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The Christian Advocate OFFICE -KBAE THE COESEE 01 DAW SOU AUD HAEGETT STEEETS. EATE3 OE SUBSCRIPTION: YEAB,CAS'-I A.LWAV8 IS ADVANCE, j ou 1 25 roil ok BIX MOSTUS, " " If payment be delayed sis mentis. 2 50. -VII letters on business with U.ls cf.ice should h addressed to the Editor ol the "Christian Advocate." RALEIGE, APrJL 17, 132. See the cross X mark on your pa per. It is to remind you that your subscription has expire I. and that you should renew at oneo. THE ASXUAfc MEETIXf THE SABBATH SCHOOL C1ETY. Of It will bs soea from tbe nonce c Rev. W. H. Bobbitt, the President that this society will convene in Sails inm n iho Dili of Mav. Siliibtiry UUIJ w". lvia nmiilA R-nlroad facilities and tie comnxodations of entertainment, render the trip easy cad Use f-op .if tim lnlp:'aif?! nleacuiit. e trust o j. the deep interest of tiio occasion vvil. call together a large a.t. ndunet. u understand that the programs- cic-x. eicies, which will be publiihod i im i-vrnmisa a null end Prcn '.ioiO c a tertainment. In order to ttir t"p 1-rf.fl ri fr rdteud this la'jfcii'T anu and tfl'jcli means for advancing ibe Sunday school iu?u-st. we offer the folio .ving remarks oa tnc vi al importance of this ss .-ia c Y.mrMnl instruction. This society was organized with the sole Mew rnn.r.i:ior tLe vital lute-reut 1 1 tiie o Sabbath tcucol up daily to a fuller vi of this iuipor tun; institution. Aiiri.r;g.i '-i u Iitnce of the aioneraent cLi! ?rea are i laced m a salaalde e.nUia. a. luey hive a moral nature tad that ini.ial grace, which is capable of devdot in ! if ir s:. iiitual c:ii-aci!v m.o j; aureu uietv. J'nfc -knr.v.e.ve, ms'turaou, and training aro essential r.qr.iri!.t their growth in ihe DaIus i. -; ;b Jjitile scions l ianteu m uu!;. r;ca Ecil crrow ur into lars-c, blyoii-in fruit-Dealing trees. Great Ums 1 not rrow on barren rocus. utep knowledge of the Scriptures muii r.n derlie the beautiful growths of piety in cur children. To ge t this tnokdgf thev must be trained to sea; en tiue Scriptures to search diligently u precious iiiotal. tL'ue S.ibbdtii school is a seminary to teaci i; " --UU knowl;cgo an acuus.i.;V : r. ize v-i th ciasst to iiii-ar; a esear, minute, comj reheusive know;-'g of ue DCiipinres. a. tie iiLlc i- i va.-.i world oi vanc-d xnowiecge converging to the grand point of salvation. T province ci" the Sabbath school iu conduct the rising gt iteration on ii.eiii.ai vour utroa-ju ini3 wiue (-ia-au kingdora of inspired train, world of n:oral knowledge, tL 'ei'ch ers im. out to me cunuivn ius iru grunt fljwcis of lioly lives, ihe aa theuticating monuments of fritilled prophecy, the sacred iaounlii'u of iho ten coir in ands, luEiisous v;i:'i i-eavsii-ly light, and vocal vi;h the Ihsnd-io of Divine authority, and the pintsil encyclopedia ihe G-.j-el- i'i :. ,-,'auds as the treat tree of iii'e, l.-eju-ing ail Linus of celestial fruit. Kow delight ful to the teachers and enlih-:iieiii.g to the chiioien to go, as iiiigi-jg pil grims, tLrci gh tbii holy Lund, pluck ing the garlands and gathering t'.it life infubing fruits, that grc. fo prc fusely in the biographical, propbe'if, poetical, Liierical, and didactic re gie U3 of ibis heavenly world. This is the celestial road, thai conducts the world to the glorious land oi heaven. The again, the knowledge contained in the Bible reminds us ef the great ocean. It is immoueurably wiJe, unfatLcn:;v.bly Oti p, on w bote broad bosom, the ship of ihe ec ul ireijrhtett v.iin lmmortaa'y, u to :; ui m tale l to tie ort ci' eternal res On the ccep tx; s of fcuip'rial knowl edge, ti e tot l tLip, like iLe cotnmtr- d oi e, tai.s more easly, r.v.if.h rafely, beautifully, than upon sbed low ones where most wiecks occur. "When the storm bovtls around, the tea Captain steers his vessel cut into the cetp, where he is better ablo to outride the tensest. Let the youth ful barks be lonnched out into the deep of taered knowledge, where they may Letter resist the desolating storms of infidelity, that are wrecking to many on the shoals of iguorarce. . The SaLi.aih schoe-A i.s a sys-fina tized means of biirgirg iho ycutbiul population to Christ bunging them sdci g the way of repentance, fid Lb, love, obfcdic-cce. Christ is ihe light cf the v. or'id the sun of ligh'eeuEixs the Divine orb of spiritual iUttiuina tien. Aroriid this great ctuir.d !ini tary, tie children thould i evolve in the oil-it of cbedience, fchinii;g in the moral beauty ef Lis light, as ti e planets l evolve and thiLC t.rouna the pue. The Sabbath echc-ol i.b'o:ds many facilities for biinging tht-ni inio this bsr py relationship with Cbriti. U be transcendent utility cf thistys Urn of inc-tiuclion, is seen in i s fruit ful history. AVc trutt the preachers Ld people Eeeing its vast importance v. ill Lestir them. elves in organizing r.Ld tenducting thtm in lb a most ef ficient way. The land i-3 s-ft arming with ebiidren cbildrtn blooming with TlCs k b to It am, with eucb plastic io. rrcs:ll 'enc rr:, n.e- i"rdr:; it easy to mov.'iu Ihtiu into noble forms of Chiia- iianity. In cur Cbuicb, rae many fathers and mothers, young men tnd women, who should embark in the '.audible work of teaching them. It is their Christian duty to do so The Lord says, "Go icork in my vineyard." It will enable them to grow more rap idly in grace and the knowledge of Christ. It is a wide, fruitful, inviting field of Christian