CHRISTIAN fM" ADVOCATE.
PURLISJIED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON rtRENCE. M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. HEFLIN, Ed:
Vol. i,m Vj.
lMmGUi umuxY, octobbh 31, isg.
I 50 a Year, ia .V-Svac
One Hundred Years Hence.
M ho'Jl throng tli'i c:rc'-tf in fter haste,
One lui.ir.-'.l 3 ear from
And Mam; i ,i,'0 nVeting phantom" cLa-e
With die vr,ra, atjxi'ju Lrw ;
J o ;airi a. iihilk;
y.r VK;iit!i or farne
Ambition's goal,
Or t.nin.r'a bcrjii
"Who will b'i that (-pi.-ii-!'uri'l t'irong,
I'airig with li;i-ty ulcj.H akin;;,
Urns nundred j tars lrom now?
Wlitre, O! where will be t!je im-n,
One nuiidru'J jearn from now,
"Who IhjW ttl; VillUVU-j po IT Cjli'k'Rin
Willi purse-proud, lntuMy krow;
Who ve tiie fencer
1'i Misery's itixr,
Wiinhola rtlitf
To oriJiau's iritf ;
"Whre, O ! wt-re wiil be t'-.eir pride,
When rie'i un i t lie h4; kj hide,
One LuiiJiel yea.ro Ironi nuw '
Who'll ,-race our courts asjul'.-s rave,
One hundred years lrom no,
iur warji ;liP law, nor Kereeii Uie kuuTe,
When wealth and a!Hu;fice bow ;
W lien bribes of jjold,
And crimes unioid,
.Make justice bleep
And inticy weep ;
Who will tie t:;ue juri.iU pure,
And bribe and yy:phant at.jur,
One liunmed years lfoiu now ?
Who'll gui 1; our rights o'er land and sea,
One hundred years from now,
Stand by tne banner of ti.e lree,
And u.in; confront a ioe ;
And ri';ver yield
O'er flood and held
And do no wrong
JMibu.it to none ;
Who w ill he tlmse patriots brave
To guard our iLi o'er land and wave,
Onu hundred tars lrom now ?
Wher, whore will the proud despot j
One hundred years lrom now,
AVind crush the gunu oi' Liberty,
Ana make t lie nation bow ?
They'll be forgot,
Their names will rot,
No nations feel
Their iron heel ;
And the (air goddess, Liberty,
Wiil reij;n o'er every land and sra,
One hundred yeais from now."
be,
3i!Lordliutrntt
From the Methodist Protestant.
A Touching Incident.
Being in Surry county, Virginia, in
'1111. 1, III
the fall of 1840, I attended a religious
meeting held in an old colonial church, . cctr'P"ire' u ' ni 7 i
r?, v c -ti t ! " The Gospel of Christ t8 the power
one of the relics of our union with Lng-1 . , ' 1 , . i ,
land. After a warm sermon, an invd- tf lint ;n to every one that
tation was given to seekers of religion -heheveth on Him Lorn
i u e 1 On the other side ot the coin is,
to approach the altar of prayer. , ; ' 7 m . 7 , 7. '
. 1 1 i -i i 4.1 , i " Exhort servants to be obedient un-
Araong others who availed themselves i , . ,r , 7 r
c - tl t to their Masters, sheivmq all good fi-
of this invitation was a gentleman, 1 , '' , ' :i 7J
judge of45vears of age. Thcre seem- hty, tha they may adorn the doe-
ed to be much sympathy felt for him " "'ff- Tlh
, . i . it i it 4.' The com has no date upon it, nor
by those present, and I nidged him to , - . . , . '
xJ ii 4i n r .i -t anvthm else, pointing to its sonrce or
be a man well thought oi in the neigh- u y : ' i , .
it i i-v-Ti i .origin; but one thing is certain, it was
borhood, which I learned was a tact. u ' , . , . ' . .
B. T i'll i . 1 1 4I . COinC' I W lit 11 tlULll Y13 iiicuuiuiuaub ju
ut I was particularly attracted by the ULl" t .
