North Carolina Newspapers

m-.' "V'VVtl ';i''fP7''",'f Try. ..v THF nnvVERS COLLECTION 1 13 la PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON 2ERENC3, M. E, CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. IIEFLIN, Editor. Q m t a jl i 1 ! Ji 0(1 1 F"r zho --Ofu-istian Advocate. An Educated Ministry. C. ."0 JOVIVfi. it it v.. rJ; seei.i somewhat presumruiio insinuate thai u write: of ? neb. 'left- to i VL-l irselfis dt-fi a,,4. a . I-ibac:! ui ti -H i veeiesiastical AlVowIoiln ! nnl yc: I am strongly tempted to con - elude tn:-c sup is th-j fact. If, how - evcr 1 -aisf.ion in this supposition, yon mustjianh-i .no, and attriltu- my rvyr re t;:e paucity of the evidences of :...-.-rurt;Mi furnished in your epistle.?. in my ht article, I prove! that neither !::e Master ror the prinmive Cv.uvh. . et up or exalted any standard in man .ean;n:gas a pre-requisite to ; entering ti-o mnasrr m hirtaer prooi aiii'"1 e;a"ae historical fact : g of C.oriAii, of the f.ra.-'t of i 1 wilt : Mr. C savs ofCav: d th.- fc a n. , a. a. icn of the church ut St. Cvrdan elected to th, ror. 5 on t i (, A; and and Pite 7 , to !. : ! : i 'e a'!,;: i' wa-. :;d I h lv t- V'-vl'S h., p. 1 1 ".! I':; i ; a (;.: ; t nei'C iiuva:;: leaning l.-.,'- ii i v, . W " of G oa Pi CO' th- ::a' d : al ;ia l.mg when it was a -.. nee-' and ; S 1 ' ; ' of uu'i y for the spread 1c fence of the the f h-eginning and the Christian Church. la-tor . S' -!-il V V :cn extensively pra :ti ?r.pecu:-!aii-.tae Academicians, :o;cs. the Persians, the Tatonists. &'J- 11:U imbued the public mind with sentiments and emotions antagonistic to tae principles and practice of Christi- i amty. ineir eachers were abro id. .' ai.a me arts ana sciences were eultiva-: teitotue highest degree. This then, f r,:r;'ast!le,tHao human learn- mg v.as ueaian.seu : and yet there wre 1 :ew learned among the ministers, ; uu . iiit iiiu-i or ma: number, corrupted the simplicity and purity of ivli-j.-- by into .li'.orporatin heathen r.hii.isnnhv ' i ..- - - craa-fan eoiOf?y. Th laets : ana you a ue not aeny cucm. a i is tin- however, to come to other per- tionsof your third letter, and hear , what else you may have to say. You re-mar. You have doubtless observed low, with some people success or failure in- falliblv determines the character of all m schemes. '" inev never seem ra:""s -j --o , They never seem to lievinc this tney "regard tne icasi in-1 'iue 'suuucss or tnis sentence is so mam possible for imperfec-' novation with a jealous eye, and meet ! fast, that it would be silly to reply to it. think that it is tions to exist in a system winch has proved itself superior to other still more i imperfect systems," Will you be so good as to inform your readers, and es- pcciallv vcur humble servant, in what otlvr way we are to determine the ! " character cf all schemes " save by : success or failuia ?chc i I presume, propose to effect certain ob jects, or accomplish certain ends ; such beirir the case, when said "schemes" are put in operation, the truth of their pretensions must be sought for in their ''l's : if they succeed if they effect whit they promise, we are bound to ad mit the "union and efficiency: but, if orarr.rv, tl.c-y fail to accomplish on men. unless we ;:re nip- too aa ii:ci-e to xorm or express an ov them impotent : -1 tfu! x Kno of but c-ne m- a. ml practice, viz : d ..'.,- aid this says, " B'l their who ao' ihtui." This is of t for your ? p.-cial !:e opinions of r-nc the s a'aect. To ever - ir.in- zpema' ton ' - i rj" 1I L" it of t'ttS Christ in s . oa ad care ; and he tiara as the .?.'?.? of hi 11 crowned ami shining as l' i l.v I.:-.- C:'e mon, p. i-.'iitia.s Z2A is -authority. (ct-r- Genuine Christicyiity is obviously luce practical and sav-1 ir:tem inrr re to pro and such results must ori- iaate in divine power. In the absence r i such fruit, we have reason to susnect that the truth is not announced, and , a church system failing in this j seeking to effect, has neither the sanc .vever applauded, is cither vi-j tion of law nor expediency to recom - i ,i i ! i ' - Ti :.. ,.a- l--nf lor poai f eh.-u.