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ILVLBtGU, TttCaSDAY 8SPT8MBEII I
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For the . C. W.mtiiinX.
SOCIAL LIFE.
Y IN" VALID.
; HU-C1
fo
rgetiul
" Alorig her eh"ek the 'UcrAnz red
Toll where the fcveri-h h'-c-tic fe J."
I! -N"'r 1 ''. fcor h'-nor, vr-.-iIih r,or t-o-jkt
Can give the hnrt a ch-erfui hoar
Wheri h-a!th U loir. JJ tinv Ij w'j, ;
V ith health all taste of pleasure Hint.''
We recently heard nf th ,lr.-.ti, , r.,
, feet is equally Lid. The entire system '
wron,f There h :a time &r all,
(thing-,' and those who devote the;
i hours allotted to repose, rest and re-;
stion, to dancing ar.'l dusk-ation, :
e ordinary requirements :
j of duty, buine;---, prudence and health,
I will sooner or later pay a fearful, nay,
('a fatal penalty. Mother-, think of a'il
: thi, when you see your daughters pre-
;. paring night after night to enter into'
! these giddy and tempting circles ! j
I I athc-rs, think of it, when voa see your
j sons languid, hollow-eyed and inactive, '
-Xejhct of piiioral
Cfup.;e III.-
.1 .A TT 1 ' 1
awy. ne nix not us metii&ers
prrn;?ea7us!T 'from house to house.'
Jle ne-nected the s'ck and the
Doctrinal Preaeiii;
A Year, ia Aivaace .
poor.
Some will call it dry.
need it ; all need it. fi:h
Fr: ra i X
Pecal
Yet
artiei of lltih-Au-.
jn Aiv-r'ic. ? Fr:-n t.v Cr
Stationed in their raHt for two years i'lts unction doctrinal prtic
he never entered some of their house; i ur7- 'ocinnai tnstr. are
P:r-
g is not
sword
ZEALOUS PREAniy."j.
0in
I did ro; even form a i-ronal ac-' cf tte rotting, Etin'mg. awful
an
quaintance with some of the ninilrs 'en cear'jt affectionate??, pravtrfal-
ot his fiick. How will this shepherd JJ presentea.
give an account of their souls ''. !. ''There can be r;o deep revival work
Ciiaroe IV. CartUtttnet in luti-'m tiiat congregation," saidone preaeh
nem. To say nothing of other matters, ; er to another. "All a brcsh-re, at
he received payment for " the Advo- ! est"
cate, from a number of subscribers, ' nJ
If
Metho
there is
Jt Alt A- J
Safe Vtz'.zxizg
the j ?A.-.t:r.e of wc-r-.l
Prr iis Scrt
any one pecuhanir cf
m above another that has been
p-fena; in sarin j sinners.
noiLe-hice,
r.reach;n
is a plain. '.
warm-hearted manner cfi
r, in opposition to a dry, ?ch
?r;nta.il thinr. rerhr the car
f rres. io re t.erate 1.
kit juie hercaft-T.
p c et h a I a concert; :-r.
insr-
. . - . w , J- j
,iastlc nianner. birmers who stand anx--F':'ar' ao safely went
n
The n- !e r
The Christian
ver.t ut"; .
t r.t an e xem-
ture. r: 1
i " c r t ti - c t
" th
lire cr:.n.
f su.u.V 1-4
he
. whither h wenr
: of the soul, an who c-,t, . ' Srrmtfirnl f.:
not kn.
young and beautiful female, under tru- j aV'r ,e7 iave keen indulging in rev- j without accounting for it to the Edi-. ''Because the people bate not been
tor; their papers, though paid for in 'indoctrinated, ihey have b-ven stima-
ly touching circumstances. She wa3 e '"'"twl of repose !
the idol of her parents, was lovely, -rn Cottage, Va.
winninir and attr.-iftiv-f . TnVr.ltr
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cornplished, a charming vocalist, and a
finished pianist, her society wa3 court- I
ed by nany circles, and invitations '
;;.ed
For the X. C. Christian Adroeate.
Dancing'.
