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v - THE FLOWERS COLLECTOS J PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON TERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. HEFLIN, Editor. Vol il 4 V V I -. n MB AY, JUSUMY 2, 1857. ?I 20 Year, iu Advance. ADVOCATE (Drigiuul. I" 'r i s '. 0. Ch ri.t::m Advocate. A Financial Pli:.. One reason why our ministry is not jtiev supported, is, that there are ni.Kiy members of the church who ab- uo nothing. This failure is 7 . . 7 jOi'iiCl V due partly to want of instruction in r.:;ty, an 1 partly to want of system. Is i: never due to inability ? Is 'there any member who cannot contribute one cent a year ? If he can, he should do at least that, In-cmse he should act up to the measure of his xbility, whether great or small ; the failure injures his moral character; it ateo helps to strengthen a l ad h:,l It in the ehurchas ameans. Here are three re:v"n- for every member's citureac-o the noo: no very little, are not called clude'them from the sacrament. such a privilege to bless the Christ, as to take the Lord's do nd those c;'. u church s i L ,7 .v very civat no e'K.vh, In a to tne win-a : them ji ; wr, then memoers oi the riunity is af the support of pre; Ie'ievo.en lieh wo;::, I no .is has be :. I will l:i the i" were - miele- on wa ne cause on our cir- staiions. help. plan ysteraatic furnished gave more than five times their former contribution. Although each collector had twelve or thirteen names on her paper, she was not compelled to make that many calls a week. In the first place her own name and the names of all the members of the church in her family, were on her lists. Then she had her intimate friends, who frequently visited her ; and when not convenient to see them at their houses she found them at her own. And again, some of her sub scribers paid monthly ; one or two paid perhaps their whole contribution for three months. A person subscribing five cents a week perhaps paid half a dollar cn the first visit. The collector did not call again in ten weeks. Now, observe that she did not credit the whole amount in a lump, but when any five cent subscriber riaid 50 clpnfs then, in each of the ten columns next after that upon which the last credit had been entered, she placed " 5." Xor did she confine herself to collect ing on Saturday. At any time that her busines- or pleasure called her oat, she glanced Over her paper and saw who were to be visited, and, if conve nient, waited upon them. But she was never to leave any subscriber in arrears tin more iinnr un. n n a mem srrs, iCU in a week. This kept every- orbing the scheme on this plan, after one month each ladv found only four or five weekly visits to be ma le. There were many persons attending '711 " tiie church who were not communicants. The collectors waited on those to as- ,,-1 1 .!... l.l twelve or thirteen ' oci.iici inuv wuu'u eoiiiriuuio als, Autograph Letters,. Plans of Cir cuits, Class Books, Stewards' Books, &c. ifcc, It is highly important that we make haste to gather up these frag ments, that nothing of them be lost. This can be done by enquiry and per sonal application. It is earnestly hoped that every member ana triena oi our Society will bestir himself in this good work, for what is done in it must be done quickly. Our old members are passing away, and a few years later will greatly add to the difficulty of carrying out successfully our objects. Many objects of interest exist amongst U3 that we should not willingly let die. It is known that several memorials of Bishop As'oury are in possession of friends in our bounds ; lot us make haste to gath er them up, and hand them down to posterity. By the collection of Boks, Mntniscript?, &c, the future Historian of Southern Methodism will bo greatly aided in las labours,' anu may iurmsh us with a record of facts and incidents of which none of us will bo ashamed. Any person having anything as above specified that they would donate to the Society can transmit to either one of the Curators as may be most convenient ; and,- those who may have in their pos session articles of value from which they would not be willing to part without a consideration, will confer a favour by informing either the President, Secre- her fist, and swore rhe wCwlie-half alligator, and the other half snapping turtie, and that it would take a better man than I was to put her out. It was a small cabin we were in, and