North Carolina Newspapers

C IT R ST A A A!) Afi a nn th 0 b A I h 'f PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CIirRCII. SOtTH RITU5 T. IIEFLIN. E: RALEIGH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, IS5G. Vol. I. Xq. 42. 7fi d r t r tj . The Great Refiner. "tall mt at a T-fiurr una junjltr ',f n ri-r. ''"A f.w"-t t' Vr.ovr that h wh triei The si!vr, ...km hi fat B-.M'J'j the fire lii.it rur.4;-", Lf-fct t K ir.t'-riK; a heat, II tiiifi l to consume the hase alloy, 1 he rreci-.uf metal V) f';f!trj. 'Tin t , think that wtll he knows Tte ilvr'i fj'iw-r t'i hear The ordeal through whh:h it p,fn ; And that, with .ikiil rtri'l care. He'll take it from the fir': when fit For his own li.tu 1 to polish it. 'T'u lUiwltimi to feel that he, The jjiece he ha heuri, Will Dot fWrake till he can ecc. To prorc tie work: I done, An ima;'e, hy ita hrijjhtnesa shown, The perfect hkMi'.'ss of his own. li-it ah ! how much of earthly inoul.J, l)irk relie of the mine, I'urcJ from the ore, must he behold How lon raut ho refine, Ere iu the silver he can trace The first faint semblance to his face ? Thou ;rreat Refiner, it thou by, Tiiy promise to fulfil, Movel l.y thy harel, beneath thine eye, An l uieltel at thy will; O may thy work for ever shine, Jtetlecting beauty pure as thine ! The Believer and his Echo. Believer. True faith producing love to God and man Say, Echo, i-i not this the Gos pel's plan ? Echo. The G spel's plan. 1'emevf.k. Miint I my faith in Jusus con stant hIiow, By doiugood to all, both friend and foe ? Echo. Both friend and foe. Believer. But if a brother hates and treat mo ill, Must I return him good, and love him still ? Echo. Love him still. Believer, If he my failings watches to re veal, Must I his faults as carefully conceal ? Ecno. As carefully conceal. Believer. But if my name and character he tears, And cruel malice too, too plain appears ; And when I sorrow and afflic tion know ; lie loves to add unto my cup of wo ; In this uncommon, this peculiar case, Sweet Echo, say, must I still love and bless ? Ecno. Still love and bless. Belikver.- -Whatever usage ill I may receive, Must I still patient be, and still forgive 1 -Still patient be, and still forgive. Kcno. Believer. Why, Echo, how is this? Thou'rt sure a dove, Thy voice will teach me nothing else than love ? Ecno. Nothing else than love. ...' Believer. Amen, wih all my heart ; then be it so? It's all delightful, just, and good, 1 know, And now to practice I'll directly Echo Directly go. Believer. Things being thus, then let who will reject, My gracious God ine surely will protect. Echo. Surely will protect. Believer. Henceforth on him I'll roll my every care, And both my friend and foe em brace in prayer. Echo. Embrace in prayer. Believer. But after all these duties when they're done, Must I, in point of merit, then disown ? And rest my soul on Jesus' blood alone ? Echo. On Jesus' blood alone, Believer. Echo, enough ! Thy counsel to my ear Is sweeter than to flowers the dew-drop tear. Thy wise instructive lessons please me well : Till next we meet again, Fare well, farewell. Echo. Farewell, farewell. A Happy Illustration. As an old minister was tryin r to comfort a doubting Christian woman who was in deep despondency, she cried out, " Oh, I'm dead, dead, twice dead, and pluck ed up by the roots !" He replied, " Sitting in my study the other day, I heard a scream, Johnny's fallen into the well !' Before I could reach the spot, I heard the mournful cry, 'Poor little Johnny's dead poor little John ny's dead !' Bending over the curb, I called out, ' John, are you dead ?' 