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Oki.eotkh. v- .-. are rorne Hewers th-it blooru. i')" ;:!l'ls evea ,rom tbeir kirtb. ,i world with beauty not ol earlu, , ;it?!i lj"rn perfume. ..3Z ,(.B,. t.ifV's slosiy path, .. i;.v .-. toiling pilgrim, cheer they bring, f illume iu living glory spring a .--.;e poor man's hoat th. .....t ofal! ibebacd :,.z M i!,e snowdrop lilts its fearless bead, . 1 ....i 1. 1. .... ,.1 p.veiou 11o3ohm stand. s'..ir is bright. , e s' 1! rJ' -dow sprinkled wide and free, , .- ;ii....lovd earth doth Charity - ce! rtiat light. enrv!aUy ; I of i'atienee; 'tis a flower ,-. ; ' ;;i sorrow's darkest hour '.) comfort thee. i a'.i else hath gone ,i i.i Lote. through winter's icy gloom. , .: violet puts forth its bloom -c -,abean never shone. : t.'if-deaial's stem r.;. c;a?p well, for. if not upon earth, "iwiil burst in roses forth, 1 iresent thorn a gem. s tbe n.iwers that bloom, unsrels evea from their birth, w-Ti hearts with beauty not of earib.T , ., . , . . ,, I Jno. or any of their deities. The i.eaivc-b.ra perfume, j J ' ---a . 5 erection of the Pantheon at the irupe- IvmrnxmitntcH. I For the Advocate. 1 i? rJSSiO.VlSY WOBli. NO 4 bi" 1;EV. IX. T. HUDSON. Ii:e necessity of more energetic ac iskal liberal contributions to push : lis work of Foreign Hixsiam wili A..v ayuear wiien wj consiuei me : extent of .5iI0SAKY GROUND IX THE WORLD. The latest returns accessible to us !; rho following statistics of mem Li? in the leading christian denoni- :.H3 i-i the world. ,v j CaihoiieimoaMv ia Europ e) 135 .000.00' : Ciiurch (ia Russia) 5a.0OO.OO0 j :-.-ms (niiiniy ia uerruaay) 2&.6-t'.owi -. pa!iaas (mainly iu England) 1U.13D 593 .yterUus (mainly in Europe) 7.549 774 j .Jists (a I kiaas) i ,a.lQts or Coo-reSauouali-W 423'J 110 ' -.s (all kinds) S.392.757 j .kuiJiia Missious a-dd 1350 ooo total of christians in the ! 257.631 CM2 : : to be evanijtrlizJ 1 4i.3tS i Look at the vastness ot the work to . : done. There is Mexico oar near -. ;.Dui' arcuea wnu suuuy skice, , : it. l " . - 'A bj balmy, salubrious breezes, ;iu a soil rich ia minora! , yielding bountiful crop of the ! r-.n'.3 aud vegetables, and bountiful li joai of fragraat uowers. But . rs 13 scaiuly a hundred genuine -iitiaa? among a population of eight '.:3n sonU. The people are in a' ; iaorance, misruled by scheming j'Jigoguea and constantly conyulsed : iaWrcal disseasioas aud bloody Siatbas demonstra'dng the ne- 3iUv of tue Go3pl's inflaaace and --latba to give peace and darable ijjpirity to na'ians, as well as salva- ur'.i raSajment to iadividaila. -i inviting field for Missionary ;-at:o!is! Furthermore, look at t-'.l broader field in South Am3ri- '"jich in these days of rapid trav- '"-0 ijj steam, may be considered as uiag at oar door. In thi won - -'SlkaJ, where the richest gold- '--i in i.h3 world poar oat their :-;iaii of metallic wealth where the 'l.ll 5 Knvlct r, Tirl - ti rrr f a nark n a aiU tfhere the most luxuriant vines tbe loftiest forest, perfume the ,r. mke the woods gay wiih -r.w.i.jjaiug fliwers, where the bush z' cotton stalks gro, bioota, boll UX)2 tif.ir white fl-ece3 into the -t of the planter, the year roaa d, richly blest land ol fifteen million "witantfj is immersed in gros3 spir ikn9 and groaning under sa ipo-iiiu.- Baiides, other na--i of tiie eartu arti now open to the -!-3aaru of the cros3 in a wy a nd ' a exteat ngvr b. J re known in ;t hitf ry of fh f.ii.-. h issia is em tacipating her milli ons Turkey has granted permi? to ter people to embrace Chris- and a free Bible: Italv has ris- 't' ta the grave of ages, and i s fitful valleys are bniij? visited by ot tno uros. Methodist -'3ioiiarie3 have carried to Roni3 it- :'t banner of the cross which . ""oaei plaiited so triumphantly on aronecf the Caes trs; Spain has "off tha yoke of the desnnt. and fCed the wy for the colporteur and onarv. Inoeftd V.nrnna l.na eompwed to the fubled statne -1 i it'tuaiion s ardent prayer unto livia ft han nf ir i Ytnrti ; tat a H,iirk of di viuo revival to '-it' 1., , . . . , ...n ..-rrig, populations with 1 J13liunii, 1. . . . . sl j. nominal, out " sariesof the cross, and would P'Iile Work for all tha miaainna. CHRISTIAN VOL. XIX.--NO. 40. ries in the world; China, containing one-fourth of the world's inhabitants, invitea christian enterprise; Japan opens her gates once mora to christian missionaries, and sends not only her embassadors, bnt her yotmg inon and mai.itns, to see the marvels of Euro pean civilization, and to study the manners and languages of christian I aids- In Africa the slumber of cen turies is being broken, and its vast in terior is being ot.