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florid Car olimi filjristiait bkcate. For the X- C. Christian Advocate. There's Kothins true but Heaven. 'TbU werld is all :i fleeting show, 1 rr man's illusion gtrcn ; The smiles of j'-v, iiif tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful Cow There's nothing true but Heaven." j";r.,. ., j v.--5i char. -a ami diamonds fade, Sr.-: a wirts io wealth are riven; v.; vin;; time 'M forms invade, Tie -o..s, I,.-; i i;.--, Iljrht sinks in shade Thei-.-'d oothia true but Haaven. Creaii. J is jTI.-;lty fabric all Vv'iii ! e to arums riven ; T::- stars di.-i'.'rse, the planets fall, .'jnrttl.iinss tvek this earthly bull There's lathing true but Heaven. Fmijnrt :-s decay, and Xations die, f tir Impes r' winds arc given ; The vernal bloom in ruin lies, I:-. ill reigns ! ere all heiow the skies 2";jthii:g lasts but Heaven. ":'. world is poor from shore to shore, ' like a bast-Jcfs visiun ; T ! ifrv d-ones, its shining ore, A a i -r's.'cring gems sire mean and poor TLtc's nothing rich but Heaven. A Siraagc i:i ibis wori 1 unknown, IV.- ' i ' to plaee Vtn driven ; v.. . ..: . ; it.- , ,,;-, i ;ia ! I'm in gloom. a " y KiW, t the tomb mamm" ' 1Y, Had a horn-. i:i Ileayen. l.? waa.le- rs .f a stormy day, y-i.vi -.ra.a t j wave we're driven ; A--.J fancies ',) :a, and reasons ray Si-.e to light the troubled way Th.-ra's .luthing calm but Heaven. A:,; i-e -i"1 iizht on glory's plame, And iV.-ilag la:es of evening ; A-d i ve an i iiope and :: a ty bloom. Are id -.s -a:s gathered for the t rab .:. e's r. .-thiag brig-it bus Heaven.. fnmimiuirntintui :". r i!:e X. C. Christian Advocate. 11 i rcciililJty of Final Apostaey, de irnsaat; 1 Lam tke Holy Scriptures, x c :i ii r. u x x i s . 2:r. A T. ILjVv : d ho writings of St. Paul :';v"' o-mcs which Iiave been un !fi - ;isiJor;;tio:i, amply demonstrate the r,. ssb-iliiv of ilr. il apostaey ; asd we might iirro lay by our pea with the fuli perua sbvt that the proposition at the head of ;h numhers is fully sustained, Kat the oor- i l:-trii: ?a of other portions of the di vine records will &Uo a id to, and rery r.r.-.ch sti engine: j the view s! ready subiu.it te .1. I T.-iii introduce JX. Tu:. I. and II. ErisxLES of Pf.teii. Ti.ofo t;re gciier:;! Epistles, and are ad-Iros-c l tl.e churciics of Christ, in va r: : ::s coi-.:. ? .'liri'teudom S3 then evan-t;cii.-d. Ar.u while they may have been !:-. or.--ry for tha .'-afety of tho churches th ,!, we are sure that a like necessity ex- t.- w.w. lor tueir gen:-rt.i uisscnuuauon .1 .-tudy. Peter's iCoistlcf serji; to ho written to .r'VvT!;-- .1f7--x .'i'i.i (leritilce : esneciallv h.-.'e who vere suffering persecution, or vt' :r- otfwtre'i ;.. tenvo taeir country on ac-c-ou'ii of the -ospcl. and take refuge in Por:tiis, G.:i .t;a, Cftppadocia, Asia, and jj-tlivaia. Hi e:ciiwrts tliem to patience, sr.:. ..::!-;...;:, perseverance, r.::d holiness, t;i-..-r tile exua'pie, of our Lord; and ccn c):v t vi:i suit:1 lie exhortations to the -I ' y:.f to guard nal feed the flock of !.::." IVcv.-lier's Manual, by Dr. A. .hj, p. -id. Its la :- Epiiiles wo shall find some very strong and cogeat p:oofs, of the doctrine ;f osar proposition. It is true, the first i.p.'.-.iis oc-Ktaias nothing in a direct form :: :':'.". iiu'jjc-:. Thera are, however, some iatiai-iUcns iu ?evcral places which involve u-.i priiiclple : :ai, ia chap, i: G 7, and iv. "t.:--li. Amidst tuca tri lls hr feared that lii'-'t" gi'f-i iua't''p'Jhiiie'L', itVigntHot Ue h:;-:df u:i:y laaintaiticd, aud so they might h.-.-; thfir r-jwarJ. 'iLe s-coad Epistle, however, contains pz'jz? vo.y r-tn-ug and convincing testinio no up...a Vi'-i sJ jeet. This will appear Iroai tne i . i! ; iv m- iustaaces : i. i" . urg:j upuu thoiii the necessity of u-.-ntiau-i pr..gix-os:oa ia the acquirement A' ur.:y ail i io exercise ia practiad life, d vi'-uj r.ad grace contemplated in tl. .jC--..; of the gospel; assuring them, th:i i failare Lcrc-iu would end ia their hud apostuey, aad that this could only be j.ruvcni -d Ly aa unintc: mitting attention t -.it the duties of our holy religion. II. i'ri ':', i : o-ll. Uo warns thcia against " false pro-pu..-t-," who, he says, will arise among t and v. ill seduce many of thttn so as t vatue them toap(tatizo and bring swift : -truetttja upon then:, exposing them to tha da".au:itioa of hell. Aad iu support of this pr position, he introduces several in stauees iti v. uich apostar-y had taken place, itii-I tne sabji-;-ls were thus punished. II. Piter 11, entir-3. warns tliem sdso against the in iiauiiee of iiihdi 1 nolioas and the teachings in men of corrupt minus; whose doctrines would have a tendency to unsettle their minds, :iud so shake Lecir contideuee as to caue them to apostatize, i. e. "fall from their own steadfastness." II. Pet. iii en tire. 4. I'Vum thee plain aud strong points, the conclusion is inevitable; that St. Peter believed and taught that true Christians ;aiht fall from grace aad perish everlat ;ngiy. 1 his doctrine is clearly contained iv this Epistle ; nor i-t there anything cither ia t'.is r the First Epistle which stands in i p; sin.;a to this view. Tl: Ppi-t.ei of St. John, (though one would suppose to the eontrary,)'feach this a:ae uo'Ctrii.e; and harmonize in this re sp:;et. with the general .