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OC PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CIIURCn, SOUTH. Rt'FUS T. IIEFLIN, Em:: RALEIGH, FEIDAY, DSCBUBEa 2Gf 1355. c t Qi rp JL k3 J "f I - i. JL JLJo i" From tie Spirit of the A.t. Mr. Ewtcx : la tie fall of 1352 tie fit LoaN JU-puMkn offered a j-mniatn of fifty dollars for tie beit poetn on the t-cyH j ofthtysr." Abo'it one hundred were .eot in, bat tb ! premium wi awarded to Mim M ATTIE ! Griffith, tor t tie iorowm. it is something beautiful lutea through a gr mist : Oa tb.3 Close of the Year. like len Another and another ! 'Tin the utiil And solemn hoar of midnight. Xt a Bound Of mirtal life ditarb the awful -aln That reti upon the dim and bleeping earth. 'T would f.m a if a wizzari Knell were laid Upon tho wind, tbe woo-In, the waTts, the traas ; Fur nil tbe thooiand voice that are wont. In tbia deep hour of drkne4 and of dreams. To wcvs their low rnyHtorious cadencei la on wild chnt of spirit melody, Art silent now, and th'.-re is naught to tell The ear that Nature fivei. The holy stars, The watcher of the n ight.are burning faint Like funeral limps ; the dark cbul shad ows, Upon the still earth like a pall ; the hills And mountains stand like mourners; the tall tree, Leafless and solemn, bend their tops like plumes Above the hier; and lo! a countless throng Of wan and ghostly phantoms Beem to come From the dim realm of shadows, to convey The Old Year to his burial. He is pone ! lie breathed no nigh or groan in his death hour, But with the awful stillness of a dream, Passed to the rnystie relm where dwell the shades Of yuars that pa-mel before birn. One more wave, Bright with our smiles and bitter with our tears, A wave that has reflected star and cloud, The blue sky, aid the tempest's wrath, is lost In the great ocean of Eternity, Whoso dark and dread and shoreless waters hide The wrecks of empires and the wrecks of world From every eye but God's. Ah ! gating back Upoa the parted year, we darkly mourn Its rich and wasted treasures. We recall With ke;n remsrse, life's folliei and its crimes, And tears are swelling in our stricken hearts Vain tears, alas how vain ! And see ! be side The shadowy spectre of the silent Past, A sad and sorrowing Angel ceems to stand, Who, in a tone as mournful as theory Of a lost soul, rebukes us for our deeds Of error, and implores m to he true To earth and heaveu in all the coming time That way be ours beuoath the skies. Here, here. At one year's buri.il and another's birth, Ilsre, on this narrow isthmus in the sea, Time's ever surging sea, oh let us pause And de.'ply ;mie upon the two vast worlds, vpreal nut on t-ither hand before our eyes. The list and Future. Frora this lonely height, , ! Stramu.fr our 27,t far backward o er the! That we I-.av-j swiftly traversed, we behold, ! V All thickly sciiU-.-rei o'er the dreamy space ; Unnumberel mounds, wnicn mar the ' graved of joy s. And loves, and hopes that thronged around our path, To ch.iriu our eyeaanl win our happy hearts By their sweet smiles and wild enchanting tones, And then sink down to mingle with the dust Like exhalations of the morning. We Look earnestly upon the fairy vales. Where, in life's springtime hours, we lin gered long To gather garlands of sweet flowers to deck The heart's own altar but no flowers are there. Tbe Autumn winds and Winter tempests swept Above their blooming loveliness, and they Perished in their bright beauty, and their suls Of perfume passed to heaven. With wea ried eyes. And sad and aching hearts, we turn away From the lone desolations of the past To gsze upon Futurity, and there, Through tbo long vi?ta t-f the years, we see. With fancy's eve, rich vales, as beautiful As those through which in childhood's hours we roved. And there, joys, hopes, and loves, as fresh and bright As those which sprang and perished by our side. Seem fliiing in tbe distance, wild and free. And sweetly beckoning us to where they dwell, Like a young troop of Fairies. A Now Year, A new unsullied year is ours. Its page Is sealed ; we know not what is folded there : We know not whether joy or agony. We know not whether life ir death, is writ Within the fearful scroll, but 'tis enough To