-ouo.l aiike to the missionaries of the cross and the en- jergy of euterirising travelers. In 'Madagascar, and the other islands of the Pacific, the word of God is bav icg free course and beiug glorified. Now, Christ claims by right redemp tive purchase the whole of this vast moral wilderness. Not one foot of it is to be left to the oppressive occupan cy of the Devil. The religions of the ancient pagans were limited by national boundaries. The Persian religion was limited to the population of Persia, the Chinese to the people of China, Egyptian to the Egyptians, the Assyriaus to the Assyrians. The? had no missionaries to propagate their religion. Every pagan nation Lad its own Gods, and made no efforts to establish their wor ship among other nations. The Greek-, did not go forth to convert the i World to the worshin nf .Tnnifor j rial city of Rome embodied the idea, that all the Go is of all the Cations j were to bo recognized and worshipped without any molesta'ion. Rat the fundamental idea of Christianity is the complete dethronement of idol gods, the disrobement of their priests, rhe destruction of their altars, and the conversion of their temples into churehea of the true vorahip of the one, living, eternal God, tha Almighty Creator of heaven and earth. Chris tianity bears upon its shining front the sublime truth. There w but one God, Him only shall thou toorship. Christianity is radically different also I from the religions of the pagans in overstepping the narrow limits of the people among wnum it naa US origin. -noc tne connnet oounuaries 01 x ai- 38tiae 19 its field of operation, bat it c!aim8 tba wIJo worU for iU . , . l'""- -' " fuouou u tjr c. - eatore. and becooae glad tidings to all pcop'e. It, is to rise like the sum- tnpr s;in. and nrn1 fAY. haantv ftn.-l frnitfnlnesa over the broad world. Ia" Af!t U1 Iue HUU lva tut;o the heathen for ihiue inheritance, and the uttermost parts of tha earth for thy possession." But how is the Gospel to be spread over the world ? It is to be propaga- gated by the direct effort of missiona ry enterprise. The early christians were effective missionaries. They sold their property and made a com mon fund to propagate tho Gospel. The apostles forsook their secular vo cations, homes and native land, and went out into regions beyond and preached Christ, and Him crucified, in the midst of fiery storms of pagan persecution. Their successors with emulating zeal and fidelity pressed on their glorious work into remoter na tions. The church grew rapidly, spread widely, and had a triumphant career of permanent prosperity. The blood of the martyrs was the fertile seed, that multiplied the church into a thousandfold. Thus the Gospel spread over Earopa, transforming the wild, fierce, warlike, superstitious, degraded Hans, Vandals, Goths, Celts, into the civilized, intallectur.l, chris tian nations of England, Germany, Holland, France, Russia nations the m?st illustrious of the world for po litical power for the splendor of science, the fine arts, and extended learning. The Gospel propagated by missionary enterprise has thus plant ed its throne in the heart of these great nations, and reigns in their laws and rnles in their social customs. It has cleared the field of all pagan op position. It bas swept down into hopeless ruin the Druidical religion of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, which stained its altars with the blood of human sacrifice. It has forever de molished the pagan religion of impe rial Rome and intellectual Greece. The world no longer believes that Ju piter thunders from Oiympus that Neptune rules over the tempest-tosed sea that. JE'Aua sends from his cave the rushing winds that go whistling around the world that Apollo drives the golden chariot of tho sum up tue steep acclivity of the East, oc that the prainfields are under the control of Ceres. Christianity hns cast these imainiiry gods of the Gentiles to bats and moles, and taught the world, tho con3otirjg doctrine, that the all wiso Providence of the true God, is wield ing and marshaling the forces of na ture to the grand end of the world's salvation. Thus, we sea that the whole world-tho storm-beaten world 1S to ue Bteereu i mo j ous Pharos of the Crocs "All the PUBLISHED IIST THE INTERESTS OF earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord."' This prophetic announce ment implies the supremacy, the full triumph, the universal sway of the Gospel. The spiritual conquest is to goon until 'One song employ all nations, and nil cry, Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us 1 The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other; and