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f t 4 1 m s: 1 I' . - -e J2L PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFU5 T. HEFLTX. E: :t Vol. i. Xo. 39. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, i5G. ,l 50 a Year, in Advr CHR AD V Of A 4 1 n t i r q . For the X. C. Ci;ritian Adrv-t. Addressed to Dr. Haywood and Lady, ON TIIK DEATH OF LITTLE SALLIE. ' It it f?rul tbir.gto l'e waat l;-ub matt t-vaeb.' Thou wilt return no more, I hear it in the whimper of the wind In Ocean' eulleri roar In the low breath of fljwer tho-j wilt re turn no wore. No more the flute like ton Of thy gweet voice, that ecern'J in rno-jic hriril, Shrill mingle here its own Soft melody of Round with echo's mocking moai. Sallie, thou wert vi bright, So like a nonbeain on life's darkeu'd way, A star amid the night, Shining through clouds afar, a clear and bteady light. And then to droop and die, And we no more to linger in the r;iy Of that sweet, gentle eye, That ever nceni'd to bring the holy heavens more nigh. j And we again to meet In the f;ime places she was wont to tread, Whispering in converse sweet; Yet hearing not her tone, nor her advancing feet. Oh! happier far than we Happier than we, the pale unconscious dead ; The spirit wing'd and free. Knows not the moaning sob of low breath'd misery. I never askM if thou, Clinging so fondly to my heart strings here, (,'ouldnt to the mandate bow, That freezes up life's stream, and binds with ice the brow. I clung to thee, as clings The shipwreck'd mariner to the last stay The angry water brings, 'Till one dread wave draws nigh, and death's dull toesin rings. Oh ! mighty Death in such "We must not build our hopes in forms of clay Y e treasure up too much, "For 'tis a fearful thing to love what thou may's touch. L. To Little Sallie Haywood. Fond reeollections over me press, Of long fled days serenely bright ; Though transient were those hours of bliss, Time cannot dim their holy light. But from my heart thy voice still conies, In music like the April bird; Your words spring from my heart, their home, As fragrance from the rose vase stirr'd. I would not quit one thought of thee, Nor let my dieam of joy take wing ; I would not from thy spell be free. For all the treasures earth can bring. LENA. (Original. For the X. C. Christian Advocate. The Possibility of Final Apostacy, de monstrated from the Holy Scriptures. NUMBER XV . Continued. IV. I. and II. Samuel. These books continue the history of the Jewish people for the space of about 120 years. The history contaiued in these re cords is exceedingly important; as it gives us a view of the Jewish church, under the administration, first of priests, i. e. Eli and Samuel, aud afterwards by Kings, i. e. Saul and David. There is very little in these documents which bears upon the subject under discussion. The most ma terial incidents in this regard, are the con duct and end of the two sons of Eli, Ilophni and Phinehas, who seem to have apostatized from the religion of their fa thers, and were destroyed iu their iniqui ties. This appears from I. Sam. ii : 12 1725. Compared with (as to principle) Nim. xv : 30, 31. Jer. xviii : 15-17. Malachi, ii : 7-0. The other prominent incident in proof of this position is, the case of Saul, the first King of Israel. His case demon strates this truth in the following particu lars : lBjthe change he experienced, which earned nun int oNtfwtber man. This shows that he experienced a renewal of his na ture, by which he was constituted a child of God. I. Sam. x : 5, 6, 9, 13 ; xix : o-24 2. By his apostacy from the true faith and religion of his fathers. This was the reason why the spirit of the Lord departed from him. 1. bam. xiu : b-14. Compared with I. Sam. xv S-23; xvi 14: xviu : 12 ; xxvm : lo-lo. 3. By the final incidents of his life, in which he manifested his want of confi dence in God, and uader the influence of pride committed suicide. I. Sam. i; xxxi : 4. I. Chron. x : 4. These are clear cases of apostacy from the then true religion, and fully sustain the views contended for in these sheets, y. I. and II. Kings and I. and II. Chronicles. These books contain the history of the Jewish church for the period of about 427 years. The books of Chronicles