we were not far from the door, which was then standing open. I caught hev by the arm, and swinging her round in a circle, brought her right up to the door, and shoved her out. She jumped up, tore her hair, foamed ; and such swearing as she uttered, wasseldom.eqnalled, and never surpassed. The door, or shutter of the door, was verjr strongly made to keep out hostile Indians ; I shut it tight, barred it, anil went to prayer, and I prayed as best I could, but I had no language at my command to express my feelings; fit 'the same time, I was determined tticonquer, or die m the attempt. While Pbe was ra- I'rom the New York Observer. Preparing for a Fall. nish one for ,-ith eminent suc- udeavor to make it nkun'. place, m a chrncii ot -.;v.'';ivu as co;ieetoi s. inev ' "v.i '.rent points of the town. I the7 ehovhl bc called upon mj. j anything; if so, how much ; and when I.Li. fc 7 C' ' th, rl. , or. are k-eror c : wa -. . i . 1 1 : Tt-J ghbm-s '.vr.cm thev thon rht- thr 1 CO Yh,.: i Up.i a; iviin h cot.-; 'i'iu:e p?i in th:- .h3.r; a was cahe:i. and eaci tu.- names of those whom z to wait iny-n. Thev nd acouaintan- ev successfully secure. Then n ran os wore j .laced on the tors who lived nearest to ins was done, each lady a all thiKe upon her list, to jv-r much each was willing to weekly, tj suport the gos- i. cuu.ca. xne iunowm t .-hlbitS th 1 rs on t had overpaid, and r three were to bv caiied oi tiiese owed lor two lue results oi tins system ,i " tnose : ; 1st. Every member of the church ! gave something, and nearly all gave! more than they had ever done before, j 2d. The minister did not have to wait un-il the end of the year for his' pay. He had cash payments weekly. ! km-- I , gii'tr ana iou-unng m tliefajrd ana around the cabin, I startcixsritaal song, and sung loud, to drown her voice as much as possible. The Tive or six little children ran and squatted about and crawled under the bed?. Poor things, they were scared almost to death. "I sang on, and! she roared and thun dered on outside, till she became per fectly exhausted.'and panted for breath. At length, when she had spent her force, and became calm and still, and then knocked at the door, saying, 'Mr. Cartwright, please let me in. - " '"Will you behave yourself if I let you in ?' said I. " 'O yes,' said she, I will ;' and iments, &c. &c, that they may i throwing myself on mv guard, and per- iectly selt-possesKod, 1 openea the door, took her by the hand, led her in, and seated her near the fireplace. She had roared and foamed till she was in a high perspiration, and looked pale as death. After she took her seat, 'O,' said she, 'what a fool am 1 1' tary, or Treasurer, as they have been "constituted a committee with power to use any funds in the Treasury for the purchase of old Books, Church Records, Doc: deem of interest to the Society." Broth ren of the Southern Meihodisi Church, whether of our own or olhur con ferences who may read this .iddresa, are respect fully requested to forward any such ar ticles m thei of their 1 ocanty possession, or ir.torrnation ossossor, tnat they A young lad was one day perform ing, somewhat carelessly, certain feats of agility. An aged man who observed his movements as he ascended to the roof of a building then in progress, re marked, 'that lad is preparing for a fall.' The words had scarcely been uttered, when the toot of the adventu rous youth slipped from the scaffolding. He fell to the earth, and was severely but not dangerously bruised The incident suggests a truth which it may be useful to contemplate. It admits of a spiritual application. There are various ways in which we may be preparing for a spiritual fall. That man may be said te be prepar ing for a fall who neglects secret pray er?.,. E very one who has had any expe rience in the divine life, knows that ; regular secret prayer is absolutely nec jessary. He knows that ho cannot J engage successfully in the performance of any duty, if bis closet be neglected, j He also knows that he is prone to neg lect it. Satan is cn the watch, and ready to take advantage of any inci dent that can be made use of to induce ! the neglect of secret prayer. Such j being the relation of secret prayer to the health and life of the soul, the first symptom of neglect in relation to it is ominous of evil. The man who begins i to abridge or neglect his closet exercises j is preparing for a fall from his stead- ! fastness in duty, if not