4 Yes, grandfather,' he replied, I'm dead.' I was glad," said the old man, "fo hear it from his oicn mouth!" The Building Committee of a dis senting place of worship in the county of Northumberland, England, which has recently been enlarged, called upon a very straight-laced member of the congregation who was expected to sub scribe liberally. The amount put down disappointed them, and they told him so. " Oh," said he, " it's quite enough ; as much as you've got any where else." 44 Nay," was the reply, 44 has given double the sum." 44 So he should," replied our ready he ro, 44 he goes twice as much as I do !" (Original. For the N. C. Cbmtisin A Irocate. Eventi on Jfew Berec Circuit- " Whom he del predestinate, them he iivt calle'l ; ana whom he cnMe-'j, tli' a'-;o justified ; and whom he justified, them' he a!o glorified." lion. H: SO. Thank the Lord for the order of the j gospel ; 'tis plain as -well a3 progrts- j sive, simple as well as sublime. This is the Lord's doings" He calk, He justifies, He sanctifies, He glorifies: thank the Lord for the order of the gospel. There are three great stepping stones in the work of grace, to the temple of glory Justification, Sancti- fication. Glorification. What with in is the " f'r v'iing ana eter nal weight of glory." Thank the Lord for the order of the gospel. It leads to peace ; it leads to purity; it leads to glory. Mr. Editor, I have just closed a se ries of meetings on the New-Berne Cir cuit, at which the power of the Holy Ghost was present to save men from their sins. At the close of one of these we received three converted souk on probation in the church. At the close of another 24, w hite and colored," all ! told, a large proportion of whorn joined a3 seekers, were likewise received. On the day when I intended to close the exercises of the last named meeting, I was called to preach the funeral ser mon of sister Nancy Richardson, who united with U3 at a revival meeting, held on this charge last year, by the writer. The deceased was, to that date, a member of the Baptist communion, but joined us in connection with her husband, Henry G. Richardson, who was then converted to God. The de ceased died on the 2d inst., in the tri umphs of the faith. Her affliction was long and severe. She died of liver consumption. During trie preaching of the sermon, her husband, as he told me, was powerfully sanctified throughout soul and body. He said that the Spi rit had deeply impressed on his mind, the day of the dpease of his wife, the truth " without holiness no man shall see the Lord." I knew that his mind had been engaged in reference to i.he subject of ' sanctification wholly ever since his happy conversion last fall ; but he had failed to lay hold on the promises for want of an earnest, work ing faith a faith that appropriates then. While I was trying to preach the funeral sermon of his lovely and beloved wife, from these words of Je sus, " Follow me," he was drawn by the Spirit to lay hold upon the long sought prize. He did so : and shouts of "glo ry, glory to my Heavenly Father," burst from the lips of the weeping hus band. The scene which followed was more characteristic of heavenly joy than earthly sorrow. And thus our mourning brother realized the sweet promises of Jesus " In the world ye shall 'have tribulation, but in me ye shall have pee." Thank the Lord for the order of the gospel, for justification, sanctification, and glorification. J. W. PEARSON. Oct. Gth, 1856. Message and Memphis Ch. Ad vocate copy. For the N. C. Christian Advocate. " We need a College." So Old North State says, and con scientiously no doubt, and I, equally so, affirm that we do not need a College. As he, to sustain his opinion, has given reasons, I shall do the same to support mine. Leaving the exposure of the in applicability of some and exposure of other of his argument for a future arti cle, I lay the foundation of all my fu ture remarks, by affirming that a ne cessity for having a College of our own, must be found in one or all of three considerations, viz : To secure a higher grade of scholarship ; a more thorough regard for moral culture ; and a stron ger and more extensive denominational influence. Now, the acknowledgement of Old North State, that her sons will not leave her territory to be educated, even at a College of our own, being taken for gran ted, the question, and indeed the only one is, can the great considerations in a collegiate education, above named, be the better secured by building a Col lege "of our own, or by patronizing the one built by the State, and in which we have equal rights with all other denomi nations ? That we could maintain a higher grade of scholarship in a Col lege of our own than is maintained in the University, the most hopeful dare not believe. Then nothing is or can be guined as regards scholarship, there fore we do not need a College. For the second item I imagine there will De no grea.er necessity a " more thorough regard for moral culture." On this point there has been, and now is, a grand mistake ; and to make it fully appear, let us ascertain the instrumen talities used by denominational Colleges not employed by the University to ex ert a moral influence. I assert the former has not one the latter does not use. The University has a religious and pious President, five eminent min isters of the eospel in the Faculty, and a majority of the adjunct Professors communicant? of the Church of Christ. All the student- are required, under pennlt v of d.