compre hend the same facts (in the main,) that the books of Kings do, and are therefore, to be considered in close connection with these latter. No portion of the history of the Israelites is of greater importance than this. It should be, therefore, carefully studied, as the knowledge of that people we may derive from these documents must be (to a student of the Bible,) of immense value. I propose to coasult carefully these lively oracles, that I may gather from them many of the rays of divine truth that are scattered profusely through every portion of these divine monuments of the hosts of God's elect. These records demonstrate the doctrine of the possibility of final apostacy, by a variety of principles and facts, respecting Uhe Israel of God. A few of tL-se will be brought to view in this investigation. To introduce all i not necessary; nor does it fall in exactly with my plan. I The case of Solomon. TLe cae of Solomon, king of Israel, is a t incident, in the history of apostacy. This will be : apparent from the consideration of it in its j different bearings. As, j 1. Cpon himself. Solomon's history, as here given, establishes the following im-! portant facts' : j (1. His acknowledged acceptability with : God. This demonstrates him to have been a child of God, according to the then : economy of salvation. I.Kings, iii: 514. Compared with II. Chron. i : 7-12. It is true, this relates chiefly to his inward qual- ification to be a king; yet it is equally true : that it comprehends also his moral and re-1 ligious character, as in these respects he j was to be as David his father a man con- j sec-rated to the service of God, both as a ; king and a righteous man. See I. Kings, ix : 4. II. Chron. 17, 18. j (2.) His apostacy. This was not only j an apostacy from inward and practical i righteousness, but an apostacy from the ; religion of Jehovah. This was evinced; in a three-fold manner : j 1. By his heart being turned away from J the religion of hi3 fathers. By his mar- j rying into families which were idolatrous ' and heathen, his heart became estranged from God and His holy religion. I. Kings, ' xi: 1-11. j 2. By hi3 encouragement of idolatry, by ; building "an high place for Chemosh, the ; abomination of Moab" and another "for! Moloch, the of Amnion, his strantre abomination of the children And likewise did he for all ; wives which burnt incense, ' and sacrificed unto their gods." I. Kings, j xi : , . 3. By following and worshipping the idols of the nations with whom he became identified by marriage. He not only en couraged idolatry by accommodating his wives and others, by building idol tem ples, but he did this more effectually by worshipping those idols himself. I.Kings. xi:5-l0. (3.) His punishment. God threatened to punish him because of these things, by rending from him the kingdom of Israel, which he executed after his death, by giv ing ten tribes to "Jeroboam, the son of Nebat." I. Kings, xi : 11, 13 ; xii : 1-20. Compared with I. Kings, xi: 31-40. (4.) His end. There is not the least evidence in the Bible that Solomon ever repented of his departure from God, and monstrous idolatries. As he lived, so he died. But the case of Solomon demonstrates the doctrine of apostacy, on account of its bearing, 2. Upon the nation. The conduct of Solomon did not only affect him as has been shown, but it also was a fruitful source of, and actively promoted, (1.) Idolatry in the nation. This is clearly demonstrated in the address of Je hovah to Solomon at the time He appeared to him and informed him that He had ac cepted his prayers "And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me : I have hallowed this house which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever ; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walk ed, in integrity of heart, and in upright nass, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments, then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my com mandments and my statutes which I have st before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them, then will I cut off Is rael out of the land which I have given them ; and this house, which I have hal lowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people; and at