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The Christian Advocate REV. J. H. UOHMTT, Editor. BALEIGH, AUGUST20, 1873. BcTxiroRji rriLic won SHU. Oar book of discipline gives specific directions in regard to public worship, aud there should be good reasons for auy deviation therefrom in our j.ublic exercises. The custom eeems to be gaining favor with some to pray im mediately afier preaching, and lefore the closing hymn. Methodists are supposed to kneel in prayer, and to stand in singing. The kueeliu" pos ture is more conveniently reached by those who stand, and rising to sing is ovary way appropriate and useful af ter the sermon. At any rate, there OJght to bo a very good reason for departing from the authorized order. In the Presbyterian and liaptists Churches, the congregations stand in prayer and sit in singing. The prayer immediately after the etrmon with them is well and proper. But it dees not harmoniz9 with our forms of wor ship. True, we attach but little im portance to mere forms, but we insist upon uniformity. This prevents eon fusion, and thoso attending a Metho dist Church know what to do. Oa devotional or aesthetical ground, the order Jaid down in the D.'seiplir.o is generally preferable to any of tb- in novations or variations wi'h which we have met. In the reception of members, it is too often the case, that our preset ibed farm is sometimes ignored. The preacher improvises something fur the occasion, or he simply takes the ap plicant by the hand, announces the name, aud the thing is done. This is a most objectionai, as it is an unim pressive way of consummating a most solemn and important covenant trans action. The form prescribed by the Discipline is simple, and sufficiently brief, and should be used. The mtnre and oblig tion of church membtrship are too sacred to be carelessly pre sented, and the method of the intro duction should never be lightly passed over. It is not at all surprising that so many members, thus negligently and informally received, regard the matter as of very 6light cbligatku. Keeping the rules ia pub'is worship and in the ordinances ia much wiser than these attempts to mend fhem. They are marred rather than mended by all such efforts at improvement.aad the results are any thing but edifying Vj the church. If our polity were congregatioual, wo can sec how these matters might be left to the pastor ami congregation. But in a church so essentially connectionai as ours, and with a constantly changing pas torate, it is comely and expedient to follow the order lad down in the Dis cipline. HES1 FOB THE CHKISTEAN Often has the believer's heart been made glad by t he ewe-et assurance of God: "I will give you rest." If the Bible contained no other promise than this, and fuiniihed no other hope, how infinitely precion3 above all other books would it stiil be to tha Chris iian. The Saviour's invitation ia con ntction with this assurance mxkes it the most tlleeting appeal, the tender est exhortation, and the most eonso Jing ana heart-cheering promise on record. If nothing more could be said, these erds are in themselves, sufficient to establish the inspiration of the Bible and the Divinity of our Saviour. None bat a God of infinite goodness and mercy could have given utterance to such a tender sentiment, or proffered such a consoling gift. iNotmng out ii-uniie tove coiuu so sympathize with fallen, degraded and rebellious creatures r.s to have per ceived and felt their sorrows, their griefs and their wants, and to have offered himaelf to be the relief and remedy. The message He sent to John as a proof of His messiahship was; "The poor have the Gospel preached to them.'' The poor are those who labor and strive ineffectually against their present besetting eins, and are ladened with the burden of remorse for their past transgressions. To Lave rest from these struggles, to be relieved from these disquietudes is good news indeed. We are invited to come to Him to take His yoke upon us, and to learn cf H:ra; for He is meek and lowly in heart. What a privilege! To bear the yoke, the same yoke, with Christ ; to share in anything that is His to be made partakers with Him in Hia toils and His labors aud His experiences to leari ct Him, to re ceive inatruction directly fruia His lips to have Him continually before us and with ua as a Teacher and a model--to have His views and His ieelings and His emotions, and there by to grow into His image and become like Him like the Son of God I And as if this were not enough, or rather as if our grosa and obtuse no tions could not apprehend the full measure of delight and glory which are embraced in these results, (and they cannot) He tells us that we shall iind rest unto our souls. We can un derstand something of what is meant I .by rest unto our souls. This 13 what we are all aiming at. Every pursuit, every employment, every exertion of life is prompted by the desire for rest tinto the soul. Ail the activities, all the toils, all the enterprises and all the striving and struggles of man's existance is but the expression of the infinite longing of his soul for rest. Christ offers us this great recompense of reward. He ha3 purchased the right to be stow it, and it can be given only by him. To lh"Be who learn of him who bocomo like him, of a meek and lowly heart, ho gives the great beri tage reat to their souls. Is not His yoke easy, therefore, and his burden light ? If the great God of Heaven and earth, il the sinless aud all per fect Sa?iour condescends to become meek and lowly in heart, in order that there might be provided rest for our souls, is it laying upon ua a galling yoke, imposing upon us a heavy bur den or making of uh an unreasonable