-s a itcipie, or corruptly aunan-j (Methodism by J. Dixon, I). I istered I)., p. 13.) ' Despite, therefore, of your : disclaimer that "success or failure in- f., ilblv d: t'a vir es the character of" salvation's scheme, the Rook Divine, j ... a ,': r. .rnr. 1 n,, .1 im- rwnt tr tlw, i " v.ractical rcsa. i of tiie gospel as evidence of its divinity, and the divin : r.ij' intmeiit '-i the mn ti You proc: Inev never seem to think that it is possible for impcrfec- tir.ns ro '-;::-t in a svslc-m wnica lias proved itself superior to other still mere imperfect systems." In comparing system-, their practical results must be the rule by which we determine their respective merits. "Would it be wise, or even sane to give up the less fur th greater "impcrfrcHoTi"'? You :dniii tnat ov.r present system, thougu attcn ucd with " imperfections," is " superior to others" that others are "more im-j perfect" than curs, and yet strange to j 5:1 you are willing to abandon, and j are seeking to induce others to jzivc up j the less for the greater "imperfection !"' I You might with coual propriety tier- ; . i I ,i ; suauf us to i urn avav irom tno. noon-; I:1V Sl)I,.mln- ,,f tl-.-. .r.l ,,.! a 1 ! 1 lack to the dim moon li-ht reflection! j of tho Mosaic dispensation, i j " If general success." say vou " 1 I tend the church to which they beiona. j they seem to fancy, not merely th-It i efficient elements piuponderate, but! j that all needful elements have entered j into the organization, and that too in ; j the very happiest arrangement. "With i such a perssn, essentials and accidents; ire all one ; lawfulness and expediency : II ( no. ! In your literary battle or attack up on Methodism, vou indulge in such a verboe style, that. I am inclined to : suspect that your aim is to bewilder and not to convince. The passage just cr.r.ted and several others which suc cecd it, seem to iustifv this conclusion. tc tins as it mai tract just civen. 1 will notice tl .ie ex- There arc no mnnv in the Methodist E. Church and am to on of that numb 'S! i V and ce!:S(.ientious!y .irl r em ia cleuieuts ;n ovv wi-e an ' be aiil:, u sell i: or to s.-eiiove in the (.huvcii. cry to tiicir iij--.- : woui " ho in i re: fain a (i. ro 1 I thcinseive to bud 1 up a ctairch ise system they cannot co.i- scientiously defend: unless indeed their consciences have become so impaired and perverted, that it is a matter of entire indifference whether they propa gate truth or error. Rut, while these be-, lieve that the " efficient elements pre- dchiintfc," they do not therefore sub-: scribe to the idea " that rtf needful ele- ments have entered into the oraniza.- tion ;" on the contrary, they know that ' imperfections are inseperably associa-: ted with every thing that is human. .V stent ial perfection is found nlnno ?o77 or i,i the works of God. Methodism h by them regarded as the child of : Providence. They do not claim that s - he came from perfection's mould i sprung from the hand of God, Minerva ; iiice m ail her parts, stsil tliey do be- liovp that, mow -.nti'.ii oLmnni ! her 'pomnosifmn wna ornlvarl ami dr.. " " viuu.v.m) in. Iry h c - ' u - - uy" of ject with scorn 1 1 those ecclesiastical tmckers ho&c only or principal recommenaation istound m , the mystic sheepsKin, or misappaea i doctoration. They believe that .deth-1 odism is primitive vnriiiaiaiy icancu, . doctrines and discipline, ana uu-j i 1 i 1 i- " it witn lniiani. icjccuou. You reflect very seriously upon those who prefer Methodism as she is as handed down to us by those men of God who wrote their divine mission m characters of undying glory, to those who in the spirit of accommodation are wilim - T to surrenaer tne very uui.una of our spiritual power. Y our language is as follows, " With such a person, es sentials and accidents are all one law fulness and expediency all cue." If this sentence has any bearing upon the case in hand, it makes what you call "an educated ministry," essential to the success of the gospel; and teaches, that success in the absence of such eu- ueation, is an " accident. it tins he your true meaning and if it is not, then there is no sense in the remarks Tou are, I fear, on the highway to .vnrint scepticism for any man can l0Or upon trie tropmes ot Methodism " accident, and ascribe her success to has but one step more to take in order to him deny iho inif-' of Christianity. You'coatinue, " With such a person lawfulness and rixpedicncy arc one." r-; is a vow uncharitable ins.nuation, h:-. unfortunately for you and your (omncorH it is pointed in the lerowj di rect 'ion ; or, like the Irishman's gun, it does more execution at the breech than at the muzzle. You