know the gilt is God's. Within our breasts. Amid love's blasted buds, joy's faded wreaths, And hope's pale, withered garlands, one bright flower Is still uncrushed, undimmed, the holy flower Of Faith divine. We feel, we know that He, Who hath presort ed us mid the thousand ills, The countless dangers lurkingin our paths, Still holds us in the hollow of Ilia baud And bids us trust in Iiini. Farewell, Old Year ! May we, when called, like thee, fiom earth away Obey, like the, the summons, calm.serene, Without one sigh, or groan, or wild heart throb To mark the moment of dissolving life. And oh may we, within the E Jen land Where angel winys are glancing through the air. And seraph songs are poured from rainbow clouds, Ones more embrace the loved and lost whom t!u Ilasfc Uksa frota us ia thy nihui fiiht. Jfiisrfllantnus. Ff01f, the AoV1'.-j-hjcf FetsrCrtirnglt . Pioseer Jxpensnee. Jn t'r;l! course of the summer of 1 822, w,, j.ej a carnp meeting in Lojran Co., which 1 was cLk fir raiefL At this meeting there came a new kind of preacher among us, who hel l that a Christian could live so holy in this life, that he would never die, hut become all immortal, soul, body, and all. He seemed like a good, innocent, ignorant kind of creature. He asked of tne the liberty to preach ; but I told him that was altogether out of the question: that a3 the manager of the meeting, I felt myself accounta ble to the people as well as to the Lord, for the doctrinea adranced from the stand. One night while I waa outside of the encampment settling pome rowdies, he thought, I suppose, he would flatter my vanity a little ; and stepping up to me, he told me he had a heavenly message for me. Well,' eaid I, 'what is it V He said it had just heen revealed to him that I was never to die, but to live forever. Well,' said I 'who revealed that to you.' He said, 'an angel.' 'Did you see him?' I asked. 'O yes,' was the reply ; 'he was a white, beautiful, ehining being.' 'Well,' said I, 'did you smell him?' This stumped him, and he said he did not understand me. 'Well, said I, 'did the angel you saw smell of brimstone?' He paused, and I added, 'lie must have smelled of brimstone, for he was from a region that burns with fire and brimstone, and consequently from hell; for he revealed agreat lie to you, if he told you I was to live forever '!' At this he slipped off, and never gave me any more trouble during the meeting. There were a great many people in attendance at this meeting, and among the rest, some youngsters who called themselves gentlemen; some from the country, and some from Russellville. These fellows would occupy the seats we had prepared for the ladies. I an nounced from the stand that the gen tlemen and ladies were to sit apart, and requested every gentleman to remove to the seats on the left, prepared for them. There were some twenty who did not move. Said I, 'We request every gen tleman to retire frora the ladies' seats, that I may see how many country clowns and town fops there are, for these will not move!' All then left but five, and I be can to count them : thev then left in a hurry: but were very an- ' J gry. Among them wa3 a young son; ofj t5,e ar tne soa 0f a Major L. lie , ilt,r ,l f.,tV una ill tl u tjf f'lv, aJiu lytu lawi- er, who happened not to be present. His father and I dined together that day, at a friend's house. He brought up the subject," and said I was wrong ; that many Toung men did not know any better; and that he thought hard of me for exposing his son. Said I, 'Major, do you not believe if a company of Shawnee Indians were to came into one of ourreligious assemblies, and see all the women seated on one side and most of the men on the other side, that they would have sense and manners enough to take their seats on the men's side ?' He answered me abruptly, 'No; I don't believe they would.' 