request, to ask ol us also to be meek and lowly in order to obtain the great blessings of rest in our souls for our selves ? THE SIX OF SE1I3M. Not long since a clergyman, or "priest" of the Church of England, found in his parish churchyard a tombstone on which was the inscrip tion: Iu memory of , a happy laborer in the Wesleyan Methodist Church " The priest was struck with amazement at the length to which im pudent heresy had gone, and wro'.e to the Bishop of his diocese asking if the tombstone should not be taken up and cast oat of the "sacred acre" set apart for the burial of members of the church. The Bishop replies, "Don't take up the stone, but preach on the sin of schism. Do a3 Paul did when he saw Athens an altar 'to the unknown God." That the Wesleyan connection should be called a church filled the little clergyman's soul (or what may be calleJ his soul) with rage and the Bishop's with pater nal grief. Their regard for orthodoxy is as great aul pharisaical as that of Mr. Huckaback when he said to Mr. Tittlebat Titmouse, who was about to enter a church: 'Oh, no, 'tis only a meetin' house, Tit 1 Curse Dissen ters, how I hate 'em 1 No I won't pray in a meetin'-honso, let ma be bad as I may. Give me a regular like, respectable church, with a proper steeple, and parson, aud prayers and all that." These Huokaback clergymen and Bishops, when they talk about the sin of schism, with reference to the evangelical churches of the present day, and recognize their places of worbhip as nothing more than "meet ing houses," exhibit about as much religion as the blasphemous Huck aback himself did in his extreme loy alty to his church. The N. Y. Jlcthodid thinks it very strange that, in tho present condition of the English Church, her bishops should give attention to the ' heresy" of the other christian churches. It says: One asks if the English bishops are not wholly bereft of their senses. Shattered by internal dissensions, the Establishment is breaking up; and yet at tho very time when it neads all the help that can be rallied, the Bish op of Lincoln repels the peoplo who have been its best friends. He has not yet learned that the Wesleyan body is a church, and that Methodists are his equals. What time is this, when Konianisrn is spreading through the State Churcb, when the confessional is justified, when secular men, vho care nothing for religion, despair of tho Establish meat, to be prating of npoBtolical succession, and to bo putting en airs of superiorly over the most earnest Christiana of England 'e Yet the Bishop of Lincoln is only one of a clasB of men who are shut up in a narrow theological formula, and who refuse to see beyond it. The day is gone when assumption will pass for proof. Chinese Christianity, which asserts that one little enclosure is the whol8 of Christ's kingdom, and that all who are outside of it are barba rians, has had its day. Either it or the Establishment which upholds it must surrender. We are pained to hear of the deep affliction of Rev. D. It. Bruton, in charge of Concord Station. He has recently lost one of his children, an other ia quite sick, and Sister Bruton has been very ill, but is now Blowly improving. We invoke for him, as we know he will have, the prayors cf his brethren of the Conference and the church. Hon. John Kerr, of Caswell co., was elected Moderator of the Baptist As sociation, held at Bed Bank in For syth county, week before last. A large number of ministers, lay delegates and visitors were present. On Sun day, the attendance was estimated at 2000. We learn from the Baltimore 2Ielh- odisL of the death of Rev. W G. Gross of the Baltimore Conference. He died suddenly at Leasbarg, Va., of heart disease. He was a good man; an able and successful minister, "a beloved pastor, an ardent friend and a universal favorite." WTe see from the Baltimore Metho dist that the Wesley Grove camp- meeting, held year Baltimore, was an interesting one, and productive of cheering results. Bishop Marvin was present, and preached several times with great power. So also, Rev. Dr. Jno. E Edwards, of Richmond. From the Monroe Enquirer, we learn that services were continued in the Methodist Church at that place, sev eral days after the close of the Dis trict Conference, with good results. We have received an article from J. II. Mills, Esq , on "Compulsory Edu cation," which will appear next week. DECLINE OF METHODISM Scrutator, Jr., iu an article contain ed in the Baltimore Methodid of last week, takes up this subject which hap for some time past been engaging the Methodist praw i?f the North. He mentious the various reasons given for the r ecming decline of Methodism in New York and has smo sensible and earnest remark upon the subject. Ha says: I well remember tho time when tho sole business of a Methodist preacher, in citv, town, and country, was to preach Christ and Him crucified, visit and pray with the people, form class es, soil good boksand digeinliues.and act tho part of the good S imaritan generally. Times have changed ay I will ven ture to say, Methodist preachers have changed in the lato years. To ray plain mind, a very plain i"ea son answers for all ileciv already known and for u.11 yet to bo deplored and that ia, the 7-m of religion. Vital piety is supplanted by political preferment, and rhetorical cant. An analysis of the average Methodis ser mon, in the--average Methodist pr.lpit in New York or Brooklyn, will give you, not infrequently, ninety nine per cent, of learned twaddle about Hubert Spencer, Huxley, Tyndall & Co., being the sermon (so-called) ; and one per cent, of gospel truth,- being the tex:-. Now, scientific talk is all very well; it has a lino sound, a rattling whip