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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. HEFLIN.
Vol. 1."-Xq. iU
RALEIGH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, I83G.
l 30 a. Year, in Advasc?.
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To Mother in Heaven.
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'1 iiii art fi'.-'pifi?, tsweetly sleeping.
An' they Kiy thou'H never wak,
Though heart are o'er ttee weeping,
Afi'l with anguish ulin ;t break ;
Thy lips are f!:ai'l in bilenee,
Ari'l for aye is hu-he'l their Uir.e ;
Oil ! 'tii bitter, Litter sorrow,
To ft'.-1 that thou art gone.
Thou art 'eping, nweetly fcleepin;r,
In De.ah's icy coll embrace ;
Tii'jii will fciii no more unto me,
nha.ll ee no more thy fu.ee,
In the old church-yard thou art resting,
And my heart i ad to-day,
For my weary feet are roaimng
Far from my home away.
All the flowers hare lost their sweetness,
I do not love them now ;
And the rippling brook complaineth,
In manners soft and low.
When I hit rne lown, in fancy,
B-neath the dark green tree,
The brooklet ripples Kidly on,
And it Bee ins to ak for thee.
I remember when they laid thee
In the silt-nt grave to rent,
And the green sods of the valley
Which they heap ! upon thy breast.
I h:ive ruined thee. Oh ! ho Kidly,
Since that memorable day,
An l my weary soul would gladly
Wing its flight to thee away.
When my dream of life is ended,
There will come ft happier day,
Then, by angel bands attended,
May 1 fly from earth away,
To that better world above us,
Where the tears of grief ne'er fall,
Where Jehovah's love sustains us,
And his smile is o'er us all.
From the Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Yonder.
BV EUZAIIETU R1C1IMO.VD.
Here the tempests rage and wrestle.
Whirlwinds toss the quivering vessel,
Night upon the ocean bare.
Conies with neither sail or star,
But above the rocky shore
Where the billows rush and roar,
Beacon-lights gleam evermore,
Yonder.
Angel whos? white pinions pillow,
On the stormy ocean billow,
Where so many a bark has tossed
'Mid the loaming floods is lost,
When the harricanes rush on,
Lft thy wing be o'er us thrown,
Till we reach that heavenly home,
Yonder.
Jlliscellatteau
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Vrmn " A shnrv and liU Coarl uturs "
Eishop Roberts and the Tavern Keeper, j
BY LaIUIABEE.
On another occasion, travelling along ;
on a road with which he was not ac
quainted, he stopped at night for en
tertainment at a neat-looking tavern.
After supper the landlord informed him
that himself and lady were going out
to a meeting that evening, and if he
wished to retire before their return he
would find lodgings in the adjoining
room.
' What kind of a meeting is it ?' said
the Bishop.
4Wre Methodists,' said the landlord,
4 call it a class meeting.'
' If it would be no intrusion I would
like to go along with you.'
' No intrusion at all. We admit se
rious persons to our class meetings a
few times.'
They proceeded to the meeting
The Bishop, as usual, took his seat m ,
one corner of the room. Tlfe
meeting
was conducted in the usual manner.-
The leader was a younjr man of little
experience and less knowledge. After
having spoken to all others in the room
he came to the Bishop.
' Well, stranger, have you a desire
to serve the Lord, and go to heaven V
1 1 have such a desire.'
' How long have you had this de-
o
sire :
4 A great many years.'
4 AVell, do you think, old gentleman,
you know any thing about religion ?' j
4 1 trust I do, but I have not been j
so faithful as I should have been, and
have made less progress in religion than
I might and ought to have made, yet
have I good hope of salvation through
faith in Christ.'
After giving the old man an exhor
tation, as is usual on such occasions,
the leader closed the meeting, and all
went to their homes. The landlord,
being a religious man, usually had pray
ers in the family. Soon after they ar
rived home, therefore, the Bible and
hymn-book were placed on the table.
The landlord studied a while, then look
ed at the Bible, then at the Bishop,
then studied again, then spit, then fell
again into deep study. Casting a few
more glances with one eye at the Bible,
and the other at the Bishop, he arose,
approached the table, then stopped,
turned about, went to the door, spit out
at the darkness, returned again to the
table, and, looking at the Bishop, said
4 Old gentleman, you seem to know
something about religion. We usually
have family worship at evening ; per
haps you would be willing to read and
pray with us,
I have no objection,' answered the
Bishop, 4 if you wish it.
He then read, and sang, and prayed.
