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The Christian Advocate. UY:V. J. B. UOBHITT, Etllt&r. THE WORLD'S OPINIO Some one has said that si religious feeling is a sure evidence of a mind in which the element strength is want iug; that it indicates, perhaps, a culti vated and refined emotional nature, but points to an empty head in which there has not been an exercise, and consequently no development of the reasoning faculties; and that an obser v.incc of religious duties, engagement in religious worship, and contain ment of religious sentimonts, may be excused in women, who are expected to bo creatures of fooling, but tint they cannot bo tolerated in n nine whoso aims are lofty, who moves iu a world of actualities, must be contin ually on the alert, and has no Urns to relax his high strung energies and play the part of a woman in the in dulgence of weak find maudlin arM merits. This opinion of rsi.--n imu relig iously disposed pcup!.-. " '-'- confined tLuse who are optnly avowed athe ists and infidels. It is entertained, and if not expressed, is practically acted upon by scores of those who have their places in the front ranks of society, and should be models after which others might pattern. While perhaps profesritt'jr a sroneral regard for the church, ac3 acknowledging the benefits thai: accrue to society from the establishment of the church, and whiio joining iu with society in paying outward attention to the Sab bath day, and attending fashionable services, they do so simply because it is fashionable. People do not like to ignore a practice that others observe, particularly it that custom opens up an opportunity 0i displaying their sleekness and worldly goods, and does not exact humility and a show o: religious fetling. Tfcey can listen with the highest intellectual enjoyment to the logic, and are enraptured with the elo quence o! the Doctor cf Divinity, rel ish the music, and as long as they can do so without appearing religious, they are proud at their appreciative talents, but if k well drawn picture of the great eacrmce, or of their lost condition, thould cause an eye to moisten, they dash the tear aside, as out of place, and degrading to a man ly nature. TLey go counter to their feelings, and practically endorse the contempt uous opinion which infidels and scorn - er3 entertain of religion. Faced by i the world's o nion, one's moral cour-, age fails him, and like Beter, he grows restless under tbe pointed gszs of the world, assumes a worldly swagger, and forces an oath from his lip to prove that ho is not only among, but of the worldly, and free from the womanly weakness of religion. An other listens with pretend;;-.! rslish to the obscene jest and laughs with the londofct. though he feols tho inward prickings of a conscience to which vio lence bas been done. In his bed cham ber with gay companions, one slips to his coach without his accustom ad acts of devctioa, aad silencea tho inward suggestions of cowardice by the thought that he can., with 16 distur bance, oi'i-.r op nis eve;; in:. sac from beneath the cvor'ying pile of bed- clothing. Another seldom kneels in prayer at church, and v.h .n he does, it is with a reluctant, bashful, sideling motion, and a sheepish glance at his worldly fellows, as if acknowledging a forfeit cf their respect ard his worthi liies of the stocks and pillory, and if he forces himself up to a sufficient courage to utter the responses, it is in a faint, distrustful, cowardly way, as if he felt that by every word he is a f-.elf-branded dolt or culprit. This regard for.or fear of tho world's opinion this inward Eelf contempt for entertaining feeliags or convictions which one cannot resist, is a homage that tho Devil wrings from the weak and waveriDg. Society is the ally of the Devil in this respect. He seta up a standard of excellence which the world looks at, and regulates its walk and conduct by, and to receive the smiles and rewards of the world one must attain to this standard. If one is religiously disposed, he is looked upon as a "good sort of a fellow," who is competent to distribute tracts, but can hardly occupy any field of la bor which the world regards us hon orable. He must have a certain cold, calculating disposition, a keen eye to tho main chance, and even loose ideas about the proper relations of nieum et tuum before business men will pro nounce him promising, and hug him to their "rings" and "corners;" he must be nimble of foot, and able to thread the mazes of the Waltz or O'er man, and oily of tongue with flatteries ever at command, before he can be pronounced charming by ball-room belles, and assume the place cf a so cial pet, and to move with favor among the upper ten. of the mascu line class and be considered a "hearty, jovial blood" a diamond of the first wator.rhe must be a connoisseur of choice wines, able to tip tbe glass high and often, ewear an oath as round as the roundest, and resent the slightest indignity by a challenge to the 'fidd of honor.' Shame on society that permits of such false ideas such perversions of the truth, such wretched standards of excellence ! Many a young man has plurgcd into vice because he wu afraid of appearing religious, and therefore of offending the world; many . - ii. r. m-wanka rf"hia a one now views iuu n - life his hopes and his soul, because ho shifted his course and tacked to suit the favoring winds of society. The Broadway of the world is full of a mass of human beings, rushing, harrying after a false light that is ahead of them silencing the voice of their better natures, a ieing with one another in their race to perdition, zealous in their devotion to the devil's work, denying that