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I teat !l-0 r- ivtt- tie"; re- 9 "The TEEsTiS. ,-, ..p,(J AlVMflTC it lUrillMU'U IU 9UUW1I- . .", ,o prr ..nmini in advice. If payment be .i js. mouths. f-2.N, uECCopy.rtx mouths, OTJS CORRESPONDENTS. v.i ir.'i for puMiontion should be cnrefuHy 1 ;i hat one sido of tha sheet. Ail letters s'l.-al l ba addressed to the Editor. .f.t'cr.ti: .. .. ,vfi. QVfi AGENTS. , . ,, iv aal Local preachers In tho 1-ouuds ,p-u oroltiift Conference are our authoVncI HOW TO KEHIT. . n uii v, all amonntu should be Bout Ir. -' i j.'.tt.-r. post olHce order or check. The cost num. or JVst Office order can bo deducted -vJ-il U:ind. If money if sent ollierwis it t!1 l'c st tlu sendee risk. rsis.: wvi: of od. :l tr.,m r.-Mns---veMng, ... ....-.i-i-fid. 13 fro "w.-hjr' looks dri-..Iitif , face below V:, . ,.r. :i curtli, triil:(:, " .- :iuip- U-s::'le ami ebw; '"io':i--t: "1 UT r-.eebeiidine ;.d :.teUwg US below. fl,,.,;,. K.b.'s that iiu'or, .IS jld '.TV. and 1 " n,,t I-1'11' ... '! tltu '.-u.lt-i' mother .' - tte closet". I"V.f t'i" best, .i- v,- ;ir w.-:ik :inJ wretched. v si i weisr'ued down. dlsire?s'd - ; ; Ttai ciod's i.-.it I'uib.ace .v., c'.oct.;ovei us be.-t. .' :1. irt "f t''d ! ' 'o - i iiiiw.'ivd !'0 nor ur-issttl; ; - ; v;il r..'t even .r ad!!; uif I e lost '. j,.t,w ,.fsaeh great loving, iv l..-v k"-'" the eost .:' ve. 11 sl1 1"v l,;ltSi:'i?. in u n i n t c il . v at For the Advocate. THE METHODISTS OF THE !i.;a;; liniTUKi::;: f . r--r V, ii:vr of V j. - l:v brforo voa A IcW I:lCti', - i t.aicu the be it iuttrests oi oar oe- !.,vt lL lletbo-lim do Vijd to hear. Kic.-ire to c:ill juur attention to the- Kathtrford College, over which I huve '.he honor to preside; to show v,.a the moral grounds it occupies, "tul -.be consilient claims it has .a .j..mr ; mpathioa and patronage, dat us philanthropists, and second ilethodists. 1. This C-llege htanda a sui generis iu tie doath It can possibly hold no uutagoni m to, nor prejudice -. -in st. r.hv o'hr school in all the l.u 1. It ciiaius to etaud upon a Uil irrvut b-.tsi.-i from all othera; to fill a udio in scholastic enterprise that no u.c Laa attempted to till in this cr f rabaUy any other country; that is, tjliii collegiate education within tut: reach ot that largeyet, respectable v-I .-tt o'i pyir coin UlOU popd, Uuug whom ara sometimes found the bright esc geniuses of the world, and from which das- have already sprung most ..t rha .rrcat .'-i;d jrood men of the 1 I WLib our curricalum is about tlx- f.atse as xuat oi ocaer couegss in :juih. e;iibr:-iag the full courees a L;t hi, GMek, Mathematio3,Natural ,i i iL-rai Scieuco, and Modern Lan ;tu;; to which are added for Fe ..ai -s as well as fll Males, who may i.-iie to pursue them, such Orna ivjzta'.H as I'Lvtoyraphic and Crystal iVcii:..'. Was au 1 Hdir V orks, o c ii jo.1. In.trr.mtutal Music; yet our .lsrb'ci nre Ii:ue more than half what :. 'i-u-god elsewhere, and that half is u,i dtrjitndc-d when the pupil can -Lj-.v Li- .-;jrthJnes, yet inability to C. I-.i cut' scLolaslic fjnctioBB, we Irluri-jj f Th-: Church, but to no pnr titaiar branch. O ir Crst moral aim h Vj l.'i-ii:g all who attend school here, j fally under the influence of divine fjnee that they become truly convert -tdCLristiafiB; and then, if they are Mvilolista, we dri:l them in Metho- i-at J.-c:riuj aa-1 discipline; but, if of other JcLouiiuittioris, we drill them 'a their o.vn doctrine. In this way, a of eu do great good in other Ciiiirukes, .sending amoag them young t-a full of experimental religion even where such religion is not preached bfc!ievc-l ; while it always happens tUt the 1 u-ge it par cent, of all con -- rkJ iu the college, join the Metho liat connection, k TU'j Faculty and Tru-toes of sehool rt-joice in the prosperity M l success of Trinity, Davenport, foi.-cnsboro', Davidson, Wake Forost, 'e North Carolina College, Asheville f'jutge, Yv'offuid, Columbia, &c., iScc; ' would one of her officers do aught to (lira the lustre of any of these In stitutions, or rob them of a single fctu- knt; because there can properly be lo collision, as the ltutherford Col i . "SfJ lias a sphere and patronage dif fering from all these, and she may in 1 certain sense be said to belona in it to all these schools. j. Tiie policy of this school is to kip all that cannot help themselves; kce, its Faculty expect to make sac- J,"ices, and to depend upon your do wjus and chanties m part, lor a iport beli'jviug that this is the chartered Institution now of the in the .South that ha3 a moral t;L'U to claim the charities of all the people, as wo are the only school that 'BBtfiieta horn 30 to 50 annually free oi chargen. J- la vi6w of all these facts, we beg jQr sympathies and co operation. ' us payiurr students when vou arid bend us all who need help W. do not forget to send seme -i'Oceasi jUiilivj remember, too, that I. 1 . ,.