-plea-ure, to attend prayers morning and evening in the Chapel, and pre. i 'Ling every Sunday morning; an all the preach ing is to be ot the sav:ng trumpet tb go.-pel and the riioranry unquestionable taugnt therein : all t'.diy the Bible a text Look and recite on labbath.- Now, upon the supposition that these grave, learneu, an-i pious ministers wni not wink at youthful eiris or be weak in enforcing moral truth, we must pup-! pose that a high a code of religious morality is likely to he secured in the University as elsewhere, where only the same means are used, or else we must conclude most absurdly that the na.rric efficiency of the gospel. . Now, if it be asserted that the moral influence of the and Tutor3 are teaching is neutralized by the diversity j of religious opinions of the teachers, j The Protestant Churchman, an Epis they who say so declare that harmony j copal paper, speaks as follows of some among the different denominations de-! matters of discord in "the only true stroys the inuuence ot the very gospei . l . i . i -I1-.ll. that inculcates harmony ana oroineriy love as cardinal virtues. .If it be far ther stated, that the religious character of students m other colleges exerts a better influence than those of the Uni versity, we answer by asking, Whence came this good character? Did they take it from home or get it at College ? If the former, the College deserves no credit; if the latter be true, if the one college affords as many facilities for forming a cood moral character as the i other, neither is to have credit ahove the other ; but the good character ot the students is to be to their own praise, and their bad character to be borne as their own blame. It is farther asked, Do not more students backslide at the j University in proportion to the number, than at any other College : I venture the assertion, the Church record will not prove it ; but does there not exist a greater amount of dissipation in the University than in other Colleges ? If the question be taken as an assertion, it may be challenged and proven to be false by witnesses who have attended both. That there is dissipation at the University I do not deny, arid pray where is it not ? Let that College " that is without sin cast the first stone," and let that community having no dissipa ted young men, accuse Colleges of be ing, corrupt and sinks of iniquity, if they wish to expose their ignorance and their inconsistency. From the armi ments and facts presented, I conclude that nothing is to be gained in a moral point of view, and therefore it is not needful to spend our money in brick and mortar, to say we have a College of our own. If it be asked why I have said so much about the University, I answer there could be no- argument without it, (it is true, I might have in cluded Normal in some particulars,) for it is said our sons will not leave our State to be educated, and as many Methodists are likely to go to the University, then it must follow, that our College mu3t and can only rival the University; and the only ques tion is, whether we will send our sons to our University, or build a College for the express purpose of extending denominational influence. This last item, in my plan, will have to be de ferred till my next. B. A. Fayetteville, N. C, Oct. 10, 1856. For the X. C. Christian Advocate. Obedience to Parents. There is no subject inculcated in the Holy Scriptures, which deserves the at tention of the young more, or is better worthy of their most serious consideration, than the caption of our article, for upon the manner in which they regard this mandate of the