their feet are sore, their limba weary, or their zeal slackened, exchanging mutual compliments and flatteries while they run, raisiDg an enthusiastic shout along the line as some one presses ahead cf his fellows, while Death is grim ing and rattling his beny fingers, making ready for the feast which he knows ia near at hand ! Tbe Church, of Ascension (North oru Methodist) valued at $80 000, was barusd a f-jw weeks ago. The was occasioned by the attempt of sextos !o destroy some wasp i nbov-i tie onjnn loft. The ws;? tion have; gyr.v energetically to a to rebuild their place of worship. fire the ;este It h'is long been a feature of the Society of Friends to disown any of its members who mairied outside of the Society. It is thus that their pe culiarities of doctrine and mode of worship and life, have been preserved in their original purity, unaffected by tbe changes which the "progressive spirit of the ago" has wrought in all other sects. That stricture has, how ever, been removed, and the discipline vLangcd iu that regard, allowing mar riiigeb to be determined by whatever consit'eraticna may have greatest v.-gh!-. S jme secular papers, end even somo of the ilethoctist papers, North r-nd South., have beou led into grievous er rors concerning the location of the Vandcrbilt University. By the terms of the princely gift of Mr. Vandcrbilt, the site was fixed at Nashville, and the Board of Trust upon the recom mendation of the College of Bishops have selected the precise location. TLe "Central" College which has been announced as having been located at Knoxvi.Ue, ia the College of the M. E Church (North) which has been richly endowed. The citizens of Knoxville have given $-12,000, and a site worth 10.000 in consideration of its being the favored spot. The probation Eystem, which our (Jnnreh abolished in 1870, but which atiil characterizes the Northern church, is -:v;Dt some dissatisfaction to that body, and its abolition is advocated mi r -r-r 1 , r M I oy aome. rue iew xork Jimaoaisi some time sicce shewed that the pro portion betveen the membership of the church and the population, was no I so much in favor of the church as ii Ubvjd to be, and attributed that fact to the system 'A receiving members on probation. Thy Advocate of New York, bttv.eeu which and the Methodist there seems to be a continual disagree ment, not to say feud, remains faith ful fo the system, and combats the arguments of its enemies with spirit amj 2cal. j -The tffep&ration of Church and State a gaining friends in England and j Scotland. In Scotland several Pros- fcytcries have concluded to petition Parliament for disestablishment, and in England the discussion of the mat ter is assuming great importance. That government should interfere in church matters, and grant privileges to one denomination which are refused to other sects or branches of the chris tian church imbued with the same es sential principles, and with a like ob ject in viow, shows how persistently men withstand the softening liberali zing and equalizing influences of chris tianity. In respect to privileges, de nominations and individual christians , should be on an equality, just as no inequality should obtain among men with regard to civil and political rights and privileges. How pitiful and nar row, not to say contemptible, is that spirit which denies kind attentions to tie dead, who did not happen to be members of tho church which receives J the support and recognition of the government! As an instance of that iliiberality, read tho following: 'A beneficed clergyman in Cornwall, refused to read the service over the b ;dy of a boy whose parents belonged to the Methodist Church. It was use less for the parent to protest that their boy had been baptized by a Meth odist minister. It was also useless to appeal to his knowledge of the fact that the law recognized the validity of bap tism by whomsoever tdministered. He cared not. The boy was buried in silence.' How will that clergyman face the boy in Heaven, assuming, (however unwarranted the assumption) that the clergyman will read that place ! The demoralizing surroundings and associations of working young" women, who, as operatives in factories and other places, are often without pro tectors to guard them against the bad inll'jences of their surroundings, have often engaged the attention of the philan.hropist and christian. 'The Women's Christian Association" of New York, has established a home for working young women which is intended to supply the want long felt of Loruothing to engage the interest, preserve tho womanly tastes and in stincts, and elevate the morals of the young w.iiaen. Cheap, but gcod board is furnished in a spacious house with comfortable rooms. Select li brary, newspapers and magazines.ma sic, cabinet organ, family worship, prayer-meetings, are some of the sources of amusement and improve ment. Habits of industry and social improvement are encouraged, and none but those of good character are admitted. The object is a good one, and the means employed, wo hope, will ensure its attainment. "Wiiich is tlie Old Church ! A great many of our Nor: hern Meth odist brethren oonsidor tho Church, South, as a sickly sprout or offshoot of the Methodist Episcopal Church, decaying or dead, with no vitality of its own and deriving what little it ha3, from the great Northern churoh whi.;h ia claimed to bo the ancient and lowering tree. Their missionaries, and, we might ear, thoir ciaiisaries are sent hither to teach the doctrines of Mothodism iu their purity, and to bring back the straying child to the old homestead. The St .Lords Adivcol-.