HE FLOWuw
DVOCATE.
TUBLISIIED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. IIEFLIN Editor.
Vol. IL"Xo. 3.
mWMt JASCAHY 16, 185?.
50 Year, in Advance.
n 1 t r ti .
A Year Ago.
A year ago !
How mournfully,
How te.ulerlv.
The words, as lo some solemn music, flow.
Lon. lon aco mijrht sadder teem ;
Hut, lift forever moving on,
The present s.;oa is all as surely gone
As that far past we almost think a dream ;
The hand we grasped hut yesterday
Is now to us a shadow, far away ;
The V' ice that thriil'd hut now upon our ear
Has-WS-eJ, and we at best can keep
Vii:H.a !i.)cs, that must
soon so- deeply sleep
last is Ions asjo, the near
As tMi'T
i th distant, and we start
e ..:.,. ,A.t
lOW TO ('i;r SUUII loi'.-mu" "can
'iY.rever' sou'
ids scarce lorger than
a yea
A rear ago
He'sto ...1 beside me in his truth,
In all the glory of his youth,
The friend whose lika can never comfort me:
F..r now between us lolls the unloving sea ;
And what though hearts he joined, band,
l
voice, ana t-j e,
No longer ene
h to raeh make sweet reply,
As in that lwppy time, a year ago.
A year ago !
Ah! why must all things thus forever change!
Th unb 'loved, new and strange
Suppl:i.t the old we love and know ;
Then. riofs of griefs', grows dearer and more
darer, . .
Till Uvf counts worthiest that which is most
re ir,
An 1 time fast speeding on, and faster yet
Change and cblivion, we forget,
.Or imago JJinlv. pare by part,
"What :iea siirred all th? fountains of the
heart,
-In the time that is forever flown
That seems long ages and ages gone.
Rut is only a year go.
Time.
'Time 's an hand's breadth ; tis a tale;
''His a vessel under sail ;
'Tis an eagle in its way,
Darting down upon its prey ;
'Tis an arrow in its flight.
Mocking the pursuing sight ;
'Tis a short-lived fading flower ;
'Tis a rainbow on a shower ;
'Tis a momentary ray
Smiling in a winter's day;
TI o iT.nt'a rnnid stream :
'Tis a shadow; 'tis a dream ;
'Tis the closing watch of night,
Dying at the rising light ;
'Tis a bubble : Visa sigh ;
Be prepar'd, O man, to die !"
(Original.
Tor the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Patent Medicines.
It is a well known fact that nearly all j
Ae patent nostrums of the day are got up j
tv ignorant and unprincipled empirics, or j
bV avaricious dru ists nearly as ignorant j
J equally as unprincipled. The nos- j
trams proiessi
mg to cure diseases for which ;
they are worthless or injurious, are inten
tional frauds on the public frauds too of ;
tr1 r-lmrneter. as thev involve
the loss of far more than the mere money !
valu of the box, bottle or package pur
chased.
. These facts are understood and recog
nized bv most persons, but the
ignorant
and credulous fall easy victims to the (
franh of the patent medicine men. Ad- j
vexing in the periodical press is the j
chief means by which these nostrums are !
brought into notice. Conductors of mere-
ly .ocular papers, among whom the rule is T, ; f conscj j
t, throw open their columns to all adver- , ,
tieni?nts cioSied m decorous language,; . 1 . iUCJ U'J 1101 ;
and in accordance with the laws of the know whf lfc '3 to sPentl Peasant hours I
land, justify themselves under this rule injaic, unless the hours are beguiled by !
