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.r - inn - if .1 ha PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY3 COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOE. THE brOETH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTHRUFFS T. IIFFLIV r . c ADV On A nn tti n e t r tj . f rorn the Home Journal. Oar Brother. r nir mar.,, Pabkee. A hi P tmt on the sea, tv;,, V ', lonely eea, tl , wucn at rti?ht- "J rrw black, wild : and the wi?':i grew - u,llr i but 10 tt(e lonely, lonely M&. sea Woe! woe! for that ip went down Went ,1 tf" ,0f1.1 W,J Went down at night whin the w ares were Ard the drnn; . the elr j, i.n; wail l) And i ir.tir terror died on the air. '" geis in braver waiting caught never a AVVie7 hoTert 1 ':T the e. 18 lonely, lonely ea. LUt now ; that .hip ia a brother wo We w-,A? J:r 'Jr,fte,J out t0 AodTaS. "i4il in tUe .erin night, t "nn over tne ata. ;! alas! Th las. the break vrr ;i 1 1 lore grief far the mother tt.lt .T. c. her child The ch.ld that knelt at the kneo r prayer wa, dumb on hw lip, when Le Tn the dead of the lonely sea i I'jnjT. luiu-lv Jlibrellaueoii From tho New York Obwrrer. Denied a Burial. Maderia 13 an island of no little fame in the North Atlantic ocean, and off ine vrestern coast ot Atnca. Its pop ulation is about 100,000. They arc mainly of Portuguese descent, general ly very poor, and terribly bigoted pa pists. Funchal i3 the capitol of the .Island, and almost its only seaport. Not long since, the most atrocious laws were there enacted, expelling all for eigners from the island who in any way intefered with the religion of the people ; imprisoning those who taught anything contrary to tho doctrines of the Romish Church and condemning rery native Portuguese who renounced papal religion to the confiscation of I his political rights : thus subjecting try person renouncing allegiance to debased and drunken rriest3. to and cccle?iastical excommunica- ! And, "of course, the beautiful (nd is reduced to semi-barbarism. Within the past year this island was F i ft ted by famine and pestilence, and soon as tho sufferings of the people pre Known, imtain and America lor Jtful of their cruel laws, and of the ruel persecutions of Protestants there, lost generously contributed to their felief. These cenerous contributions ire acknowledged by a circular from tho Governor of the island, Antonio fltogerio Gromico Conceiro, dated No vember 184G, and from tho Talace of Saint Lorenzo. This Governor, with a quartet of names, feeling depicts the awful sufferings of tho people ; and ' dwells with eulogy on " the generous gifts with which generous strangers, not only on tho spot, but also those far away, bound to the people by no ties of duty, or nationality, but only by bonds of universal philanthropy," favored them. Here we have the gifts of Pro testant Britain and America, generous ly given in the hour of need, thank fully acknowledged, by the Governor of the island, and trie " Military com mander of Funchal." Now look at the sequel. In the city of Funchal, before which the ships from Protestaht Britain and America, laden with provisions lor tne laraisnmg peo- plo,cast anchor, there lived a modest, industrious citizen. lie was a Portu- orwl i "Prrvtpstnnt. Whilst, he lUC9V " .... . , w adhered to the faith of Christ, he was no missionary, no zealous propagandist Although he abhorred the laws, he obeyed them, so far as his outward con duct was concerned. This man was taken sick, and died. And in a Lon don paper of loth of November, under the head 01 .Deaths, we hnd the lollow in Dara2raph : "At the end of October, at Funehal Maderia, died Rita Gomez, a Portu ffuese Protestant. The Poman Catho lie authorities having refused vermis sionfor ititerment, the body icas thrown into the sea. This notice is from the London Illus trated News of the date given above, mrlipre it is inserted without a note of interrogation ; without a word of com ment ! And yet, were it done in Brit ain or America, or in any country of the globe where Protestant civilization has obtained a' foothold, it would excite h indignation of the civilized world. "Were it done even in Turkey, it would have been a matter for the consideration of the diplomatists who formed the