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BOBBITT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 1 Squaro, ; (ll 4 90 I 4 Mi J ft mi! 1 10 00" $ I o.juajvs, 4 Jvjuaroa, Ool'uin, Ool'iun. 1 Column, Ol IU U4I IHI 14 i I 16 0ol 14 uol 1 IHj)l So OH Oil . JO lP!' If, 4ot tKt INI lAUUll S5 Hi,1' i il PUISL1HHED I1ST THIS INTERESTS OF METHODISM IN NORTH OBOLIlSr.. IS mi i 8n on HI OM 4 O" ta on!' ;:. oo U OH'; 100 Ml All ott 0111 Hll 00 loo on 150 0t 8 Oo VOL. XIX. NO. 33. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1873. WHOLE NO. 981. CHRI AD k3 (Original ?o4nj. For the Advocate. um:s . . ,' '-.'.'v lnH'rited io Mr. Jjlin Thompson, , ' ,'.,... OH'I't,), Y. C. L. pi.i::a on the shores of time, v j jri:ey must be nearly Vr, v ! :titt art watehitiir for the boat , a.:ir tiu'f to the farther chore. i u '.r.drrd yens ago i i -en ler mother (ive thc birth K-t-ie tl.roiic that knee thet tfitii ,.' !va:i4i,,.s te-dy on earth ! . ii-of thy childhood frimids ra J.o-r tliy loneliness. U . . ,1. 'ot all thoa kuew'st iu yoiith K. : :r. -n tM vtat wilderness ovo.j to.T!i'aa!ou long aso ..- r..l, J ii jni tl-.ii Jul ie world of oire: .V. i -i. ny c1 :Mrer., T'.o;e, :.ve one, r-.;'. iy litul.d ,-ywi there." i.- wle,'" toi.o.-r, loviiig one v.:, .v:i: :!.y f:ust dteliiii:.;.' y :trs a . u tl.i komt, and Oiie t-eyotid ; ;: ;.!:, of earth aud earthly fears. a : Kr rest, great tw-r rewar I ! ;. .r. c 'O-i, uTneltisU.teiuier ouef it.: ,n is ione, her jonrnoy o'er, :i. r -n hr; and erov.u are w-'ii ' , :;. -i vn;-i'st new to ivai! I.-'- -.:mnivM Jesus Christ wiil give i' . ': to thy home she-, e, u :.-. r t":o"i in liou'.i O-re'er shall Uve. . 'v . crys tl.y way as one ":y one Y.. . I 'Vj'i erossing Jord:ir:'s ti-ie, L; . 'J y'.. 1-e there lexniti.-itr Thee, V. :..:. :y;, pott tiiy l.;r-;.:o shall glide .' : is; the serr 'W ;rUfj and i:. .t 'r ;;n.! t . ;'jt';-v.v often fall, 'i v to ktivw that Jtfas Christ -.v::".! t'.oe stiii v.il: ho through aii. V . . ;:; the days thou'lt epeiid on earth. .1 it'y fiviirhtod w tth the love, the Fatlier deigns to give i" su-'l: a eek a hoiae ahove ! jE.-oiiK a T. l'oi the Advocate. A R p n ! read before the Mieiby Di-tjict CoiiCereiicc by i he !r!lins: Ehler. Rev. L'uut BiiLTimL.N: la presenting to y . i :t brief li p'rt of the condition of -ully District, allovv me iirst of all to t-XL'ivss ray grautudu to Almighty i j 1 f ur His coniiiiued preservai-ion of tb : lives aul, for tuo tuoat Jjart, the lis.- deb of all the Preachers and their f uxiiiies, who have been appointed to j-ibor in th"s seciicra of the work. In oLUi instaaco ouly, La3 any Pastor U-en obliged to retire from the active iutiea of Lis uliice, viz: Bro. Hartsoll, fr -m the Marion ehcaifc. la one or tTo other casea, brethren ii-t -u lbjrel uader tlisadrautages i'r jtu ;!U(i!ied health, but they have "juo. steadily forward, though often in .idiu and bodily weakness, to do wt-rk of ilie Lord. t'li-vxiaU'j: the majority of the Preachers have been well sastained, i;: i f.-a m-jst of the circuits, there is io.-io doubt, that they will receive the fill ;t'iiuirit appropriated by their r-.-sptctive i3jar.if of Stewards. IS is mutter of cxi:gratalatiou that there is a -ii-adaal i;nprov.ment in the Snan .i'U f.il'nirs of the Diti-ici-. There is a ;row:ug sense of ju.-sii '; and a correa tjouJing increase of christian liberality uuong-it our paople ou this subject. Tau benevolent enterpriaoj of tha Cii'irc1'. h-jre been place! oa each a liais as will likely secure complahe vie:eHg iu the colioc'.ions on their be La'f. Much, howover, will depend on the ac'-ivo and hearty co operation of tn pastors in their respective charges. So far as tho Educational interests of tuo CUnrch are coacernid, it is l-T-jtitr i.j state that a growing desire to educate t: eir children is apparent i'i most places amongst our people. This is true e-pccially in tbo primary "nd frjmmau school department. Cheap rates of boardirjg and tuition ra still in demand, and thoso Institu 'i.'us are most popular which are the !eat cxr'onsivo. We can look scarce ly for any change in this respect, anfil ike iuii.rcvoi conditioa of our people' .""i.itrii!,jt shall render a more expen s'vb system of education, both possible and d'.:sir:ibl. Inourt tud Jlath'.'