1
T,'.:: ,,, i.r..r, !... f I
:-. ,.r,Jr i i r u c . r i 'JaVB since m wy
UiV. cneeriul. arul Full r.f vm',.,tn : . J . . '
i i -ii V , "",-,V idancing, my Li
pleased With her.-clf and r.l-srl ttWV. ii. n , J
. . - -- r; --- ; i reii"cieu upon
nyii'i. sue minzicu wi n tne 'nfi iv rr,r.r,0r.tr.,i
' and impartinz nlea3-
EniroH; 'While EittinEf a few i
0 i
room, but in hearing of j
5art was do little pained as j
i be evil I have knorn :
the ball-room.
I remembered how a f-w vears f-'mcp.t
throng enjoyinr
1 C C I . I ... . '
uiv, ain lorgeuui or urnnmdtul oi the while at the "Springs" I argued myself i
P-iciuu.-j aim priceless Dlessings of i ,Dl l"e "e'16! tnat tbere could be no harm
health. Midnight often found her ab
Bent from her place of abode absent,
wti-auju uiB iiouse oi some inend or
to "go andi-ec" the dancing, and how I!
went, nnd how soon after I lost that!
peace given " through our Lord Jesu3 I
''-.! A Jl l r,, . . ,, ,
acquaintance, engaged in the iddylr 1 ' t , t ioy In the llof Ghost-
riri-' forth ! ,CUi,-muertu now once Uod converted
iriutUr, ,::i i . ... .- ! J) i
-vna tins exciting bewilder-ltu. and how aff. v .-I Church have been settled: then hi
i -'- inn sue ' tt IJ m : '
om-v-toaui nwuia nut uo compeueu to
support him and his family, at the sac-
rince oi rns own. Uught not thi3 ross
injustice to be corrected ?
FAIR PLAY
mazes Of the dancp. or nfnirin-p frfK
.i . . ' o ithP HO'il nf n rmm 1 I T
the dulcet strains of her melodious fi , 1 Li, 6i cJ' 7- v
voie. for ,rt;nM; r.r ,i.i:t..i ! J01ccd' an,J .how after this fehe was to!
,. : ' r fe-"-"--" i.uicu .tear ot christian
listeners, .vna ttits exciting bewilder- !
! I'.- . !
V ' ,, T ., iwaiDe"lcct Uje means of grace, and avoid
year or two. Naturally feeble of con- meeting with me, lest I 'should tell her I j
Etitution, a "slight cold" and an "un- j thought it wroDg to visit the ball-room. I
comfortable cough," the results of irn-ll remembered how a few months before II
prudence and exposure, of late hours ; he-sought a young lady to give her heart
and crowded rooms, first arrested the ! to Jesus atid how she said, "0,1 would
attention of her parents. The fair irl ' wcre 1 an- whcre else than hre '." Dear
laughed at their fears, said that they I t,he LalI-ro0- 1 remembered how a few
wore unfounded, that she had been afT.. ? I as?ed 7 whj she did
fected in like manner before. She L. i ! church, and she repliec, " lust
l i. ii 7. ! wek I was dancing fo much I d d not feel
could not imagme-would not realize nke to chuch, Vd theS I re !
any thing serious. But the cough in- ! numbered how a revival influence bad I
creased, and the anxiety deepened ! A j been-but a short time before-destroyed
lew months more and the physician by " dancing," and how members of the !
deemed it necessary to confine her to j church advocated its ionocency. I remem- j
her room, at the same time urged every j hered this and other things that would I
pussiuie precaution, and intimated that) Pr)ve mat dancing is ruining many souls,
the case was indeed serious nay, one ! t,1CD w'sne I I were a painter, that
of danger. A few months longer, and j 33 a warninS tC) others, I might represent
the thin, pale sufferer languished' and i , dancer d?ging his dead soul away
gasped upon a bed of sickness and of , 1 ' (- ' w.h?aIon,e can give it life, and
suffering conscious at last of t.U Mv . Jrm- w,7na ?,aJ ta8'1D his bosom to
j wrote wrote to represent the dance as it
is, and not as it seems.
The Lance. v
Hark! What music do I hear! How joyous!