treaty of Paris ! "When, O when, will the eyes of men be fully open to the genius and tenden cies of Romanism? Airaldi has sent out his edict from Ancona, reviving the Inquisition in its worst forms. A Pro testant is not permitted to worship, save in the case of the American Chap el within the walls of Rome ; nor to be buried ; and when buried outside of the. walls, and by the tomb of Caius Cestius, it is forbidden to engrave on their tombstone a passage of Scripture, I or to write anon it a hone of thdr in goue to heaven ! This is Rome ! In MadrH, J)p Mora was firbt imprisoned, then bariishei the coautry simp wxviv; u is a rrotestant. Jq lr e-ia&a the liible b barrif u barned, coItrOrtears vio- jc-uur ueaien, aui ereil mmisteri ot the I i .... . i i . j . - . Q'jipcl treats! as were the Apostles in Aeia Minor; -whilst the poor people are dtl a lei bj letters from the Virgin Ma rjl In Caba,theqaeen of the Antilles, it is almost impossible for a Protectant to got burial in an way ; and at Funchal i .1. i. i i wijiisi, uio orea'j, me generous Ciftof ' xroiesiants, wa3 jet in the peoples'! mouths, the Roman Catholic authorities ! refused burial to poor Rita Gomez, and his body was thrown into the ea ! A ; few years since, England was moved to i it3 denths bv the rpfn.il r.f r.tr.t-n. I nest of the Puseyite stamp to permit I 1 the burial of a dissenter in the parish -. -;,'f an-i viiusLuuuoin uenounc-' ed the stupid act of bigoted intolerance; ! rnrirrtj n t. I V. . . .3 1 but what was the comparison with the : refusal of the Roman Catholic authori- ties to give a spot for the burial of a poor Protestant in Madeira, and thus compelling the inends (it may be hi wife and children) to cast the hculv rg ... , . .. - Rita Gomez into the sea! We doubt whether the records of modem far.Ati- cistn contain an act of more heartl - than thin ! It WOuIfj U9 " I the pnSnrWfe'Wit ruuat have been turned into demons, or hyena3, before they could be guilty of an act which has not a solitary excuse to relieve its atrocity. And yet the casting into the sea of the body of Rita Gomez at Funchal, is an index to the spirit which actuates the priests of Rome everywhere, in New York a3 in Madeira. Popery has many members, but it has only one heart. That heart is at Rome, and by it3 pul-' sation3 all its members are moved. , Popery is not so much a religious as a ' political system, formed and jointed ; with great skill for the maintenance of j priesthood but little elevateed above t that of pagan Rome, when the Pontifex ! Maximus reigned supreme, in sacred! things, upon the Tiber. The sooner it is regarded and treated as a huge sys tem of fanaticism, compounded of Ju ,i: ti : .1 ni. 1. I u.i!.ni,i iiiiuiaiu anu vjin i5Li;iiiiiy war with all the higher interests of human ity, the better. It would seem to me a3 if the waves which form the winding sheet of Rita Gomez, as long as they dash against the rocky cliffs of Madeira, will be lifting their cries to heaven against popery, until the angel of the Apocalypse shall descend from heaven crying, " Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." KmwAN. Teter Cartwright takes down a College Bred Preacher. 'There happened to be at our quar terly meeting a fresh, green live Yan kee from down East. He had regularly graduated, had hi? diploma, and was regularly called by the Home Mission ary Society, to visit the far-off West a perfect moral waste, in his view of the subject; and having been taught to believe that we were almost canioais, and that the Methodist preachers were nothing but a poor illiterate set of ig noramuses, he longed for an opportuni ty to display his superior tact and tal ent, and throw us upstarts ot preachers in the West, especially Methodist preachers, into the shades of everlasting darkness. He, ot course, was very forward and 'officious. He would, if I had permitted it, have taken the lead of our meeting. At length 1 thought I would give him a chance to ease him self of his mighty burden, so I put him one night to read his sermon, lhe frame building we were worshipping in was not plastered, and the wind blew hard; our candles flared and gave a bad light, and our ministerial hero made a very awkward out in reading his ser mon. The