North Carolina Newspapers

ci r "TV n a Jj t 1 lit l PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHUECIL SOUTH. RUFFS T. IIEFLIN, Kit? Vol. I.-Kq, 37. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, SBPTSHBEa U, 1830. fl 5 ) a Year, in .lvanrc f - A t it u irili V3 2j3 a e t r i . From tie New York OVerv'-r. THE LOVELY LASD- There . -i. I v;!y Lin 1 Avray hyors,l th; ky, Wh;re"jiih anl nin vc'tra nevr knfwn N-r grief or wo fc'er dhnaiM an eye There, v.,!.;' fit inonrnm wrtti'ng i.e'er wai hear', ' iiin, no cry i wail of infant. Of ari"ui-!i .;hed fever in that lanl, Away beyond the nlty TIkt;, in that lovely l.ml Away heyonl the nky, A -jtrearii k bright forever (low?, Its waters pure are always blest. And on its hank the life-tree rowi ; There weary ones oft peaceful ret, It is their "home, that lovely Ian J Away beyond the fcky. Hark ! in that lovely lano, Away beyond the 'y, Sweet cliil'lren'H voice praises Ring, IYai-e, 1'raine, thoy give to Jcsui' lov, All fre'"l from f.ia and death's hharp filing. They're crowned with lif-; and joy above, t It is their hume, that lovely lariU, Away beyond the t"ky. There, in that lovely land Away beyond the nkyt The ch'ii Iren and the parents met No more to roam, no more to die. Who!-: Kiini.i'-s b ay at Jesus' feet, An l joy beams forth from every eye, It is their home, that lovely land, Away beyond the hky. There, in that lovely land Away b'-yond the hky, How many aed pilgrims rest From earthly cart-s, from doubts and fears, No more by Satan's wiles oppressed. 'Tis (i d's own hand removes their tears, It is their homo that lovely land Away beyond the sky. Thou happy, lovely land Away beyond the fcky, Tho' now upon the earth I roam. My heart still hopes, yea lons for thee ; When, duties done, when summoned home Thy light shall brightly burst on me, 'Tis Jesus' home, that lovely land Away beyond tho sky. Oh happy, lovely land Away beyond the sky, When shall I join thy holy songs? When rest beside thy living stream ? When walk amid angeliu throngs ? When on my eyes thy brightness beam ? Oh happy home, Oli lovely land, Away beyond the sky. S. L. C. rlrrtron a. From Bishop Pierce's Address. Female Education. That woman, as one of the important agents in the constitution of society, needs and deserves culture and devel opment, is the common sentiment of Christian lands ; but the mode and the measure of her education, are points concerning which there is great conflict of opinion. Although immense practi cal issues are involved, the question is speculative a controversy in which there is no umpire but experiment. But that the experiment may be fair and conclusive, it is essential that those views, which insist upon a thorough and extensive education of our daughters, should prevail, till results shall prove them unsafe and unwise. If lower and more rudimental standards should be adopted, the possible capabilities of wo man's mind may never be developed ; and the evidence which such a partial system affords against deep and thor ough training and in favour of superfi cial education, on the assumption of the constitutional incapacity of women for any thing better, is all negative. It proves nothing. The practice, though conformed to the theory, does not con firm it ; because the opinion, which it ignores and denounces, is still left un tested, whereas, on trial, its wisdom and its truth might be demonstrated.1 The loss to the world by this one-sided tentative process has been immeasura ble loss of character, influence and power. "When, therefore, the advocates of a low, contracted partial system, ap peal to society, its history, progress and results, although they find many thing3 apparently well adapted to their purpose, a closer examination will re veal the fallacy of their arguments and turn even their proofs against them. That women, under a meagre, restrict ed system, should have exhibited so much judgment and taste, good sense and refinement, is evidence strong as demonstration of what they might be, j and would be, under a liberal and en- J lightened economy of instruction. What J they have achieved, is not the limit of j their power what they are, is not the perfection of their nature. That tbey have not been degraded in intellect and grown imbecile, under all the disadvan tages of their lot, only shows that they are the inheritors of a moral and men tal economy so celestial, as