usefulness. O, what a glorious thing it is, to act the part of a good shepherd in leading the Ut ile slrajing lambs into the green pas tures of Divine truth, where the wolf does not prowl to destroy them. What a delightful task, it is, to train these tender, growing vines to climb up into the tree of life, where they may blossom in beauty and bear the fruit " of eternal life. To turn the stream of immortality bubbling up from youthful existence away from the malarious marshes cf vice into the chrysial river of Salvation where it may become pure, useful, happy, and ilow singicgly on, out into the shore less ocean of eternal blessedness. OF IflODEBAI DEL1TV. 1AFI- A frioiid handed us, la..t week, a paper containing an article, the drift of which is to prove, that God never worked a miracle, and consequently the book that asserts that lie ever did must be false. The argumonts offered by this writer, aro scarcely worth the trouble of refutation. It is passing strange to us, that a man of his brains should think it. is beneath the diynily of God to wotk a miracle Any one, that admits as ho does, that God created all things, ought to see that ihe Divine- dignity, that stooped o ciX'.i!c the moss upon the rock, the sand in the desert, the tiny insects iioa'iug in the air, and thousands of still email things, could condescend to opi.ii the Hid Sea fvr the deliver ance of hi3 people, open the eyes of ike blind, heal the si k, raise the dead, and calm the storm of the sea. We could dispose of bis other argu ments as easily as we have of this, but we deem it useless But wre can not fail to ee that the great aim of modern infidelity is to destroy faith in the Bihle. Faith in the Bible as a true, relia- solid fo an J a ion of Christianity. De- st;oy thir, and the superstructure of Christianity, however beautiful, bow- ever sublime, however beneficient, it may be, topples into certain, inevita ble ruin. Though the Bible be the truth of divine inspira'ion, as soon is a c'ass cf men, or the world cea-es to believe it to be sacb, it loses iis controlling, guidirg, purifying, consoling power over them. The Bi ble has no controlling inHaence on ihe infidel, because he has no faith in its truthfulness. lie regards i s bis t rv of miracles, its revela'ion of a derious iieaven, its awful disclosure of hdi.r.s tn oriental fable, tmanaticg from the uL.U-iaperel t rain of super stitious fanatics. To ele-stroy the be- ;t i cl ino 1 eorlo m tne trutntulnees oi tiio Scriptures, wouid blot out the con -.I.::, biiiuiuy, wuxaxiug suu Christianity to tb?m. D-.sToy the i.-.T ,7.. . . j! olar orb, and the planetary world umbl .ii into chaos. Destroy the pop ular f-ddi in the Bible, and the cbris- ian world falls iato chaotic ruins. Il..de;n infidels are fully aware cf Lb., find hence they are concentra ting their forces on this point. Bight here she great battle between the christian and infidel armies is to be ou'ht. The Ihecrv advanced in the eceui works of siueb men, as Huxley nd Darwin, if fully established, ivoald sap the popular faith in the truthfulness of the Scriotures. We iave read Darwin's book on the De cent cf Han, and do not reguard it as work of much abili'y, es to logical force, though it is full of interesting and rare facts in reference to natural science. But the unmistakable ten dency of all of these scientific works on the lavss of nature, is to ret up a beery, that goe3 to prove the Bdjle a f-h.e bcok. These books ara written m a po: ular, wiuniDsr. facmatinc tyle, so as to induce the masses to cad them. Their poisonous inflaen es are to be counteracted by the teachers and advocates of Christianity Lecominrr familiar with natural cience and sbowicg to the people, bat the facta of the physical sciences, and the thsorim woven out of them re very different things. A tkillful j cgiciau can take the facts collected in Darwin's book and establish a the ory exactly contrary to one advocated Ly him. This age of research into the arcana of nature, and the falsa theories beiaa D et up, lays upon the ministers of the Gospel, the necessity of becoming so familiar with the whole circle of the sciences', as to be able to conquer in fidelity on this new field cf theologi cal warfare. The multitude cf facts drawn from the realm of nature by il e-iso f keptic writers, cannot be ig nored, cet aiJe, or disputed, but the Ihivric v. oven out of them are false and groundless. SJaky. Gay." We call especial at tention to this highly interesting story. It, is being read, we learn, with ab-soil-iL'g interest. The style is easy and graphic, the bigotry of a certain Cbuicb, is showed up in its lepalbive deformity, and true religion vindicat eti in an impressive way. lion. K. C. Schenck, the American mister to England, is now on a visit j Paris. Eev. James A. Dcxcax, D. D , preach ed in Trinity Church, Baltimore, oa tj'.'nJnv .-?. two verv f.ble and i-Foc- live eerm ;i;s. DK. GUTHRIE ON THE UP POBT OF THE GOSPEt.. Ilavo preachers a right to complain of their support? We think so. Everybody acknowledges that the law yer, the doctor, the mechanic, the merchant, the farmer, should be re compensed for his labor. I he who labors to save souls the only laborer who deserves no equitable compensa tion ? Hear the great Scotch preach er: Bat whether peoplo will bear or forbear, let me now state two or three ways in which the claims of ministers are evadeel. I will give you case these are best remembered. There is a story, much to the purpose here, told cf Christmas Evans. His biog rapher says: 'It must be remembered among the anomalies of Welsh religi ous lifo, that it combines an insatiable appetite for sermons, with a marvel lous disregard of the temporal wel fare of the pieacher.' It is a pity bat eucb anomaly is not peculiar to Welsh religious life. On one occasion, a woman said to Mr. Evans as he came out of the pulpit: " WelJ, Christmas Evans, I hope you'll be paid at the resurrec tion; you have given us a wonderful sermon.' 