-rford Colleges toffiiaand the respect and approval of Mr people generally, in the bounds of '"is District and elsewhero; and it is 'wncstly hoped that this District '-''tif. reuco will be able to devise such liiearnres as ehall give to these chor 1 b d Iutititutions of learning a more "iJe-ly extondod popularity and nee f:;!ae.s3. In tbe niatter of Church Ihu'dings, ffc are glad to report a duidi'.d im provement. Within the present year, '' tc. new chuicUoa have been dedica tfcd to toe worship of A'mighfy God. of tlibrje ou Lenoir circuit, at the taad Cf the Yadkin Valley, and called "Harpers Chapel' is a perfect gem, Combining iii iieelf great simplicity of Bt?le and elegance of finish. For the Section of this new church, we are kch iudebted to the christian liber ali7 ;uH z-miI of (J . J.mns C. Hit ter. AnoMif-r ha.; rp';rut!. been dedi Oitfcci ,m tlj(J j).!, C!reuit, called San-lerr-j Chapel; a nea', comfortable, ';amed buil.'iug, of good material and workmanship, and erected mainly through the untiring exertions of Messra. Carpenter, Alexander and Ratleige. On this circuit, there is still another new church, called Con cord, which is rapidly approaching completion, through the active agency of Messrs. Stroup, (lather and sou) and Bro. Hovis. And yet another on the Lincolntou circuit has been built and dedicated to the worship of God. On this circuit arrangements have been made for the oroction of a now Church at Ebecezer, and will no doubt be ready for occupancy this fall. At Shelby Station, the members and friends of our church, have determined to erect a new and handsome Church edilice at a cost of several thousand dollars. A portion of the money has ulready been subscribed; a building committee appointed, composed of such men that their very names are finder God) a guarantee of success; and not many years hence, wo hope to see the members of this Conference assembled in that chnrch, in the flour uihiug town of Shelby. So also, at very interesting poiuts in MorganLon and Happy Home circuit's, we have the promise of the speedy erection of new and handsome churches for the accommodation of their respective worshippers. In the department of "Sunday schools,'' it will bo found on examina tions which are to follow; that many of our brethren of the laity and min istry are wide awake to the value of early piety, and careful training in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. It is to ba regreLtod however, that the great majority of the membership remain stolidly indifferent to this great field of Christian enterprise Our Sunday schools have generally been re organized where they existed berore, and new places occ ipied, where an opening has presented itself. A system of children's m iss-moel-ings, iu coDuectioa with our Quarterly Conferences, has been adopted and pursued, not without profit, as we humbly trust to both parents and children. It will bo well for the Dis trict Conference to give their earnest attention io tlw subjects of Sunday schools, and family religion; the in troduction of oar own Sunday school literature among our people, and a more extended patronage of church papers, and the books which are pub lished at our own Publishing Houses. It might be well for the Conference to inquire into the propriety of dividing some of our pastoral changes, or tha necessity of increasing the number of laborers upon them in their present form. It is very clear that many por tions of our work suffer from the long absences of the pastors, and the abso lute impossibility of their performing the amount of laboi for eech point respectively, which i3 necessary to in. sure the highast degree of spiritual prosperity. The subject of Missions will neces sarily commend itself to year atten tion. There are three Missionary iield3 within the limit3 of Shelby Dis trict, viz: Columbus, Upper Broad River, and South Mountain Missions. These will requite your fostering care; and it is to be hoped, that the day i3 not far distant, when it will be safe to enrol them in the number of your pastoral charges. The action of the General Board of Missions at Nash ville, in May last, will properly come before this body. By it, the amount assessed on the N. C. Conference for the ensuing year, is $15,000. If the number of white members in the Shelby District bo made the basis of apportionment, then our share of the assessment will amount to about $2500.00. It is proper that this Con Terence shall consider hw far the ac tion of the Parent i;;oard ia binding on our members.; and what plana shall be adopted to secure the above named amount in whole or ia part. We come now to the last and most important subject of conaideration.viz: The Bpirituai condition of the District : After a careful and prayerful survey of the whole field, wo t hink that we are justified in saying, that by the blesssing of God, there has been a gradual and manifest improvement in thia respect in mo it of the charges. The preachera are a unit on the sab ject of experimental and practical re ligioa. In every circuit, station and mission, there are laynnn who sym pathize thoroughly with their Pastors in these respects. They are