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IAN )VOCATE OITIOE OF THE ADVOOATE O0BHEB OF HA.RQETT ATJD DAW80S SIS BALEIOH, N. 0. ,ni.,jms advvjoa.7B Is furukhod to subeori at i'l r nnura ,u aJv ince. If payment be del'veJ sis m'ont:.. f.SO. or e copy, sis montna,$l.S. OTJB COBKF.5P0XDENTS. ...jraaui jutt 'ns fvi ioWicat!oa should be carefully ier 1 k,at oa ' i!i0 tllC aaeot" A11 lutlcra Wr't'.if ) Ho sbou'ii bo a.i-iressod to Uio Editor. t!i , ...jv,.,!an iul Local preachers la the liounds V v ...i, tsrollua Cwcforence aro our authuruel nOW TO EECIT. jn , "rj m"lT- anvunts thould be eent In 'i i U-t'.T, p t offlw enter or chock. The cost r 'V 'Iirail-JQi vr Post Office order can be deducted '"'"le vr.juat In anj. if monoy le sent otherwle t J kl. .It iolrloJ it will be at the genders risk, tnsa nereis BATES Of ADTXBTIS1XO. Bract. 1 Mouth, t Hons. Hon. Heat. 1 Ta REV. J. B. BOBBITT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 1 Square, n 1 Squareejl CBtK '"ST AT 1 10 Ml II II l MM SS al ttN M 01 MM 4mi MM M t ) IN M IN H Duam, PUBLI8HPJD IjST THE INTERESTS OF METHODISM IN" NORTH CAROLINA ('ul'ain.O Clau, AdvmiumenK will tw thonged or eTcry M aoMtM wltount adaitlonal barf, tot very Om Chanfe tker will be an eitra karfi af Iwealy Mat an laofc. Twenty Ire per teat. U aMod U Ue VOL. XIX. NO. 21. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1873. WHOLE NO. 969. ratea tar special notloea la Local ulaaa. n $ I 4 80 t Oil IS ov Hum to 16 low isod ) tuo te tO I UO is H It nil M vl w wH For the Advocate. II Timothy IV 7-s. l ioc: tho battle of liff. The powers .-f earth aid of At t!.e end of fio durlous striro, I (uadhcrc Its triumphs to tell. A good sVbt Sudi-od 1 haro fought, llae tuishuJ my ht-avenward race; rutorr.Uh.d I've k?t't ''S His i;ro Uv 'tca 01 folth I now eeo, ,, '. b ..:;tt-'::f.ere t.e p in; 1; fc'" I'-ell heiil out to ::ie, H.;i iv It Is mite'5 : Hy "Jl.r'.st It w.s "'J i- tr.- I:i ' ' -e.HVej !tbov; ,v,; -vi i-T sl.ii! L-vo- For thi Advocate. Xhi 'i: i:ic of John Stum is the most tniiLtxt in c -Ciicn with education i in Gemun.v. ir.o name oi John Amos f Coinen:-, bkiiop ci Coiaria, ia Mora- via is tLc most caiueut na:ae con f nected with ciaoalion in tlw soveu- kntb e-.-atcry. Tka came of J. II. IVstaki'zi is the most eminent among f elnca'ors oi taropo :a tut. l.t ecu tarv. Xocli Wi'bsior's naam Las boen the iut?t faraiuar to the schools ci . America. liie cunurc-n owe a dwbt of grafi u:ie to the mamory of ail these men f r th-.-ir labors to pavo the way to kao-TiMge, anu ui ika tho roacl -! t3V tiiut V uiiScaliios. 3 " After the grout upheaval of the re Lrmr.rion, whe-u he Ciwhulics saw that ii'jLt find knjwleJgo wonld no I Ltgc-r be restrftinsJ, ihoy determined 1 to offset iha inovi incut by an educa tional r)3eia vt their own. Of thij i lauvsuitiit, 11. Viilcr, a Catholic wri 1 ter gay, 'It was their masica to culti -iVt, -and push to the highest possible degue vl pw-rfectioa, every kind of kcowle 13 which ??oqIJ not result in I mj i-iraedkts danger for the hierfir- c'ual povrcr, aud to acquire thereby the esteem ijid renown of being the most acc'jmplu-tsd and capable of scholars of the Christian world. This 1 saprcaiacy, once attains?, it was easy f jr then, cither to parahzo those branches of iruowledge which wonld ' k-ar fruit dangerous to the papacy, or to trim, direct, and graft them accord- iag to their will.' Thus it wa3, that h the Jeiui'H resolved io poison the I fountain of supplies, and turn the : streams of intellectual life into the turbid wattrj of ulih aad corruption. Bat the world was awake and had got- t-.-n ahead of thon, and will be likely i to keep its distance, ualesa humanity dtgeaeratei?. It has been aborted that, 'No one I eeciury La?, sieco the Christian era, IffoJucet faur sac a men as Lord B-iC-t.E, ie--earles, Locks, and Spiaoea. ! Iiua raitv cr many not be an overasti 5 matft of iLtso great intellects, bat it is j tigLiy probable that the vro6;jlt cen ! tary e411 out a greater number of first case milects on the roil than the I watnrj tLat predated Uacon and fescartes. It is very doubtful wheth er aty txxn Lai e er Jived ia any ago i the v,vrld, who had as rich an in- j telk-et as Humboldt. Eat as the roll J of the present ccatury is not com- pitted, we must wait, and lot the next f goueratua gay v.kut 13 the result. I MassacLosttts and Connecticut I were the irst to make legal provision I f'r tee edacalicn of their children, I ''ting ia the advance of any of the I States either of Earope or America. I In Ma3.