and your as sociates make what you deem an " ex. pediency" over ride the law of Jesus our Lord. Expediency can never su- percede express law; but that which is iawtui may, unacr given tutmu stances, be omitted for expediency's sake. The innovation which you and 1 f 1 .1 iii'Anm those wno sympathize with you are inui.u a. .it ia not umjr n.niwu ..., but as has been already shown, is a cli- recfc violation of tho law of Christ; and that it is inexpedient is manifest from the fact, that the churches which make " an educated ministry" a sine qua non to the ministerial woi'K tr. the. ministerial woi'K, are less nu- merci'.s and efficient than those who have adopted the Bible plan. Mr. Isaac Taylor, referring to Mr. Maxwell, when Mr. Wesley hastened to London in order to stop him from preaching, says : " The lay preachers were there fore encouraged; and lay preaching, without which there could have been no Methodism, received his sanction, and was put in a course of operation. ' (Wesley and Methodism, p. r7.) You talk about a certain class who grov-nd in nothing;" wh.o won't live in the temoorate zone : who " must straddle the cmi.at or who " cannot be content' unless" they "go to the frigid zone, and sit on the apex of the pole" ! ! What tweello twad dle. Cut. nerhans vou desired the Bishop to know that you had studied geography. A very commendable de sire ; and no doubt the effort will bo successful, unless tho jrood Bis! lop should bo puzzled to find out; how tho UMiortunata beings of whom you speak will manage to " sit on the apex of the pole." However, you will no doubt bo ab'o to enlighten him you may find a " turtle's back" for their accommoda tion. You remark " Some persons take great alarm at the remotest hint of an improvement in any of the customs or arrangements of the church organiza tion which they belong:'' Your picture is too highly colored ; and yet if tiiey evince concern or even alarm, it shouia not be wondered at, for as M Reauchamp says, " The spirit of aecom- midili uuttoi. waen it has an animating bear-! Randolph Macon College meets the ing on any of these principles, should ! wants of the North, end a, large por be regarded with an eye of disappn-ba- ! turn of the East, Normal Collect-he tion. md rejected with abhorrence, as I.- rtr,ct- all ttiiijs. aost likrhf t ) : our ruin. 0 u av- ' Mi'f ' Well, e been ? pines : ' a stove. ii'd thev cry fire ! t'aat is funny. You must bro'.i!it up among the ball ha c our lower country lUi sa:"c; v sac a iguor:: clie. ace not prevail aav whevo Rue probably vou are lihe an 11"TT V o; i la.ty 1 once heard of, who v..-.- so fascinated, with the stove, that on co'ng to church one cold Sabbath morning she beheld to her deligiit a nice new stove : forthwith she approached it, spread forth her hands, 'rubbed them. shrugged her shoulders, and turning to her friends, said, " this is very comfor table ;" when, lo and behold, there was not a particle of fire in it. If you can have " an educated ministry," you will let the "fire" take care of itself. Rut to carry out your figure, suppose it couat bo snown that stoves always rna terially ini'ured. and in manv instanoss dflstrnvnrl hnnsw wnnll u,va- " great alarm" and the " cry of fire " needless and ill-timed ? Now this turns out to be exactly the case viith the plan of edueaiinn v,itn fl Refer if you please to the picture of pict Theological Professors and in n-nvmonir r t.. j students pp. 198 i. 1 limn v . jLyiiiiiii, a -Oana. and 200: and Rishop Emory's idea of ike Iu combatting the ignorance and preju- dices of those who have " straddled the cnuatolV :md are sittin a on the apex of , u- are gtartle(1 r f A - t:00rin .i,;i, nf .TnV. you try t0 be composed, but it is difficult t0 rotnua trom hard words, at least troui insinuating that your mend is not sensioie. rrti -Tl t .1 T . All I will sav is this : " Re cool brother, pray on, and think of Job, and should you be so pressed that you cannot " refrain from hard words," or should you declare. " that your friend is not sensible," no one will be offended ; and especially will the feeling of displeasure be dismissed, when it is remembered that you have been on a literary excursion bnyond the arctic circle, and have been sitting " on tho apex of the pole." This reflection will quiet every angry emotion : but I can't answer for the risikbs. About the most sensible thing you have written is found in this quotation. Speak ing of the success of Methodism, you say " iler trophies, like those brought by Ro man arms in ancient days to theeaphol, are memorials of conquest on every soil," Sec. Home was then glorious, raid wherefore ? because she pushed her vigorous arms in all directions, extended her influence on every side, " without suffering" her " own t.a biter period in her history, a cor tarn . , 1 T 1 . 