pillars in the Church of Christ, an I constant witnesses of the pow-r of religion ou the hoart and life. In tha absence of anything like a general and wide spread revival of religion, wo rejoice to record an unusual religious inter est at different points in the District. It will be gratifying to thia Confer ence to know that Happy Home and Dallas circuits have shared most largely up to the present time in the quickening influences of the Ibly Spirit. Oar Qaarteily Meetings, and especially our Love Feasts and chil dreu's meeting1, have generally been seasons of much spiritual profit. God be praised! Our Pastors as a whole have gone to work in good earnest, by the judicious administration of Dis cipline, to place the church in good working order. The general feeling of our people 53 sound on the subject of Discipline, and they will sustain their Pastors iu tho gouly exerciso of the same. Neither worldlinoss of spir it, nor any specious and plausible re ligious errors, have destroyed their confidence iu the value of experimen tal religion and tho necessity of a scriptural discii'UE. We e rtainly have much to Lvpe, and liollo to fear, whilst sustained (under God) by a sound and healthy religious seutimsut in the groat body of our people. And finally, may wo not hope that each will be yonr faith and pray-'rftd-n:ss during tho continuance of this Conference, that it may please our blessed Lord to baptize us all afresh, with the Holy Ghost, and fire from Heavtu ? Will you not so live and labor during your s'ay in this com munity, m to promoto a gracious re vival cf religion here, and returning again to your own houses and fields of labor, carry with you a burning zeal for the glory of God and the sal vation of (souls? That oar assembling together here may be the moans of great spiritual bies.-ing and comfort to us all indi vidually and collectively, is the fer vent prayer of your servant for Christ's sake. Amen 1 For the Advocate, j jlJS'rOKICAL. JOTTIXGS- XO. 7. Plutarch eays, 'If you search the world, you u;ay find cities without walls, without letters, without Kings, withost money; but no one ever saw a city without a deity, without a temple, or without some form of worship.' So true it is that human natnro has seldom been so degraded aa to forget the original impresoiens of an unseen spiritual intelligence that created and governs all things. Government ia much easier over thrown in small States than largo ones, while liberty is more eaaiiy maintained in small States than large ones. Iu proportion as States become large and formidable, there is a tendency to use the accumulated power for aggrandize ment, and this leads to oppre3siou. Machiavel says, 'Sometimes the cause of liberty is best promoted by putting all power into oue hand.' This may be true in time of anarchy, but unless the hand that holds the power i3 governed by an aim to re turn to constitutional principles, it is most -sure to lead to despotism. The French have tried the expeii.'nent satisfactorily. The Spartan children were taken at seven years of agr and placed under contral of government agents to re ceive their education. This waa done to prevent the indulgence of parents from makiug their children soft and effeminate. Wo hao very little par tiality for Spartan customs, but really believe that many children would be benefit ed by each treatment at the present time. Not that they should be taught the art of stealing as the Spartan children were, but that they might be brought under restraint, and made to feel the necessity of avoiding idleness and disipation. In the bloody code of Draco, it was asserted that 'the smallest crimes deserved death, and the greatest could no4 be punished more.' It is well to observe, in this connection, that tyrannical laws have never yet produced a good state of society. When you teach men to cringe under the severity of law, you also teach them to despise the authority by which such laws are enforced. It was a remark of Solon, that 'tyranny is a lair field, but it has no outlet.' True enough, for once a tyrant begins his acts of violence, it i.3 necessary for him to ropeat, as every act of violence begets a higher spirit of rebellion. Under Lycurgus, the laws of Spar! a appoalod to force; under Solon the laws of Athens appealed to a sense of honor. The resultthe laws of Sparta made unprincipled soldiers, tha laws of Athena made groat men. The former men ehun and despise, the latter finds many imitators. Tho reason why luxury proves fatal to uncivilized pooplo is they do not know how to enjoy it; and the reason it does not prove fatal to civilized people is, they know how to enjoy it lo is fcaid ot Zjuxis, that no pamted grapes so perfectly that the