for a fall into , open and scandalous sins j The man who neglects the study of i the iib!e is preparing for a fall. The ! growing Christian can no more do with- iag thus fortified, as he thought, he re turned to the stand, and when a call was made for mourners, started to the altar, but halted and cursed himself as before. At length he came to the door of the altar and stood there for a" few moments, then entered : but instead of going to the seeker's bench, he walked np directly in Iront of the pulpit, and clapped his hands with great violence, exleaiming at the same time, with a loud voice, 'Glory to God V and then fell as if he had been shot through the heart. He continued nraisinsr God for: hours together, exhorting those around him to seek an interest in the Saviour. He went out in the congregation and j brought his wife into the altar, who ! also was happily converted to God and i joined the Church with her husband. As he was leaving the stand after his conversion, one ot his acquaintances, and quite a wicked man. s.u7 In Ine aring, 'There goes that old fool now.' To this remark he paid no attention at the time, but at the next hour's service, he went out in the congregation to this acquaintance, and laid his arms affec tionately around1 his neck, saying Here is that old fool again : come now. go to the altar.' Soon he prevailed. and before the meeting, his friend was soundly converted to God." ing, especially the latter If? t:ilk aUM turning people nt of the (!!mn-h, pne a greater effort to keep them in more pii-"-toral visiting, pvsyinj in famili?, nnd in structing the children ! home morj ac titity, zeal, enenzy, ctiterpii.se, anJ ral hard work more of the Fpi it whirh prompts ministers to "go intc the high ways" and byways, and whore there are no ways, to seek lost sinners, and invite, be seech, and with prayers un 1 tcurs entreat thorn to come to Christ Attend to nil theso, end erery o'lu r pnitietder duty tlint properly belong to tlio ministerial am! Christian clii'rnter, and one continued, unceasing, uidying re vival will be the result, as surely :n (iod's word is true. His blessings will be. pour, rd upon yotv His work will go on and on. Souls will be converted weekly daily, at every appointment, in every plare, and there will e a genuine, deep and lnsting revival all the time. St. .v . A.fo-tt Keep the Sabbath. Ivuvg llaz. And it will keep yon, I. I' rom a.l ti-meroiis error? 7 7 .1 11 , auounu in ti.o w(;a:l, are in cry Utnil ot ta-n mad a--young men every roeve. al kteper of the Sabbath t ! Frcm the N' ew York Observer. Baptist Principles. 11 aad liHt t 10 sp; ' i as ; tiMtnd eoa' ( mail about hissi. The.sa nr-sllo e.inoo. p Mirtrate it. 1. Pre ci bad trains ft' thov!,t. J-Tny give the roius to lh-:r thoiv.-,l;t . and vf. r . ml p may day. oe procured, n possible at an early and therefore could always make bet- jae or tiiose na ... l condition of one Till of February. weeks. ter purchase:- of provisions on. There was no painful effort to be made at the end of the year. 4tb. There was something on hand next minister. Every one was interested in the church's operations. Note. The scheme was not entered upon until the Conferince year had ad- j vanced two or three months. But the t ;lh. m town probably the payments -J v.-Li we! credited ! 1 " r. back, and . t . . k.i. . 1 e to i e.uu. c.imining the tal these sentences 10 or 15 until they came up to m :r. i i O. i- S Ci lOii'D'J $1.75 1 Vr". Cj:. r ik ' oT :.F. ; u. ii. ! G .; k.. 1 i:t ; N.. ! o; T. l-'J; e 1 - Ir.- A. B. CoLLr.cTOit. v. Ca. Dec. Jan y j 222 X 10 17 24 3? ' X :V . u (i I i o f. ii i( l-, 1 V i t i ) v) Moa iot' loodoo Feb. March. I j i 7 paid date. i If any can suggest a better plan, let ! the church know it. If any do not un ! derstand any portions of the plan, and will request explanation through the Advocate, they will be fully given. We have impressed the trial of many plans, but none so practical and easy as this. S. E. S. It will be observed that our con stitution does not restrict membership to the ministry or communion of the Church : any person favoring our ob jects and paving the requisite amount may beeom-j a member. I hereby cor dially invite all who ma v wish to become members, Avhetlier ministers or lavmen, male or female, to do so by forwarding their names and one dollar to the Treas urer, Be v. 