'Yes, jes, shan faeb,' wa3 bis quick reply; 'no doubt of that; but what am I to do till I get there ? And there is the old white mare that carries me; what will bhe do? For her there is no resurrection.' 'He might, it has been remarked, have said v ore, and with great justice. He might, have a tided, 'Yes, yes, I know that for my labors and sacrifices I shall be paid thei e. Bat what will yon do? What pay will you receive then for jour stinginess now?" That is the tpiestion that thould come b-jme to the hearts of ail who combine an appetite for the labors of the servants of God wi.k a marvellous disregard for their temporal won's and com forts.' I pass on to a second, expressed in a remark which looks very pious, and i3 all the worse for that. It was made by a lady to the wife of an ex cellent minister, who. as many have beei obliged to do, kept boarders to eke out a living tnat some of the mer chant piinces in bis congregation couid bad paid out of their own pock ets and never missed it. This lady, rustling in silks and in a blaze of jew els, went to pay a visit to her minis ter's more a lady than herself, with the exception of the dress. She con doled with her on their straightened circumstances, and looking in the pale, care-worn Lica of the excellent woman, as frhe turned up the whites of her eyes: 'But, my dear, your rewjad ia above.' 'From the bloodless lips of some poor sinner, in a cold, unfurnished garret, where the man of God, facing fever and pestilence, has gone to smooth a dying pillow and a minister consolation of life's last dark hour, I have been thankful to hear the words, 'Your reward is ab we !' but from silks and satins how disgusting ! Tbe vil est cant enough to make religion stink in the nostrils of the world ! Does that saying pay tbe minister's stipend? Will it pay bis accounts? Fancy him going to his baker and butcher, and instead of money, turn ing up the whites of his eye to say, 'Your reward is above.' I fancy they would reply, 'Oh, no, my good sir, that does not pay tbe billP There are two v.rays in which con gregations sometimes elisplay their niggardliness: 1. In their shabby con tribution to their minister in tbe days of bis activity. They take all they can get from him and give as little as possible in retrun. 2. In their miser able provision for him in the days of his ir.fimity and old age. The pre text of leaving him to be paid at tbe resurrection, as in tbe case of Evann, is a bare faced hypocrisy, which must be utterly abominable to God. 'There ii a third way of evading this duty. I want the Christian pub ic to look at. It is this: Ministers should not be rich. I have no ambition to be rich. Bat it is a sweet thing to be able to pour blessings into an empty cup, and I went to know why I should be deprived of that pleasure more than others? Have not I a heart as well as other men? "Who dare eay that ministers would make a worse use of money than others? "Was Agurs prayer, 'Give me neither pover ty nor riches,' made only for them? Genteel poverty 1 Genteel poverty to which minis. ters are doomed, is one of the worst evils in the world. To place a man where he is expected to be generous and hospitable, to open hi3 hand as wide as bis heart to the poor; to give bis family a 1 beral edn cation; to breed them up according to what they call genteel life. To place a man ia these circumstances and deny him the means of doing so. is enough; bat for the hope of heaven, to embit ter existence.' SEWBEKS DISTRICT COiFER E.CE This Lcdj will convene in Golds boro' on Thursday, tbe Ch day of June, at 9 o'clock, A. M. Tbe open ing sermoa will be preached Wednes day night. "We i ball be glad to see any of the brethren Irorn beyond the bounds of tbe District. Brethren, let us meet to preach and p-ay for prac tical results in the conversion of souls. E. A. Yatei, P. E. Tbs Kev. M. A. (Jartis, D. D., Eec-tni- (.f t!-- "!;.-' -- !::! i'tmrch of Hilbj - bo: d.td .- i-'.d. on the K)..h. For the Christian Advocate. Messes. Editobs: A member cf one of our country churches recently- expressed a wish to a city Brother for preaching every Sabbath, when tli3 latter quietly remarked, you can easi lv have that when voa are ready to pay for it. The conversation was re lated to your correspondent who was struck with the remark, 'when you are ready to pay for it.' Now I would not misjudge our country brethren but it does strike me tLat there is a want of liberality on the part of our country membership. Many of cur circuit Eiders as we were wont to call them in other day s scarcely receive pay enough to procure meat and bread for their families, and yet good preaching is expected from them, and great complaint is made if they should devote a portion of their time to secu lar pursuits. Mention to tbe most wealthy of them tbe fact that the Pas tor is poorly paid, and bas a bard time, and