birds be ing deceived came aud pecksd a them This proves that the artist ws a master of fen rade, and tha; instinct is not imf dlible, but may easily be deceived. Tholes, who was the first of the Grecian philosophers, taught that we should 'not do to others what, if done to as. we should reseni,.' Christ fc jught, Mo to others as you would be done by.' The first only forbids eil doing, the latter cojoma on us to do g iod, and is consequently superior to the first. Anaxagoras wa the first of the Grecian philosophers to teach the doc trine of one eternal, almighty, and all good being. This doctrine was re pugnant io tho minds of the Grecian people, because it would put an end to all their festivals, sacrifices, and orac'os. Thus old customs stood in the way of truth, and prevented its progress. Antidthenes made self-denial the basis of morals, and Aristippna made pleasure the basis of morals; Pyrrho esteemed it a virtue to doubt, while Euclid waa for demonstration. These heathens though differing so widely were friends to each other, and all the fiieuds of Socrates. Every Christian big t would do well to learn from them a lesson of moderation and tol erance. Men's minds are so constituted ob to differ in opinion on all subjects. The philosophers, who were very earnest iu their Bearch after truth could not agree, but foimed different sects. Of these sects Aristotle was the leader of the Peripiitotic, Pyrrho of the bkoptic, Z mo of the Stoic, and Epicurus cf the Epicurean. The dis ciples of each sect considered their own tenets the most likely to produce happiness for mankind, and all hon estly and zaalously labored to advance the piinciple3 they had espoused. Shall we say these men were govern ed by motives of selfishness ? By no means. Many of them eacrificed all their ease aud comfort, for the sake of what they considered to be truth. They all hud a mixture of truth and error, and we owe them all, at least, a little esteem for the many useful suggestions they have Jeffc as an in heritance to be enjoyed by reflecting minds. Philo. For the Advocate. I UK L tlTl ARC RE4DY. Deau Bito. Bodeitt: I have been watching ana studying the wants and wishes of the Laity cf our Church for about twenty years. I am satisfied that they wish their Pastors to be men of one work,' not entangled in worldly business, but 'determined, by God's grace, to give themselves wholly io this ojfice so that, as much as lieth in them, they will apply them selves wholly to tlm one thing, and draw ail their cares and studies this way.' 'Diligent in prayers, and in readit-g of the Holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowl edge of the same, laying aside tho study of the world aud the flesh.' When the preacher goes in this spirit, and lives and labors among the people, they are ready to support him. His fr-mily must live within bis pastoral charge, much of his useful -nes an d of their comfort will depend on it. 'The Laity are ready,' not only to minister of thtir carnal things to tho raessengeiS of Christ while full of la bors and usefulness among them; but they are ready to provide for the worn-out preachers and the widows and orphans of those who have spent thek strength and ended their life in the service ci the Church, and made no provision for their families. The Pastor finds it easier to collect money for the support of the widows and orphans and worn-out preachers than for any other purpose. The Laity joyfully contribute thousands of dollars every year for the food and clothing of these dependent ones. The Laity are ready to furnish a home for the family of the Itinerant preacher v:hen he dies. What a thrill of joy was felt in many hearts a few wetks ago, when it was stated that the friends ot the great and good Dr. lieid had contributed money enough to buy a h::me for his family I Many a heart felt now hope, a few weeks ago, when Dr. Jones and Bro. Long, and other good men of War ren greeted us with the organization of the 'Widows' and Orphans' Benefit Society.' Let r.s encourage them. They can so modify and manage this society a3 to securo the hearty co operation of thousands of our Laity, and thus be always ready to remove a preacher's family from a parsonage to a private home in a few days after the Lord removes the preacher from the toils of earth to the rest above. Lot none of our preachers seek a homo for their families whilo they can preach and be pastors. The Laxly vdl finish the home tchni it is needed. Yours, &3., A. D. Betts. I suppose that many might have at tained to wisdom, had they not thought they had already attained it. -Seneca- To Counterfeit Poison. For acid poisons, give alkalis; for alkaline poi sons, give acida white of fgg is good in