Lis berth, cut a
hole through the ship's side. Whon
tho men of the watch expostulated
with him, 'What doest thou, O mis
erable man V the off mder calmly re
plied, 'What matters it to you ? Tho
hole I have mude lied under my own
berth.'"
This ancient parable is worthy of
tho utmost consideration. No man
perishes alone iu his iniquity; no man
can guess the full consequences of his
transgressions.
"I am the Dooa." Iu a town in the
north of Scotland some boys wore in
tha habit of meeting together for pray
er. A little girl was passing, and
heard them ping. She stopped to lis
ten, and thinking it was just an ordi
nary prayer-meeting, she felt anxious
to get in. Putting up her hand, she
..ullal ilia latch, but it would not
open: it was fastened inside. She be
nnmn Trv uneasy, and the thought
arose in her mind, 'What if this were
the door of heaven, and me outside ?'
She went home, but could not sleep.
Day after day she became more trou
bled at the thought of being shut out
of heaven. She went from one prayey
meeting to another, still finding no
rest. At length, one day reading the
tenth chapter of John, she came to
ivnrds. I am thi door. She
paused, and read the verse agaiu and
again. Hero was the very door she
was seeking, and wide open, too, and
she entered it and found peace.
Calm is a Stokm. In a gale off the
coast, a vessel was driven ashore
Her anchors were gonfl, and she re
fused to obey the helm. A lew mo
ments more, and she would strike
In the midst of the general coaster
nation that prevailed, one man re
mained calm. He had done all that
man could do to prepare for the worst
when the wreck was inevitable, and
now that death was apparently ne tr,
he was quietly awaiting the event. A
Liend oi his demanded the reason of
his calmness in the midst ot danger
bo imminent; 'Do you not know that
the anchor is gone, and we are drift
ing upon the rocks ?'
His reply was, 'Certainly I do, but
I hive an anchor lo the soul.'
Blessed are those who are thus au
chored within the veil, and who find
in the hope set before them, upon
which thoy have laid hold, through
storm or calm, a stay, a trust, a refuge
ever sure.
If men would but hato thoiuselveH
as thoy do Ihviv neighbors, it would Ih
a good t-lep (owaid loving their neigh
bors as thoy do themselves. M. Lutt
nn.
We mount to heaven mostly ou the
ruins of ir cheriahod schemes, find
ing our failures were success. Al-cott.
It is not until we have ttssfl
Uirtaiuh th furnace that we are inudo
to Know now mucn uross was iu our
composition.
Among the second iry divinities rcc-
o;'ui.ed in both tho Greek uud '.ho
11 inuu Mythologies wai tho goddess
Nemesis, who is usually reckoned to
have been simply a porsouiticatiou of
tho divine vengeance ngintt evil
doers. Tho Greeks built her a tem
ple not far from thy field of Mara
thon, and it was -snid that the image
of its presiding divinity was made
from a block of marble brought thith
er by the Persians, intending thnt it
should bo used to cominemorute their
expected vie ory. Tho use to which
it was put thus constituted vtuut in
eometimcH called a casj of " poetic
juBtioe." The godduss is described as
lame, aud ordinarily going with u
halting gate, yot winged, and ofieu
flying upon tho retreating fa gitivo
who hud hoped to elude her pursuit.
She always went armed, was sleeplesrt
aud without pity, aud yot sha would
sometimes allow tho olTonders to es
cape so long that il often seemed thai
she had forgotten their offniisos, ami
was about to ponuit their crimuj to
g j unavenged. But invariably she
would at length coruo upon them
whxn luast anticipated, and by iiiisuh
pocted ways of approach, to terribly
vindicate the right.J
In this instance, an iu many others,
tho classical mythology only embod
ied iu legend and iu art a deep-seated
and iustiuctivo conviction and sen
timent that there is in , the moral
world a recompense for human actions. ' 1
according as they are gcxnl and bad.
It is by virtue of thin conviction
which in limes ol prosperity and suc
cess is often forgotten, but returns to
plango us when disasters or helpless
ness overtake us Ibat conscience
" makes cowards of us all." The ton
of ivish, wh!U cowering before the
enemy nt Gilboa, remembered Lis
past iui'iiety, and mid in advance tho
overthrow of his hosts ou tlie battlo
field. Brutus, with the blood of
Cesar on his hands, pursued his ca
reer grandly, and thought lightly f
his crime, till in his wnuing fortunes
he wns haunted with apparitions of
tho ghost of his victim. Tho chief
tain of the Scottish bong fought brave
ly and lived gayly in all Lis reckless
crimes till overthrown al last, and
then all wore remembered with con
fession, and an earnest wish for the
means of restitution.
I knew
That this dark pn-wige uniht bo true.
1 would the Fikmi to whom belong!
The vengeance due lo nil her wrung.
Would Hpare uie but a d:iy . . . .
It may not be, tlii di.7.y trail cs -Curse
on your bane tit ir.tiiil.'r's lance,
And doubly cursed my falling brawl 1
A sinful heart miik"' fi.vble Iiiiud.
The readers of the Bible need not
to be told that the great truth of which
the classical Nemesis is the personifi
cation every whore pervades tlut sa
cred volume. We road it in its his
tory and its poetry, in i's didactics
and in its far-reaching theology. It
is embodied in the form of Jaw in lhe
commandment which, forbidding idol
atry, enforces the prohibition by the
declaration of tie divine jealousy, and
the fearfulness of the curses that pui
eue, even to lhe third and fourth gen
erations, the transgressors of the law.
In every possible form of instruction,
of warning, of entreaty, wo are assur
ed that "our God is righteous;" that
" justice and judgment are tho habi
tation of his throne; ' Iht " your sins
will find you out;" thit " it shall not
be well with the wickod;" that " what
a man soweth, that shall he also
If t A 1 "J
reap, mat mere is appoimeu 10 ue
visited " tribulation and anguish up
on every eoul of man that doeth evil.'1
It Las taxed to it a utmost the misdi
rected skill of the prevailinj school
of the popular theology of our day to
hide away these sacred lessons, and
the success of these efforts has been
just as must ever be 'the case with
theoiies, however finely wrought,
which contradict continually by the
whole order of the moral universe.
Nature responds to revelation in its
declaration of the certainty and the
fearfulness of the divine visitations
upon ein. The whole order of provi
dence in which we lire is seen in its
own workings to be a system of self
acting retribution. Every where iu
human affairs we trac-j the movement
of this divine XcrausL V. Y. Ado-
cole.