-entiaients of the Scriptures on this poiat. - This design of this troati3e" says a good writer is ' First, to refute, and to guard the Christians to wbm he wrote, against erro neous and licentious tenets, principles, and practices ; such as the denial of the' real deity and proper humanity of Christ, of the reality and eincuey of his sufferings',-Dd death as an atoning sacrifice, and theCas3er tion, that believers being saved by grace, are cot required to obey the command ments cf God. These principles beoan to appear in the church of Christ even in the apostolic age, and were afterwards niain tr.ined by the Corinthians, and other he retics who sprang up at the close of the first, and in the second century of the Christian era. "Secondly, To stir up all who profess to know (iod, to have communion with him, and to believe in him, that tliey walii in the light and not in darkness, (l.o-7) that is. in holiness and not in sin ; that they walk as Christ walked (11. 0.) and that they keep the commandments, and es pecially abound in sincere brotherly love towards each other, (ii. 4. 911. iii. 10 24. iv, 20, 21. v. 1-:J.) This rational and Christian spirit, the apostle enforces, upon the best principles, aad with' the strongest arguments, derived from the love of God and of Christ ; showing the utter insuffi ciency of faith, and the mere external pro fession of religion, without the accompany ing evidence of a holy life and conduct. " Thirdly, Tt help forward and to pro voke real Christians to communion with God and the Lord Jesus Christ, (i. 3, 4.) to constancy in the true faith, against all that seduced them, (ii. 24-2 Vs!.) to purity aud holiness of life, (ii. i. iii. 8-13.) and that those who believe on the name of the Son of God, may know that they have eternal life. (v. 13)" Home on the Scrip tures, vol. iv. pp. 131,432. A careful study of the First Epistle of John, in accordance with the design of writing it ; will show clearly, the whole strength of the argument from this Epistle, goes directly to maintain the position here taken iu this discussion. This will, how ever, appear mere fully, from the conside rations following; 1. First of all, it mnst be borne in mind that "this Epistle was addressed to such persons as St. John himself acknowledged as the children of God. This is an impor tant consideaaiion, as, without it, (though very plain.) cannot be fully understood, I. John. ii. 714 2. These "Erethren." consisting of " Fathers, young men, and little children;" he admonishes as to the indispensable ne cessity of conformity in principle an 1 prac tice to the doatrines and morality oi: the Christian religion : assuring them that, if thev failed hero, thev would be guilty of lying, and evidently did not "do J the truth." Their profession became an i : empty one, and tbey were evidently fallen ; from grace. I. Jolm, i entire, ii. 1 G. 3. He urges upon the " Fathers" &e. : the importance of social Christian fellow ship among themselves, for the purpose of assuring themselves that they were still the children of God : and trams them against i indulging bitterness of spirit against cue another, and the indulging of envy and ha tred in their hearts: assuring them that : such as cultivated these latter feelings had ! not " eternal life abiding in" them ; evi ' dently showing in these instances, an tn- tire apostaey from the Cluisti;:a religion. : I. John, ii. 7-11. iii. 10-1-3. ; 4. ilo warns these u Fathers " &c. i against the seductive influences cf false teachers and ar.ti-clmstian doctrines ; i because these would beguile them am lead i them astray; and reminds there, of instau , cos where such had already born the ease ; with wno. who UaH Louu ia iulluw-ibtp 1 with then and tho church ; but thoy had ! been seduced and caused to have tho fold of Christ. He considered these as hnai apostates, inasmuch as thry denied that ; je.vas u t i.e Christ ; and that conse- iouently, they were foilowers of "anti- ; ehrisi,"' Ac. I. Here then, we John, iv. 1-0. Ii. 18-20. have apostates of the very ; worst stamp. 1 hey hud boon Cnnstians, : both by profession and experience. It is j true, that there were sorai of tlieni that i miu'it. have been hyroerits, but thev were not all so; for he informed the ' Fathers &c." that some of those who separated themselves from them, (b.dng guilty, both of heresy and schism.) had formerly been " of them," i. e. they had been christians; but having apostatized from Christ and Christianity, aud identified thsmselves with those who were followers of anti-christ; .:r,.. t,. i: ..t -,--u not only as opposes of ChrLt and his re ligion ; but as thorough-paced apostates j from the salvation of the gospel, I. John, 'ii. 18-22. 5. To prevent such a sad catastrophe from over taking them; he exhorts them to a close and continual cleaving to the things which they had heard, so as as to abide in Chri.-t and his holy religion, that they " might have confidence, aud uotbe asham ed before him at his coaiiug." 