in nine cases out of ten, they will acknowledge it is a shame that a minister of the living God should be served that way, and im mediately justify themselves by say ing that they have paid their pan and if all the members were equally liberal, no want of the Pastors would remain unsupplied but 'press them to the wall' to know the exact amount conlributetl, and doubtless three or five dollars per annum will be consid ered a liberal donation. This sum which can be easily raised and not felt by the sale of a few chickens, or eggs, or pounds of Bacon, Pork, But ter or Lard, is considered large in the country for a whole years preaching, and yet in the city, men who depend entirely upon their salaries or labor for a support will take out five times as much in cat-h from their pockets to pay tbe preacber,and also spare a few dollars to every one of the fretpient calls made in the city for cbari'y or benevolent purposes, and not miss it, or feel it3 want. In the country tbe subscription can be paid by raising and selling vegetables, &e., but in tbe city it is pulling out cf tbe pocket with no visible means of replacing. Our country churches should have more preaching, and should be more liberal. It looks too heathenish to have only one sermon a month, where there are fertile farms and rich plan ters, who should feel the need of, and pay for, more church privileges. More christian liberality is what is needed, together with more piety. A Layman. Riverside, April 11, 1S72. IIICStOKF TAVER.V CHUKC'H. Mb. Editok: As you, perhaps al ready know, we are trying io build a Methodist Church at this place Hick oiy lavein. ine work na3 about stopped, lor want ot Kinds to er on with, and we, through tbe Advocate, call on the liberally inclined, to assist us in this undertaking. This village, situated on the "Western N. C. Bail Road, is rapidly developing into a town of importance. It is situa'ed in tbe best part of the Stale and Meth odisin should be made permanent; and to do this, . we should have t place of worship that is respectable. S .1 . ... utner denominations are moving ahead in this matter, end if tbe Meth odists wish to maintain themselves, and hold the ground already occu pied by them, they should help us build our Church. Our numbers are small, and wo aie poor, and we aBk all who are interested in the spread of our doctrines, and our faith, to help us help us to move forward in this matter help us to keep nbreast with the denominations who are building up churches in the rapidly increasing town help us to erect a suitable place to worship the Most High in, a place where the people from the East who visit our "Western country for health, and recreation, in the summer months may go to spend their Sab baths in worship. Any contributions sent to the un dersigned will be thankfully received and duly noticed in the Advocate. Yours fra' ernally, A. H. Shufoed. Hickory Tavern, N. G, Apr. 6th, 1872. THE EMERALD. The Emerald is the taking title of the new Sunday-school Tune book preparetl by our excellent Sunday school Secretary and bis faithful cola borer in this department, Brother Mcintosh. They did us the honor to take ue into their counsels in regard to the admission and rejection of mu sic and hymns, so that we are prepar ed to give an opinion concerning the merits of the work. We consider it the best book of its class we have seen. The style is popular but care has been taken to exclude pieces of a trilling sort, and such as contain er roneous sentiment. The work is ec l&cdc the best tunes have been se lected from various sources, and a great many new pieces composed ex pressly for it. We wrote a song or two, by request, to suit some music which the compilers desired to insert, and they have set music to one or two uvmsfor children which we wrote ye.rs ago, that are in tbe Sanday sohoel Hymn-bouk, which unexpected compliment we duly appreciate. The subjects yf the b mas are varied, eo as to suit all Sunday-school occasions. We advise all our friends who. have eung through the amaranth, and want another work of tbe sor;, to forward their orders for the Emerald, and they will be filled as soon as it comas off tbe press and out of the bindery, which will be in a short time. Naxhville AdvwaU'. NOTES. Rev. L. S. Burkbead, in charge of Charlotte Station, writes I am work iiig in hope, and by the grace of God. I will succeed. The winter has been so inclemont. I have not done a great deal of pastoral work but now as the Spring opens, I shall press this department and will labor, faithfully to introduce the Advocate into as many families as I possibly can. Rev. D. R. Bruton in charge of Concord Station, writes We are moving on with reasonably good suc cess. Notwithstanding the coldness of the winter, our congregations have been fair, and all tbe interests of the church have been looked after, and advanced. "We hope to have a new Parsonage ready for the next preach er. Three have been added to the church recently. Rev. Jas. Willson, writes April 4th, My health is good, and I am get ting on very well with my work- The Advocate is appreciated by myself and all who read it. A young lady re marked to me the other day, that it was like a friend coming every week. Rev. W. Barringer, Pr siding Elder of the Greensboro District, writes April 11 Tbe Advoca'e is much liked, generally. The preacLers are all in terested in its circulation. The wea ther has been bad, and congregations small. I hope now its circulation will be enlarged considerably on tbe Distiict. Pro. T. C. Anderson, a laymen from Slatesville in a letter on business with rbe office, furnishes us the following items 'Oar town i3 ini2roving a new printing press has just commen ced operation, and another may be soon. The wheat crop looks well the weather is beau'iful, and tbe far mers are making good use of it. Our ch rch, under Bro. J. W. Wheel er's administration, is looking up conureKatioos increasiog success to the Advocate it i.s an excellent paper. Bro. W. S. Lyon, from Granville writes us renewing his subscription and celds Th 3 Advocate is the most welcome visitor to my bouse, preachers excepted, theiefore I cannot think of stopping it. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Tme CVho'icrt cf Goldsboro have erected a small place of worship in that p'a ,e. There veto tea converts at tbe High S.iiet Moihodist Episcopal Church, Petersburg, Ya., on Tbursbay night las". The Foreign Misonary Boaidof the Southern Baptist Convention .will shortly sen 1 out to Caina seven mis sionaries three ministers and their wives, and oue young lady. The Rev. A. Coquerei collected in America about 9,000 in aid of his church, Echocds and charities in Par is. He would have done better, but the Chicago fire burned over bis bar vest ground. A 'question box' has beeu placed at tbe entrance of tbe Park Church, Hart ford (Dr. Burton's) in which honest inquirers are invited to tleposifc writ ten questions respecting matters of faith and doctrine, on which they want light. The pastor will answer these quetions from the pulpit. Westminister College, Missouri, seeds an immediate endowment of 150,000, which the Old School Pros byterians of that State aie endeavor ing to raise. Besides this, it is pro posed to raise a still larger sum by means of life insurance. A new church costing $110,000, was recently dedicated at Saratoga Springs N. Y. The collection on the day of deelication amounted to $60,000 which was $2,000 more than was needed to pay the debt remaining. Tbe proportion of professing Chris tians to the population of the United States is one to eight. The number clergymen in the United States is set down at ninety-one thousand and their average salaries at $700 each. A new Chinese temple was recsntly consecrated ia San Francisco, with no less than eeventy-five gods, two of which are twenty feet high and cor re3pondingly large. This is paganism literally at our own doors, The Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, auther of the hymn 'I would not live always, and founder of St. Luke's Hospital, although very aged, i.i able to attend to his pastorial duties, and personally supervises tbe educational and indus trial school for cripples, at St. John- land, Long Island. The Richmond Dizpatoh says: 'The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Jenkins, formerly a missionary of the Methodist Ejisco- pal Church (South), who acted as in terpreter to the English Legation in Ctiina duiing the latter part of his life, has bequeathed a library of abo at one thousand Chinese volumes to Ran dolph Macon College, at Ashland, Va. Among them are the works of Conf j ciud, printed in both Chinese and English. The objoct of the bequest is to arouse an interest, among the students of the College for the be nigbted Eisi.' Bishop Potter administered the rite of confirmation, last Sunday, to thirty- eight young ladies and gentlemen, who are Cubans, and havo been con verted from Roman Catholicism to Pro testantism since their arrival in this country. Rev. A. F. Dickson, of New Orleans Presbytery, has accepted a call to the pastorate of First Church, "Wilming ton. N. O. Forty four persons have, within a few months past, (oixfeen at the last communion,) been added to the com munion of tbe church in Baltimore, Md., of which the Rev. Dr Jno. Lay burn is pallor. ITEMS OF CURRENT EVENTS. Mrs. Grant, wife of the" President, and her daughter, Miss Nellie Grant, sailed for Europe on Wednesday of last week in company with ex-Secretary Borie and family. A Waking Stau. Mr. T. W. Black bous, of Sunderland, writes to us tbat T. Coronse Bcrealis, tbe star which in 1866 so suddenly burst and wan ed again to telescopic tize, and which for t vo years has not varied percepti bly in brightness, is now fading s'ill further. London Times 9th. Dr. Gilbert Haven; of Zion's herald, has another word on the 'Woman Questions,' (wonelerfully like himself, but we are happy to believe, equally unlike all senrfib'e people,) thus: A young colored woman graduated. March 12, from the Law Department of Howard University. Sho may yet be Chief Justice f thn S ipreme Cnrt of the United S ate.s. Disoovr.iiY 4 f a Ntw Pi.avkt. Pro fessor Watst.n, of Anu ArUr, reports the discovery in constellation Virgo of a new p!aLH. It shines like a star of tbeeleveuth magnitude. Itsrosition is right ascension 200 degrees, 55 inin utcs declination. Iriraoviug slowly west in right ascension and north in declination. Mt. Mitchell. The United States Government having obtained the con sent oi Mrs. uov. owam, wno owns the property, will erect on Mt. Michell on the spot where the lamented and distinguished scientist rests, a band some signal station, where telegrams concerning the weather can be sent and received. This move is not only in the interests of commerce and ag riculture, but will accrue