admitting such advertisements with their j the charms of music or literature. But j
accoinpaiiiameDt of puffs and lieing certi-
fientes for a consideration. liut with
conductors of relip.if.us pipers, how stands ;
the case.' Ihey aciopt a ainoreni ana j
- mi 1. 1 IT i 1
hinrVr rule, excluding all advertisements
of an irreligious or immoral character; for
instance, such as relate to the turf, the
cock-pit, or the theatre. On what princi
ple then do they admit these nostrum ad
vertisements to tiieir columns, wnen it is
obvious, on reflection, that a large majority
r.f thei.1, not only by stating palpable false
hoods with regard to their curative pow
ers, vi..laH-the commandment " Thoushalt
not lie," but also by the fraud contempla
ted, are attoirpts to violate the command
ment " thou shalt not steal," in a manner
which sometimes involves the violation of ;
another commandment, "thou shait not
kill?" Religious newspapers, from their
yerj character, are calculated to do more
harm than secular papers by such publi
cations, as hundreds read them who look
on them as guarantees at least of the hon
eSt intentions of advertisers, in the opinion
of the editors in whose judgment and in
tegrity they, the readers, have, deservedly
perhaps, the highest confidence. Iu oth
er word, are not religious newspapers, by
admitting such advertisement, lending
the weight of their character ns Christian
Journals to a frand calculated to destroy
V Z !
health, and in soma cases even life .
Vniitrent. with their character as w;itr-h-i
ises,
i:udidv..L:i as aLi;u-
taking the vie of this ui:itter set forth
ev of th
abve. would
vim; t a
r;:t"i;t medicine ad-
Tcrttsc'aient la n s columns unle.-s he was
willing to endure fr the v.-due of th
medicifr" T-'ere :it doubth-ss a few, a
tfrv iW aimm:; the v..st number f p:ite.':t
m-vliriuv's, wi'.uh
disease, m.'iv ! id
un .ft.
mg ti cure one
due ; but oitMdei inir
the ni:dl liumh r oi th'se. would it not
be a !-afe rulo f xchi- e all frmi t! e col-u-uis
t tht! religious press, exr- pt such
as the - d tor of the paper conducting it
uii&ht I e willing incividuaily to end. -rsc
err JIAV:E.
men on the towers of Zion ? I uian uo Ul!s v"l plunge into busi-
These reflections are thrown out with i ness ad -anything that comes to hand,
the kindest IVelinns towards the edit rs ofor sPcr,d thcir time in anJ company that
religious newspapers, individually and col- ic7 Tn:,.Y meet- Tll? only way in which
leetfvely, as there is probably no one among ! it is probable that they will be brought
their number in the United Stat s, who : to spend much time in meditation will
For the X. C. Christian AJvccate.
PLEASANT HOURS. No- 8.
BY REV. JOHN BAYLEY.
THE HOURS OF MEDITATIOX.
"By all means, use sometimes to)e alone,
Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth
mean,
Dare to look in thy chest, for 'tis thine own ;
And tumble up and down whit thou lind
est there.
Win cannot rest till he good fellows find.
He breaks up house, turns out of doors his
mind."
This excellent advice was given by
I Herbert, an Em
hsh poet about two
! hundred and fo
and torty years ajro, and is
! Quoted" in this nlace to call attention to
j .-ill i-l.-l - .1 "1 ,1 fl . nlnnnnim
If the ;r.i!titudes who p.oy so extrava-
Igantly for the privilege of getting into
a crowd and getting away from them-
selves, would learn the happiness that
! may be found in these seasons of retirc
j ment from the world, we should see
much less dissipation, and more of the
mind that was in Christ. No one who
understands and teels the true spirit of
religion will feel disposed to give way
to the superstitions which have prompted
thousands to seclude . themselves from
all society and to pine away and die in
dens and eaves of the earth ; the disci
ples of one who "went about doing
good" could not covet a place
"In those deep solitudes and awful ctdls
Where heavenly pensive contemplation
dwells,
And ever musing melancholy reigns;"
nor, on the other hand can such a one
be willing to be incessantly engaged in
the active duties of lite, and always ex
posed to the gaze of his fellow men.
The philosophic mind loves to be alone.