to be exceed ingly hard to spoil. That, they have mae cood house wifes, prudent mothers, and interesting companions, under a: programme of duties and relations, which taught them that it was their business to feel and not to thiuk, to sew and not to. write, to look pretty and talk nonsense, rather than to aspire to knowledge and the legitimate influ ence of a social being, ought to close the argument and regenerate the policy of the world. Much has been said of the intellec tual equality of the aexes, and this moot ed question still arrays its combatants cix either side. In this tournament I break the lance. ' The part j which wins 1 the victory grasps a barren sceptre. 11 there be inequality the difference is not greater than among individuals of the same sex ; and, in my judgment, ; the whole theory of accomo dating cdu- j cation to what is peculiar and dUtmc-( tive in cither boys or girls, to the ex- i elusion of everv thin g, f jr which there ; is a supposed inaptitude, 13 impolitic if it were practicable, and impracticable- j 11 11. V1C IJOlilH,. iillMS -ilil llllll io i it it were pontic. at:-., ..h -,:-tii differ in many respects. Some are tar dy some are precocious in their devel opment. Some reach their maximum of attainment and strength almost at a bound others toil on, step by step and are accumulating for a life-time. These peculiarities manifest themselves only in the progress of life and education. They can not be determined by the sa gacity of the teacher, nor foretold by the science of the phrenologists. Besides, it is the business of education to aid nature to vcrnedy her defects direct- iug vwiai, i.i sii'jji, aim eiieugmeuiuj: what ii weak. The truth is, that vol untary, earnest, persevering, protracted mental action is the chief secret of be coming wise and great. By it, a feeble mind may be trained to energy and dis tinction. Without it, a mighty intel lect will degenerate into imbecility. The differences of aptitudes and exhi bition among men and women, are not strictly constitutional ; but referable mainly to their mental habits. Allow ing, as I think is just and proper, a di versity of mental organization ; yet I insist that all the elements of mind are common to loth. The original combi- j nations of these elements are endlessly diversified ; but the characteristic re sults are not more marked as between men and women, than between men and men. The dissimilarity, which I con cede, if not created by education, the education of the fireside, the school house, and the world of social life, is essentially modified by woman's social relations, and the passions and affec tions, incident to those relations. The human mind is expanded or contracted corrupted or refined waxes into vig or or wanes into feebleness, according to the subjects of thought, with which it is most familiar ; and if women are not capable of strong thought of deep analysis of prolonging research, it is rather from mental desuetude, than original incapacity. Compelled by the necessities of her allotment to think muuli uf lltil - ih;U; , ii expectations of society, as now consti tuted, without effort ; and perhaps dis qualified by a defective education for hiah and sustained mental action ; it is not marvellous, that so few women are distinguished for great acumen and vig or of intellect, jven among men, those are most distinguished for power of thought and facility of expression. whose professions and pursuits most constantly tax the thinking faculty, on the high themes of statesmanship, phil osophy and religion. The deep thoughts the mature judgment the continu ous reasonings, for which the great a mong men are celebrated, are not na tural or spontaneous the facile, un trained working of original powers. They are acquisitions habits, the re sults of hard study and long practice ; and, after all our boasted pre-eminence, very few reach high distinction in the departments where we claim to excel. Profound thinkers are rare the pro- v c ii i rrL uigies oi ineir generation. j.iie pre sent age is wofully degenerate the race of great men is nearly extinct. England has now no Pitts, or Peels, or Wellingtons ; France, no Mirabeaus, Talleyrands, or Napoleons or at most but one, and he is only " the nephew of his uncle." America has no more Cal houns, Clays and Websters. Even in the world of literature, the chief actors have acquired notoriety rather