most cases; in a case of opium poi soning give strong coffee, and keep moving. For the Advocate. THE CSOSFEL. VERSUS PHIL OSOPHY. To preach the gospel is one thing; to deliver lectures upon Intellectual and Moral Philosophy is quite anoth er. The one belongs principally to tho pulpit; the other, wholly to the school room. To preach the gospel is to explain the meaning of the doctrines of the Bible in such clear and solect terms, and in such a glow of spiritual earnest ness, -io make Christ manifest to the Bight and feelings of the hearer. To preach Moral Philosophy in terms of rhetorical display, is to hide Christ behind the preacher. The preaching of the present day is tinctured too much with the style and rhetoric of tho schools. The decline of spirituality and the increase of Eationalism iu the Churches, are the consequent results of such preaehisg. Tho sensient is being lost ia the phil OBophie; the experimental in the ab stract. The fire upon the al ar is be ing extinguished, and the dim glare of reason is taken for the grand and sat isfactory light of a profound Christian experience. This style is rematkably popular among all the people, but especially so in to ivns and villages whore sin has greatly abounded. The Churches desire to have men who will give them the fine-spun theories of metaphysics, clothed in the best flowers of rhetoric. They cannot entertain and support a man who uncovers their sins and preaches Jesus and the resurrection in words of earnest burning and melt ing pat bos. O, no; that sort of preach ing is too old fashioned for these days of intellectual advancement. Such preaching makes men and women cry; and that you know 'is a sign of weak ness.' Now, no one cau be more in favor of learning than we. As a proof of our eincerity, we have spent forty years in the school rojm, and ejxpect to die in the work of teaching. But while this is bo, we have lived long enough and learned enough of science and the Bible to see the error into which the Church has fallen. Let Rhetoric and Logic have their proper places; but in the name of pure religion do not attempt to substitute them for the great trnths of the Bible. Let us have simplicity and truth in the pul pit; but tho tinsel of ornamental science, as it is generally used to hi4e the lack of thought, in the school room and upon the rostrum. R. L. Abernethy. The Toiijriic of Slander. The tongue of slander is never tired In one way or another it manages to keop it-elf in constnnt iniployruent. Sometimes it drops honey, and some times gall. It is bitter now, and then sweet. It insinuates, or assails di rectly according to the circumstances. It will hide a curse under a smooth word, and administer poison in the phrase of love. Like death, it 'loves a shining mark.' And it is never so voluble and elo quent as when it can blight tho hopes of the noble, soil the reputation of the pure, and break down the character of the bravo and strong. And much of this vile work id done in one way and another in society. Perhaps men and women often slan der without meaning to, though we think this is rarely done; for it is a fact that wicked work forces itself painfully always on our consciousness, whereas the holier and diviner our work, the more it is done in beautiful and peaceful unconsciousness. So it is written : 'The wicked flee when no man pursuoth; bat the righteous are bold as a lion.' Bo this as it may, it is clone to the hurt and agony of many a soul. It is done by a look sometimes, by the curl of the lip, by the wink of an eye, by an insinuation, a phrase of suspicion, by the dexterous and mal icious handling cf a rumor ia a thou sand ways are men and women stung by the poisoned arrow shot from the devil's tongue of slander. What pleasure man or woman can find in snch work we have never been able to see. And yet there is pleasure of some sort in it to the multitude, or they would not betake themselves to it. Some passion of soul or body must be gratified by it. But no soul in high estae can take delight in it. It irdicatea lapse, tendency toward chaos, utter depravity. It proves that bomewhere iu the a ul there i weakness, waste, unnaturc. Ednca tion and refinement are n3 proof against it. It often holds most cruel ly where these have attained their best results. These often only polish slanderous tongue, increase its tact, and give it suppleness and strategy to do its dralh work. The Church man. Reading makes a full man; conversa tion a ready man; thought.a deep man and writing an exact man. Bacon. f BY A REGULAR COHTB1BUTOR. 'A man should have something to say before he attempts to speak in public' A fact which is very obvious. Why do yon mention it ?' 