-. reproduces the following whbh .vr.ri originally pub lished bv i)f. Chas. Taylor of Ken tucky : "TThw-h is tho old churoh t ' Lot us -sea. Hero in our town is a tin store; it. was established years atro by Ilaek- nev & Hitmui. This is thy outline of their store room: UACXSKV & III MM AN. I !v - DuOl Door - -Wine; ooot - - ;n;i'jv i Now, suppose th-jy dissolve partner ship, by lrutuul couseut, nnd divide the stock in trade, store and all: each to continue tbe same business by Idm self. So thoy agree to run ii partition through the middle of their large rcom. Then it stands thus: HACKNEY. (Northern part). illNMAN. (Southern pari). ! Window Door - Docr-Window- Wiuch h the "old stand?" Which i the original store '? Which ia the parent concern ? Is not Hinman's as much as Hackney's ? Bat suppose Hackney should claim Lo bo the old concern rwiusicch the parent estab lishment and should so publish to the world ? Would it not bo an unfair and untrue assumption ' Is not Hin man's j asl as fully and truly the "old stand," the original house, the parent concern, aa his ? Nov appy i. The casa of the Methodist Episcopal churches ia the North and South is precisely parallel. In 18-ii they divi ded, by mutual consent, property, members and church-buildings, and agreed upon aline between. Now, is not tho exclusive claim of that part of the church north of the lino to bo the "old church," the "parent church," the "original Methodist Episcopal Church' unfounded, unfair, unjust and untruo ? Look again at the dia grams. The General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church (North) was in os- sion in Baltimore last week Tho following succinct account of the con stitution, nature and purposes of the General Assembly is from Iho Balti more 3uihndii: " The General Assembly, h'i3 tp.e Triennial Convention of the Eoisconftl Church, or the General Conference of the Methodist Church, is the hiffhAsfc tiibunal of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. It is, in Sub stance, the whoie Church in Assem bly. The Church court next below the Aesomoly, is the Synod. Of Syn ods there are 35 Each Synod cm braces several Jre.sbytoues within its bounds, and cf these Pxesbyteries there are loo. ivich 1 resbytery has judiciation over a number of churches within its territorial bounds. Of churches there are 3.730. and euch church is under the spiritual control of a session. There are 4,441 minis ers, 4G8.1G4 communicants, and a constituency of about 2,500,000 per sons. Tho persons that constitute the General Assembly are called commis sionore, and are elected by the Pres byteries. Presbyteries which have 24 ministers are entitled to two ministe rial and two lay commissioners. Those which have less than 24 are entitled to one commissioner of each class. Presbyteries which have more than 24 ministers are entitled to one addi tional commissioner of each class for each 12 ministers. So that the Rep resentative Body of the Presbyterian Church, styled the General Assembly, will consist of about 500 commission ers. Besides these, the delegates from co ordinate bodies, holding of heia! correspondence with the General Assembly cf this and the old country, will swell the body proper to about 600. Each commissioner, under all the force of bis ordination vows, pre sents his commission from his Pres bytery to the Committee of the As sembly on Commissions and in that commission he pledges himself to con sult, vole, and determine oil all things that may corns before that body accord ing to the principles and constitutions of this Church and the Word if God. If found in order, that is his warrant to sit. The opening ceremonies of the As sembly are unostentatious, but of much interest to the public. So soon as the retiring Moderator shall h&ve concluded his sermon, he then pro ceeds to constitute the next Assembly, after which his succtsbor is chosen by me body bo soon as the roll i cum plet-d.' Bight Swrit. A good brother writiDg for the renewal of his sub scription, says he is glad that we no tified him of its expiration. The cross mark, he says, "spoils the whole pa per." This spirit contrasts favorably with that exhibited by one or two oth ers whr .after receiving the Advocate for months without paying for it, have taken umbrage at the receipt of bills and ordered their papers to be dis continued. Sylvan High School. The auuuai exercises of thia nourishing institution will take place June O h. Maj R W. Yoik of Chatham ii to deliver the lit erary addicts. ERRORS IN TIIF MISUTES REPORT ON MISSION?. Bro. Shell is in error both in quoting the Minutes, and giving his Keport. The Minutes are precisely accurate, ac cording to the reports furnished me, a very few typographical errors except ed. Bro. Shell's report, 'now before me,' gives Bro. Martin credit for $125.50, not $120.50 as he thinks; his report also gives llillsboro District crodit for $551.G7, not $54G.G7, and the additions are correct. On page 47, the Uillsboro District foot3 up $444.93, not $433.23 as Bro. Shell thinks, and the additions are correct. Bro. Shell's report is print ed by Districts, and is correct accord ing to the manuscript. But there are discrepancies between Bro. Shell's re port and tho report of tho Finance Committee by Bro. Betts. As to the confusion and inaccuracy,' tho Editor of the Minutes is in no way to blame ; one repor was as authoritative as the othor, and both are published in the same form as in the Virginia Minutes and others. B. Cbavkj. Bro. Boismtt: Pleaso state through the Advocate, Ijt the special benefit of those who may wish to attend, that there will be a camp -meeting held at Kennokeet, commencing on Tuesday, the 21th of June, and will continue till Monday following. Also anoth er at