than fame, like Dickens, by tne quaint, outlandish titles of his books ; like Thackeray the strolling retailer of old court scandal or like Carlyle and Em erson, by the most affected, arbitrary and unnatural use of their mother tongue, beguiling the world into the be lief that they are deep, when they are only dark profound, because they are unintelligible. In my humble opinion, there is more mind more sound wis dom more wise, practical ideas in Hannah More's Works, than in all the rjonderous tomes of the boasted Ger man philosophy. The truth is, very great minds are rare in either sex ; but the inference that all the rest of man kind are constitutionally incapable of great improvement, would not be deem ed a fair conclusion. Various solutions, natural, obvious, easy, can be found, to explain the fact, without charging all the rest of us with mental impotency. So I say in relation to women. Though not generally distinguished for intellect, beyond the circle of their families and friends ; yet the sex is not without re presentatives in all the varied walks of Literature, lhe reasons for this are to be found, first in the nature of their duties and the subjects with which they are most familiar,-r-subjects, which tend to fetter and dwarf .the mind, and du ties, which leave no time for attention to any thing beyond the graceful the itrht the imaginative, No wonder, therefore, that females figure most in those departments, most accordant with the delicacies of their physicial and mental constitution : and to which they I are restricted, -partly, by the appoint but inamlv, br the de-; cree oi j Eeasoss for I referring S prl: Eersion- :z to I:n- 1. Cr fin.- ood is called the blood of ; FDrinklir;''. Ileb. xii. 2i. In the book of I.-;ai.ah it ii predicted. He shall sprin kle many nations. Iiaiah lii, lo. 2. Sprinkling mora congenial with the spirit of t; Christian dispensation. Devond all controversy, it is more im- ment oi r,'i I J i . opuiir op'nion pie ana convenient m its lorm oi au-: gcj j,e jj!3 rjame, Christ is the wav. and ministration ; it stands opposed to all ; Christ is the door into the Church tri pornp and parade ; it requires no change j umplj;,nt in heaven. There is no other ofdreja; it imposes no necessity of lea v- jwav tbere iSj yeSiC.(j ie God, no other ing the house of God, where the word : fjof"r of life is dispensed, and the holy sup-14. Close communion, which results per administered, for a lake or pond, a ; from exclusive immersion, has been the river or brook. ! occasion of great discord in the Church o. Its decency, or its peculiar adap- of tli(? livi GoJj and 0f imraen,e evn tedness to the laws of strict decorum ' in the worR It hasbeen the oecasion and propriety. 1 of cheeking revivals of religion in their 4. Its perfect correspondence m its i pr0gres vea, of bringing them to a external import with the Holy Spirit 3 speedy termination, to the nosmali grief application of the blood of sprinkling ' of the" le of Go And may inot m regeneration. And this fact is the i ad(if in perfect accordance with this very thing designed to be represented , melancholy fact, that it has been the V 'l . .... I means of prejudicing the minds of thou- o. The universality of its application sarif,? anj tens 0f "thousands, against to sick persons as well as to people in experimental religion, against true rr0d health to people at sea as well as on im.HS an1 of Tpennir "hem for ever land to persons of every condition and : a;tin ruin ' circumstance, equally in all countries ! 15.AS exclusive immersion is the and in all seasons of the year, gives it ; prolific source of these great evils, would a decided superiority over immersion. ; not it3 advocates do well to stop and G. It is worthy of remark, that m inflU;re y,ith m0re seriousness and ear baptism by sprinkling, the water is ap-; newness, whether the " one baptism" plied to the subject not the subject to may not truly and properiy be adminis the water, as in the case of immersion. ; tered in different modes ? Old Paper. This is just as it should be. W e never i say that people are dipped into the Holy Ghost, or that a lost sinner is ap plied to the Holy Ghost. The sinner does not first come to Christ, but Christ first comes to the sinner. In the lan guage of the converted Indian, the words stand thus " I did not first find Jesus, but Jesus first found me." 7. Sprinkling is to be preferred to .' i " , ! II exclusive immersion uecause it presen s i i, i . i - 1 1,1 no mighty obstacle no insuperable 1 1 c- ".i "it' ; barrier in the way oi a believer s ap-' 1. a ji . t -i. . n T- ! .' proacn to me xioru 3 taoie. Xjxciusive o m i i-i"it- -iv." i : o. viii liian reauer, let 11 oe uisunct ly understood that sprinkling shuts none away from the Lord 3 table who have 1 ,i;,,i c 1 j." c 'j. forms. The gloomy doctrine of close i communion is not grafted upon it. ! 