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Information from an Old Record;
OB, MKTHOWSM IS WASIIINOTO.V, C.
Ju't here We arc rcrnind'jtl of tbe great
good that not uri frequently grows out of
camp-meetings. They may be a peculiar
ity, yea, an eccentricity, of Methodism;
but the church has but few auxiliaries in
irhich a more sanguine hope may be re
posed. It is well enough to build fine
churches for fine people to worship in, but
to reach the multitude you must imitate,
somewhat, the judicious plan of the JJap
tist locate your efforts in the wilderness.
Fine people will reflect before they "drive
out" their religion where their carriage
wheeb will be" inconvenienced, but the
poor are apt to disregard trifles in the pur
euit of wholesome benefit.5!. To fay no
thing of the individual profit resulting
from a prudent use of camp-mecting?, the
church draws most of its nourishment from
their full store-houses : they are the con
cealed sources, no to gpeak, from which
flow Ziou's broadest, most fertilizing riv
ers : it is but seldom that they do not fur
nish additional props upon which may be
entrusted Home of the most pressing re
eponsibilities. In 100, Joseph . Ilia
ton and J. 0. K. Williams, during a camp
meeting at Conahoe, were converted, and
returning to Washington, joined the so
ciety. Th step thus taken by these young
men is sid to have favorably influenced
other?. We are not informed to what ex
tent the latter was made useful, how long
he continued steadfast in his professions,
with what spiritual prospect he died. We ,
well remember his personal appearance,
and believe that his social position was
such as to entitle him to respect. Joseph
B. J linton, however, entered into the aims
and projects of the society, with a highly
creditable earnestness, offering the hospi
tality of his roof to the preachers, and
striving with great diligence and zeal to
earn a good report for the membership.
Perhaps no man of that time, (with the
exception of Italph Totts, and ho was
stooping under his years,) exercised a more
beueficial influence, practically considered
and with reference to the detail of business
matters, upon the society, both in its pre
sent and ptrspect.ive, than Joseph JJ. Hin
ton. For a ueason he was sole steward,
and met the annual obligations imposed
upon him with a readiness and enterprise
truly commendable, lie had learned his
lessons of devotion to the cause of religion
in a good school.
Between the years 1805 and 1812 many
of the most pious members of the society
rested from their labors; and if the reader
will pause at this simple registry of their
names, let him do so with a Bolemn awe ;
" let a prayer go up to heaven so solemnly
the dead may feel no wrong." Died the
wife of Italph l'otts : the was a friend of
the poor, and relieved the necessities of
the needy and destitute : she was a mother
in Israel, and her death was, like her life,
truly serene and eminently glorious. Died
Thomas Kobiuson: he was one of the
excellent of the land : he had stood by the
church through seasons of storm and sun
shine, but angels beckoned him away.
Died Elizabeth Hill, a blind woman :
she loved her class meetings, and thanked
God for the loss of her sight, because it
had weaned her from earth and given her
to the Saviour. Died Benjamin Pyle,
formerly a resident of Fayetteville : he was
a pattern of humility, and went with shout
ing to his rest. Died Hev. Covington
Simkins : he was a man of strong faith
and standard piety, of more than ordinary
capacity of mind, and closed his mission
with "Oouie, Lord Jesus, come quickly."
Others may have accompanied these freed
spirits to the better land ; we do not know;
but we think here is the withdrawal of a
number sufficient to have weakened the
society if it had growu up to its full stature.
To be sure, there were a few coming
from the neighboring towns and districts,
and falling into the broken ranks; but
there were vacancies that could not be
fillpd. Tt. is one thing to etnhollisb Ko
church-book with names, but another to
secure valiant soldiers for Jesus Christ.
The inference may be drawn, however,
that those who were the main depencies of
the society by reason of official position,
survived. These were, properly, the con
trolling prime agents in the giving of the
important features to its advancing his
tory. A small revival breaking out about
this time, was also efficacious in restoring,
somewhat, the wasted strength of the mem
bership. John McWilliama and others
were added, who doubtless rendered good
service and secured the good opinion of
their fellow-workers.
In 1811 the first stationed preacher was
sent to Washington, Rev. William Wright ;
and it became thenceforth generally a sta
tion. Bro. Wright maintained, it is stated,
the dignity of his office and the respecta
bility of his charge with a right good will ;
that is to say, that while he knew and re
garded the high respect due to his minis-
terial character, he prudently avoided giv
ing offence by converting the pulpit into
a throne and placing a chilling distance
between him and his people ; he more wil
lingly and judiciously sought to bind up
the interests of the preacher and his flock
into one bundle. This is what we call
maintaining the dignity of the holy office,
as well as the respectability of a charge.
The society, on its part, came up like good
men and true to the help of the Appoint
ing Power. Every preparation that cir
cumstances would justify was made, that
the preacher might have a good reception
and his situation prove a pleasant one. The
meeting house which had before been very
uncomfortably arranged was refitted, the
expense thereof being defrayed without a
mark of discontent a pulpit and altar
were built, backs put to the seats, the in
terior of the house painted and a belfry
erected. Not only so, but at the expira
tion of the year the necessary amount to
cover the current debt was raised without
a thought of failure. For the improve
ment of those who stop their ears against
the ring of money in a church, as well as
those who start at the size of the annual
demand of these days, we would state that
at a time when they were compelled to'
worship God in little better than a" barn
and were but few, the Methodists of Wash
ington raised SG20, and thought it ao
trouble. .