Tho who have ever listened to the
, ,
i fervent, devout, and impressive prayer
i of that apostolical oi l inan can form;
I some conception of the surprise of the I
i landlord. He stood on Lis knee.? en- j
(tranced. It seemed to him ho had ne- j
! ver heard such a prayer. Who could !
j the old man be 'i Was it some angel j
j in disguise? After arising from his j
1 knees, he looked, and looked, and look-j
! ed again at the Bishop, and then, with-j
i out saying a word, took a candle and j
lighted lain to his room. Being about !
to leave the room, he stopped at the
! door, turned about and sai l, 4 Old gen
tleman, if it would be no offense to you,
jl would like to know your name.'
'No offense at all. Mv name is
Roberts.'
I 4 Any relation to Robert R. Roberts,
I one of our bishops t
' I am Robert R. Roberts.
Th'i3 was a poser. The humble ta-
j veni keeper was then unconsciously the
entertainer of Robert R. Roberts. Bish
op of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
There had fallen on hi3 house an un
expected honor of sufficient magnitude
to immortalize it and him. He did not
sleep much that night. In the morn
ing he proclaimed it far and near that
Bishop Roberts wa3 actually at his
i house. He contrived to detain the
Bishop two days, and kept him preach
ing to the people.
Talleyrand and Arnold-
There was a day when Talleyrand
arrived in Havre on foot from Paris. It
was the darkest hour of the French
Revolution. Pursued by the blood
hounds of the reign of terror, stripped
of every wreck of property, Talleyrand
; secured a passage to America, in a ship
1 about to sail. He was a bear and
I a wanderer to a strange land, to earn
his daily bread by daily labor.
Is there any American staying at
your house V he asked the landlord of
the hotel. 4 I am bound to cross the
water, and would like a letter to a per
son of influence in the New World.'
The landlord hesitated for a moment,
and then replied:
There is a gentleman up stairs eith
er from America or from Britain, but
whether from America or England, I
cannot tell."
He pointed the way, and Talleyrand
who, in his life, was bishop, prince
and minister ascended the stairs. A
miserable suppliant stood before the
stranger's door, knocked and entered.
In the far corner of the dimly light
ed room sat a man of nm fy- y
his arms folded and his head bowed
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UUUU 1113 un.-o.at. J. lum a, n.uuun ui-
rectly opposite, a flood of light poured
; upon ma loieneuu. xiis tyfs iuuivt.-u
from beneath the down-cast brows, and
upon Talleyrand's face with a peculiar
and searching expression. His iace
was striking in outline, the mouth and
chin indicative of an iron will. His
form, vigorous even with the snows of
fifty, was clad in a dark but rich and
distinguished costume.
Talleyrand advanced stated that
he was a fugitive and, under the im
pression that the gentleman before him
was an American, solicited his kind
and feeling offices.
He poured forth his history in elo
quent French and broken English.
' 1 am a wanderer an exile. 1 am
forced to fly to the New World without
friend or home. You are an Ameri
can. Give me then, I beseech you, a
letter of yours, so that I may be able
to earn my bread. I am willing to toil
in any manner a life of labor would
be a paradise to a career ot luxury m
France. You will give me a letter to
one of your friends ? A gentleman
like you, doubtless, has many mends.
1 he strange gentleman rose, mtn
a look that Talleyrand never forgot,
he retreated towards the door of the
next chamber, his eyes looking still
frojn beneath his darkened brow.
He spoke as he retreated backwards
his voice was lull of meaning
' I am the only man in the New World
who can raise his hand to God and say
I have not a friend not one in all
A.merica.'
Talleyrand never forgot the over
whelming sadness of the look- which ac
companied these words.
4 V ho are you he cried, as the
strange man retreated to the next room ;
your name :
4 My name,' he replied, with a smile
that had more of mockery than joy in
its convulsive expressions, 4 my name is
Benedict Arnold.
He was gone. Talleyrand sank in
the chair, gasping the words
4 Arnold, the traitor.
Thus, you see, he wandered over the
earth, another Cain, with a wanderer's
mark upon his brow.
Last Recollections of Mr. Wesley.
" The last time Mr. Wesley visited Man
chester was but a short time before his
death. His affectionate manner of preach
ing made a deep impression upon all who
heard him. hen that venerable man
appeared before a consregation to whom
he had often preached, he was quite over
come with the recollection of former days,
when he and his coadjutors were laboring
in the full energy and strength of life to
promote the glorious reformation that was
now so far advanced. He had seen the
greater part of his early friends passing
away oneaiteranother : his brother Charles
was gone. Mr. I-Ietcher was gone; many
of LI cornpaoiot;, -who Lj I cheer'"! tiTTi
in Lis labors and oft-en sweetened the bit
ter c-jp of life, w.-re jrne V their reward ;
and r.ow Le looked arvuad upon the teats
that had long been occupied by some of .