Are these the notes of Heaven to God's hosts,
Calling them to take the crowns angels lost'
In foul rebellion ? Music is of Heaven
The robe of saints. Music is nm'son
$j-n-Qlin.d. souLpr things. There's no true
J
advance, to the agent, through his
neglect have been discontinued. In thi3
way, he has done unintentional injus
tice, it may be, both to the Editor and
to the subscribers ; and although a pro
fessed friend to the paper, he has
materially injured the Advocate.
13 there not some little danger of
making the impression upon the world
ly minded, that he i3 not only care- i
1 1 . i
ies3, out immoral.
Charge V. Injustice to his guc
cessor. He left the church largely in
dent. Bills contracted under hi3 ad
ministration and his approval, were left
unpaid (for reasons Hoo tedious to men
tion') till after Conference. Hereafter
my predecessor should be paid his sala.
ry, after all other claims against the
Slrrtinu0.
lated, tickled, pleased bat; for year3
doctrinal preaching ha; ben out of
fashion there, and now -would hardly
oe listened to.
It is a seriou3 error, says Dr. Thomp
son, to suppose that a general interest
in religion can be originates and sus
tained by mere exhortation, or by what
i3 styled practical preaching, to the ex
clusion of doctrinal discussion. Almost
every genuine revival has it3 origin in
the vigorous and discriminating presen
tation of the grett doctrines cf the
Gospel. Witness Jonathan Edwards.
He whose feeble utterance and nnim
passioned manner shook the assembly
at Enfield a3 witA the trumpet of the
judgment and tha tempest of Almighty
wrath, wa3 not 1 man 01 mere rhetoric
or feeling no popular declaimer.
That very sermon on "Sinners in
the hand of an angry God," is awful to
the cumulative strength and majesty of
its argument. It is a pyramid of doc
trine; that with the weight of a thous
and worlds presses upon the "iiHty
soul, and sinks it down to hell. If is a
battery all charged with living truth.
and therefore flaming out on every side
the very lightning of God's wrath. If
Edwards had begun that sermon with
s inquiring spirit, are not jp-ts. Heb.
, -. t ; 1 , - .
T T
ncr.. xi
a rnris inv.:?ib!e cb-
xi, I. ine 'eternal tb;r.'
. a rr. -ws ( brn
ti
an 1 t.'.crf T re dj r. .: I,
secured a ra.iy as ihc ei-T
time of o s." reg jlir ;r.-', an I
t; t-
c lti
true, hr r. 5
e;rft pnj.'r,
e. I: ein 'uo
rurfirff
every
of Go in thi
0 much taken up with the darrirfinna "which are r.o? n
of the magnitude of stars as they arelP7 Author, are ?ig:-l to V-X
tho Ir.va i-.f tV w " r 1
. . . . , uu ic" iu a oxva uiiiuui a;
tempjra!
('r-.i!,
with
demptioa through the
Lamb.
blood of the! Vailing for oh
kith
t CT.
to be
wait-
thrust imori us rrrJi-iiSr- V
yu. peopse, some ot them, are too lDS uro our eternal ruin,
much like the Scotchman. The con-1 'Without faith i: U impobl to
gregat:on had hired a new and lparrP.l : Please God. IIS. xi r. u.i 1,..
preacher, but the preacher had n.ir,A,l'be d stinctlv ni'i l rht 'fJtK ;a "
L. i J - - . - " 11 it a
atm 111 the T.nln a C i tftlrin rr a C . 1 r ...