1. John, ii. 24-2S. 0. From all these considerations, the conclusion follows irresistibly-, that true Christians, even " Fathers." may be se duced by false teachers and heretical doc trines, so as to be lei away from Christ, even "deny" him, cause a schism iu the church, and then a secession, and by a to tal apostacy expose themselves to "shame," when they stand before Christ " at his coming" to judge the world. The second Epistle, though short, also contains this same doctrine, aud teaches us through the instructions given to the "Elect Laity," that there is dangrr that a Christian may finally "lose tKe thiug which he wrought," ad fail of the reward of the inheritance. This, he assures the " Elect Laity," might be occasioned by tho de structive tendencies of false teachers and doctrine, II John, verses 7, 8, 9-11. The Third Epistle, intimates very clear ly that even a minister, (for so I take I)i otrep'acs to have been) through a sour and morose temper, may become an apostatate; and do the church of God much harm, by his unfriendly and unchristian conduct, III. John, verse, 9, 10. All these testimonies conspire to main tain the proposition heading these num bers; and show conclusively, that the be loved Disciple, believed aad taught the churches of his time, the possibility of to tal and final apostacy. Aud this view gathers 'strength from what he teach 03 in his letter to the seven churches of Ycurs, affectionately. PETElt LOUI5 Normal College, N. C. For the X. C. Christian Advocate The Faithful Wife. Nearly allied to meekness is cheerful ness, a disposition which is of great value in a wife. Some ladies are naturally of such a lively, sanguine temperament, that they constantly look at the sun ay side, and it is impossible to repress the buoyancy of their feelings to any great extent. Such a disposition ought to be prized more high ly than thousands of silver aud gold. The presence of such au one is hailed with de light, for she brings the sunshine of love to all who are favored with her company. And though her countenance may be occa sionally overshadowed with gloom, and her eyes darkened with tears, it is brief as an April shower ; soon gladdens those who are around her with cheerful smiles, and drives away the dark clouds of desponden cy with the melody of song. Others, not so gifted by nature, have succeeded by the aid of reason aud religion in overcoming the imperfections of their constitution, or their education, and have attained to a de cree of excellency in this grace that exer cises a powerful influence on their own hanpiness and on the circle in which they move. And who shall tell the importance of this temper in a wife to a husband's peace and happiness ? In the midst of the harassing cares aud perplexities of life, the toils of business, the pangs ot disap pointment, and il the ills of life, it would add greatly to his sorrows, if whoa he found time to bo at home, instead of being soothed aud encouraged by the gentle words and cheerful smiles of a true hearted, loving wife, he should be constantly per plexed and annoyed by the murmurrings and complainings of a dissatisfied and ill tempered woman. It is true, the hour of affliction will come, and the merriest heart will be overburdened with sadness ; and there is reason for joy eveu in this, para doxical as it may appear when first stated. Those spots of the earth's surface that en joy perpetual sunshine are entirely barren ; and those hearts which are never chasten ed with sorrow, do not produce the glorious fruits oi righteousness. It is good to be aillieted ; but even then, a cheerful heart doeth good like medicine, cut a broken spirit drieth the bones. "What language can express the value cf this loving, cheer ful spirit ? It is the golden key that un locks her husband's heart, and enables her to walk unchallenged through all its in most recesses. It adds sweetness to every cup of joy and extracts the bitterness from many a cup of sorrow. To such a wife the husband may, in his hours of dc.-pondency address the language of the bard of Avon: "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven wi.h my brothers erics, And look upon myself and cure my fite. -Wishing me like to one more rieSi ia. hope, Featured like him, like Lira with friends pos t essed. Desiring this man's art and thai m.'.n's scope, Vvith what I miiit enjoy contented least: Yet inioccOth onghts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my stale (Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate ; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth bring That then I Ecorr. to change mv place with kings." The faithful wife does vot destroy her health by a life of luxurious case, or by wilful neglect of the latrs that govern her , being". Why should her husband be a j widower anil nor ctuiaren motnerie?s ; . Sao does not injure her constitution by ex- j cessivc indulgence iu the pleasures of the ; table, by midnight revel! ings, negleet of. exercise in the open air, or by any sensuul indulgence whatever. She regards her ' health and strength as talents committed to Iter by Heaven, which fa ha may not under-value or heedlessly cast away without incurring the displeasure of the Most High. It is from want of attention to this duty that the physical character of our people is rapidly deteriorating, and that every third woman with whom we meet is an invalid. ' The lady of enlightened piety will feel it I to Kb a sacred duty to give the weight of her influence and example against that en ervating and sinful course that softness and needless self indulgence, which, if per sisted ia will make this a "nation ot hospi- j tils." Instead of runing night after night . to trie naunts or iasmonabie lolly, and thus ' laying tha foundation for consumption and a host of fatal diseases, she will retire ear ly, rise with the lark, and find her plea sures in the face of day, i;i these healthful employments of body and mind which ara ia harmony with the laws oi her being. The true hearted wife is a faithful keep er of the husband's sr-creis. Sao will not out of a gosripiug disposition, or to show ; her owa superiority, reveal his failings and ; infirmities ; but it will be her coustatit aim to hide 5ns faults