1 1 wntr says now cowipieieiy nau uomc i now lost t no greatness which she unco pos sessed ! patriotism had faded from the cm- rir An ; ; tii j spi it of liberty had expired. 1 vrlsv this Pf!'! r h;ai-e ? S'he had suf fered her ' central power to be effaced " Churches may learn wisdom from Prates. Lei uj then uo admonished ty the fate of Ro-aie, and see to it that cur " central pow er" be net 'effaced" by the iiitrodu; .Ion e! an educational standard ut ministerial qualification. Let this innovation be cf iccteJ, and jau will have destroyed oue of the main spviags of Methodist success and power. Destrey God's right to choose, and tiie (Jburoh to employ men to preach, who are not what the world calls educated, and you will destroy Methodism. " Iler Dame may remain ; but her ?on will be depar ied she will descend the declivity of de fection in faith, uutil she is engulphed in tho Dead Sea of formality." Take heed, that, you be not a contributor to this sad defection and ruin. Yours, JUSTCS-FACIO- Virginia, June, 1S57. NuTK. The above would have appear ed last week, but for the absence of the Editor : it was not taken from the office in time En. For tho X. C. Christian Advocate. Olin High School- The Methodists of Western North Carolina need a college of their own, for the education of their sons, and un less one is established, they are depen dent on Randolph Macon Cullege, Normal College, and the University of the btatc, or must educate their sons ai lueiuouist vjouuires. situaieu in oiner tlT T...L. rial i .-? States, and under the control of ot her I J ecnferences, or in colleges of other de- nominations and state institutions, or let them remain without a colIeriate education. They desire, I suppose, to educate them in colleges, controlled by themselves. They are and ought to be unwilling to have them cdiic.-itprl nr.il j trained in colleges, either in or out of the state, not controlled by them, or state institutions, in which they are not j on an equal footing with others, even tho most favoured denomination. The time has fully come for the Methodists throughout the state to lock carefully and constantly to their own interest, and not permit themselves to be used to serve the purposes of others. Meth odist men, Methodist money, and Meth odist influence have been th is employ ed to the injury cf Methodist institu tions, and the progress of Methodism. This ought to cear- The Methodists are u.do to take erne of men. selves, build up and manage their own institu tions, and educate their own children. ivery portion of the ;-tatc is provided i for and well supplied, save the West Middle and a small po-tion of the Br. and the West is still to I provided ! for, cue ic -d: The North Ca-olina Co'ifor- a? itii. necessarv se.iioa, said that to have a Male )01 of the higiie;' elected Olin, u grade in the ler all the cir- cumsi.-uees, as the pi j;or location, ai.d gave her approbation, name and ir.fki ence to the citcrpiis.?. Since then, the legislature lias ameri.k-d the act of in cora ration, granting the privilege of organizing as a college with powers, such as possessed by the University and ether colleges in the state, as soon as forty thousand dollars are secured as an endowment. This institution was commenced not many years ago, by a few friends in Iredell county, and the Rev. Brantley York was its first agent and labored several years for its estab lishment. The Rev. Raxter Clegg was early associated with it and was its first principal, aided in its organi zation, and has had all along, more or less to do in its management. He is now the principal and stands fair be fore the public as an experienced, suc cessful, and efficient instructor. He will be aided by competent assistants, fully sufficient to meet the increasing wants of the institution. Some errors may have been committed in its previ therefore are not sufficient reasons for its repudiation. Its friends, it is be lieved," will profit by