. ,7 f..v aj vat ovjicuj racnii' i'jr granica alter itis
fnend had expected, so he says to him i fensiblj manifested. The anthoritive
oneday, 'An' if ye have the larnin yei'lefinition is 'the substance rorcoT.fi-
1,J' uy uo ye not gie us some o j uenceJ or tnmgs hoped for, th
yer latin m yer sermons r 'Why,' i ence ot things, ileb. xi, 1. And
saiatne minister, 'you would not under- sequence is faith, not feeling and f.rirh
stand it it 1 did. 'But that 13 no mat- An7 weil-meanmg reader who has in
ter of yours. When we pay a large i verted the order to avoid presumption
CO lion f- - 1 1 . . Pi -11 . .' - ' '
j lul ii iearneci man, what is the)"111. " 13 hoped, re-consider to avoil
ue unless he gies us some o the Lat
in V
the en-
the
con, i-'rit; : ;
. 1 r
pressed wuh the imrtnfe cf u'nif -r-m.ty
in, ti.is d ity hr tint tc--ta'. I
ruang elder, the Hte John Alexin !-r,
of Lexington, 'irgir.i.u S,, , after
leav-ng h;s Kd, an 1 Wfore he hl fil
ly drcsed, anl l.j'e othr were Hik
ing arrun l. he toV hU lUAc an I ai
down to cnjv the hidlen nunnv
The pnei.-hing of Lrr.d and tho
praying of lay )T.were j rt emir.. ;.t f:r
that unction which e-'r,; rryrr a!- rc
can impart, and henc- tie pec'i-;iii.ir
power ot these men. O.-.e of the rich-t
prayers that 1 ever r;: .w. 1
emsnent merchant in t',"
and immerse-I in bus:
but fiit!ifu!ncs in pu'.l
his SP:rit in thin fr.i-n.
1 w.n ;,r an
n:ne ,f hrV,
"I-
of imprudence, and resigned to heraD
proaching end. Her death scene was
calm, tranquil and deeply affecting.
The dream of youth, of hope and of
joy had been but a dream to her, and
the bud of life which opened with such
promise, was blighted and blasted,even
U3 leaves t -- . iyithtuyva
t v 1 4-Un. nti hnnrs T
Uoe3 a year go uy, m-
crowded rooms, and improper exposure
to the weather, do not make their hun
dreds of victims ?
Only a few days since the papers
foompil with accounts of a brilliant
wedding in the great city of New York.
It was attended, said the reporters, by
hundreds, and among them many of
the loveliest and fairest wives and
daughters of the worthiest citizens of
the proud metropolis. All that wealth
could obtain was provided. The mu
sic was ravishing, the rooro.3 were illu
minated in the most brilliant manner,
and the tables groaned with the deli
cacies and the luxuries of the season.
Elegance, magnificence and grace were
thepresiding spirits. But ease and
comfort were not there. They looked
in for a moment, started back in af
fright, and hurried away to some more
appropriate temple. The crowd was
so great at times, that living streams of
human neings encouiueieu
as they passed up and down the stair
ways, while the elegant dresses were
deranged if not torn in the throng, and
the dancers were so sadly incommoded,
as to render the scene at times, pain
ful rather than pleasurable. All this
may be attributed to one of the errors
of our social life. The master spirits,
the leaders of the gay and fashionable
world, either misunderstand the true
nature of comfort and enjoyment, or
they are willing to incommode them-
selves or others, for the sake of empty,
idle and gaudy show. They mistake
the true nature of ease, elegance and
refinement. They seek to dazzle rath
er than delight !
Can not some reform be brought
about in a matter of this kind ? Social
eaiety and recreation are altogether
From the Christian Advocate and Journal.
The Testimony of the Spirit.
The essence of adoption is found in
these two things a filial love to God
on our part, as sons ; and the love God,
as lather, exercised toward us. Our
spirits in their consciousness naturally
bear witness to the former. The Divine
Spirit gives testimony to the existence
of the latter. One tells us that we love
God, the other, that God loves us.
l l.IH-T III. fill Ii Ttt I Inrtni . , .
lULLn??r' deTd? I feet shall s-in'due ti-X 0.
" "'V. !lsserl ln;l- C 13 an Chris. AJmrat
Is ot God. But thi rrriR:i--a ...
Is stolen and worn by devils ; who thus
In robes of joyous light, deceive the more.
While saints they seem, as devils they deceive.
Come let us not prejudge ; but go and see.
And seeing, jade the better. N ow we see !
Now I judge them angels; for more joyous
They seem than their music. How glad that
lauirh l
How beauteous that smile ! It shines with
iy '
But I'll trust not my eye- This too deceives.
I w ill look, as God looks, at spirit through
His blessed Word this, my spiritual eye.