Ocracoke, commencing on Thursday, the 10th of July, and to continue some eight or ten days. Yours truly, V. B. Maxess, P. C SCIENCE NOTES Nii'.au Ckhtofobo, tho Italian geogra pher, haa been m:vlt perpetual presi dent of the Italian Geographical Society. Tuk American Medical Association, at its late meeting hi St. Louis, ad opted a resolution providing tn a committee of three to confer wirh tke Iioyal Medical Society of Eagl&nd re garding American representation in the revision of the English system of nomnaclature, and chvsiticalion of di3saseR, with a view to its adoption in this country. A resolution was al so adopted favoring the establishment of a national sanitary bureau. Xacgu it little boys will thank Dr. Hinton for some of hie statements in an article in the last Popular Science Mon'hly. Treating of the ear, the writer demonstrates the evil results of 'boxing' the ears in this way. It is well known that in the passage of the ear there ia a very thin membrane, upon which the impression of sound is made, and which has no support behind it, except the air in the ear passage. When the ear is severely box-!,' th a air in front of this mem brane is much compressed, and the membrane often inj irad, and the victim somotimas made entirely deaf. Parents, when about to administer discipline, will please seloot some other portion of the childish frame for cas'igation. ART NOTES The French jury of the annual fine arts exhibi'ion has completed it.3 task. Of about 0,000 works sent in, tke num ber accepted painting, sculpture, en graving, etc. does not exceed 2.000. TnK Las'; Rose of Summer' has long been popular, and it is to be hoped the first rose will be of equal merit, for The First Rose of Summer' is the ti tle of a new song recently published in London. The word3 were written by Dr. Arthur Mathison. It is stated in the Jewish World that Mr. S. A. Hart, it, a., is engaged on a large picture, which will represent a famous episode in Anglo Jewish annals, viz. : tho interview between Menasseh Ben Isral and the Proteotor Cromwell, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. There have been discovered at Hardwick, Holland, sotu'j curious old musical manuscripts, including the Gospel of St. John set to music, appar ently of the fouxleenih century, and in good preservation. From tho Charlotte Observer we learn that an interesting revival of re ligion is in progress at Tryon street Methodist Church in Charlotte, con ducted by the pastor, Rev. L. S. Bark head, assisted by Rev. B. B. Culbretb. The same paper also reports an inter esting series of meetings in the Bap tist Church of that place, under the labors of Rev. Mr. Boon, the pastor assisted by Rev. Mr. Hiden. We were pleased to welcome into our sanctum last week, Rev. J. P. Mooro of the Hillsboro District and Rev. E. A. Yates, of the Fayettevillo District-. The New Bern District Conference, as heretofore announced, will convene at "Wilson on Thursday neat, and con tinue four days. The College of Bishops, recently in Q03sion in Nashville, Tenn , together with the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University, have unanimously decided to locate the University west of Nash ville, about a mile and a half from the oapitoL The annual election resulted in the choice cf tbe following ofhceis: Bishop McTyeire, President; Hon. E H. East, Hon. R. J. Morgan, Hud. L. () C. Lunar, R9V. Andrew Hunter, D. D., Rev John M. Steel, Rev. H. R Withers, Vice President; Rev- A. L. P. Green, D. D., Treasure; Rsv. R. A' Young, D. D., Secratary. Wesleyas Female Institute. At the approaching commencement of this institution, Bisuop Dopgett is to preach the commencement sermon, ltev. W. P. Harrison D. D. cf Georgia will deliver tho literary address. before the Lee and Jackson Literary Society. An address will albo bo delivered by Dr. T. J. Powell of Ga. Evasuklical Alliax'K. The 1'hi'a- delphia 1'resbyteriaii says: We are requested to state that the reports which havo been circulated that ar rangements had been made not to have a celebration of the Lord s Sup per at the approaching meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, are incorrect. The custom haa been that the commu nion service has been held, and as many partake as wish, and it is under stood that no change will bo made at tho approaching meeting.' Itev. Dr. runehon, President cf the Canada Wesleyan Conference, is to sail for England on the 24rJi instant. He is announced to preach in London, on behalf of the new Westminister Chap al, on the 10th of Juno. TLe presen tation cf tho 'Testimonial,' gotten up by hhj nameroua Canadian frio- ds, took placo at a farewell meeting held in tho lecture room of the Metropoli tan Wesleyan Ohurch, Torcnto; o: Holiday evening, cf sLia week. There are 570 Mormons in Man chester, England, and these heiu o conference in that city April 27. The conference refused to believe that Brigham YoaLg had resigned, and put down tho news to that effoct as a wick ed slander of tho h- vh pipers aguinst that 'man of God.' Rev. Nicholas Tslly, an aged and useful, honored minister, of tho South Carolina Conftzonco, died at his roi dence in Columbia, S- C. May the 101k He was SO years of tgc. Tho Grosnsbovo Patriot sr.ys; The Rev. Wm. S. Colston, residing ne&r this place, fcli bpuechless on his farm ou Wednesday iast and died the foi lowing day. He was iu his 58ih ysitr, and had been a very useful minister of the M. E. Church in his early life. For several years he had applied himself to the farm, and was much euteemsd by his neighbors. Revival at Ledaxos, Tl-xn. We no tice that there 1ms ben a gniciouu re vival going -! for tho past i.hreo or iVur v eks at