-.-. iduurs nere is a Aiotnouiwi It. L. Abekxetiiy, Pres. VOL. XIX. NO. 26. 9IAUI.0 TIIl- CSO. 1Y ItEV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE. Soficlimo3 a man who peoms to succeed is at every step a failure. Tbore ia more lawful franil coinniitted lliaa unlawful. reuiicutiarios ausl the Court of 'Oyer autl Teruiiner' aro for those clumsy rogues who do not know how to bleu!. The purloining of one cabbogo ends iu the 'Tombs,' but the absconding with odo hundred thous and dollars wins a castle on the Rhine. So you see that men get into jail not becauso they steal, but because tley do not steal enough. There aro es tates gatheslng that Lave not them one honest dollar. But the -ciieval rule is thr.' within ;. moral succors l-s worluiy success, er to make a permanent It. is eas i fortune in honorable ways than by conduct. The devil 13 a poor finan- cicr. Vhen tue sold were laid down in the earth, they were sworn to serve the cause of rightcous-cei-s. and they never go into iho cof fers of the dishonest without commit ting peijury. Lawful entevpriso in tholonrrri-n will declare larger divi- .i i 1 : .... Tl.i uil company of which lion. Bogus Greaseback is President, and Hocus I'ccus, Liq. is Secretary, at fii-st de clares twouiy ier cent, men icu pex cent, afterward three per cent, and, last of all, nothing, leaving the widows and orphans to play the beautiful game of 'Money 1 money ! who has the mon ey r But fraudulent estates do not aver age a continuance of rn:re than five years. Occasionally, an old man, having gathered largo property by ignoble means, may die in its possas sion, bequeathing it to his heirs; but when the boys get it, what with their wine, and what with their fast horses ha I how they will make it fly ! There is an honest work for every one to do. When a child is born, his work is already prepared for him. There is something in Li3 nature which say3: 'Yonder ia the field, the shop, ,4- (, s'ors ! Crne. rjv ltfilf T'oti ! Be! busy !: No doubt Samson, when ao wae a boy, sometimes gave premoni tion of what he was going to be, amu sing himself by carrying off gates, and ia chasing his playmates with the jawbone of a bleached carcass, and, long before he fired off the three hun dred fox-tail3 among the corn-shocks of the Philistines, had tried the same eitremo measures on.tho cats of his father's house. Cowley evinced the poet when in very early life he was wrought into enchantment by tbe reading of Spenser's 'Fairy Q ieen.' Joshua Reynolds, in boyhood, proph esied the painter by h ingiug sketches around his father's house;although his disgusted father wrote under one of them: 'Done by Joshua out of pure idleness V Our own Van Deilyn be gan his career in boyhood by chalk sketches on the side of a blaehsmith shop. Nature invariably hints for what sho has made a child. Here is a boy cunning at a bargain. At school ho is extravagantly fond of trading. He will not como homo twice with the 3ame knife, or hoop, or kite. To moirow morning he will leave the .ouse with an ignominious yarn-ball a great trial to a boy on the play ground bat at night wi'l come back with cue of India rubber, which, un der the stroke of the bat, will soar al most out of sight, and then come down with long-continued bounce I bounce ! Some morning, calculating on the the lownesa of the apple market, he will take a satchel full to school, Imme diately there is a rush in the market. He monopolizes the business. Ho sells at just the right time. The vigi lant school master.finding him barter ing in what are not considered lawful business hours, brings him into port, and he is compelled by this govern ment officer to discharge his cargo in the presence of his fellows, who gape upon him like a company of steve dores. Can you doubt for a moment for what occupation he was designed? Ho must be a merchant. Here ia a boy of different liking. Across the brook he has thrown a dam, and whirling around is a water- whoel. He can construct anything ho chooses sleds for the winter, wagons for the summer and boats for the riv er. His knife is most of the time out on a whittling excursion. Down on your host carpets he plants his muddy tools. You are so pestered on the Saturdays when there is no school, it requires all of Sunday, and sharp ter mons at that, to get your patience un wrinkled. Pigeon coops on the barn and birdhouses in the treea, attest his ingenuity. Give him a trade. He must be a mechanic. Here is another boy. You do not know what to do with him. He is al ways starting an argument. He