From the point at which we became -i
station, un to this resent, we brieve the! that
boeietv ha kent untarnished the elevated i ing
character which it obtained m the begin- to
ning.
That iu sensibilities have wen!
nreserved keenly awake, that its spiritual
, sky has been strewn with clouds of por-j
' tentous meaning but too frequently, may
!be readilv admitted ; but in every circum-j
! stance arid quality peculiar to a firm and j
laltfilUl rellglOUS asSOCiailOU, 1U eveijr qucs-
tion of law and order that may grow out !
of the difficult machinery of a station, it j
has stood by its colors in the utmost ex-j
tremity. Wc dare say, the memory does !
not exist that can recall a single instance;
in which it h&s departed from the plain J
path of duty. In guarding the sealed j
treasury of its rights and privileges from j
the pollution of dastard hands, in contrih- f
uting its portion in due season to the aug-1
mentation of religious influence, in inter- j
posing the broad face of its shield for the
defence and support of the Christian min-1
istry, the Washington station has approved j
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itself worthy of Methodism. In return,
we trust and believe that it has ever re
ceived the cordial acknowledgments of the
body of the preachers We . do not pre
tend to say that other stations cannot show
as bright a character ; we arc only speak
ing for ourselves, in behalf of the unceas
ing labors of our fathers who are dead.
In 1812, John Giles, a minister of con
siderable talents, was sent to the station,
but the War leading to bi3 removal, James
fill hi3 place
Bro. A vent subsequently located, and has
been living among us ever since. He is
the one link connecting us with that point j
in
the history of the church. Having i
d to see all the familiar faces which :
livci
were accustomed to greet him at the sacra
mental board pass away, the very building
in which he officiated razed to the ground,
his associates in the councils of the church
gone home, and every footprint almost of
early Methodism washed out by the chang
ing tide, he yet bear3 the sword of battle
in his hand. No one, for the last forty
four years, has struggled harder for the
prosperity of Zion than Uro. Avent.
armlv attached to the "old paths, and
proudly alive to the highest interests of j
the Society, he has watched with jealous
vigilance every test it has undergone, and
aying " righteousness to the line and judg
ment to the plummet," manfully contend
ed for the attainment of its appropriate
position. Through the severest oraeals to
which Methodism in Washington has been
subjected, in youth and old age he has
faithfully remained at his post. We know
we speak the sentiments of all when we
declare that it will be a sad day that takes
him from us. So accustomed are we to
worship with him at the house of God, so
impressed at all times with the ardent taith
that buoys up the old man s pilgrimage, so
deeply convinced of the extent of our de
pendency upon his counsels, that such a
calamity would wrap our very hearts in
mourning. It would indeed be said that
our master had been taken from our head
to day. God in Heaven lengthen out the
wintry hours just this side the tomb, and
give thy servaut an abundant consolation.
G.
Washington, N. C.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
Universalism Future punishment Gods
Goodness.
Is God infinite in goodness? The Bi
ble teaches he is, and we believe its teach
ing. Is endless punishment true ? Ihe
Bible so teaches. But it is said by the
universalist, that a God of infinite good
ness, cannot suffer any of his creatures to
endure endless punishment. To this, we
would reply, that God's goodness suffers
men to be afflicted with pain, sorrow, pov
erty, want, disease and death here; how
do we know he will not do it in eternity ?
If any suffering for an hour, is consistent
with God's goodness how do we know,
but what it is consistent with his good
ness to let men suffer eternally.
But the goodness of God, to the righte
ous, requires the punishment of the wick
ed, just as the good of society requires that
oCenders Te imprisoned and put to death.
If the society of earth cannot be protected
without the punishment of the wicked,
how can the society of heaven ? But it is
asked, what would we think of the Father,
who would punish one of his children for
the good of others of a government that
would punish a part of her subjects for the
good of the rest, or of God, who would in
flict punishment on a number of his crea
tures to secure the happiness of the re
mainder ? To this we reply, that there is
no well ordered domestic or natural gov
ernment, that is not administered on the
very principle objected to. Why are un
ruly children punished ? Certainly not for
their own good alone. Is it not as much
for the good of the family, as for the good
of the child ? Why are vicious and law
less memberj of society imprisoned for life
or put to death ? Certainly not for their
own good, for it is impossible to see how
they are benefited by it. It is for the good
of society, for the protection of the homes
and lives of its peaceful citizens. Upon
what principle does God suffer our earth to
be visited by storms, earthquakes, pesti
lence and lamme, by which so many thou
sands have suffered ? Evidently for the
general good. And upon the same prin
ciple will he shut up the impenitent and
unbelieving in the dark prison-house of
hell torcver.
The perfect goodness of God does not
consist in treating all alike. For it is cer
tainly not in accordance with our ideas of
perfect coodness to treat all men just alike,
to make no distinction between the righte
ous and the wicked, the vicious and the
virtuous, the guilty and the innocent.