And though it is a source of pure and
exalted pleasure to meet with kindred
minds, and to engage in the active du
ties of life, some of the sweetest hours
they ever spend are in the retirement
ot the closet or in the solitary ramble j
through the fields and forests. It is i
then, if we will listen, when the din of:
business is no longer ringing in our j
ears, and the clamour of the multitude i
has been hushed that we may have the !
still small voice, whispering to us in ;
tones of lore, and exerting a hallowing j
influence on our souls. By neglecting !
to avail ourselves of these hours of re- i
tirement we not only become strangers i
to ourselves but to God ; and though :
the voice of God is often heard in the j
great gatherings of the people, such is j
the infirmity of our natures, that we ,
are perpetually making mistakes in this i
matter. It is necessary, absolutely!
necessary, if we would thoroughly know i
ourselves and hold uninterrupted com-j
union with God that we should seek
s.om P!f of retirement away from the j
.. , , . . ' . llIV-"t
I nan, iiattii, uicuiiaie, mm examine our
1 selves.
But solitude, even for an hour, is an
awful thing to the guilty.
To them it
j may be said, in the language of the
Hebrew prophet, "Thine heart shall
j meditate terror!" In this we see the
reason why the wicked rush lrom one
amusement to another, and why they
incessantly drown reflection in their
daily revels. They dare not think.
This also explains the course of many
un or,l .,n l,,..i m,..:
the true Christian, Jike the true philos
opher loves to be alone. It is then that
he has the unspeakable happiness of
Jookins? at the past with n easnrp. hi
- a . - - ""
sms having been pardoned at the
present with contentment, as God is his
portion, and at the future with joyful
anticipation, as the time is coming when
all his troubles will have an end. and
he will enter into an everlasting rest.
Many examples are given in the
word of God to stimulate all who read
it to the performance of this duty and
the enjoyment of this pleasure. "David
in the first Psalm, describes the happi
ness of the man who meditates in the
jaw 0f j-ne
Lord day and night, and
thus impresses his mind and heart with
the truth of God, which is the proper
food of the soul. When we consider
how little of religious meditation
there is among professing christians,
we shall not be surprised at the low
state of religion among them. They
win read many dooks and papers, hear
many sermon3 from a great variety of
preachers; but for this work of reflect
ing on what they hear or read, for this
work of self-examination, and self-ap-
plication of the truth to their own ca-
iney nave miic rensn. jxather
. 1 -lit .
bo, by doing confanen to a chamber of
afilietion ; rnd if this should ever take
place, their sickness will be a real bles
sing to them, for it may save them from
the fate of the unreflecting soul who is
lost lecaic he did not like to think.
If, however, any should desire, without
being lashed to it by afflictions, to im
prove in wind and heart, to become
more holy, useful and huppy, and to
make sure work for a place at God's
right hand, let that one deny himself
sometimes at least, of the pleasures o
social intercourse, and spend some time j whom we have elected to rule our coun
alone. Let him "commune with his try, you shall make such and such
own heart and be still.' "
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
Giving doth not Impoverish !
In scanning the History of Educa
tion, Literature, and Science, in this
country, Ave have been pleased to see
11T t , 1" !
so many valuable donations, wmcn
have been already made by individ
uals, in different States, to maintain
colleges and scientific institutions.
Independent of the annutil appropri
ation of a portion of the public revenues
in some of the States to educational
purposes,mostly of a popular character,
and the gorge of endowments of Uni
versities, in the new States, by the do
nations of broad tracts "of the public
domain for these purposes, by the Gov
ernment, and for the right use of which
posterity will hold the present genera
tion of Legislators in these States to a
solemn reckoning the great work of
building up institutions for the increase I
I ot knowledge, m the higher, and more
practical departments, has Leen done
by indviduals. It is a fortunate omen
of a still brighter future, that from
small beginnings in the days of our
poverty from the gifts of a few sticks
of timber a few books, a few acres of
land, and a few dollars, we now read of
donations and bequests which are rec
oncd by thousand and hundreds of
thousands of dollars, flowing out of the
abundance of accumulated fortunes.
Men of ample means begin to feel the
luxury of doing good. They see that
a wise endowment for the diffusion of
knowledge, the discovery of the laws of
nature, the application of the princi
ples of science to the useful arts, the
conservation of good morals, and the
sciences, the spread of religious truths,
is in the best sense of the term, a good
investment, an investment productive
of the greatest amount of the highest
good, both to the donor and his poster
ity. To the increased liberality of men i
of large means, either in this associated
or individual action, mast we look for
the multiplication and still greater dc
velopment of our literary and scientfic
institutions.