the mountain tops From distant nations catch tho flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain. Earth rolls tho rapturous hosanna round-" I DON'T LiKG REVIVALS." NUMBER 3. As others, prior to jour existence, entertained the same peculiar notions of Christian enlightenment, I trust you will not take to yourself too much credit for originality ia the matter. The idea of luke warm composure, dignity and quietude, is by no means origicp.1 with you. Others have occu pied a similar position ia tli9 churcb, and looked with feelings of pelf com placency and of indifference on their own, and the spiritual condition of others. In St. John's time, some be longing to Laodicean church, acted upon the principle contended for by yourself, that a christian soul should be neither cold nor hot. The consti tuent elements of christian propriety and of character forbid anytiiing like manifested emotions of gratitude and of joy. It was in their estimation evi dence o mental weakness, or a want of proper training, and like you, my quiet, revival-opposing brother, they avoided what j on term the extremes, and adopted the middle coarse of luko warmnes3. I don't know that they expressed themselves Re you did when you eaid, "no one was ever yet converted at what we term revival meetings;" bat one thing I know, in spiration says in regard to them, "Be cause thou art neither cold nor hot, I will spew theo out of my mouth." Man is represented rs being dead ia trespasses and in sin3. As sncb, be needs the qsuckening ftad reviving power of a higher and of a holier in fluence upon his heart, to parity and elevate it high above "nature's dark ness," to the purer atmosphere o christian fellowship and joy. Da you suppose, my anti revival brother, that a christian people whose affections and desires drink from the great, fountain of abiding love, in the warm ing sunlight of heaven, will pause to listen to your puerile efforts to limit the joyous emotions of christian hearts to the cold and narrow limits of secta rian bigotry and blindness I Why at tempt, in this age of christian pro gress, to revive the long exploded sentiment of those churchmen who c cused the inspired followers of Christ of being drunken filled with new wine ? Why is it, my brother, that you professed faith in Christ at a re vival meeting, where you fell down beneath a weight of conscious guilt, cryiDg for mercy, and now denounce such meetings as fanatical, and be neath the notioo of intelligent chris tian roiiida ? When you made a pro fession of faith at such a meeting, did you act a hypocritical part, or did you really feel the love of God in your soul when you rejoiced with God's people ? If you really felt the power of converting grace at a revival meet ing, how can you now make the asser tion that such meetings are altogether emotional, resulting in no permanent good to the church of Christ ? If your daughter was fo profes? conver sion at a revival meeting, would you not throw wide the doors of your churcb, and gladly receive her into christian fellowship in the bosom of your church, in such a profession of faith ? If you would my brother, you surely would noi try to impress on ker mind the belief that the means of grace used in the awakening of her soul to a consciousness of its danger, was the work of satanic influence I Would you do that thing? What! pluck the fruit, and smile at its ds licioasness, and then spurn and rend the tree that bore it 1 Because some churchmen in olden times, who perhaps thanked God that they waro not as other men, thought our Saviour "cast out devils through Boezebub, theSchief of the deyils," was that any reauou why, in fulfillment of prophecy, the renovating spirit of God waa not to descend upon fallen man, purging cut the dross and corruption of his heart, lifting the purified affec tions of hia soul to the holier atmos phere of eternal joy and gladness ? The Gospel of the Son of God is to be preached in its purity, as the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, despite the opposition of opposing elements rising in hydra boadud deformity in pathway. Ye darkened, 3heil bound bigots 1 why rrope your way in sectarian blindness, (having eyes and seeing not, ears and heariog not.) deny ing thei,motive sand ecstatic joy cf christian hearts, instead of lifting your eyes to the sun-illumined REV. J. B. BOBBITT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. RALEIGH, N. O., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER heavens above you, rejoicing in hops of the glory of God? Infidels may scoff and deride, and blinding secta rianism