Lebanon, Tenn., unitr the ministration of Kcv. Mr. Mer!i, and that mora than 80 had been con verted as 1 joined the II. E. Church, South. The Baltimore Muh-jdist says: The Rev. John Hall, iu n letter ou the Presbyterian General A-.sembly, jich ,is now in session in this city, says it represents tho church formed from tho recent union of what were known as the 'Old S.;ho-l' and New School 'churches. It does not include the United Presbyteriau, who maintain separate existence on the 'matter of praias;' nor the large sec tion cf the Prbsbvterirta Church in tho Southern States still standing out on issues oi too lata war; nor the 'Covenanters,' who e'iil retain some of the peculiarities of the historic body in Scotland; nor does it include the Reformed Church,, which lately drop tied the word duties.' TxiSITY COLLbXiK COMMENCEMENT. We publish the following at the re quest of the Chief Marshal: All persons visiting the commence ment o: Trinity College, the 11th and 12th f June next, can obtain half-rate tickets over iho N. C. R. Ii. to High Point, from which piaco they wilt be conveyed by stages to Trinity, a dis tance of four miies. It v.iil afford me pleasure to secure accommodations beforehand for any such desiring it. The literary address will be delivered by James Barron Hope, Esq., of Norfolk, Va., and the sormon prenebed before the gradua ting class by Rev. F. M. Kennedy, D. D., t f Atlanta, Ga. Every one is cor dially invited to attend. Lee S. OTtfcKAx, Chief Marshal. SuNDAI-ScK-.iOL IS ESiiLAXl . When the Eaglish ee;iau3 was tahieu, the scholars in tho Sundaj-nchools be longing to the EBtablishei Church numbered about 1,000 ;000. The va rious Methodist churches had 1,327, 1?00 Sunday scholars, the Congrega tionalism, 400,000, the Babtists, 300, 000, and the emullar denominations brought up the total of Sunday schol ars in Ecgland to 3,200,000. It will be noted that less than one-third belong ed to the Established Church. The progress of Sunday-school work in England has depended largoly upon the energetic efforts of the Malhodist tiucrant iainistry.by whom tie system was chiefly introduced. Krom the Sunday ISchool Majazine. QUESTIONS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR SUNDAY JUNE 1, 1S73. Parable of the Ten Virgins. Matt. xxv. 1-13. Reading Lesgon -Matt. xxv. 1-30. Lesson-hymn, 594. Questions. 1. What is our lesson to cay? 2. What is meant by 'kingdom of heaven,' verse 1? 3. Wliat is ithere said to be like ? . What can you tell me about tho ancient marriage cus toms alluded to in this parable ? (Ex plain what the clasa cannot find out.) 5. What is said of these virgins ? Verse 2. 6. How did the foolish show their folly ? Verse 3. (Their lamps held oil enough for an hour or so, yet they behaved as if they had enocgh to last txd after mid Light.) 7. How did the other iive 6h w their wisdom? Verse -i 8 How does the conduct of the five foolish virgins illustrate the case of those people who make a sort of halt wy preparation for the jadg ment I 0. cau any be called wi8 who do not raako, in Chris-' way, the be preparation that can be made ? 10 What is said iu versa 5 "? (Show that no blaifie attaches to thuir sleeping, for tho wise-slept too: it shows th confidence each class hail in the prep affirm made.) 11 What cry was mfldfl at midnight? Verse 0. 12. What did all do when ihy heard this cvy? Verse 7. lli. What discovery did the foolish virgins mako, and what did they asK ol mo wise verse 14. Did tne wise give tueni on : wny not V 1 5. What does this teach ? That no m-m will have more religion at the judgment than he needs for his ovtn salvation. 10. Who came while the foolish virgins were trying to get more oil t Verse 10, nrdfc part. 17. Who went in with him to the marriage T Same verso, lo. who alone will in tho day, go in witn tho bridegroom to the marriage iy. wnai was aone wheu thosG who ' were ready' had gone in to the marriage feast f Verse W, last clause. 20. What does tins enut door Bigiiily ? 21. Will tho door, enco shut, ever e opened again? (Soe Lukexiii. 25-27.) 22. What is oat side of this shut door ? 23. What ia said of the foolish virginB 'r Verse 11. 24. WJ'.fit answer cornea froin within? Verse 12. (H-3 know them not as ap proved "guests. Compare Luke xiii. 25-27 1 25. Vv'hat is tho groat lesson of thia narable ?--Ver30 13. 10. Ought vii to watch as long as we live 27. What must we all have to ue admittea thp raun iaifo-suovor t.-f Uie Lamb ? to the muriiago-suiv iieb. xii. Ii 23. Can v enter the door of salvation V 9. 23. Can you repeat, 'he alt now -John x IftSSOH' uvmn f What other ii lustration d ;es our L-n-d give of wisdom an t f- -Uy ? Re peat :-iatt. vii. 2-i-27 Whit, is meant S.'V 'kiii-'rdoin of henvon' iu roro I ? ly 'Mto bride proom' ? Cenr.'are Matt- xxii. 2; Eph. v. 23-32; liv, xis. 7: xxi. 2. U, otc. 3 i-ue proci.'itf uidtunng oi wa- dnm V of iVllv ? li v, did live cf the virgin.': show ;he:;ise5vos to be 'foolish'? Iu what did tut oUvsr live ahow tlv&ui- selves to Jo.? whe V Is any cm? wise who rests sa'iblled with but a partia r-.r: i ; ration for the iuvJsfSicci? What those whoso tsrer-aration id inade- oaatc, bociiu-'JO nns;criptur--! t Wba docs vorse 5 siguiiy t i. xnese is ao bhimo ail slept, boo Notes.) What do tin word 4 'at midnight taere was a er made' mean? (See 1 Theef. v. 2 Luke xii. 39, 40; 2 Pot. iii. 10.) How does the case of ilia foolish virgins show that to haie once hud religion is not suliicicnt when ?he bridegrxua comes ? (Soo Noiea.) What urny we leurn from the anawer oi tho wise virgins verso 'J V Dees it not condemn the Uoroish dojtriiie of stperarogauhn i. e.s that auints, by surplus of yraoe; can help tbe uivrcidy? What