the past, and learn wisdom from experience, which though often 'dearly bought,' is said to be 'the bestknowledge." They intend to make the institution worthy of the Old North State, and the praise and glory of Western North Carolina. Of this, they have given, in the arrange ments they have made, every assurance which could be reasonably expected. They cannot commence as a college until the endowment of forty thousand dollars is sccured,the proceeds of which with a moderate patronage will secure a faculty fully competent and amply sufficient for all the purposes of a real college. The simple question for the Methodists and their friends to settle, is this, will they have a college at Olin? Two things are wanted to secure a college, namely, money and patronage. "Will the people furnish them ? They are able, and' I believe they are willing All that is needed is a proper plan, easy to be carried out, and which will incur but little expense. Agencies are i orenerally adopted for these purposes, though they cost a good deal. Ihey serve to arouse un and interest the people. This done, the people give i;i.ai.r.i-i,-nl O An AtnTlflJ ofj-AV til IW- citement of the occasion has passed away, they deeply regret it. I sup pose, the people arc already aroused up and fully interested, and hcr.ee that an agency and its cost may and ought to be dispensed with. The plan of donations forwarded cn to a suitable person is the most simple, ready and safe plan, costs the least, embarrasses less in its practical operations, and is attended with the smallest number of after regrets. Look at and carefully examine the following statements, and act promptly do not delay. A dona tion of ten dollars, from six thousand persons, will endow the institution so as to enable it to organize as a college, and commence operations, free from all pecuniary embarrassments, with a large brick building having a chapel, all oth er necessary rooms for the fuli and thorough instruction on the non-resident plan of three hundred pupils, a comfortable house and out houses for the President, and a house and out houses for an agent or Professor. This is a small matter, a very small matter for Western North Carolina. Again, a donation of ten dollars from seven teen thousand persons, will fully secure the object, place the institution on a firm foundation, not to be materially effected by the fluctuations of patron age, and open up before it the coming future, a brilliant n-nrt glorious career. This would be worthy of the Old North State, and for the Methodists and their friends, throughout it to do this would be a very small affair indeed. The iiuuiaujr am oum-.-umn West, unaided, can do it, if all the Methodists and their friends will act promptly according to their ability, and hardly feel the amount thus taken from them. Brethren, Friends. Fellow-Citizens shall not this bedone,and done prompt ly i -i nope it will, borne can give ten dollars, some more, and some less. Brethren, give as you are able. Let all give, and the wcrk is dene. And though quickly done, yet dene well. and so well done that it will take all future time and eternity to dev velope , I en- ail its results for good. Send on treat you, your donations to the princi pal, Rev. Raxter Clegg, Olin, N. Car olina. O ! let them tome on, and still continue to come on until the work is done, and well done. This work ac complished it will be the brightest star of the West, and its' praise and dory i i. .ii t c J unuugu an succeeumj generations .thousands and tens of thousands in coming times will reap its rich benefits and in the great day of eternity -multi- tudes will rise up and call you blessed. So may it be. SOUTH YADKIN, July 1st, 18.37. N. R. The Richmond and 5mit!irrn I Christian Advocates, and all the papers i in tuc otate inendiv to the canso of education, will please copy. j For the X. C. Christian Advocate, j Vacation Visit to Hyde -Church Dedi- ar rrospeccs. Dsar R -o. IIi-FLtx : Vacation is a blessed taaefor poor, exhausted, ivork-cddialf-tfxlcath Teachers. Never did 1 1 look forward to a.