We cannot look to the government
to promote the numerous local institu
tions of this character, which this age,
and country require. And even if we
had a government fitted and disposed
to establish such institutions, the evils
oonnockvl -nliU t'ltcli management by
officials, appointed more from conside-
rations ot party success an t service
tb:m nnvsnnnl fitness, would rrirmlo thr
good these institutions would otherwise !
: . . . . '
accomplish. hatever these fetate in
stitutions can do, had better be done
by incorporated associations, aided by
individual subscriptions, to be held re
sponsible, by periodical inspection and
reports, to the State and to public ojjin
ion. The heart of philanthi'opy and Chris
tianity willhonor in everyfiting way,men
who appropriate a portion of their
wealth to the endowment of charitable
and educational foundations.
In noticing the most munificent ben
efactors of science, and describing the
condition of the institutions which their
well-timed acts f liberality have crea
ted and endowed, we shall not lose
sight of such men as Abbott Lawrence,
John Harvard, James Smithson, John
Jacob Astor, Peter Cooper, John Low
el, jr. James Wadsworth and Ed.
Dwiqht. By these acts, they have rev
ered the sentiment of Shakspeare, and
the evils they did are buried with their
bones their good deeds live after them.
These acts are more to be coveted and
are more honorble than the highest po
litical stations in our country, secured
as they often are by time-serving.
They impress on us, and unborn mill
ions, the great truth, that our talents
are trusts committed to us for use, and
to be accounted for when the Master
calls. These acts will enrich their de
scendants in a way mere money never
can do. They were not contented with
reigning in the dispensation of happi
ness, during the contracted term of hu
man life, but strained with all the
grasping of virtuous minds,to extend the
dominion of their bounty beyond the
limits of nature, and to perpetuate
themsalves as blessings through gener
ations. Such men, will be honored while
living, and held in sacred remember
ance when dead. Their names will find
a place in the orator's theme, and be
caught up by the poets song to find a
place in the hearts of a gateful people.
THALIA.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
For AH.
Mr. Editor : Having had a desire
for some time to lay before the Church,
a few ideas for their consideration, 1
now avail myself of the apportunity.
We find that there is almost a universal
preference manifested in the minds of
the people of our country, both politic
al and religious, as tt the man whom
they wish to be placed in authority
over them
This we think all to be right. It is
our duty to look both to the welfare of
our church and State. But are
after we have elected and sent f ) t
men to rule both our church and S ate.
then to rise up and say to the man
laws ? Or to the preacher who has the
circuit, you must preach so fast, so loud
and long, or we will not have you ? If
this be the case, I can see no use of
sending men to the Legislature to make
laws for our country, or preachers on
their circuits to preach to the people.
Do we not see this spirit often manifes
ted, especially in the church ? Such a
spirit is deadning,both to religion and to
the feelings of preachers, in particular
the young preachers, because we think
the cross of the ministry as much as
the young preacher can bear, aided by
our prayers and encouraging advice.
" Do the very best you can and the
Lord will bless ym." There is the
young mir.is; Y'-.uv .has lately taken
up the cross of the ministry, he is sent
into a foreign land among strange peo
ple, he has left father and mother,
brother and sister, to try to preach to
that people for their good ; and after
trving to preach to them a few times,
hears that there are objections urged as
to his manner of speaking. He speaks
too fast, too loud or too long, or his
ideas are too scatteritg, he is not elo
quent enough, and various objections
are urged, which are calculated to dis
hearten, embarrass and deaden the feel
ings of the young pnacher. Now if
the Conference has thought enough of
us to send them amoig us, let us re
ceive them as our mnisters, and let
them preach for us the best they can,
and that is all we ask of them..
ZOAR.
Yes ; that is the spirit in which the
preacher should be recived. If he is a
young man, whose maimer of public
speaking is not yet fixed by habit, he
will kindly receive, and profitably use
any advice which may be given in the
right way by his friends, for his im
provement. To him, toll his faults, if
you must tell them at all ; to others,
speak only of his excellencies. Give
to the young preachers, the benefit of
your prayers, your counsel, and your
encouragement.