cracker sort of combination; it generally attracts especially tbat class of young man who huvo been to "Biugon on the Rhine" and who wear goggles, aud part their hair in the middle; it also natters the congrega tion generally which is supposed to be fully up wi h the age iu all these matters, whi'e it is a perfect god or devil send to a latfy preaclu-r, who fiuds it easier to gather acrapa of small talk on such subjects, than to prepare with labor and devotion, "rightly to divide the word of truth." But, you will readily perceive that all this is jingle, jingio, jiug e, an interminable empty "soun iing bruai and a tinkling cymbal." Nobody is hurt. No conscience is pricked to the auick. No groans are heard ascend ing from beneath, from "th3 slain of the Lord' No resounding ehcuts of 'Now will I tell to siuueiii round What a dear .Saviour I have found." No ' hallelujahs to the Lamb.'' All this is obsolete, vulgar, outgrown ! The average preacher draws the "gospel bow" at long rango, hi3 tar get, or "objective poinV being some unconscious philosopher three thous and miles away. No wonde.- Meth odism is declining troin Methodists. Well ia doed, is it, that other denom inations have donned the old fashion ed Methodist armor, and thus pun oplied, are marching in buttle array to victory. Methodism never in itself declines,"and cauuoi decay for it ia truth on fire; but it tan bo taken from Methodists and given to others more worthy. And who shall forbid? much less find fault with tho act of tho Holy G llOai,. IHstiiiguishe'l Divine, Natives of North Carolina. Rev. Dr. Pritchard, writing for tho Biblical Recorder, mentions the fol lowing distinguished Divines who were born iu North Carolina, but who have adorned other States with their learning and usefulness: "Bishop Polk, of Tennessee, was bem in Raleigh, and iu the main buildiDg of the Baptist Female Seaii nary. The present Bishop of Goor gia, Joho Boekwiih, was also born iu this city. Bishop Davis, of South Carolina, a man of sainted piety, was a North Carolinian, so was Bishop Hawks cf Missouri, Bishop Green, of Miss., Bishop Freeman, of Arkansas, and a greater man by odds than either of them. Dr. Francis L Hawks, who died oly a few years finee in New York, wa born ia Jforth Carolina, practiced law for some years and en tered the ministry in this State. Bishop Paine of Alabama, on honored name amoug Methodists, was born ia Persoa county. Dr. Wads worth, a very distinguished Methodist preacher of Alabama, .vas born in Craven, and Dr. J. E. Edwards, a gentleman of fine reputation in the Virginia Conference was bom in Guilford county. Of the distinguished Baptists who have lived ' abroad ' the Dr. says: "During the past hundred years no State in this Union has produced, in our Baptist Zion, more illustrious names than those cf M urder, Kerr, Brantley, Manly, Minis, Howell u;l Poindexter." Rov. J. R. GrifS h, tho genial gen tloman aud active and efficient preaches? ia e'aargo of Granville cir cuit, favored us with a cali laat weelf. He was in the city in answer to a summons by telegraph to the bed side of a young relative stricken by meningitis. He informs us that his charge is in a fine spiritual condition. The revival at Salem c'mrch was a great success. A refreshing reival ia also in pro gress at Perry's Chapel. He has been assistod at the latter place by Rov. 13. B. Hester, Hud Itev. J no. W. York, two iiiilaenti.il ljcal preachers residing iu that circuit. Jonesville High School As will be seen from au advertisement in this issue, Rev. T. S. Wuittington has taken charge of the Jonesville High School. We wish him and his school great prosperity. Jonesville is an in teiligeut, refined and hoalthy com munity, and parents wiil do well to send iheir children to Bro. Whitting ton. The Nkw Church at Monroe. The Monroe inquirer, says: Mr. J. T. Hart, contractor to build the Methodist Church in this place, has arrived here and commenced work on the building. We understand that the contract stipulates that the Church is to be finished by the first of Janua ry, 1874- It is to be -iOxGO feet which will make it twice the siza of tne old churcb. It will be situated on th corner of the street west of Mr. T. D Winche3ter's, which is a beautiful lo cation for a Church. IIOnSE-IXACIN. This amusement or rather, mode of gambling, which was many years ago extremely popular in the South, but declined in favor latterly, is being re vivod again at the expense of good morals and religion. The "turf" is receiving groat and growing attention in the North, aud men of the highest political aad social position lend it the influence of their favor and encour agement. The N. Y. Methodid has the following sensible remarks concerning it: The Times is aa ailvocato of racing as a gentlemanly pastime, and is doing is best to give it reputable standing in the United States. It urges gen tlemen who own high bred horsos to "come forward and take an active part" in the sport, and promises that if they so do, "the turf will be at once eman cipated from the influences which threaten to destroy its usefulness." We hope that the gentlemen appealed to will do no such thing. I conscience will not, let their self-respact keep them clear of horse-raoing. Why should a gentleman put himself on a level with vulgar horse-jockeys and villianous gamblers ? Wfiy should he be hand and glove with the rt eking crowd that pours out from all the tav erns, to lend their aid and countenance to the improvement of the breed of horses? Many ol them noed improve in a state prison; what has a gentle man to do with such riffraff ? The effort of the Times , to raise horse racing to the level of decency will, we predict, totally