Ids firt and best friends in Manchester, :
but ala, they were v ot There i me-
tbicy very distressing; sav Mr. h-liaoa-;
' in the idea
of outliving our dearet
-
friend, w as to
i;iid-t of society :
become
Kditarv in the :
and it won!
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p.letely insupportable to the aged if they ; to wtncn it Das Deen subjected, win Dve
were susceptible of tho-e ardent feelings j a quicker sense of the meaning of the
of friend-hip nrLich they felt in former ; word than he who embraces it merely
year. Uluated a? the-e feelings are, this as a whole. Take, for example, the
no doubt Li a source of considerable sor- words circumnavigation. jJiilintJtro
row. We often Lear them praise the dead, j pL Qne aCqoainted with Latin and .
whom they loved, and when tl is the : Greek wjn have a mach bfctter
subject of conversation, we are pained with ; of their mean; th one h j
tbeir sight and "roans. 3Ir. Wesley ap-j. - . - . . 0 .
pearedtofeel something of this, so that ' orant of those languages. The want
when he commenced the service, which he of ome f uch ct has occasional a re
did by reading that fine hymn of his broth-;
er Charles which begins with
' Curne, O thou Traveller enknovrn,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see ,
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with thee.'
While repeating the two last lines his a part of the whole vocabulary of the
speech began to falter, and the tears to flow , language, the words which they spon
down his wrinkled cheeks. The whole i taneously use, would form. Yet this is
congregation became deeply affected, and j al that can be justly expected while
many sorrowed most of all' because they : tue language is learned bv dint of me
felt persuaded that they should see his face mory and usa A mor; fulj philoso.
no moT'--La:tM phic study of the language in early
! youth, with a distinct notation of the
Are we working together for Christ? root3) arid 0f all the changes to which
We cannot put to ourselves a question I the ,root lble, would greatly enlarge
of greater importance than this. No duty one 3 vocabulary, and increase his pow
cari be named which has any greater claims : cr 0 expresaion.
upon us or any more sacred' obligations, j 3. Without deciding the problem
than that of working together with Christ j whether we can think without sign3 of
for the promotion and accomplishment of j thought, we may safely afiirm that few
the great purpose for which he came into j men have thoughts beyond their means
the world. This duty may be said, indeed, : of expressing them, and that the
to be so comprehensive as to include all j thoughts of the most intelligent would
others ; nor can any Christian duty be have but little permanency, unless apt
named which cannot, without any lorced h y recor(e(1 in suitable language,
or unnatural construction, be classed under J mt -r t 1 1 . ,
, . p, . lhe Jnglish language 13 to us the
the head or working; together with Christ. ! . , .n c , .
But the question proposed in our caption j meaiUm of tercourse and the
appears of more importance in our estima- j instrument of the most liaportant in
tion when we regard co-working with I fluence which man exerts on man. -Christ
a pricibyn aad what privilege or I Whatever explains the nature of this
honor can be named that is more exalted medium fully, and produces facility in
or should be more satisfying to the most ' the use of this instrument, must increase
lofty ambition than that of being permit
ted to work together with Christ in the
promotion of the grandest enterprise ever
undertaken upon this earth ? Yes, most
truly, working together with Christ does
assume a magnitude and a momentousness
in our eyes, much greater when we regard
it as a high and precious privilege, than
when we look upon it as a duty, sacred and
binding and all-embracing as the duty un
questionably is. We feel that we owe all
that we can do in the way of promoting
his im-ie ta one wlm has done for.
our race, and " given hnnselt tor us, ana
that this much we ought to do ; but when
we think of the honor and privilege of be
ing invited and permitted to aid the Cap
taiu of our Salvation and the Beloved of
our Souls, in the great work of establish
ing a kingdom of righteousness and peace,
then the work seems to possess attractions
aud claims more touching and more soul
stirring than before.
If we endeavor to answer this question
truly and honestly to ourselves, and as if
in the presence of the Searcher of hearts,
it will lead us to some acquaintance with
our real character, and particularly to a
knowledge of the extent of our likeness to
Christ, of the degree in which we possess
his spirit aud are moved by aims, purposes
and aspirations like his. To know our
true position in these respects is certainly
of the highest importance, for only so far
as we are like Christ in harmony and co-
mtlnn with him onlv so far arewe!"1111."111" c" " "
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joining or enjoying the glorious company j
of the Christ-like in heaven.