laugh at the joy-inspiring truths of the gospel, bnt there is a quickenipg and reviving influence op erating iu the world, destined to en kindle joy aud gladness in the soul of man until the dawning brightness of millennial day shall awaken jubilant eongs of triumph from earth's re deemed and martyred saints. Oxonian . Oxford, N. C, Sept. 15th. For the Advocate; iraiSSIONAR V WORK AOA1X. OUR I am glad to see that some of oar ministers are deeply interested in this greac work. I agree with every word ut'ered by Bro. Hudson in hi3 com munication in the Advocate of tho 17th Septf-mbar. I know of many Mission afy Fields that ought to be worked of many destitute sections that are per ishing for Gospel instruction, and are totally uncared for. And are wo not culpable in the eyes of God for our un feelii.g inactivity in this matter ? And does not the good book say that who stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor he al so Bhall cry but not bo heard ! Now if this be true in reference to temporal wants when so few persona perish for want of earthly food.how much more criminal must we be if we stop our ears at the cries of the spiritually hungry, while thousands upon thousands, not only in heathen lands, but in our so called civilized lands, are perishing for Gospel food, aud the bread of eternal life? Will not these spirits when lost on accout of our stinginees.cry out against us in that great day, and who will be abla to say I have done my duty ? I am confident that the men engaged in these Miseionory fields are cramped and have to labor more than half their time to get the common necessaries of life, aud eannot cultivate their epir itual fields with anything like fall success. I feel myself very frequent ly involuntarilly filled with deep anx ieiy to enter soul, body and spirit upon this work, and could anything like a fair conpensation for services be expected, would gladly leave all temporal engagements and enter hear tily into this work. All my spare mo mentis are already given to it, but the pressing wants of a large family ad monish me frequently (when much of my time is taken up in it, and busi ness suffers by it,) that ho that'wiL' not provide for Lis owu household has de nied tho faith and is worse than an in fid&J.' I believe if the proper system is put in operation, fiat ihe whole of this $2-1.000 epokeu of by Bro. Hudson, might be raised, and if I may not be thought to be presumptioas, I would suggest a plan, and hope it may be carried out at the next Conference. And I urge upon soma resolute, God' loving member of that body to inaug urate this or a similar plan. A number of boys and girls --Sabbath pcholars could bo made the in strument or its accomplishment. If the membership of a church should be 100, appoint 10 io collect $10,00 each and in that proportion according to membership. Let them raise each, per quarter, or $100 per month or 25 cts. per week The Pastor of the church or the Su perintendent of the school acts as Treasurer to whom their children should report. In this way, in our opinion the $21, 000 could not only be raised, but if necessary double that amount, and ao one would miss the sum paid. Seven years ago I saw this plan established at a placo where the people extremely poor an not at all characterized for their deep pioly, and from that day to this not a single Sabbath has passed when they had school thai every individual present has not given one cent . In this way they have paid for a house and lot, have always had books because they had plenty of money to buy with, and the Treasury has never been empty. Bishop Pierce at one of the District Conferences when listening to this plan described by its originator, remarked that 'that man had hit the nail on the head,' and who would ask for better judgment than his ? Yours truly, Jons F. Butt. For the Advocate. Births anil Deaths of Distin guished Personages. COMPILED BY J. H. BECTOS. BORN IX OOTOBEB. 1th. Bancroft. 5th. Jonathan Ed wards. 6th. Horace Walpole Jenny Lind (now Goldsmith). 10th. Hugh Miller. 12th Dr. Lyman Beecher, Jesse Olney, tho eminent geographer. 16tb. Noah Webster, 18th. Fredrick William, Crown Prince of Prussia and Crown Princa Imperial of Ger ADV METHODISM IN many. 19th. Leigh Hunt, Harriet Hoemer. 20th. Lord Palmerston. 21st Samuel T. Colridge, George Combe, Solon Robinson. 23rd. Fran cis Jeffrey. 24th. Sir James Mackin tosh, 25th. Dr. James Beattie, Lord Macauley. 26s,h. Count Von Moltke. 29th. George Keats, James Boswell. 30th. John Adams. 31st. Richard Brin&lyy Sheridan. Archbishop Til lotson. Total. 25. DIED IN OCTOBER. 1st. Baron Hastings. 