:r.... .l.i ..iiour country; before a pseudo-gospel
the congregation. I judged him to be ! was .preached by temporizers or aboh
a man of 80 years ; his frame, once 1 tloni,sm usurped the place of gospel
a.thlt;fi and erect, was now bent be-! tesich,nS- It teaches that the gospel is
neath the accumulated weight of years. ! "Per ana metnou oi saving s.n
I learned that the relation of master ners-bot h white and colored ;-and that
and slave subsisted between the peni-! servants, in order to avad themselves
tentat the altar 'and the weeping old ; of the gospel, and - adorn its doc
negro at his seat, which was near to he i tnne' lmf h Tf
end of the door of the church. The ! sters' sheS a1 good fidelity.
penitent truly agonized in prayer, and i e commend such docr.nes to the
old Jeffrey, for this was the name of the j caful consideration of all men; and
negro, evidently joined with deep feel- recommend them as the only panacea
ing in the praver of the wrestling mour-, the political diseases of the times .
ner. It was not long ere a shout, as! If i1"? cn -ne f a.1Sht'
from those victorious in battle, went up, i regard to the Singular com, we will
and the walls of the old house resound-! tnk them for it This for aught we
ed with the praises of the victor, the 1 now' can be easily done by many now
wrestles had prevailed, prayer was an-1 llv,nS i but e admU that we know
swered, and the happy convert was; nothing more of the com than we have
now here, and now there, embracing ; alreauy giveu.
friends and receiving their hearty con-!
gratulations. But none in that house j Anecdote of Dr. Humphrey,
was more glorious than old Jeffrey, and, 1 m
raising himself on his staff, which gave j T A correspondent of the Christian
u,u- "--"i-f 7 " rt; "-j
toward his happy young master, (as he
called him,) and the master at the same
time making toward his slave, they met
about midway the church, and the con
vert fell on the neck of his old servant ,
and wept with joy in the aisle of the wnicl1 tlien ra,n tnrougn to i-ston. a
house of God and in the congregation, ! lailJ appeared and wished to ride 1 he
And 'words like these were spoken bvllnslile of the 8taSe wa.3 fuL a"d. a11
Jeffrey " Bless God; my poor hoy, i know what afuI1 stJJL 1S' -I he driver
I have been praying for vou this long ; m(luirea lf u gentleman would be so
tjme " ; kind as to l'h.e on the outside, and give
There was no dry eye in the assem- thcir soat t0 tht- hi'h'- Dr. Humphrey
bly, and the two, "master and slave,!3 the onlJ ,iau who 'uar? aid
were the only objects of attraction for! though then an old man, was the only
ha tl S:,id A minister nresent. " T ; one who volunteered to give up his seat.
never saw so touching a scene.
"" v - X 7 i
Adiel
Boisterous Preaching.
A celebrated divine, who was remarka
ble in the first neriod of his ministry for a
loud and boisterous mode of preaching,
suddenly changed his whole manner in
the pulpit, and adopted a mild and dispas
sionate mode of delivery, One of his breth
ren observing it, inquired of hiin what had
induced him to make the change. He an
swered : " When I was young I thought it
was the thunder that killed the people, but
when I grew wiser I discovered that it was
the lightning; so I determined to thunder
less and lighten more in future."
f l'rr.n the Ci r'.ian Airoeate nr,l Jourr.a'. I
i LUfcttaal Preaching;.
e
dating
most s
rn'n:s'
rccer
-1 the f
i.A-.i.-'j-r,
blowing from a
and commend it
;no it-jv to the attc-Tition oi
r. lut c-erfcial!r those 'who art
tiW !
i r
anxiety in regard to the
;r pulpit labors :
in
r;r( r, i ri ! j ? for the rurit I have i
; sometimes ue-in u tliat my sermon !
JsLouM be a rood one, rather than it !
ifchouM brin feinric-rs to Christ ; an 4
: have hihore 1 more to give it this qu:I-
Sity than I have 'rayel for the Lhvii.ej
! b!' ssing to give it ecccePS. I must avoa'l
! this error, for without Go i's grace what j
l i ii !
;wi!l hiirnan cfTorts avail toward saving
, fcouls ?
j " I now see that I have relied too
! much on the simple power of truth to
'convert hiniKis, and too little or the
infiuer.ee of the Holy Spirit to give ef
i feet to the truth: hence my sermons have
been often addressed to the intellect.
; rather than the heart. It has followed
j that I have not expected nor enjoyed
; the presence of that Spirit in the act of
I preaching. What is Divine truth but
I the sword of the Spirit ? In preaching
I have not generally looked for imrre
: liate results in the way of conversions
.but have endeavored to satisfy myself j
i that I was sowing seed, that at some !
time, would produce a harvest ; Lut if1
i God is always willing to save sinners, i
and if the preaching of the Gospel is 1
his chosen in-truirient for this purpose, !
why miht I notalwavs have looked for
immediate results ?