'Thomas Baysor, iNcwbcrry C. II.. S. C. All who may read this brief exposition are kindly solicited to consider its object, and aid, as far as may be in their power, the accomplish- Bv order of the Society. 'Pi L A. M. Williams, Sec. II. S. of S. C. Conf. IVaJterloro,"' Colleton Dist. S. ;out the daily study of the Bible, than he can do without his daily bread. It is th feod of his soul, the directory of his actions, the comfort of his heart. 'Yes,' said I, "about one of the big- j the inspirer of his hopes, and his shield gest fools I ever saw in my life. And now,' said I, 'you have to repent of all this, or you must go to the devil at last.' She was silent. Said I, 'Children, come out here ; your mother Avon't hurt you now,' and turning to her husband, said, 'Brother C. let us pray again-' We kneeled down, and both prayed. She was as quiet as a lamb a. Methodist Historical Society. 7 14 21 2 -7 14 -21 28 lotti oi iiriisiii to" io 7 -7 7 ; V: Ji : ! Dec. 2nd, 1SCG. Peter Cartwright tames a Shrew. ij i; ! i 1 1 I ! iert in. ; all the .iter ice. At the late session of the S. C. Con ference, a large number of the members of that body, formed a "Mothodist His torical Society." We have teen requested to publish the following address, setting forth the j objects in view, and requesting co-ope-j ration. I We publish it with great pleasure. To tin: Members and Friends of the Society. Dear Brethren. By formal rcsolu- Tl 1 : ..!.!. C4 e papers were uroaght i . ,"' ., , 1 1 ... . 1 f 11 . . c i nl.lvnca fnr "t!-,r n!ihhf settinrf tovth 4 IM LI. ' . v.tU 2"'MV-V7 " Q sheet was ruled off into fifty olumr:?.. The urst showed how each zrrmber agreed to give ll.o nrst date was the fca tur th? a liournraent of the Con- 1 tl 1- I" 1 1 .-.O as nsuii.pi.c.i oj o . revenue ht the year. was ad; ted up, and the oi our i sso- i!71T77 nl v. . . ... 7 . ,!the ooiect and purpose u 7 w ! " , - 71 , 7 ciation, and urging upon an loveio aim 101 in-!-. , ,r .i 7- x -3 .. me we tide 1- n.ua. i- yea . x.. Methodism to aid us in th Ftancr- M:-s A. B s naj-er above show.5 i . . . i - i , , 1 - v ! praiseworthy enterprise upon which w .-'1 Iter whole revenue lor tneji J . 1 f. 1 , .. , , c. - ,i are now entering. Our second artic! year would emial 'Jl. bupposmg the , . , tt. OTi be l,0i i: wa-:- i i ...le i or rae the ?100. J ' :'" 1 1 nr. 'fuel fer vj fall ihort : j udd two cents a week to the -:-r". pt:on of 100 member. It -i.-.u'ijod in th; church that tins woui :,e don?, an. I that the addition be mado to tin defines our obiect to be. "to collect and preserve information in connection with the rise and progress of Methodism within the bounds of the S. C. Annual ob- of curiosity and interest m the i.it, the income would n that was ascertained, d from the estimates . ' . i ; .1 i;i7te Conference and elsewhere ; likewise sexton? hire, anu lights!. . . , . . . . i t, T r liiecisof curiosity and interest m Jt 7-..C ,..-orv ! torm 01 anu-crqjis, joiiv j. aiuo.neis, XL lit Mill . - , , -.. ., , . , a j j Alcuais, I ortraits, AUt-ograpiis, cvu., bind !invthnir that m:iv shed lisrht upon was an-1 . - r ,. r Ti r A ..ii! tins interesting suoiect. J.t ;s mi iner i proposed "to form a Library, as rapid wouiu , t .. . - , i,(;f r ",, h)0 wno had made tae , 1 ,, rn, -7, . ,i ..i . memuers. anesc uojeuis win iwuuuoi commend themselves to your hearty approval and elicit your active co-operation. As a church we have no writ ten history of our origin, progress and movements in the South. Dr highest subscription. That was adop-i t-.-l oa urn ground : Ail were sup p )v i ij have acted conscientiously. Vet 81 DO were still to lo obtained, and must bo ol s '.-nod th a th-; tainod, and it was pro largest subscribers were t'i :i;b-t. No one oi'iected, and so - - mi A;i had Now im v; S'.tu'jt! tiie iv ii; do amount subscribed, see ho.v this worked. All 1- .1 - L lg, even tne poorest, een I: )SQ who fOCCi th-- ga-?ramenta collection that thev d monthly aid from collection, and that was largely increased, so .ad more lor their own neces- .