and to give no oeca- j sion to others to impair his character or de- stroy his peace. In this respect, "the j heart of ker husband doth safeiy trust in her," and he knows full well that thn. pry-1 ing eye of curiosity, the rude gaze of vul-; garity,aad the machinations of malice, will assail her in vain. The sacred seal of se cresy is upon her lips, with regard to all : those matteis which belong to the home, circle, snd which may not with safety be I entrusted to others. In the day of suffer-' ing aud calamity, she does not murmur and 1 repine, nor upbraid her husband with his! misfortunes, but she clings more closely to' him in the hour oi adrersity. She will ingly goes with him into poverty, disgrace or exile, for " many waters cannot quench her love," " neither can the floods drown it." Her Jove is not like the transient glare of the meteors, but the steady glo"w of the morning star; it shii;os with un changing lustre amidst all the fluctuations of time. Or if there be any difference at all, it shines more brightly in the midst of the greatest darkness. It is the nearest approach that can be made on ei-rth to the love of Him, whose name is love, and who is "the same yesterday, to day and forever." From a work shortly to be published en titled " MARKIAG E as IT IS AXI) iS rr SHOULD BE," by Itev. John Baylcy. For the X. C. Chsistian Advocate. Memoir. Mrs. Mary Martin, the subject of the following memoir, was boni Oct., 2nd. 1796, and died in Wilkes county, N. C, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. David Gray, on the 14th of Oct, 185G. Macli might be said of this excellent, christian woman, illustrative of the grace of our Lord Jesus Clnirt, did the limits properly assigned to news paper obituaries admit of it, A short sketch of her character is all that will be attempted. In childhood and youth she was in structed in the fundamental truths of the christian religion, and well did she profit from it, repaying an hundred fold the pains bestowed in her training. Through her whole life, after she had made a public profession of her faith in the son of God, it may be truly said of her, that she was 'diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.' Religion added the charm Gf its sanc tified graces to her naturally amiable disposition, thus presenting to the con- temnlation of a numerous train of friends and relatives, as well as to socie ty generally, as lovely a character as can adorn fallen humanity, or grace the triumphs of redeeming love and mercy. Through unaffected and simple of heart as a child, yet did she not hide her light 'under a bushel ;' hut, in her life and conversation, she reflected the im age of 'Him who had called her to glory and virtue.' Iler hosnitalitv. her bene ficence, her chsirity, the 'riches of her liberality,' knew no bounds but the limits of her means. Ministers of the gospel of every name, if their conduct comported with their profession, met a hearty recent -" -t her door, and found a happy resting piace under her roof. A Childs, a 13 umpass, a Good man, and a host of others might be named. were kindly entertained in her family. Almost her last act before she "was stricken down, was to visit a poor, sick neighbor-woman, taking vvith her such refreshments as are suited to the sick, remaining all day, and reading to her the IIolv Scriptures ! "Who ivonhl r..if. lilo tn 1 f- tli us prnr.lovod. when sent for by the great Master? She died of Paralysis Sadden was the messa-e-perhav-s unexpected. Put , c ' , i , 1 i T the preparation hau been made ; she was ready, one nngereu a uay oi to, for the most part unconscious ot her condition, then lied away to her Fath er's house in heaven, leaving a vacancy on earth that all who knew her are as sured cannot easily lie filled. jXsss pue vis. For the N. C. Christian Advocate. Th.3 Uormal Professorships. Why call them the 'Soule' Professor ship and the 'Pascom' Professorship ? To the men and to the navies, I can have no object ion, as both have been personal friends of mine. Put they have done nothing for North Carolina specially. If a man's name is to be attached, why uot 'the Jh- m. Professorship V Euc I do not approve that. Lit no Pi-ofmsm'xi ' half unij name but Unit of him or her vrho acne it. That is my humble notion. There are many Methodists in North Carolina each of whom caa contribute $5000 a year for four years, to be invested, the iaterost to sustain a Professorship bearing his name. Or vsrhy ; -r.f..-li . 1 r-r ihi r:y- p osal be made that any Company in the Sta.te paying the 820,000, shall have the naming of the Professorship.- If Pp. 3as com or Pp. Soule has twenty such admi rers in the State thai each is willing to cive $100.) to Normal College, on condition that a Professorship shall be called 'Sonic' or 'Easeom,' then I she'd say Amen. If he lias not S'many of suelt friends, certainly no CoIIegD Professorh p should bear his name. These arc only one iu ns notions prompt- Iv cxr.ressea. ; o. iu. o J Tor i.o N. C. Advocate. Uncle Moreav4 Correction. Dr. Deems in his Jbermon on Sunday night during the session of the Confer ence, last year m upmington, matte an : interesting reference ti 'Uncle Moreau,' j whose name stands at the head of an ! article in the oth of Dec. No. of the j Advocate. ! ' Wo were iateresri-d with others we j heard make reference to tho re-marks made at the time, and still more inter ested in perusing th; article designated above. And as it was r id, no doubt, by nearly all the reader, of the Advocate, it would be well peri aps to correct in it a geographical error, or what we deem such. , The article says 'ie was born in Eas tern Africa, on the banks of the Sene gal river,' and that 'his family belonged to the tribe of Foulaho.' Now the Sen egal river and the tribe of Foulahs both belong to Western Africa, West Africa is defined to be that part of Africa ly ing ou the vrysft1 .r.