" When I had done what I could,
both in my study and in my pulpit, I
'have not been, as 1 now tluriK, anxious
jas I should to see the fruits of my
preaching: pnd, therefore, have not
j followed my public labors with much
earnest closet prayer. I must avoid
! this error. How can I expect God to
I give me success if I do not ask it V
From the Herald of Truth,
A Singular Coin.
We nov.T have in our possession a very
! singular, copper coin, which was found
i some time since, by Mr. Robert. Bar
! clay, in a little hog path, on one of the
Green River mountains, in this county.
It is something less than a copper cent,
and has on it, in raised, plain letters,
jail in capitals or, rather, small caps,
. . c
3 iu vc.y ""puam t3
able illustration of the benefit of being
a gentleman :
-When Dr. Humphrey was president
of Amherst College, he had occasion on
o
' .. 3 4.1. -4.
a ,eV ,COlU ua, lo rir Sl"-V
mt , -i 1 .t i-l
xue latiy on tutiuiry lottnu me iuu
gentleman's name to be Dr. Ileman
Humphrey. But a few years afterward,
a member of the " Committee to in
crease the College Library Fund"
chanced to meet this very lady, and sta
ted his case to her. " Sir, said the la
day," " I know nothing about Amherst
College or its Library, but I know its
president is a gentleman, a real gentle
man, and here are a hundred dollars I"
Such an incident oeourring in the life
of such a man, is worth a book of morals
and comments.
Christian Graces should he sought af
ter and cultivated.
The Enjlish Hiister to Rizni anl hi3;
The Engll
Herald, give:
C Jii--
i-.-n;
the
;us;ti'' m
cilent
In connection with the coronation, an
i rr; using rtorv is related !,v Dr. Ra-:el,
the corrci-i.oiidcnt of the Tinea, of a
fraeaH letween our Amba.-ilor and a
clergyman at Moscow, it seems mat ; gultation on the subject : we thouid ex
Lord Granville, though he has gone to : pC.ct to visit him the next day in the
the old ltus.sian capitol surrounded with '. dungeons of St. .Ange'o. This fate,
the flower of the British nobility, and ; however, would place him directly in
took care to provide inmt!t with a se-c-; tbe " apostolic succession." S. Raul,
retary, a surgeon, and all other officers .Ant a3 sorrje say, St. Teter prayed in
so essential to di.-play, forgot that alto-; I0man dungeons when tlvy .xrould no
gether unimportant personage, a chap- j longer preach in the Roman streets.
lain. His Lordship could telegraph Should, however, the brave doctor hap
home for a dancing-book, which was - pen Ja Rome at a time of popular in
form with sent to him: but he took it j surrection, the pope fleeing one way
into his head to manufacture a chaplain j ari( the Austrians another, a very dif,
upon the spot ; and, having caught a
converted Polish Jew, he thought all
would go wt
i
ii. Jut he unlortunatelv
forgot
to regulate the length
of th
sermons.
On the first Sunday of this mouth.
Lord Granvii'e and his suite went to
church, and were installed in the place
of honor. Vague ideas of English ser -
mons must have
got
mixed up in his
Lordship's mind with continental prac-
tices ; lor, thintung that the sermon;
would be over by one o'clock, he made !
an appointment for that hour, bu;i-
ness thus following hard upon devotion, j While Washington was at West Point,
But he did not know his clergyman so ' at the close of 1771), fortifying that
well as his clergyman knew him ; for, 1 strong position, s lys " Notes and Quer
having got him fixed in the pew, he de-1 ies," he bethought him of inviting a
termined to give him full measure. j certain Dr. Cochran to dinner, and his
For more than an hour did the Jew j letter of invitation, besides giving a
hold forth, with a volubility which as-j picture of the style of living at head
tonished everybody; and when one o'- , quarters, is more remarkable, since it is
clock came, he seemed no nearer his i almost the only instance of sportive
conclusion than he had been at twelve. ! writing in all Washington's correspon
The subject of the sermon was theldence. The letter is as follows :
divine right of kings ; and the preacher j " Dear Doctor : I have asked Mrs.
was just entering upon a high-fiown eu
logy on the character of the late Czar,
when the Ambassador, whose time and
patience 'Were alike exhausted, rose
from the pew of honor, and, with his
suite, went jaggling ont of the church.