to the bene fit of our Sta'e particularly, in bring ing her grand end beautiful scenery prominently into notice, and attract ing attention ctherwise to the ftate We bail the establishment of ti e Mt. Mitchell station with delight, li is the very place for the purpose, being the tallest point eas. of the Rocky Mountains. Batlleboro Advance. THE MORMON CONFERENCE. The annual Conferee e-e cf the Lat ler Day Saints at. Great Salt Lake City bas been in full blast for fceveral days, and the attentlance bas been iui mensj. On Sunday last tbe number, of persons ia the Tabernacle was from eight to ten thousand, and on M -nday twelve thousand men, women and children from all parts of Ueah, and all in their holiday attire, all rejoicing in the opportunity to joia ia these services in their holy city of Zion. Touching qhe admission of Utah as a State with this Mormon saintly appen dage of polygamy, tbe Gentiles of the Territory need be under no apprehen sion whatever. It is the fix d policy and purpose of the national adminis tration to abjlisb Mormon polygamy as the first essential in the prepara tions for a State government for Utah, and Congress will assist rathvr than interfere with Geueral Grant in this undertaking, because it is the univer sal wish of the country that Mormon polygamy be abolished. Tha Salt Lake Conference may resolve to build up Zion on the system as a plurality of wives in spite of the goveirment; but within tbe nexf ux men;bs, we dare t-ay, the Prophet Brigham and bis adulterous liierachy will have no choice bat the abadonment of pt-lyga-my cr a departure from Utah. N. Y. Herald. THE CASE WELL PUT. 'Why did you stop my paper ?' says an indignant delinquent, by letter or by message to the editor. ' Why dju'c you take the Auvocate?' inquires the preacher of a piocs mem ber of big charge perhaps an official. 'I did take it, but the editor stopped my paper, and I don't like it, and I won't renew.' Now we beg leave to say that we have never stopped a subscriber's pa per since we ha ve held the helm of the Advocate. We have no right to stop a subscriber's paper. When a man puts faith enough in us to place in our hands one dollar, or two, or three, says, 'invest tnis money in papers for me, and send ma a fresh one every week,' we go right straight to work culling, clipping, assorting, writing, and we keep at it for bim, until we fill out the contract and the subscriber gets all his papers and we usuuily throw in three or fotr to make fair, gospel measure. And now, after this, if the paper is stopped, whose pat er is it that is stopped? The subscribers? No, be has had all his. It is our paper tbat is stopped. Richmond Advocate. APPOINTMENTS. Rjv. Paul J. Carraway, President of tbe State Council, will address tbe people upon temperance at the follow ing places and times, tc wit: Wilmington, April 16th Magnolia, "17 " 'Goldsboro', 18" Smithfield, 19 Warrenton, May 7 Ridgeway, " 8 " The' above appointments are re published this week as corrected by Bro. Carraway. COn I'LMI ENTA R Y. Tbe merits of an accomj liihcd North Carolinian' Mr. T. B. Kingsbury cf Oxford, as a finished essayist and cit- ic have been iccognized in Ireland An able and cultivated clergyman of that country pronounces bis paper t n Thomas Da Quincy, which recently appeared in the Raleigh Christian Ad iwate'fresh brilliant, and critically true and clear.' Such a wakiDg u and rubbing of eyes as id now goin on iu North Carolina's literary circles the world has not Been since tbe limes of Queen Anne. r Some half dozen noted woiks by North Carolina authors have appear ed during tbe past twelve months. Batlleboro Advance. TTATE 1TFMS. Eev. Mr. Uoalun, vector of iho Episcopal Church at Kinston, N. C, ha.s removed to Nor folk, Va. Tr Is rnmorud. that Ex -Governor Holdcn atid family will soon return to this city. Mr. Quent Bryan, of tli.s city, was shot l is week by Mr. Woott-u. The wound Is said be quite serioua. City Oommissioxkrs. The "citizens meet ing," held in the court-house on Wednesday evening, made the following recommendations which are to be itcted on in luture ward int:et ings: Western Ward --John Gorman, Xoifl.N-t Dunston, and J. 11. S'parks MhhUe Wur lK. P. Battle, A. C. Sundew. and M. W. Churchill. Euskrn Wurd- S. V. Phil'.iii, G. T. .Stidii act., and Jno. Armstrong. Tl.e Batlleboro Advnnct says M:j Conyt-i.- Of this county, has had Irish potatoes, grow this spring. This is what we call early get ting up one's Irish. OENEBAL NEWS. The United States officials in South Caroli na are inaugurating again a reign of terror in the upper part of the State. Last Sunday week, thirty-six citizens of Laurens C. II were hurried otT to j til gentlemen of tin highest character, including M j. John A. Le land. President of the Laurens female Col lege and elder in the Laurens church, and others of equally blameless lives. It appears they have been arrested by virtue of warrant based on the testimony of a person who hai not been in Laurens since 18!), for offence saidtohava betu committed in 1870 ! These gentlemen are now in the Columbia, j-iil Twenty-lour others have been arrested in Spar tanburg county. It is said that Signer Gava..i, of Borne, ex pec ts to sail for New Yol k during the presen month, on a visit to America. L.ETT12KS AM) FUNDS. Rev Williamson llarri.