congregation paid a heavy penance and became restive, he balked, and hemmed, and coughed at a dis gusting rate. At the end of about thirty minutes the great blessing came; he closed, to tho great satisfaction of all the congregation. I rose and gave an exhortation, and had a bench prepared, to which I invi ted the mourners. They came in crowds; and there was a solemn power rested on the congregation. My little hot-house reader seemed to recover from his paroxysm of a total failure, as . though he had done all right, and, un invited, he turned in to talk to the mourners. He would ask them if they did not love Christ; then he would try to show them that Christ was lovely; then he would tell them it was a very easy thing to become a Christian; that they had only to resolve to be a Chris tian, and instantly he or she was a Christian. I listened a moment, and saw thi3 heterodoxy would not do, that it produced iareron aud confusion. I j- iC3 stepped up to him and said : 4 'Brother, you don't know how to talk to mourners. I want you to go ; out into the congregation, and exhort sinners.' i 'He did not appear to be the least disconcerted, but at my bidding he left ; the altar, and out he went into the ' crowd, and turned into talking to sin ners. There was a very large marf, who stood a few steps from the mourn- ers, who weighed about two hun Ired and thirty pound?; he had ben a- pro fessor, but was backslidden. The t-ow- tr ot OckI arrested Lira, and he cned j states, ma cLurcn cas been greatly af out aloud fur merer. standiE? on his 25eted rith rrrjeuted diScultfes in th feet. My little peacber turred roc&d, an4 presel back throtjh the crowd and comirigup to this large man, reach ed up and tapped Lira on the shoulder, savmrr, 'Be composed; le coreposed. Seeing, and indistinctly hearing thi3, I made my way to him, and cried out at the top of my voice, ' 'Pray on, brother; pray on brother; there's no composure in bell or damna tion.' 'And just as I crowded my way to this convicted man, who was Etill crying aloud for mercy, the little preacher tap- ped him again on the shoulder, say - ; ing, , , Ti ie posed. composed, brother; be com- 'I again responded : 'Pray on brother; prav on, brother; there i3 no composure in hell. 'I said tn the th rnn-r that ornirlwl .... vuu. ViUllUtU the aisle that led to the altar, Tn fricnA ct.- vt., .ia 1 cei thU m- ourner'a bench.' f. ttie7re so completely jam ?e.tlier that 14 -fa almost imposs!- e T mQ 0 S6t tnr0ugn Wltn mJ OVLT- ncr. I let go his arm and stepped for- "ward to open his -way to tne altar, and just as I had opened the aisle,and turned to go back,and lead him to the mourner's bench, the Lord spake peace to his soul, standing on his feet; and he cried, 'Glo ry to God,' and in the ecstacy of his joy, he reached forward to take me in hi3 arms, but fortunately for me, two men were crowded into tne aisle be tween him and myself, and he could not reach me. Missing his aim in catch ing me, he wheeled round and caught my little preacher in hi3 arms, and lifted him from the floor; and being a large, strong man, having great physical pow er, he jumpped from bench to bench, knocking the people against one anoth er on the right and left, front and rear, holding up in his arm3 the little preach er. The little fellow stretched out both arms and both feet, expecting every moment to be hi3 last, when he would have his neck broken. O! how I de sired to be near this preacher at that moment, and tap him on the shoulder, and say, 'Be composed, brother; be com posed !' But as solemn as the times were, I, with many others, could not command my risibilities, and for the moment, it like to have checked the rapid flow of good feeling with those that behold the scene; but you may de pend on it, as soon" as the little hot-bed r parson could make his escape, he was missing. The Inquisitive Yankee. n,u n llilt UCir CUiUUU itjiu uu- provements, of an old anecdote is ex- ceedingly rich. ! A gentleman riding in an Eastern Railroad car, which was rather scantily supplied with passengers, observed in a seat before him a lean slabsided Yan kee; every feature of his face seemed to ask a question, and a little circumstance soon proved that he possessed a more inquiring mind." Before him, occupy ing the entire seat, sat a lady dressed in deep black, and after shifting his posi tion several times, and manoeuvering to get an opportunity to look into her face, he at length caught her eye : 'In affliction?' 