-acLasetfs,fre9 schools wore es JUblished by law as early as 1G35. I Ihe result of theao schools ha3 ap j I'eared to the eatisfacdoa of all who j Retaken the ironble to give atten j hoa to the subject. Great achieve- i"ent invariably attend great intelleo- tual dcvtloproent. owtaaa wao ibc nrat country in I uropo to establish a comidete sys- J tea &f Paries fr66 sc1joo1s in 1C96. And, while Scotland has spread primary education over every part of I us territory, and made the common I people the mo,t intelligent ia the world, the people have not been bo siocessfai iu the higher branches. 13 ?M( t .1 V.ft nw'r.rr irk tlio lnw w'os offerod to tho university pro fessors. Firet-dass intellects are not l) be oblaiaed for trifling sums, and those nnivfTpHifiu tViaf 7-i!!i7 fi-.o l,oct w--'-'fcJ a,UIu IMJ BiJ.W J J pbtaiu the best services. There ia a 'fcssoa in this worth remembering. The GerraaiiB have tho greatest variety and the best regulated system 11 educational iuHthutiona in tho world. The result i3 seen in the gfaad achievements of the German ami lastance, the recent war be W6eQ Russia and France. . It ia not always the case that great lQtelleot3 arc associated with great b0 perfection. Alex tndor Pope a dwarf compared with Congreve Fielding. He was of cen called by of derision, 'The little hunch-back Daan Swift had a couate- that indicated hi? mental cast. He was a close, scrutinizing observer, strangely inclined to find fault with the things around him. He was dis eased both in body and mind, in the latter part of his life. Of this he speaks when ho says. 'Whon on my siokly couch I lsy. Impatient both of niirlit aud day, And groaning In uuniunly strains. Called every power to ease my pains." Intellectually he was great but not good. Goldsmith had a countenance wretchedly disfigured by small pox, of which he suffered in his childhood. But ihongh his face was disfigured, his heart was full of tenderness. He loved sincerely. His waywardness was the cause of his many sorrows. Ho did not know how to take care of money. He died deeply in debt, and deeply regretted. Cecil, the states man. Tiho ligarcd ia tho Cabinet of Queen Elizabeth, was a crooked hard featured specimen of humanity, but had a giant intellect, ho was cross and f all of venom, a man io be feared, but never to be loved. Addison united 0, body and mind moro to our liking, more than any of the great authors of Queen Anne '3 timo, cr al most any other time. There was a correspondence between his person and his intellect. Who describes one sees the other. Ho was the perfec tion cf cheerfulness and pleasantry. H -ookod as ho felt, and spoke the language cf his looks and feeling3. No man can read his writings without feeling that it would have been a pleasant thing to have been his per sonal friend and acquaintance. Puilo. For the Advoc:i''. IOH.X UOVS Bao. Boukitt: Being comparatively an old man, I don't know that it wonld be amic3 in me to exercise the privilige sometimes exercised by old men, of giving advice to younger per sons. In almost every section there ia a class cf thoughtless, (and for aught I know badly raised) boys whoso minds seem not to be properly impressed with t ideas of becoming: Christian decorum. Their parents J have not prudently restrained and in structed them. Such boys labor un der great disadvantages in society, and sometimes deserves more pity and sympathy than censure. In tho community in which I was raised, we had some christian parents who not only felt it their duty to carry their boys to the house of Gol, but re quired them to take their seats inside, and quietly listen during the religious exercises. I don't know but that it might be a good rule for parents to adopt no-.v, although many indulgent ones don't think that too much whole some restraint is the best, as boys will be boys any way ! Of course it ia ex pected that boys will be more lively and possess a livelier spirit of prying cariotity and of novelty than older and more sedate persons. While wo have no objection to the innocent amusements and social enjoyments and pleasures of younger persons, we are iac from believing it is not the duty of those professing to be Chris tian fathers to teach their boys tho idea taught by Moses, "Ye shall keep my Sabbath, and reverence my sanc tuary.'' When men wishing to be thought consistent members of the Church of Christ, permit their boys to behave rudely and indiscreetly in tho house of God, it is calculated to leave the impression on the minds of more thoughtful ones that they are not as piou3 and thoughtful as they should be themselves. The church in which my father's family worshipped, when I was a boy, was near enough to a little village for the town folks to come out sometimoa on what was termed big occasions. As moat of such as come out belonged to the class soeking a little recreation, and wishing to show off, we expected some of them would not manifest as much self-rospect, and respect for the house of