-i self 1.0a Rev W II Moore paper continued. Rev I W A vent for .Miss S A Uagland2.00. A M Yarboro tijio, E V Raglaud 1.00. li li Hester, your paper is sent. 1 is Kiubabury, the ordinary postage will do. ft' G Lewis paper continued. JK Sugg for adv. 5.00. Kev J W Lewis paper sent. Kev J V Abernettiy all ngut. Kev U K Hi u ton for E G Montgomery 2.00. F C Yaughan self 2.00. Willis II Sanders self 2.00, iiev t' J Can- way for Miss E I .Macon 2.00. Jl C Carr.iway 1.00. W M 1'oiston. paper con tiiiu-'d. L Rose, all right. Rev as Willsou paper ch-uiged. Iiev J N Andrews for Jas V Bardiu 2.00. Rev J II Gwinn. Rev E A Yates for N Wbitford 2.00. Rev J K Griffith. Rev i W Torter fur J G Smith 2 OX J T Weatherington 2.0J. D Daugherty 1.00. Rev V O Lowmau. Kev t L Ried papers sent. Rev S V lloyle paper seut. Rev T Tuge Ricaud papers sent. 11 F Brandon self 2.00. Rev John Tillett lor S W Ashley 2.00. R G A's paper sent. Rev J li P.aily paper continu ed. Vv F Stroud for Isaiah Cole 2.00. Rev F B Andrews for TIios Wilson 2.')0. Rev Dr Frost. T P Uiadshaw self 2 00. Rev W T Mc- Clelion on subscribers seat lo.OO. R W Cole sell 3.00. Rev J C llartsell for U C Sing 1.00. Rev W I) Lee paper continued. Rev L Crawford lor Jas W Carbin 2.00. Rev Win Barringer lot R Gullett 1.00. M My rick 1.00. J A Waller sell 2.00. T C Andersen self 2.00 Rev J C Smith all right. G P Rowell &. Co VV S Lyon paper continued, L 11 Sanders sell 2 00. Goe S Cole for M F llairinirtou 2.00. Kev A I) Letts lor Mrs Dr Mann 2.00 Miss P Dickeioon 2.00. Thoa Stanley. Rev T J Guttis. Rev Dr Ilaygood. Rev Ed llow- land for M G McKiazie 2.00. John W llajs Rev J L Keen papers sent. Rev W S Chaflin Rev S II llelsabeck for Dr J B Sapp 2.00. iUnrriatjcs. Married, pear Concord, N. C, Feb. loth 1&72, by Rev. D. R. Bruton, P. M. Daywalt, Esq., to Miss II. At. Walter, all of Cabarrus county, N. C. , Dcctt!) Died, on the 20th inst., in Catawba county N. C, Mrs. Elizabeth Sherrill, aged Cl years. Sister Sherrill's life was such, as to demand more than a mere passing notice of her death. She has left behind her many pUasant and profitable remembrances, and although dead "she yet speaketh." She dedicated herself to God iu the fi eshnets and vigor ol girlhood, having been a member of the Methodist Church nearly 10 years Eminently endowed with a vigorous intellect, and capacious soul, her views of duty were both large and expansive. She applied her self to the acquisition of Biblical knowledge, until she became an adept in its precious teachings, and practiced them in her life. Her example at home was consistent, and her in fluence around her commanding. She has lei t tour children behind her, two of which are filling official positions, with usefulness in the Church, and another is an efiicient local min ister. She loved her Church, its doctrines and usages, and gave to it no sickly service, but to the contrary, did all she could to promote its success and prosperity. In her, the Itin erant found a devoted friend and safe Coun sellor. Quiet and unobtrusive in her life, ex emplifying the principles of her religian in her daily walk and conversation,' its not at ail s uprising, her death was tr1.1mph.111t: Her disease was painful and complicated, yet she endured her sutreriugs with patient submission, and her trust remained unshaken in her Sa viour. Her language was ' Thy will be done." Every attention that filial love, and neigh borly sympathy could afford wai given, and she seemed to feel, an! hpoke oftea of tho de votion of her children and friendi. This in deed, contributed very much to her comfort and peace in her last moments. She spoke of ten of her faith and hope, and could 3ay with Paul ' I know in whom I have believed Ac." As she drew near her end, and the vision oi Eternity, with its interests and destiny, cam. nearer her mind's sky remained clear and un clouded, and her eontldence increased, so much so, that the gave directions c.ii)C.. her burial Ac , then lixiug h-jr '.x,,. l "'" nuiu, 111-1 nuui n::i-u nun rapture, (,1 li. i li...miI l.tu.iw .....I . ogul Saviour!"' '-Iliiw i.ri'ri.ii.. n . lar expressions, t in; loved her cliiMr,.,, atives, aud friends, and would have muiiied wi'h theiu longer, it God In.) it, but believing otherwise, Mie U)al!""' time ol ner deiartuie was ut h ind M j" die was gain. ' And now another 1 dawned, the last day of earth l ,..r ' nature wears her usual wiubiarice, inj gear moves oa wilh its wonted preci.i,,, ": in that chamber of death, wh. tj our uYiv'" sister is about pa sing cway. Th JKt; sUtIl ing her then, and there, will never lur ' impressiveue8s of the scene, in n,e " of the dying saint, and felt a iT tlu-y t'.'I caught fresh inspiration, kindling a,,,., .,' Iire3 of their devotion. They go.- wi l " est vision upon her, and see tue lire of pel faith i-parkliug ia tier eyes, and t. " of its joy wreatheiiig her hp. Jl,.r pression was oue ol triumph, and u .). ed '-through the vaUey of the fu,i,,H'? death,'" she feared "no evil,'' R i is r.,i 4.. staff comforting her. On Sundty moruiiii:, her remaiu . r. veyed to their lust earthly resting j,;M r tended by a large concourse ol relative friends, where the luneial service tt,.r,, c,.' ducted her pastor preaching from t!. ,,r Blessed are the dead which die in ij. L ic. May the loved ones, lef. behind, 1.1;.. her a.s she lollowed Christ, umi ut la-i a; reunited in heaven. T. P.h.k ;. ., Mira A. Burnett, daugh -r of Ghail.-. a Anna .McDowell was born al tiakerllea.l Burke county N. C.,Sept. 27ih 1 Sin: was married to Jno. '.V. Vt..d:in. Aj -'i'M Ihl-i, atul joined the M. jj Cimnb.g.,.. at A.