must, wo liavs to be 'ready,' sia were those who 'wont in with him to the mar riage'V H"b. xii. 1-1. What U s nitiad by tho'skut uodi'V Will tho door, once thut, evr be opened again V Luno sii. 13-27 What is out sid of this shut do.;r ? What prayer do tho foolish, unready virgins make ? In what, o&n.se did the bridegroom 'know thorn not' ? What lebson con eludes aud applies the partible ? Is ihir Icfjeoa fur ail time, and for all i '.the "donr' will bo 'shut' for tjvti upon the unprepared when the Diidcgroom coiiioy; wiiO may now en tor that aoou : (see John x. 0 ) LITERARY NOTICES. We failed to notice heretofore tho re ccipt of the Methodiat j latterly Re view, for April, bo ably edited by tho Hov. Dr. Whedon. Tho following is the table of contents: "The Unity of the Phybioal World," 'Christ Pari ty," "The Land of the Veda," "Media tion" "Jepthah's Vow," "Synopsis of the Quartet lies," and Book Table. The Synopsis cf the Quarterlies is de voted to a bitter and venomous at tack upon the Southern Quarterly and through ii upon the Methodiat Church, South. Dr. Wheuou holds tho Chareh, South, responsible for tho political character and views of the Southern Quarterly, editod by Dr. Ble laoe. Lozause Dr. Bledsoe, -ho is the owner and the independent editor of the Southern Q uirterly, wot under th? supervision or centre! of tbe South ere Church, sees tit to maks the dis cussion of political queatiaias u promi nent iouturs of hii publication, and because tho GeuanU Contort no oi the Methodist Church. South, saw lit to iccoinxneud tho Quarterly to tho support of members oX the South'-ra Church, but did net adopt it aa i.d or gan, Dr. Wheedon usjuia-ja ard as severates iu anything bat mild man nered wordt,,tnat the Church South is Political Churoh an ecclewastico-po UUrai Church th.it iorters and eucour fcgea iutotaraLcs of spirit and political tlootiin'j. Wncraae tha General Con ference in rucomuiendin the Quarter ly, tool: o.'cad'jn to suggest to the e.H tor tLt propriety ci excluding political aia! lei froia it. There is also &u attack on Bishop Mar viu iii wLioh Dr. Whulou usoa ugly words and terms, cud unkind ex pressions that 'night porhapj be al ijweu on the Lueuugs in time of ex citement, und during ttio prevalence of looHti ideas ol decency f uat thai, are hardly in keeping wi-li Chrhstittn char ity. The iiahoUist Quarterly is pub iished at .New i'.k by Nelson & Phil hps, at 2.50 u year. W havo received froiu Ivov. A. II. Kedford, two ii Li.1 j tracts iv-jiu Di. J?uuniurrs entitled "ConCuuaiioa,"' aiid " Why i aui not m lipid copalian." To say they are good would be to announce something that every one expects, wheu Dr. SuiEineiv name is meutloncd in con nection with the. u.n:hoisliip of a work. They contiia muliaia in pilrvo, and should be read by every one who haa doubts on tha eubjecU oifwbich they treet.and of which their title give suMcieiit notice; especially should they be lead by every Methodist who hae persuaded him self that tho Methodist and Episcopal churche8 are essentially alike, and that Methodist Dis cipiiuariana ought to relax on those points in which Episcopalians ive themselves great lat itude and freedom. With a few bolts of logic which he burls up on the pates of Uw advocates ol pielalical Biicceuisa and Confirmation, Lo demolishes their argument und pretentions, and comes off victorious. It would be woll for every minis ttr to put the tracts (which we suppose will not cost more than 5 or 10 cts each) in the bunds ot those of his charge who are in doubt on the Hubjects treated of. They can be had of Rev. A II. Redlord, Nashville, Tenn. We have als j received from the Publishing House two recent p'lbiictiens which we have nut tad time to examine as yt. The Court Home at Plymouth was burned by a burglar, who had entered and robbed the Clt)lk"s o3i."e of fl Oftii in mnnixi in .1 a ,arge ,ul Jt uot03 aaiJ Vdiuubll3 c,urt p.ife,Si The Christian Advocate. NEWS DEPARTMENT. ROBERT T. GRAY, Editor. CITY NEWS. Mr. Utley, tho old gentloman who ww well known to tha citizens of Raloigh, and to visi tors, as tho vedr of Now York daillas, died last woek after a short but severe sickness. The Independent order ofOdd Fellows is en larging its bounds ,and increasing In numbers, Hinoe lue laio narmouiwuo botmuu Lodze In this olty. There are now three Lodges well offloored an manned, and the initiation of candidates (a tho order of every meeting. Tho lectnro or ontor tainment by Wm. A. Barnes, Edq.. formerly of Georgia, but now of New York, was tho most exoellent or Its Kina wo have ever attended. It was siu generis, and adapted to the tastes, huuior, and capaci ties ol all present. There was pathos ana sentiment eloquence and good sense mimicry and music, and a rollicking god hu mor pervading tho whole that kept the au dience in an nnbroken state of enjoyment dur ing the time Mr. Barnes was before them. He was Grand Master of I. O.O.I, ol Georgia, and Is now the Editor ol tho ILart and Hand, ol New York. It is desired and ell'ods will be made to havo him repeat bis lecture at some future time. Tho mechanics ot Kaieigh have for some days been on a "strike," refusing to work un less the employers ageo to the demands tor higher wages.or a reduction of the number of ours constituting a day s labor. Meetings hn?e been hold, resolutions passed, Epoi'c'n-s made, and much sympathy rannift-sted, und active part taken, in the movement by thobe whom it would be a s! retell to class among laborer. The employers are willing to 8x tbo dty's la bor at 10 hours, but are unwilling to pay higher wag's than they are now paying. Work on several houses in the ci'y hits born .