God as they should do, and wo were not disappointed. Some few seemed to pay attontion to the servi ces, and enjoy and appreciate sanc tuary privileges, while others came in side the church and spent their timo shyly grinning and whispering during the time of service; while others felt under no kind of civil or religious ob ligation to go into the house at all. When the congregation had gone to their respective homes, and were so cially talking over the events of the day, the question was asked some times, "what folks were theso sitting near the door misbehaving in church ?" Tho answer generally was, "It was some of those yoang town folks try ing to show off." Some old brother who had been trying to raise his ohil dren in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, would say perhaps, "I am glad my children have too much eeube and self-respect to behave in that way." Although some country boys wore no better than they should be, they knew if their parents caught them misbehaving in church, having read the book of Proverbs, they would ap propriate a very respectable portion, of even a favorite fruit tree, to their especial benefit. Having seen such unbecoming deportment in thoee young town folks in my youthful days, tho impression was made on my mind that village boys were, generally, worso than country boys. And sub sequent observation lias not fully erased the impression from my mind. I cannot pee why such should be tho ease. They have more Sabbath school privileges, and opportunities for hear ing preaching and good moral lectures than country boys, living so far from their houses of worship, and engaged in the duties of the farm, have. Right hero, permit ma to ask if much of the waywardness and wickedness which characterize too many young men in towns, might not bo measurably averted by constant and ueeful em ployment on which the mind could feed and fasten ? It is an old saying , that Satan finds work for idle hands to do. 'Tie true there are more alluring temptations to evil in cities than in the country. But why should a Chris tian people sanction and sustain drink ing, gambling, and billiard saloons, or theatres in town or cities any more than in the country ? Such pernicious influences cannot spring up and exist without sanction and support, and are not at all necessary to the growth and purity of the church, nor the peace and welfare of society. The pride of wealth, or of imaginary superiority and elevation, may prompt some pa rents to imagine their boys are priv ileged to disregard the rnies of Chris tian courtesy, and the quiet and com fort of such as detire lo worship in the house of God, but I trust such cases are rare in this enlightened and refined age. In conclusion, I would say to all young men, they have much to laarn if they think it is any mark of gentility to treat religious services with lightness, and to manifest an ir reverent degree of levity and rudeness in the house of God. Young men I God baa said, "Ye shall reverence my sanctuary.'' Oxford, N. C. Oxoxias. For the Advoc&to. Washington District Confer ence. The Washington District Confer ence met in Washington on 2nd May Itev. S. D.Adams, P. E., President Every charge was represented by its pastor and one or more delegates ex cept Warrenton and Portsmouth O., and Hatteras ten traveling and one local preacher, aud twenty delegates, liev. Dr. Craven, President of Trinity College, and Rev. L. L. Hendren, Agent of Greensboro Female College, were in attendance, and added much to the interest of the occasion by their services in the Conference room and in the pulpit. The session was peaceful, pleasant and profitable. The spiritual stale of the various charges was reported as generally sound, though not very flourishing. The financial reports showed groat tardiness ia meeting the claims of the preachers the average was only about a seventh yet paid, though nearly one half the year has passed away. There are nearly four thousand mem bers of the Church on the District. Twenty two local preachers. More than fifty Churches valued at ffiyfive thousand dollars. No District parsonage, aad only two parsonages on the District. One on Warren circuit, and one on Mat tamuakeot circut the latter not yet paid for. Tho Sunday school not as prosper ous as they were last year. About half the assessment for Bishops had been raised. The following resolutions were passed. NOKTH CAROLINA CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. Resolved, That we heartily endorse the N. C. Christian Advocate and re commend it as eminently worthy of the patronage of all our people as an important instrument in doing good, and that it ought to be placed in every family within our bounds. OS TEMPERANCE. Besoh-ed, That wo, as a body of Christian men, acting for the good of the Church, and of mankind generally, although fully committed by our Church relations to tho principle and practice of temperance in its fullest and strictest sense, do heartily endorse all proper movements, organizations and societies intended to promote this cause, and we urge our people to be energetic ia the temperance cause. OREESBHORO FEMALE COLLEGE. Resolved 1. That we are rejoiced to have Itev. L. L. Hendren, Agent of Greensboro Female College m our midst 2. That we are profoundly thank ful for the prospect of an early open ing of the College. 