'Yes sir,' responded the lady. 'Parent ? father or mother V 'No, sir.' ' Child perhaps ? boy or girl V ' No, sir, not a child, I have no chil dren.' 4 Husband then, I expect V ' Yes,' was the curt answer. ' Hum ! cholery ? a tradin' man may be V ' My husband wa3 a sea-faring man the captain of a vessel ; he didn't die of cholera, he was drowned.' 4 Oh, drowned, eh?' pursued the in quisitor, hesitating for a brief instant. ' Save his chist ?' 4 Yes, the vessel was saved, and my husband's effects,' said the widow. 4 Was they,' asked the Yankee, his eyes brightening up. 4 Pious man ?' 'He was a member of the Methodist Church.' The next question was a little delay ed, but it came. ' Don't you think you have great cause to be thankful that he was a pious man and saved his chist ?' 4 1 do,' said the widow, abruptly, and and turned her head to look out of the window. The indefatigable pump changed his position, held the widow by his glittering eye once more, and propounded one more query, in a little lower tone, with his head slightly in clined forward, over the back of the seat, 4 Was you calculating to get mar ried again 4 Sir, said the widow indignantly, 'you are impertinent !' And she left her seat and took another on the other side of the car. 4 Pears to be a little huffy ! said the ineffable bore, turning to our narrator behind him ; -4 she needn t be mad ; J don't want to hurt her feelings. Wha . did you pay for that nmbrella you've got in your hand ? It's a real pooty one. RALE I C IX, FBI DAT, PEGEMBEB Tie DeTil ia the Choir. In a oaiet Tillage iz one of rh mi.' chosr of sssrers. In one of the odic stcrtss, the paster of the Church was interrogated: "What is the mat ter writ! your choir!'" To this ques tion, Le tery coolly replied: "Nothing . unasua!;' an evil spiri: from the Lord troubletH them." Ever cit.ee David played tbi evil spirit of Saul, the same spirit has been much interested in mu sic, especially in connection with sacred worship. About once a year the devil seems t gt in our choir, and goeth not outbut by praviu-: and fastin?. j Tte pra;53 of the sanctuary in not a few j congregations seems to be doomed to a 1 discord pi voices, or to a worse discord 01 nearto. inere 15 a radical defect somewhere, some important screw looe, or somg present evil spirit which de ranges so much, and eo often, this part of sac re 1 worship. Singtrs : are a very sensitive class, easily offended, and hard to be won Jr- If another .. hacnena. t.. . r ,y a, Awrr cz a wi ic o 1- a gests m th- gentses i, renuff, oiuiiao "tirrrf? or barmonr, dear me ! what a fluttering! Dignity is offended, capac ity is questioned, and their sense of pro priety mortally woundod. Away goe3 Mr. B flat or Miss C sharp in dudgeon from the choir, and the echo's fol lowed. There may be two choristers about equally competent to lead the music. Instead of dividing the time and burden between themselves, .each is apt to crave all the time and the honor; and with this mutual purpose, the iasue is ioined for a trial of strength. Each secures a party from the members of the congregation. All united are no more than sufficient to form a well-balanced choir; but harmonious they will not be, because Satan has gained pos session 'to use his knowledge,' that a divided kingdom cannot stand. The successful competitor and his party re tain possession of the ochestra. The vanquished party withdraw, and throw every possible obstacle in the way of their rivals. In a large proportion of choirs the majority of members are young and inexperienced. Many of them are without hope, and without . God in the world. They sing in the sanctuary not a3 a duty, but as a mere gratification. This is also true of many who profess better thing3. Too much of the singing in our Churches is desti tute of heart felt, spiritual worship. The aim is mechanical execution, artis tic attainment merely. Tha most sol emn truths are sung without soul, a heartless scientific display. If the - Holy Spixit is wtr : rr. to awaken and