-.y period of coming jrost, with more earnest anxiety, than ta uiccicse oi tne last session. Whenjooelies ot all the flies and spiders; the I the time had arrived, when the college legs and wings are so small, they can j exercises had actually been discontin-' be swallowed. She works nut- lir: ea, when our pupils had all departed to their own Wed homes, how refresh- ing it wa3 to feel once more relieved from the duties and responsibilities of the College, and to have the pleasure of knowing that our labors were for the present suspended. We really felt as if a mountain had been removed I T 1 . trom our shoulders. None can esti mate our enjoyment save those who have passed through similar scenes. A few days of quiet rest served to restore our energies, and we set off to attend the dedication of the new church in Hyde county. We arrived in Wash ington just in time to preach to a large the happiest years ot my life in 184a and 1850. How my heart filled with emotion when I looked over the dense audience and saw so many familiar faces the tried friends of other days. May heaven bless the church and peo ple of Washington. Never can I for get them ; as long as life lasts, will I cherish with gratitude the memory of their many acts of kindness. Sunday, June 7th 1857,, will ever be remembered in Hyde county, as the great day of dedication. Brother Lowe not being present, the duties devolved upon the writer. The congregation was immense, The new church edifice is quite large and elegant. It is by far the best church that I have ever found located in the county. It is an honor to the piety, intelligence and liberality of that county, Mattamusket lake is in Hyde coun ty. It is a beautiful sheet of water, f G miles long, from 4 to 7 miles, wide, and 46 miles in circumference. The soil around this lake is rich and pro ductive, almost beyond credibility. I was triving a friend an account of the cimn V you wish to see the finest corn-growing : land in the State, iust go down to Hyde j countv. The people down there are! mpi, ' ? inhabitants are generally farmers, in j good circumstances, and nearly ail of; them either belong to, or are inclined to th M.thodist" Church. I passed i more than a week amonethem, preach-j edtwo Sabbaths in their new church, I and also preached at several other daces Tk mo nfmv emmirn thcrfi passed away most delightfully, and I left them, feeling under many obliga tions to them for their kindness and hospitality. The third Sabbath of June, I spent in Newberne, preached morning and night to very large and attentive con gregations. They have recently given their church a thorougn repairing, xt is very large, and presents a very neat appearance. Here l joined tne on- county the other tay, but he couici "ja " L...tfc o.. v hardly believe me; "sol will say no! black-eyed lass of two- and twenty ;she w e;mnlv tn rpnifiat. that if : had never seen a pamo or attended a ;ca TJWnl and hnsn tab e as their I was men goiio iu i'ju mwi uuei.- soil is productive. This is emphatical- j He lingered, but she was delayed, and ,i sv-i. c xr a, -i i rpu when his excuses for stavm? were ex- IV IjIHJ v v. -- ' ' w --------- i i.1 if t ti fit :ni , u i iii n i l. i hi: . . - , ference in 1846. On monday I visit-'good ed the graves of Rev. Chistopher Thomas and Rev. J. T. Brame, both of most hallowed memory Passed the 4th Sabbath of June in! TCinstnn: I was ao-reeablv surprised to! find that they have such a neat, grace- j ful Methodist Church. The place has improved greatly within the past few years. I am now in Goldsboro, preparing for the next session, which will open on the 16th inst. Our prospects are much brighter than ever. We expeci a crowd of young ladies here next week. Affectionately, S. M. FROST, AKeport on Batter. Joe's. wife was Sally Sly when aj small girl she wa3 sly she would not i half wash the milk pail, but slv it away, and let it sour. She was sly at school, and did not half get her lesson, but wculd have her book in sicrht when reciting; but as she irrew older, she Earned that to get well married she musfc appear well, and so she bent all ner running to get a superficial educa tion in everything, from roasting a po tato to . playing, the piano. Poor Joe fell in leve with her, and 'love has no eyes so he married her. But soon after ho entered on house-keeping, his eyeslight came, and he saw his fix, that it was for better or worse, and hn j tiloug"t it was for worse. Like a true Ph'o5opher he concluded to endure wat he C0UW not avoid or cure, and Sot on tolerably well, only when he came to her butter, for his motlnr was h real butter maker. Every time lie jsaw or tasted Sally's butter, ho felt i the horrors. Her manner of