3. That we are dooply impressed with the importance of ihat Insti u tion, and that we pledge ourselves to earnest and immediate efforts to meet its urgent demands. DAVENPORT FEMALE COLLEGE. I iUIUMV r"-w - "O the Presidency of Rev. W. M. Robey, assisted by a corps of competent teacher s,is meeting the demands of the Church in the Beotion where it is lo cated, is under the patronage of the N. C. Conference, is a dispenser of truih. and piety. We therefore hearti ly rt commend it to the patronage of our people, and extend to the Agent, Rev. T. J. Gattia, a cordial welcome to our charges. TRKUTV COLLEGE. Whereas, Trinity College has al- j reauy done a great deal in tne inter est of education in N. 0 and especial ly for our Church and Conference. Therefore Resolved, That we call upon all our people to aid in tho great work of sus taining aud enlarging Trinity College by liberal contributions and also by sending their sons to it, as it is worthy in every respect of their patronage. 1)LKGATE;J TO A'UAL CONFBRENCB. B. Warren GreeD.of Greenville; Dr. Joseph J. Garrett, of Roanoke circuit; Wm. B. Mar gam, of Wil'.iarustou cir cuit; Walter Claik, of Bath circuit. ALTERNATES, Dr. J. H. Jenkins, L. P., Mark P. Jones, J. C. Gorham and J. R. Hardi son. TUE NEXT DISTRICT CONrERENCB. Amity Church.on Mattamuskoot cir cuit, was chosen as the place for hold ing the next District Conference. VOTE OF THANKS was tendered to citizens for their hos -pitality and to the churches, R. R. and Steamers for courtesies extended to the Conference. Ira T. Wyciie, Sooretary. For the Advocnte. Mr. Editot: I notice in the Advo cate of this week a statement copied from the Southern Home which is, I think, at least partially, inoorreot. The following is the extract to which I refer; "From the Charlotte Home we get those Items: 'Mr. Henry Howard, near Dry Pond, Lincoln county, has C8 grand children, and 30 great grand children. He is 82 years old, still follows the plow and does a good days work." There is a Mr. Henry Howard in i in the vicinity of Dry Pond, who is a worthy man, and belongs to a yery large family, distinguished for indus try, honesty, and sobriety, but he is not near so old, neither are his de scendants so numerous as the state ment represents. I think, therefore, that there is a mistake iu the name of the venerable individual brought to notice. Tho statement corresponds very minutely with the facts in the case of Rev. Henry Asbury, a Local Minister in our church, who lives in this same neighborhood. If Bro. A. were not still alive, and likely to be for some timo, the error in question might suggest ibo propriety ci giving to the public a brief sketch of the life of a remarkable man. And it may not be improper for me to state, that he has been a Minister for very many years, and an earnest friend and lib eral supporter of the church all his life. His father, Rev. Danial Asbury.hav ing been a prominent pioneer preach er, first in the Virginia, and then in the S C. Conference, the Bon, in early life, became familiar with the doctrinos.and Discipline of the Church as taught and enforced by the Fathers. And haying been thus associated with Methodism in its primitive type; and having watched with anxious oare its varied modifications and developments it is not surprising that his mind is well stored with useful lessons, and thrilling incidents connected with the establishment of our church ia hia county. By tho way, it is asserted by Dr. Shipp, that the first Camp-mooting that was ever held ia the South was located on tho banks of the .beau tiful Catawba, very near the place of Bro. A's birth- This meeting was conducted by his father and minis ters. Only a few miles from this spot tho celebrated Rock-Spring Camp Ground is located, which is the center of the most solid Methodist popula tion I have ever known, nearly every family for miles around being in some way identified with the church. Bro. Asbury has raised 16 or 18 children, all of whom still live save one, killed in battle to cheer and comfort his declining years by their industry, stern integrity and staunch moral character. Tho vast majority of tho great multitude of descendants belong to the Methodist Church. Blessed with a vigorous mind, pow erful constitution, aud a cheerful dis position, he still lives and wisely .cheer fully and actively "servos his genera tion by the will of Gcd." E. W. Thompbon. Fayettevillo, N. C. Simpkini, having married and set tled down, accumulated a slight sear over his eyebrow, the cause of which it is unnecessary to state, bat an in quisitive acquaintance asked him whether it was the mark of the chicken-pox. 