2nd. Black Hawk, Major Andre hanged, W. E. Channing. 3rd. Samuel Adams. 5th. Lord Corn wallis. 7ih, EdgarA.Poe, Dr. Beid. Henry Fielding. John Hancock, Franklin Pierce. 9th. Lord Derby, Howell Cobb, Count Pulaski, killed. 10th. Kosciuszko, W. H. Se ward. 11th. Fanny Fern (Mrs. Jas. Parton). 12th. Bobt. Stephenson, Gen'l Bobt. E. Lee. Marshal Murat, shot. 16th. Latimer and Bidley, burnt, Thomas Parmell, Marie Anton ette beheaded, Mrs. Laudon, Ex Gov. Joseph Ritner of Pa. 19th. 'King John' of England, Dean Swift, Henry Kirke White. 20th. Dr. J. II. Merle, DAugbigne. 21st. Edmund Waller, Dr. Tobias Smollot, Sir Boderick Mur chison, 22ad. Kejton Randolph. 24th. Archbishop Tillotson, Gantier, a French poet, Daniel Webster. 25th. Geoffrey Chaucer, George II, Gen'l Henry Knox, Demosthenes (B. C. 322). 26th. Dr. Doddridge, William Hogarlh, Gen'l Robfc. Anderson of Fort Sumpter, notoriety. 27th. Wil liam Lowondes. 28th. Alfred the Great, John Locke. 29 h. Sir Wal ter Raleigh, beheaded, Charles Pinek ney. 30th Gen'l Mitchell, the astron omer. J. F. Grimko, Judge Rog er B. Taney. Total 52. For the Advocate. FACTS AND FIGURES. TABLE NO. 2. Mb. Editor: The figures in Table No. 2, in the article on "Facts and Figures," in your issue of the 24th of September, were intended to show that Methodism in tho United States was that much in excess of the De nominations named. Your Printer breaks the comparison and puts down the figures as the sta tistics of said Denominations. It is a palpable mistake. The figures show how much more in numbers Metho dism is than other Denominations. After the words, "She has in ewess of some others as follows please print (if you will) the subjoined Table. Since: 8'y yours, J. P. Simpson. Organ -izat'ns Edifl- CC'S. Sittings. Property. In excess Of the Baptists. - Presbyterians " PiOt.EplBCo'1 " It. Oiitholia. , 44 Lutheran " 6'liritlan " Congregat'nal 9.449 17.S75 i.ieS,0r4'a8.24594S 17.464't4.S06l8.823.96 166S8.805 2i.44S!18.7Sfi;6.53T.168 82-.SS9.&72 ai.l5l!l7.53l!4.B3r.695 8.8HSI.656 22 . 246 1 1S.561 ' 5. &10.377 1 54.986.874 21 . 700 i 1S.515; 5.662.007 ' 63 . 428.98 1 2a . 391 , 1S.622 i 5.410.997 ; 4. 791 423 THE GLORY OF THE PULPIT. BY BISHOP BA6COM. After all, what glory is comparable to that of the Pulpit ! Is it found in the torch of classic illumination, or the bannered arch oi chivalry ? Ia it to be seen in power, extending its iron scepter to every thing beneath the circuit of the sun ? Can it be seen in the speqtacle of crouching millions, bowing to kiss the imperial hand of a regal Despot ? Is it to be mot with in the history of the world's Cajsars its Alexanders its Marlboroughs, and its Tamerlanes who roll their chariots to glory over the dyiog and the dead ; who light the fires of conflagration, and sweep creation desolato, from the cottage to the throne ! Oh no ! It ia tho immaculate simplicity of the Christian Altar that charms I It is this, that has made kings forego their crowns the warrior hi3 sword the philosopher his lamp, and last, though not least, the miser his golden gains I Such ia the'glory of the Pulpit. And long has it spoken more than the thoughts of man in the ears of every people. Contemporary and success ive nations estranged from God, have beheld its riaing power and exclasive bearing with virtuous dismay, It has humbled the power and pretensions of every other worship to the duet even the most lofty and imposing, sustained by the lore of Greeoe and the empire of Rome. The groves of Delphi were deserted and her oraclea confounded; The Minerva of the Acropolis became an ivied desolation. The fane and the altar of Ephesian Diana, boasting the richest magnificence of Ionian splendor, faded from.the vision of the world; while the proud temple even of the Capitoline Jove, in all its be wildering grandear, bowed low in a contest with the unlettered fishermen of Galilee ! Pulpit fidelity belongs to every sit uation all conditions. Whether in the palaces of the great or hovels of the poor, amid the Favonian breeees .-f nnmmer or the temrests cf winter. 