Now I see I But O how changed the scene!
alas.
Is this a savage land, where God's bless dword
Ne'er ihone on man's darkened mind ? No,
not a .
Sarairo land. For though I see what oft is
Seen in beath'nish land friend make joyous
notes
At funeral of bis friend ; but there the
Mother at burial of her daughter, ne'er
Makes.!ons dance; nor e'en the father such
At burial of his son. While behold !
In tho bnsnm of eaeb of these I see,
A corpse is borne, and so like its bearer
It doth seem its child hideous end wan !
What mcaneth this? Speak ye spirits who see
ia m-in Mnnnt see? Mv vision doth not
Serve me here. For yet I see through a glass
And not as heavenly spirits, face to face.
"These sternerforms and visages areof men.
These who in grace the rest so far outshine
Are forms of her, who first man's " help
mate " was ;
"Ri 7itre as last in Eden, man s tempter.
These pale beings each so like its bearer
And in the bosom borne are souls. Each
Bears its soul. This mantle in which the soul
Is wrapped, is sin the soul's only shroud
For these souls are dead, and being borne, as
Time svrifth bears them to tneir Duriai.
This music is tha funeral dirge, to
Hush their dying groans. This dance the
tramp of
March, to burial of man's soul. Its grave
nrcn 4- fUil. L . i. 4. "11
i,L mmis. mat n wni De given in
any outward manner. If we do but
remember what power the Eternal
Mind possesses over the human, we
shall not vainly suppose that forms of
speech are necessary, or any evide nee
to the eye or ear.
ImnipStMM skeptical sinner.or
Does he need set phrase3 ? Shall hi9
power be lowered to a comparison with
that of man? How narrow-minded are
those that question the heavenly testi
mony on such grounds !
Can you not remember when, care
less of Heaven, there flashed upon your
mind a conviction that you were a sin
ner, a gross and miserable sinner?
That you could not drive it away, nor
endure under it, nor sleep, nor work,
nor joy ? Whence was that conviction?
From evidence or reason ? Why did
you not have it before ? It was from
God, by his Spirit. You felt and knew,
as he has declared, that God was angry
with you, as he is angry with the wick
ed crpry day. You call it a Divine
conviction, and so it is. But did it
come litprally as a voice from the skies?
Was there a sound or sight ? Nothing
of all this. It was born in the heart,
and lived in the heart, till yon yielded
to it. or drove it thence. And cannot
the God who in that silent manner told
nf his nntrpr. in like manner tell
ml
Is HELL.
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right anu pi upci, j -
TIIE0PI1ILUS.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
A Bill of Charges,
FREFERRED AGAINST MY PREDECESSOR
accompanied with some degree of com
fort. The results of the habits and
customs of fashionable society are de
plorable and pernicious in many res
pects With the gentler sex, " bloom
is blighted," health is impaired, and
life isendangered. The rose is taken
from the cheek, the light from the eye,
and the elasticity from the limbs. Na
ture revolts at these unseasonable
scenes, and exacts a severe penalty.
For young men, professional or other
wise, the consequences are equally sad.
Their business is neglected, their hab
,7 r.a vitiated, and their characters
are impaired. He is, indeed a mad
man who participates night after night
in social enjoyments, balls and parties,
, f rM-P?pnt conducted, and yet ex
pects to be duly qualified to attend reg
idarlv promptly and understanding
to his avocations during the day!
Whether a tradesman or a "profes
sional," whether a merchant or a law
yer an artist or a storekeeper, the ef.
brooks, Avhich were the scene of my
snorts many a day in childhood. Old
haunt3, almost forgotten, were revisi
ted. Trees, and stones, and rills look
ed just as they did twenty year3 ago.
Many a happy hour was lived over
again, and memory brought the past
before me with all the freshness of the
livin present. Near it hand was the
old school-house, in wiich I began to
climb the hill of knowledge ; here wa3
the lawn upon which I piayed, the
stately pine beneath wrich I used to
rest at noon ; there the garden wnicn 1
early learned to cultivae, and yonder
was the scene of my e.rly manhood's
toil. It was hallowed ground to me,
and those halcyon dajj that I spent
there.