'Worse than that,' replied Sirapkins, 'its a mark of the hen pecked.' For the Advooats. Rower on Class-Meetlngu. Class-meetings secure the perma nence of our church. This is evident from the relation which they sustain to our ministry, which is itinerant They answer an essential and indis pensible object in this respect. They preserve the fruits of our itinerent labors. Without the class-meeting system, Methodism, geauine Metho d;ii. is doomed to a lingering and utu ua death; it cannot long survive the abolition or universal neglect of the classes. We might advance, but it would be like the progress of a vic torious army in an enemy's country, without leaving behind it a line of well fortified forts to secure the ground already won, and which must return and fight its battles over again, or perisb. Every new class formed is such a fort. And tens of thousands of them are now the great rear-guard of the mighty Methodiwt army ia its onward march to share with other evangelical churches in the conquest of the world. We might preach like a Poter, or a Wesley, or a Whitefield, who were probably the most success ful itiaerant preachers the world ever saw; end unless like Peter and Wes ley, and unlike Whitefield, we organ ized the fruits of our labors in classes, for Wesley certainly did it, and Peter something like it, the fruits of our la bor?, like those of Whitefield's, would periih with us, unless wo abolished the itinerant system, aud substituted that of a settled ministry. Take the example of Whitefield as a most in vincible proof and imtraoiive lesson. "From long experienca," Bays Dr. Adam Clarke, "I know the propriety of llr. Wesley's advice to tho preach ers: Establish class-mootiugs and form societies wherever you preach and have attentive hearers. Long ex perience shows the necessity of this; for wherever we have preached with out doing this, the word has been like seed sown by the wayaide. It wau by this means that we have been enabled to establish permanent and holy churches over the world. Mr. WtBley Baw the necessity of this from the beginning. Mr. Whitefield, when ho separated from Mr. Wesley, did not follow it. What was the conse quence ? The fruit of Mr. Whitefield's labors died with himself. Mr. Wes ley's fruit remains, grows, increases, and multiplies exceedingly. Did Mr. Whitefield Bee his error? He did; but not till it was too late. His peo ple, long unused to it, would not come under this discipline. Have I author ity to say so ? I have. Forty years ago I traveled in the Bradford, Wilt shire circuit with Mr. John Pool. Himself told me the following anec dote: Mr. Pool was well known to Mr. Whitefield; and, having met him one day, he accosted him ia the fol lowing manner: Whitefield. Well, John, art thou still a Wesley an ? Pool. Yes, sir; aad I thaiik God that I have the yrivilege of being in coa nection with Mr. Wesley, aad ono of his preachers. Whitefield. John, thou art in thy right place. My brother Wesley act ed wisely. The souls that were awakened under hia ministry he joined in a class, and thus preserved the fruits of his labor. This I neglected, aud my people are a rope of sand. And what now remains of this great man's labor? Scarcely any thing. Multitudes were convinced under his ministry, and are gone to God; but there is no spiritual success ion. For the Advocate. Deah Bro. Bodiutt: We all regret ted your inabili ty to get to our Dis trict Conference. Washington was once one of tin most lovely towns in N. C, but the torch of the invader laid it mostly iu ashes. Yet they are re building stores, houses and churches. Every church in town was burned down but one. The Presbyterian Church is finished, the Episcopal is considerably advanced, and ours is covered in, and the basement, (where our i-ossion was held,) is completed in a neat style, and answers very well for preaching as well as for Sunday School purposes. The affliction of our beloved brother Jno. A. Arthur, cast quite a gloom over the conference, the church and the community, as he is so universally be loved by every body in that section. He bad one tide paralyzed just before the conference met, which not only hindered him from attending, but de tained the pastor, Bro. Call, most of the time in watching by his bedside. Bro. Call as