-stopped. Apprehensions are fnlt tint the movement will extend to the farming class. and afreet the agricultural interact.- of this cfction. The differences between Capital and Labor am deserving of the attention ol ail iu terested in the good of society, the criye anco ! of labor and the advantages of Capital arc in many instances plain and Indisputable and demand correction. We hopo the.c dif ferences may be satisfactorily adjusted that no harm may result to the indas'ria! enter prises ot our section or State. Since writing the above, another mooting of the laborers has been bold at which the "strikers" yield to the proposition of the con tractors, viz: to commence tho ton hour system after the 1st of August. STATE NEWS. Tbe shad fisheries ou the Ni'U! nrc ding a good business. Col. Wm. Johnoon, has b'tu lfc'.iiiiuir in Charlotte on "Geology" for the ber'il' educational enterprises. A young man named fnymour llt-tiMou committed Buioide in Gieeusboro' ou tin- I Mil inst., by shooting himself in the bead. C'auto not known. Tbe Charlotte fire companies celebrated the anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, by a parade and capper. Mr. J. F. Marsh, Agent of the Fyotteville and Western It. R , has defaulted to the amount of $3,200. f'j Mr. Jno. A. Taylor, au old and pl i.miu citizen of Wilmington is dead. ABhevlue enterprise is looking up. A com pany is to be formed with a capital of $20, 000, which will erect a woollen mill of sufll cient power to manufacture (0,000 yards of clolb per year. Ninety shares, or $U,0O0, have been subscribed already. The body of Donnls Gill, the colored boat lad, who was drowned off the steamer '-North State," on the 30th ult., about 11 miles below Fayetteville, was found a few days ince tied to a bush. The Charlotte Observer say: Sunday after noon about 4 or 5 o'clock, a colored divinity student at Biddle Institute named Simpson Stewart, was drowned iu the creek near th old North Carolina Distillery, ou the northern edge of town, baring been m'izd with crau.p or become exhausted. Those who wcie with him, we are informed, stood and saw hiui drown without making any attempt to rescue him- PosT-01'WK.i Ehtailiiki.- -The Pohtnwrilt' General has established the foihv.ving new postoiliccs in this State: Bethel Ifill, Person county. Chestnut Hill, Ashe county. Mill Point, Carteret county. Snatch ville, Duplin county. Wiiriiereford, Ashe county. The postofiice at Pungo Creek. Beaufort county, has beeu re-established. Judge Cloud and Cannon will exchange cir cuits for the Fall terms of their Courts. W. W. McKente, of Fayetteville, fc:t been appointed State Lecturer for tho order of FrionilH of Temperance. Tha Commencement at Wake FureU Col logo will take place on the 21th. 25th and ViGth of nest month : The N. W.N. O. Railroad is finished within four miles of Salem. It will be completed to Salem in a few weeks the only delay being the building oi a bridge, the timbers of which are ready to be put in position. A negro rfamed Charles Mooro, stubbed and killed another negro named Bob. Smith in Charlotte a fw days ago. The murderer is at large. The Temperance Societies of Charlotte and States ville, met at Davidson College, were welcomed in a happy speech by Mr. Sum merell, bad flag presentations, pccoh.e from Rev. T. J. Rooke, D. Moore and others, and had a good, jovial time generally. The Market House and town hall of Gtlds boro are tne scenes of dancing, yelling und drunken carousinga of negroes who there 'most do congregate" to the great annoyance of tbe citizens and contrary to the peace and dignity of the place. Salem Female Academy bas two hundred aud thirty-five pupils. The Winston Sentinel says the Fair beld by the ladies of that place, for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church, netted about $175. Elliott charged with the killing ol Harris in Davidson county last year, was tried at Forsyth Court, couvicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for 10 years. The Salem Press sayt the closing argument for the defense by Gen. A. M. Scales, was a most powerful and eloquent effort. Samuel Mabe and his son, a boy H or 15 years of age, were drowned in Dan River not long since. They kept a groggery in Don bury The Btporter aays, that a strange and fearful fatality has v:sited their wet grocery keepers; Ave of them have been called in th last 7 or 8 months to account for their steward ship in life. Mineral Springs Male and Female Academy, will close on the 4th of June; exercises com mencing the evening before, lleitry A. Lon don will deliver the Literary address. The Academy opens again on tho let of July. N3 danger of measles here now. For particulars, please address, C. F. Siler, Prlncl pat, Ore llill, Chatham county, N. C, , Mr. Hampton lias asmimod control of th Anheville Flow er, a Republican paper. Tho riedmont Press predlots a Lright future for the little town of Conova on tbe Western North Carolina Railroad. It Is growing rapid, ly and will perhaps be tho intersect I ng point of the Central Carolina Railway. T'ie steam whistle was invented by A Loney, of Now Jersey ami father of Mrs. Oortel now of Lenoir, Caldwell county. Judge Tourgee decided at the lulu twru, 0f Orange Court that no State could Impose tax on U. S. Treasury notes or National llaak notes on u.iud, or ou deposit, or upon oblige tijus giveu by one party to another. Durham has a Uras band and the pooide of tho town have given $76 for tho puroLaae of Muslo, and Trof. Neavo Is Instructing th muHicIaners," After a long struggle, W- P Canada m elected Mayor of Wilmington. Sad intelligence comes fiom all parts of the Stao concerning the disastrous effects of tbe late freshet?. The North Carolina