'Because it is necessary. Many a presumptuous speaker with a bland smile rises and says, 'I have nothing particular to say on this subject,' and then proceeds to prove bis statement true. He aims nt nothing and hits it I Better maintain the eloquence of silence and listen to those who are able to instruct.' 'You speak somewhat earnestly.' 'Yes, indeed, and so will all who have suffered from those speakers who try to a'one for dulness by length,and who act as though an audience had no rignts which they were bound to ro. spect.' That reminds me, we had one such at our National Convention last May a man nearly fifty years of age, fat and pompous, yet as quick on his feet as a flash of lightning. 'Mr. President,' he would cry, and then pause to ob serve the effect. That dreadful voice, heard so often and at such length, would carry dismay to the hearers like the sound of a fire-bell at the dead of night. 'Mr. President,' he would say, with the utinosi emphasis and deliber ation, 'I regret that time forbids ex tended remarks on a question like this which, sir is sir a question of vital importance I repeat it of the most vital importance. It behooves us to proceed with the greatest deliberation. Pardon mo then if I venture again to address you and to trespass on the very valuable time of the convention so far as to indulge ' 'Stop ? You are not going to give his Bpoech in full ?' Oh ! no; only a fragment of the sol emn introduction. The convention had to pass, in eheer desperation, a resolution that speakers should be lim ited to five minutes each. Of courso Mr. Oratund opposed it, but it went through triumphantly.' Perhaps the 'five minutes rule,' as it is called, is the less of t wo evils. It save, the convention from being borne away on a mighty freshet of small talkf yet it is an evil for all that. In delib erative bodies, some should keep quiet and others speak at length, until they express thoughts which are of value.' True, indeed; but who ehall decide between pure gold and glittering brats ?' There is a difficulty hre, and he is a wiso man who can avoid it. It is surprising what a conwn'ion mania has seized the land. Time, money, and labor are wasted on one half of the conventions whic h aro held. The energy some men spend upon them would be more wisely spent in quiet work at home.' 'That is one of your peculiar notions which those who love to travel and to harangue will never endorse. But let us return to the subject, which is not the merit of conventions, but public speaking. Your views on that, Sir Oracle 1 'Certainly you would not like to sit all night and hear me talk oa a sub ject which has engrossed the thoughts and pens of the ablest of men. Only a few words at present on the subject of preparation. When a public speak er rises to speak, it is presumed that he has made two kinds of preparation a general and a special, and the ef fectiveness of his speech will often de pend more on tha former than the latter kind of preparation ' 'Explain your meaning.' I will by an anecdote. Sir Joshua Reynolds once execute! a small, paint ing merely a sketch anJ offered it for sale at fifty guineas. 'So much as that, Sir Joshua 1 Why it was the work of only a few hours.' 'Not sc,' was his reply, 'it cost mo forty years of hard labor.' He was right. Every 6troke of the pencil was done with the skill which forty years imparted. Be cause the general preparation was so thorough, therefore tha special work was slight. As in painting, so ia the kindred art of oratory.' That explains what to many is a puzz'e how some men make what Beeni carefully prepared speeches wi h out having had any time for prepara tion.' 'Exactly so. The clearness of state ment, the logical arrangement, the choice w -n's, the unppy illus'ratiouH txcite wonder, and aeeui to the unini tiated to be almost, the fruit of inspi ration. Webster's masterly reply to Hayne. and Erakioe's ablest law argu m jnt, which it took seven hours to de liver, were both the work of a few hur. ried hours, yet show the labor of years. They are the triumphs of hord study as well as of genius. But in or atoiy, as in war, results, not proces ses, are for the public eye. Many professional speakers fail to take enlarged views of what their call ing demands. If Btadenta, they con SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. fine their studies within too limited a circle. The vounor lawver ennnda hi - " i best hours on Blackstone, the yonng minister on the particular theological work which happens to be the stan dard in his generation. Both give their limo and strength to the press ing claims of the hour. Hence their speaking is professional, and outside of their own department they arc weak as other men.' Yes, but remember life is short.and one cannot be a master in all depart ments of knowledge.' 