-rks. and the addition of the luxury of doing good. And see how easy it made it come. Some who had given nothing, saw that one cent a week was more than half a dollar a year; three cents more than a dollar and a half, five cents more than .?2 iQ ; 10 cents more than So; 20 edits more than 10; 50 cents S2G; and so on. Many persons who had given only a dollar a year now gave 10 cents a week cheerfully, and thus Jiangs s History of the M. E. Church gives only a few facts illustrative of our early struggles and triumphs. Jesse Lee records but few. The works of Jen kins and Travis go more into detail and furnish us a more full account of "what God hath wrought" in our conference by Methodist instrumentality, but they are too meager to assume the dignified position of History, especially as they were chielly written trom memory and contain many errors both in names and dates. Our'earlier periodicals contain many facts and incidents worthy of pre servation. There are here and there a few old Methodists yet lingering a mongst us, who lived and labored in the days of Asbury and his coadjutors, in whose memories are stored away many things of interest, and in whose posses sion may perhaps be found brief Journ- "Within the bounds of this district there lived a local preacher, who was a small, very easy, good natured, pleas-' ant man ; he was believed to bo also a very pious man, and a good and useful preacher. His wife was directly the reverse of almost everything that was f-ood. saving it was believed she was virtuous. She was high-tempered, over A t'i I n r w i r.-T 1 1 r tr- ( r Tn a n-.- ii.ii'.i i:vu .iuv ivuuv.ij luu ititio one of the hardest cases I ever saw on this earth. I must record it to the j glory of Divine grace, I lived to see, j in less than six months after this frolic i with the devil, this woman waf soundly I .-. r',fi.l-J-w3 I'i.-l i P AVii ' ' orii n,u a a changed mortal lor ine oetker, iu v..i this said woman. Her childrefa, as they grew up, all, I believe,obtaimfd religion, and the family became a religions, hap py family, and she was as l.old in the cause of God as she had bcAn in the cause of the wicked one. From Ilarpur's Magazine. Doctors of Divinity. Doctors of Divinity are so called, it is sometimes said, because tljey are in the habit of doctoring divinitf, or their divinity needed doctoring; but more likely the title was derived from the former habit some of them hid of uni- ! tin-T the practice of physic wth that of trom temptation. Every suggestion of the tempter is answered after the man ner of the Saviour, 'It is written.' But Ite may be led to neglect his Bible. He may allow his business to become so piessing that he has not time to read his Bible, or if he reads it, he may not have time to meditate upon it and pray over it. Meditation and prayer are the means by which the word becomes incorporated into the soul, by which the truths of the word become living j truths in the soul. He who. from any ! cause, begins to neglect the prayerful (stated reading of the Bible, is prepar- i the throne of grace. He will fall from hig clear apprehensions of duty. He. will fall before the temptations of the great enemy. He will fall into sin. When a man becomes self confident. or puffed up with spiritual pride, he is mit, formed On the Westminster ha.-d The scries of papers published in the Examiner, a verv ovi-fllont ?.;, ! Journal of this ciLy. under tho sIa-h-.i. : ture of 'Roger Williams,' just If chal-: lenged attention, as they were Passing ' through the press they were corX-c.utiv .: from the pen of President WaylaiiJ, : than whom there is no living m-ui bet- ter qualified to make an exposition of! the principles and practice of the Bap-! tist Churches. No denomination of Christiana has been mere independent i of Crced3 than this. It is impossible j to lay hands on any formula of doctrine ! to which the sect can be held, and whou ; a writer, however learned and estima- i ble, propounds a system of the ology aa ; that of the Baptists, he is liable "to be! disclaimed, and his right to speak for ; others emphatically denied. Dr. Way- ' land, intimates that the Baptists have j no creed. The Examiner,' in which I hi3 papers appear, withholds assent even from this propositien. It says : 'Historically, a very large number of our churches are connected, we think, with one: and that decidedly i the Westminster Confession.' ""'ie'ir t Congregational brethren, in a day when j it was advisable, as against Prelacy and ' Papacy, to make the points of unison ! as conscience would per- j .1 nr . . ' . as numerous bearing, quarrelsome, and ayioient op ' , . aiminjr at tie cure of poser of religion, tehe would not "x )0,jeg as wen 0f souls. W e f member, her husband's clothes to goout to preach, j . . , , f man tricd a1 ' . 1 t. ' . 