9. The advocates for exclusive im- ! 'mprsmti s;iui iiinn'iit,.u x.uwu2rauv t r. , ., 1 table tuiee-iourtns, 11 not nme-tentns of the professed followers of Christ, who have been redeemed with the same precious blood with themselves who have been sanctified by the same Holy Spirit with themselves, and who are bound to the same kingdom of eternal glory with themselves. It will doubt less be understood that I am here speak ing of the true followers of Christ. 10. The Lord Jesus Christ, at his tab Je, communes with all his true j friends i and real followers by his blessed Spirit In accents or love he declares to each 01 them, that as oit as they eat this . i 1 t i ,i .ii 1 bread and drink this cup, they do show ii.- t ..,t ,1 1.1. i, , m . Is it net riffht and safe to commune 1 W H1H IUt.L i:UHllllLlllt 1 ,T . ti i t , t-,. . . . '. c . 0 . L the Divine inspiration of the Scrip ures can have the hardihood to deny, that a most perfect union exists between Christ and the Holy Spirit. Admitting this to be a fact, it clearly results, that wherever Christ communes with his own people, at his own table, by his own bpint, there he would commune in per - son were he actually present I And is there a true Christian on the earth, in good standing in his own Church, who would refuse communion m such a case : Then, why refuse to commune where the Lord Jesus Christ readily communes by his blessed Spirit ? 12. Christ not only prays for the union of his people, but expresses the delightful truth under the similitude of auove: my uove, my unueniea, is but one." Not hco, but one, is here VL I IUV , UUt VltCj 13 11C1 C Can that one be divided, recognized. and not bleed ? The same idea is com municated by the expression, " Ye are one body, one bread, and members one j of another." The Lord Jesus Christ has but one Church in the universe. j " The Church below and Church above, Eut one communion make; All join in Christ, their living HeaJ, And of his grace partake." And where, I pray, on this side heaven, is there a brighter, and lovelier display of this union and communion than at the Lord's table ? 13. An inspired apostle in his charge to the heralds of the cross, convened at Miletus, as recorded in Acts xx, 23 directs them " to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood." Here, I ask, what an out rage would it be on the common sense of mankind, on reason, and on Scrip ture, to see this blood-bought company refuse to partake of the memorials of this precious blood together ; which, with adoring gratitude and praise, they unitedly acknowledge to be infinite in in its sacred value and Divine efficacy : with which the whole Church is bought, and washed, and renewed, and sealed to the day of redemption, merely be cause there is a shade cf difference in opinion about some of the outward forms and circumstantials of their religion ! What ! do I hear one of these redeemed sinners exclaiming, I cannot celebrate the Lord's supper with any who l.a ; r.o: been baptized by inin;erion ''. Why? Because baptsisi is the door into the Chrjrch. Who, mj friend, tas loM j'jix so? Certainly net the Lord Jeros Christ, the great Head of the Church. jje n5 aid no eh thinr La !.( :-n, U he sail? He prociaitcs to whole worl-i"' he proclaim? to me to vou to all I am the wav I am the door. CLriit, then, is the way; and Christ is tie do-jr into the tru rxili- tant Church upon earth : ves. and bks- Henry's Wish. j ' I wish I was afraid of one thing,' ' said Henry, as he was standing by the window in his mother's room. ' What is that one thing Y she inquir ed. ' I wish I was afraid to do wroncr,' ,T r t . i , . , , . 