The effect of this upon the congrega
tion and the preacher cannot well bo
imagined. The Russians, who have got
the story, declare that it was a direct
affront offered to the memory of their
late Lmperor ; and the preacher attrib
uting it to anything but his own prolix -
lty is oi the same opinion. All this
might have been "avoided if Lord Gran -
wille had thought at first of his soul-
curer as much as he did his body-curer.
Ile wished that he had been a Minister,
, . . ...
This is one of the remarkable expres -
sions made by the late Mr. fehephard,
Counsel to the Corporation of the city
of New lork, in his midnight con -
versation with a friend, a few hours be -
fore his death. He was, however, m
no respect conscious of his approaching
change but spoke as if he had many
years before him let "he wished that
it had been his lot to be a minister of
the gospel. And this was not a late and
deatb-cxtorted admission, neither was it
the fruit of disappointment in the com -
mon aims of lite. Mr. bhephard was
unusually successful, both as aprotes -
sional man and as a politician, He
rose rapidly. Honorable and lucrative
offices were at his beck. His character
for lofty integrity was universally ad
mitted. His friends were among the
pillars of society. Yet in the first stages
of his career, in the bloom of success,
with many glittering p:izes before him,
and with a moral certainty of soon
grasping them, he turns away amid
the whirling tumult of an excited
political canvass to sigh after the lot of
a gospel minister.
Is there nolesson, no caution here to
the young men of piety who turn their j and that labor was his natural lot, that
backs On the ministry, because other j he was even indifferent as to a future
professions hold out the prospect of a i state, believing that ' dey'll make nig
speedier and. more brilliant worldly sue- j ger work eben ef he go to Hebben.' A
cess? Mr. Shephard's ease reveals the j clergyman tried to argue him out of
magnitude of the mistake they make. I this opinion by representing that this
They succeed to the top of their wish- j could "not be the case, inasmuch as there
es, may accumulate honors, offices, j was absolutely no work in Heaven. His
means, icfluencd, and political station ; answer was,
and then, after all, feel in thcir hearts j Oh you g'way Massa. I know bet-
the irresistible desire that the holy peace, j
humble toil, and spiritual aims of a par
ish minister had been their lot.
Christian Intelligencer.
Increase of Jews. An intelligent
writer in the North American Review
supposes that no class of immigrants
has increased more rapidly in this coun
try than the Hebrew. In 18o0 a man
might count upon his fingers all the
Synagogues in the land ; now there are
at least a quarter of a million of Jews,
from eighty to ninety synagogues, and a
multitude ofsmaller communities where ;
a nucleus exists which will soon grow
into a Synagogue. The city of New
York alone has twenty Synagogues and
thirty thousand Jews about one-twentieth
part of the population being such.
There are Synagogues in all the chief
cities of the seaboard two in Boston,
five in Philadelphia, five in Baltimore,
three in New Orleans, two in Charles
ton and four in Cincinnati.
Dr. ZHictt
Dr. i,..soti appointment 1 vr the
- rear, by the late Cincinnati Conference,
: to the Iri-h mission enterprise in this
country. In about a rear from now lie
exr.ee:--
j - ill for Italy, where he will
have an opportunity
rjte idea of a mis?i
of testing hisfavo-
ion to Rome. We
whoul 1 be glad to witnesi his interview
wiih the pope, and hear the fim con-
. ferc.nt fate might await him. W e should
look for him, i'n that case, on the steps
nf St. IVter s. Laran'-um' the nnnsen
' . c n i
people, and proving to thier hearty sat
isifaction that Christ alone is king of
the Church, and Rio Nino the vicege
rant of the devil. "We believe the Ro-
mans would shout to that proclamation
j under such circumstances. God speed
'the evangelical veteran. Christian
j Advocate and Journal.
A Dinner with. Washington.
Cochran and Mrs. Livingston to dine
with ms to-raorrow, but am I not in
honor bound to apprize them of their
fare? As I hate deception, even where
the.iinagiaaiion only is concerned, I
will. It is needless to promise that my
table is large enough to hold the ladies.