fail. TRINITY COLLEGE. Col. W. L. Saunders.the gallant sol dier and able co-editor and proprietor of the Wilmington Jourpol, ia copying a portion of R9V. B. B. Culbreth's let ter contained in a rocent number of the Advocate, takes occasion to pay the following handsome tribute to Trinity College. He says: "Trinity Colege has not only done njnch fo? eduoation in North Carolina, but it promises to do very much more; certainly it will do very much more if it shall continue under the supervis ion of its present able and efficient Faculty. It wag never our fortune to bo at Trinity, either as a student or as a visitor even, but it may not be out of place, possibly, to say that we cherish for tha ins itution a regard scarcely infeiior to that entertained by those who spent their student days in its halls -a regard growing out of an at tachment for a company composod mainly of its preceptors and its etu dents of that day, that belonged to the regiment we had the honor to com mand when we all "wore the gray." 0 Trinity did its whole duty, whether in camp or in field, in marching or in fightiug, under the banner of Lee. We feel surs that it will not falter now in the path oi duty that lies before it "in these dull piping times of peace." Ever ready to say a kind word for Trini-y, and to do all in o"ur power to advance its interests ;nterests still watched over by some A our old com rades in arms we pub'ish, and with out solicitation, the followiug exfract taken from a letter iu the last Chris ban Advocate-" (here follows tho ex tract. ) Inasmuch as Mo srs. Engelhard and Saunders do not bestow compli ments promiscuously, but are discrim mating in the judgments which they are so well qualified to pass, tho above tribute ia one which Dr. Craven, the Faculty and the friends of the college ought to appreciate an l be proud of. An Affecting Incident. In giving aa account of the Pitman Grove camp meeting, held near Glass boro', N. J., the Newark Journal says: 'On Sunday morning R-av. Dr. Poisal, of Baltimore, of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, preached to a large congregation. After the ser vices, Presiding E'.der Charles Whit taker took Dr. Poisal by the hand, and in behalf of the members of the church present gave him a welcome, hoping chat as the causes of the sep aration no longer existed there would soon be a re nnion of those whose differeaces were but shadows. This unexpected and fraternal greeting so affected tho Doctor that his emotion for a time prevented a xeply. Bat recovering himself, he replied ii strains of fervor that moved aad sway ed the listening thousands around him, who responded to his remarks in a manner that proved their apprecia? tion of him '' nrr-. : The Macon (Ga.) District Confer ence passed resolutions heartily en dorsing the Smthern Christian Advo cate under the able conduct of Rev. Dr. F.M Kennedy. The committee, in making its report, gives attendee to the following truths which are ap plicable to all religious papers and which we hope all friends of religion will take to heart. It says: It is difficult to account for its ab sence from any Methodist home, or to perceive how any Christian of our communion, who feels an intrest in Jihe well being of the Church, who has sons and daughters whom he wishes to be "trained up in the way they should go," or a soul which he desires to be saved in the world of blessed ness and glory, can do without this important compendium of religions intelligence, this valuable auxiliary in the religious education of bis children, this bilcnt, bat effective preacher of righteuousness, and sacred repository of the last words of the sainted dead. Oh ! what are two dollars per annum, waea compared with the benefits resulting from a single insue of such a periodical." Sae the cross X mark on your pa per. It is to remind you that your subscription has expired, and that you should renew at once. uisiioi Tirtvi. The Baltimore Methodid says "there are but few liviug proachers who ex ercisd a more complete and yet gen tle control over tho whole mn, than Bishop Marvia. Tuo hearer is not only convinced but effected. " It an alyses the Becret f his power nd the result is as follows: "Frst, the carefulness and precis ion with which ho defined the torm of hia text, and shows its relation to the context and the self-evident character of his postulates as deduced there from. Second, the forcible illustrations and convincing logic with which Le illu mines his subject and enforces convic tion, not only pointing out to his au dience the be anty, usefulness and ob ligations of Christianity, but its phil osophy as well. Third, the self abnega'iou with which ho proclaims his message, seem ingly no. thinking of himself o caring for himself, but only concerned t" f ave sinners and honor God. Fourth, his deop piety and h gh state of Christian experience, which, in tones that ounot be misunder stood, s.iys to tho hoarer, "I preach what I enjoy." Aud Fifth, (aad per consequence, ) the Divine unction which attends hie preachiug. The Spirit of God ia in it, and renders it q iick and powerful c mvincing, multiug, and comforting " The following excellent aujumeulum ad hominan we find in the N. Y. Inde pendent : The litpllst WeeUy endorses a re mark made by a Baptist minister of Bos'on that 'the moment sprinkling, instead of immersion, in admitted, or preached that moment rational ism is admitted.' Well, grant, for the sake of tho argument, that there is a positive precept for im mersion and none for sprinkling and grant also the major premise of the Weekly, that no observance is val id which rests upon au interence, ra ther t ban a positive precepf. Having grant od so