For these and other like reasons it near
ly concerns us and our best interests that
we often put to ourselves the question, are
we aiming and endeavoring to be workers
together with Christ ?
In the minds of those who put this ques
tion, honestly and often, to themselves,
there is another question which will often
arise demanding a clear and satisfactory
solution, and not unfrequently a reconsid
eration for the purpose of obtaining a clear
er, or more fixed, or more comprehensive
answer to fit and prepare us for efficient
service in our ever-changing posture of
social surroundings and public affairs.
This important and to a scrupulous con
science oft-recurring question is, for what
purpose did Christ come into the world ;
What was the purpose of his mission and
his ministry ? What especially is the
work which he is noic carrying on in the
world, and towards the accomplishment of
which we may lend our aid and assistance.
Upon what question or subject can it be
of so much importance to acquire and en
tertain correct ideas as upon this ? Noth
ing can be named which should be of more
importance to those who profess or desire
to be Christians disciples and followers
of Jesus Christ. Their chief desire should
be to know in what way they can promote
his cause, or the
great
work which he is
still carrying on in the world ; and their
highest ambition and delight should be
co-workers with him in carrying it forward
to its final accomplishment. Nothing can
be named which should be of greater im
portance to a Christian minister or a Chris
tian congregation. The one should aim
to preachy and the other to hear, plan and
act, so as to promote to their "utmost the
o-reat purpose of Christ and Christianity.
A correct understanding of this purpose is
necessary to guide and direct every step
which they take is necessary both to
preacher and people, to speaker and hear
ers. How else can they make their medi
tations, their words, their meetings truly
and efficiently to answer the purpose to
subserve the object for which they ought
to meditate, to think, to speak, to plan, to
act, and for which they should assemble
and meet together ? Obviously in no other
way. Independent.
REASONS
Favor f,f the Scientijtr SUcly (,f
tlie English Linguaje.
In
1. The living import of a word lies
jn the root) jQ tte modifications
b5ch tLe 8ame nE,lergoes by internal
. . , a- ,
lr.nor'JiJin nv mi 11 m n,,irb& irii f'nm
F'-- "e ? ciear percep-
1 T o lv n his a r-1
lion oi me TO ji, ana 01 a:i me cnanires
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cent autnor to erm his wort, contain
j ing a description of the constellations,
j the geography of tfie heaven.
j 2. Few men are complete masters
1 of the English language. Most peo
f pie would be surprised to find how small
moral power, the tendency of which is
to elevate man above brute force, and
thus give him his true rank in the scale
of being. Cleaveland Observer.
Jesse Lee's Grave.
A private letter from Dr. Roberts, of
Baltimore, says : " The remains of Jesse
Lee, were, many years since, disinterred,
brought to this city, and buried in the
grounds now known as North Baltimore
a very neat and substantial monument,'
bearing the following inscription, namely :
" In memory of the
Rev. Jesse Lee,
Born in Prince George's county, Ya., 175S,
Entered the Itinerant Ministry of
The M. E. Church, 1783,
And departed this life August, 181G,
Aged 58 years.
A man of ardent zeal, and
Great ability as a Minister of Christ.
His labors were abundantly owned of
God ; especially in the Xew England
States, of which he was truly the
Apostle of American Methodism."
" I have made more than one visit to the
silent resting place of this man of precious
memory ; a man with whom my old father
was intimately associated in the wort con-
iland I a"-ain visited it yesterday alter-
noon, soon after the reception ot your
note, and copied the foregoing inscription
from the tablet which covera the ground."
C. Advocate d: Journal.
"A Stitch in Time.
Proverbs, it ha3 been aptly said,
are common sense condensed ; and com
mon sense has been called the wisdom
of common life. This is well illustra
ted in the old adage that 44 a stitch in
time saves nine." The housewife, when
she finds a garment giving way, that
a little needlework might have saveM,
realizes its truth ; so does the farmer,
whose neglect to mend his fences has
caused his fields to be devastated by
cattle: so does the stage-driver, who
; has forgotten to examine the axles be
fore he started, and whose coach is up
set in consequence, and himself and his
passengers injured. The merchant,
also, who ha been gradually seduced
into extending his business beyond his
means, and who puts off curtailing it,
from season to season, discovers, at
last, that retrenchment is too late, that
the 44 stitch in time" is no longer pos
sible, and thus bankruptcy is inevita
ble. So the politician, who ha3 mis
taken the popular mind, or been led
into unjustifiable measures, and does
not hasten to retrace his steps and put
himself right before his constituents,
learns, in the end, through the bitter-
ness of defeat, to
resrret
that he had
not obeyed the honest proverb, and by
a 44 stitch in time" mended his reputa
tion. In every vocation in life, in
deed, the 44 stitch in time" is frequent
ly the very thing to avert disgrace and
ruin.