Of this they had occular proof yester-
! day. To say how it is covered is more
j essential, and shall be the purport of
my letter. Since o.ujr arrival at this
happy spot, we have had a ham, sorae-
J times a shoulder of bacon, to grace the
head ot the table; a p:ece ot roast beet a-
j clorns the foot, and a dish of beans or
1 greens, almost imperceptible, decorates
j the centre. When the cook has a mind
! to cut a figure, which I presume Avill be
I the case to-morrow, we have two beef-
j stake pies or dishes of crabs in addition,
! one on each side of the centre dish, di-
1 vidi tLe anJ rc(lucing the di3-
! tance between dish and dish to about
; six feet wilicll without thcm would be
. about twelvefeet jart- 0f late he has
!had the s isi 'chy to discover
that a os makepie8 anJ ;t is a
: question if in the vioience 0f his efforts,
j wc do not t one of appes, insteaa 0f
: havinir boUl of beefsteak. If tLe lad;e3
1 can put whh guch entertainments,
;aud vvlU submit tQ partake of it on
j plates once t;n but now iron? (riot be.
jcome SQ- bv the abor of scom-ing,) I
shall be baJ tQ gee them.
j
Once Colored, always Colored.
A negro woman was relating her ex
perience to a gaping congregation of
color, and among other things she said
she had been in Heaven. One of the
I ladies of color asked her :
" Sister, did you see any black folks
in Heaven.'
1 Oh, get out ! you 'spose I go in de
kitchen when I was dar.'
This reminds us of the anecdote of
another colored man who was so con-
' vinced of the lowliness of his position.
ter. If dares no work for culled fokes
up dar, dey'll make some for 'em, and
if dere's nfSn better to do dey 11 make
'em shub de clouds along. You can't
fool dis chile, Massa."
Clerical Wit. On a certain occa
sion, a noted infidel borrowed a sum of
money from the late Rev. Dr. Lathrop,
of Westfield, Mass. When he came to
pay it, h'e thought to pose the Doctor
bv an argument from the Bible. "You
ouht not to take interests for this mon
ey, for the Jews were forbidden to take
usury !" " Oh no," said the Doctor,
you forget ; the Jews were indeed for
bidden to take usury of their own peo
ple, but they were allowed to take usu
ry of the heathen " The application
was too dirhct to be mistaken, and the
man was quite willing to drop the ar
gument and pay the money.
X. Y. Evangel ut.
God showeth mercy unto all.
Umvl:;:ui.-m- ;' I am a cr.iver
sah'jt," sid a boa-ting fellow, "and
you orthodox are no: fair in saving thit
our svtf ra is incon-i-tent with rea- : n."'
1 a? he ad Ire
s:te ?v:em.
?d one who hell
an oiTi
k" Bit I will prov
th- ir-i
rationaUtv of your sv.-tem, sa
id hW
friend. You believe that Christ d e l
for all men?" "Yes." " You don't
telieve there is a hell ';" " No." No
pu::ish:uent hrreafter?' "No; men
are punl.-he l for their sins in this life."'
."Now, pat your 'rational' system to
gether if yon can. It is just this, that
Christ died to mvc all men from noth
ing at all ! Not from Hell, because,
', there Is none : not from punishment in a
; future state of being, for he receives his
i whole punishment in this life. Yours
is the maniac effort of seeing a man on
dry land, in no danger of being dnwn
; ed, ari l at an immense expense throw-1
iing to him ropes and life preservers. :
' What glaring absurdity ! You- boasted
! religion is stark infidelity ! If you be-:
; lie ve the Bible, vou would believe as I
; do."
Poetical Definitions.
'.Jleliyion A key which opens wide the
j gate of Heaven ;
I)iath A knife by which the ties of
j earth are riven;
J Earth A desert through which pil -
j crirns wend their wav :
' Grave A home of rest which ends
life's
wearv wav ;
Ilesurrection A sudden waking from
a quiet dream ; 1
. Heaven A land of joy, of light and
I love supreme ; ;
Faith An anchor dropped beyond the
j vale of death ;
Hopo A lone star beaming o'er the'
; barren heath ;
; Charity A stream meandering from
I . the fount of love ; ;
Bible A guide to realms of endless
I iv above. '.
Life in a Skirt.
Hooray ! Farewell to the crowd! I,
cendible I, have retired within the quiet ised ' Let us again read Mr. Weslev's !
j world of a balloon-skirt, ahem l'm No more gtrmon ou that su!lject. Jf c-dsi mtU
,jo,tlmg me off the sidewalk, or elbowtn- in wcre of such bnt.fit t0 oar Ic.th.