-heviltc N. C. ia 1M:. Maj. Woodiia. L-' lirst husband, was killed iu the xervitetjl t , late Co.ilederacy at Wi.nn .-'priug .Y f Oct 1st;:. Oil the 17 III of . M iy -7d, , ! married to Rev. J. 0. Burnett, an I jj ...... Ifjih ls72. Her sufferings were protracted and int,..u, produced ai was supposed by internal can: -These sunt ring she endured with m itu; ordinary cheerluluesi and patience mi-i.L,, doubtless by Christian principles, a tut.;, bou j aucy of spirit and ttie hope or rviuiv Sister Burnett was happy iu her Lii-ba:.. and attached with much d.-voteduesu t t-: friends; and as is usual under mich circi... stances .-he desired to live, if sink wa !.. Divine will otherwise (-he was willing a:. ready to die. Her religious life was ch inclerlz-d I.-. strong attachment to the Church of h. relwi,! and by extraoidinary promptness uu l u formity in her attendance upon all u nerri: and labors She was also a fai liful uud iir voted teacher in the Sabbath st-todia-.. though our school had been deprived o(i: labors and presence lor twelve lnoniha oils to her death, it was ull -cting to see it former little clacs gather about her np.-o ti tin iu the chancel, a id iu p.esence of a hr.-. issemMy of solemn spectators, to take uVii last look at tile pal -, cold face, which La i oltea beamed ou ih. irs with Mniles of life ml love. Sister Bin nett was also a dovoted i,r,- ofiamily worship, dud of Sdcred song. Tlii.' latter element of Cliri.-tian worship iiigii,. seemed lv be always one of her greatest d lights. It was. probably, her most pouer!; religious st;mulus. The writer has seen her deeply moved tmJ.r inging. lie is not sure but it waa the lu-t time he saw her at Sunday school, when flir was bathed in tears while the school j singing one of the pieces in our Amur . Waiting by the rivei.' None t.f us tk-s thought her waiting on its bank, would be . short, and that so soon che would be on tin other side, listening to the singing there. .VU' .vo all joiu her there ! W. C. Bowman. Apiil lt-72 Dn-d, in Goldsboro on the 7th if Mini 172, at the re.-ijence of her xou-in-law, VV. F Koruegay, Esq. fcister Maria A. Borden k he sixty-seveulii tear ol her uiiu. Thus . other mlfeier has gone to her res:. II. r hoi: lumbers in the grave: her spirit dwell, it th city where they need n-i candle, neither tv ight of the sun, lor the Lord God give:li lh- t iglit, and they shall reigu lor ever and 4 re- Siller B.irden was oue ol the lir.U membrt of the Methodist Church in this place an. bcrtutilully did slu a lorn the pr jfewioa, ; uobly lid she labor lor her Church. I.v. r tinerant whose fortune it was to travel in lb section, wilt iiuieiuoer the hospitable li ,iw ne always opened to her p tutor, and bow ten he went lorih from it, hi rpirit relre.-!;. . and his temporal wat.ts supplied. To her children the best and most 11 n- i li-h ormothi'r.s; for Iheir comfort and h ip;-, ness, she toiled without knowing fjtin training them up in the nurture and aduivai. tion of the Lord. In her case is clearly ei emplilied the passage. -Train up a child L the way he should go, and when be is old 1 will not tlepart Irom it." We can truly w of her, she was an exemplary Christian. It memoiy of such a woman will always be lu grant aud green. The light of her holy u imple still streams upon ter bereave! fair: , nd donbtlcM the incense of h?r pi tver n.. rises in m-morial before the throne of gr. Aituougli lor several years previous to I leath, confined by paralysis to her room, an lepnved of the power ol distinct articulati.; she suffered but little pain an evidence 1 God's abounding mercy, and the truth el t' declaration. "Light ariseth to the upright :: darkuess." AH w hj knew her Christian c!u: actor w ill feel that to her death w as gain. 'Yes, her Christina course is run, Ended is the glorious strile, Fought the light, her work is doiie Death is swallowed up of life, Borne by angels on tht-ir wings Far from earth her spirit flies Finds her God, and aim aud sings Triumphing in Paradise.'' & Died, suddenly in Mockiville. March H i. Gol. IL R. Austin in the tl Ith year of Li ." He was clerk of the Superior Court and J actually called from his po.-t '"oil duty ! 1 ne loss of few men in the cm: would m ike a wider breach in the coiiimtur j He was extensively known to tbe Masonic f 1 teroity, with whose honors be was buried- Iho ' spnj v uc icia," poiuts to the resur: tion while '-the will of God Ls accomplish ' W. f. W. Charlotte, wife of Mr. Daniel Suit a Wayne coi.nty , N. C. was born Dec. 2'ih, 1: married to her now bereaved husband. F- 20th lHl,and died at h.T husbands resid an. 2 Jib, lb72. I our ol her chiidreu bad iroie be!re M he spirit land and lour lvmaiu te morn oss au 1 follow her to heaven. Iu 1-iil -i' utiou. unite! w ith 'lie church, and cntit: -' ui acceptable and worthy member uii'M d- he filled well her several relations in k-r very Ia.-t moments weiv le-enl in wor t- fiictionate coun-el to her children, lb r cids were: ' I am goin to mv child:" he church in that community, her bn-'"'- and children, and neighbois. iee deeply t! : loss, but bow iu humble subiuisjiou t tt:J scruUblo w..ys 01 Huu wno cannot 4-rr ot tl unkind. To patient lailh t'ie priz.; is sure, And all th it to the end endure, The cross, sh .1 near the trow.'. C
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