this house, which is high, every one that pass eth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house ? And they shall answer, Because they forsook not the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, aod have worshipped them, and served them : therefore hath the 'Lord brought upon them all this evil." I. Kings, ix : 3-9. Compared with II. Chron. vii : 12-22. Dcut. xxix : 24-28. Jer. xxii : 8, 9. That this example of Solomon had a great influence upon the nation of the Jews, to lead them into idolatrous prac tices, is clearly indicated in the view pre sented by the inspired historian, I. Kings, xi : 111, and especially verses 31-33. "And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces : for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee. Because that they have forsaken us, and have worshipped Ashto reth, the goddess of the Zidonians, Che mosh, the goddess of the Moabites, and Milcom, the god of the children of Am nion, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father." (2.) Because of the idolatry thus intro duced, and afterwards perpetuated in the nation, God destroyed the nation, so that it has become " a by-word among all na tions" unto this day. I. ix : 7. Deut xxviii: 37. Compared with II. Kings, xvii: 1-23." Such, then, was the influence of Solo mon's example upon both himself, the kings of Israel after him, and the people, that the ten tribes were carried into final captivity, so that their national existence is totally and forever terminated. An aw ful lesson this, to the churches of our Lord Jesus Christ ! !! This influence also ex tended to Judah, and was the fruitful cause of -Test clamiti- which b-jfe! tl';m, ani - t - .i - r. v. . . .a : ,,.:.,.,-. r..'A ' tutt uttr cestraction trial came upon iuuj ; nrj:nerer.t as to wLt-tber he, whom of them in their esjtivitie wbieh they j vou ridicule or censure, bear vou or suffered. The j re-nt Ma:e of the Jew . ;(0t You are a coward, an 1 emulate U a fearful exhibition of God's justice in ; i , . - i . . -. ' i rr the administration of His government, ; " c J - drc-n of His people. j lr m fc-D,tian Advocator.! Jrnal. The estinction of the Jews as a nation, ! The Gentleman at Church and the transfer of the church-state to the j j.y U . noirn hj tL f-Aloxrln j mark : Gentile, is a clear demonstration of tLi j awful doctrine. TLe certain ground of: 1. Comes m good sc-a.on, so as neith final safety is the observance of the in-j tr to interrupt the pastor or the congre ruction of Christ: "Be thou faithful j gal:on by a late arrival, unto death, and I will give thee a crown j 2. Lot3 not stop upon the steps or of life." Rev. ii: 10. in the portico, cither to gape at th" la- More anon. Yours affc-ctionatelv, I'ETEK DOCK. Norm ;! College, 150. Jlforfllatunus. Evil Speaking. But, if you are an evil-speaker, you will probably say : 1. 'O, I mean no harm !' No harm at all. You only enact the part of Solomon's madman, or fool I forget which throw around your fire-brands, arrows, and death, and, wining vour mouth, demand : Am 1 not in sport : But, perhaps, you are he that ' seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue." If so, you will be very apt to say : 2. ' I cannot bear such abominable practices such vile creatures and I must speak my own mind.' I under stand you. You must sin, because you love God so well. You hate sin, and love holiness, so violently, that you have no more of it ; if what you have impels you to break one of his plainest commandments, it follows, that if you had more of it, ycu would be constrain ed to break them all. Be no longer deceived. There is no necessity for it. The case is plain. It is not because you hate sin, and love holiness, that you are an evil-speaker. Directly the reverse ; it is because you love sin, and are unwilling to be sanctified, that you are living in this scandalous and guilty practice to this day. 3. But objections come thick, and must be disposed of by a shorter me thod. Objection. ' If we must say noth ing of the absent but good, we shall find ourselves under very uncomforta ble restraints.' , Answer. And so you ought, till you learn to be easy and happy with out dabbling in the muddy waters of detraction. Ob. The whole world is in the practice. Ans. ' The whole world lieth in the arms of the wicked one.' ' Come out from among them, and be ye sepa rate.' Ob. 