meets your reproof with a syllogism. He is always at the most inconvenient time asking, 'Why ?' He ia on the oppc- PUBLISHED T.1ST THE HALEIGH, N. site side of what you believe-, but any thing for an argument. If you prom- j ised him a flogging, he would file a caveat to stop proceedings, and, dis satisfied with your decisions, he gels out a certiorari, carrying mac! era up to tho Supreme Court of la's owa rea son. With all this he ha3 a glib longuo, and when fairly started, it rattles like hail on e tin roof. Hi: destiny is plain: he must bo a lawyer. But if you should Lappea to have under your charge, as guardian or pa rent, a child net sharp enough to strike a bargain, not ingenious enough to make a sled, not loquacious enough to &' art an argument, not inquisitive as to the origin of things, always be hind in the school, and slow on the play-ground there is thou only th3 alternative: If he be fat and chubby, of unconquerable appetite and eno nous digestion, and lazy withal, then send him to the city, pull the wires, and make him an alderman. L'at il he be long and lean, sallow cheeked, with nerves ever on the twitch, and a digestion that will not go, I know not what you will do with him uulesa you make him a minister. A'.as! for the absurdity rampant among families, that vvhou, Leeauae of physical incom petenc:', a man is lit for nothing else, he is fit to be a 'legate o the skies.' Iteligion will never mako up for lack of liver aud back bone. uespoxsiisil-i'I'V ron s..v Dr. Curry, in The Christian Advw cate, has of lato been publishing some very profound discussions on this im portant theme. These articles are generally considered to embody views hardly in harmony with the common ly received teachings of the Methodist pulpit. Indeetl, he is reckoned by many as an out and out Augastinian. Ho says, for example, that 'God holds men responsible for what they aro in their moral characters as weil as for their moral conduct.' 'The fao!.3 of the divine administration very clearly demonstrate that responsibility for moral conduct is not measured by iho nnror t.hfl voluntary ability of tbo f-"--,- f ry to many things wo knew, that men should unconciously, and without thoir own agency be made the subjects of God's judicial disfavor.' These few sentences will suffice to indicate Dr. Curry's position. They will sound strangely enough, I suppose, in Meth odist ears, and I r-usfc confess that, as it &eeni3 to me, Dr. Curry occupies an unfortunato eland point that oi observation rather than that of con science. 'Is it not hotter to learn from God's administration says he, 'what is Hia law, than to first frame cue own theory of what ho ought to do, aud then declare that ho must do it because it is right T This adoption of the Baconian or inductive, rather than the intuitional method, in form ing judgments of the absolute taoial quality of character and conduct., has, at least in the Doctor's case, led, as the writer conceives, to a confound ing of the physical with the moral; of the providential with the strictly ju dicial in the government of God. Wo can form no idea, it Eeems to me, from God's present dealings with men, iu this, by common consent, proba tionary scene; and where discipline is the chief object contemplated as to what His dealings will be with them hereafter, where absolute equity will have become the gaiding principle; and yet, that there ia very much to be said on Dr. Curry's side of this mo mentous theme, there can be no doubt; and that, moreover, there ia a vast amount of flippancy and shallowness dispensed from many of our pulpits on the subject of Sin and Rasponsi bility, there is as little doubt. One very strong text on vhich Dr. Curry relic3, is the following: 'lhe wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness and un godliness of men.' He calls attention to the fact that both the terms stand ing for sin hera are passive, indicating character rather than conduct. He then defines the 'wrath of God' to bo in reality but 'the judicial expression of God's etornal rectitude.' Separa ting from our though tjall idea of spite fulness, or selfish passion, the wrath of God is found to be that consuming sense of guilt arising from God's felt revelation of Himself against indwell ing Bin; in other words, against in dwelling opposition to His holy law. How, then, can any one deny that 'God's eternal roctitude' His purity, His holiness, is actually and always rampant against all corruption wher ever found, however unconscious men may be of it, or however helpless ihey may lie under it? The moment a person really becomes conscious of inbred corruption, of depraved appe tites, and vicioas propensities, . how ever blameless or helpless ho may be, he nevertheless loathes, and his con science condemns those appetites aa evil. Meantime, let God, in all the purity, rectitude, and holiness of Hia character, reveal Himself in the con- REV. J. 15 BOBBITT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. IISTTERBSTS OF C. ! ,.:,...,. i ll-,.