1 am afraid to do wronc, said his ,-..1 T s , , , c' ,. little brother Charles, who was standing , , , ' by his side. , Why are vou afraid ?' asked his mother. ' I am afraid you will find it out,' he ! replied. lit; yuu uevtr iiiiu.iu ui iu;iL . m- M' Ho of lIenT?' Sometimes I am ; but generally, J ff dn I make up my jnoiml .to .tell .van .anaut it. xnai is envas rnria, mi ' He that confesseth and forsaketh his sins,' the Bible tells us, 'shall find mercy.' ' ' 1 generally tell you too,' said Charles. ' I hope you always will, for if you tell me when you have done wrong, you will be much less liable to do so again.' Mrs. Howard remembered that Chaides often came to her. and, in a whisper, or low tone of voice, told her f impropriety aIra0 dosi , j , , , .. , , ou almost always thought I - il V, j-. 4- 4- r "! 1 -rn ' V- - t 1 Ti-n nn .. . J i n u i 'couraired this conndence, for she knew , . , , , , ' , , , . i u Itneymigiit tie pure m , . -I heart, fearing nothing so mucn as sin. Chifdrcn succeed in hid; their rom the lnowled of thir j ren but th cannotide them from , tbe f GJ Qr from theirown con. j scienJcs Tb ghoul(1 be afraiJ of , g. ifc ig w jmd j .f nted ru;n the;r SOuls. , Dear M Q Md tQ sn ? ' J J j The Iron Wheel. The following we clip from the cor respondence of the Texas Christian Ad vocate. " I am satisfied that the Baptists are sick of the ' Iron Wheel,' which seems to have ceased to be 'great.' Graves uu "i and in that respect they may feel in- J jdemnified, I have conversed with in- telligent Baptists who unqualifiedly condemn it think it a disgrace to their Church. I have seen a copy the pic- tures were enough. I have seen cari catures of Calhoun, of Cass, of Web ster, which I recognized immediately, but no one would have supposed that they were intended a3 likenesses. So with the Iron Wheel." The idea is gotten from the late eloquent Cockman, and this deprives Graves of the credit of originality. To think of a minister of Jesus Christ setting down, and tax ing his brain, to make such a perver sion ! Resorting to the low, filthy trick of caricaturing a denomination of Christ's followers, who have done as much to Christianize this land as any other two denominations of abusing a cla3 of ministers who have reaped le3 of the ease and profit of this world than any other ! Now I have been a Metho dist layman, and never felt oppressed in the slightest, I've been an itinerant preacher nearly four years, and have not felt oppressed. I have had pasto ral charge most cf that time, and have never vet seen the ODemn? through which I could put my foot on the mem bership. Hence 1 knaic the whole charge to he false. The fact is, wlnt Graves has produced and called a por traiture of the Methodist Church, is nothing but a filthy jzamething which e hz rcT.ii.-i cut -f hi t,-m . j ift i , ; -.re else than in thoe of a i:ke ha ; tr"I to us. May Go 1 par Ion Liaj and : them, and pardon me for spen lin this ! f-13 &zd papt r, and iak on such a ' ject ! 1 JOSEPH Ii. COTTRELL. j prirjS ii;L M.-t;; . C Ala., J -At f. .; Baptist Xe?r Version 1 Svme srechnens cf the nc-T version j given by Dr. Jud I. are a literary curi josity, arrl will cau?e a genr ral eve j opening of theological scholar?, e."g. 2 dim. 4: tl. "Announce the word; be on hand conveniently and inconve- nientlv. 2 Cor. 13:14. " The nari- , t. , TT , . . . ' x . , nershipof theHoiybprntbewuhyou all.' Co!. 1U. ' lou have put on x l . - ' 1 r T T who sows into the flesh shaH out of the a., wMupuun. x ii.. o.iu.; "" "iui'jui . vim . cisv , me stirti or r,ietv is n-reat. Matt. 20: 27. hoever will be chief among you let (.iL The con.P...:lt;,in nu.,;s. aI,i ; him be your bondman. John 3 : 12. ; . , ,on kh jUnIi t: the ri-eacher"s wife If I said to you the earthhes, and you i? r.roif.lst. All are at liberty t, criti did not believe how if I say to you the c;,e h(.r ,ln.., ari,, ,fieral arp,;ir;i:.,c. heavenhes. will vou believe.'" Phi . . 1 i: 'i ..t l ' lhf "1 ho Jf5u' and report thfir remarks to her. ' She every knee should b'-nd of heavenhes, ,liat pCOpIe sIl0nid COIt. and earthhes, and of infc-rnals.' Eph..ceril tLeiseives with her private af- "V ' tether among the heav- fili a,,d wisic3 tjlCV uouid attcIld to. emies. Eph.O:12. " Struggle not tIu.ir own huaini.,,. against blood and flesh, but with the TlUS th,v ? on from one appoint- principalifes, with the powers, with the riitMt tu aTl0;iK.r. ;ieo,iI)ir witj, ali srts woriuiy lorces ot the darkness ol this of ( :tI1 (;f wllu,n tllilik th(, age, with the spirituals of the badness or-6 w:fv on,,it to think as t!u-v d ... in the heavenhes." Acts 4 : 24. " Mas-. howt.ver widely they differ, about'dress n-i, liivuuil wuu inuue ine n,i ,,i.r.r m-it'or- ' heaven and the land." '" : ed out with high expectations of hap-i Ignorance and Crime in England- ; pin,,.,, finds that this does not suit her. j At a late education meeting in Glou- The husband mu.