mterspiriiua. entering in to dwell there.. The with-, drawal from the choir of the older and more experienced singers, is a custom often fraught with evil consequences. , Good and staple influences are thus withdrawn. The young members need the influences and restraints of the ol der. The duty of praise must contin- . ue as long as the eapacity to sing. If there is not room for all in the orches tra, there is room in other parts of" the house. When the choir leads in the worship of God, the whole congrega tion should join heart and voice in that worship. The young should be trained to sing with the older, in the family, in the singing school, in the rehearsals of the choir, that all may join in the prai ses of God in the sanctuary. It is a serious fault that custom allows the ol der singers to abandon the choir. Those who do the singing must hire their own teachers, buy their own books of music, spend their own time and money for the special gratification of some, and the special grumbling of others. If the Church will not take the responsibily of the praises of the sanctuary, is it strange that the devil should take charge of the choir, and induce them to sing or quarrel, as best subserves his purpose: V e have seen a whole Church engage m bitter strife because a bass-viol was used in the choir. In the opinion of the good deacon and his friends, it was bringing the devil into the house of God. Let the Church labor for the salva tion of the choir; then may each and all make melody in their hearts unto God. Thus may the evil spirit De ex orcised from the son 23 of the sanctua ry. New York Evangelist. Colleges in the United States. There are in the United States one hun dred twenty-two colleges, with more than thousand professors, ana havin more than twelve thousand students. They have extensive laboratories and astronomical in struments, and libraries containing more han a milHnn of volumes. There are about forty medical schools, and about two hua- dred and fifty professors, and five thousand students. There are forty-four theological schools, with one hundred and twenty-se- 1 t 1. . ven professors, and between thirteen and fourteen hundred students, dhere are six teen law schools and about six hundred students. . Who can tell when to rejoice in this fluc tuating woTld! xvery wave of prosperity has its reacting eorge, and we are often over whelmed by the very billow on which thought to be wafted into the haven of our hopes." (Washington Irving.) 10, IS5G. Eer. 2f r Sptrgeoa- i The fame of this ycasg Baptist tn'n ! ister, who i3 now atfracl r vt crowd in Lron-lon, fcas reacbei Uns country ; fand be is retreentsd as a sorjd jiitSel l. Counter ret-orts, however. reach us occasion all r. A corr - enon c-casionaiiy. . corre?poo-1 ""'" iuttr wooifti ?n j n'tT w.tj New York Christian Advo-j1"3 ittettin from ihe djinktioj ck ournal bandies him rrettv r3"1 of I'"""1 f:n ' be more Ut'. le savs- " !r c-f life. An.--r: t Lt, s,t the . dent of the Ne ! cate and j roaghlv. II 4iI dislike coxcombs under am cir-! , ; cumstances, bat clerical V- iue oojecis ot mr F racial 1 .. i ana c:: . : l .i j. :ersioa; ana tnereiore I bar. never j once attended the ministry of a youn I noise here for the last two vear and 1 1 T t - ' . .wu'juj 1 snow many ot vour readers j though it affects him only indirectly, neverthels3 excites ieenng ot coin- r 1 rrercTsx; faa lAr'uut: mind and manner for the future. It may be objected that I have no right to find fault with the manner cf a preacher whom I have never heard- I j reply, I form my judgment from the j description of his friends and admire rs, and my conclusions are confirmed by those of all really intelligent p ersons with whom I have conversed, who have heard him, and heard him, too, with minds previously impartial and unprej udiced. His admirers admit his ru le ness, coarseness and vulgarity ; the fa- i nave neard the iiev. C. II. Spargeon. uw,r 3"- P t' the preset i.u- jTlie term coxcomb,' as applied to him. 1 fcrf'rK"9 -X!ir -Te ljf'arn?:a of ar An. ia a hit tuua ana gentle one rndpe' I - t.