-.!- rrnrt ami wrSll Tnf. t.riO BUIUUUT VII tUAb uiuuj "... " latter importunately cry out, 'Mighty j God, have mercy on mo, and deliver tue from this body of death.' And this, too, utterly h respective of the circumstances under which ho came to bo thus dopraved. Conscience takes but Utile Recount of circumstances. What is your actual moral state ? This ia her question ; and if you know, feel, and acknowledge it to bo vile, tiho lashes you without mercy, aud your only refuge ia in God's mercy and tie cleansing blood. You go to God, nut! yon say, 'No matter about ho -.7 I came to bo as I am, I won't at tempt any weak eiei'cnae of myself by pleading exteuua'ieg circumstances, inheritance, elc Tbe simple fact is, Lord, I am vile; that I m corrupt; that I am loathesome, and I want help. I want deliverance, I want to got out of this, and away from myself I want power to become one of the sons of God.' This is the cry of a really convicted einner. You let a man who is thoroughly mean, low, and vile, be brought into the presence of a truly noble, high minded man or wonidu, and if he ha3 any eousibility leffc, how, aa he thus becomes painful ly sensible of his real character, will ho loathe and despise himself. It will avail nothing for him to insist that he ia not to blame for his meanness; that it is constitutional, that it ia inherited. The fnct ia that however he came by it, meanness ia despicable, and the whola universe abhors it. Purity, whenever confronting it, like a sort of wrath from heavon, reveals herself against it in a way to condemn, to smite and scourge it. This is what I understand to be Dr. Curry's position in regard to sin ia general. And it remains to be seen whether a faithful, profound interpretation of all the facts of experience, particularly of all the revelations of conscience, will not bear him out. Fu H. H. Ex. EX'l'EH FOR A f KO US E FFO RTS Marshall of K-miT-V'. one of 'V ;c2 a man of large scholarly attainments, who had as much of that mystical quality called genius as any of bis con temporaries in Congress, was full of affectation ia this regard. He spoke readily without preparation, hia ideas following each other consecutively and with uncommon force; but he never trusted to the inspiration of the moment when there was opportunity for etuding up the subject and ar ranging his thoughts in advance. He had a habit of absenting himself from the Capitol for days at a timo, every hoar of which ho devoted to reacting and study, his acquaintances generally supposing him to be ongsgod in a de bauch. After getting thoroughly cvammod and armed at every point, he would como into the House look ing exhausted acid haggard, giving color to the notion that he had been on a frolic, and watching hia oppor tunity, would pour forth the fruits cf his study in a strain of off-hand, strik ing eloquence that hardly ever failed to astonish his hearers. And the re mark was often hoard, 'What a bril liant man ! What could ho not ac complish if h8 was industrious and regular in his habits I' Mr. Preston, for some time Mr. Calhoun's colleague in the Senate, was an accomplished gentleman and a very popular orator. He never spoke without commanding the attention of his hearers, and few men in Congress had a higher reputation for brilliant extemporaneous eloquence. But he never spoke without the most ample and careful preparation. Soon after he retired from Congress he was chosen president of a college in South rwnimn. In an address to the stu dents, ho said he knew of no such thing as genius or natural inspiration. Whatever of reputation he had ae quired was by dint of constant, un tiring labor. He had trusted to study and bard work solely. He never spoke ia Congress or to a popular as semblage without arranging what he had to say, and even premeditating bis sentences and tho precise colloca tion of his words. And he assured his hearers that the only road to pub lic distinction lay through the field of Btudy and research. Mr. Webster was so thoroughly in structed upon all subjects which came under discussion in Congress, that he was equal to almost any occa sion, and rarely noeded any special preparation. Aud yet he was not above the weakness of concealing his studies, and the sources whence he drew his inspiration. No man better understood the weight and value of language than Mr. Webster, and what he said was always marked by precis ion and