We would certainly not regard him as a
good Father, who would treat his good and
bad, obedient and disobedient children in
the same way, in making no distinction
whatever in the administration of the gov
ernment of his family. Nor would it be
regarded as indicating perfect goodness in
any earthly government, if in the forma
tion and administration of the laws, there
were no distinction made between the law
abiding and the lawless, the innocent and
the guilty. What would be wrong in
Man, can not be right in God. God's
goodness to sinners, demands eternal pun
ishment. Goodness desires the happiness
of men universally, regarding men as mor
al, accountable beings. How was univer
sal happiness to be secured ? Only by se
curing universal holiness, . How could
ed
before man the mot powerful motive ;
secure ma onediCDee ana prevent me;
violation of tne divine law. I not threa-t
tened eternal punishment that motive :
If this fail-: to secure universal holiness,,
and happiness, it is certain that no;
motive, which God could address to man j
would succeed. The penalty of transgres-:
siuii was not puuiisueu, iuii mu liiiui
sin and endure it, but to prevent men j
from committing sin, that clearly indicates
the divine goodness. It certainly is not!
inconsistent with goodness to warn man of '
bis danger that he may fly from, and es- i
cape it. i
As it is in accordance with wisdom and ;
goodnesa to suit mans circumstances, resi-'
dence and society to his nature, habits and ;
taste ; the goodness of God, is seen in;
sending the sinner to perdition-: for with j
this depraved nature, he would be more J
miserable in heaven with the pure and i
holy, than in perdition with those of like1.
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moral character and taste.
utlenn is a ;
necessity of his nature.
J. W
Newbern, N. C.
TUCKEJ
!
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
The Orphan Man.
Do you see that man in his office so early, :
reading a letter brought by the post last
night? He seems to be a man of purpose, ;
energy and nerve; that forehead, mouth
and chia c,.u1,1 never beloDS t0,an rdi,Da- i
TJ man- Jat now be seems deeply ais-
tressed . agony is literally pictured on h.s
13 ' lu" ,Jl :
ered oak, powerful and fearful. Lut now
again nis gaze is towards neaven, ne is ,
pleading in the name of Jesus for the balm ;
of Gilead ; now he seems composed and
tosses the letter into the fire, and has com
menced writing calmly as if nothing had
happened. ;
That man is a noble christian, is'in ac
tive and profitable business, has a pleasant
home and a nice little family, that loves j
and cherishes him. Dut he was an orphan,
and inherited all the shame and disgrace, !
the sins of others could confer; in
ejr j ub w lu,f
even a mother soothed and guided his
way; ne was icit among me ruue, iuu
wretched and miserable. He was scoffed
by one, ill-treated by another, cheated of
hi3 hard earned wages by another, and
spurned from respectable society by all.
His sorrows none knew but God, his op
pressions are written only in the Book of
Remembrance. But if he was in low so
ciety, he was not of them, he indulged no
bler hopes, and labored for a nobler re
ward. At an ea.ly age God converted his
soul, and from that time forward he did
the works of the righteous. By the most
intolerable lubors, privations and difficul
ties, he wrote his name among the very
best scholars at a literary irstitution. But
he could get no honors. There were no
rich relations to please, no great family :
connexions to flatter, no great political j
grade to maintain. But certaiuly he made !
himself friends at College I les, but not
among his competitors, nor even many
others when they saw he aspired to the
highest distinction. The high-born and
the rich could not permit an orphan, a .
a poor nameless nobody to take distinction.
The poor young mau got a diploma, and
the Faculty pricat'lg told him he would
yet be something. Y'et ! pray when ! Often
already had his bi'ter prayer been "Ob,
Lord how long I How long till 1 can be
appreciated and loved, till I may be recciv
ed into such society as is congenial to my
heart ! At Commencement, noble friends
greeted the other gradutes, fair ones smiled
graciously upon them, splendid equipages
attested their distinction, but the orphan
was greeted by none, none welcomed Irnu
forth into the world, tew seemed to be aware
of hi3 existence.
The newspapers attested that such a one
(the orphan graduate) proposed to discharge
the duties of a certain profession. " Who
is he?" Xever heard of him before. Any
akin to these and the others. I know him
very well, he is a very clever chap, has
some ability also, but is of bad extraction,
knows nothing of society, and would do
very well, if his aspirations were not above
his station. But that man has toiled on,
he long since made up his mind to bear the
insults of the w-rld, and earn himself a
name by noble deeds. His task has been
no easy one, he was compelled not only to
do good work, but he mut not dare such a
thing as competition ; he must not express
his honest opinion, and he need not expect
any honorary marks from fountains whence
they flow. Why not, if he is worthy ?
Simply because he has no great connexion
of any kind to recommend him, and honors
have a remarkable tendency to cluster about
high places, and in the direction of strong
influences. But surely he can get literary
honors, for they are awarded to merit and
ability. Yes, if there is any great purpose
to serve he will get them, and neVer before.