-.ime and a much stronger one would be am- -"D f7r M'fhi J rian Th" I ply justified bv his demeanor; but th- ? t?'jTf f ' S frightful trage'dy which has iust taken tef 'l 1 " i . Mure i tyesn-j in cyunection witn rus miniftf rx. tmiliarity, even to levity, with which heLj, iJ l .! .1 .1 -. II" taeais wnn tne names, tne attributes, iand the functions of the Persons of the j Holy Trinity; and the joco&ity and (jocularity which are so frequently re t ii! .i 1 1. - warded ny tne laughter ot his congre gation at his illustrations of the mo?t awful themes. 'But these,' s.iy thev. 'are but the eccentricities of genius.' Why, so far a3 I can learn, Mjt. Spur geon's 'geniu3' consists exclusively of these ! Take away these, and the tru culent ferocity of his Calvinism,, and all mat 13 leic is most oare and meagre. But these 'eccentricities of genius' are really not 'eccentricities' at all ; they are studied affectations, wilful and de liberate irapertinencies. Imagine a young man of twenty he 13 no w only twenty-two telling the young ladies in a congregation of two thousand per sons, that if they had come to hear him in hope of catching him for a husband, they might as well have staid at home, a3 he was already engaged, and was shortly to be married ! Your readers will probably say, that this is much moreIike a piece of premeditated inso- A short 'eccentricity of genius.' " was preaching in SC- Mr. Spurgeon near the Royal Surrey GIrdens,when' a false cry of fire was raised. The pa naic wa3 so great that amidst the rush and confusion seven lives were lost, and some fifty or sixty persons severely in jured. Nashville Cnristian Advocate. A Heroe's Ball. i Ye3, a heroe's Ball, and when we in J; form our good readers that such a thing has taken place in Toronto; they will 'certainly be inclined to entertain the ! hetreodox notion that there is something j new under the sun after all ; though the 1 wise man long ago affirmed the oppo- site. All the world knows that heroes ; are accustomed to balls, but they are S composed of metal and not human ! heels ; and that the fo: mer move under the expansive power of a sudden evolu tion of gases, and not at the instance of i musical sounds. But that our enigma j may be understood, we may just inform I our readers that a Ball was held on Tuesday evening the 25th ult., in the j St. Lawrence Hall in honor of a retum ' ed Crimean hero. Now we say not a word to depreciate the merits of the . individual, but we ask what kind of he ' roism was it that could be duly honored 1 IT 1 with the senseless and demoralizing ceremonies of a dance? And just in proportion a3 the exploits of the war rior entitle him to renown, is the ab surdity of attempting to render to him a due meed of praise by the tripping of the feet. But then, there were also toasts and speeches given under the in spiration of champaign ; and we notice particularly the account of one of the toasts which it i3 said on the part of these hero worshipers, was, 44 Drunk with enthusiasm." This probably has a two-fold import, and in it3 full signification may be un derstood as representing both an act and a state. Could not the originators and the actors in this scene have erected some more worthy and enduring monument I in honor tf deeds of high and noble darin in a righteous cause ? There : however one redeeming feature in this ag-ajr as we see the name of a D. D. in i h committee of arrangement. Thouzh a ej rz ! thi3 is not the first time that the per formances and associations of the dance hare been honored by the sanction of like dignataric3 ; yet we think that the j divinity of any person is awfully sick and needs doctoring who can so tar tor get the proprieties of ministerial, or evert christian character, as to have any participation in such scenes. Chris tian Guardian. For ti V. C. Airvi Look t thir Caafort- - f Tl p-t j'itics.1 ctntot fcr 150 U J rt ; tl-rcuh i Ifoi t-3 tie w-r!J. ,b:tt . It u- t h J i ! the nuo-if car oHdr c;tizsji will - ! reanje tbtir wonted q-ai. nd vc-j'tT will ! leart fTj-i---rt of l..c pur crinirel iFuitof rcl;rk-n. VnT rhth . ---- v ' i out r 1 Y,f r r?.. . m . ti.e c uri-pr.:h-J r.:iv c r.- !trr that r l .1 ,. Wtbem. V CUtr T art 1 of 1 i... r u.