perspicuity; but when coping with a formidable antagonist he omit ted no means that promised to aid him in the contest. Ha was accus tomed to speak of the master produc tion of his life, his celebrated reply to METHODISM IIST WEDNESDAY, JULY Hayne, as a nort of casual effort, made on the ppnr of the moment, without much previous consideration. Probably the two men in public life who could most safely trust to their own resources anel accpairemonts, un der all circumstances, were Mr. Adara3 and Mr. Calhoun. The endowments of M"r, Calhoun were of a higher or der, and his creative power was supe rior to that of Mr. Adams; but the old man eloquont,' a3 he was called, had a memory so tenacious, and hia knowledge was eo extensive and exact, that ho never seemed to need any special i repnialion. He was the most laborious and methodical man ia Congress, and probably in the country. He kept a voluminous diary, in which every event, incident, or cir cumstanco vl the day was carofully noted down; and this, with h'u habits of iudu&trv, made him a very doctor in aU mutters of controversy and ar gument. It was a knowledge of his complete equipment and his power as an antagonist that prompted the reply of Mr. Clay, when asked when he pur posed to renew the discussion with Mr. Adams on the vexed question of the litihcrias of tho Mississippi, as connected with the treaty of Ghent- Fiadinrr himself eeltin-i tho worst of the argument, Mr. Clay closed the consideration of the matter, so far as he was concerned, with the remark that he should drop the subject, hoping to renew it at seme future period' more favorable for calm dis- cushion, when he expected to show that Mr. Adams was altogether in the wrong. Some time afterward a friend asked him when ho proposed to ro opeu tho controversy. 'Never 1' was his emphatic reply. 'A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in a c ntrcversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken in his life. And then, if he happens to be in doubt about anv thimr. he has his inevitable a: ...r. Uittl y i lix nuitu u? uiu ,uvvi.uova viva, I thins ihat has occurred since the adoption of the Federal Constitution.' From -'Recollections of an Old -r-,' Harper's ?f?ju;-.ne for July. TSIE I'ES AKD THE HAND. There was once an eminent divine writ.ii., wr,r Tr.rdi valued and sought after. Ho was one day walk ing in his garden, when he saw a feather shewing a Utile above the mud. Ho stooped and pulled it up: The mud stuck to is so that he could scarcely discern its kind; but he car ried it to the brook, and after careful ly washing it. lie found it wa3 the wing-feather from a whiic goose. Carrying it carefully home, ho baked it, and pruned it, and cut it, till if. was fit for hi nee, then ho began to write with it. Grand thoughts in glowing language flowed from tho goote quill! As it flew over tho paper, it traced 'good wortis.' The divine message, the gos pel of peace, waa explained and en forced. The ihroatcninga of the law and the soothing promises of the gos pel were tiaced in clear and readable characters. The hand of tho master guided, the pen yielded itself to his directions. But after a time it ceased to work aa he wished; it began to try to make itself heard, and aa it sput tered over the paper, it congratulated itself on its successful appearance public. in 'I wrote all these sermons.' 'I wrote all those wise counsels.' 'It is to me that the world is indebted for the great thoughts I have written.' 'How would my master havo managed but for me ?' The spluttering of tho vain pen annoyed tho great author, The pen no longer suited him; it had become worthless, and, throwing it on one side, he sought another that would obsy his hand silently and un- reluctantly. Even so with our divine master in heaven. Has he not often raised from tho miie of sin some poor creature, washed him in the precious blood of Christ, pruned and prepared him for his work ? and when the creature hae been used as an instrument to convey to the world the glorious news of re demption, and the precious truths of the cospel, he has taken to himself the glory, and has attributed to his own cleverness that bucc-'SS which was granted to him only as an instrn 0T.r in tlin divine hand. Then the jOJjuau master lavs him on one side to learn Ma nwn nowerlessuess, and taking an other tool, he continuea the great work in which He is engaged, aud which must not be interrupted by o,- rr.lnf.terin?s of conceit and self- glorification. IY. the last will and testament Luther, the reformer, occurs the fol lowing remarkable passage. Loid Cod Ithpnk Thee, that Thou hast uou, a inan xic , been pleaspel to maue me a poor ana indigent m.va upon earth. I have noither