-t, between the Great Desert and tropic of Capricorn, including Seneganbia, Upper and Low er Guinea. The Senegal river and the Foul ah tribe arc both found in Sene gambia. We presume it is not a typographical error of the Advocate's, from the fact the article continues to say that 'the tribes in Eastern Africa are engaged almost incessantly in predatory war fare,' thus keeping up the error. lours, affectionately, I. T. A Working People. The Moravians nre a quiet but working people; they have more Church members ia their mission-fields, than ia their domes tic societies. Oae of their journals say: " In the beginuing of the year 185G there were nine wission-fidds, sixty-eight sta tions, two Lundrc'iPand ninety-seven mis sionaries, nineteen thousand six huudred communicants, seventy-one thousand four huudred and fifty converts or persons un der instruction. Increase, three new mission-fields, with one station ia each ; twenty-six new stations, twenty-three of which in previously existing fields ; three thou sand eight huudred and fifty converts." God bless ihese good brethren ! Methodism owes much to them. One of their number led John Wesley to the "knowledge of the truth;" and his influence is felt to-day, wherever Methodism is known. Chris tian Advocate (; Journal- OBITUARIES. Died, in Yadkin county, on the 13th De eember, William Lee, son of Jmnes Milly Shook, aged 4 year?, 10 months, and 11 days. He was taken with scarlet fever on Monday, and died on Saturday following. The same parents have also lost an infant, of five weeks dd. But they snrow not as those that have no hope. These children have gone before tbem ; and th-y believe that by grace they and their surviving children will yet form an undivided family in heaven. " Is that a Death bed, where tho Ciikis tiax lies ? Yea ! But notzw : 'lis Death itself tiers dies." Died, in Chapel Hill, on the loth tilt, of Pneumonia, in the fifteenth year oi hoar age, Mary L. Sugg, daughter of Madison and Rebecca Sugg. About two months ago, she made a profes sion of religion, and joined the Methodist Church, in which she lived a consistent mem ber uatil death removed her to the Church triumphant. She was a dutiful daughter, kind sister, and amiable companion. May tins bereave ment bo sanctified to the good :f her grief stricken narents. II. II. I1UDSOX. John F. Long, died at the residence of his father in Martin county, on tha 1st De cember, after a short but painful illness. He was a young man of great promise ; and was very eager to obtain a good education. When taken with his fatal illness he wa3 at school in Plymouth, whence he was car ried to his father's house where he waited but a short time, until he was called to his Father's house. He professed religion and joined the Methodist Church in 1845, of which he remained a consistent member until his death. In his illness, he told his mother that ho had a premonition of his approaching end. While in health, his threat object was to improve his mind. Put in sickness, which continued nine d.ays, Lis whole interest ! seemed fixed on eternal things. He had ! o fear, no doubt ; all was bright and plain j hefore him. On Sunday moramg before i 1 twlnea occurred on Monday :i!"ot.) ho sung the hymn, commencing . c-RJ ... d,;lefal BOUml S ; , oa.i iu ,;;ri;vc;-. He died in ! and tuen ontraged m praver. ! peace and has gone to rest. Put little I more than a month before, Lis brother An : drew died ; and they are new together in heaven. The nlllieted parents cf these your.g men, had been blessed with a healthy family for twenty years, until six months aro; since which true lour of tho family have died. May the Lord so guide and sustain tho afflicted parents, that they may at last meet their soas in heaven, where parting is no more. W. 5. L. Miss Xsrcy W. Stilley, daughter of C. J. and Sallio Stilley, died iu Eeaufort county on the Kith November, aged 19 years, 11 months, and 17 days- She was converted and joined the Meth odist Church during a protracted meeting held at New Hope on Blount's Crock, in Auirust ISoi. She suffered much paia for several months from a disease of the throat: but she bore it all with christian patience and fortitude. Though naturally clinging to life, she cheerfully submitted so death, wheu she felt it approaching. She em braced her father, and cried aloud " O iuiuui X ,.. tv .tt., iiiv,tv lOvitMjr uuc thing that I dread ; and that is parting with you and mother, and ray relations. Tell them all farewell and bid them meet me in heaven, for I have made my peace with God, and am going home to glory, where sinking and shouting, will never, never end." In this state of mind she died. (Jut off in 3'outh, her end was peace. Com. Mrs Margaret Wade departed this life in Wilmington "n tho afternoon of the 21't.i of November last. She had lypg hoen a follow er of Christ, and had exemplified tho power of Chri-'lhirsitv ii". her usef-d life ae-1 her en durance i f i.tdieiiom For three years she was a buffering invalid, tn o years being spent in close cmdineuienr. The complication of disorders v.L'eh wore away life, inflicted up on her ii? eat pain, and rendered her at times ahvi-. st ti( l;. l'.':-s. But when the hour of death came z was a triumph. Her addresses to In i" child?' e. her paysici-n-s aa I hr friends upon i he subject of vital godliness were very inu'res-ive. Abont two boors before she ex pire -, v't:.'