He was just now reading a letter, in which
he is sharply rebuked by an Honorable
man, for doing a very little to secure some
distinction. Wonder if that Honorable
man eer suspected the true motives of the
struggling orphan man ? " Why, he wants
fame of course." Entirely mistaken, sir,
he cares nothing for such a bauble; he is
seeking in a noble and manly way to break
the barriers that have kept him from the
hearts of the world. His birth and pover
ty have cursed him, and he knows that
nothing but riches or honors can remove
the bar. He wants society, friends, asso
ciates. and seeks in a high-minded way to
win them. " But let him wait." How
long? Look into his "noble, warm, affec
tionate heart, and perhaps you will say, he
has waited long enough. But this man is
a christian, he believes God s Word, Jesus
has just now spoken peace to his aching
soul. To Christianity he owes all he is,
and hopes to be ; but for it, he would have
been a ruined, worthless being. This man
says the greatest gift to an urphan, is reli
gion ; never select an ungodly man for a
guardian ; let dying parents take care to
whom they entrust their children; when
making wills, provide for religious training;
do not sp-end thousands for the poor uuless
you provide for their religious instruction ;
do not take little orphans into count and
bind them to wicked men ; let the Minis
ters use all proper means to win the friend
less and the poor to Jesus. He is their
only hope. You have ceeii the neat little
boy, whom a pious mother has taught ; in
a few years after he has been left an or
phan, and you have found him rude, wick.
ni'-t probably be attained ? By plac-j
Did not
yocrbcrt II- ed ? t -
jK.iiuibc orpi.au p.eaie-i irtrasuie. :
lee particular one of whotu we Lave
wmUn, smarted at the very bolts ta of i om-
oi.ny; eariy reunion turned Maj in Xxt
right direction ; he ha pn f-erty 5sc5cient, ;
a profitable business ; he lias dcoe much
good, an 1 is certain to make his mark upon
the world. He fteis that the l-ar is n t yet
ofJ, tut is toiling on with arl -nt hope. He :
has a great large heart that never desponds ;
the sai and sorrowing gather around him,
tli'y l.,ve him ; little orphans
appear to
draw to him mstmctiveiy.
Header, did you ever tee this
man ?
Ti:iuk over your atfj'uin'ances. Perhaps
he is the very man against whom y"U have
acted, ana m wtiom you try io cdj greai
MUU3. vo you know any little orphans ,
-ire ujey propeny careu lor . viu vu
SYMPATHY.
For the K. C. CLrbtlaa Advocate.
Editor A"i C. Advocate.
Dear Urother : I
am. much obliged
to you for publishing my reply to the as-;0f
sault on my character; but is your story ,;
in the editorial applicable to the cas
ase: . . i
am rather surprised that vtu snouid tmne.
it could by any possibility be made to'
mean m-l Did not the man who made
the attack acknowledge that I gave five
duUon; that the brother ia the story never j
.stioiis; and 1 do So because we are;
commanded to "provide for our own house-,
hold' or words to that effect; you may
remember how it reads. It becomes rue, :
then, to find out wnat you are going to do
with iuv monev. before I send it. In or
der that I may be enlightened, please an
swer the following questions : Do you think
it will pay ? If it will, about what per
cent. ? If it will not yield over six per
cent., I had better keep my money invest
ed "in good notes." Don't you think I
can buy the stock below par if I wait six
or twelve months '.The reason I ask this
question is this : most new projects do not
pay the first year, and the stock is apt to
run below par. You remember the rail
roads we have had built through the State.
To come within the bounds of " our Zion,"
you remember the College; we had trou
ble to sustain it for several years, but now
you know it pa)"3 about Vl per cent. ; at
least, I have heard so. I ought to have
had more stock in that, if it is a stock
company. I suppose you stockholders are
under some obligation to the little gentle
man who used to be President there, ior
making that pay. Where is that little
preacher now : 1 went to near him once ;
they told me he was going to preach about
i&d vulgar.
gave a cent; s- you see how you inistaue ; Jess efforts, many a dark corner has become
the point and misapply the case. Yon : rc5pleTi.Jent wiih heavenly light ; many a
fsk me to send fifty dollars to the " Fub-; bitter pang of suffering has been alleviated:
i.r-inij- j unu oi uur vVki. ueiuic x . manv . dvin" r.enitent has r i need that
J - C g - 4 -
i. i t r.it. I want to ak von one or two
the missionaries and the heathen; and as . Creek Baptist Association, held with , the
I never believed half that was said about Church at Antioch, Orange County, X.