much, will tho Weekly ploase to quote for our information the positive precept by which close c iiamunion is enjoined ? Is that or is it not based nrou an inference? If it i, it. would appoar that, while the Piodob iptist may be a 'rationalist" be fore his baptism, the close couiinu ui mist b'.conv'S oue immediately after. VITAL: RELIUIOX. Bao. Bohmtt: It seems to mo that the ca ic tho chief cause of rapidly increasing, iufideli'.y skepticism, sui cidal and homicidal m inia of the ag iu which we live.is attributable to thu want of vital religion iu tho Caurc i. Is the Church as strict in its Discipline jealous in its work active in its fat'h it waw before God laid the h m l o' war uid its con comitant evil3 upon us ? ought not our poverty instead of estranging us from God draw us nearor to Him and cause us to be more humble, seeing He recognizes us as sons, and not bas tards and therefore chasteneth us for our good and not for His pleasure. Is not the Church backsliding from what our fathers considered our strong forte r Family worship aad that earn est cl' set negotiation with God which tho Saviour so plainly urges in that greatest of all sermons the sermon ou the Mount? Is the "worship of congregation" as earnest and full of faith as it was wont to and ought to bo ? Are vrn not as a people striving ten fold moib for the "meat that per isbeth" than wo are f r tho things of God? Whilst our Churches may bo in creasing iu meinbirsiiip, in number and beauty of edifices, are wo in the qarue ratio increasing in 2.eal accord ing to knowledge ? Let the Church wake up to its duties,- or we may, ore long, as a people be as inti b-1 as Franco, with God's heavy power upon us, and our civil and religious liberties destroyed with Ichabod inscribed upon our banners. Pilgrim. LICiUTNIXM-ROOS? ANI I'rtAT EICS. Bro. Bobbitt: Nearly half tho houses iu the thriving little town of Durham are protected by lightning- rods. They should all be protected by private aad family prayer. One is the scientific method of pro pitiating the skies, the other the evangelic. The scientific is reasonable to Mr. Tyndall and both are reasona ble to you and mo. Between the two, I would feel safer in a house without a lightning-rod, than in one wiihout prayer. The sentiment ascribed to Crom well, "Trust in God and keep your powder dry' is much the sentiment of St. James, who insists that Faith and works must go together. A. D. Btxis. THE BEST CORN. The most promising corn crop I eaw, in a circuitous ride of 300 miles, was on tbe emill farm of a gentleman who had lately sent his wife's pastor a barrel of corn. What connection waa there be tween that barrel of corn and the com ing crop ? Solomon intimates that there may be a very important connection: "Hnor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: bo snail thy bams be filled with plenty," &o. Trov. 3, 9-10. A. D, Betts. RELIGIOUS LVTELEIGEXCE. It is stated tlmt Mr. Bm-clier recently gtjve tiix tlicmmwn dollar lo church at Sen eca Fulls, N. Y and saved it Iroin sale. Dr. 0 rook, President (it lint Methodist Col-li-ge, li-'lfact, Ii-tihuiil reHijjiiud tor the f.nrinw ol i"!iiliii twi'lvt iiioiitliH in trav el. Thk Ucv. llmiiy J.l-"ox, 1). IK, ii Charles ton, S. C, ol our Church, hits been fleeted Protestor ol 15e!lcs Letters iuthe University ot Soiuli-Curoliim. Rev. John Hull I) D.,oi New York, if ou a Fit-it to Ireland, his unlive country, where he has met wiih a wont cordial reception from his old parishioners. Kev. Mr. Ancient, the hero-clergyman ol the Atl uilic disinter, has been elected a mem ber of I lie Koyal Hulilax Yiichl Club, and pre sented with a piu. ol $200 by iH mi ni bers. The St. Loui SIeilejdi.it, '-Norh" uud 'South," hiive hud a grainl uniuii Love-least. The (lueption of outward le-iiuiou was appa rently forgotten in the experience of the re aliiy of the iuwurd The Irish Uonlereiice of I lie Wesleyan Meth odists was recently in session in Cork, Ire land. Resolutions were p.tsed forming union ol the dill' rent branch of Methodism, of which there are several. Tin-: contributions ol the Bunion churches t'j the American Board for the curreut. year amount to more thun $:;..'!i;ti, including the funds which reach the treasury through the medium ot the Woman's Hoard- "Ol l .South' gave !)!! I. Tiikkk gradual ol Spureou"s College are laboring in Uiiio, and are described us "show ing themsi lve men appioved ol God and the Btpusl. rive iii'jre men ol in-; collejjo are impunity concerning tlio oppor;iiuit,U-s 'or work in this couutry. A camp meeting on n gruml scale commen ced near Washington City on the l:i inst. AU denominations have been invited to par ticipate. The grounds aid being fixed up iu the best s'yle. Anu.ipolis, Fredrick City aud Iiuger.stowu hiive been snlicted to join i.i the meeting. Ttie ministers of Ireland and England are giving their adhesiou to the tenperauoe niovment. Kev. Dr. Crook who has nlwayi been a total abstainer, said thit ''the temper ance roovem-nt ought to have been born ol the church. If u.it begotten, it uiy become tho adopted cnild ol the church.'' It is reported that a Mit-'s Liibcock, daugh ter of a Unitarian minister in Boston, has 'just finished her studies'' iu that institution, and preached her first sermon in her father's pulpit- She goes to Germany, siys the same repot i, io luiiu-T nrosee.uo nor studies Icr a year, when she will return to this country to assume the duties of the ministry. A party of one hundred and lilty Americans among whom were Rev. Wm. E. Baker, Rv. W. T. Richardson, A';v. Dr. Wiuier.