It 13 the same in the moral world.
Thousands of. ill-disciplined children
grow up to manhood, to make ship
wreck of character and fortune, or
to reach a prosperous haven only after
the severest sufferings, whom a little
judicious control in infancy, a ''stitch
A- - i,. i- a
m lime, miguii narc uiaue g'juu mzix
and worthy women from the start.
'Many a married coaple emVkt-er their-
existence forever bv r, ,t I
never to berm ouarrclinr in c
words, by tot making nrj'uil cr-nce?-
sions. or by neg!ect:r.g. 35 th proverb
has it, the ' stitch in time." How oft
en d?; a single aberration from virtue
become the cau-re of a lonz train of
r. 1 1 : . .. - 1 - 1
1 01 ne, am even crime.. f.?n
a
n
check applie-1 at the first, a
,1
time," might have saved the v
ctiai
from the p-enitentiary or gal! . v;. It
is the neglect of the "stitch in time"
which destroys the drunkard, which
ruins the spendthrift, and which trans
forms the vain and gidly girl, the1 ' Why, you know To:a i a reading
spoiled child perhaps of tome happy ip-1 aR te tells rr.e he has be-n read
household, into the miserable outcast, ' i years to sati.-fv Lis mind wheth
who dies degraded and unknown ;n tr B.lle b fro:a Go l, but he fin Is
some charitv ho-nital. Tli " stitrh in ' SOde objections he cannot gtt ov. r.'
; time, in the shaTe of a moment s
j pause to think, has prevented many an
I angry man from being a murderer,and ;
; saved many a wronged and outraged j
; woman from the stain of a bloody '
: crime, which would have haunted heri
i to her dying dav. j
What is true: of individual.; U tri7.-!
likewise of nations. There never lived
an empire, great or small, whose decav ;
and ruin miirht not have been averted s
by a 44 stitch in time." Had Carthage j
reformed her aristocratic constitution, !
aud admitted the people to an equal
eniovment of the. f ranch 5e. ?h, would !
not have been left to combat Home,
w ith the mass of her inhabitants totally
indifferent to the result; and had she
not been thus left, " dehaJz ct Car
thago" would have been pronounced in
vain. Had Home retained the virtue
of the earlier davs, had she not sunk 1
into luxury and sloth, her empire would
never have deserted her, nor the Goth
hare revelled in her palaces. It was
their intestine dissensions which at last
reduced the Italian republics of the
middle ages to the condition of serfs
; to despotism, and it was sectional ani -
tmosity and strife which prostrated the
whole peninsula under the heel of tv -
ranny, and which still holds it there. j
Nations never decay at once. As it
J takes successive trosts and rains to dis-
integrate rock, so kingdoms and com -
; mon wealths crumble only bv slow de-1
I grees. Calm observers can always see
when the process begins, and when a
! ' stitch in time" may avert the ap-
! nroachinir ruin. But the nassions of
; men too often shut their eves to coining
; perils of this kind ; the rent, at first
I hardly perceptible, widens and widens;
j and it is frequently only when it is too
Hfttc'nnh timernreVen ass l0Z
lo ! the end hasoma! Tialtimoro V
The lost Wife.
Quite a large number of Sampson ! e lo.iowing so.uuon 01 ue u.mcuii;, ;
men attended Duplin Court last week, j " f th.s objection. ;
One of our veterans on his way down ; l-'t that period of the world, Jehov.h
on Monday learned that there was to)1'1 not &n. tnc' tablts of "V il
be preaching that evening after candle I a law to the human race Therefore, ,
light in the neighborhood in which he though Cain did marry his si,ter, he
was to lodge, and being of a very pious i violated no law in th.s particular ; and
turn of mind he concluded to enjoy a a marriage s according to the ,
sermon, so he drove to the chapel. After i 'f earned out the d: v.i e
the
exercises were over and the congre-
! sration was
s dismissed, our pious broth-
er's mind being absorbed in the meet-
ing, forgot that his better half had ac-
companied him, and so lingered within
doors to shake hands with the breth -
. , . n .1 it c u
rn. -.t last recollecting mat w ne
micrht
t be in waiting he stepped out the
and looking around saw a dress,
ie light of the stars, which he re -
door
by th
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tention. So throwing his arms around i 30 ycar,3 old when fceth was Lom.Oen. ,
the shoulders ofhis beloved, he exclaim-!5: 3 and probably not far f from that
en in a solemn tone of voice, Well W at tb tm.e Lia lC!iiri i w"linS
my dear we had a great time of it to ; th 1S the difficulty Accor
niiht." Just about this time a sturdy t(i 5f cour'e off thir,?s !