-ie pwuliar i- it-lf, it ue:n- P-1 Q Vtrixd to ITOtA the t:H.,i f .IJi ,-.t f-arthjy eon,furtJ that men will ko, that they may hW-r and bo u- fjl yard of the Lard. So:no. i. in the vin-- 1 trr ia danc-r in loth fee fine. It n;ay caae the one to b? vr.in, and th other tol-pair, yet each .h-uld trust in il f-rhls.wn soccers during the vear. When thry re ceive their appointment? think of the ' j pnvKti.--ns I witch will and sunenrir-i to bo exrjsjl that which their th 7 rnuHj wuiri from i-laoe to r.vo. and vet dc the year have noplace thy can ca!I by th enuennnz name, Home. i The wife of an itinerant minister, pr- i hap5, make? more sacrifices th:n any other person. Home i the ernpir; of w jman, j but the wife of an itinerant minuter ha nc ho.'ue. .Now. sinoeI am. not wiitia ' f.r ! 1 r e ministers, but ioT the ujeiub.-rs of our Cbareh, sufTl-r me to make a few su-e.-s- j lions. j 1. The Methodist Preicher's life is a life of sacrifices. He i-i a man of like p;n- j siooMwith other men; if so he loves home' and comforts a? well as other men. But j he feels that a dipenf"ntion of the g v-pel is j committed to him; and "w.e Ls mc-if preach not the gop-y tbri'b hi- very heart. lie gazes out upon the a.peet of, society, an 1 there beholds the elements' that cpnose themselves to Christianity, and ' Jonah like, fears to "o: bat. encjura-'ed i by the presence of God. he cotmueiK'' his - duties and his labors. Now. brethren, von S who enjoy your comfortable homes, should j you not strive to render that man ofiA as comfortable as your cireum.Haiieea will i allow r 2. If the life of a Methodist I'reachcr is one of sacrifices, that of his wife w more eo. The itinerant life is mixed with thorns and roses, with clouds and sunshine, with com forts and sacrifices, with smiles and frowns, with glowing prospects anl seasons of glooiu, with warm greetings and cold re ceptions; and his wife chares largely in all the cviLt without a fair proportion of the comfort3 and joys. Do not add one pang to her bleeding heart. Fhc has conic to you, to your circuit or station, from fond is baptized with the Holy Ghost, and the worth of immortal souls lies near it; and, that her husband may offer salvation tt fallen man, and point tbem to the "Lanibj of God," fche has cheerfully, though with j much sorrow and many tears, bid adieu to j the scenes of childhood sports hearth- j stone of her father, torn hr-mh' avr;iy from the fond embrace ef her loved motfier, V cone and spend a year of tills and sacrifi-! ces in vour midst. Do not turn a cold look , upon, that tendei hart, Co'il J you see trie feelings, tir? anguish that a old chilly recentiun causes, voa would bo moved to pity. When you iaet Lev let her feel that 1 sue has a friend ; b kind, and the next mail will bear the glad intelligence nway, J that that stranger is happy, has a warm a t loving friend, and voa are that friend. ( Her distant friends will bless God for yyor kindnets, and God will bless you. 3. Go to thoParsouage and see if that is comfortable. If k is not, have it made so. See if there is a sufficiency of furniture, if not place more there. M: er and his family coiafort Make vour Preae. ih!e, and then if he is right, lie will lab for you with a trill. Do not say the Parsonage is all well enough ; the family is to stay but one year, and people ought to make- out almost any way for that length of time. If your Preacher is uncomfortable it may ces.roy j his .health for the whole year, and your church suffer all the sad consequences of j having but little preaching. j If you have no Parsonage procure a J eood hoarding house for the family of your j Preachers. There are good places; ifyaur I rich members will oidy agree to have a lit- j tie trouble and give the wife of the Pjeacb- j er one of their comfortable rooms all will j be well. ; . . 1 T . .1.1 Dear breinreDj. ail: lleir:emt.er tuat winter, chilly winter, is upon us, take care of the Preachers' families. Rest, N. C- OSSISSO. John "Wesley's Testimony. We ra3T not sell anything which tends to impair health. Such is emi- j nently, all that LIQUID lliiL commonly j Called DRAMS OF SriRITCOCi i.IQL'OH. ': It is true, these may have a place in I medicine, they may be of me in some bodily disorders, although there would be rarely any occasion for them, were it not for the unskillfulnoss of the prac titioner. Therefore, such a3 prepare and sell only for thi3 use, may keep ; their consciences clear. But who are j they? Who prepare them only fort this end'i Do yoa know ten such dis- j tillerie3 in England? Then excuse -; these. But all who sell them in the ! common way, to any that will pay, are poisoners general. They murder his Majesty's subjeet3 by wholesale, nei- ! 