'Well,' said I, 'it is my opinion they would, and that they have more man ners than many of the pretended young gentlemen of the day.' He flew into a violent passion, and said if it were not in the presence of ladies he would abuse me. I told him if he thouclit to abuse and frighten me from doing my duty and keeping order in the congregation, he was very much mistaken, and I would thank him to mind his own hnsiness, and I would most assuredly mind mine. Here the subject dropped for the present. I re turned to the camp ground. Present )y he sent for me to talk the matter over. I told the messenger, Brother Cash, a local preacher, that I should not go, for the Major was very irrita ble, and only wanted to insult and abuse me, and that I was not of a mind to take abuse. I did not go. Presently Brother Cash returned, and said that the major pledged his word and honor that he would not insult me, but that he wanted to talk the matter over in a friendly way. I then consented, and went to him with Brother Cash, and we had passed but a few words when he commenced a tirade of abuse. Brother Cash tried to check him, but he would not be stop ped. I then told him that he had for feited his word and honor, and there fore was beneath my notice. He said if he thought I would fight him a duel he would challenge me. 'Major,' said I, very calmly, lif you challenge me I will accept it.' 'Well, sir, said he, 'I do dare you to mortal combat." 'Very well, I'll fight you; and, sir,' said I, 'according to the laws of honor, I suppose it is my right to chose weap ons with which we are to Cijht?' id he. 'Wei!,' sti! I, w'! stp over hre in'o ihi lot, ana get. a cnx of corn stalks I think I can finish ro-i with orf.' P. it () nf-.at a. ra - !: Tot into. "r. - - - r tt ,.i;,.v,.,i v.:- t., .t, i.x-.wi .t, gea i?e. Sail he. 'If I thought I co ill 'Cert a: nl r,' whip you, I would smite you in amo-jf merit. 'Ye', yes. thank Ool, you can don't you attempt to strik c.v . . . ........ , His wife t was a coo.1, Christian wo- a r,:u, t,.i woman, an the ground. At night, after meeting was closed, I retired to bed, and about midnight there came a messenger for me to go to Major L.'s tent and pray for him, for he was dying. Said I, What ia the matter wih him?" '0, he says he has insulted you, one of God'a ministers, and if you don't come and pray for him, he will die and go to hell.' Well,' said I, 'if that's all, the Lord increase his pain3. I shall not go; let let him take a grand sweat; it will do him good, for he has legions of evil spirits in him, and will be a long time before they are all cast out.' I did not go nigh him at that time. After an hour or two he sent for me . . - - . again. I still retusea to go. Uy this time he got roared and into a perfect aconv, he' prayed till he could be i heard ail over the camp ground. Pres ently his wife came and entreated me,for her sake, to go and pray for and talk to the major. So I concluded to go, and when I got into the tent, there he was lying at full length in the straw, and praying at a mighty rate. I went to him and said, 'Major, what is the matter?' '0!' said he, 'matter enough; I have added to mv ten thousand sins another heinous one of insulting and abusing you, a minister of Jesus Christ, fer la boring to keep order and do good. O will you, can you, forgive me V 'Yes, major, I can and do forgive yoc; but remember, you must have for giveness from God, or you re lost and ruined forever.' S" 'Can you possibly forgive me,' said he, 'so far as to pray for me, before 1 am swallowed up in hell forever.' I prayed for him and called on seve ral others to pray for him. He con tinued in great distress all th next day, and som? time the following n'rht it pleased God to g've hi n relief, and he professed corn fort in lvdieviocr. This eae pt-iinly shows how thodor il often overshoots hU mark: but, ner-hap-s, it more clearly shows how God. in his infinite goodness and mercy, makes the wrath of man to praise him. j It seems to me that at least a legion of very dirty little devils were cast out of; this Major, L. An Affecting Illustration. Rev. Thos. A. Toller, of Kettering, the coternporary and friend of the ccl- ebrated "Andrew Fuller, of the same j place, was one of the most effective preachers of his day. ' Often,' says Robert Hall, ' I have seen a whole con gregation melted under him like wax before the sun : my own feelings, on more than one occasion, have approach ed to an overpowering agitation.' His power of illustrating a subject was his distinguishing faculty. IJis illustrations were drawn from the most familiar scenes of his life: and after he became a father, not unfrequc-ntly frora the incidents which attach to that relation. The following, reported by a friend who heard this discourse, is given as an example. His text was from Isaiah, xxiii. 