African walked up with a torch light ! t&ere might have been scores of mam-
and said bluntly Come less be truine." 1 aSeab e ;voman at the Ptn0'l vh(:n e
7 44 Come less be guine."
looked in the face of his
ihold, it was as black as
lur rrood brother ram -
Our pious hero look
escortee, and behold
gun-powder. Our good brother vara
osed. Clinton lndependant.
From the Richmond Christian Advocate.
An Impostor.
Some months ago, a man calling himself
Thomas Nicholson, came to this city, and ; ttr3
desired to become a member of Trinity
charge : but stated, that he had lost hi3 I
certificate. I told him he could not be re-1 The Disadvantage of Deafness
ceived, except as a probationer, to which 1 It is not often, Hays tue Richmond V hig,
Ur.n:entH nd wasar.r-f.rdincrlrreffcived.Uhat we hear of ludicrous incidents occur-
A short
tained a
his re.miest
a probationer; and that his probation ex -
,t. a r.rtin time. Tie left the citv
with my name attached,
distinctly understood, that
duty I owe to the Church to make this
3 i .v ;.
statement, as ne may P--"
nosition ebsewhere. E. I . ilsox,
Virginia Ojnf'-rene",
Richmond, Sept. 24th, 1850.
Sad Dkath. The National Intelligencer
blunder marriage notices on Tuday
,,,,; th marriase oa tht 27th inttaitiut
Or V A. Williams W 3Iis Sasnna J. il
Hams of Washington, and arnon tbe obitaa-
time since, he applied for, and ob-i ring m me prestuw w c'Ji:M
certificate. In c-omplyin? with i sembiea ior aivme wor.-uip, uui ,i i,
. I simr, v certified to his bein 1 ertneiess a iact mat me gra uy 01 so.emr, .
j- .,1 j ,.: ,,.4,,.!, Ar.rArr i en t hftann? the other uav. wai now.
immeuiaujjy uu ier tatuui:wu.c5 ; , v i -
;mr.i;Mt;n, W, hnnstr. and his name was i elderly clergyman in a neighboring cour.
dropped as a probationer. I have since ty, who uui'ortunate.y was afiheted with
learned by a letter from a member of the j deafness, officiated upon a certain occasion
Alabama Conference, that he ha.s presented ; at a prayer-meeting. 1 he am, ness of the
a paper certifying to his having been in j lights prevented him from recognizing with
full connexion with the M. E. (;hnrch,cutj the ftes of zns Ir r
-,...1, . ( ,i,0. ,i cMnny ! whom he wisoed to 'Mead in prayer, but
ry notices of the saaia day tne dtath of iln. :orjty Gf lbe cougregitin were in no
SaanoJ. Williams, on 2"UoJ for praver after witnessing this inci-
Df- AtJTrTLJ dent. On another occa-ioo, theatre tuin-
tha bier in two snort aays.
Caia i Wife.
A t :
lin were convr-.n; 0:
one c;
thcia hol-l;c' a little tr
hand, their
river-1
What a wonderful bk is the B.ti "
sai 1 Robert.
" Yes. it 15," rep'icd ChiV.e? ; I
hive alwavs thonrht it until vvrv
l itelv. But I hive 1 - : t.'k:
i:h
Tom Jf-n-r, and he ha?
mv faith in it."
""How toT inured 1
wh.it k
cri.
nai Oi'iecions . a;ed lo... rk.
1 K
' Tom told me that there wore
several, but the principal objection he
mentioned, was Cain'.- win:; tint was
a poiat, he said, he cotiM not get over."
" Hov is Cain's wife an object;,.-, !"
inquired Jbcrt
' W hv, because the h
orv I'.ir,.
a contradiction; and if the Bible
tradscts itself, it cannot be of (I 1.'