those people, I concluded to go and hearjc OctolJer "-S, 1850," I find the fol
him. Well, he came in looking very bold, Jowiug preamble and resolutions, which
went into the pulpit, and knelt down. I Were adopted unanimously by that body :
thought, while hewas kneeling, " Xow, j Whereas, the Rev. J. R.Graves, editor
when he gets up and sees we old men, who ! 0f tbe ' Tennessee Baptist,' and author of
Lav been in th eiurdi so long and never the 'Great Iron Wheel,' who is a minister
believed in these missionaries, he will feel 0f our denomin ition in good standing, has
abashed ;" but when he got up he took the )Ccn publicly slandered and misrepresent
old Bible, opened and laid it mi the desk, ! ej within the bounds of this Association,
got right up and stood straight, looking to the injury of the Baptist denomination,
right at me, and says he not in that low . ;t becomes us to disabuse the public mind
whisper with which so many of the preach- Up0n tnis subje ;-t. 1 herefore,
ers commence, but he spoke right out with i R,:sh od, Ihis Association take the re
a good, full voice "The first morning les-: sponsibility to assert that brother Graves
son is the 8th chapter of 2d Corinthiaus." j9 a Baptis't minister of good moral char
I thought to myself, " There's more in acter. That he has the confidence of the
that young man than appears." He did denomina'ion, is evident from the fact
not take any particular text as I can re- that his paper has a circulation of about
member, but seemed to slide all about in ten thousand copies. We further state,
the Bible; and wherever he happened to that the slanders and insinuations that ap
stop he found a text to help him along in peared some time since in a rejgious jour
his argument for the support of missions. nai are now being retailed within thebounds
Presently he got somewhat excited, and 0f this bod-', and should be promptly met
began to read some long figures he had by the ministers of the same,
put down on a slip of paper. I cannot Resohrd, That we recommend the 'Great
remember them all, but will give a few, iron "Wheel' and 'Orchard's History' to the
and I want you to say whether these are attention of our churches and the public
so. lie said there were about 400,000,01)0 generally."
people on the earth ; that at least 200,- j ' ir. Editor, doe3 not this Association
000,000 of these had never heard of Christ, ; take" an alarming " responsibility' ? At
and of those who had heard, not even one-; what point is blind prejudice bounded ?
third, or 70,000,000, made any profession j FIDELITY,
of religion, even in name; and of these;
only about one-tenth, or .000,000, were
really and truly followers of Jesus. He!
said that in China, with her vast popula- j
tion, there were so few preachers, that the
same proportion would only give about
three to the whole Imted States. Then ; c.nooi. ym. IL Bass, A. M., Principal
he said something about one Jenkins, or;and propri(;tor, is worthy the highest re
Taylor, or some such name, who went out j comnieDdation you can give him." My re
from among us, who was there in the ! gidence js not one.fourth of a mile from
midst of all this heathendom ; and " he ; h;s nis dwelling is Ianre, commodious,
was preaching then to help Jenkins, or ! and vell adapted to the accommodation of
Taylor." Just then he began to feel how . boarders. I am sure, could the public be
hard work it was to defend the missionary j come personauv acquainted with himself
cause, and the big tears began to start out, j and his estimable ladv, that his School
and the brethren around felt so sorry for ! would soon be crowdedVith students,
him they began to cry, and the sisters ! Thj3 gcll0ol h ocated just a suitable
sobbed tor the pain he was in, acting, I ! distance from the R. & G. R. Road, about
suppose, from Christian sympathy, which ! 4Q mies above Weldon, in one of the most
commands us to " bear one another s bur- healthy, refined, intelligent and moral
dens." Presently he straightened himself j nehborhoc-ds in the State of Xorth Caro
up, and raising both hands above his head 1 Hn - It is remarkably favorable in its lo
he cried out 7 " And with all this destitu- j cation tojnduce patronage from the wealthy
tion, with the Macedonian cry ringing in j and great agricultural county of Edzecomb,
your ear, help ! help ! Ezel Church only j and from aIj tne lower counties"of this
gave to the missionary cause, last year,
thirty-fire cents." How big he looked just
then. I thousht the church was hardly
, t 1. l.M t! . T 1!L. 1. 1
large euougu 10 noiu mm. j. iiKe 10 nave
crieu, lie muue bucu a leeiiug luiujr 01 11 ; 1
but you know, dear brother, there are a I
great many objects of chanty near heme,
and "charity begins at home." When
the hat came round, I decided to make a
missionary contribution, just to see how it
felt. Rijrht in front of me was Bro. G.
Freely; he had beea shoutihg for some
time, and was entirely beside himself.
Would you think it? he puiled out ten
dollars and threw it away on the missions-
ries. All the small change I carried with
me I put in ; that was ten cents; I hope it
will prove a blessing. 1 must postpone
subscribing tnat nJty dollars until l can
hear more of the particulars. I like your
paper very nmeh- The numbers I bor
rowed were tolerable in matter, but the
paper of the first woie out before all my
family had read it through, and I couldn't
find anybwly who would lend me another.
I am determined the church shall do her
duty by you here, that is, if you defend
my character ; and so I have got you some
subscribers, and enclose you fifteen dollars.
I charge you ten per cent, for collecting,
and you can subscribe that to the Publish
ing Fund for me ; thivt is, if yew think -ii
77 j-,,. Hat it i. on k-r-t -od I do r.-t ; I".-
jeet oocad to pf
Kal to.-k. .! f.m- r,-:r ,?;r;,W-l f U
t.its
Verr tni!
iv. t.-iit in love.
' PIOUS GRIPE.
For ti- X. C. Clr:j::33 A
"Hill-side rioters."