-poou, Rev. T. W Huoptfr and Dr. W, 1). Ilooper, all ol Virginia, met with a handsome public reception in Edinburgh, Scotland, on tho (ith of July. The Lord I'rovost and others made speeches, and Dr. Wi'.herspoon aud Rev Prof. Ctishm.in ol M.issaohuseUs responded. By adopting the "one c-Mit-ii-day'' plan, au Episcopal church in Ohio has paid all the in cidental expense ol lite church, the quota assigned lor missionary purposes, variou snuiB lor other benevolent purposes, and th Convention assessments, and yet m mages to keep a balance on h ind. The congregation pledges itself, young and old, to lay by oue cunt a day per np'iiiber for all church pur poses. A Lonh I'astois.vtk. - Ou the first Sunday in July Rev. Richard S. Storrs, father of Rev. Dr. Storrs, ol Brooklyn, celebrated the sixty tirst year of his settlement over the CoiiRre gational church in Baintree, Muss. The house was beautifully udonied with dowers; also pulpit aud sola. As the venerable pas tor un ved with feeble steps up the long aislt, he was greeted with Aiild Lang Syne"' on the organ. Overcome by the touching rccep tion, the old msu threw himself on fao eofa and wept like a child. Of all that were pre sent at his settlement, July :t, LSI 2, not oue remained lo see the present anniversary. X. C. PrtsbyterVin. Roi k Sru.'xn.s Camp Mkktinu The Annual camp meeting at Rock Springs, Lincoln couuiy, has closed. This camp grounds was laid otT, and the first services held ou the spot forty-one years ago, and every year since, even during aud immediately after tlie war, the regular camp meetings have been held here, always begiuingon Thursday before the second Sabh-ttli in August. The grounds are quite laiga, and ou them are three hundred teuti, which ure occupied every ye.r during these nice ing by as many families. The place is one ol the best known camp grounds in this section ol the country. Crowds vary ing lron four to eight thousand congregate there. The crowd this year was not as large as usual, them being only about four thous and people present. Still the meeting wag a good one, ami as a result of U, thirty per sons, of both sexes, aud of various iqres, were received into the fold of the Methodist church, after having professed faith in Christ. Saya the Charlotre Ohstrvtr. NOTICES. We acknowledge the receipt from the pub lisher, J. W. Burke , Co., of a new compila tion of hymns and tunes, entitled "The South ern Methodist llyum and tune book." It con tains well arranged indexes of the hymns and tunes, and as far us we bave examined it, we think it is well odapted for the use of church es and families. It is a neat octavo, bound in black cloth aud can be had lor seventy live cents ol book .ullers and of the publishers f. W. Burke A Co., Atlanta, Ga. Tho autlioi of the interesting "Chouicles of the Scbonberg Cot ta Family" bns written a little oi k entitled " H'aicfenHos over Lnntft and .Se." which has been revised by our Sunday School Seretary, Rev. Dr. A.G. Hay- good, and published by out Southern Pub lishing House. The glance with which wo have bad to sat isfy ourself ts enough to convince us of its high merit and suitability for a Sunday School or a family library. We are indebted to Capt. R. T. Fulghum, Secretary or the N. C. Agricultural Society for a catalogue of tbe premiums, &o.. to be awarded at the coming State Fair to be held iu this city iu October. It contains a lull list ot the Marshalls, committees, premiums, to gether with a discription of the new Grounds, and the attractions which are ollered to visi tors. The efforts oi those who have tbe Fair in charge bave been great aud energetic, and (be liberal patronage ot the people is alono needed to make it a success. We have received a catalogue of the South ern University which is located at Greens boro, Ala. This College is well equipped with an excellent Faculty, and no doubt de serves the patronage which from the cata gue appears to be very lib ral. Raleigh consumed during July, 167 beevea, j8 eheep, 9 hogs and 6 calves. ThoChristian Advocate NEWH DEPAHT3IENT, ROBERT T. CRAY, Editor MfcruonisM. Rev. Mr. iVIauguui, pastor v Edeuton Street Church, preached last Sabbat morning from 1. Cor. 10-13. He ihowed that contrary to the spirit Christ's and the apostles' teaching, division had taken place in tho Churcb of Christ, tha the differences iu the doctrines of the various denominations were not simply dilf Tcucen i non essentials but touched essential mat ters and tbat to harmonize all denominations aud place them upon ground common toallwoul be to leave but little Christianity and little re ligion. But although these divisions existed, that fact excused no one for remainiug outside th church. It was the duty of every one, fndeav orlng to lead a holy life, to connect blmsel with tbut church which best represented the spirit of Christianity and followed most faith fully the teachings of Us founder and bis Ap estlcs. lie alluded to the peculiarities of each de nomination, and while bis discriminations contained nothing offensive, tbey were never theless clear, bold and decidedly in faver ol fie Methodist Church, lie claimed for it superiority over all other churches and u; held his claims by forcible argument and elo quence. It was a strong Metbcdist sermon, re fleeting great credit upon the eloquent divine, and greatly edllying the lnrg congregation who listened with unabated attention during its delivery. TiikCittoi Flowkrh. We spent last Thursday in the pleasaut little city of Green boro' noted far and near for the enterprise intelligence and hospitality of its people, the profusion of its flowers and the attractiveness of its daughters, ''themselves much fairer flow ers" than those they cultivate, and which hav given to the town the ubriquet which : bears. The Sunday Schools of Winston, together with citizens