" What is the Contradiction ':'
" if as the Bible tate-. Adam
ar4,1 Eve were the fir-t man and woman J
wiicr ,Vl 1 Cain get hi wife from, un-:
less there was some other family be.-'; I i
his own ? There is no mention of Ad
am's having daughters at this perl'j 1 ; '.
and if he had any, the Bible forbids
brothers and .sisters to marry, so that ;
such a marriage would have been criui-:
inal. You see, as neighbor Jones s:v. ,
tnii et places the friends of a divine '
reteianon upon tne nornsot a dilemrjii.
'If we rcUia the one, we are held fust ;
; 5 tne other."
' " I ' Il0t pretend to be a I- ir,u d
! n,an li,ce neighbor Jones," replied Bob- j
crt: 4 I suppose there are I: Jieuk'K's '
' wll'icn 1 cannot exphuu ; but no d..uht
i there are men in the Christian church
! who can explain them." ;
the conversation ended ; the neigh-'
ors wished each other good-night, and
j lepauc-u ij meir nomes. jui meiri
1 conversation had made a deep impres- s
sior- uPon the mind of the little boy.;
IIe teen taught to read the Bible I
a3 the op0' f (' :in"l was astonished ,
i to hear it thus questioned. For years
i this conversation was in his memory : '.
ne never iorgot ir, aiinougn ne never;
ventured to speak of it to others. " Sup-:
pose then," said lie to himself, ''the;
Bible is false ; why should I obey it ? :
Why not live as other people do ? Why ,
7r fV1 -tP.hy its preceipts, if the
tri nM'uk Proved
he was delivered' from ''the horns of ;
Tom Jones' dilemma" by arriving at ;
,1 vii . r'.i. .:ir. ....!.. ;
1 i T.1 1 1
j commana, en. 1 -. n aoruj,,.-,
j "f or orevivg oj ine npiure narra-
j '"' A Lsf T , ' - - :
j chaF ter of thek 0 iJS carr!'f j
vf r a Peno1 of . J"- A1" l
i thouSh at 1 1C Cain 3 marrage j
; manv rmri'lred (h i. or rrni'Lt exi-t. '
: ' . .
! Jisjiop patrick states that in V) years, ;
?6 children sprang from two persons;
; Jn Engknd,and similar instances might j
. be lound m tni3 country, .vaamwas;
1 age-ab e woman at the penoa wneri tne :
j sacred historian speaks of Cain s :
i fe- , he'r.e n 13 h? objection
1 As the fiion is round in some other
places at the present time,and some oth
ers, bigger than the little boy are some
what entangled upon " the horns of
i Tom Jones' dilemma," we have penned )
r Ai . 1 , n ,-.. ...V. ,. .. V !
1 tniS IOr Lite ueueut anj nuv maj w: ;
j troubled in the same way by the cioub-
! churchmen is sometimes put t a fcevere
i test, as the following aueeaote, related in
.n
Vow I wish it ' taking it for granted that he must hi pre
I ave no such sent, the request was put forth from the
d by a sense of i pulpit that Brother A. fchou.d pray. In-
j Btanuy & ige pur - iu, . -
who. like the wortny pastor, aid not ttow j
s ' ,rit iiW;fi.:4 the ,
I U Jl t JJiyiUCl -a.- " "7 "
attitude of nraver. The minister had also j
kDfclt, and presuming that Brother A.
s-as iavokinz the blessing of Providence,
uttered at brief intervals the u.ual 'Amen,
The ludicroos .w terminated
by one of the brethren gwng t the deaf
ininister and apprizing him of the absence
,.f V.n.tht-T . It is needless to add thit
T rT "it h ';?. I f-.:r..--r,c- t.i
inj. w. i!e !; ch'ir d, 1 the ."-c. ! ," t-
a j.5Tfr,; t-ar". tr-d thn K-.v-.-rrt'.M-.lty
prjjeej li- if i where '. K-yM hue
t .-n bracr.
RiLIwIy ; x Ni tr. ,V.. The Vi ir
General ar. 1 Adrr.:r.:trat'"'r f-f th K
ce. ef Sn jivit--'r. I Ir r'-;.
t t his en!", in r ieh, af; r d--'.r-in
Willi in Walker the enemy t f th
Catholic Clurch. f r hich he inren U
to fuUtitat' rroiet.nini, h c?. up
on the priecM to l witchf.il s:vn;:
the enerr.y, an 1 to prepare a ig rvn
resistance.