50 a Year, in A!taac? th r d-s tin- T 1 . driTe what Ar.l : n their I jr r,. t ,v. cf tiee intn? Who. thn. pi ces. The the A ra 1 cur?-? r i lio-I timber, th" f :rr.:.t;ir? .-f them ! In? C their f til i in tVeir cr Ir, a!k bum V the nthrrr r,r-.i.: ; lun.t;. t: he"! Bl f .; hit; . 1 ,, r. the 1 I wi:h blV. Ani j man of b! l, tho CM.' n 1 t . .'1 -ft K'..J .V. , j art r; in !K-3r!et and fin !.r . 1 sumptuous it everv ijv. Cit,t thoa l.' f-o to deliver i n 'thv the third g-:n:ra;i 'u' i a Gt-l ia hunn, i shall f r'"ted ,;: whom thoi hat !: J.e ft '.orl t' N i-.; f t th re n fi re thv na'r.e T - t -v... . h,,1v an 1 l:h y memory -riji" with -tl .far ihr ailiirrn. Amy, or how to take me J;cin.e. Little Amy wai dav not to be sick. b tr.ti all e r.d rot by f.-ir r mvti- like to tike inc h ;;:.. . B;t ad in 1 i o'clock. hc laid her h 't-r'slan, and said. - I l.-V n'4hT.' Her mother bathed h t h a I. warmed her feet, and put on h r little now night gewn. Then she plac-d br in aran 3 1 arms, wh td;e went d.wr stairs. 'Ha? she gone to get s ino mcdici: do vou think, arah. a-ked Anv. ' I ves," p ii I S.j rr.!.. tor's stuff, not bad ;it all totak Arnv.' Amy laid h'-r h i 1 : S-irah's h"d der, wishing what Sarah sai l wa tr;i. Presently her mother cime hack with ;i wineglass in her hau l. Is it bitter, very ':' :i-kcd the littfo "girl. 'No,' cried Sarah; 'it i sweet it U good.' 'Mother, is it bitter, and b id to take?' n.ked Amy. 'Yes, my child, it is Mtf r; r tu t ba I to take if you makf 'n your inuid to take it, like a gxF child'.' Amy had rather know the truth than be deceived. All children d . 'Sarali, it is wickc 1 to. bitter sveet,' said s?e. Her mother took her in her nrm-, and held the glass. She did not co-ix or threaten, or pro n: h-r pretty things; she wanted her little chi! I t' be willing to take it for the sake of get ting well. 'Watt a minute,' s-i ! Amy ; and clasping her little hands together, she shut her eye?, and said, 'O my Hiviot.r, pllkh.p ..lilrtr MUhJ" Amen.' Amy opened her soft blue eye-s and stretching out h-r h;ud, t'k the ghs-v and swallowed the medicine; Sarah gave her water to rinse her month, when she sweetly smiled, saying, 'How much lit tle girls can do if they ry, and, rtoth er, hasn't the Lord Jesus promised to help them?' The motiier kis.se I h'T dar ling. IT- c K- TIIE DEW. 'JhmiM,' I'ttl-; I-ah!, While I am fat .!:, The pretty jrra J-v-iy flower 1 t.it!in eU bot wr-p; ' For '-very rn rnir.g, h-n I a-ruke, Th gliueriin? tar ir'.;.. Ii? Upon eacii tiny blade of jtrM, Aud in fci'di fl jwrtt'a I won I r why th r-- and fhwcr At ni'-i LfeCM.Ji fj ad ; 1'or earl through their t"ai!i thej MuiU, And ca all'Iiy a d. U nl.m t-'': " it Thev f'.r t :t una J V at fi':; And that i hr (toy e. Jcause thrj are afrajd 'Maairoa, if I nhou'id ? 'al tcJ.l The T'fft7 gran and f! w-r Abfut U -d'fa watchful Vim and care Throoh tl.e iirk and mi U.'igti It o ur I think they would 1.0 lon-r f-ar, T5:it ceae at nishi t w-r ; Andihctj 'Criiapx.th'-j'd b tv And erjtly k Vj b ;vr tlii.i !:fc'.J, Vp-At wrt?t'( f'r to y r?i v c ; In the refrelirj 'i'.-w Our h-aveiilj Ftber er. '.-. h ',xtiu Ech mra iai t-vemi. st. The lHterin dr'! of jarlv de-ar Are to the grass and Pw-r, "What t.htmbrir.g tin ut;!i the ile-t I i j this L:t f-f o;ir. 'Thus Ij J Ttnif-ai " liiit he in ljve '.i.!: L.iif-. 1 Are ui'.tt and ijr diipveJ." Good Advice- The moio quietly and peaceably we p'jt . the better for oar neighbors. In nine cases out of teu, the wisest policy U, if one cheat yoa, to quit dealing with hiru ; if he be abusive to quit bis eocopany ; if b slander yoa, vi to live as that nobody will believe him; no matter who be i or how eTer he misuses you. tV; wii it wy generally, j ast Uj let hi'u alne Th'.r- i nothing better than thi c !, ra -u. q wayofdesJing with ths wrjogs we meet. on T
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 19, 1856, edition 1
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