Df.a?. Bro. Ikrux : I'trrr.it ir to ;D.
vite the attention -f your rva-2cr to a ti w
publication, wh t?e iuria-ic tie-rifs sn 1 co
, hie nlii'.n entire ii Ma crii! and Chris
tian recep'i -n. It b- ar- th fijur.i-'ive bit
i Wao ifui title i.f Hill .Je' Fl-wtr-,"
wLich readily le.-qv-aks its character It
it intended as a sft l.- k, au 1 -'Hm-?s "f
a choii-e collection . f p'tticiil "ids, lrh
ch""u- col'
r- i a.i ... f,,.,,, ,v.., i ; ,u, , ,.,rit.,-i
periodical literature of the d
i v. I De ac
cruing pr-5:s are secured t a little t-niple
: of wor-hip on the ea-i ban': of the Ilud
Ison. (F-r what nobler, holier o-jvit did
j the Murt- ever siiig?) Its claims o ihe
J public regard are amply dew tw rated in a
' LTattful in'r'Iui ti.iii l.r t Ti v Tl.-v. Bihi-rt
Jiajriit - D. ct it is. in reality, the oT-rrh:i'
cgveral ladies, whoe camcs, tb-ugh
modestly withheld, are closely identified
With tuaiiy enterprises throush which only
tbe 2rui of the Lord could have safely kd
hem. Aiik.ijt the r...t th uc-ftful
attempt to reno ate a w-rld-renowned hauDt
f)f cr;I11(l ari,i ,f rr,,r fthe u "Five Point."'
jn ycW York Chty.) Through their tire-
"Whilst the lamp holds out to burn,
1 he vilest sinner may return.
Thus, unheralded by the '' world's broad
tongue," have they glided sftly along,
with noiseless trca1, upon their errands of
love and mercy. Tisus may the "leaven'
of our Holy Gospel extend, "until the
whole be leavened."
Upon a sublime mission is this new and
attractive volume prayerfully sent. The
Lord grant it sueees.s. Natural flowers
may quickly fade ; the lily, the tulip and
the rose soon exhale their sweets and die.
But when fervent piety assists, with her
richest petfumes, the graceful harmony of
numbers, " poetic flowers" may bud and
blossom, which shall abide the chilling
frosts of time. So mny this fragrant bo-
quet from the green " hill-side.
It
lade many a breeze with its odor.
Published by Carlton k Phillips, at the
Methodist Book Concern, New York.
M. E. W.
Black Rock, X. C, Jan. 1856.
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Very Remarkable.
the " Proceedings of the Xinety-
In
; seventh Annual .Session of the Handy
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Male School at Eidgway.
Mr. Editor : I was pleased to see in
j -r-fllir Iyer i5np ittpnt iiin r-allpel to this
State.
Just tell your readers to give Mr. Bass'
Sr-hool a trial, and I am sure thev will be
I '
1 pleased- Respectfully,
P. II. JOYXER.
Light and Colors Christian Per
fection. A new Figcre It is well
known in the science of optics, that a iay
of light pas-ing through a prism, or trian-
t gular piece of glass, in a window shutter,
! into a dark room, produces ontheeppostj
! wall, m great bnilianey and distinctness,
j the seven primary colors of Ted, otaoge,
! yellow, g:een, blue, indigo and violet.
j When these rays, thus separ ted, are again
! collected into a lotus ty treans ofakn,
or i ieee of glas- with a double convex sur
face, the effect in xhi wall will le a r t
of beautiful unmixed white. S wbna
ray of saving light, emanating from ihe
Sun of righteousness, passes through the
prism of the human understanding, it paints
upon the christian's Lcrt, in tbe inner
parr of the u-mj le, the varied hues of the
Spirit's primary graces, faith, hope, love,
humility, patience, paee. f-cd j.y. And
when these grace- are then collected iufo a
single point, thro; h the It ii- of Chris' ian
peitVe'i -a, :!'f-y jrudute the icltite rjsot of
unnhllied liolinea.
I-:
Class 1zli2zs
Prim it he
7
I
am a Jovr
I c-
teera every pecullari:
system which ten-I
; work of Louses. X
,e Wc:
y.in
to advance the
it Lav'r:g k n
I rem pers'iii o'.-ervatK.r,. vn-Mh
credit o-ght to be sllo-vrd ' t'." rr.
mutive comT'?ir:o! s ul.ich rne arc
'; cen;md:ily in-ii.-j itlrg be: we n Me:h
o i:?m at p'efr,t. uu .is i: wis in j ;r-
: riier time. : I h.ive La i i.ot a ft.-w rea
sons to believe thist they owed their
or!g:n, in sonic dcjrrce, to a certain f.iuit-
G
nrnhng- disM-,itsn. which gros on
j every soil, and -products an abundance
' of w hims to vex its pc s-se-rs aiid their
i friends. The talk about being- "a f;l
; len Church," "no piety among" u," and
I a long list of similar assertions, never
seemed to me to origin ite in a Chris
tian spirit or to pro l ice g'l iff.c!.