1 ministers must maintain their Bttmd. That minister, who doe not fear the OCATE. NORTH CAROLINA- 8, 1873 world, will make the world fear him. Let the faithful minister say to Adam in his trangression, 'Where art thou ?' To Cain, the fratricide, 'Where is Abel thy brother ?' To David, the royal voluptuary, 'Thou art the man!' To Jonah, the fretful prophet, 'Doest thou well to be angry ?' To Peter,the temporizer, 'Get thee behind me, Satan.' To the Devil, the common enemy of our kind, 'The Lord rebuke thee. And, to the God-rejecting thousands that attend his ministry, Ye Berpentsf ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?' To the infidel Sadducee, he should preach the immortality of the soul and resurrection of the dea3. Before a Pagan tribunal, he should reason of righteoubness, temperance, and a judgment to come; and in the imperial court of the Areopagus, drag Jupiter from his throne, and thunder against Idolatry, like a messenger from Heaven ! He should break in upon their lethargy in the accents cf the tempest. His warning voice should pierce their ears like the birth of the mountain wind the near echo of an earthquake I He should come down upon them, with the palsying sweep of impending terror and gath ering wrath; while to the peniUnt.the weary, and the heavy-laden, the min ister of God should be like the bow of tenderness, sheading its radiance amid the tears of the storm ! Thus, in tha character of a minister; devo tion, fearlessness and feeling, should be made to blend, as nature has blen ded the breath, the brow and the Ver million of Heaven 1 A SAO CALAMITY. Under the obituary head of our present issue, will be found a notice of the death of little Sallie Maria StmsER, and mention is made of the circumstances connected with her demise. Two or three weeks since we briefly alluded to these circum fclancen, and afterward visited the scene. Mr. Charles E. Sumskb Jives at Nurneysville, about seven miles from Suffolk. On a lovely morning about the first of this month, he arose early and loft his home for Sunsbury, N. C. on business, and did not return until late at night. His wife, a most CFtimable Christian woman, was con fined to her bed from indisposition at the time, but was not seriously sick. About noon, a dark cloud arose in the West, the thunder was heavy Ihe flashes of lightning brilliant, and tho rain for a short time came down in torrents. But eoon the rain ceased, and Mrs. Sumner arose from her bed and took a seat near the end door of her room, at the soulh-west corner of the building. The wind was blowing pleasantly, but the cload had not passed entirely over. On her left, came little Willie, her deaf and dumb, yet remarkable sprightly little son of ten yeara, aud laid his hand upon her shoulder. Little Charlie, eight years old, came up on her right side .threw his loving arms around her neck, kissed her and said, "Ma I am so glad to see you getting better,' and with his hand on her knee, en quired cf her the best way to cut a piece of leather which he held in his hand. Just at that moment a flash of lightning played around them, and both the dear little boys fell dead at her feat. She was s tunnel, and fell beside them. Little Sallie Maria, with an elder sister, was on the other side of the loom. The lightning came down the chimney and at either oorner of the house, threw a kerosene can from the mantle , and set fire to it, and enveloped the dear little girl in flames. She was burned from her feet to her head. A lady in another house ran to her relief, put out her burning clothes, and then lifted poor Mrs. Sumner from between her two dead boys, and laid her on the bed, to realize the state of things surround ing her. Mr. Sumner did not reach home until nearly midnight, to fiad the light of his household gone out dur ing his absence. We visited the scene when the little boys had been borne away to tho old family ceme tery, locked upon the poor little suf fering girl, now gone, offered the com forts of our holy religion to the deep ly bereaved and distressol mother, and sorrow stricken father. We will never cease to remember our feelings and the exerciees of our mind, as we sat down to weep with the bereaved family. Mrs. Samner is still c nfiuad to her bed, and is very weak, but bears her losses with much christian fortitude aud patience. Only a few weeks be fore, she had consigned her darling babe to the grave four children ta ken from one fam ily in so short a time I Oh ! how every christian heart should pity the sorrows and bereave ments of those around them. We know not lew i soon we may b9 in trouble and crave the sympathy cf others. Suffolk Christian Sun. WHOLE NO. 988. KIARRl'f.XU WITH A ItlU With this ring I thee do wed, and with all my worldy goods I thee endow, ia Ihe r.taie of the Father, and of the Son, and ot the Holy GhoBt. This portion of the marriage cere mony, as it now stands in the Hoth odist Discipline, seems ill-adapted both to the fortunes and to the tastes of thoso who are expected to usg it. We need not now inquire into its his torical origin, or its force aud fitnees in other lands and in other 2aye. The times have charjged, and we are not precisely what our Euglieh