-' Ker f omds wera not apprehen i ing .: r.is-i'l a departure, she eelaii ed sud denly Wi'h-,-m Death." Itepfatwlly in fiss; it.ti:; v:: si c expressed her pt-rlWt faith in Jesos and h-r joy at the prospect of ss soon t ein s pr-.-sc-ni with her Lord. She triumphed g'orh n-dy. lost before her departure the oxtcod- d ft r arms sevi;d times io different directions towards heaven a" it' slay would clasp s'oo unseen l.rdng ; and then, diopping them, fell a.kep in Jesus. Shy leaves five orphan? nr. 2 a large circle of devoted friend. She wa-i a faithful mem ber of tho Methodist fcpiLoopal Church. Iler t'unoral was attended by her friend, the.llev. W. H. Bobitt, who knew her well raid bore testimony to her wonderful patience. May her children tread in her oiotslops. C. F. D. Departed this life, on the 2oth of Nov. last, at her residence Bear Frankiinton, N. C, Mrs. Sarah Conyers, in the 52d year of her age. Siter Couyers embraced religion about twelve years ago, at a protracted mooting hsl-i by the writer in the town of Fraakiioton, and soon after joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she remained an acceptable member until called to the church above. The writer vii-itod Iter during her illness and conversed with her on theVubiect of future her sta'c. She expressed her.e!f as beiug both ready and resigned. Soon after she fell asleep, we trust ia the arms of Jesus. She has left two sous and other relatives to mourn her loss. II. C. 31. Died at the residence of her father, in Taylorsville, Alexander co., N. C, Hester Ann Caroline Stephenson, in the 14th year of her age. Her illness was of short duration, but of such a nature as to cause intense suffering, which she endured with patience till death cut the cord of life, and bid the soul be free. Truly death 'loves a shining mark;' for iu his work of destruc tion, he has carried off from the family of Pro. Stephenson one of the loveliest flow ers that ever bloomed upon earth. Sister Hester was a good girl, of a sweet temper, and an amiable disposition. No one could know her without loving her and those who knew her best loved her most. She was as mild as alamb, gentle as a summer's breeze, and had as kind a heart as ever throbbed in human breast. As a daughter she was dutiful as a sister kind affectionate, and as a friend none was ever truer. We seldom find, among cither sex, a more inteiesting and promising youth. Possessed of a good mind, which blended with a noble disposition, was ealeulajed to make her aa ormarnent to society, and a blessing to mankind. She possessed iu embryo, all that adorns the female charac ter, aud had she have lived, no doubt she would have been one of the brightest s:ars that ever emblazoned the galaxry of soci ety. Put sue is gone and though earth will not witness the openina" of the flower that budded upon its besom, heaveu will, for it will bloom to fade no more. Sister Hcssie embraced the religion of Jesus and connected herself with tho M. E. Church, when lut eleven ycais old, since which time she has been a faithful servant of Christ, Her raetv was deep. more like that of a mother in Israel than a babe in Christ, She loved her God, loved the Church, though she made but little noise aoout it. Her influence was such, as is seldom seen in those of riper years. ! Like the stream that warbles clear through J the desert, nursing as it goes, herb and j flower, did she move through t;oeisty, blessing those who came near her. dJut she has gone. " Where she may walk the mount, that lifts ; Its summit high ! on the the ri dit hand of bliss! " - Sublime in glory !" ; Yes, she has gone. We shall see her no more til! the trump of God wakes tho dead. Her body lies in the cold, dark grave, but her spirit rests with Jesus. Her sufferings are o'er, and high ou the plains of inn ;or talityshe sweeps along amid Angels shak ing out music unknown to earth. Father, mother, brother, sister, friends, "Behold her yonder, where the river pure Flows warhiing d ovu before the throne of (iod, And shading, on each side, the trcaof life Spreads its unfading huu;:hs ! Sic ho.ss. sliB shines. In garment? white, qaaiTnig d ep draughts oi h.-ve And harping (,n IKr ):;;rp new barm-mi: s, Preparing for the 'tar of God, Most Jitrh. B. B. SilKLTOX. Dee. lath, FSad . Taylors vide,. X- C rnosPECTUs. The r-fcrth Carcliaa Christian Ad vocate is published weekly, in Ealcigli, N. C., by X. F. lb i 1, C. F. Deems, W. Closs, D. B. 2Jichos"-n and J. Jainiesm, for the Xortb Carolina (y.-nferencc of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It is intended to be a jamnj nrtn-j" i r, religious in tone and sentiment, and espe cially adapted to the wants of Methodists in North Carolina. j Care will be taken to make this paper in-1 tcresting sn 1 instructive t-j all as a ?'- ' ijioiis periodical, and a medium of the lat- j est domestic, general end literary iuteili-! gence, together with full aud reliable re-; ports of the markets. j TKUMS. 61 50 a year IN ADVANCT.. j No subscription will be r. ceived fr a less time than one year; and no paper will be sent until payment is received, unless an authoiized agent, direct the amount to be charged to himself with the understanding that he will remit it in a short time. T K II M S Oi' A I) V J' U T I S I S ( . ! 