, nie out oi a crowd ; like the tortoise. I c an , , A , J .. i
! retire within mv shell in sunreme di'iroitv. i 'll3t3? Woul J the' not cntLt ,
'and look around on the distant little folks
' with whalebone complacency. Sir ! please
to take the opposite sidewalk! what an
i idea for that rash man to actually attempt
! passing me !
Well, it is delightful ! it adds grace to
form -0 the shop-keepers say; accelerates
motion, keeps intruders at a distance, and
'gives the dear, easy, unfashionable, un -
( slanderous, ungossiping members of the
: Watch the ladies Society, something to
italk about in the newspapers, and over
: tneir cigars, nny its a nenenc to tne
nation. Here, Susan, set mine awjy for
the night in the attic ! Long life to the
whalebone ekirts ! Olice Branch.
The Jewish Wife.
The wife was " to grind the meal, to I
i bake, to wash, to cook, to nurse her
j children, to make her husband's bed, j
'and to work in wool." These regula-'
: tions were modified if she was weoi thy. l PARTICULARLY TO 'A ULSTER is CHRIST.' j
j " If she had brought with her one slave, : j
'she was not required to grind the meal, - My Dear Sister: Happy am I, for!
!to bake, or to wash; if two slaves, she one, that you have kindly taken your!
'was also freed from cooking and nurs- pen in hand, and invited us to meet;
ling her children; if three, she was not with you in the social way of corrcs-;
;to make the bed, or work in wool; if ponding with each other, by Brother
j four slaves (it is added) she might sit Heflm's permission, through the tne
iin her easy chair." However, this in- dium of our excelk-nt paper, which we
dulgence was limited, and, under all so dearly love to read. I regret ex-.
circumstances, the wife is expected at ceedingly that this step has been de-'
: least, to work in wool If by a rash ferred so long, and hope that our sis-j
'vow, a husband had forsworn himself ters, one and all, will avail themselves
not to allow his wife to work, he was of this blessed privilege. What a nice
bound immediately to divorce her, as it ; way it is for us to become united to
j was thought that idleness induced in- gether in mutual affection, and help;
i sanity. History of the Jewish Xation, each other in those labors of love which j
; by JJr. Edershiern. jour individual relations demand. j
j I The sweet feelings of my heart and j
i Quick is Her Application. It spirit are often with our preachers';
! amazes me, ministers don't write bet-; wives, and if bodies could move as fast
Iter sermons I am sick of the dull i aa thought, we should often be together.
I prosy affairs." said a lady in the pres -
ence ot a parson. nut it 13 no easy
matter, my good woman to write good
I sermons,' suggested the minister. 'Yes,'
ireioined the" lady, 'but vou are so
j long about it ; I could write'one in half;
i the time, if I only had the text.' 'Oh,
; if a text is all you want, said the par-:
son, 5 1 will furnish that. Take this J band3 no little, but many years of ex
one from Solomon:' ' It 13 better to' perience teach me that it i3 a pleasant
jdwell in a housetop, than with abrawl -
j " T II UV ' V I
j mean me, sir ?' inquired the lady quickly.
"Oh my good woman,' was the grave re-j
sponse " vou will never make a ood
! sermonizer, you are too soon in your!
application.
.....
Scicide, " .Suppose, sir, (said BosweU!
to Dr, Johnson, after having put the case j
of one who was afecused of forging a wnl,
and who had sunn himself into the Thames j
before the trial of its authenticity came on.)
that a man is absolutely sure that if he
lives a few days longer he shall be detected
in a fraud, the consequences of which will
be utter disgrace and expulsion from soci
ety." Johnson replied, "Then, sir, let
him go abroad to adislant country; let him
go to some plaee where he is not known;
don't let him go to the devil where he it
known."
ic
And
r-1
And h-
Ye wi
it fno a
And h- rrl ! to h e.
The Kev. IV E. w' . l v. c-sr 1" rt- 1
Lnd, was yrep-irin- h: d.-c- ur f .r the
nest Sabbath. : pn'n- orc.v-i nilly ti,
review whst he In I writ: n, rn I to era"?
that which he wh dL-ri'd to i!::rrovc. h-
wa aeetf-j nv his J.ttle vn, wh.j
nnod'crf-d but fi.ur -u uniers :
"Father, d3 God t. II you
preach ?"
"CcrteinlT. mv eh ld."
what to
Then ick'Tl ma'j$y.u trrntrh ( uttt ?'
Original.
Fur the X. C. (.'.'iri-tinn Advocate.
Duties Neglected.