-Nevertheless, anna the chr
ciiati-c
this channi world, it l ne::!
tr im-
probable nor stran;
hat then
shoiiM
m "the
have been some deviations fn
old paths," some falling oil from the
i "straitness" of the wtH-tricd ways of
our fathers.
i It will never prove the path of wis
1 doni to disacknowlcdge such uYrelie
; tions if the' have actually occurred,
' nor to apologize for them instead of
i setting them richt.
j I was impressed with the propriety
i of inquiring into this subject on fn-ar-iag,
by way of a friend, that twenty
or thirty vears a 20 it was customary
i r.
lor persons, and particularly prc tehtri
1 , , T
; when meeting classes, to put such que
esi-
tions as these to every litem oer :
i "Do you nrav in secret ''. IIow
of
ten ! Do you read our Discipline ? Do
you understand our rules Do you
: love them V Do you observe fasting!"
: &c. I was constrained to acknowledge
that although I had endeavored to uc-
'. quaint myself with the usages both of
; preachers and people, in diverse sec
tions of the country ; although I had
maintained a conscientious attendance
i upon class meetings, from my spiritual
infancy, in none that I had ever at
tended did I remember to have heard
these questions. Their excellence h
beyond discussion. In the hands of a
skillful interrogator ; one who would
; not suffer reproof by them himself,
they would impart new interest to one
of the most useful religious exercises.
To commend ihe duties to which they
refer in general terms is insuUici.'iit.
An affectionate inquiry into the indi
vidual's personal habits, made to illus
trate the nresent state of the heart and
ot reunions progress on, would ne oi
more service than a whole honi.ly of
precepts. The common and almost
unvaried set of questions relating to
"enjoyment" tends to a tedious tnono-
tony. If enjoyment is wanting, no:h
: inr is so necessary as interrogations of
: suincient point to probe the heart and
i extract the lurking poison, If enjoy
ment abounds, it ought to be known
j whether there is suilicient principle and
i religious action to form for it a basis
an 1 a safeguard.
On referring to the Discipline, chnp
i tor ii, sect. 2, 1 find it plainly to en
join upon each leader a careful inquiry
; how "'every soul in his class prospers ;
1 " 1 1 1 I'
not only how each person observes the
outward rules" (as though that was ob
viously indispensable,) "but how he
grows in the knowledge and love of
God."-
Xow common experience has proved
that the hitter can never exist without
the former. A person may observe
many outward rules without loving God;
but no one can love God without keep
ing his commandments.
Hence it is often the most direct
wav to ascertain a Christian's standing
to inquire into his observance of duties,
: and Lis pleasure in them. Jhe rule
! preceding the one quoted, under the
I same reference, seems also worthy of
all commendation, but has probably
; been overlooked from not being associa
ted with the "duties of preacher in
rbnrTp " "Lot each leader be dilli-
Lpntbir pvnminwl coneerninrr hi midh-
; ------ -p
iodof meeting" a class. Let this be
!done with ail possible exactness at least
once a quarter. In order to this take
1 sufficient time-"
i Te , . , , .
If rules are to be kent. it is very re-
quisite that thev be known and under-
x1 i T - e c . i t .i
; stood. In view ot this fact, doubtless,
: - ,. ,. x , , ;, , -
. . . . - .
, tne discipline directs tnat tne rules oi
; our societies be read to persons aurnit
j ted on trial, the first time they meet in
i class. This I never knew to be done,
i Farther, it h made the duty of preach
j ers in charge to see these rules read
! statedly in every society and in every
congregation. I have attended the
j Methodist Church, as a learner, in at
i least six of the United States, and for
I more than a year continuously in each
j of very pr'-minent locations, and have
j never, but in a single instance, heard
lour rules read either to a society or to
I a congregation. It is fullv evident
, there is either too much delicacy or too
much indifference prerai
railing with res-
pect to this subject among those on
j whom the duty devolves.
! There is oulte to much rea-o
r,
i behevmg that there
i
jit ior
throughout the
; societies a great amount o: ignorance
i respecting the rules and diliwi of
! our Church
! What is known seems to be in a great
j measure traditionary. Next to the
; Bible our Book ot Disc-inline ourrht to
be in the hands of every Methodi-:.
A little inquiry will -msfy any one
that this is far from being the case. If
its precepts were rijiJty enforced it
would be expected that every individu
al would feel an interest in seeir g the
ing a law unto Limslf,
ID
w ::
i :. ' .
i-es
lr:
.i
i.
;:ve r.T.-l
Eve iv
: I e th
:ve n
w.o'e f
It is f
ris:!
:.t,
'7
i n o-t:.;
as to
r for the
y i
y
th tl.i
i.v tr.cunil'C
r. 'in t! c
. :!. .
acc -it ..! i v r- t :-,r -
l
I '
f j :
ati i p'.ic?:cvs ol n v.r luher- v
I r.:n so sijtii'i'v owr.e-1
I
thtk
it !' 1 lc !t.-;r h ! ::r, iu l
a t
, 1
pVCI
tin:
th.
lil !!:! . Sl ip
'
Ily m,d-rt.i.d
e they c.i: r ot
riih , (. :;. 1 wi-o
Mur I'eti
believe th
. : b 1 m i
.,!--.-ur
they cannot iove them or keep iltm.