Editor.
Idrrfimii
Rev. Peter Cartwright's Autobiography.
LUDICROUS OCCURRENCE.
To show the ignorance the earlv
iUetriodiit preachers n
within the Western wilds, I will relate
an incident or two that occurred to Wil-
son Lee in Kentucky. He was one of
i - t t 1 1
the early pioneer Methodist preachers
sent to the West. He was a very sol
emn and grave minister. Atone of his
appointments, at a private house on a
certain day, they had a motherless pet
lamb. The boys of the family had
mischievously learned the lamb to butt.
They would go near it, and make mo
tions with their heads, and the lamb
would back and then dart forward at
them, and they would jump out of the
way, so that the sheep would miss
them.
A man came into the congregation
who had been drinking and frolicking
all the night before. lie came in late
and took his seat on tie end of a bench
nearly in the door, and having slept
none the night before, presently he be
gan to nod; and as he nodded and bent
forward, the pet lamb came along by
the door, and seeing this man nodding
and bending forward, he took it as a
banter, and straightway backed and
then sprang forward, and gave the
sleeper a severe jolt right on the head,
and over he tilted him, to the no small
amusement of the congregation, who
I all burst out into laughter ; and grave
I as the preacher, Mr. Lee, was, it so ex
cited his risibilities that he almost lost
his balance. But recovering himself a
little, he went on in a most solemn and
impressive strain His subject was
the words of our Lord : 'Except a man
deny himself, and take up his cross, he
cannot be my disciple.' He urged on
his congregation, with melting voice
and tearful eyes, to take up the cross
no matter what it was, take it up.
AX EXHORTATION LITERALLY OBEYED.
There were in the congregation a
very wicked Dutchman and his wife,
both of whom were profoundly igno
rant of the Scriptures and the plan of
salvation. His wife was a notorious
scold, and so much was she given to
this practice, that she made her hus
band unhappy, and kept him almost
always in a perfect fret, so that he led
a most miserable and uncomfortable
life. It pleased God that day to cause
the preaching of Mr. Lee to reach
their guilty souls and break up the
great deep of their hearts. They wept
aloud, seeing their lost condition, and
they, then and there, resolved to do
better, and from that time forward to
take up the cross ane bear it, be it what
it might.
The congregation were generally
deeply affected. Mr. Lee exhorted
them and prayed for them as long as he
consistently could, and, having another
appointment some distance off that eve
ning, he dismissed the congregation,
got a little refreshment, saddled his
horse, mounted, and started for his eve
ning appointment After riding some
distance, he saw, a little ahead of him,
a man trudging along, carrying a woman
on his back. This greatly surprised
Mr. Lee. lie very naturally supposed
that the woman was a cripple, or had
uuii, iierseu in some way, so thatshOj usme aimed at some oi tue capital
could not walk. The traveler was a ' sms of man and womankind, which
small man. and tho woman larocA nml
heavy.
Before he overtook them Mr. Lee
began to cast about in his mind how he
could render them assistance. When
he came up to them, lo and behold, who
should it be but the Dutchman and his
wife that had been so affected under
his sermon at meeting. Mr. Lee rode
up and spoke to them, and inquired of
trie man what had happened, or what
was the matter, that he was carrying
his wife.
The Dutchman turned to Mr. Lee
and said. "Besure you did tell us in
your sarmon dat we must take up de
cross and follow de Saviour, or dat we
could not be saved or go to heaven, and
I does desire to go to heaven so much
as any pody ; and dish vife is so pad,
she scold and scold all do time, and
dish woman is de createst cross I have
in de whole world, and I must save my
soul!"