-t locate, or she gives cester, England, at which Lord John him no rest. Being disappointed in Russell presided, that nobleman gave a all her expectations, sdie is disgu-ted sad picture of popular ignorance. He with the itinerant life, not one.- sup spoke of multitudes who knew nothing posing that the chief difficulty lies in ! of the history or condition of their own her own want of qualifications. She country, and of some who were ignorant had not counted the cost until it was; even of the name of God and of Christ, too late. She need not do it now. Dr. Taylor, an eminent physician, gives They are almost compelled to locate,' a still more sombre account. In a let- for they are unwilling to occupy the j ter concerning the famous trial of Palm- - parsonage, and no one is willing to' er for killing by strychnine, Dr. Taylor ; board them. says : " I would observe that during a The minister who seeks for a wife ; quarter of a century, which I have es-' some giddy, thoughtless, gay young j pecially devoted to inquiries concern-; hady, is not only laying a snare to en-j ing poisons, I have never met any cases trap her in micry, but is placing a! like these suspected cases of poisoning ; halter around his own neck, which will at Jlugely. The mode in which they not only prevent him from "going about j nor importance comparedwith"fheir prove firs" eternal "t mil. -''mlnraftvi probable influence on society. I have : should beware of a fortune-hunting' no hesitation in saying that the future i Judas. Think net that their high vo-; security of life in this' country will main- cation exempts ministers from tempta- i ly depend on the judge, the jury, and : tion. It is a lamentable fact, that the ; the counsel, who may have to dispose of church is sometimes cursed with these f the charges of murder which have aris- " wolves in sheep's clothing," who use , ea out of these investigations." What ' the garb of Christ only to accomplish , must be the condition of society in which their wicked designs. And no class the only security of human "life from I of persons arc o apt to be caught in' wholesale poisoning and murder is the ; their snares as the lady of wealth. royel Richmond Bhpatch. j But it is not my purpose to deter ; CnmnnmifntintH. For the X. C. Christian Advocate, Marrying Preachers. T c i ,i i i. x t In former davs, it was thought to be i " -r r i. 1 . necessarv ior a 31etuouist preacher to , , 1 ... , locate as soon as he wa3 married. Knowing the difficulties and privations j , , - l1T' ,n attenuauL on me itinerant, ine, me &cit- ... , , , Tl- - . , r.t i . . . f u c , If she loves the Discipline of the Church, sacrificing pioneers ot Methodism found , , . , , , , v x i i. i i -.t r r and aoides by its rules, she does more it best to be untrammcled with families. ; A 1" . -r, , ; to enforce them tnan any minister can Resides, there was an unwillingness on . .c . , , , Jit rrn 1 c n u . whose wife is decked m " gold, pearls, the part of the Church to give any . , n 1 .i . 1 . .i . e e and costly array. i thing to the support of preachers f am-! Tr ,, - - J . -,. 1 , , , , t, ! If all ministers were to marry pru-, Hies. Rut times have altered, and botii ; . , A, , - , , , T i dentlv, there would no longer exist a. preachers and people are inclined to got . o.t,,,.' ,.i,-, : fx, lL 1 rv ta 'preiudice against preachers ie-5. to the other extreme. , Our young,', 7 ,i xrr u;, -' , , , , J , iBut as it is, the greatest ddacu.tie.i , preachers can scarcely stand a proba- , , ' e c . n ! K c . i r i i I they encounter arise from unfavorable c ' i i i in i. ' v ing a wife: and however difficult they a ' . J1 find it getting along as single men, i . , ... i r' ; , -c, ., .'t .e '; station. 