'But the church is in the same condemnation.' Ans. All are not Israel that are of Israel.' The charge is too indis criminate. Thou hast a few names, even in Sardis, who have not defiled their garments.' Ob. 4 Who is free from it ?' Ans. ' Every truly honest man.' Ob. ' According to this doctrine, where is there a true christian ?' Ans. Wherever the principles laid down in the 13th chapter of 1 Cor. are exemplified Ob. ' This view of the subject shows a very strait way to heaven.' Ans. ' btrait is the gate. Ob. ' It opens the portals of life to but very few.' Ans. ' Few there be that find it.' Ob. ' But what is to become of all f the ministers and church members, who habitually speak evil one of another ?' Ans. ' We can tell better when we 1 know whether they finally repent or not. I The practice is most disgraceful. What else can you make of the vari ous appellations, which the Bible and common consent apply to him who is guilty of it ? Evil-speaker is the least opprobrious of these titles. Do you wish to wear it ?' Tale-bearer, that means you. Tattler, is that dig nified ! Basybody, will you bear that? Backbiter, is that human ? is that human ?' Let us see. Backbiter is a figure, derived from 'the dog, and very properly applied to the human subject, for the reason that the human, like the canine biter, selects the moment of at tack when your face was turned the other way. Justice, however, is due even to dogs. All of them do not de serve a place in this comparison. The noble, the better bred, and especially he that is conscious of his own strength, if determined to have a mouthful out of you, takes it manfully, compared with the backbiting varieties, canine and human ; for, after a warning growl, instead of fastening upon your back, he throws himself directly in your face. The backbiter, then, who affect3 hu manity, acts not only the part of a dog, but of a mean one, and a despica ble coward at that. Backbiter ! I speak to the biped Backbiter ! have done with those doggish tricks, or take you to the kennel. 4 But I am not a coward. I had as lief he would hear it as not.' No, you had not. Witness your uniform selec tion of his absence, when you speak evil of him. Witness, too, the discon certing effect of finding, as you have sometimes found him, an unexpected No, joa are r:ot precise! v di ?, salute friends, or display his collo ; quial powers. 3. Opens and shuts the door gently, j and walks deliberately and - lightly up the aisle or gallery stairs, and gets his seat as quietly, and by making as few people remove as possible. 4. Takes his place either in the back part of the seat, or steps out into the aisle when any one wishes to pass in, and never thinks cf such a thing as making people crowd past hirn while keeping his place in the seat. o. Is always attentive to strangers, j and gives up his seat to such ; seeking j another for himself. G. Never thinks of defilin? the house of God with tobacco spittle, or annoy ing those who sit near him by "lie wing that nauseous weed in church. 7. Never, unless in case of illness, gets up or goes out during the time of service. But if necessity compel him to do so, goes so quietly that his very manner is an apology for the act. 8. Does not engage in conversation before the commencement of service. 0. Does not whisper, or laugh, or eat fruit in the house of God, or lounge in that holy place. 10. Does not rush out of the church like a trampling horse the moment the benediction is pronounced, but retires slowly in a noiseless, quiet manner. 