housa. nor iaiui, nor money to leave behind me. Thou hast given me wife and children whom 1 now re anTprLTe 1 7 NORTH OiYIiOT.IN 2, 1873. NOTORIETY BY REV. DR. JXO. A. BBOADUS. One of the commonest and gravest of all intellectual vices is tho lack of discrim ination. Any observant person sees this at every turn. There is ono class of cases on which we have just been reflecting viz., the fact that bo many men do not know the difference be tween notoriety and fame. Tho ambi tion to be famous is a gonorous and may be an elevated feeling, 'that last infirmity of noble mind;' but when a man convulsively struggles for noto riety, and thinks he is becoming fa mous, it is hard to restrain our con tempt. Nothing is easier than to be come notorious. Let a preacher pub -lish profane language (as Paraon Brownlow used to do), or make a sermon to t rove that it is no harm to get drank, and have it duly reported, and the thing is done. 'How can I draw a congregation, Mr. J ay ?' said a young preacher. 'O, if that U all you want, there is nothing easier. Give notice that you'll preach, next Sunday, sitting on the pulpit, with your legs outside, and you'll elraw a congregation, if that is all.' The methods sometimes adopted now are not quite so bad as this, but the dif iereuce is only in decrree. It a preacher has not enough reverence for sacred things, he should have en- ough respect for himself, to restrain him from seeking cheap notoriety. When you 'draw a crowd' by improper means, you hear of all the good that is done, and more: but you do not hear of the harm that is done, the ex cellent people that are repelled, driv en away from Christianity, by what seems to them your bad tasto or your unholy ambition. A Remarkable Puesuvteuian Relic, The Moderator of the Northorn Tresbyterian General Assembly, which I was held here, eat in a chair that is a sort or. neiriooin oi x resoyienau ism. It was used in the famous Syn od of Dort in 1618, when deputies from England autl the Reformed Church in Europe tried to reconcile the doctrines of Luther, Calvin, and Arminius. A Dutch family that em- grated from Holland brought the emiu- to Aiuany, a. x., m loou. It has boen handed down fruin genera tion to generation as a precious hoirloon until it was bequeathed to the Rev. Dr Chester, of Albany, about sixty years ago, and from him it was transferred to the present owner. It is a rather handsome, straight backed chair, made of English cherry not near eo massive nor so elaborately carved as might be imagined from its Dutch origin. Some sleepy s'udeut of Calvin, or Luther, or Arminius, some 250 years ago, permitted the candle to drop from hia reading-stand and one of tho arms waa Blightly charred before he woke up and pat the taper back to its place. The mor occo back evidently does not date back ro the sixteenth century, and is probably not more than a hundred years old! So much solid Calv anism rubbed against the original leather that it was no doubt worn out long before the Arminian tenets were tho roughly demolished ia Holland. This historic chair lately received an etra cushion partly to precerve the old one and partly to enhance the comfort of the Moderator. Baltimore Gazette, EVEXIXCI IlOUnS AT HOME. Husband your evening hours. The I night ia a profitable season of mental culture, social happinoss and rest, Books, conversation, music these fit well the night. Happy now are they who have homes. A bed to 8leep in, and a table to eat from do not constitute a homo. Any old bachelor, with a salary, can purchase so much of the world's comforts. But the mangnetic fireside circle, the smiles of mother or wife, tho talk of the pensible old folks, tho songa of sweet-voiced Bister, the allectionate good night ot children; the wholesome - occupation of heart and mind in so cial and intellectual enjoyment those are the nnpurchasable comforts of home, and the winter nights. Da. John Hall, in hia sermon at the funeral of the late Chief Justice Chase, said: 'Let us be candid and generous ai-d j ist to those who serve us, aa a people, iu elevated positions. Do not criticise them harshly. It is easy enough for ua who are in the quiet vale to look up and cansure the movements of those who aro climbing oi the rugged a.ipine oieepB, dui our - oves can very imperfectly take in the de.jth 0f creva8se8 which they fee, " 1 . i fl which they have to cross, and we " . , can very imperfectly measure the hp,hts UP which iney nave 10 maKB ., ;r wav. So let ua be iuat and can - ln nflm. rn nnt ATE - WHOLE NO. 974 SEftSIIIXE IX DWELLINGS The time will very likely come when Bunshino, or sunlight, will be bo util- izod aa to be tho entire remedy for many diseases. That it ia a wonder- ful vitalizer