1 square I insertion $1 (Mill yfiare ' ne-eMis f:i i i -7 : : i - ', , r. .;- 1 u ! l Jo :; ilo l ..ii; i iio 12 -iv io t ilo tb) 1 75 b.i.-ii ':! on; s by the v:.';-.r : 1 tlo 5 .!-.) L' toi. ii- j.cr i-o.'ilraet. Tiv-Ivu line tuaUc n nqunro. ' (iii KEXSPOilO' PMALE COLLEGE. FA C LI, TV : REV. TURXER M. JOXK.-?, A. .M., IVesid-ut, and Profr.-.-i-r of I'.A'.cs Lett res and Xatural Sciero-e. WILLIAM K. BLAKK, A. M., Professor of Matheinutics an-1 Aniient Lan;;it ges. tiiko. f. woLLi:, i:sq., Professor of "Ju-ie. MI-'3 ITAXXrE T. SPEED, JII.Ss5 LUCY M'OEE, Asi.-tan-s in t!ie Literary J'epartinent. MLSS Al'tH teTA M. JIAtiLX, MISS CAROL! XE A. 15 LAKE, Assistants in :ho Made Depart meet. MISS S ALL IE Di Tl', Toae'uer en i uitor. Mil. W. C. A. FitERICJIS, Profassor of Frem-'i, D.-i vi:i anil I'a'mtii :-. THOMAS C. BLAKE, ESQ., STEiVAltH, MP.S. T. C. BLAKE, STEWARDESS. Kxpeancx K-r session of fit": t:ioth.-t ax i.'-a.-.s-.- The f-,lbe.v:ii-' arc tbo r-?u!ar t'olb.-;- cl.;..,-e for a resaon of tucnty-oioj vn-ks : liuard, (i.-'C-Iielini; fio-i-hed ltooais.ritenilar.ee. Fuel, W'a.hi: :;r,-i i.i-I.t.-,) r.a'i T:;ilioii ia all tha English bran. tie: $70 (oi Tiiciiitiaal Tax f-,r repairs, ! lit) Day scholars, for fuel 2 00 Kytiua. Music on the Piano or (Juitar, wiili ti.e use of the instrument $22 Oil. Drawing $. Stinlies in Heads, Ciayou, ami Pa-tale. JSO. Oil Painting $20. Latin, $ -. F.-em-h -SiO. (Jr.nb.iatin F $i. Th re-nhir fees are to be paol otic half ii. ad vance, the oilier half together w ith tlio b Iirt f,.r l ooks, ehurge !-r extra -ta.-lies, ,le.,at the ! .-u.o! the ses.-iu.., ,r interest in :1 c:io io be clja-c-l. To prevent unneessary exp. n.;. .-, an j too i.aaeh devotion to dre-s, a iinif'oria has been adoptnl Mazarine blue w or.-.ed for winter, so ! plain white Jaconet for s uunie-r. X'o pupil is nii.o.ved under any circuuibtanccs to i",!ra,i ilrhth -of lii.y kind whatever. The course of Study is extensive, and wisely ar ranged to secure a proper Uevelopiueut of the in tellectual fatuities. Iiistriierioujsttanatic and dioronli. (,'ovorr. mc-nt deisntd to secure );ood order, sn'-eess ins-inly, an-l tho development and eonliniiation of e.i ireet moral principles. The limitation in refer n ( to age ha been abolished, and arrangements hae boenin.de for the in.-truetion of those wh re preparing for tho reult r ollefe eour.-e. It es sential to suceess in tho higher and more Jitfu-iilt studies, that pupils be fauiiii ir with the elrmt tUny Oniucicn. any conic to tbs Iustittition sally deficient iu thi. respect. Feb. 1 3th, ISafi. 7 tf .WThe Fall Session will open on the Uit Thursday in July. EMOIIY AND IIENIIY COLLEGE WaSIIIXGTOX Cit.MV, Ya. Spring Scission. THE Spring Session of this Institution will commence. 011 the lith day of January next, and close, the 10th of June follow in j;. T u 1: ji s : I Tuition per Session, I Loan ' : Fuel " $20 00 J2 bt) 2 I Washinz A '0 1 0a Contingent Charge, 573 57 Tha facilities- here aSTor lc 1 tu t!i so dosinus .-.i aefjuiring a good collegiate or business eiuei.tiou arc superior. Those seeking a college tor :huir ons or wards, aro invited to examine tho advan tages we are offering, and eijicrlalh tie. hue raiei of ni'.r thtnc.i. A catalogue containing necessa ry information, may be had b addressing E. E. WILEY, President 51 low. Euiorv P. O.. Va. m ULLETS ! MULLETS ! ! 75 obis, lar-e d small size. For sale bv ZEXO II. CllEEXrL Dec. 20, 1853. 52 Golds fcoro" female OUege Till: i'riu- Senior in thi Infuoai-.n Cvumiit-iice on the f r. M.m-la.v in Jio.aiv, aud clufo the last Tljur.-.l.i in Xsv, In A FACULTY. " REV. S. M. FBOST, A. M. Fiesi hnt. Aud Professor of Ancirut Language aul Mental Philosophy. J. P. XELSOX, A.".M. Professor of Matfoaaaties and Xi ii.ral Sri once. L. F. Vi lli f AKEll, ESi., Professor of Muxic. MISS OLIVIA WKKJIIT. Assislant in Music. MISS J. 11. ;ILI!KRT. Teacher of French, Drawing and Painting. MISS In chrrgo of the Preparatory Department. Krpri.'s fVr tlio session ul i'iva iiunithi' . l.-IKiwi": Tuition in nil tha lCnlitli bran via-., J.aon f.nil Maincmativ'?, f 0 CO lioiir-1 (iaelu.liii WB.bii;-, Lih:. ninl fur- idfhcl Uoieii!.,) f,(i Incidental Tux lor r-r-air.. ( U Day Scholar, fur fuel. 1 ;,a Tuition in tho I'n-j. o ritur;- Dcoardiu-.it, UM i:xri:.v.s.' Music on tho Pin. o, with use ffl'm- ii,,oiaiipnt $2l',i't. Mii.dc on !i:o (iuitar $20. J'r.iwii J . Mu.lL't, i:i ,',-', Cra v..n ami J'.:.. (!!!.: Iiii.'iiu;" in WaU-r !i:r.-: io.il ';ix work, e.o U. 5 ii. rntal 1'aiiaO: f i .1. l'rclu-k $10. Ora.I i:iin i"e- 5.'.. Joarda:t.I Maii.u !.i! l r.i.l. ir.tr l.jilfutlf.c oiicBher. ami the .:Kt Kit' m the !..... t't'.o- e- ion. The ehirc f-r tOa -t:ol.--. I 01. i. r Look will bo exeertisl t l,e j.';il .-a the (l (be term. will bo reeeive.l in anv ! m- t: iho ff..-ion aiel ibarjrei' fiom ti e tio!.- ot'o.vir luo. fion; but after ih y enter, i-o tt-lin-t i-.u wrl bit . mole for aWeuce, exvej t iu tatvt of j.r- trusted i-icki; .-.-.. The (o vern-aeiit ndl be nn-l p.-ir :.':e. Tke Iutti -rction will be ih.r.ali: an-1 tiu t-ti.-i ? -par-i to develop the int. Hi et; i i.Itimlc tt.e u. r als, siol inq'roTe the i.uitaierj of n'.i j oia. - inittoil Id our i ;. re. Su uoil will l a!i..e-i i con a art debts in l-ir a, i seept I r tl.-' t i.U,i, t f l"-r pnvetiis r leir.iiao. The aeteil iii!y ( f o", :!,;. .-r V will 1 . .oival. e; vi i-;,- J to t-nt.. iu I : ,? i :i-. i j.a,t ,, ilo- .--nie, : inol its Lea'ah v. id .!:. no i,:i,t !.!;.