11. Does all he can, by precept and example, to promote decorum in others, and is ever ready to -lend his ai l to discountenance all indecorum in the house of God. From the Xew York Observer. Pleasing1 the Devil. It pleases the devil to have men of talent and influence stay away from the prayer-meeting. It makes the impres sion that the prayer-meeting: j3 the nlace tor women and weak-mhiued men, and that attendance on the services of the church on the Sabbatn is all that is necessary for an intelligent and influ ential man. The devil knows that the prayer-meeting is the place where men get strength to resist his assaults. He knows that no member of the church who neglects the prayer-meeting ever becomes eminent in piety. He knows that his kingdom has little to f?ar ex cept from those who are eminently spi ritual. Hence he feels a deep interest in keeping men away from the prayer meeting especially men of standing and influence. And it must be acknowl edged that he is very successful. Go through the churches, and how often will you find the wealthy and educated members of the church absent from the prayer-meeting ! They need its influ ence even more than their humbler neighbors, but from some cause, they very generally absent themselves. j It pleases the devil to have family worship omitted in Christian families, or observed only on babbath mornings. The daily reading of the Bible, and social prayer, tends to make a man conscientious during the day. The father who officiates is constrained to walk with some circumspection, or he cannot without a sense of inconsistency call his household to prayer. The chil- dren are apt to grow up serious and sober-minded, when they see tnat tneir parents regard God's protection and blessing as more important than any thing else. God's blessing rests on those families that truly call upon his name, and the devil has small prospect of ruining any souls in a house in which God delights to dwell. None of these obstructions are in hi3 way in those professedly Christian fami lies that call not on the name of the Lord. The children hear the duty of family prayer enforced from the pulpit. They see their parents neglect it. They therefore have an excuse for neglecting the duty of repentance, enforced from the same pulpit. If those parents re prove them for their sins, the fact that they do not pray in their family ena bles the children to steel their con sciences against their rebukes. It pleases the devil when the mem bers of a church are jealous of their dignity, and associate only with such members as have certain qualifications of wealth and gentility. It tends to call in question the truth of Christ's assertion, ye are brethren members one of another. Next to open strife, nothing pleases the devil more than to have a portion of the choreh exclusive, so that they shall not even know the names of those who sit in the adjoining pews, and partake with them of the emblems of a Saviour's common love. In such a church there is little union union of feeling, or prayer, ani of ef fort, on which the efficiency of a ehurch depends. If it is our duty to give no place to the devil, it is especially our duty net to please him. L. L. !'is Saall Eeiiziij. Terrible Zztisgi. i About ten o'clock or. Sifardv even jing September 21. 100 a fire br-Av j out in a biker's shp. r.'-ur t : the :; t j on which the Monument of Lond n n-w stand-. In its cornmerievuv.rjt it wi. (but a httle fire, an 1 every on - v. -v jit sai 1 it would very soon be cxtir.g ?ed. Notwithstanding these fa-.ontb.-? J predictions it continued to s: re..j. Ad joining houses were sr: ermdor-eJ i? ; the devouring lUiucs, ani by r-ooti on 'the next div, John Kvelvn. who was a spectator of it, writes: ' A'l the skv was of a fiery aspect like the top r,f i burning oven. God grant iny eyes mav never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses nil in one flame, the noise and cracking thunder of the im - petuous flames the shrieking of wo- men and children the hurry of people the fall of towers, houses ani church- es was like an hideous storm, and the air was all about so hot and inflamed, ' that at last one was not able to appro, ich lit; so that they were forced to stand still, and let the flames burn on. which j they did for near two miles in lengt! j and one in breadth. Thus I left it this j afternoon burning, a resemblance of ing and shivering, listened. WLui j Sodom, or the lust day."' Thus it con- they paused, expecting in their chil 1 jtinuedits awful progress for another ' i-h faith to ee some miraculous m tr.i ! day or two, and then it was found to festation, a human feeling stole into hi jhave destroj-ed eighty-nine churches, heart; God sent some angel to soften the city gates, Guilding-hall, several ; it. He had bought a lo.tf rathe vil j hospitals, schools, and public libraries ; bige, thinking it would hist him a great fa very great number of stately edifices, ; many days, but the silence of the two ij.