7 and was unwilling he should ask a. bless ing at the tabic, or pray in the family. And when he would attempt to pray, she would not conform, but tear around and make all the noise and disturbance in her power. She would turn the chairs over -.vhile he was reading, sing ing, or praying, and if she could not stop him any other way, slm would catch a cat and throw into his face while he was kneeling and trying to pray. Poor little man ! surely die was tormented almost to desperation. He had invited several preachers home with him to talk to her, and sec if they could not moderate her ; but all to nopurpose; she would curse them to their face, and rage like a demon. He had insisted on my going home with him several times, but I frankly confess I was afraid to trust myself. I pitied him from my very heart, and so did everybody else that was acquainted with his situation. But at length I yielded to his importu-i nities, and went homo with him one evening, intending to stay all night. After we arrived I saw in a minute that she was mad, and the devil was in her as large as an alligator ; and I fixed my purpose, and determined on my course. After suppe: he said to her very kindly, 'Come, wife, stop your little affairs, and let us have prayer.' That moment she boiled over, and said, 'I will have none of your praying about me.' I spoke to her mildly, and expostulated with her, and tried to reason ; but no, the further I went, the more wrathful she became, and she cursed me most bitter ly. I then put on a stern countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, if you were a wife of mine, I would break yon of your bad ways, or I would break your neck.' " 'The devil you would,' said she. 'Yes, vou are a pretty christian, ain't you V And then such a volley of cur ses as she poured on me, was almost beyond human endurance. " 'Be still.' said I ; 'we must and will have prayer.' But she declared we should not. " 'Now,' said I to her, 'if you do not be still, and behave yourself, I'll put you out of doors.' At this she clinched three of the learned professions in the pursuit of money. He sail that he first became a preacher; foras the soul was worth more than the; body, he thought people would ratherpay a man who would tell them what tley must do to save it. But he soon found that they thought more of their lealth than they did of their morals, -.nd he left the pulpit and took to pills and blisters. Not Ion"" did he stick to tlem before he learned that men care more tor property than they do forheir souls and bodies both. Accordingly he re nounced the practice of midicine for that of the law, and realized his own idea of the chief end of mai to make money. Secondly: In olden time it was not unusual for the itinera timrW"hodist ministers in the new settlements to dabble a little in physic, as doctors were "few and far between," in this respect making their visits just like angels.' At theAnnual Conference one of the bishops, who had a holy horror of quack cry, called a physicking preacher to account, and when his name was before the body, the Bishop began : 'Brother Ilibbard, did you ever study the science of medicine T To which Brother Ilibbard replied, with much modesty, 'I can not say, Sir, that I ever did.' 'How then can you, as a Christian man, venture to prescribe for them that are sick V 'Why, Bishop,' answered the humble preacher, 'I uon'tjdo much in that way, though I confess that I sometimes give 'advice in dhTicult cases.' ' 'Those,' returned the- venerable Bishop, 'are the very cases in which it seems to me that you should give no 'advice' at all.' ' 'Allow me to explain, Sir. I mean to say,' said the offending brother, 'that when I am called to a case in which I don't know what to do, I give my ad vjcc' and that is, to get somebody that does. The Bishop "ras silent, the brethren smiled placidly, and Brother Ilibbard as allowed to p. each and practice too. preparing for a fall. The heart is dc coitful, and polluted with the remains of indwelling sin. A diligent perfor mance of duty, and an earnest and suc cessful struggle against temptation, may give birth to spiritual pride. Those who have been decided and earnest in their Christian course, and who have thereby made progress in the Divine life, are sometimes beguiled by the sub tle insinuations of him whose direct temptations they were able promptly to repel. Whenever a man begins to feel self-complacent in 1 " x . exercises, when he takes pleasure in hearing himself spoken of as a devoted