Ycu may be sure that Mr. Lee was
posed for once, but after a few moments
reflection he told the Dutchman to put
his wife down, and he dismounted from
his horse. He directed them to sit
down on a log by the roadside. He
held the reins of his horse's bridle and
sat down by them, took out his Bible,
read to them several passages of Scrip-
j ture, and explained and expounded to
j them the way of the Lord more per-
tectly. lie opened to them the nature
of the cross of Christ, what it is, how it
is to be taken up, and how they were
to bear that cross ; and after teaching
and adv ising them some time, he pray
ed for them by the roadside, left them
deeply affected, mounted his horse, and
rode on to his evening appointment.
From the Christian Advocate & Journal.
Baptist Troubles.
Our Baptist brethren have lately had
serious troubles about their Sectarian
Bible Society. Their noble missionary j
work seeni3 now threatened with calam
ity. The policy of the Boston Board
of Management and their ' Deputation'
have provoked intense hostility through
out the Homo Churches, and were we
to judge from their own papers, the
cause itself is seriously periled. The
' It is with profound regret that we
record the crowing tendencies to diver
gence and alienation in our
missionary operations, a cause
foreign
around
which have clustered for so many years,
the most hallowed teelings of our de
nomination, in which so many valued
lives have been piously sacrificed, so
much treasure expended, and such brill
iant success achieved. We would allay
rather than exasperate these tenden
cies; tho' it would be dangerous to the
cause, as well as treacherous to the pub
lic, to ignore the fact of their existence.
Our conviction is, and it is apainful con
viction, that without receding from
their extreme positions and making
peace with the disaffected missionaries,
the executive and officers cannot lon
ger act as the organ of our united
Northern Churches The deputation
movement in itself, and still more in its
consequences, was a great error.
and
must be receded trom in some way or
other, the sooner the better.'
This paper proceeds to state that
its letters on the subject are alarming.
It quotes from eminent sources :
'Both are conciliatory, but, like the
heaving mass which keeps down volca
nic fires, they reveal the strength of the
underlying feeling, and show, as clear
as demonstration, that an explosion
must sooner or later ensue. Nothing
can prevent this result but a discreet
provision in executive policy to give
the struggling, heaving element a safe
mode of escape. Have our friends at
Boston the wisdom to meet this crisis?
Have they any share of that consum
mate tact in British statesmanship
which consists in leading a popular
movement which it cannot eocrce and
conquer ? We shall see.'
We regret these trials of our sister
Church. All evangelical Christianity
in the land must share in their effects.
In connection with the late Bible trans
lation difficulties, they cannot fail to
impair much the moral bearing of the
denomination before the American pub
lic. Infidels, and scorners especially,
will not fail to make disastrous con
structions and inferences. American
Protestanism generally has a deep in
terest in the Baptist Missions ; they
have been a source of national Chris
tian honor to us. The names of Judson
and their other heroes are our common
property and pride ; and any serious
disturbance of this noble missionary
work cannot fail to be felt as a com
mon affliction to us all. Let our Bap
tist brethren see to it,then, that a mag-1
nanimous spirit of Christian moderation
and forbearance shall preside over the
dispute. Almost any sacrifice short of
moral principle itself, had better be in
curred than the rupture predicted by
the Chronicle.
Learn to forgive, lest you hi eak the
uridge over which you must pass ; a thou
sand errors of your own may plead for for
iveness.
Declaration of War from an 21. D.
! The Seatyel, for November, ha3 a
! amounts to nothing less than a medical
declaration of war. Hear him
Come here, thou filthy, stinking, njs
ty, contemptible-tobacco chewer, whose
breath would poison our sewer, and
whose slabbered lips would frighten
away a night scavenger ! here, take
the Scalpel m thy trembling hand, and
read thy doom ! Wij,t thou make re
spectable muck ? Throw away thy to
bacco ! Get into a big spittoon and let
the water run over and through thee
.for the next two months ; then get into
a vinegar vat, and undergo a thorough
pickling, and by the fourth, of March
next mayest thou become a decent
citizen,
Hallo ! you rollicking, hiccoughing,
stupid and spewing spalpeen of a drunk
ard : lie down in that putter and hear
patiently our fervid virulence. What
.
in the name of decency and manhood,
are you about putting that Beelzebub
compound of alcohol, aquafortis and
alum into your alimentary stew-pan ?