Bible, depends in a great measure, their future destiny. In confirmation of this declaration, we produce the irrefraga ble testimony of the Book of books. What saith it? " Honor thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth." " Children obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing unto the Lord." Here then the plain and tacit inference to be adduced from these passages of Holy Writ, is, that not only prosperity and longevity are promised, but the approval of God declared. You will not only live loDg on the earth, and have the prosper ous breezes of fortune and success floating around you; but the sweet smiles of Heav en will rest upon, and cause it to be well with thee. Then, my young reader, if you have any aspirations to attain to eminence and distinction in this life, to become great and good, or to accumulate worldly aflu ence, and to live to a good old age, die, respected and honored by your fellow be ings, and to have your name handed down to the latest posterity as a paragon, worthy of imitation by the youth of every coun try ; then permit me to say to you, if you disobey the commands of your pa rents, and reject, with wilful contumacy, their counsels and instructions, your anti cipated hopes will be blighted Consult the golden pages of history, and you will find that nearly all those who have figured conspicuously on the stage of life, were remarkably obedient. Parental affection should influence us to honor our fathers and mothers. Who, in your infantile years, bore with great long-suffering your churlish ness and peevishness, and did everything in their power to render yoa comfortable and happy ? Who, during your adolescent years, provided for and succored you ? Who, when laboring under the virulent touch of some frightful disease, bent with fervant yearnings, and deep, ardent, pa rental solicitude over your couch, and reiilv to a iTi;iii"t'-r to j-ur ' h i-V j tr;.--i- i uj a:ti3'l vour afiilct: ,rtt n4 V-'Ur parent. Then, are joa not r n-auiro-i obi.TJtior, to rtvere snd y -ur pir-Lt3 ? Bat just here "tf you t'A-iw the digression , we v.-m i r. j u u -1 pound tr,c mien-oration : iS ri:-,t nj-icb of the COL"- of dek-ctive trainlm We w .U. i to say soaietLin; relative to this lur-tt r. !. a i Lis it is ai..ari iroiu OUT M; an i as our artif.ie more rroux than wean- . ticip-jted ; and further, as vou, Mr. Editor. W1h 3'ur correspondents bj stuly brevity, wj cio-e our reaaarss. MANIKIN. Specimen cf Episcopal Unity. Church." The Churchman is rirrht; C' but where is the boasted "unity?" " The General Convention is about to meet. And both houses are to be afflicted and agitated with efforts, on the one side or the other, to restrain and limit the rational Christian liberty of our worship and our church habits. We have furnished our readers, in ear lier numbers, a full examination of the Memorial presented to our General Convention three years since. We have since given them, at large, the string of propositions containing ' what the Me morialists want. e have demonstra ted what indeed was patent on the ve ry face of the whole scheme that the things which they wanted would amount to a complete revolution in our church. We have now two other Memorials, addressed to this poor tempest-tossed House of Bishops, one of which we gave last week, and the other our readers will find in our present number. One is the annunciation of the semi-Romish party. The other has been issued by three respectable laymen of New Jersey, and sent round as a circular for sub scriptions, that it may be also cast into the same commingling of sentiments and schemes in the approaching session of the House of Bishop3. These are all remarkable tokens of a most restless state of mind among our people. Even Ararat itself seems to shake amidst the raging floods of American excitability. We read these papers almost with dis may. We ask where we are, and where we are likely to be. We pinch our own flesh to be ascertained of our real living identity and being. In what an absurd and heterogenous mixture of things do we live. And while every other class of Christians around seem to have qui etly outlived their agitations, Ave awake to find the upheaving wave rolling in upon