Christum, he is preparing for a fall. When a man finds himself disposed to regard his more devout brethren as j too precise and puritanic m their no- tions, when he begins to dwell on the j wisdom of Paul in becoming all things to all men, when he begins to act, as he supposes, on the same principle by con the Savoy Confession, altered from that ' only on the question of church gov- eminent. Our English Baptist breth- ! ren, in the same age, and acting on ! the same considerations, ehanged in the i Savoy Confession the portion., as to baptism and church membership ; and so arose the Confession, that every man i of us hold historically as our denomina-' tional creed. In the old Philadelphia ; Association, and in the Articles of,' Faith of more recent Associations and ; churches, it has been more or less re- j the paramdunY ufrfiWHyely. We hold i But creeds, as convenient and allowa-1 ble expressions of the opinions that we j judge taught in Scripture, and so af fording tests of union in sound doctrine, and as making proclamation of broth- j erhood in one and the same truth were, very generally, used by our fath ere. by and are not entirely disregarded their children in this nineteenth i e:r iiu:i !natio:.s to cr.vc ii.e car ?. :: l t iifj please, if it only bo the car of p! m-i.-:-. But the drive is tbroa'i rcpieis. of .-tr,p-t ition, and t award tbe iVi-titliil pr.-cipiet: ot" ruin. But faithful Sabbitii k-s.'pni furnishes better, ew u the best tn.in. et' th.-itbf; it creates a Usia-t. foratij rlber, :n I l.hereforo a p iwerf'al safcsMr-rd J'n-t i evil thoughts. . lr will keep y.ai IV ; n b hI boo'-. - -You '.fil; have kit :,pp !i'e stiat t.'.'I ! :.' tlid.i ; and a r-i-cn;i.tMit I Li wiil ..( r taut though t.hoy rn-iy "nave tbu fair fdor.-, they havu the. venom, too, f tlio serf '-a. We have never see) a Sabia:h keeping youug man fond of bad boo!;s. 1. It will, of curse, keep yn'l froai b 'd company. Your love for the bb ith wd; carry you, as a matter of course, into lu society of tho.ve who have respect unto mM the commandment of tin1 Lord. Vu will 1 oose symp i:Iiv with evil lo. rs. Wim tbe Sabath i:i your heart, y.ai mri::oi 'walk in the course of tin; ungodly, iv.r stand in the way ef sinners, nor hit in tbu .eat of tbe sconil'u!." y It will keep you from h-trf habit Bad trains of thought, and bad book'". :Md bad comp-.'.ny jro very certain to pr-'dwe bad habits. But the sanctified Sib:ith, like the angel that guarded IvM -ti, wiebla a Haming two-edged sword aLaiit.-t flumi :ill. Every hallowed Sabbath will h;-lp coiifrtn and fix the power of su i?r.:d Loukt, ;:iul (. U will keen vou in the ruth tW t I -. - the true faithful .servants of bid LaL- tn, ! d. n which, being the path of tie; ju.t, shiii tth more and more to the p i(V. t day. Young man! , re not these six r visors fnoudi to bind ywnr lieuit to tl o Sabb'itb ? You keep, end are kept. You honor if, it honors yen. You bind it to yout life in practical obt dienvc, it binds about jt.u jll tbt; virtues i f rclhiioti nud binds va 1 1 (lod aud to an eternal hoir. i i hcaveu. 1J 'init ist. A Profitable Agent. Tbe ltev. W. S. Langdon, Editor of the Banner of Peace, says: 'We werv once the general agent of the Ameri can Bible Society for X. C, ami the last year of our agency we travelled in our own privato conveyance, G,000 Lie tpcti.il.-, :r.:-. ; distribution of the Bible in the bt it". Wc raised the money, made the onuif, employed tho distributors, Hcttled wi-.h them, and paid them for their work, paid for ten thousand Bible ami Te t..mrt ruld this f.-ei 'ht onttiem..od 4ribut; d and p. ! forming to the world, he is preparing century- for a fall. There are a ereat many ways of pre paring for a fall. We must carefully guard" against them all. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. L- L- Eemarkable Conversion. Bev. J. W. Mills, of Florida, reports ! the following remarkable conversion at a camp-meeting held at Columbia : 'During the meeting Ave witnessed one very remarkable conversion. The subject was a man of middle age a universalist, and, withal, profanely wicked. He was influenced by a neigh bor to take his family, and to tent at the camp-meeting in a cloth tent. Be fore starting to the meeting, he told his wife that she might go to the altar as a seeker, and that she might join the Church, but if she shouted he would drag her out. After this lecture, he furnished himself with two bottles of ardent spirits, and started off to tho meeting, as he stated himself, to make sport anu have fun. Soon after his ar rival on the ground, the preaching reached his heart, and he thought that the preacher was paeaching directly at him. His feelings became so frightful that he left the stand, imprecating him self for being so far a fool as to have such feelings. Soon he was forced back to the stand by an unaccountable influence, and again left it, cursing him self as before. While away from the congregation he met up with an asso ciate, and in order to stifle his convic- tion3 as he mtormed us bet mm quart of liquor that he would go that l . . . , i . 