Here, take this ; it is one of our emet
ics. Swallow it down and vomit it ur.
and let us swab you out with wormwood
tea and some of our Capsicum Catsup.
We know what's good for you. Hand
over your money, and set your mud
dled bram (it you have any left) to
work on its pages, and go any where
that we send you Blackwell's Island,
if we say so ; but go at once and have
our prohibitory liquor law enforced at
the point of The Scalpel. Give up the
liquor, or give up your carcass for dis
seetion. Let conscience or the crown
be satisfied.
lou tak snuff, do you? Well, if
your nose is c no more worth than to
make a dust-hole of, let's make your
mouth a garbage barrel ! Here, open
it, and let us put these withered cu
cumbers and rotten apples and cabbage
in! Hold! there are some stinking
scraps of scrofulous cow beef, and some
cigar ends that have been twice smoked
and sucked ! Stay ! there's a few
rotten onions, and the contents of a
spittoon from the grocery store, where
you go to buy your dinner. Don't be
angry. It's just as nice as any of your
urinated, excremented, dried and
ground snuff! We shall have to put
your nose under the hydrant until win-1
ter. and then, becin to apply ml an1
turpentine until spring.
My dear Miss Letitia ! why do you
wear tight boots and high heels ? Your
fascinating foot will be spoiled. The
pressure will make the toes swell. You
will have most agonizing pains from
corns, and swellings from bunions. The
beauty of your feet will be lost, the
springing gracefulness of your tread
will be cone : the legs will be stiff and
painful, and you cannot dance the fas
cinating schottishe ; you will have to
shuffle and arable like a spavined nag,
and perhaps your ankles may give out,
and you be lame for life.
You can cultivate and improve your
natural possessions and gifts of body
and mind, but you cannot alter or
change them for the better. Your foot
is just the right size. Take care of it,
wash it, rub it, keep it clean and warm,
and cultivate every toe and joint, and
make it an elegant and reliable carriage
for the body. If you put it into bonds
and imprisonment, expect an ugly and
troublesome enemy. A compressed
foot is one of the most awful of bothe
rations. Pray you avoid it !
O madman ! I tell you it is thor
oughly outrageons ! I was speaking to
you, Lady Veroncio Perfect ! Well,
sir, pray what is " thoroughly outra
geous ? Your dress, my lady. And
pray, sir, what is my dress to you ? An
abomination, madam. And your Scal
pel to me is an impertinent bore. I
shall dress as I please, sir. I wish you
would, madam. At present you dress to
please that vulgar mob of fools called
" The Fashion." You who have such
good taste and cultivated understand
ing, to put yourself in a shape of a
parachute, and be hooped up like a
hogshead of sugar, with tackling enough
about you for a packet ship! You, ought
to be ashamed of it! With a shell on
your head and a dry goods store about
your heels. Are not you a foolish wo
man to make yourself a slave to the dry
goods seller and dress maker ? You'll
fill the Crystal Palace alone soon !
Why you'd positively have to undress
in the entry, if you came to see us, for
you could'nt get into the doorway of an
ordinary parlor as ou are. What will
become of you at the equinox ?
A Skeleton On Devils.
'And in the Synagogue there was a
man which had a spirit of an unclean
devil, and crying out with a loud voice
saying : Let us alone ; what have we
to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth?
Art thou come to destroy us ? I know
thee, who thou art; the Holy one of
God. Luke vi. S3, 31.
Notice. I. Persons were possessed
of devils. Of this we have many evi
dences in Holy Writ.
1. A devil is an adversary; a mali
cious and evil spirit.
2 Such devils possessed persons who
attended the 'synagogue.'
3. Persons are yet possessed of evil
d malicious spiprts.
i
I 4. These spirits may possess person."
now, who are church members.
II. The character of this spirit, an
unclean devil.'
1. This implies that there also were
some clean devils.
2. These spirits are different in their
characters; but the same is their nature.
All devils.
3. There are tho spirits of l'ahion,
of dancing, etc., etc., which may be de
nominated clean devils. But the spirits
of drunkenness and of murder ctz.t
etc., may be called unclean devils.