B?.o. IIeilin : Can nothing be done ;
to wake up the mini-try of our church "
on some vital points ? They are not
all alive to the cause of God as for
merly, or some of the richest means o
grace afforded by the church would not '
: be so despised. I will state facts.
They may call to the minds of some, .
others of similar nature.
; I attended a carnp-n.eeting not long
since, and though nearly a score of
ministers were on the ground, I heard
not one word about the
Communion. i
1 know a .Metuodi-t society ot at ,
least fifty members, that have not cn-
joyed this means of grace for more
than two years ; nor has a class-meeting
been held among them for a longer
time.
I know a community in which, re-;
cently, certain individuals not Meth-
odists, nor any kin to Methodists .
threatened to take a Methodist minister
out of a Methodist pulpit, for preach- .
ing to the negroes. j
J Now, I mention these facts, that as
ministers we may all awake. If the
i Communion is a means of grace, insti-'
Wed bv our Lord, it is not to be des
now lf r'ghtly attended
Have nun-
neglected i
1;;ter3 any
where else so
! preaching to the colored people, that i
their motives are suspected w henever
; they attempt this work? Have the
' people yet to learn that "godliness i,
profitable unto all things" that aboli-i
, tionism is no part of the Gospel ?
j Brethren, look around! What are
' our e;ster Conferences not doing for'
th;3 pe0pie ? We are certainlv' not
awake missionary field in ail the
world yields so abundant and so ready
a harvest as the plantations in the
South. May God awake us to work
while it i3 day ; the night soon Cometh, '
when no man can work. j
In the bonds of love, yours, '
THEUPHILUS.
Fur the N. C. Christian Advocate.
To our Ministers' "Wives.
' Oh, that we may ever be united, andj
"" pauvncc iuv ia'.c n-i. oeiore
: us. The present Conference year has
nearly expired ; and it is with pleasure
and gratitude I record it as one of the
test and happiest of my life. Many, j
. i know, are apt to complain of the ltin I
erant neM, ana trouble their dear Lus-
life to lead, full of interest, full of ob-
ervation. and. in the lannarrp rtf nnf-
7 7 - r, c "
; of our gol bishops, we have it in our
power to make our circuits good or bad.
I had rather be the wife of an humble,
useful Methodist preacher, than to be
mioiress oi a paiace. xiippy in me
enjoyment of great Christian privi-
leges, O may we all, dear sisters, feel
a resolution of soul, which I trust thi3
earth can never shake, to lire in the
discharge of every Oospel . duty, and
be help-mates indeed to our worthy and
self-sacrificing companions. It i3 true,
we have our trials and afflictions, at a
far remove, too, from those we love,
and the dear associations of early child
hood ; but what of that ? If we love
God, all things shall work together for
our good. If we trust in Him, we
IIRHiKT.r A w TO f.v
pnili-tic tacounur whiih he
uortaliied :
I have nothing to fear from any event
? cv, t ike p '-.. i t
tir 1 v rciine 1 ! " th " w ! I f G i - '.
! a Mr on wdl. Tr.i 1 - t ' '
t trn. but "hvn we if r.i it. ...
My dear '' r. I uvi.' n ' ! " '. ;
g.-llye f.r the j r h : ' -
the i.i'-antime, y l will e.. r nr. :
y - ir sister.
At hi?. Pr.K--;2 :.'.- II k:..
i
Dj we reed a C
Dr.. i p. Sir. : I h v
ti n the artich- of M ' 1 N". rth S
a; 1 " Lnym.tn." in th- A ' . ' ,
it4g tirn the nvn.l , r an 1 frie .
the Mi thili-t (.'htiTh :1. i "
Lr.ifg a g-x-d Method..- . '.
in N'-rth C.rrliii.. I vc t !
remarks in anwer to G -v. - ;;,;
ter, in which vo i i-iv th i xi
:.. one fact sjw-aks v !
of the Univ-r-ify of '
i f
in the past f'-w vear.i a
: r
i a
r r
of its graduates h.iv
itinerant tnirji.trv wi
i l "i r .. . l .
o:o , i u ii or ('tin i ... ; - . t' ' i t i i
by any and all '.f c.r v.i ('';--i
H is being the c t" we h e r . i .
son to infer that ther" i no i;.!' n n
ex rtd there uuf.ivor.tMe t ui .n
church.
Now, sir, h' T' is an !;i-;irji..n --f :1.
1 . 1 . . i. 4 n . .ili-r....!." ... . 1... .. . ..