us and around us, in a new and unexpected manner. The Episcopal C'.'irch seems to be the last field for th violent of unnecessary and in expedient changes. We had hoped it was a field for ever secured from them. Indeed it was the one joy attending the coldness of its fossilized state, that it would remain where it was, and as it was, amidst this wreck of matter and crush of worlds in religious things a round. But we were mistaken in our hope. 4 Our fathers, where are they ?' The Apollos seem all dead, and a race of Phtetons appear to be guiding the chariot with an infrcenation that may well alarm and distress observers of so briety and quietness. The sons of Nimshi have multiplied, and the gyra tions of their driving are a caution to old-fashioned and quiet persons like ourselves. We ask to be let alone, and to have our Prayer Book left alone. We ask that ministers and people will go to preaching the Gospel, and living the Gospel, and building up the Gos pel, and cease from this childish, in harmonious clangor of complaints in the market-places, and expedients for rem edy. The Church is well enough. The Prayer Book is well enough. Canon3 are enough in all conscience, if not well enough The things that are really are a living experience and wanting preaching of the Saviour's love and power by the Holy Ghost, converted, ministers, converted preachers, and a converted people." fC -fr. -C " In regard to bowing at the Sa viour's name one time or twenty times in a service, we have no lawT, and no uniformity of custom. Bishop White never bowed his head even in the creed ; nor did Bishop Griswold, nor do sever al of our present living bishops. Others have chosen to adopt a repeated low genuflexion, with almost feminine pro priety and grace, or a dorsal quadra ture eq:ial to Mohammedan precision. As for ' singing and saying,' we should despair of an attempt to discriminate, so many of our readers say as if they sung, and so many of ur singer3 sing as if they said. But thi3 whole super ficies of personal custom in the church, is a field of Christian liberty. And the very essence of liberty is in its in definiteness, The moment you build a fence across a road, at whatever dis tance, yoa restrict the bounds of per sonal liberty. And if the restriction is an unnecessary one, in its relation to " social security, it is tyrannical and op pressive, and ought to be personally were crer ! disregi- del r4 reflated. WL iht r w j Lke the particul ir bibit - ct r; t Js of r o 'consequence in thi5 coridcrati-.rj. We I maintain on a! side?, in thin" ir;d; I u&denned rights cf Christian f: - dom. And we frhall resist the irr.po-i- , t.on hy any law, quzti or re-! the ; single bowing in the Cree I. r-r the -;r:.- ;ing to the West, or the wearing a Ihiek gown ja.-t as sternly and i.'-r- 'V-rp--i . i ,i . - ... iy a? we snoul I resist trie olL - aiMii of ; the whole ridiculous d us sc-heroe ity in form a It Jersey, a li M rv!,i. 1 I"-'1-1."-'" , or a la Oxford." From the Amer'can Mi j-j.nr. The Saviour. i of The Tjord, ::Aul ?TicrsLaTII.nfig TorlTX 'a son, and thou shalt call his name Je u," that is, Saviour, "for he shdl save his people from their sins." i Matt. 1 : 21. And to Mary it was an nounced by the angel Gabriel, "Thou ; shalt bring forth a son, and shalt call ' t : . T " T -! . D,1 - ' lit. r :i I I .ii'. i , 1 1 i i t k ..i i ..... ..... .v-.v. . - , Because he saves from sin, he is called! - r. -. I Jesus, Saviour. Kemember, ! 1. You are a tinner. Of this ;are conscious. ou feel it m your own ,jl3Ve ine l notll;n. bv thc Sultan's heart, lour conscience condemns you, j (ecrce Lut a rci?n of terr(,r. in mar,v and you are condemned by Go I s hro-; of the d;,trirts thc goun,, of a fr ; ken law, which thunders its anathemas j church h n,A mifn,f.U(.llty the r.al ; against you. les, you are a sinner. J f, ,r Mu,-:irnan attack, and the church- 2 lou ned mlmtion. ou must e themsclvi.s arc inva,Ic(i arill the JooM perish without it. Salvation is dehv- ; covo0(1 vhh f Uh A I!UIliWr of in. ;erance from sin, its pollution, ana its;glar ces are m(:ram,A m which thc j curse ; and if not dehvered, you must , ChristiarH werc outraged in the most pensn. es, you are perishing, and j sliaracfi:1 luann,..r. One of these is the jyou need salvation. i following: Three Christians who had : I o. Zone lut Jem, can mv ; the innocence to believe that the Sul-' j lou cannot save yourself ; men cannot tar.