'Very true, but however defective the practice, let the theory be a noble and an exalted one. A public speaker should lay nndtr tiibute all bnowl edge. Lot hiui, hkn tho Roman gen eral, t ry to gather spoils aud trophicei from ail nations yo-i, and from every age, to deck the triumphs of his cause. Nothing which in all his researches he gathero should he despise. What seems useloss to day may prove of greatest value to moxrow. What soems a dull pebble may flash when held up to tha light with the brillian cy of the diamond. More than one public speakor I havo hear d who has done what the old alchemists failed to do taken materials which seemed base and insignificant, aud by genius and skill transmuted them into gold' N. Y. Methodist. (From the St Louis Advocate. ) OUR ttlSSIOXtlCY ORGANIZE TION. BY EISIIOl' MAltVlS. In my article of last week there ap pears this Bontencj; 'Oar missionary organization ought to be continued with a view to quickening tho faitL and the sensibili ies of the Church.' Occurring as it does in the midst of an argument dotugned to show that our present organization is not calcu lated to produce pucu an effect, it sounds a littlo odd. If the reader will read the sentence over, substituting the word contrived for continued. presume he will hit upon the reading of my nianusi-ript. At any rate, he wid get what ought to have been the reading. If I know my own heart, I havo but one ambition for my Church, and that is that it may accomplish tho true end of tech siastical organization. I take it that that end is the combination and wielding of individual activities for the conquest of the world in the name of Christ. Christian men, acting as separate individuals, without concert, without unity oi effor , might all put forth the full motiHuro of their personal force and thero would be but a small aggregate result. Eich maa could work only iu his own neighborhood, and each would have tho prestige only of hid individual cliai ac er. But let a largo number of (Jhris in individuals be united iu a well considered organi zation, and wielde 1 by sagacious counsels then yo a shall tee not only the aggregate fruit, of individual labor, but in additiou to that tho results which flow from combination the ex pression of related individual forcos upon a given object. Tho power of organization id illus tratcd in the fact that one thousand men, organized ami acting in concert under a capable commander, aro fully able to control a community of two or three millions, unorganized and with out a head. Six or eight robber.", or ganized and acting m intelligent Oon cert, each understanding his part and relying upon the others, can with im punity board a train -.fa hundie 1 pas sengers, all strangers to eah other, a loose aggregation of individuals, hav ing no plan, no one able to see what he can do, nor having any assurance that if he attempts resistance ho will be supported by tho rest. So the mob, no matter how great, is ever at the mercy of the organized force, no matter how sm ilL An army of a hnn dred thousand, routed, disorganizid.a mere pell moll rabble, is helpless be fore one regimont tha'. remains iotact. Yet in all these cases there would be as good an average of individual prowess and courage amongst those that were unorganiz d as amongst the others. So all the great products of human labor come of organization. M -re scattered individual activity build no Dalaces nor pyraaddf. Commerce were not possible without oigauiza tion. Indeed, civihz ttion i'Silt wjre otherwise impossible. The Church i-f the organization o tho people of God with a view to ttil iza all the f rces cf life and society for the salvation of mankind. Its wjrk is every where at home and abroad, When all the resources c! individual Christians are so directed as to secure the highest measure of efficiency, the ends of organization are met. When every individual man doe9 the mot ho can for the salvation of his neigh bors, when every particular Church does all it can for tue salvation of the people of the community in which it exists, and the whole Church does all AdTKrtlsftnentt will be changed one ever thre Booths without additional charge. For eYery other Change there will be an extra charge of twenty era t n Ineh. Twenty fle per rent. 1. .Med Io the abie rates .tr ntx-eUI nottwn In 1,nr rolnmn. it cau for the Balva'iori of the worl , then the ends of organization will be reached. . But the form of the orij.inizUiou must be a proier and f acilo vehiclo of individual and aggregate RcUvitiVn. Otherwise it iimv )0 n obatn ctioti rather thuu a chauu.d and orgm ,f forco. St. Louis, July i9, is7.. IIIRAItI POtVERS. A