of the town and vicinity, were on an excursion to Greensboro with which Salem and Winston ure now connected by a recently Qntshecl railway. They were met by the schools of Greensboro and welcomed by a speech from Rev. Dr. Smith who was responded to by Robah F. Gray .of Winston. The excursionists seemed to enjoy the visit to their neighbors and rpent the day as their different tastes inclined tbem Greensboro' ia a live place. Improvement is the order of the day. New streets are be ir.g laid out lots surveyed, nnd many baud sotno residences erected. Tbe Court House is finished and is an elegant building. The new College is nearly completed; meohauics are busily ut work on the building and land scape garueuers on ine noble grounds sur rounding it. Tbe College will bo au impos ing and inaguificent structure, an or nament to Greensboro and an honor to N. C. Methodism. Tho city, in short, pre sents an air of prosperity and the people an appearance of contentment and happiness which are refreshing to sec in these ilaj so dull complaining. We have one regret to record, which is that we bad only a glimpse of lto Albright, ill pleasant gentleman, and gi niur of the 1' ttri.il, We had a gliuipsoouly he burst upon us like a vision, and like a vision Hosted away , or as Virgil would say, passed "in teim-w ." About six years ago. a gentleman id It il eigh, of well known integrity and Cluistiun zeal, was wiilteu to by a gentleman in County and St!te, vho w is child!.- and desired to adopt, rear and educate a young child. He requested the Kilejyh jreiitleiimn to And him an orphan girl ubout four years ol age, describing tbe style of features, complex ion, hait and eyes that be and his lady pre ferred the child ol their adoption to bave. Our Raleighite being anxious to further this laudable christian charity, aud having ascer tained that tbe kind hearted-stranger and bis lady were worthy and ablelo carry their go d intentions into execution, mado diligent search and, after tbe lapse of a year, found a blight little girl ct four summers who, be thought, would suit the wishes ol the proposed benefactor. The mother of the child, howev er, was living, its rather was dead. Tl:e mother was very poor but it respectable mid pious woman, and was at mat tune a tioiu-e keeper in tbe lamily of a distinguished r-si dent ot Raleigb. The gentleman in was written to; ) replied that he would adopt the eh. Id upon tho strict condition thst the mother sh.o'.ild re linquisb all claim to aud. coi.tro. over it, aud that she should never know where or in whose possession it was. Ibe proportion was made to the mother, and the advantages tbat would accrue to the child were rehearsed to ber, but ber yearning love lor her only child a love whose intensity a mother's heart alone can know made her hesitate. If she could only see it now and thin, and press it to bar heart, full to overflowing ol its pent up love, she would be satisfiei' to let it go to the oonilort- able borne aud fine advantages offer ed to it. If she could only be called to its ueusiue wuen sicicness BuQulu come upoo it, or death, perchance, approach it, she would be willing tofoit;othe pleasure that even visiting it occasionally would afford ber. But tbe conditions excluded even these poor privileges the parting embrace must be the last mbrace the parting kiss, a kiss that must linger alone in memory and whose sweetners could never be tasted again. Contrasting however, these privileges with the interests ol her child she finally consented to tbe separation. The cbild is now a bright, blooming intelligent school girl of ten or elaven years, leading a happy life with her kiud foster parent, and having only a vajue and dim remembrance of a mother forever lost to ber A photograph of tbe chd is sent every year to the mother through tbe kiud gentleman of Raleigb, whicb affords some so lace to her io tbe deprivation wbioh she suffers. STATE NEWS. Augustus W. Graham, E?q., son of Gov. Graham, presides over the Good TempVtrs of Hillsboro. Paul Cameron, Esq., has purchase.! and thoroughly repaired the Hillsboro Military Academy, and leased it to Mr. Horner of Ox ford who will open a school there in January with 70 boys and with expectation of more. The Hillsboro Recorder is tho oldest paper in the State by thirty years, and has but few seniors in the United States. It was founded in 1S20, and has been published continuously every since. Mrs. G. A. Faucett, of Hillsboro, no went North to undergo treatment lor cancer, has returned, tbe Doctors considering an opera tion unadvisable. Dr. Strudwick of Hillsboro, aud Dr. J. A. Moore, of Alamance, were o i the way to visit a patient, and when descending a rocky bill, a wheel of the buggy gave way, the horse took fright and ran, throwing the Doctors Irom tha buggy and bruising them considera bly. There will be a tobacco lair held in Greens boro on the 19th inst. A frea barbecue will be given to which all are invited. Col. Johnston and Mr. McDowell bd a street-fight in Charlotte a few days ago, a result ol the A. T. & O. Railrod difficulties. The Street Railways of Wilmington aro be ing extended and improved. The Jillon Cironide measuring f, fee sever, j,,,.,,,., ,( ' sys np lo lip, was killed by c,,(1,.,.(j tt'l, 1'iuuiuiion oi .ir. outin tV , The following new l',tni nounced: Asl.ple, R..(1 w" Knob, JIcHohoII count t- j-i -,: Ruthertoid county; . ' I. , Comfort. Jones coiiMj; -,, u,,.,.". " county. ' ''I'l, Among I he i.e. nt KMdu.,1.