ancestors were half millenium of years ago. The use of tha ring in tho consummation of the matrimonial vow is an ancient cui tom, and to many so beautiful that they would regret its uiscontinu'aiic. Bat tho phrase, 'all my worldly oo3s,' is often suggostiva cf poesi-bsioua eo pitifully small in amount, or so ridi culously unsuitable to constitute a dowry for a wife-, a? to mortify the parties being martiaJ, while it amuses their listening acquaintance. Even if the bridegroom be possessed of for tune, he could scarcely be expected to transfer it all to his bride. Thit he will freely share with her whatevor of worldly goods he may possess ia im plied in the promise to lovo, comfort, honor and keep' hor, which ho has al ready made. But even supposing it were his intention actually to convey to his bride a title to all his earthly possessions, would it be either legal, customary or becomingly reverential to make such conveyance in tho name of the 'Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ?' Iu religious sacra ments, prayers and vows these awful names of the Triune One may be fitly employed; but a formal transfer of 'worldly goods,' in this sacramental style eeems highly inappropriale. Would not the expression of soma toa der and earnest sentiment be a more seemly accompaniment for the adjust ment of the ring ? Some like the fol lowing: 'With thi3 riDg I thoo wed. As it hi one, so be our hearts united; as it is pure, so be our wedded lif?, as it is endless, so by our plighted love, till death shall psit.' Others would perhp.pa prefer the sentiment in rhyme : With this rlEg I thco wed, 'tis tLe jp'.clgo ol iry love, Let its purene.s type of wedded lives prove; Be its cEenes an emblem of the hearts vc uolte. And Its circle nuenJiogo! ib laith wo Bow plight. JV. O. Christian Advocate. THE FREXCH AS HUMORISTS. Je suit Francais is a rhrase often heard in France. If an imputation bo made on a man's courage, his figure is drawn tip to it 3 greatest elti tude, and the words are ut ;red s if from Olympian 1 eights. If he takes what Lo daerns a noble stand, worthy of himself and his country, Le taps himself ou tho breast cr.d tho throe words follow. If a reflection be made on thai honor about which there is so much talk, the pliraoo of three words is prencuncod with an intimation that excuses must be offered with the al ternative ol blood-letting. Rudely crowd a man at the theatre or the railway station, and two to oua he will say, 'Don't push me, sir; I am a Frenchman;' implying tliai yen may possibly do so to others with impuni ty, but not to a man of his national ly. One sees iu the Atglo-Suxon a dis position to jest at death, as iu the gibes of the grave diggers before Hamlet, and the Western journal which said its State was so healthy that in order to start a grave-yard the citizens had to borrow a corpse from a neighboring State. This effort to encircle a death's head with a garland of humor shocks the Gaul. La mort is not used in a jocular vein. With ns young people not unfrequenlly go to the cemeteries to amuse themsol ves; this would strike him as singular. He respectfully removes his hat aa he meets a funoral procession and as he passes before the house of death. Tombstone wit is rare, and Boiloau showed a disregard of public opinion when he penned such an epigiamas this: Ci-git ma Crumic. Ah (j-iVlie e.-:t tiien Pour bob repoa et le mion which may thus be rendered in Eq gliah: Here lies ray wife and oh I how fine, For her repose as well ai mine! Ed. When one of hia fellows in keen sighted, the Gaul eays he has the American eye, whioh probably bas its origin in his acquaintance with the works of Cooper; for if he be ignorant of every othor American author, he always knows this one. When he says he is eick at the heart, this ia one of his graceful evasions, and he means that he ia eiok at the stomach. When he speaks of a man aa Bober, he refers to hia temperament, and it baa no connection in his mind with the absence of drunkenness. Oar win dows look, and his give, on the etreet. The American imbecile will never m t tho river on fire; the Frenoh one has not invented powder. Romeo wait OFFICE OF THE ADV00ATE-O0EKEB OP 2IARGETT AND EAW303 8T8 RALEIGH, 5. 0. BAIE8 or ADVESTIS'.S . Saci. l Month. 3 Mo. mok. Mont. 1 taA 1 Sq-iar. i, 3 qurt.i 8 Squart'K.I 4 Njuurtvljl oVmn.ji X 'i'nia. ,i 1 i?