5 . 'Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me.' ' I think,' said he, ' I can convey tbe meaning of this passage, so that every one may understand it, by what took place in my own family within these few days. One of my own children had committed a fault for which I thought it my duty to chastise him. I called him to me, explained to him the evil cf Avhat he had done, and told him how grieved I was that I must punish him for it. He heard me in silence, and then rushed into my arms, and burst into tears. I could sooner have cut off my arm than have struck him for his fault: he had taken hold of my strength, and ho had made peace with me.' What could more strikingly exhibit the case, as between the true penitent and his offended Maker ? God, as i( i - , . - .- -A . i . r V- i sorrow for sm, wrought in the heart by i fi- iu a. i i n ru- . i i- i takes hold of hisstrength, disarms him ... o ' . as it were of his power to strike the blow, inclines him to forgive, and thus brings about between him and the sin ner a state of reconciliation and peace. vS? Tf OK lv nf mr.Tvovw tliA mnt n all evil," to be without it ami in teed thereof and no moans of obtaining, must he the trunk, the branch, the boughs and the leaves ofevi1 m Gen. Houston. It is reported that Gjo. Houston will be a candidate for Governor of Texas, at the nest election. me, I shall give you the worst wh'pping i f 0i-?? you ever cct in all vour life,' and then1- " ?J walked off and left'hira. ! ,hc stoc, 1 "fth II r. Jo-hn Johnston, D. Nt-wbargh, th fo'Vwing striking Jfit record - I : i , Ur. he death of a v fither, hit moth- ; tr SgSt-! that it wrtild be best for 'J y coege,aKi ; ii 1 a ii - 1 :r - ..tj 1 X.J propo.sed to disye of some of k that could be spared. In company witn a neigror who w in I the habit of driving cattle into the .:.-?,.r n...u, counticsof Duches3 ani Westchester, I became a drover. ThU was a new bu sine, but I engaged h it with great alacrity, inasmuch as the result was to be for my benefit. After crossing the river at Newburg, Ytiiied Fisfekill and I'hilipstown, arT.- th.Acevnd day passed below Yorktown in Westchester. As eale3 had been made of a suSicient number of cattle to famish me with money enough for my immediate wants, it was thought advisable that I should return. Leaving the drover and the rest of the company, I returned as far a3 Yorktown, and took lodgings for the night. This was the 5rst time in my life that I felt myself to he in a lonely situation. I was far from friends, and knew not that there was any individual near me that had ever heard of me, or j cared for me. With, these feelinjrs I retired to rest, and in the morning about daylight, I'was waked by two little boys, in a trundle bed at the foot of the bed in which I was, talking about God wondering if God could see them could see thcrs-srs-ark ? could he see them if they covered their heads with the blanket ? and similar questions. The conversation arrested my attention, and left an impression which I never have forgotten, and which fcas frequent ly occurred to me during the whole of mv life. In this connexion I would remark that some forty-five years after the oc casion above stated I was brought to recognize one of these little boys in the following manner : During the meeting of our synod, in the city of New York, I was invited with some twenty others, ministers and ruling elders, to dine with the Kev. Dr. Potts. At table the con versation turned ou what has frequently occurred, viz. that great events often arose from apmrcntlv trivnl circum- stances hat t! e course of man's life rfij was , dt:cI:i:i:XLxaL-.wilt:d tiropped in co'itirs-trion, or by a con-ti:.'g'-::cy over which the individual h;;3 no control. References were made to incidents in the life of Georire Whitfield. Or. Holers, Or, Vrs. McWhorter and oth- I was reminded of what occurred to myself at Yorktown, and I repeated the conversation of the two little boys, above stated, and