none can doubt who knows anything about it. Bat how many houst-B are conBtructed with a view to getting aU the sunshine possible, os-1 pecially when so much ia needed in winter and spring? The living, or sitting room, at these seasons of the year, at least should hivo a full south- ern exposure, with largo windows to j lot in sunshine. Sleepina-rooms, war-1 drobea, closets, passago-waya, should j receive the cleaning, vivifying influ- ence of the sun. I Sicly persons should court tho sun- shine as much as possiblo Bit iu it, I lie in it, luxuriate in it. It doesen't cost anything, only appreciation. A room warmed neither by tho aun nor by fire ia unhealthy and not fit for hu- man habitation. It ia a poor theory that sends men, wornen.or children oil into a cold room 'o sleep, on health principles, when warmth has ben ex- eluded for a day or a week, or per- haps months. Tho change in the tern- perature of a room, having both fire and sunshine, after the son gooa down ia exceedingly marked, ble cbill is felt. A percepti- What I Huvv Seen. t i ii i I have seen a young man aoll ft good , , , L i t farm, turn merchant, and dia m an in- , aanoasylum. Ii i l 1 a I hove seen a farmer travel about I so much that there waa nothing at h:mo worth looking after. I have been a mau spend more money in folly than would support hia family in comfort and indef. on donee I havo seen a young girl marry a young man of dissolute habits, and then repent it aa long as she lived I have eeon a man depart from truth when cuudur and voracity would have served him a much better purpose. I have Been tho toi travaganue and folly of children bring their parents to poverty and wnt, and themelvofl to disgrace. I have seen a prudent and iuduatri- ous wife retrieve the forlunos of a 'Who dat hit me V 'Where's dat family, when her husband pulled at lantern 1 were the exclamations of au the other end of the rope. astonishoJ Eluuira darkey, after being I have seen a young man who de- thrown somowhat liku a hundro 1 fott spised the counHel of tho wise and ad- hy a locomotive, vice of the good, and his career was A meddlesome man who was watch in poyerty and wretchedness. Anon- ing hia wife bake pies, stepped with ymoun. Dos t Give Liquor to Children. Onecf the first literary men in the United S ates said to a writer, after epcak'ng on the sut.jnet of t mper- ance: 'There is one thing whicb, iu yoa v'sit different places, I wish you to do everywhere, tLat is to entreat every mother never to give a drop of etroug drink to a child. I have had to fight aa for my life all my days to keep from dying a drunkard, bocaneo I was fed with spirits when a child. 1 acquired a taste for it. My brother, poor fellow, died a drunkard. I would not have a cLild cf mine take luo ujr U1 wmu m, ia a nu a drop of liquor lor anything. Warn tlV0 every mother, wherever you go, never Kansas people aro wondering how to give a drop to a child.' Max Adeler, ia the Saturday Evening Post Her Spring Hat How the Aver- age Woman Coiitrucl licr lleud-Gear. A woman who ia considering the matter of her rpring hat is an interest ing subject for contemplation. First she buys a straw frame that looks aa if it had been struck by a hurricane and then sat down on by an entire coroner's jury. After that, when she ridea in a Btreet car, she drinks in the dotaila of every spring hat that enters, and learns them all by heart, aud does mental sums over the cost of the ribbon, and makes up her mind to have flowers iu her 'a like those worn by tho woman in the corner, aud lace like that gaudy-looking creature iu thj middle. And when 6he walks down the street and studies all the hats that come along, and when a woman passes her with one on, Bhe twists her neck around to see how it looks behind, and is disgusted to eeo that the woman is alao dislocating her neck, to see how she trims her hat. Wheu she arrivo3 in front of a milli. nery store she lingers un il she has analyzed all the Bpring hats iu the window, and she do. ermines to trim here niuetoon different ways, and de- ci les not to have flowers like the wo man who sat in the corner. Then she shoots into the store and asks to aeo hats,' with the air of a peraon who has a whole female seminary to h! niik wr .sis-all. ttAOrl. Ckfi T nb- out mm ciBui,j-uuiiui She examines every hat in tho es tablishment, overhauls ten bushels of flowers, gets about twenty dollars' - rworth of work out of the sales woman, and then says Bhe will ' 'look f ' TheQ 8he goea 0ffIJ0r THE ADVOCATE -CORNER OF HiRGETT AND DAWSON 8TJ KALEIQH, TS. 0. BATES 0? ADVERTISING. Braca. 