"Let us go on to ptrftcti. n," should
be our motto coniiruuh'y. Wc are fiilv
car.T'onc-l against nit tiding our rule,
or keep ng tin in fv-r conceit net' uke.
But what kind eithi r of policy or of
con-citnee ran that le which mats
them with neglect ?
Mr. Editor, to learn is the pnrt of
your humble correspondent. He. tb.t-rc-
f -rc, Sll':
lhee nin.irks
with
ilfi-
dence. Loping to he tnlighuned on the
su? ject ol 1 i n
t.U' u-.i-es and their
C7
excellence, if his iew
are incorrect.
DlMiirLls.
May 11, lGT.
I r- iii t:. Pctrri-lur- K.rr.
Pernicious Literature.
Upon this subject the New York
' Xetvg observes that a tins of hooks is
popular at the North, which i- as in-
siduous in i's mischief as a rat-hole in
the dyke of Holland which affects
the tone ami thought of public life like
the miasma of the tropic- and which
penetrates and pervades the whole sys
tem like the fumes of burning char
coal, wlrch lulls the body to n p.se and
invites to that slumber that knows no
waking. The ;iir, it says, is full of it
its fruit is seen in the wild fanaticism
of one section, and in the impractica
ble conduct of another in the assaults
against the Union, the laws of ihe
United Stntes, and the compact? of the
Constitution, whi'li distin'Miish the
P, .nob P,.T.,,1.i;o-,r c " T, ,7
cpuMicar.s. It alludes to
the "literature of philanthropy," a. it
is carb-d.-rr-as" irmiy be b ttcr dc'.-cri-bcTTthe
"Uncle Tom's Cabin literature"
o-f-4-hc present time. While, it says-,
the Abolition press has done -oniething
towards creating the fanit!i-m and
disuT'i.inism of day, and ih. Northern
pnlp;t has done nn.ie yet the fctitiou-j
and ui' iid icions lah- of S.uthern lif,
and rn-tui.;-;, emanating from pens cal
led piou-, and from publ'shing hon-c-j
called respectable, have do tie mre than
all. It pioeecds:
- "Ve would like to see the soc'al life
of Boston laid bare wiih all the?
wc tliat nwiks the pagi of "Unebj
Tom's Cabin." The ciiizci s of that
moral Athens would find cause to hide
their heads in shame. Cases eat; he
found, arsd that not isolated, that will
match any cases or person- cjvaHd by
Mrs. .St owe. Let t lie sno ts and al
leys of Boston be searched, without a
candle, and brutal husband-", infidel
wives, "Topscys," without number, de
serted children, weary and overtasked
maiden-, and woman fleeing from home
oppression, tyranny and want to pros
titution, could he produced. Let (hat
form a basis for a novel of "Life anjong
the American Athenians." Let the re
cent developments in that fashionable
part of Boston, "the Shawmut avenue,"
and the conduct of the Dajlons and
the Coburnn with their wives, become
the standard for the domestic life of
New England. Let the tyrranny of
the husband which makes many a
noble-hearted woman in that city curse
the day of her bridal, and the hour
that she was horn a tyrrany more
general in New England than any part
of this hind be unfolded. Let the
oppression of the grinding flown of
sewing women and working girls the
system of corruption and crime, that
underneath a smooth cloak of rtd'gious
Zeal and a warm regard for
fcuffcrinir
.1, ,i- . i. .i :
l,ul.Jjai,uJ 1,1 l!,;iT
r, tern of tU Nrth !ct these
:r2e jUt n a r'ovtl 114 t;,- of r aI
; : let the novel bo followed with a
: "kev with the names appended," and
. - . . ... .' . '
the O.I?.l Uf.n rl 1 -ivf I , T t -. r'i-z-i. tr.
, , . c
blush lor any st
. , , -
frtneken adventt
tory written hypoverty-
turers. Nc should like
to see the novel written. Let it be
called "Peter 1'iouj" Cottage, or, Life
among the Philanthropists.''
Mammoth Love LniLii. A New
England gentleman in California, who
corresponds with a young lady of Fall
River, sent to his friend a letter, which
arrived in the mails of the George Law
on the 2th nit., and which comnrise
one
pap.
hundred a:.d fortv-iix paes of
A Slight MiscNDLfcST.o'fcirG. A
pious minister, after lecturing a Sunday
school class in a r ost edifvir g manner.
proosed to close the excrcisei, by ring
ing 'Jordan ; mr amng the hymn,
"On Jordan- Mot my 1 at ks I Hand."
The worthy man w;s borrifkd ly hear
ing the whole .-chcol immcd:attJv ttrike
"Jordun am a hr 1 road to travel,
I believe."
"Sundays Exceptid." The fol
lowing railroad companies do not run
ilU? tra,f!l on -UT"I:.rs : Oalena and
Chicago Lno", Illinois and Central,
Air Line from Chic, go to St. Lou3,
New Albany and Salt ni, Chicago and
Kv-k I-!; ml, Chico, St. I'au! at d
n-s
i l ac,
"...
(J.ie,;-,
nd Mi!w;
ijhee,
Xity
i U .v. t :
i trn of Canada.
alii the ClCi,
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