III. The conduct of this spirit.
He cried with a loud voice.'
1. This spirit calls through t'le
means of the Press ; and U heard
through the length and breadth of the
land, in the demoralizing literature,
which books, pamphlets, and even
sometimes daily papers scatter abroad.
2. What ho says. Let us alone !'
This is his language. 'Let us alone,
mind your own business ; but don't
meddle with ours. Our concerts, dan
ces, exhibitions, and midnight revelries,
etc., etc.
3. It asks : ' Art thou come to de
stroy us?' Wilt thou deprive us of our
pleasures? We know thee, and thy
intentions. Go thy way; what have wo
to do with thee ? or what hast thou to
do with us ? Religion is good in its
place ; but,' etc., etc.,
Conclude. 1. By holding this glass
from your instrument before his vision,
and let him see what shape he is in, tho
company he keeps' and the cause he
advocates.
2. Tell him where, and when relig
ion is in its place ; namely in the heart,
and how that heart will be clnngod by
its influence, so as not to delight in tip
pings of ' tho light fantastic toe' any
longer ; how its possession will clear a
persons vision, enlarge his heart, and
make tho simple wise. Dayton A'ct
yious Telescope.
An Impressive Scene at a Conference-
The Tuskegee (Ala.) True Union, in
noticing tho closing of the late Metho
dist Conference, publishes a scene at
tending the return of Hon. II. W. Ilil
liard, for many years member of Con
gress from that State, to the ministry.
The Union says :
Mr. Ililliard had been alluded to in
connection with a proposition which was
before the Conference, .to est ibjiih a
"Methodist newspaper in the cdy ot
Montgomery, as its probable editor,
and the prospect of aaquiring him as a
member of the Conference, was urged
as a reason for the establishment of the
paper. Tho argument was responded
to by tho Itcv. T. 0. Summers, in a
seeming spirit of levity. Mr. Ililliard
arose and announced to the Bihhopof
the Conference, and tho whole audi
ence, a long-life purpose to return to
the work of the ministry; and, turning
to Bishop Pearce said, with dcp emo
tion, solemn, moving, and pathetic
emphasis
I give you my hand, my brother in
this great work! Henceforth our
paths of life shall not diverge! I come,
in the maturity of my manhood, delib
erately to lay my heart, intellect, and
whatever of trophies I may have won
in other walks of life, professional or
political, humbly at the foot of tho
Cross with motives which befit the ser
vices of my Master.
'Let it be distinctly understood, that
no vote which this Conference may take
upon the pending proposition, can af
fect my resolution to give myself to this
work. At home and abroad in my
solitary journeyings or standing in
the palaces of Kings, I have seen the
beginning and the end of earthly great
ness. 'Intimately associated with some of
the first living statesmen of this ago
and country, I have seen them pass
away from this earth! Sir, I
kuow the vanity of earthly things I I
come humbly; but I come preserving
that self-respect, w ithout which I should
not be meet for tne Master's service.
'I ask nothing from this Conference
on my personal account! Let the vote
have no reference to me. No, no sir!
I have never lowered my crest when fa
cing political parties in the day of bat
tle. I preserve my self-respect, but I
desire to achieve somewhat that shall
enable me, when the world burns up, to
be recognized by the Great Head of
the Church a3 a friend of Christ and to
take my place, however humble, among
the Martyrs and Saints who loved and
served Him on earth!'
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Early Prices. Abraham bought a
piece of land fora burying place. He
paid 400 shekels of silver. The lowest
sum at which a shekel is estimated is
about fifty-six cents. This would mako
about 200 for the burying place. In
Solomon's time it is mentioned that tho
price of a chariot from Egypt was .000
shekels of silver, (I Kings x, 27.) This
would be abont 2o0. The price of a
horse was 150 shekels, or some 72.
The best horeses of that age were found
in Egypt. The Egyptians trained them
well,and they were capable of impor
tant services. King Solomon, in a val
uable chariot, drawn by two or four of
these horses, made as showy and a3
dignified an apperancc, perhaps, as any
princes have since.