remarked diat that incident determined the course of my future life, and was the cause, under God' ,of mJ becoming a minister of the gospel, and a member of the synod of New lork. A genticman at the foot of the table inquired when, and where, and at whose house, that which I had related occurred. I answered, it was in the month of October, 1709, in York town, at the house of Mr. Purdy, oppo site the Presbyterian church. The gen tleman, with qsirir,ips7nd tears ia his eyc3, said, "I ana-one of those two little boys, and am here as a ruling el der in the Presbyterian church." "Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord." Anecdote cf Eev. J. Azley. Mr. Axley was preaching upon con formity to the world among Christians, particularly in fashionable dress. He held a sort of coloquy with an imagi nary apologist, in the other end of the church. " After some discussion, the latter is heard to sav : 'But, sir, some of your Methodist preachers themselves dress in fashiona ble style, and in air and manner, enact the dandy.' 'Oh no, my friencfffJiat cannot be. Methodist preachers know their calling better. They are men of more sense than that, and would not stoop so low as to disgrace themselves and the sacred olfice they hold, by such gros3 inconsis tency of character. 'Well, sir, if you won't take mv word ' for it, just look at those young preach - in' the j -t . ! Mr. Axley turned immediately a round, withseeming surprise, and lacing I ' , , - f . , , I two or taree rather fashionably dressed iunior preachers seated m the rear ;J. f. , , , , . itha r.nlrif h snrvprp.'l Mfh AT tni Ol the pulpit, he surveyed each of them head to foot for two or three minutes, while they quailed under the withering glance of his keen and penetrated eye ; then turning again to the congregation i i i auU leuIUUi; a iiLUC Utcr IUB j front cf the desk,with his arm extended, ; and his eyes al-S fiie'd on the apologist, at t.e further end of the church, he said ia a subdued tone, yet distinctly enough to be heard by all present; lJf you please, sir, well drop the ' guhjwt. - L.,' Eaid I, 'I ut, i Pro hl : 1 'r a-Vs "f".".? mJ t wnsproe; oa: , , .' "'L, V V e me, for if you 3E 1 c'1 ol Ior s,eTter3iT a5Js; aa n rf intrtinally it was agreed that 1 should enter Frm th Mta3rj t rYitett Fslpit Gravity. i ! That the e pulp:; is not tbe place for t, everv wnible rer?on raa: lam as-: merit, admit. If a man h rrare anrwhere, he osght sarely to be grave in the boue jef God, and especially while in the dis - j charge of ministerial duty. Yet not I unlreoaentlY htt e thn.s will make it 1 eitreroely difficult for a man to coctii-1 rtwue that "the in was in, and the j ne self-possessed ; when to preserve ', wit out.-ak c I with apparent eerioosr.e: ", anything like decortstn mas? jtnoe no; 'Dr. Emmons, can you tell me what I trifling task. am to cri-'Jerstar.d by th ttul of ma a?" A minister was preichinr wrc? to a s "No," m the rr ply, "I cannnot tt !1 a i large congregation in one of the South-; man that hunt ar v." ern States on the ctrtainty of a future j He thus rebuked one, wh-", UTvb. r judgment. In the grtilery sat a colored j improper stimulant, presumed, in the Igirl, with a white child in her arms, presence of several by slanders, to i which she was dancing up and down j claim a particular acquaintance, with i with commendaWe efStrt to make th-b-jhrm. Dr. Emmons, not recognizing; i by observe the proprieties of the place, ! The preacher was too much interested in his subject to notice the occasional noise of the infant; and at the right point in his discourse, threw himself in - to an interesting attitude, as though Le had suddenly hear1 the first note of the trump of doom, and" looking towards that part of the church where the girlj nil u iuv kAiri iu li- I aim? " J s11wuq1 he asked in a low, deep voice : 4 What is that I hear V Before he recovered from the orator- ical pause, so as to answer his own j question, the colored girl responded in; a mortified tone of voice, but loud ! enough to catch the ears of the entire j congregation : Don'no, sa ; I 'spec' it is- dis here chile : but, indeed, sa, I has Been a A n! n' all T nrnA tn L-or-n him f mm 'sturbin you.' It is easy to