-s decree of equality was a reality, save you; angels cannot stive you. ; aJdresstJ t0 Mussulmans whom they1 (There is but one name under heaven met lhe tourtcous Mutation, "Peace1 ; given among men whereby you can be ; be u,it0 .. instcvl of . Allah.L: . saved the name of Jesus. Acts 4 : tQ whichtl 1P - llad ahva v , l)t,,.r n.,lrict. - " """d and none but he can save i 4. 1 ou must come to Christ, if you ; Mvcdi c'.t' it-mi. ijiijii 10 ! believing, and they who. believe shall ! be saved ; but they w'ro believe not j must be damned. Mark 10: 10. The j way to heaven lies by the cross of ; Christ ; there is no other way to the ! celestial city. 5. You should come to Cltrist now. There is nqed of it, and there is abun-; dant encouragement. He invites ; he offers himself to you ; and he will not cast you out, if you come to him. I John G: 37. Christ is for you tf t3 of a ar reli ;,U3 orpiriiza. : lyouwant 7am; yes, for you. Come ! tion 1; through Arabia'to thc i to him now. There is danger in de- i 1,ergian GllIf; for wljat tliCy deem the llay Time is short; death is near ; (leftncc of th(J Koran Afnon, .jf, I the Spirit may depart; there-is dan-! Kedou;n a propheeS8 has appeared,, ! ger. O come to Christ now and he ; who ig a kin(1 of Isl!imite JoanMr Arc will save you from your sins. Come to j laced at the hcad of h rn,..,, of jJesus, and you shal have eternal life. fonaticswho are proclaiming a religious j war. Three of the Arab tribes have j The Minister's Call. An amu- nocked to her standard, jsing incident occurred a few days since, j Tt ja 0hvious, we think, that nothing i A certain lady had been much annoyed but tie presence of the allied troop! ; j by the ringing of her door-bell by the 1 will sustain the Sultan in the liberal I mischievous boys in the vicinity, and. p0iiCy ie iia3 proclaimed. If the i 'determined to be made no more a fool , Christians of the East are to be left in of by going to the. door. In the course j a wor5e condition pra-tically than thev 1 'of the forenoon, her minister called toj-vere before the tieatv, the world will isee her, dressed in his sprucest man- (justify Russia in coming to their relief. ' iner; he ascended the steps, and gently j It j3 j, time that a barbarous and : drew the bell-handle, when the lady j persecuting race should be ma le to snouieu irom me entry ; I see you, boy ; it 1 catch you, 1 11 j wring your neck !" The affrighted gentleman immediate ly rushed down the steps through a small crowd of young scamps, and has I not been seen since. IIOXOR TO 'WHOM DUE. The first (Protestant missionary to the American j late m(.etin;, 0ft'he Genesee Conference, i ; Indians was Dr. Joannes Megapolerisis,Jcomprjsin;r thc Western part of New who came from Holland in 1642, and j yorkj g uks as fonOW3 upon an item j iwas pastor at Fort Osange, now Alba- ; of bu8;ritg3 Lich consumed most of its i , ny. lie tooic great interest in the m :dians, learned their language, and preached Christ to them three or four years before John Eliot, " the apostle to the Indians," began his labors among the aborigines around Boston. From the American Messenger. Eules for Daily Practice. 1. Come bv faith to the blood of ' Christ, that all your sins may be par doned. Lev. 17: 11; Heb. 9: 14, 122; Eph. 1: 7; 2: 13; 1 Pet. 1: 19; 1 John 1 : 7. 2. Seek by prayer the help of the Holy Spirit. Luke 11 : 13 ; Rom. 8 : 26, 27 ; Eph. 2 : 18. 3. Try to recollect that God is al ways present, knowing every thought you think, hearing every word you speak, observing everything you do. Prov. 15 : 3 ; Psa. 139 : lZ-A, 12; Ezek. 11 : 5 ; Heb. 4 : 13. 4. Live upon Christ as the life-giving root of all true holiness. John 6 : 47-58 ; 15 : 4-8 ; Col. 2: 3-9. 5. Before you speak, ask yourself these three questions: Is what I am going to say, true ? Is it useful ? Is it kind ? Psa. 120 : 2 ; Prov. 15 : 1-3 ; Eph. 4 : 15-32. 6. Pray for a calm and thoughtful state of mind, trusting always in the Lord, for you know not what a day may bring forth. Job 22 : 21 ; Isa. 26 : 3, 4 ; John 14 : 26, 27 ; Phil. 4 : 5-7 ; Jas. 1 : 2-7. 