1 7 1 niht into tne altar as a mourner, Be 'We want a EevivaL ' We wat a revival '-'wc must have a revival." Yes, no doubt you need it anu ought to have it ; but pray what is the use of coin0 on with an almost endless rcitera- fc .. . 7-7 7 . tion of these scutences, wnue you ncjiicci tbe means necessary to procure the end ' There cause to iear that in poift or lact you are seeking for the shadow rather than '. . i ii .,11 . 7. the substance. Allow us to ten you wuai many waut. They want a wider, deeper ;imi more thorough acMuaintance with the character of J.-d tae principles ol 1 1 is; government the requirements of his law j tho relations men fcu?tain to Him -thaj oblisratious growing out of those rebliocis nd the duties consequent upon them. Then thev want more of the spirit of faith j of prayer of reverence and humility i ' ti. ill I of meekness ana brotncriy iovo or pa tience and forbearance of self consecra tion and devotion to the cause of God less of the spirit of the world, its wealth, its ease, its follies and raslnous. iney want better hearts and holier lives. We speak of church members. lO secure IH'3 mere i wa-mn n;oie spintual-mindcdnes3 in the preachers more humility and love more fasung and ptaj-er in fcecret more faith in God and lote for souls more earnest, plain, straight forward gospel preaching more study, and earnest careful preparation of sermons and more earnestness and fervor in the delivery of them. Less love of e:ise, of popularity, of pleasure, of the world o-enerally more close and frequent spirit ual intercourse with God more holiness in heart and life less complaining and more praying less scolding aud mow weeping over sinners an cold hearted pro fessors more Bible reading and Bible preaching a deeper sense of the feeling, "woe is me if I preach not the gospel" move attention to prayer and class meet. h-A(i them an us salary besides. All this v.e did in . m1 year'in the poor old .North State, in :: is so frequently called. We mention this to show what an agent can do v. ho Our coiiospomh-"ce is v.il'.i during lo won. this yet: teen letters a nmounteu t. about ni ce!: in addition to .ur . . . .i other work. Vie did no m;re inau a. publishing agent can do in our Church in point of labor, and, p.;rhaps not half so much in point of books, nun, aud money.' In tiik Cou.NKR. Pro. House cf the Wc.-vteru, pertinently say : " L'an a nun b.t of much .service iu a revival, i-aiu u orcneo- 1 1 the other day in our hearing, wliiio mail ing au exhortation, ' if he fits offm one corner by the door, ami dot; nothing '! Can he be much revived if he even t botilu pray and sing way off there ia the dark '! Never! lt liim ict up arot.nd ti e altar. Let him go to work there. If he cannot swing the cradle in tbu wor'i, peraap ho .aa use thesiekh; or, if ho cannot the sickle, he can bind aud gather the hheaves. If he cannot do a great work, be can do a little work; and that little work each on0 must do, for in the vineyard of Go there arc no do-nothing laborers.' " Preaching and 1 rophesyin-j. A country clcrgyi.iHii, who, ot. Jsundnyi, w;ts more, indebted ta his m tuusmipt than to his memory, called unceremoniously at a cottage, while its possessor. pious p-r-i-ibouer, wa.s engaged (u daily cxcrcii 'i iu p.-irusiug a prg'raph of the writings of an inspired probhet. " Wcel, John," familiar ly inquired tbe clerical vUitant, "what's this you are about ?" "Ian. prophesyi u?" wasstho prompt reply. " Jirophc eying !" exclaimed the ast tunded divine; "I doubt you are only reading a prophecy ' Wcel," urged the reiigi-a4 rustic, " gif reading a prctchin' ba preachin', ina rcading a prophecy propho-ying'r ' 4 v
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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