imagine that this unex- pected rejoinder took the tragic out of i the preacher in the shortest time imag - : inable; and that the solemnity of that judgment-day sermon was not a little : diminished by that event. . i Another iustance, equally confound- ;ing to the minister, happened, we be lieve, in Richmond, Ya. A large con- crei'otion had assembled to hear u ; stranger of some notoriety. Soon after 1 he had introduced his subject, the cry ot lire: lire . in the street very mucn I disturbed the congregation, and many ! were about to retire, when an elderly lay brother rose and said : 'If the congregation will be compos ed, I will step out and see if there is any fire near, and report.' The congregation became eomnosed. and the minister proceeded. Taking advantage of the occurrence, he called attention fa. fire that w. uld consume I the world ! a ; forever in the fire thai wo-ihl burn ike that is 1 o-'.oin'f.M ; iihiT iiaa !j-r comiuu: terrible import, fend not with. nit tn nii ; fest imprcsiiion on his audience, when a i voice trom the other eml ot tne church, as if in fiat denial of all he had said, bawled out : forward to a large increase ol prosperity 'It's a false alarm V j and ustf ul ness. The effect was ludicrous in the ex-j e additions will soon be treme. The old man had returned ; but j wade t0. the present commodious Col-, his inopportune response spoiled thelege buildings; that the services of ad- force of the eloquent appeal from the ditional Professors will be secured, and i pulpit, and even the preacher could that other important improvements will j scarce refrain from joining in the uni-1 be carried into effect, so as to make this ; versal smile that passed over the con- i Institution "fill the eye" of its most; gregation. i ardent friends. j Rev. Mr. S. was preaching in one ofj Being well acquainted with the loca- the Methodist Episcopal churches in j tion, and the citizens who surround it, : this city, and there was in attendance we confidently express the opinion that, a good old Methodist brother very much taking into consideration health, rno friven to resoonses. Sometimes these I rality, and cheapness of living, a better ' j responses were not exactly appropriate, but they were always well meant. The preacher, usually lucid, was rather per- plexed, and felt it himself. lie labored through his first part, and then said : Brethren, I have now reached the j conclusion of my first point !' ' Thank God I Diouslv eiaculated the- old man, who sat before him profoundly interested; but the unexpected response,.; 41 and the suggestive power of it, so con fused the preacher, that it was with diffi culty he could rally himself to a continu ance of his discourse. From Dr, Sprague'e Annals of the American Pulpit. Sayings cf Dr. Emmons, OF FRANKLIN, MASS. A young preacher had pronounced j an able discourse tor mm on caboain morning but it advocated a principle at variance with some first principle which had for him the force of an axi-j . .i ii j l om. as tnev waiitea icwarus ma uouse ; t nnr.n r.nt"a word was-said. On en-1 ferin hia Rtndv. the Doctor turned to the preacher, and very blandly remark- ed. "I liked your sermon this morning very much. It was well arranged, well argued, aad well delivered'. I hav - bu one fault t find with it it was D , - not true.'" To another preacher who seerraeil to require some mental stimulant, he said, -Did vou ever go over Seekonk Plain!' Your 'preaching is too much like that long and level !" Anotner naa preacneu ior mm one morning a sermon which touched upon a vast number of topics. "Do you er- er mean to preach another sermon V inquired the Doctor. "Yes sir." "What can you sav: loa nave aa - r-adv preached the whoh system of, e-i away, a enure lf 1 Theology" jGhostisa dead etiurcri. And a tniii-j At a public dinner, one who prided try without th liuly Ghost is a dead ! himself on bis liberal views, and whD j ministry And without the iloly j was fond of arguing, being questioned i Ohost, there will be th:n class meeting, i '-53what tnore r:i lly thin I thought to pat an imattwfraV! t'.:nt. oy Faying. t"ii a.i m r.; rear j "We'ii, every tub vmsi ftaa i on it ot 'l-citon "Ye, Tf;," rtrT.ed Ir E bt what ?h'l