But there was a ting- i" n
Tne old homestead" tow was ours no
more. It was our last family gather
ing there. And wel do I remember
the scene at our paring. I seem even
now to see the spa where I stood,
tell, i foyer's 'land in mine, we
you of his love? Yea and I rivet the f'areweil, for tie last time, upon
conviction within you, tin 11 uet-uuics native soi j hive never seen him
part of your mental being? glnce 0ne sunny 'day list June we
lies, brother, it is wnuen oa u & bald m a cemetery,
heart of the genuine believer by the A hadrbeen sbwly brought from
Spirit ot Ood, so aeepiy wruieu iu , d now sood beside an open
lather our
presumption.
If We think that sr.rno nnrnr,j
That is to say, unle.S3 the nrMfhor ! lack of consecration, nr.. 1 ,-lf.-i;snr -.r,
jiorever preacnes learnedly, he 13 not iiave been too forward in taking things
. educated. Some people wish the preach- i f-'r granted, it is not true prudeW- fr
u .ue ueP even 1 13 the depth of iU3 10 e?t in the npposrtc extreme, sK-rt
murkiness, and sublime even if the sub- j of Bible standard. If a consciencc
limity be mere moonshine. j seared adventurous Universalis were
Just here lies the error of certain ' addressed, there houId be many guards
biblical and anti-biblical school contro-! or rather plain warnings. But a per.i
ver?:aliats. "We do not want learned tential venturing out, in reliance upon
displays in the pulpit says one, hence j divine power and love, through the
we do not want our preachers educated; reat atonement, is not presumption.
just as if because a man i3 well inform-j ur imagination shall not have power
ed on all things, he must obtrude his i to prevent the responses of Omnir.,.. ''
some of the terrific .igures of speech j varied knowledge (even knowledge of i tence and Infinite veracity to n 1 rf.k. n
with which he applied and concluded ! astronomy) into the pulpit. This does i hearted, whole souled artVf triNt T,,
it, if he had made such rhetoric the j not follow (to quote Bishop Janes) no i any reader with a suitable fear of be.
jinore than a general of ari array, be-jcomin self-assurant previous to full
jcause a mathematician, should fire 1 consecration, a sufficient guard and te-;
j mathematics from his cannon's mouth. ! ma.v he in the discov-rv whether, in
, A man may be as learned as Adam ! f-cret, pravcrfu! aitin'"(oor hurrv'ii i
: n 1 o 1, 1 1. .1 , . . . 1 c, .11.1
iviauve, i-iiu yet m cue pulpit talk soi''ore U'H. trn-n
; humbly a poor cabin woman may un,
I derstand him.
j After hearing Bishop Janes many
years ago, at one of our conf-Tr-ncs,
j talk as he only can talk, I was l idin r
.home with a company, one of whom
remarked, 'Why, the bishop is not near
oa oiuaii as roisuam : ne (jyotsdam) i ou- xnc iignt ot his einuiteriaricu
would quote Shakspeare, and go up I may become so clear that the soul can-
u.-v ciaio, aim a uersun naa 10 oe 1 11 Jt CUl mwuwi inn mo.si s.'Crct iri
11. 1. 1 lT - '
wen reaa to understand him ; but as for
the bishop, he is a very common man;
why every one, even a boy. could un-
right point. 1 hat same plainness, my
1'his l.
mated in reply to a qustin upon tbe
SuhjCt.
This question often aric;, whethe.
we shall kneel down in the pre-mr-- of
others or pray mcntaliy r.r literally in
secret. S .-n - feel that th one .' ri
of o-tentat; n, and some th t th" opp y
ite indicates a fear of man. It er.
i lrnt that either rm tho 1 i- prot-or ar.d
inai i 10 one is l(whr n m .-f ..n,
ally
iiii rn-j-t !!ectu-
lo-erv-'S
which
the 'Teat end for
secret prayer was enjoine 1.
Any Christian who succeeds in wrest
ling an hour a day, or po-- ihlv half an
hour trom th w.rld, will
the ri'jhney f,f tlio
.i .
the . po"i ! vp. t
etb.'