7. Remember, if religion has done nothing for your temper, it ha3 done little for your soul. See, then, that your temper be always kind, cheerful, affectionate, meek, and merciful. Rom. 11. V, f.-r th S W -1- rel.. . ' " J ' it, en. 1: 4 ; Gal. j : 10 L'xi;; v.-iMXARY Mr.r.i .-r. The .'r.- - :i C. j if-tar. i ir 1 i rvr-''-- e i r .- ftatvroer.t that a w-i i.).-. t'k pla'-e h-t week, at .he Co'jr: Hoij-e rf the d-'-trirt ' l tht u-'c. in i.i'.-a the l.ri le or.- htir- Jrt:i .-ir: i f v.-r.tv. an l the twelve y-5r.s oi l. :h re in the f rnne of lif". There was j -ent st the nup-i il ceremony a son ..f ;i:e Iri le o! ic-r than the bridegroota's father. It was hoped that the decrte cf the Sultan m favor of religion frt edin would d'.-liver the Christian- of 1 is empire from the long and cr.it 1 oppres sion ari l persecution under which they have groaned. Conflicting accounts, however, continue to reach Europe on m . this tnKi. t ? ;. ,-t a rr.K ,5.1.. r. ;,-., , i ,.....'.. ual fctales tint . - ' i ' ijJyU.'.l JViil some of the details are 10: 10: 1: 20; I Pit. r,: 'so afili'jling, that it is but too evident, vou!,Lf . . i ,.r r.,..i,.., .1.- i -t eI, and which was a sort of homage to Islamist;!. The poor fellows were i.,ur- (W(1 fOI.t;!W;,i, !1T1.i Tn:inv wilfl ii:iaf(.tl. ' t'l their part were cruelly f he next day tha populace marched to the church, killed the Sa cristan, destroyed various ornaments cf the edific", and after committing every excess and indignity, and razing the church to the ground, surrounded thc f1hritiari in their linuupa u ml r.nt r-i the womeu and children. I j Xhe rn;il to which we are ;1(leU ! . eJ for 'he,e faCt thpre trm,N j ::tnfiW r.,r.,i ;n ,i, ir,n ,i;.rf.,i;,(.,i 1 cease frorn fcuch horrId 0UtraL,c3 Ul)0n Christian men and Christian churches j as are daily committed in Turkey. Jiich rnon d Jjiapatch. Passing Characters. A correspondent of the Genesee Evanrreli.f. in rrivirirr an account of the I jtime. j " Most of seven day., were spent in ! 4 passing the character,' of members of j Conference. If the length of time re- j quired, and the declarations of each . other, were a true criterion from whjch j to judge, the characters of many would be considered ' very doubtful.' " Our Conferences seem to have for gotten a great principle in common law, 'that a man's innocence is to be taken for granted till the contrary is proved.' To arraign the character, and Eet it up as a target, to provoke volley3 of per sonal pique and party spirit, at least in such a public manner, .3 not only op posed to thi3 principle of just law, but contrary to any impartial judgment. Hardly any good to be attained can warrant such a public canvassing cf i v ,.t ...i:,. - i i t eacu prciicuei o j eeuiiauiies, uuu inviting the tongue of scandal. This method of proceeding gave the occasion for the fall manifestation of the h'tter feelin'j-s of the two parties now existing in this Conference. The one, called ' the Naza rites, seek a return to Old Methodism, and believe in the entire disuse cf bells, steep'es, false Sowers, i bows and curls, and in the full use of the luns and the doctrine of holiness. ' The other party, known as the Bufa-j lo Regency,' may be called the pro-! gressive, accommodating class, or Old : Methedism remodeled by Young Ame-: rica. These two parties, nearly equal in number, are bitterly opposed, and eem to have taken especial pleasure in arraigning each other's character by numerous bills of accusation. L'nder this influence the characters of some of the most noble and devoted members of Conference were 4 arrested' and every- tli- - r,fw and r ' ! .i'.rrJgrd in pr;! ;. f.r noti.f.c.i:; n. it do! itj.irr. - fTvct nr. rj the cr-vdrf sp r-- ftr fr - r- .?'nYl: urn! crt-rtd wnnlr into a i."-c?wi n chsr ictt-r. ":h-r ment itv strrrt1 etv i in their "i n to the G-sr- I trst I txrr.- t t'Lristi n wif . t'-.o dv ..ir" f tJ ' ' r RT:!-!'r cf ( ftrence, when 1 .-?rr.rtly 1. -pc tint v. Village may g.ir. 1 vis te J' ,i- rrM-tinar, nd if Mich .n-;hr m"t : iy it be 1 in thr w.xU. " AttciapUd Swicide ia a Chsrch. tt SvrZiW :?;r r''Trirr Tht fo!..ing i a n rc full ac- .nt the affiir. a we find it in a letter f: i the Be v. ('. C.".ke. the pa!or ef . church, wiir-i,. t! scno rw.'':rr-.