-w owcuing-nouses, ami upwards nine cnuoren spoke lou ier to nun man of 400 streets. "Behold h--w great a .the voice of many waters. He open. -d matter a little fire kindh-th." the door softly, threw in the loaf, and Holland, as is well known, is a coun-' then listened to the wild, eager crv of try a considerable portion of which is i delight that came from the half-famish-lower than the soa which surrounds it, ! ed little ones. and which is kept out by large embank- 'It dropped right from heave n, didn't merits called elykes. Many years ago.it ?' continued the younger, it was perceived that one" part of the ' Yes, I mean to love God forever, embankment was defective, for the wa- for giving us bread because we asked ter had begun to ooze through, although ; Ilim.' in small quantity. A meeting of the ' We'll ask him every day, won't we? inhabitants of the immediate neighbor- Why, I never thought God was so hood was called to take into considers- i good, did you ?' tion the means of remedying the defect. ' Yes, 1 always thought so, but I The meeting adjourned without dec-id-j never quite knew it before.' ing upon anything, because it was con- i ' Let's ask Him to give father work sidercd such a very little evil. Nothing' to do all the time, so we never need be would hurt, they said, as the quantity hungry again; He'll do it, I'm xv.' . of water that came through was so ! The storm passed the miser went; small; and some future time would do ; home. A little flower had sprung tip! very well to devise means to remetly i iu his heart ; it was no longer barren. the evil. Not very many weeks after! In a few weeks he died, but not before thatmeetinr. - one beautiful Sahbalh i he -had xivcn the cottage, which uu-. evening, when a more than usual cami 'Ins, to the poor laooririgTiian. ; serenity rested upon every thing with-j And the little children ever after , out any further warning whatever, the j felt a sweet and solemn emotion, wheri j sea burst through the embankment, ; in their matinal devotions they came : which had been gradually weakened by ' to those trustful words, ' Give us this the apparently insignificant evil, de-' day our daily bread.' Kraminnr. stroyed several considerablo towns, twenty villages, an immense number of j 'cattle, and more than 100,000 inhabi - jtants. A small beginning, hit a ter- note ending. Reader, beware of the small begin - ning of sin, for even a sinful thought indulged may have a terrible ending. A single glass may prove the seed of drunkenness. An impure look may be the prelude of a ruined character ! The acquisition of a penny by questionable ; means may be the first step towards iSndleir's crimes and end! Beire- a mere spectator at horse-racing may be the beginning of a course like 1 'aimer's. Wherefore,icrush your sins in the bud, and "keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." . Forcible Illustration. Mr. Ar-! thur's late work " The Tongue of Fire" contains manv stirring paragraphs. Here is one of them : ' Suppose we saw an arrnv sitting down i before a granite fort, and they told us they intended to batter it down, we ! might ask them, How ; They point to a ! cannon ball. Well, but there is no power in that ; it is heavy, but not more than half a hundred, or "rerhans a bun-: dred weight ; but if all the men in the army hurled it against the fort, they would make no impression. They sav, No; but look at the cannon. Well, there is no power in that. A child may ride upon it, a bird may perch in its mouth it is a machine, and nothing ""V more. But look at the powder. Well; , ?n1 a,low to erttt lar,mr there is no power in that; a child mav ! intercourse between you and your breth-; spill it, a sparrow mav peck it. YeV"'n. .acknowk" . t0 h? a5 this powerless powder" and powerless blessed of God in their ministrations ; ball are put into the powerless cannon ; ' a yourselves. Is that right .' . one spark of fire enters it ; and then, 'l3 UTjl0,a m,onS laborers in the in the twinkling of an eve, that power ; vineyard of the great Master of such is a flash of lightning, arid that ball a i doubtful worth that it may be saenfi thunder bolt, which smites as if it had: ce'l for aught less than some unalter- ; been sent from heaven. So is it with able ordamcient of his own I ardon , our church machinery of this day we j me if I say that you cannot witnhoel j have all the instruments necessarr for: yur Land from your, 'dissenting; pulling down strongholds, and O fo'r the brethren offering theirs, unless you be- ; baptism of fire ! j 1Itve ther? 15 . 