1 lien let those who from pure thev think it verv unreasonable if any i . , f , . , ' , , " , , . . - '(motives and a sense of duty would, one should ooiect to their marrying. , i On the other hand, the people have c , ,, -' i 1. found these "courting characters to be less useful than married men ; hence they prefer the latter. They are also willing to support the family of an ac-; ceptable minister, provided he has mar- ried discreetly. But there are many j instances in which the labors of valua- j ble ministers have been rendered use- j 1... '( ,f.llVVA. ie uy me tuunnatung muuCm.c ,i their "lVe. This fact induces us to offer some PI Avho contemplate marrying and those especially who reg; life oi ease and self-mduh seems strange to one who knows any I young laaies who laucv max it wouia t r i it vr i" l- n- be perfectly denghtful to be travelling from place to place forming new ao - quamtances, who will do all in their power to render tnem happy. They 1 J". 1. - 1 .1 . i -i u have no idea ot meeting witn any otner j than a welcome reception wherever i they go. Indeed, they expect to baj sought after and greatly caressed by an eager crowd, wuo shall esteem it a favor to have their company -each pressing their claims to a visit from their preacher and his interesting lady. Should these unfortunate creatures have it in their power to try the reality of such a life, they will find it exceed- , . i .. ,i . .i , ,j iiue principles l uicu wvi ruies anu thing about it, that there should be i 1 1 . , v r i , -r, , .. ' froverns the won J, the diversity of r.a- any sucn mistaKen creatures, jjut it t r , .u . J , , rri. ture, aud tne capacitr v,ita wnicn man 13 nevertheless true. There are some - '.i. v.. iri'v, difTrxt VJ er-rril: to the sre 's::r.-l !' rr.t:. t :ij-p'?- we lOii-w thvin m tk:r,r a ro-"ii i f-n th circ"i:t. Th" ,r"'jn; w:f?- f,f! that she car. le '.ft at h t.v a V i s. C two hr her Lu.-land; she rn-ist Tisf necsarT arrr.n j- niviitJ !c;r.-g made, thrv start : church, cxr--'"t:ng a z' r- I cor.rregion of anx iois hearers. But they only rr" i a fcT, ar. 1 they are circle?? an ! iridfer ent. In..-;-, ad of many inritati -T:s t - - h -:? with ihi-m. t:.. v are "! Jy fdd. If you can put np "vith svli fare as we have. 1 are me. i y f o ne always irtvius -d 1 l ,ther w i; tne preacher home. Some vthcr in- v r r 1 t i- c v but fmd.n3 he ha 1 Lis wife with bun, thev f;li(.d to COTri(4 furwar,., Th,v have a!,vaV!, l0ard that the Preacher;" Iea,e: Lcnce'tJ!ev had not made the net.Cs,arv preparation and did ri't jjj, them She oe on to the next ippointmc nt, li..piiig to be Letter pieas- This pleasure-seeking lady, who start- TT. 1 1 1 vouriir lauies iiom inarrving preachers ot the right stamp, lhe ; p'easure-sceking devotee of fashion is likely to meet wi'.h all such difficulties ' as I have enumerated ; but a pious, dis-; creet lady, who is willing to undergo, : the privations nece.s.;anly connected- ! with the itinerancy, may and will find : , . v , . , . Tr : happiness m discharging her dutv. If , 1 , i i .? she is such as Paul the Apostle re corn- , , , , 1 , ,, . . . , , , " e i ; greatly assist her hn-band s usefulness. 'impressions made by those who never' ; 1 , . , , .r,,..;n B'ir.i rfiiKTrici tri till INN Ti .-.fiOn fi f i . -' ' . . ' . ,P, c ,i ! iand " count the cost, before they ac-i j , , , - - .. j ' . " " 1 1 "'WHO'' j ' j For the 1. C. Christian AlTocate, Controversy Unity. i Are we not one common brother-1 hood ?- Are we not of the same house- Lold of fahh 9 Are we not journeying j 1,x l.t nv ftAnrr V In, r.i-.t :- ,c ,i, J,i, m,:M Ill UUlUIV V lltCl. V1AV K'J , - : V!- - r , e , r ! 1 bhouid exist a difTerence of opinion with , . y ? t j j. f ,ead Q3 Jouci w see tLe 1 1 ilIjportance and cessi ty for the inula- , , , bran,.he5 of the Christian church ? j - Jt b Lad aI1 men betn endowe.I j kb capacit7 0f seeing, feeling,! tHnking alike, they would have! been ame to p.norLu anu an iic ic quisitions of the moral and divinS law, and there would not have been any ne cessity for but one system of religious worship, in order to achieve the great end of -salvation. But as it was the will of Gol to classify the worll of mankind according to the diversity of ii . r . .ti v , i 1 preachers,! P ,f ar.sa .,v.r:.i. ird it as a : , . , , -v t, i fence. It i . , , , - - " - - , M'jri Liic3r; Limits, it Uiijn;tfciuii niiui , 1.1 tillJ' Cli AO IV Gli V nyjuti l-i-li, 2g:;t anl r t--.:r. i:h .:.ch 1T h-vl r. d :in i: i r rtv'y I.: l rtr.r.:, in c-rler that r.a:!--r.s rri;:?.: er.j?y tr ? lr.if.t '.f Chritiaa:ty, that i rr.-t'ri-piied .y:T!i rf church i-"";:y sh r.M be ir.ti:c:e ! urAtr the r rvi: n f the Gre.-.t H a l r f the (: .rch. Then hy all tls d n r.;t c' rch r--ir:7ati--n ? Ar the re c f such a c ::r? lr.n-i.:! ? Are they r-t wh...!Iy re rri'riouj ? .., th-e thine i:. i i;o l'-.ngAr in church r.f Chrl-:. We !: ." i lay a-' -f.'