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liiru
'xperi'Tie
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staple of hi3 discourse, the minds of hi3
hearers would have repelled it as an
attempt to stir their sensibilities with
imaginary terrors. But when, step by
j step, with the most accurate logic, was
paved the inevitable way of sinners
down to hell, no rhetoric could enhance
Disputing with Sf. tan.
vague mi-:
riven ii; .-
lie prc-i-li
1'
The Final Separation.
How shall I give, thee up f IIoSEA xi : 8.
There is something not only sad, but
terrible in the thought of an eternal
separation. About a year ago I stood
ped XO g-aacf
y
IS :i 1 1 V
ciori of aught not Jfing
Under a sen-f of th I) v
it i.S helif-Ved tha -'Ue't ;i
nnger so ion i - it
tfiat the x.n-t form
b- mad..' plain aecording to the degree
of the realization of the pre-.en.-i- of
4
a Mi-p
is !. t'-re-e
I,
A ri old and
f illo'm Milvic
df v ei -V ,:, ,
a' Jo." i. i ', i i-
Si','., '.V e-.l
e I - - V : . r "... .
. ' r give t';2
i by f-
I.
I.
I'M !r
ic, d -jei'e
t;in c in mi-i
varniih i ov
virtue. Sat. in too
to hold an argument
v
r ; 'lie ! . 1,
r on ,,f ,,-,. lie.
MM, III lv- rm tl!.
er, and tn .k" it lo k
uhtle a sophist r
with him. Iis-
iili 1
like
dear sir, ha3 caused weeping crowds to
hang upon the words of the bishop
many a time. Great in simplicity !
TO WHO ! TO WHO !
reason, and logic, and argument have
nothing to do with it. it lies mere, we
say,in the depths of the Christian heart
'God loves' me,' like the rock in the
ocean's depths, so deep, so firm, that no
tempests playing above, nor waves
Huarge I. Indifference. My pre-
d pressor left the 'Church Register'
nnd the, 'Class Books' in confusion. He
left no distinction between the living
and the dead, the married and the sin
gle, the members and prooationera
Tie farther, received members on pro
bation without leaving a single trace of
their names upon record ; and admit
ted others into full connection without
entering their names upon the cata
logue of members. 'And last, but not
least,' be left several classes without
Leaders. Is not such indifference intol-
Charge II. Xegleet of Discipline.
TTo nerderted to brins to triahand inves-
tigatecharges preferred against one of
his members, whom he knew to be
n-mltv nf immorality; and by throwing
fa. J -i ... ' ii.. nn,;0
hi resnonsioillty upon, me uauus ji
successor, he involved him in difficulties
not properly his own. Is not such de
linquency inexcusable ?
T " . . ......
rrr-iVP. in It W ai OUI
mother's counsellor ind husband. He
had been eight daysdead, and there we
buried him. We haii never known what
sorrow was before. And yet we did not
--m. o tliAoo TcitTrin'-. hone. Ah. no I
surging around, can permanently move I & hQ ofl1 tt ar0und that
it. Tlanted there Dy tne opini, it Wh tlouzht of turn d3
there held by the Spirit as long as we the bosom' of Jesu3) here
cleave like children to our lather. & d ere , om5elye3 to be, we
Are there any who stumble over this omforte(L Thil OUr conso-
truth as a rock of offense ? If we be- we cQuld gi,e him up.
lieve that those m former day3 possess- ft . hen re come t0 give
ed of evil spirits knew and telt much band tQ y0 how different
The following very clever dun was writ
ten by Percy Howe, Editor of the 'Pine
Knot.'
" 'Twas on a cold autumnal night,
A Dismal one to view,
Dark clouds obscured fair Venu3" light,
And not a star appeared in sight,
As the thick forests through
Muggins, as usual 'blue
Bent homeward, 'tacking' left and riht ;
When all at once he 'brought up' right
Against an old dead yew;
At which he 'rounded to,'
Said with an oath I shan't indite,
i Infernal scoundrel, you!
Light-an' I'll lick you, black or white !'