-
fmutji". S.C.. S-rt. T. V,-. j; T
br. Y. liv-r f-f " I--'u-t.'' w ' I
Irij in a ,Iul. I t 1. iwrj M;- i:L
TUr ft-;i or, tl.e ti.ir l f..
or tlif iii!i!rni.
From tht Chi"4' I,
A iTorcing cr Evening Hyna.
Thmu-h the j'vun 1 ..f th- hy.
Wlicn I r-.i I. nn I when I play,
I. t tue vt r he; p in view,
'.-' in; .ili I d .
W
ri tin - l.i with irjw bi 1.'
And 1 l ) t rr l at ni.'ht,
I-t me iK-vT 1 iv my lie-il
:-. my k 't an 1 My l 1,
Till 1 lift n y h'Mrt in j'r.ver,
J'or mv H'mv. -r 1 1 y I'ath'-r'.H -.n ;
Thankirg l.iiii Tr nil his Y,w,
Sent ine fr iia l.i-. ihj a!-ivi ;
I 'raying hi" ti Itiii l!y in. ike
Mc his child, for J-.u ..ikc.
Yt-jin l'ie Amor en M
Telling Mother.
A cluster of young (-'rls t" 1 a! .-it
the dor of the scho.l-ro' m iu aff-r-noon,
engaged in e!-, convcr.ii '."it.
when a little girl jin.-d them, and
a ?ked what they were doing.
" I am telling the girls a m eri t, K ,
and we will let vu know if vol will
promise riot to tell any one as 1 rig u
you live," was the reply.
" I won't tell any one but my ne
ther," replied Kate." "I tell h't tv
ervthing, for sh?- is my best friend."
" No, not even your mother ; no os.e
in the world."
41 Well, tln-ri, I can't hear it ; f r
what I can't tell my mother i.-t i.ot fit
for ine to know."
After f-p'-aking th-se word-, Kat
walked sIovly away, and jierhaps y.i 1
ly, yet with a quiet corni-h-rice, while
her coiripanions went 'ri with their se
cret conversation.
virtuous, useful woman. No cb;l 1 of a
pioim nijOther will he likely to tak- a
sinful cjourse, if Kate's r-jly ii tah n
for a rule of conduct.
As r-oori as a hoy listen-! t ",,.
vtrsat'Kin at school, or on tin; phiy
gro'irid. which he would fear or b!u-h
to repeat to his mother, he is in t!)'
way of temptation, and no ore- can t' U
where he will stop. Many a man dy
ing in disgrace, in pii-on, or on !.;
scaffold, has looked back with hitter
remorse to the time when fir.-t a sir.ful
companion gained his car, and c:a:.v
between him and a pious mother.
IJoys and girl.s, if you would h-ad a
Christian life, and die a Chri-tian
death, make Kate's reply your role :
" What I cannot tell my mother, is
not fit for me to know;" for a p': n
mother U your best friend. If you
have no mother, do as the d.v.iph 4
did go and tell Jesus. lie loves you
better' than the most tender parent.
From the Child' I'ap-r.
Taught to Tight
Casey, a murderer who was executed
at San Francisco a f-hort .ime ago, ju-t
befo. e the rope w&3 put around bus rick,
made a h',:t and broken epetch, in
whic''i he traced back hi crime to its
fountain-head. "Gentlemen," he raid,
" I am no murderer. My Uulu are be
cause of early education. 'Where I be
longed, I was taught to fight, and that
to rtzent my own wrong wan ing pro
vince. I have an aged mother ; and let
her not hear rne called a murderer or
assaisln. I have always resented a
wrong, and I have done m now.
" Oh mv poor mother; how her heart
will bleei'at this news'. I but refu
ted an injury ; my poor mother '. 1 l.i
will wring her heart. Oh God, have
mercy upon rne. My Jesus, take care
of me. 0 God, with th? accumulated
guilt of twenty.eight or twenty-nine
yeur?, have mercy upon me. My poor
mother !'
The hot passion? of the boy, ai you
see, had never been bridleL lie wai
suffered to fight out an angry spirit,
like the wil l beasts of the forest. It
13 a mistake to call this, manliness : it
U brutality; it is a thirst for blood.
True manfiness checks personal resent
ments ; it is temperate and forbearing ;
if wrongs are to be righted, they are to
to be righted, not by personal vio
lence, which would turn the worll into
a den of tigers, but by reaym, by just
and sober views; often by forgiving
anl forgetting many things which can
not be helped or atoned for.
The patient in spirit is better than
the proud in spirit.' ;An angry man
Btirreth up strife, and a furioui man
aboundeth in transgressioa.'