6?iae Boater defect in ; r their ministerial commission than your ! theory allows. Can you be; God's Bible is the book for all, just conterit with your present church re- like the wind of Heaven, and God's : iation5 towards all the rest of Protes-' sunlight and his pure water, free for all. ! tant Christendom ? It is only confer- ; Good for the prince good for the peas- j 1QjtT T0U reply, with the rules of the I ant. It goes higher than human de- , rf.i;;0U3 society to which you belong ; ' 'gradation descends. It is an ocean for an Ldwards or a Chalmers to swim in, and to the poor ignorant cottager it is the "small rain from Heaven." "" Emigration Statistics. The num - ber of emigrants that arrived at New vrl- Uar week, was 2.478 total for the year 92,050. To the same date last year, 96,985. The number of in mates in the institutions at Ward's Is land and Marine Hospital 1,422. " Give m ti.ii D3y czi Diily Bread " In 1 rn: r.iL .' c ::t a a hill OuUenT'g A t . I . a frful tenu--- a.;a:7.: 'liich ru iii ar. 1 ! as: were ai:ke p:.- A ror 1 rr::?cT. rail! p rer in th.-'Ugh sr.:-se fdiivi-rir. chiiirer h i ! !;".ips f money at b ire m ' ragg.-d e.o.ik a No: r.;m a he cr-icr.e i d jwn at the thresh'-M i the misera'-b-door. He d ire 1 not enter, f r ft if they would ask pay fr si. -Inr. and he cou;a no: move tor the storm. 1 am hungrv, Nettie.' 4 So am I; I've hunted for a potato ' raring, and I can't find an v.' ' 4 What an awful storm V 4 Yes, the old tree has blown do n. I gues God took care that it didn't blow on the hon-e. See, it certainly would have kii!.-1 us.' If he could do that, couldn't he Send us bread ;' 'I guess .-o let's pray, 'Oar F.i . ther, and when we com..- t I:. .it pat;. stop till we get Jll'.V bread.' .o t!u-v began. i!i l tl ie iii'.-.-r. crone Unchristian Exclusiveness. ! j Kev. Dr. Mullenburg, in a pamphlet; ; on the present state oi the episcopal ; Church, makes the following bold re-; marks cm the attitude of that church toward other branches of the Church of Christ. i " Addressing myself first to those of ; the Lowchurch school, I would most 1 respectfully submit to their candid' judgment, whether they ought to he satisfied with the isolated position which . in common with all of us, they hold towards the clergy of the surrounding Evangelical denominations those of. whose soundness in the faith they have j no doubt. On what ground, 1 would , i beg to ask, do you refuse fellowship wi"h tUso your" brother ministers in ! fc ot on1 Smd of the.r j lacking Episcopal ordination, for mch ' i ordination you do not maint,m to be 1 essential to the ministry. Uu adhere 10 Popaey a, undent ai:u pinn.L.e or advantageous and expedient, and : s;j ir stained among us ; but you ; ,o ll0t a51 ,lt3 JlfVu 1 r. J tLls the opinion of the majority of the i divines of the Church of England since i l?e xveiormaiion-a majority so great ! may be said to be the opinion of l,bat Church. Lut, hile you take a , moderate v.-ew of Lp-scopacy, you . .1 t r ..a ; ffe " af vou jve subscribed to the rules, and ; . m)4St therefore keep them, lc-3 ; but ! if tnose rue3 interfere with the supreme j jaws &f un;ry n Christ, they need, at ! j least reconsideration. If they stop I ; the interchange of brotherly offices ; j among brethren, and so offend against I charity : if they break the oneness of ! (the One ministry, or hinder its mani- festations, they are uncatholic, and are more worthy of a sect than of a church. Indeed, the Church which in-i: nr'-n t:,-m tler-'-T p s?'.f a et. If. s v. i r. v. Church 1..1 1 !- Kp-C'-r-T -matter of deferei.oe t " ir ti j at the srr? tir.i ar-ik"" rul a 3.-'.r. grounded upn it, wh i r v . 4 i 1 a.i c m;nr.inic!;' .-t t!.o-: r; t ho' 1 to it. an I :uply on th it she ur.jrrant.