(lllMSti.I'" .1111. 11 l.ll .. .'It , .
endowed with an a!!.1 f t. o'tv 1
thinner of the high.--
at
oine am
1 al
anro.tii,
ready have an intere-t in .:.ui -.ri
oth-r citizens of the St.i;-, and at v. hi
It it.I' f.r "mt" Lnr.4 4 : ! I i . !'.!.. ? !
ed ti -"a ted, if we hid a g 1 M. :!..-! -College.
All will admit tin! oir :.
wiil enjoy all the literaiy alv.m'
in the University, to nay the b i o
. inai we cou.'i exicri i u n in ( i
in a College of our on ? Why n-.:
then, tavc the Cost arid l.'mr of ! o'M
ing one of our ovn, as there a; ir
to be no influence there now pr j i 1;
4-.1-.1 1 A f.lir. roll Iil. ' ' . i-
-l.ll I'F U'll - l 14I II. .I I.'.' ..." .. I
to give our whole inil i -nc and ..
to the University of N. C: would r
all the advantages soon be s :r" t t
us as a church, that we co i;d r- -.u
.,t i,. k...l .. .. .. i" ; .
-r " -
of our own ? What mv v'i, '
ren ? CAROLINA.
The above deserves eon eh raii- o : :
: . ... r
is liot, li'j::i .1 ijitl' i i.i oi i.' r , 1 1 . ; . :
is a layman of good prm-iica! ....
who has shown his int' : r- .-' in t'.. .'.
C. Conference in au ui.mi-.r
way.
He adverts to the -f.ttern n
ma le, that the Uriivtr-i'v f r t , .
years had writ more grndiir --f j rf - o;:.
, ....,.u;- .. .
iv ii a i. i 1 1 li iiitnisii v. o i ft.i o '. :
Colleges. We stated ii .ii a o ? ;
neither adopt nor den v th inS -r
.. i . . ....i'. .1 . r
niiiv.il oui vol i V. po i i J ' i i . o.'.iw i; . :
this fact; we do not as y t e'.t r ':.'
this discuion, but wait, t h-ar !Vo-.
others. The fact ni'-n'i ;. !. hoM . :
may prove cith'-r on- .;' t.v , pr-y '
s . . r X f TTi iif II, I..-,', t,. I ' ,
V.rtlJtf IC llull, I f, IlL. ' I li , ., , I i,-,.-r.
College fail to meet our war.'-. !.:..
What did the C'-:::: t.i.y ?
The clock upon th'- tow-r of a it' :;.-h-boring
idiurch tolhd forth y.:' aril
solemnly the Lnell of ti.e 'i'j,xr:- 1
hour.
As the last sound di. i .."ty, V,'
who wa-; sitting un the e;:.-j,..-mother's
feet, lift-d h:. .t !. a ,1 Pok
ing earnestly in her f .ee, i-kcl,
' Mother, what did ,ck ay
'Tome,' kaid iU moth-.r an i'y. ' k
seemed to say, gone g'.'.c goi.e
gon" !'
'What, mother! what bui gone ?'
'Another hour, my s '.:.'
'What is an hour, moti. r?'
'A white-winged in.- r.ger. fi o :.i
our Father in heaven, set by 11. .i to
inquire of you of me what v.e are
doing, what we are h.zyh g, v, hat v, e
are thinking and feeling.'
Where has it gone, mother?'
'Back to Him who sent it, b
an og
on its wing, that were so pure ::.l
white when it came, a nerd of ail o ar
thoughts, wordi and deeds, v.h:i; it
was with us.'
' Were they all s ieh a our i-V.her
could receive with a smile of approba
tion !'
Reader! what record are the hour?,
as they come and go, bearing up on
high for you ?
Little Eobert Heed.
I'll ncrer u" tobacco ; t,').
It i k filthy wi ;
I'll neTerpot it in int na th,
Said huU H'jUrt Itee-J.
"V"hj, thre wm idle Jie Jn';,
At dirtj a a pig
lie urn ilci when -jnljtn jir CI,
And thought it tttade Lira bi.
He pr.t kU tira and m ney, vy,
And male hl rnvther al :
Si feared a wortht iran vrouM come
Of ucL wort Lien la J.
0, ni! I'll neTer m e or chevr ;
'T'n ery wron ini-i ;
It hurt tbehalih and makes bvi Irtit'i,
Said little ItLert ReJ.