you know, is Bro. Ar thur's son in law, and boards with him. But I am glad to say that Bro. Arthur was improving when I left, on Tuesday morning, and I hope may again Boon be up and live many years yet to do good. Washington is a very precious place to me. I was Btationed there in 1840 and 1841. The Lord sent us "times of refreshing," and many were con verted, and added to the church. Borne have gone up to glory, some are still on their journey there, faithfully laboring to serve God, and some alas 1 have forsaken the good and the right way. May the Lord bring them back ! Nearly all that were in the church when I first went there, have passed away to the better land only about half a dozen remain. How the names and faces of these loved ones coma trooping before me in memory's wide domain ! May we meet them on the shining shore I Iba T. Wren. From the Louisville Medical Journal DEVELOPMENT. BT K. 8. OilLLAKU, M. D. Medical and General Science m Vindicators of the Mosaic Record, and as Kepudiatora of tho Modern Doctrines of Dcvolopranut and Selection. (cONTiNCto.) While many of the advocates of 'cie yelopinont' are forced to admit this truth, soma of them still cling to their old love; even as the sprightly and intelligent barnacle clings to the eld ship which has been condemned and forever abandoned. There are besides these among tho advocates of 'development,' a more recent body who, lod by Mr. Darwin, urge their 'development' claims in a new, and, it seems, very attractive manner. These admit the folly cf 'spontaneous generation,' but claim that a few 'primordial forms' only were created, and that from these sprang a line of organized beings ter minating in man. It is logically certain, that theao primordial forms wore not vegetative in character, beoouing after w ards de veloped into lower forms of animal organization; for thousands and thou sands of years before the appearance of vegetation upon the earth, the low er forms of animal organization exist ed. The evidences of vegetation were first seen in the geological strata of the Silurian and Devonian systems, while corals, shell-fish, molluscs, the articulates, and radiates, are found in the gneiss and mica deposits thou sands of years older. Even, however, if geology be untrue here, it is well known that all vegetable organiza tions are composed of double-wall cells, and all animal organizations of single-wall cells; and that the most persistent efforts to transform or 'de velop' organizations with the double wall cells (the vegetable cell) into or ganizations with single-wall cells (the animal cell) have uniformly failed. Organizations with the double cell wall (vegetable) supplied for nourish ment with inorganic material, thrive and grow, while they die if supplied with organio matter before its resolu tion into the ultimate elements of which it is composed. Conversely give to any single wall cell (animal; organism inorganic food, and it per ishes, while, if organic matter be af forded, it quickly assimilates Buch food, and demonstrates the animal character of its organization, nere then is a broad, impassable gulf, sep arating the animal and vegetable kingdoms of organized nature; show ing that by no poisibility could any 'primordial forms' have crossed it suc cessfully. For, if with the vigilant protection and ingenuity of man they cannot be piloted successfully across this gulf, how hopeless and impossible must have been the transit without such intelligent guidance and power ful assistance. It will be Been then that geology, the teachings of the microscope, and the most ingenious experiments performed in connection with varied modes of nutrition (a crucial test), all demonstrate the im possibility of vegetable primordial forms being 'developed' into even the lowest forms of animal organisms. The primordial forms, so much stud ied in recent years, must have been animal in character, if primordial forms have anything whatever to do with the creation of the magnificent panorama of human aad animal na ture. If then theao primordial forms were animal in character, what was the nature of the animal ? The earth's strata show that theradiates,molluscs, and articulates, were the earliest ani mal organisms formed. Were these, or any ot theso, man's progenitors and honorable ancestors ? Did they develop into anything else, or have they ever, in their fossil or modern history, manifested any signs or evi den eos of development ? If so, is there any record of further develop ment? Has any one ever been able to show, by fossil or recent remains, or by living bodies, any evidences of any animal organization having been developed into a higher organization ? Geology is often interrogated, bat what is the true answer which it makes ? The