1 Moktii. t Mom. 8 Mons. IXam. lKiti l Squarr, i i 8tiare..j $ S Srt i f 4 SO f 3 Inb 10 00 M OA 45 M Ml 00 (kj laj no 1A0 00 4 ijUHrer,!! N M 00' 1-iUI'' IS mill 25 11, 15l0 ; J M' Wlo is oo u 40 0" 4 IN) I W OO'i IS ! Ml 00 ( W 0ol 1"0 00 m i-ni ma. W t-0 SO urn m Col'mn. 1 tumn: 86 00 Advertisement will bo ohangeil once every tbre. month without addltloual oharg. for every vrlior change there will be an extra charga of iwoaty .ot n Inch. Twenty-Svo per ccit. U a ld"d in th. abova ratii for ieclal nottcos In Local col am a. homo wi h her mind fixed on thii tj oight or nine different stylos ia which ho wants to trim her hat. After awhile sho begins to tLink tho ought to have a feather iu it, and bIic paJaoa two or three elceples nigl ls tryiug to decide whether to rat ono nn n. not. At lust tho roi lvea alio will. Then ahe IU awake two ui-'hls moro endeavoring to dotcrraino whether it shall bo rod or blue. Slie buyj tho trimming aud ajwa it oa iu seventy successive portions, her mind filled wi h tho deepest anxiety as to whoth- er iho fsather should go ou thj ri 'ht .side the left s; lu. or on tov. sti puts it ou the right aide, but j.iat thou ilrs. Brown pata tho fivnt window with a feather on thu lufi hidj of h.irV and so she change it. Tho next morning Mra. Eei-gUHou culls, un l her feather is on th3 right aide, mid tluu iuother chttugo is mi do. At church the next day Mrs. Smith h a feathara on both side.', and Mrs. Johnson has ono cu top. Then ia-.ro slccploa uigLts and more painful uncertainty, At last, iu utter despair she lukoa tho hat to a milliner au 1 pays ten dollar to have it trimmed. When it couioa uc,m0 8ne pronounces it 'hateful.' and nk-ka it all to pieces, aud broods over. anj worms and frets, and loses hor appetite, and foela life to be a 1 urdon for a week or two lougor, until sud denly aho hits j-iBt tho light thing, and becumos once more serene and bapiiy. and puts the hat on and trot s 1 ' ' w 1 ""k" out to make milhoua of other womeu , , , mi.-cra'ole becauae their hats are not , . .... Ulliueu CJk.lullY 11H.O Hera. a W11J, . ... , woman u a uiossiug; as a laoluor, alio is an inestimable boon; aa au organ izer cf fcpiirg hut3, she ;a 'imply an object of compassion. ALL AI.OJ TfIC LIE Land was recently Hold ia thu city j 0f l Jn,j0u at tho rato oi MM afoot. or over $8,000,000 an note. T t -V t a - ijiucom useu to say mat u n-j uua a son who would part hii hair behind he would maul him to death with a squash. An Oregon paper refers to au edi - tor of a rival sheet aa 'a youiiir ceu- tloman of frugal mental capacity.' I ni8 oaro loot on a warm stove lid aud then steppod up in tho air a few paces, anJ Uas gone yeatm A man of jigh'y-nino a, lUsbf jrd. jf. Y., was going to marry a girl of fiftocn, v,hou hia friends aomed him ia tho rivor and brought about a chaogo of mind. Tho Australians never suo for divorce- When a husband gets discour aged, be takes hi i wifu to tho brow of a cliff to view tho gorgeous suaset, and over she goes. A Diplomatist in Paris, whenever he gives a great dinner, surrounds each gueet with flowers that belong I l it. - 1- . 80 mafly eiepuants camo to bo pl'tutol under their bsate. xou can dig up a njce f03sil clophant almost any whero you choose to excavate. O.ing to a dry gcods war in Den ver City, calicoes were reduced to two centa per yard, and every editor, re porter and minister iu the place no w woara a shirt gaudy iu som t iusfau ces, but still a shirt. When the apeakor of tho Ark tusaa 1U ge.iuon.au from CIay waa out of 'ldr- cuun" tv PickoJ UP au mkst,iu 1 auJ ofl"ort'd to bi t ten dollars that he wasn't. Speaker dodged, An afnetiouate father in Reading, Pa, tho other d.iy, presented his daughters as a we 1 ling prebont with a receipted bill amounting to twenty three dollars, for g in, wall paper aud worn out aof. A Baptist exchange thinka it sounds quite ridiculous to hear 'f-ister, thou wast mild and lovely,' sung at the funeral of 'an old lady known to bavo been a perfect vixen.' Hia head is level Record it. An amateur enaLe-fancier, whoso neighbors complain of hiai f r keep- ing hoi constrictors on tho roof of his houaa, thifeii la him-:elf by paying that u0 Cyn put any.a'irt of tilcj he pleases on li2 roof, aud that he porfurs rep - uica. u ia BaIJ tUl au TmJitttm ,,r0Kchir declared in a recent eernion that 'no womaa who wear(J fai80 Ua;r i8 ft fit per8oa to ait in tLe house ol the Lord.' .... ... I t ..:.i ii ,i ii ..n jjat aa a!i tue WJIlien in his c.-ngre- - gatioa wora j ate instead of false hair, they thoogtit he was going for the women of tho o hor church Courier Journal. Small and steady gains give compc teccy with a tranquil mi ad.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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July 2, 1873, edition 1
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