mak j Gutter is somewhat as follows : i ouu u.mKs-. ic ot no consequence fehe thinks it of whether the milk pail is sweet or sour sets tne milk in a warm room be- j cause it is easier than to go into the (cellar, and if some dirt should blow in ! to the pans, she thinks every man must 'eat a peck of dir.' and Li noplace will it slip down easier than in butter she lets the cream pots be open, and when she churns, forgets the poke; leaves the cream at blood-heat that it j may come quick W lie n she takes it i i out of the chum, she picks out th! the buttermilk and sets it away. Poor j Joe has seen so much of this kind that j he declares that butter does not ao-ree i with his health, and will not taste it. I w - I let his wife wonders why he does not ! Zi. J i .. . . try it, and marvels that he does not i keep a dairy and make for the mar kef Jonathan was a younger brother than Joe, and he had occasions to eat at his brother's enough to know why he did not eat butter ; and he declared he would never marry without knowing which side of his bread was buttereL Following the bent of his fancy. Julia J umper almost caught him for there vy wnaai a, wcis muuv.-. va auuaj aim says : 'Lame! mother makes the butter; I take lessons on the piano.' 'Well,' says Jonathan, 'I want a wife that takes lessons on the churn. I shall look further.' After several unsuccessful attempts, and just ready to despair, he started in pursuit of stray cattle before breakfast, and wandered through the forest in the next town, and weary and hungry, called at a decent looking house and asked for refreshments, which were cordially granted, for the family were what are called Scotch Irish in reli gion Presbyterians, and in hospitality boundless. Here he found the butter exactly right ; though the weather wa3 hot, the butter kept .the shape as well as the beeswax. He catechised the old lady about her house-wifery, for the bread was as fright as the butter. The old lady said her health was feeble she could do but little, and Jenny had the whole management. He made some round-about inquiries concerning Jen- , , . i , l - l ball, but Knew rcr uarecmsm anu could sing Old Hundred to a charm spin Sax and darn stockings, and hausted, lie started, lie coma not get the butter out of h -j mmd, and how it happened I know not, he soon found his way there again and the result of his adventure was, that he made a wife of Jenny McKearn. And now one lump ot nis outter is nn an uoea Wlie WOUIU lililK-i; in a uiuutu. j.ui;iu 13 no trouble in going to market the keepers of the genteel boarding-houses in the neighboring villages send and take it at the highest market price. Now the main difference between these two women arises from the man ner of training, though there is no dif ference in natural disposition. Old Madam Sly never looked to see that Sally did right, but suffered her to sly off her work as she chose, and though a housekeeper herself, wasaltogeth er too indulgent, and like some others, thought more of getting Sally well married, than of making her fit for a wife, .whether she got married or not. Perhaps there is no more certain crite- rion by which to judge of a woman's character lor neatness anu goou nuusu keeping than by the quality of her but ter. Find on the farmer's table a good, solid, properly salted, well worked slice of butter, and you need not fear to eat the cakes of hash ; but see a splash of half-worked butter salt in lumps, and a sprinkle of hair and flies' legs, you may be sure that if you board there long, death will not be obliged to ' n l hAnnH h - f cIia traa o 1 1 1 ' v r XT vl 50 a Year, m Advance wait .much for you to finish your peel; of dirt. My advice to young farmers is, to make it a 'sine qua non' in a wife that she makes good butter; and tho young ladies who aspire to be their wives had1 better be imperfect in filagree and tnu sic, than to be deficient in that most important art of making butter, which smoothes not only the sharp corners of crust and crackers, but will smooth the asperities of the husband's, temper. Church Building. The Wilmington Com m crci :d holds the following views : The erection of a church is a great event in any community. We should he pleased ; to sec the time when tho spirit cf the an cient church should animate the etcrprhc of modern times and the cxpensivenoss should not be so much accounted. It ha shame