fossil remains exposed often show that, since the period of their deposit, the species thus embed- V ded has retrograded, and not 'devel- Ioped.' Sedgwick says, that 'all our ancient fishes belong to a high organio type, and tho very oldest species that are well determined, fall naturally in to the ordor of fishes which Owen and Miller place not at the bottom, but at the top of the whole class." Thia is certainly not 'development.' Hugh Miller says: 'In the imposing programme of creation, it was arran ged, as a goneral rule, that in each of tho grand divisions of the procession, the magnates should walk first' In speaking again of the lower orders of organisms, he f-ays: 'We reoognize yet farther the fact of degradation specially exemplified in the fish and reptile.' This is not the story of 'develop ment,' now so popular and so often fojlishly received. The cephalopoda, the most perfect of the molluscs, which lived iu the early period of the world, show, says D'Orbiguy, 'a pro gross of degradation in their generic forms.' Agassiz teaches that fossil animals had, very frequently, a combination of powers found now only in separate classes. Owen says, 'the reptiles manifested the highest grade of struc ture chiefly in past periods. But why multiply quotations and authorities? Geology, if it ia to be accepted as an authority in regard to 'development,' shows ia modern organisms degrada tion of etracturo frequently; and often ia foseil betngs liupuriority of func tion. If earth's oldest and most modern testimony uhowa the utter untcnability and folly of this theory of develop ment, what moro can the earnest stu dent aEk or desire ? Geology and the Musaw Record teach alike, and always, the grand story of creation, and not of development. The story of 'develop ment,' when brought into their august court, is speedily exposed and sub verted; tho witnesses aro all helpless ly impeached, and the advocates are driven to eiliy sophistries in summing up their starveling cases before an un convinced and unconvincible jory. Ancient history shows no single In stance of physical unaided develop ment, and modern LirAory shows that, apart from the agency of man, devol opment is unknown and impossible. If man, thsn, be tho chief cause or agent of all development known, how illogical and senseless to claim him as its result. So far from development' being creative of man, all logical tes timony shows that, on the contrary, man has been creative of development. 'Development,' then, has had all of its witnesses against tho Mosaio Re cord impeached, and they havo been dismissed as worthless and discredited. Development stands, now, in human courts, without witnesses; helpless and unsupported. OJNCLUCEU HEXT WKKK. WIIV TISC: SOUI'M iCErtlAINS POOIX. Vbi aunivs ' Such was tho impass ioned exclamation of tho old Roman crater, and it is not an inappropriate question for ns of tho present day. Where are we and what aro we doing ? Are we profiting by the experience of the past, or are we. drifting into the same old channel ? The press is ever ready to commend home enterprise, and we claim to be one of the most ardent advocates of internal progress for oar people. The great problem of political ooonomy for ua of the South is, to combine the producing and the manufacturing interests. Sectional ism has almost been our ruiu we do not cherish it. We wish to eeo the p ople North and Sou'h prospering, but we can soo no prosperity for the South until we leara to produce our food, manufacture our staples aad give employment to our mechanics. We want factories of every kind, but these factories must have patronage, and like charity, this patronage must begin at homo. We remain poor be cause we must have every thing from tho North. We plow our crops with Northern made plows, hitch our teams with Northern made harness, cut our wood with Nort horn made axes, dress our lumber with Northern made axes, drive our Northern nails with a North ern made hammer, and paint our houses with a Northern made brush dipped in Northern paint. In short, we are rocked ia Northern made cradles, wranpod in Northern made swaddling clothes, suck our pa s made of Northarn ma lo corn starch, through a Northern made nipple, from a Northern bottle. We are educated from N rthern made bjoks, are poisoned with Northern physic, aad being gently laid in a Northern coffin, our minister clothed in Northern made clothes, takes our funeral text troma Northern made Bible, aad loving hands in Northern made gloves, lower us by means of a North ern made rope into a Southern grave, and our last resting place is marked by a tombstone quarried, dressed aad carved at the North. This policy is not the true one. We mast manufac ture and patronize home institutions. Then, and