Medical Society met at SUtesvillo liwt Wednesday. A mifllcient amont of money has -a raised in Charlotte to ensure the holding of the fair at that City n-xt Full. Tho ludies of Charlotte have raised t2,&i0 for the building of a second Presbyterian cluitch at that place. There Is one bur room left in Kuth-rfordton notwithstanding the prohibitory law. They nave a set of croquet implement n( Rutherford ton ! Avery, associate editor of that lively shwt tho Pinhivmt J'rtss, ban been to C'lmr'ottM and Ins hhurp words for tlioo merchant d'jn't advertise lur ".'iiouutuiii custom.'' GENERAL NEWS A single wheat fi.dd on a California fnn contain (wo -icics. Judge Geo. Williamson, of Leu'wana, fui bet-n Appointed Minfctrr t, tho combined Mission of lite Central Aui'riicm SU.te. L'ach ol the little boys of the M jimt Kmory, Tenn., Sabbath uchoo! plant twelve hills of corn, an l ;ich ot the little girls ot'U one Lju, and with the proceeds the school is supported iu luxury. General B. I. Uutlor is the latest candidate proposed for the Chief Justice hip. The Ciu ciiiaati tommtrcial is responsible for jim. This may be a trifle persomvl, but it's llm way they put things out Wect. A St. Loui ehtor, in speaking of a brother ink sliuger, says: ''Ho is young yet, but ho Gun sit at bis desk aud brush tho cobwebs from the ceiling with bis ears.''' A number of weislihy New Voik ladi, ot tli-) Lighost social dm-.inctiou, have recently coiui. tho conclusion that tlie present style of f':;uiui:ie dress is fir too elaborate und ex pensive. Cciirte.jueuily they hare reolvd to make uu t'f!'.rt to introduce greater sim plicity and less variety into tho mode of tern iniae adornmeiu, und urgently request the co oj er.tiiou of all wnsible iiietiibers of their sei . The mission fo St. I'etersbiii-g was offered tj Judge Pierrepont, of New York, but declin ed by biin. Don Carloi, the cl.iimuut f Uio Spanish lnoue, entered Nuvane on the Hth Inst, and took comnmt.d of LVOilO men resolved Mo cowj'ier or die' The Turkish government is said to be totter ing, and Russia is ou the alert for the rpoili. Gema Siuith of Now York, bas given a thousaud dollars, .r the reliel of Cubans who were formerly in good circumstances, but ar now impoverished. Charles Francis Adit ins Iu his oration in eu logy of Mr. Seward, averted that Seward wt tho leading epirit and Iraius of Lincoln's aJriiiuistrition during tho exciting days of tbe w: r. Willam 15. Aster is said to bo the owner ol thtee thousand houses in Now York city. The Sun etiim.te3 that 2,000 young men wore thrown out of employment bv the recent raid on gamblers in New York. MarkTwain.il few months after bis first baby was l...i n, wm holding it ou his kne His wife said: -Now eotilesi", Samuel, that you love the child." "1 can't do tint,'' io lid th" humorist, "but am willing to admit that I tenpect the little thing for its father's sake." Gov Walker ol Virginia, pret-ided over tin congrifKi-iun; conveu'iuii that recently met at St. L.ouis. and made n uble and eloquent speech in favor of opening up a through ws-t-,T line lroni tho Mississippi to tho Sea. Stonewall Jackson is said to Lave acted a a second in a duel between two brolher offi cers during the Me.xicau war. Ool. DcDlunc. commander of the militia of St. Martin, Parish. Louisana, and opposing lb tax-collectors of KelloKS, lias surrendered to the Federal forces sent against him. The convention of Governor met iu Atlan ta, last Tuesday. The c-bj.-ct was the discus sion of cheap trunsporUtiou over the rosd lines ol the Sou Hi. Seven thousand eight hundred and flfty-lwo emigrants arrived at New York last week. The President hus ordered the various K- purtii.ents of Government to be closed on Fri day nest, it being tbe day net apart for th docoration cf tbe graves or Federal soldiers. Tho Uariistj of Spain have beeu almost uni formly tmccessful iu their battles with the lie publican forces Sanahuja. a town ia Spain was surrendered upon condition that tho lirM of the iucu should bo spared, but despite the terms, 130 of the garrison were butchered. Straining after wit leads New York pspf rs iuto many grawe improprieti,., tm f ibe worst of which was a bad pun iu til -,!, highly respectable paper, tho Graphic. It caid afir the execution of Nixon that ho wu y'u v earth. Congressman Piatt, of Virginia, has appoint ed a colored youth to West Point, and Meeir. Cain and Kansit-r. colored reprewntulives frtu South Carolina, present white youths. Tie reason in all these cases was tlr.it the pre-ea-tees had pussed the best preparatory exami nations. Tbe jury in Geo. France Train's case of indecent publication returned a verdict 'f "not guilty'' on account of Insanity. I'f. Crosn tostirtes that if this lusanity continue Train will have to be sent to the insane luui. Train replied excitedly, ! prot against the proceeding; I have been firs months in jail without being granted a trial.'' Then, addressing Judge Davis, he said, b. fore I leave hero I move your im peacliuiat in the name of the people." Jude Davis ordered him to sit down, and an order ' made out ht senj Tr in to the insane lum. Tho Pitt and Piout Indians are said to b scting in concert with the Modoc. One vf their Chiefs, old "Shave Head" has told tbciu that they must either fight or go to ib re servation, aud It is thought they will do tti first. President Grant has issued a proclam t commandiug tbe disaffected people ot Lou'1' ana who have resisted Kellogg, to lisp,'rW within 20 day Irom the 2-'ml iust., er ind" the psius and penalties of ire.isou t tba United States. McCarty the surviving duellist rKu tmond is in a precarious condition, and s'ltfifW gr-atly jrora tha wound ia bis leg.