thoe tsb? do tht Kara": any bottox V j A fkeptic, who was fond of p '. puzzling questions to clergymen. t tlirg I calie i ct-.n toe i'octor. ai. i a j the acquaintance, the forward rar.n ex-! ! claimed, "What; do yon nt know rae, i I Doctor : I nave held the stirrup for !you to mount your horse many a time, 1 when you were at my grandfather ." j j "Have you V replied the Doctor ; "you ' j look as if you had never been in so : (good business since." j In speaking of the ministerial oCice, he said : "No other profession demands half so much mental labor as ours It is easy, very easy, to preach ; but very hard to preach well. I have of- ten won Jered at myelf that I ever agreed to be responsible for two cr-: mons a week ; it makes me shudder at times to think I ever dared to do it. ; On beirg told of one who was not remarkable for consistency of state ment in different sermon.-, he Kii 1 ; i "Tt. ! rf tlif rrrent(st imrwirtnnff t'int n 'preacher be established in first princi-i 'ples; otherwise he will be continually i cont?atiicti:tg himself." ! On another occasion he observed,, j "In writing sermons always have a plan and let every sentence help to accotn-. jplish thrtt plan. Let your eermobs and , vour pra vers have a hegining, middle,! ano eiiil. Hon t use all your best j tho'iht-' ;it first; reserve the mot im-'. portant '! !'S to the last. The close of a senium should be like the approach j of a ship to the wharf with nil x xil l viwlinij. lc short in all your cxen ! cise3 in the pulpit. Better to leave the 1 I people longing than loathing. Xo con versions after the hour is out." Normal College. The friends of this Institution wer. i oighly gr;uiicl at the cornin'y with; ! wh5cil. il v ad.ipted, by th- North I Carolina Co-ifi renc.', at its last sWon m ;ias pi.j'.e, as a on'-rence toij. r,.. v lth tee eo-operntroij M)-t itroii.. j r rro--r---f -rr vt i n 1 r i r -, i'wi.llu men as co:iipo-;e the N. (-'. ( .'(nf ri nee, uii a coTtriri'.-' ion '' the means hereioi'oie tis-.d in its behalf. Normal College may confidently look location for t-uch a College as is here coniempiaieu,coum not nave been made j within the borders of North Carolio. j Although it is easy of access from all j parts of the State and the South, it is, i nevertheless, in a retiied, quiet situa- j Hon, as Iree trom temptations to d;si- pation ana extravagance, as men an; i institution can be. Greensboro Tatri From the Methodist Protestant. What a Change- A few Sabbaths ago, I heard a cla- leader complaining- that he only uadi four out at class meeting, and said he, f "I don't know what ha got into the ' people that they will not come out." I went to this same brother's class three or four successive meeting'! since. and the rom was so full that I could '-v t ir,ot Z':t a sea" Xtjere were Lot i Uhan forty persons present U by how liSIS .V , . , , u V fca, ie 5 ! ---in with th :.s BnrriA Ipniffr t'lpm irsr.. ' j - only four and now forty i Three doz j en, over and alx-ve the old number i ' I5J ujppcueu i oouciuing i has talien P'ace- Ye8 indeed, there j" lten a gracious revival inflnencc ! " the church, and cold heart hav lcii made warm. Then revivals, I .1 .i' t. IV C? .V' -see, make iu!l classes, icen 1 tu;n t I t oe a goo4 plan to Lave a g i ! long revival, to last from the begiing i f the Conference year to its en J. ; ; Yes, why net have a revival all the ; time? The proper atmosphere of the j j n - r- , 'Holy Ghost makes revivals and the j Holy G host is the promised residen t o , j the church, why not then- have reviva ; j all the time ? 1 be.ieva there wouid ; : " , i i $1 5 ) a Year, in Advance. ar, ! urml rliss tr ti: g. It it cnltrst'v-l that c! v;,t: rg? r.r. male II w Ghit i tiw. bni U-.t Gh irg. ir. -jrr. d? mike t im rrnv A r tr: Jlottfoaery County. F.-T-.'wl'rt in N. C. i. J -B:r ?7 M ii rrj. It i Wjon j t'm r-. H c f !. toTC rf p-..v'"eiii Y-'-jr An-crea. la-ifc-ire to t.ijrlf l.e ar 1 rratt. -f f fct f Irt.-at ; t!tb, nd ha- r-rr'-; y ar . , thr i-bah;ttl rf thin r-' fr f w I r."iv. tj. Th'' .-iii cot,-i;s i with w.i ,N -t-ur and t..-r fatbfm Ka !' fv.r bi . . en' t ! !-tt, iirr in a : 1 I Bi,f P'J ;r,i.:v. in i Up an-Vir.''.t Sia1.. u3t;. ub!ei wuh crv iLitlr.:'-". 