(mnn,.j W.i t 60 4 AO 8 01,. f 10 00, I" 85 04 45 tM 60 OW eo oq llJ u 190 (XI 0 II" 9 Oil 1(1 i: (Mr 13 mi 15 IKi 1 S (Ml 84 110 SO 10 Ml IS It I 15 on i n ou1 20 OU1 K (HI W 0O 25 IK, 80 00 40 (III 75 00 100 00 " -TV Si W, Advertisement, will b. changed once every tbre. aoQth. witbout Haiuonal eh.rte. for every other ug. there wiUb.aoertrebrge ot twe.ty ! a inch. TVenty-flve per cent, is .ddod to th. bev. rites for special notioea In LoI e.gunin. ing at the rendezvous for hia .Tni;i t, j tho hour of tho shepherd. We a epado a fipade, and ho calls a a cat Wheu the lima for na; call cat come s, with notbinz in tho nnron j,- desc hou r of Rabelais. iu America a fltu- pid mai: w a ssc; u, rraooe hfl u a wj. Th French duck nn tn rke accl imaled, r.n 3 ir l,car8 oa ita back the Dui-.jen or our abamt and false re- porta irat intod that ih.-y enjoy a monopoly of cuiy tare the :g &fi vroil ns t:o nam: Imi ? : thin an ancient Fronch word. ftad was om ployei en in the Lngiish sense by Oor. lo, in whose play a it la fnd n it foil into dosnelu.tfl nn,i neillo a hen rem veil by Diderot. Of t!fl ters, i, Sainlo-Bf.,!;,, givea ceo of the t English a;.H-Jica'ioEa r.t m, 1 best w - - - uw )IV1U, 0:0 ho siiye. in sneak :nrr t m.i ca . . - - o vuai ubriand. that ho bad a kind of ha- HI or laufiuy, ,i joue tour un id (ri.slea. description, bv ,,. one th at would apply eaily well to the' ol tracer oi l'rciiidont Lincoln. Ha r in the Ectrliah sens in r,.i-;. trior in of w vaviiUWa tho Frouch it is almost a eyuonyme caprice, leavionr aaidn ifi : signification. The French no. this quality ia common with us bat . 1 L. A ... ' vita ma condition that mirth shall not master art: thtra m..Bf i. MBMIrfW WW coarseness in the oihibitioa. The Gaul cannot see tho amoscment of a man with a hat kuocked over hia evea: "u UWUa nos wtjga when another falla however awkwardly La may sprawl. Tho distortion of language in the search after droll effects does not move him to mirth. Thongh he nn derstood our language rb well as our selves, ho would never learn to be amuiwd with the deformed orlho grairj of u:u.q cf our humorists; thoHo br&kon-backed word and twists' of lunguago would only offend hia taute Albert lihodes, in the October Gaiufy. xrc AitjruA or America. Cast a momanicry glance over the aurfaco of this broad continent You irf!! "ce at enco that it is tho most magnificent theater upon which hu man powei has over had an opportu nity to exert itself. Kemomber that upon it forty millions cf beings aro al ready placed, and tiat the future will doubt!e?s contribute its annual mil lions ia an cvcnucrcasiug ratio. You win also note tLr.l, Hoc kintr in frnm abroad, come tha Colt, the Teuton.lhe &zcz, ao 1 t ii mlivc of fir Calhav all rimhiag in to f.;rm parts of one huge eopglomorata mass cf rcatloan humtuiity, upon who.ie tial depends tho realisation of tho 1 irrbot honen ov&ryct farmed cf approaching the unsgo c: a Utopian coicsimvoalth. Sarcly never iu .uy preceding record ofhu'niu Litjrj has tLcre been a fuirer opvniLg for tha full develop ment ot ujo fcouiout aap-ralioaa for ...-., ml,!,,!, . 1 ijuuw, kuu xsiiA.M Aci2g uaa ooen pleaaou lo implant iu the bosom of hio creatures. Here is ample spac and vcrgo enough for the most far Sufcing statesman, tho most persuasive orator, the most profound philoso pher, tho moat ezuiied philanthropist. Uro id a Held the like of which Aris totle or riato never trod. Here are problems cn which Cicero never could havo speculated, or Bacon exercised hia wendorfal sagacity. Answer me, if you can, I pray you, shall it indeed be that this marvelous scene will be occupied by actors worthy of their place, who will strain their utmost powars to raise to every great emer gency, and do for thoir faliow-mon all that mortal power has boon alio to effect, since the forfeiture of paradise ? C. F. Adams. FEMiLE SOCIETY. What is it that makes all tho3e men who aa3cciat9 habitually with women superior to others who do not ? What makes that woman so accustomed and at etse in the society of men superior to hor sex in general ? Solely be cause th;y aro in tho habit of free, graceful, continued coveraations with the other sex. Women in this way lose their frivolity, their faculties awa ken their delicacies and peouliaritiea unfold all their beauty and captiva tion in the spirit of iute'lcctual rival ry. And the men lose their pedan tic, rude, declamatory, or sallea man ner. The coin of tha understanding and the heart changes continually. Their asperities are rubbed off, their better materials polished and bright ened, and their richness, like the gold, ia wrought into finer workman ship by the fingers ol wmu-jn than it ever could bo by tuoao ot men. The iron and Rtoei of th';ir ctiiimcterB are hidden, like t-o elunctcr aud armor of a giaat, by btuJs and kuota of good aud precious stones, when they are not wanted in actual warfare. r 9 4 L