- -.,:i kiiv ti.v.n i i f the ii. M. ai:... 'J v r-'i. i.'... Merit :. e (U-ti-'in-i-.-.: to i.'kj tl.in I'ol !,--;e i-.,i ( f 1 . best in.-aitutii us in the eoai.tr v. 1 . r ir ii!ar containai kll neucs.-ry ii,:'..i mat ion, rp, Iv tv S. .M. lTldsT, ia. fol.M.t. !::. 12, 1S.C. j PALMER'S SPEINfiS MAPI: ACADEMY. ; III IK 2-1 Session of this Sclo-r 1 ',, oen, on ; A the 2Ut e-f ,Ia:n.ary, LT. No j-aii..- will j he spared on tl.e pan of tho 1'. n ei al (. i vi part thorooo-Jj iie.!.-.!;-tioii to tlo s-' eotruK i ted to lita care. !tudt t may t . prt j arrj for i.-r-linury voeatioii? oi' lift, op tor ndvanred '. tla.-.-es in C'(d!ee. A .-t.ict oer-'v! t will he esorciscd over tho mom! el tho njidi. - Terms of tuition er .sobsh-n i f 11 months, Primary laio;i;-.ijt 510. I Advanced do. lU'.iH. ' Aiicient Ian;,uaM and Mai a 11. at ' s, 17. j The Academy i locaa-d ul i.t 1 I mile in 'a laatliCiii dirrctitai from Wrraotiii nod : llid;xew;iy Depot : iu hijrh r.f.d healthy fceo tiiai of oooiitry ; ia the mid.-t el u rtrii.ed in U-lii-tent, and :r.er;d riaatautdtv ; far rrnioT ' cd iron 1 temptations to icr. ;..at.l mav 1 oiirained in res peel aide lat:,i!i-, t i-exetjic:,; to the School, lor !?S pt-r iiuaah. I'o.- i'urther jairtiiaihir, uMre's t Pria eioa', ut Pahaei-'s, Spi .Mei k!' l-l or;' e Vh Vi. A. UltAMi:. Xov. 1 1, LHof.. -. .; ;:u. NEW HOPE Aiajp tun Ff::i!;: DIM KXI.It( ISL.S oi ti ie vi '".in i 1 s -moo of V this ilonri oin itistiteiioki. ;.it ,u;i-vl in the South We t part of Laudolpl. eootity, IS miies from A.-tiloro :u. I 'J") Oooi I ,. i 1: t-1. , n, will ho lcMJined en Monday tie oil 1 f'.Jai'. 1 xt, utidcr lh-; ciiar-e id'L. D. At.dn v(, ai-h-1 l.'V couipetoiit :i.--i-t.ti-t'-. Ti::ms: i;-:a-d (.-audit- nod w:;-! in. x-eeptedjf-a per liieftli ; Ttiilioain p:: i ary Eahsli, l-" ; Aril la.o tie. En li-h ( ;,-;u,i i.iar. &i-. iS : Jjtli-r Kti;;i'l, an 1 Jar.u 1 .;. ;! per se.-sion of HI sceki. Those who d:-sire t oht.ui; (hi ;-. 11)1 mo! practical cine. .ti. 11, at t he Last expot.s,., w do weli to try ..-w Hop-. A fnii '.-,., ii all 7v- ,, ...';.'. JStudetiis er ai ":od tuition fr in the Laie of cnterio r till the lose of tlie se.sio!, noi-p; jti ease .f prutracted sickio'.-. For foriher iiiforniatloi). address the Ptin cipal tit La.s iter's) .Mills, Ihmdolj.h. II. L. S I" ELD, v , f r. ard. Xov. II, l -,c. :uu. South Lowe!! hhW Ak&iuv. rjiHE Sprin,., Se--ion will :oruir,e:.,--i " fid Jn. S n.iry. Is.. . Tim J'.-i.i., J',s. H. S; ,., , JJ.. is an -r.olute of ilami-de.-i .Vi.li 1 r (..pet A., :i ivl Jias lu-e.l .-;i!-'u!a' iio-t-r -O.I ii- a, Tt eh er. e.Ir. .Speed v.i'.l be nx'.i I by rn v.,..tiei.H piai!:ii-.l u-i-ta.ia. St:nle.r e-t.i:o I ,- i'.ol 0,, vrol ;.nd at Diiiiaurs or llill-U.r. ' ..11 ('..ti.-al, I'.o i-l, -onveyan-es dirt el 1 ihe A- , i, i.-v. Tu lion if t-l-i-aptr t'aan at uuy '.ll.er n 'ion. n t,f aj gra-Ie in X. C. In El j-.i-h $ 1 2 1 i.--j.-.-1 1 i per fcC.-.-ioil. JN'O. A. Mv .MAX i.S, i U-ui-. X..v. SKth, j7. LEND I ft COLLECIATF IX.-'I'Fi I TE. Jj'of JUnkr, aiid Ft mule. -5. QITfATLD -l n.iiea O F-oad at M.-el 11. north cf the 'n.rl Enil :u!, li.u t-Llv o, I tiera oi.ia-i,i-rii mm mnston. LEVI UUAXSOX A. B. Ptiaciju! fil e .d Drpurtuicii t. LE0MI) S KEK.MAX, A-;-i. !-n t. do. .VISS SAP Ail L. HAMPTON, in thr it th Female Depa.-tno.-ia. AssisOtt-t of Femais Depnrtt i-.i.t. Board, exclusive of washing ed l;;;ia., ir ..5,0 CO Tuition, according to ftt..!:e.-. 7 ., ii: t:-, , !;1 ii ii a Extras, music on piano, wii.i u.-e ot ,i -iri- , neot Ii Fi 1. 1; b. tlraw.ng. pu ii,tin;r, eiia.roidt-r-i in -1 Wax-Bowers, en. Ii 5 00 00 Tho Malo Rii'l Feiiiii.'i- ia prlmeLt ; :e t i-tirel sep.irat. yet tear enoi.i.U, lor the -tu t, n s , t teed tho satuo church, r.i.d to enjoy all i,ee !-.-iy Lssoeisi.-wrot. The Ci.nreb, .SVho.-l U (,ir, ai. 1 I.o ;i i ini housts, Muall urtr. I'li'ji:, mid t , y ' ; - mi. a. Or.e hiii.-dreJ and fifty b.-ai der-t ali ee a-roiiiii,niJ. ted wi bin ono milo of tho p'aee. .-t. der,t- here have the advai.tao.-s p a-,, ij.iiue. tlnl lire f for led nt Coiliv-j. Tho amj In n -t n, ,:t.,j:l t t.. low ratf-i f li.irl nd Tu'iion, i, t:n-d e. uitiy location. ! ,vi!-fr. i c:, Wh !! i:ahb r,f l! i i iio rouaM ss a lo-tuo-tior., ami 1,1-f-n or botn to th'tse ot.-tiii.te .; u.eans, a,e nil ii.duee. mora- to th,. lowrs of Sei-n'-- ar.-l Mt.ruiiiv. I'd. ren's having .-oris mid dau-b'.ir- to idie-ate woi Id do well to consider th;- claims ol the.-e ?rl. . N ',ur teai-heis are tln-rouli giaduat,s of N'-imuI and (Jrten. bor,.li-h (oibg,-.-. Mild rmi.v j( -,r- I X -perieLee in ti;e-l.-ii.g "ar c nr- .,!' iiinr.ienn is sOn-lar to tUl of tiie above 1 r:s: itu. i'-i e ; i. M &a:.a-nts can be jriand to ei.tt r ii,os. , t r .,1 ir collets, in a-.l vai e i -la!"rs, r'.-aiitd ii r i.fh tiio entire con re here. The next se. .-ioii n'.'.l eoiiani n ' the Ul o Jan uary and ( lure the la-t werl; in May. Mi-,;ei,t ciiargod from the time of i i.frii,o to the rYie t f the session. Board and tuition te ju.r. ci it tha cltiMJ of the Fission. For circular n-i-la J tbo P.incipalat.Moselv Hall, Leni-.r to X. C. W. 11. C tXXl.Ct;:.M. See. Xov. 21, 1S:,C. 4,- If OYSTERS ! OYSTEILS !! BY THE nart and gallon. Fa mi Jin . ml oil,. rs suppaeJ with tiie b...-1 that . oni. to tbia u.arkrt. Sendj'.Sf orders tr,A thr tlireetly art-r AJain'a Express ''''' I'EPI'ElfS. Orders from distance, when aeeoiu; i r.it d ly the Caik, will be promptly atteLLed to. Ralaigb, Not. 28, 18i6. 4?-tf. i
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