to any people to have churches wbich do not far surpass tho residences around them, and a proper christian libe rality would lead people to curtail their do-. mesne outlays in order to procure a church which should last a thousand years, r.nd be . to the coming generations lessons in stone . from their ancestors. As oratorio?, phiccs of prjyers, we may admire certain buildings, which as hurt h es are reprehensible. Tiie th iff archi tecture should be defcrinifica cy ihc intent, of the edifice. Now a ebr "an church is an cdiiicu erected mainly for the achiu; of the word of (Jed. Prjyc-r and iho od niini tratioii of the sncraiaenfj form a pari of public worship. Fo far m the leadi.a of tho devotions of the coii"r"atioii U con cerned, it manifestly falls under tho cuts gory of preaching. The administration of. the sacraments is not to Le matter of pa rade, and any eJiliee may ; adapted to that. The 1'ible evidently is j-n-arhimj above everything else hi public worship.. Then the first concern is fo arrang2 as apartment in which the largest number of , piople can be the most easily reaehed. by one, voice. That 13 to say that the acoustic, convenience is to be the dominant idea. When this is once settled, then in the out ward appearance and interior finish let tha building symbolize the distinctive eharac teristica of the christian faiih. This of course puts away all such cruci form buildings and other architectural de vices as shut out the people from the sound , and sight of the preacher; and all such,' unchristian devices as maki g the altar more prominent than tho pulit indeed it would put away this p igan relict of altar altogether, as where there is no sacrifice on altar is useless, "and th ere is no better rule than that which obtaiued in the best Gothr ic architecture 'never to insert ,a index. .length should be thrice the width of the nave. It would throw away tho pointed roofs, unfinished inside, and running up without ceiling. It would shut up such, deformities as tho recess behiud the pulpit in the Front Street Methodist Church, a contrivance which is to shorten the lives of all the clergymen who may becomo pastors there. It would tear out some of the pil lars of the beautiful new ISpiscopal Church in this place. It would widen tho Dave of St. Stephen's in Goldsboro', and ceil it overboard. The fact is we need a Christian archi tecture, and no man has yet had tho Geni us and boldness to open this department. We hope that 'coming man' will soon come. Our clergymen should pray for it as a majority f our churches arc now so constructed as actually to be destructive to. health. When that right system shall be. inaugurated wo have no doubt it will be based upon the general principle we have laid down, and which is not original vjith ua, but derived from St. Paul. The Decease of Eminent American Statesmen. In recording the death of ex-Secre-. tary Marcy, the riiiladclpeia Times remarks : It seems as if death had found a ban quet among our monster spirits iu tho last decade. Almost all the great end illustrious men who can into publio life during the first twenty-ve years of the present century have been snatch ed away within that tiror. The lir.t which memory calls at the moment is formidable in numbers, and the persons whose names are upon it were conspic ous for vast and varied ability. First in point of time, is that of John Quin cy Adams, who died in 1847 ; then fol low those of Kent, Tolk, Taylor, Cal houn, Clay, McDufEc, Story, Webster, King, Woodbury, Sergeant, Berriea, Clayton, Hill, Burgess, Cheves and Marcy. What immense powers, what political and local research, what ora torical skill and diplomatic erudition, what wise foresight and wonderful ex perience have been lost by their deaths to the nation ! When will it, if ever, bo restored in the persons and mind of oth ers The following epitaph was proposed by a French theologian for Voltaire : " In pot inagnus, In historia parvus, In philosophia minimus, In religione nulla I" Which our Brown translates freely into English by the following rhymes : " In poesy, great, I confess; In history, exceeding'y small ; In philosophy, something less ; In religion, just nothing at all !" Fires. The losses by fires in the United State, (exclusive of losses less than ? 10,000,) for six months past, have been $8,455,000. For the corresponding six months cf 1H56, $8,782,000.