-. ,. v who bave n appoints t ''"; '.t ancies in Hie U.S.A.. jH ',.;)t ,. "V Cowle, ol Charlotte. " v"1';" ! The Charlotte Milif.iy i,,., revived under the su,.,i,u,,1i''..'' '' U I. TUomas, with Gen. I). . f' I of Mathematics, fo sjy i. ,,,, J r"r"-. Charlotte Ottserti-r J u. living about four mile Irom (;; .. ' ''" getting corn Irom Hi- ail, w ' ' i.. I. . i . . . . . '"I v , . left hand by a copper lie.i, ferings have b.eii inteim... Ult bad failed to relieve him ;4. ,j vas learej. The I lie of John IVi,,-,., ti, . from Old Fort to Aslievii)... , Kdilor of the Fayette vilh. , ; roiii.iin.e and novelty." ,r , .i . li ...I ,. lias cu licit ine l tjje, ni j;i most il:ttigeioiis road.i. iin.1 sun und amid l.e loKs nnd ,.,. ' .1.1 u ol. .... I.... ,: , . .' """'H.; ....... .... .,., w, I1l!ll!!i lightning that open to !; v;.v erns and gorges brlw." if '"I Tbe Richmond A D.iiiviUe Tmi,-, , ., (lock of sheep near Green l,,,, ., ,.( j , belonging to M-sth. It,,,:,;,, ,lu , 'IM... . I . I , i J lir, . O.iil HO'lSrt III I , , complete! ami i rea.lj .,r ,M,, il I" l mil . oinene in n on Ilje I - ,, ''I'' The Mic i seni .hi, (,,,, jj. ty will aue.iiiit t il,..,. u thousand dolUlx. Dr. J. R. CumpbHI. a y., ,,v deliver a cours; ot lectures ol Catawba High School, it .. ,' the ensuing session. Blount King of (.',,!, M,,,i,, cide by shooting liimwlf i,i !, ""I .'ili'V large imvy pistol. Ciuse, dom.-Mi The New Vork, Norfolk C'liul-s io roan, according i ttie urvv ot i will, wheu buiit, intersect il. C.r-,:;,, , tral at Warsaw. Judg Tourge.i having K''l Judge Watt-, will probably li.,.l v Court. The B tnkol Ntfw H mover wili ci ,:, y brunch bauk at Wadsbur, and i,.yi , Hons about the I jti ol'.-epteml.ei. ' Sheriff J. A. Sowerr, ol l.ri.N. was the first Sheriff in tin- Si it- ! , , olllcial return of the recent ecii.,,. Capt R. A. Sholwell, who w i tie-1 ye.ir u& belor Jud.e Bond jtN n ; , , . convicu-d, and wnt to tb't A'!,,,, jvjV. liaiy. bin beei lecoinui. ;, !.,! , p,,:,i,. Floyd O.xciidiix-, mulatto teMi,.n: . son county. wu shot I lutl-d wnr er r-si.lence on the 1Mb inst. Sum t, lb it the as-iir was S:e nlien I-nm-i :.r f Henry Berry l.-.wery whose widow liv, 1 I 111, ,.- .1 d ... I... .... .1 ... "i iiihi i soon . I rl'i'i. I. that he was killed by J. ices pju ,H , ... party who wis piusiici 4K, ,,, , n Oiemlj-ie .hi, I others into Nould .,,;; ., lie W in Willi voiiriif Wilson nl... l livw trolly, anl ho Ii is no d.mlil be n .. . siiwl ewr since by t It. nveiig.-is ol mi.,.,,.-. The fence III W'Ih I (c.ted in e.c.y j, ,':, wliffii voted upi ii. The eightieth :tiioiv.. n y ol Hie I ville lmlepeinlent l.ii;lit Inl inuy trill !,.(. brated I I Fiiy. tlvile oil the .1 in.i ller the dispersion of tin? rrort i i;i dance upon l:ix payci' e -f ii m L, Colli Towiiidiip ol New Hanover c J: G. L. Robinson w.is danger.. ,,'y ;:,i,,i-i ir. , ii),, nun boiih- one l i ine ,,, liuLll 1':i. Il ma badly bent up and his brain ;in,irt-l. The people of Nvw ll lliover cinill'y .ilf i- Siilslieit mil, l,. assessments l..r .. ,,..!. by I lie County Coinnii.-i-ioncrs nnd towa-hi. meets. M. fling :ire being IMd ia sii I'W ol 'lie county to .leii.i.m.... n, ,, ' ri Hiiisboro tins a new town cenietci'. . tiEXKKALXEWS. William Allen. l'i.- ,.r..iif p .,.ii, , Inl.ile lor (.'.... raor ol i. S,. uir T!i ; man's uncle. The Chicutfo J', il,.thf has discovn.- l t!.: th number of caws ol iimiiniiy li, i,:,i , has largely increased -ince ll.e lire. Senator Sprngue is reported lo h-ve 1 f V0.0OO for the Kansas horse "Sn.uircli-i ' Which U said lo have trotted a mile In H i over tbe Olalho lrek at Atchison. Km. The steamship IVtersburg. loaded i'l:t was wrecked oil Ucrniuda timing th i-rii.,' An attempt had recently been innk-. but fr. trated, to put IM III c'lesti of her c J- aged of course, upon tho unrkel, a- oij m fresh. A substitute for ruober is said to h:ive l e-E discovered in Hie gum of miik we- i ! klukled pUuts, which is mixed il!i tin other seeds, by a Cauadiau iuventor. A strong effort is bung made by cui itvi.;' ol Richmond, to reclaim tho swamp of C Cbickahominy. Thii witl opou tin ua ia menso traot of fertilo land, roml to tV famous Tulo lands of California, and i! m strange lb y bave not long siuce utt-att.-l ;V attention they merit fieevrdrr. A political orator, spjakmg of n irr'i"! General whom he admired, suid h- : ays on the Acid ol bafle where tin- Imi!''' were thickest Whew was tht ? In the ammunition wagon." 'To what degree," asked an i'i','i' i friend of Mr. lioecbor, "uisy a per ct ' judgment day be ignorant witlu't l"-". guilty?'' That JepomM upon tlie pe-,.,n. f- plied Henry Ward, "s:imo pe pie urn l'IJ with a genius lor iguoiano-)." lady waa poisoned in Jt.-tio't l-v " avaricious son in-law who wnit-d Ict h"'1') aud thought she was lo long lived. There ure trouM.- in the In.li iu r n. '"' again. Anaichy ami crime hi t '' ' crease, and many of the best men i.i A'1'" ' calities think Iheir only sately it in a territorial form of Government iiiidn '"M" ' lection of the United States- One thousand six hundred sn l fiiijf "J'"' grants arrived at New V..tk usj WOek. Seuator MorUn, r.f Indians, is to ts"1'"' Virginia iu behalf of Col. Hughes, tie- Rn',,u lican candidate lor Governor. A young lady of Hoston, Hie "Im1' ! Universe" and tbe place of schools and I"'0' ing, in a poetical vein addresses I'sy .h- pells it -Sickle." Petroleum used in cleaning gui" ' "' ' be effectual in preventing rust. Tbe number of tenement bouses in '' ork city is 2J 4i;. A tenement lien- M usually four stories, many of tlcai I'"'- ' " rooms for two families on enoh ,"IV number ol r torus to a family will "t more than three, and ol these two t'" r' mi'ories are dark rooms It is stated that there are about 2o Americans now in Taris, who spend dti-J far from 1500 000.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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