genius that wan Lardly Vnvlltfcl iuto poetry by wrouo' ,iw,i from the world when Hiram Powera died the other day. Fow pcnuiless youths have received tarlior or heart ior in courHgomeut. F,rst noticed as a watcl iuaker's lad in Cuitviinti. ho became, among olhor things, a repair er of wax works iu tho sauio city, unit theu a maker of busts among tho coiigrcsmeii at Wabiugt ju, wlnro he -ot a goo 1 deal of woik an 1 iu, do somomoucy. With the savins of this .short but Bticcossful career in portraiture, und with noma aid frmii Mr. Nicholas Longworlu, hi earliest pal ron, ho went to Italy. Mr. Pow ers diJ not use tho assislaai (1f i,;. patron to put hiinsjlf at a good ochool, but quickly enurged as an indepen dent producer in the lands of classic art, where Mr. Listor aud Mr. Haw thoruo show him intent to loach tho Greeks, rather thin to learu from them. Virtually, Powers never lived iu E irope. He is not known lo have submitted himself to the estimator of Continental culture, or competod in Continental salon, or effacod nataral solfoa'ecm before Continental pro fessors. Ha simply livod in that part of America which falls as a current upon the great travel rou'o in South em Europe. Is was euiior in 1838 than it is now lobo a I'ukoy prodigy; but tho dcou of IVrera with a statu., ofE;o showed real proniluo, and Thorwaldscu'a generous approval was uot misplaced. The next achieve ment, 'The Gret.k Slave do;gued to order for Captain Graut, of tho Brit ish army, lecamo a curiosity of pop ular and mercantile snccada. The original is at iJiby Ca;.lIo, Luvi-jr bo.-n bouyht by tho Djke of Clovo land; k copy was m-tt mado, l,yUe Dako's permission, for Mr. Corcoran of Washington, and has been trana- iired with his gallery to tho Anion- can nation; a third fac smilo was cut for Mr. A. T. Stewart, n fourth for the Earl of Dudley, a fifth for JVimo Domidoff anl a sixth for E. Stroaghtou, of this city. Tho 'Slave' was beyond doubt an historical achiovemen'. In literaluro it wan tak on up by Mrs. Browning, who was ,'ood-natnred enough to go ;t,, good deal of agony on thi ,ubjl)Ct; ju fomniorc, if wo nviko a elan Ur I of he last sale of it (that with tho Ddin. doff Collection, at .WOOd frma Mr. Powers enriched tho world with his single conotiptioa by about fi't G00. His production snbwjqnout to iuia luasier-piecu nan never lacked popular Hucee-is. whether ia idoid subjects or portraits. In tho tourist circle in Florence he In) long had tho advantageous jHixitjon cf tho lion In attcmptiug the beautiful, Mr. Powl ers reached a repose which boars at nrsi signt a roseniuianco to style; but what really distinguishes sneh of subjects is their platitude of eurfacv imperfect vitilization, and want of charm. With his doath the moment comes when his fame must pass from rowaras io worK a travull f,jr very existence. In the mechanics of his art he was suproma. Admirably ad apted to take the head of a crent marble establishment, he trainod !; carvers to perfection; while ho aImot too tuem ou tnoir reel with the .spec tacle of labor-saving American inven tions continually aoplio I to Euro pean laborioiistiesi negligent work left his at ilioi. We are n it nr. priwd whether hu discover iu mo deling with Foit plaster and Ids in genious foruij or t oolri go to tho ben efit of art at largo. Hi invuntivenoi-B and mechanical facdlr.y wore very grrai, turn r in lut insei v js a lair claim i orenown. His dea h, on the 27th ulti mo, was at the ae of nearly nixiv. eight; his birth, whic i ojcureil near SYoodv.ock, in ormont. h:ivi.i' bji-n ou July 2,')t,u 160. Xatujii. Moiul Couii'iic Religion gives a man courage, i do uof. umn the courage that comes of tough nviHclc s an l rigid narvos of a stomach that never surrenders. That also in a good thing, tue naruiuoo i or thu U-ish; Jet me do it no injustice. But I moan the higher moral courage that can look dtnger a id doath in tho faco un ved tin I andsuiiyod; Ihrj o image tha' can encounter the loss of owe, of wedth, of fiiou ls, of your oa ua-m; the courage that can fae-e a world ttili of h.iw.ing and tcora ay, cf loathing and of ha'e; cm fee a'i thn with a suide, hii'l, ruaiiag n all.cta btiil t-iilon. conscious ot the rosalt, yet fearless htul. Id not moun tho cour a'O that hates, thit saiites, that kills, but i.bo calm courago that loves and heuls aud blesses s ich as nun to and hate and kdl; the courago thai dares rtsi3t eil, popul w, powerful, anoint ed evil, yet doe.s h with good, and knows that it shall thereby overcame. That is not a c mrrioa quality. I think it never cornea without, r ugion. It belongs to a'l forms of religiojn ex cellence; it is not, ppmuoady H -breiV or Christian, but generally hu nai and religion? undor all forms.