-kbiv cnt 1WM r r her nchbor in Chris, -he car.r- here!f r-f the e hrg- f mhr!-t clu'ive-ne . an! thit th" which 1 ; r tv'ghbors d pr- f r , her. How it i to be n:w ere i theory do- not appe ar." Put nam as a Spy. v-'-.t: Among the officer of the II.-. tion-ry army, r. n probably, p - more originality thin General IV. -who wjh eccentric an! frarle -s ! . in bis manner- : the d.iring ' without the p .lish of the t-s.t!. Ho -nigh: wdl be railed the Mari . the N-rt'., th.,-i-h he di-l.ked d;-j-, probably f;or:i the fact of b-t '" whieh -w n vr-ry apt to overthrew trickery whi'-h he might hiv in At this time a str-mgh-dd Ilorsenrck. pome mih - from New Y wa-; in the hit. Is ..f the Briti-h. i' t nam, with a few sturdy patriot. lurking in the vinnity, b'nton drivu . g them fiom the place. Tire ! of i..:'K ing in ambush, the men bgm t ! impatient .m l importuned the Gen. r i! with a quclion as to when t'e-v . . going to have a L -it with the fe. ,. morning he made a p-eeh sorri' !:,' to the fo'lo'ving effect, whh h e ,;i i-,. e l them th'-rewa- .something in the ,,n i. 'Fellows, you have been idb- l long. r;nl so have I. I'm g un to Bush' at Hor-'-nerk, in an ho ir, w t an ox team and a bag of corn. If I come back I will b t yo-i know the j ,i -ticuiars ; if I slmuM not, b t them hae it. 1 v h'okcv." He shortly aft'-rwards mouutdh: hx cart, dressed as one of the common est order of Yankee farmers, an 1 was at Bash' tavern, whieh was in po - 4 ion of the British troops. No so r r did the officers espy him than they !,. -gari to question hnn :.m to hiswlo ie nlonts, nnd fir.dirig Lira u common simpleton as tbey thought, they bee:n to quiz him, ind threatened to seize the corn and fodder. '; How much do vou ask for v-ur " Fr mercy's sake, gentlemen," re plied the mock clodhopper, wnh th mo-t deplorable look of entreaty ; on ly let me off. arid you shall have my hull team and load for nothing, an 1 if that wont dew, " I'll give you my word I'll return to morrow, and p-iv you heartily for your kindness and comb - cen:on." "Well," said they, " we'll t.w- yo-i at your word. Leave the team and provender with us, and we won't re quire bail for your appearanc"." Putnam gave up the team, arid Mus tered about for an hour or so. gaming all the information he wi-h'-d. lie then returned to his men and told the "i of the foe, and his plan of attack. The morning came, ami wi-h if lied out the gallant bun 1. The liriti-h were handled with rough hands ; nr. I when they surrendered to General 1'nl naiii, the clodhopper, he sarcastic.iliy remarked : 'Gentlemen, I have kept my w-i.-d. I have told you I would call and piy you for your kindness and con b -f' 1 siori." A Goon Win:. In the eighty fo ut'n year of hi? ag, Jr. Calvin Ch'ipi" wrote of his wife: "My domestic en joyments have be'-n, perhaps, as m ar perfection as the human condition p- r mits. She ni'ide my home the , ardent 'A on earth V me. And now that she i gone, my worldly lo-.s i : p .r fect. How many a poor fellow woo1 ! be saved from suicide, from the per..'.'-ri-tiary and the gallows every year, had he been blessed with such a wife. "She made home the pleasantc-i spot to m; on earth." What a grand tribute to that wo man's love, and piety, and common sense! Bather different wis the t"-ti-monyofan old man some three yen n ago, just before he was hung in the Tomb's yard of this city: "Id:d-.t inte-nl to kill my wife, Lut t-Le w.-s a very aggravating worn in." Jl tH n Journal of Health. A N0L IX A Fi.W Ll.VKS. MieS Margaret L. Cooper, of Covington, La., Lad a lover whom her friends threitenel to shoot; so she dressed in boy's clo'.he. , and travelled all the way alone to Monticello, Mis-is-:ppi, wh. re she met and married hirn, and hi name i3 John llogers. Bit ijv a IIattlcsnake. The Wa kulla (Fla.) Times lcarn3 that Mr. Ken nedy, a worthy citizen of that county, was bitten some days since by a rattle snake. He applied ti e white of an egg and some salt to the wound, and drank freely of spirituou liquor, and the next day w&3 able to attend to his business. TL! Ert annual fur f the Sutb Car olina Unit Arieulturn.1 Society, will be l."H t Culurntiin.. from the 1 ltb t the 14"b Nnv-'ie Ler, inclusive. Tb bandni utn of JJ'-M1 will b eipn iel to prtiuru. O