-d : "Just as 1 wis in llie applieati-.u t" my sennn, Sejitemlx-r 7th, .. di-f p s-deinii ty secned to res ::j t th" congregatior , a t:irn entered the d r opposite the middle aisle, an l cp--. ing his hat in a pew, walked d hl i ately into the altar, an-1, taking his i cition in front of the communi- n t.i? " , drew a five or six barrel revolver fi. i beneath his co.it! Up to that lie -e-merit I had continued to speak, th'.'u-'i the movements of the intru Icr 1 i 1 evidently gotten the attention f ti.. people. As he drew his pistol out, - ,?, fcupposed he wis going to sho t i: -; some that 1 e was a madman about to shoot into the congregation, and wb it others thought of it is difficult to t- !. Some fell to the floor to he screen. 1 from bullet;;, some were petrified v. j I fear, many rushed for the doors, a .1 many frightened females and children screamed without Mint cf lung.. Th" poor fellow, however, had no intention, of injuring any one but himself. " As I stoo 1 immediately above h;:a, I saw him. dicfiri.nly turn his fii'tol a id place the n ir.::!'' against his 1 ft hr.i ! i'oi turj.itel v f.r him and othei fheeip inashe-1 wi-'-.-jul e.vplodiitg. anl 1" !":' he had tine, to ;;rrange lor the l'nif:'. lnent of his sif'-'d tl purpose the t'e;.diy weapon v. .i laken from him. Kety barrel was loaded, and two of th i i doubly so ! He had been a m u.l i "f the church, and some fifteen mom i s since had fallen by the power cf Mn.ng drink ' He was the first to rejiort h -i fail to rue, and I did not expose 1, i i. For a year he gave evidence of a g n uitiO reformation. He has nc litiy fallen again, arid doubtless under a sense of shame and remorse, more tin n half dernef.ted, j- lected the ah.tr of God on which to immolate himself .i a desperate afon'-nv-nt to the church! He is now in a hospital. God be merciful to him and his fa mil v !" Nai-oi.ko.v'.'- Prim:. When le i. i parte was about to invade itu-'-ii, a person who had endeavored to di"uad; hirn from his purpose, finding he could not prevail, quoted to him the provt r! 44 Man j'ropofPH, hut God dl,n t ;" to which he indignantly replied: '"I dispose as well as propose." A Christian lady, on hearing the im pious boast, remarked, 44 1 net that dov.n as the turning roint of BonapHrteV for tunes. God will not buffer a creatine with impunity thus to usurp his prerog ative." It happened to Bonaparte just ast'ie lady predicted. Hi invasion cf P us sia was the commencement of his fall. Lonio.; Statistic ck Wk-lkvav MktjioMsM. The Watchman, r.vi--w-ing the 44 minutes" of the late Wc-h y au Conference, says: A comparison of the numerical s'a tist'CS of 1S55 and 1850 shows an in crease throughout the whole connection. In England and Scotland we hud lafet year 200,858 cl is members, with 12, C20 44 on ttiil;" 918 minister in full work, not reckoning eupemurnerarifj, and 63 young preachers on probation ; thi3 year we have 263,835 raernceiM, increase 2,937; 17,839 on trial, in crease 5,219; 931 ministers, increase 13; but only 55 preachers on proba tion, which indicates that more laborer will be wanted. In Ireland the n i:;ihir in society is 18,952 ; the increase of members, notwithstanding emigration, being 203, and cf ministers 7. On the foreign tbis.ioris, under the immediate direction of the British Conference, the Lumber of members is 65,261, ifcrea.se 1,654; of ministers 271, incrt-av.no 1 : tbn 56. The French Conference ret orts an incease of 80 members and 8 pa-tor-. The Canada Conference h is his year 59,915 member, increase 2,030; atid 207 minister!, increa-eo; and n ha-; received 85 preachers on probation, which h 2-ii more than lst year. The Effect of Latik. Andrew Jackson was once making a stump speech out West, in a smill village. Just as he wa3 concluding, Amos Ken dall, who sat behind him, whispered, 44 Tip 'em a little Latin, General ; they won't be contented without it." The man of the iron will, instantly thought upon the few phrases he knew and in a voice of thunder wound up his Fpeech Ly exclaiming, Epluribusunum sine qua non ne plus ultra ma! turn in parvo." The effect wa3 tremendous and the II ooaiers' shouts could be heard for miles.