.T c--n'----t s.tj: th "."' r point --f di??Tr .-, f:-h as I -:'. !air cn hr; .in t the mi:;: -t ;t a w r ray, nt.d crnf--i'- r-,, nl f r ti.e f.ul or.ce leli r-d t th pa:n?s. A re we lorn of i -11' D . v( love Christ supretnelv? As- --lly n-ccrnu 1 to His wrvie-e ': With a.t thec, all our deputation- a' i of Christ anl who i t. w-"l v-.il us nothing. Neither hap'::, r.-"r th eu'h iri-t, ncr the laying -i of a m-is will save u-. We must be 1- rn f tl Spirit if G 1 w, tii.i- ;. .!y i.4 h'-art an 1 life nothing sh-.-t of t L : will take us acr thn'1 Jordin of d- ath, and r.i r m into the harl-r ,f !..-. ly repo-.. 1'. Home Viiia, N. C. I' r ; .5 N. C. tr Girls shDuli Leam to Keep Houie Parents, read thi-: it. contain- a Tactical b '- Ti of great vahi-. V. U. No yo.mg lady ran bf ton w-ll in structed in anything that will afT ( t tii comfort of a family. Whatever p -i-tior; in society she may orcupy, sh Tu t ds a practical knowlcilg" of th- du ties of a hou-ckrepfr. ln- tnay le placed i:i stir-h c!rcinn-?an''c-i that it will 1 tinnccessary for h'-r to p- if nu nr.icli domestic labor; but on ihi- ac count she n ( ds no leM know!-dgc than if shf wa re obliged to pre-idi per-. -n-ally over th" rooking -tovf and pantry. Indeed, I have often thought it was more 1 i fu c si I ' to direct o:h-r.', and re quires more cxjk.i ience, th in to do the same work with cur own hand-. Mo thers are frequently so iii, e i i their do mestic arrangements, that they do not like t give up any part of thin ore to their children. This is a great mis take : for thev are often burdened v. ith labor and r.eed relief. Children f-l.ouM be early taught to r.uke hc' .-eh'4 useful to assist th.ir paie.it.? in t. ry not realize the iinjKjrtanee of a thorough knowh'd"e (S hou-cwiff rv. Children f hou!d be early indulged in their Ii-i-po-ition to make an rj.tperirneut in cook ing in various ways. It is oft n buL troublesome help they nfb:d; i-till, it is a great advantage to tlx r.a. i know a little girl about ten or tv.elve years oi 1, who can make as i. : a loaf of bread as any mother. Her mother V vght her how much yea.-t and flour to use, j,ad siieliecarne art expert baker. Whenever she is disposed to try her skill in making feimple ear., s and pies, she is permitted to do so. She hthm, wh'le amusing herself, learning an im portant lesson. Her mother calls her "my little housekeeper," and s.hcof"u permits her to get what is nectary for the table. She hangs the. key- by her side, arid very mu-eeal h their jingling to her ear-. f third; before she is out of her teen9, upon which sh-j has not entered, that f)t-j will havj some idea how to cook. Some mo thers give their daughters the care of housekeeping, each a we- k by turns. It seems to me a good arrangement and a mo-t useful part of their educa tion. Dome-tic labor m by no me incompatible with the highest degree of refinement and mental culture. Many of the elegant anl accomp!i-hc I women I have known ha v.; laoked well to their household dutie", r.nd have hon ored themselves and their husband- by h doing. Gol intended all women to be beau tiful, as much as be did the ros' s and the morn'ng glories; and what He if tende l wa-, that they f-houl l oV-y II: laws, anl cast off indol'Tic; and ro;-.-et strings, anl indulge in freedom and fresh air. For a girl to expect to be handsome with the action of her lungs dependent on the expansive nature of a cent's worth of tape, i; a ab :r I as to look for tulips in a enowd.ank cr ?. full-grown oak in a awer-pot. J. W. M. TilK SiIAKLRS.--The number of Shaker societies now in this country is eighteen, located in -seven d iff-.-rent States. There are none in any foretgn country. The denominati',! w as found ed through the ir.stramcnt-ihiy of a fe male, Ann Lc-e, who was born in 17-3. She was introduced, a? hhe. believed, into the spirit world, and received com munications from Chrkt and Moses, from whom she received instruction in regard to the principles of the dispen sations which the-y ushered in. The Shakers hold that there have been fnr d'upensitioas of God to mm the- first beginning with Adam, and extending to Abraham ; the second extending from Abraham to Jesus; the thirl from Jesus to Ann Lee ; and the fourth from Ann Lee onward. The first Society wa3 established in 1702, near Albany. JV. Y. Tribune-