not until then, can we ex pect to be independent of the Northern States. Agrvcuuurai uorunui. SUNDAY III HEW YORK. Two weeks ago we spent Sunday in New York, and not boina willing to desecrate the Sabbath by goioif to the 'fashionable' churches inthatCitv. r w we spent a very lonesome time at the Hotel, only relieved by a conversation between two strangers about Henry arrv " lieecher. Dr. Chanin and other sensationals and humbugs. It wu understjod that a stranger could not get into a fashionable church uuleas he had a pass or an invitation from a Pew owner, and after ho g jt in he must hear the hymns sung by hired musiciauB, who. in many cases, per- tormedin some Theatre the night previous the females thoroughly ex posing their persona. Bat they call that religion in the Northern churches, and, sad to say, many of our Southern churches are imitating the disgusting ana tlisgracorul practice of the fash ionable cities. For the sake of true religion, for the sake of the present generation, for tho sake of tho lasting welfare of the rising generation, tor the sake of modesty and th i cood manners of ths growing boys and girls ( wo utter a word of warning against the lasuionablo manner of conducting sorvioo in many of our churches here in North Carol inn. ITftiirv Waa.nl Beocher, and preachers of his style. are sending more men to hell than to heaven; and those who hire singers to praise God on thi Sabbath day are imitating Bsecher and his clan. Many people who like to go to theatras and circuses for fun and recreation, do not like to bo disappointed whon they go to church to hear the Gospel preached aad to worship tho God who preserve their lives and health and strength . Who will lead iu inaugura'ing reform in church service, and return to the old and simple style of worshipping Ood? We never go to a Northern or Western State without having oar love for North Carolina and the 'sun ny South' increased, and male to feel that it is the best land the sun ever shone upon. Our women are the prettiest and best in the world, and fur a good aud true man there is no place this side of Heaven superior to North Carolina in oomfort, health and happiness. Ood forbid that oar ohnrches should ever inaugurate the worldly forms of worship as practice 1 in many of the Northern oities. There aro good christians iu the Northern churches, and many good peoule in the Northern oities, but the tendency of the great mass is to infidolity aid mad fanaticism. Oharlolts Dsmocra t. EKULISH MOTHERS It is a marked feature of social life in England, and certainly ono of its especial charms, that mothers and daughters are so uniformly soon to gether at home. Not only is the mother tho first lady to whom you are introduced at tho house where you visit, but mistress of the ceremonies throughout; not only does she preside at the dinuertable, but in the evening party she sits as queen. Whatever may be your first impression of such an arrangement if it happens that your sympathies are with the younger ladies you will very soon learn to think that the mother's absence would be very sincerely regrettoi by the daughters. As a picturo, all must ad mit the arrangemont to be perfeot. The portly form and matronly dignity of the mother are an oxqaisite foil to the yothful beauty and maiden coy ness of tho daughters. And you will find nothing to mar, but everything to enhance the interest of the picture The mother's presence never seems to operate as an unwelcome restraint Between her and the daughters you will mark the most joyous, playf unlov ing freedom, without the saenfioos of a little of parental dignity and author ity on the one hand, or of sweet and graceful, filial duty on the other. It may be said of English families gener ally, that thoie two things are emi non'ly characteristic; namely, uniform parental authority, and the most charming freedom of intercourse be tween parents and thoir children IIuuaxitx. Humanity was never so honored as when Chritt allied his divinity to it, when the divine 'Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us.' Think of a human for ja on the earth, filie with all the splendor of Shekinah; a tabernacle of clay, with all the fall ne s of the Godhead! Is it strange when dost has been thus honored by by being knit to divinity, that it shall be honored again; that as oar Lord's earthly body was like man's present bo Jy, man's resurrection body shall be 'fashioned like unto Ghriu's glorious boiy,' be as immortal, as inojrrapt ible, as gloriouei Erry loatore beau ty, every mo: ion grace, every thought praise, and every movement eostacyl Whex your temptations let you alone, et not y.u God alone; bat lay up prayers and the blessings of a con stant dwvotioa against the Uay of trial. Jeremy Taylor.