1 r. 1 ci:c, with ir c.U::i oati'.g ii ft 'U noes, ute t hi fr d.t.it t itt. r!er with tli htrrv ro' J ii..?i;id' a t :';eij-ir,r-t i-e and iifiuraiitT i. trr;w 'o JuturisrstW nn iu . th'r m.re ft-Tfr-d rrp(r.. 15ut it i o t rfh'-ni that t!i"-t ttite of tti'.n-i oi'.' Wr nr laz'in uoditutld;, wore our .,t.,t ( ;,.!,. -git ha pa-il tUro'ith tisia K-j'it r-i re-ri'-n, and ryr-l that ihtTt ! hrrc alu.'..;, tn wlS rabxal le land badly tnl'i-Tit-'d. Thonch wo mj pri fit in wtrMiv. pu'.i t of tl:e kiiriwlrd of th fact.-, je; i: u.it aiilitate aai-t oar ri teti'nunt and quietude. There i alo an Cift n..innat w. tk which nen-.s lik t d:url ( iir p-acffal fluniWr. Surj.rtir as it rnav be, it in nererththt tn that we l ave an Ara.b my f tie firt r 1 r with in ur It i.it. It ii under the dirrrtiun ef It. A. Chaa.Wr. A. M., a przduiie of the I'niverxitv, a thureugh ii.d-r, a c.c-n!!e-0i3-i rnd a ehri-iijn. We hat ttiin'i-d the ' xaiiiirtafioiim fur three j-.r aui hi tu I n t- alwa eTinee a thorough un! s .'t.i:: :;!)' of ihir tn-!:-'. "i :r j '. ai.d rd- r!v !!.. .mmi. t : ' I i r:'-i' i for : .if fdi.l e .'ii, . .) ! ; "r.i I ll in , . f . . vf v iiMee-1 . I !-.- I i.t 1 1 jri - t. c i ; n ion ! ;. a . I. i i . iti i t i - ' h-.t '-'! ' m -1 .-. . hi.N in ' m -.. ' !.'..-' t(. ' .id T i ' " 1 - I 1 al!iir'h. t.t r '.-- '' i . . tL.'. 1 1 ii .- i.n i ai.'l i : ';!, O l"'i i . i V. 1.... (),' . t f." . ' , -! . tr: t'-N.i t:,f i-.is ti ! . he i ! i.iott to ihf k-r- . , eui 'i .' . i . ' ; t ai"1 . i her j.' .! i,.f-y j. !nt ' 'o. 1:1 t!if Molt,.-l.-f V Al .O l. '. 1 1.- - 1 I-'.' ' 4 'ill ft I. . lllg ( p n; d th'' war tn h-i .ivieve . ut tl.r re. bv a'.d:iouI -drills t at 'knuwh .!. i p.. er.' CAMHJ. Vc chaH be (.dad to har more &'o --iV Moiit-.-oiiM r; and hope on a c uoii' div t vi.-it 'he people thero. Kt). fit fljr tfTljit&r.H. I r 'tn li," :-t. L .-it : i-: ,.i !.,; I Hire a aro eld-.- J f i iothf p i j r.- Jio'.u a little g.il'a f.i.-t ttteti.pt at lishing : A little gill, alter being out .ono tiiii" trying to ensnar the little foi. in a neighboring ttreairi, w.'Ji a crooked pin and tiirad line, came ronriiog i:,u the house, out of breath with excite ment, '(J mother, I got it!' (Jot what, rnythild?' 'Why, mother,' anveM- i the little angler,, hor voice Middenly chai ging to mournful rits, 'I got it, 1 ut it niilit Jn-l die." I don't blame the little C'h beeauo; it ' unlit and di;' do you? I Vh do not like to be caught any more than chil dren, though they will catch at the b ii without knowing that it com a ns- t, hook. So children will Koinet'.in'.-H catch at biaful pleasures and in tiie nd be i -ine I. Rut here follows a -tf.rv - ' ,. . ged school children - .$ i r '. . . tcr. They h id !o - . ,. , . of the iS'i.el ly s tio..i . f r : boy was tiikerj very i L. "lis- d ea;.i that he iuut kooh h : 'Mother,' taid he to the poor wot. no who wa4 weeping by the side of the rag ged couch whereon he lay, 'I want you to pray with me.' I cannot pray,' Kaid the weepir.g mother. O, dear mother, d pay for tne be fore I die!' entreated the child; but the wretched mother, amid her feob.4 and te;:rs, could only answer, 'I cannot pray; I cannot pray !' 'Then wake my feister, and biis g her to ine, stid the boy at length, as the cold dew started thitkiv ou: upon pale foreheard. The little water, only ?!. ar " .'. wa awakened and r ': '.'. 1 . t r . er's side. 'Dear ';-:, I a;:, g :g :. . vou, ssst'l I -t'j vou t i " : fore I e:tT g'--l by.-. I ... . .. ; to Siinlar-CiXJ with vou '-'. . kriuw yu'i wi uot I fsis-v, pra v. .. 1 !.. i:-nil' W . ' t'j kll'.'-: - k lit-i i.-, t-o-.-ite ton.'i : X .vr. Ill it. 1-t y : !?; I r r;.y t i L rf"r tv- 1 : .-., li j .a 'i-.tjl-i die irf'rf t -t t, 1 rj toe L-jrJ jvur wui tj lai. And Eddy slept, and dh I before be woke; and the Lord, who loves tha lambs cf his Hock, took bins to hU bo som. The human heart err l -ngn ior lore and uiTecti-jn. It i ei-r t v!n afff. i a tLab to retaia it; we SiHiU. thsrf.r careful of tue hearts we hsrr ro-, )'. q fin j 'urreivta to'ik.-.) '. i.t f-,r tudtet wh-li Wt CU10 ti COUKt '-.ir U.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 26, 1856, edition 1
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