Just then above him flew
An owl, which on a branch did light,
A few feet o'er the boozy wight,
And then commenced, To who
Toicho to tcho to xcho!
Quoth Muggins, 'Don't you think to fright
A fellow of my weight and height
With your ter who, ter who,
You cursed bugaboo 1
An' if you're Bdzebub, it's quite
Onnecessary you should light
For Muggins ai ntyour 'due ;
For money matters are all right
The Printer' s paid up honor hright ."
Thereat the Owl withdrew,
And Massrins mizzled to).
Bat there are other chaps who might
Be caught out some dismal night,
WhcTiare n't paid what's due!
They know to who to who!"
pute not, but fight. If you enter into
a parley with .Satan, you give him half
! tne victory. ho "
rtir-n,r.othin-i cmUzixiBZ "J VLJlV'JLj. -?2ilt.
God as the supreme; most certain we shall viebl. Prineirdrt
. j -
being abandoned, there is littlo else to
guide, but evil passions, which strong
ly prompt sin."
(Ps. xc, 8,) and be able to know when
they are iully surrendered.
But for the surrnml.
venturing upon
substitute for what should be renounced
D. F. It
How he Freed his Mind
that others did not, when they wander- Y.. . lot the love of
ed among the tombs, leaped upon and Chrjst , ynen we septrate at the riv
tore men, it we Deiieve tnai tney were , , , h- h to.morroW we may
convinced, without words, or sights, or . ... , with no prospect oi re
sounds, that the evil spirits hated them, j m fcg partin2 whh no hope
let us not uciij i" that we shall ever meet aaiu
fcpint is capauie oi erneiiug mo uuuiu
heart and assuring it of the love of God.
Deny or explain away the other if you
will, say you cannot conceive how a
created spirit, like Satan s can so reveal
himself to man, but do not say that
God. the Creator of all, cannot take
Dossession of a human heart, and so
write the truth of his love there that And a3 tk05e lands the drer grow,
fill thft wida world. xrn friends are i-jiigaway,
G. B. D. V.eavea itself, threugn lovea on3 ueau,
The Eeturn cf Recruits.
Onr comDanions, when they see us re-!
turned from camp meetiDg,' 0Qr heart3 to heaven.
"When there's a will there's a way,"
i3 a proverb never truer than in its ap-'
plication to religious duties, such as !
participation in the active exercises of j
the prayer meeting. There are many j
who have no 'gifts' for this purpose,but ,
the gifts they lack are not those of elo-!
quence, but only those of the Spirit. !
Says the Congregationalist : '
The old stuttering blacksmith would !
teach them better, whose soul so glow- :
ed and burned within him a3 to bring;
him to his feet, and compel his starn-
bu-bu-bu-but just look at me ; h-he-he-i
here I am, and I o o love to be here ." i
He drove a nail in a sure place that
time. He struck th exact point. He,
loved to be here ! He loved it so much ;
as to overcome an immense impediment ;
in saying so. It wa3 an expression of ;
frnnrr feelin?. that carried the evi-'
dence of it3 own sincerity,and so touch-
ed and moved the hearts of others. !
Who brings a better excuse than the
blacksmith for not speaking? And!
after the competition of excuses, will
some one try to make a better speecn . j
.J, ;
Irritable Christians Eead This. '
i
There was a clergyman, who was of ,
nervous temperament,and often became j
much vexed, by finding his little grand- J
children in his study. One day one cf
these children was standing by his
mother's side, and she was speaking to .
him of heaven.
"T " caid he. "I don't want to go :
5 - J
A Sensible. Speech.
The Christian Observer t.'ivei the follow
ing, a.s a f-ieee!i delivered in n viiln-e raj
er meeting. Nothing truer or wi r eoold
have been paid in tier pretest. 'My
brethren, I am plad to eorue here. When
my work was d ue thin evening, I th Might
there were two good rcciho-n wl;y I fhotil
not go to the prayer mcoMng. They w:r
these: fct. 1 w-is tired, having toiled h'rd
till a la to hour in the Gel 1. lid. The even
iog was fur perjt rri't t I-ite to attend
prayer meeting Ho I w.iH half incline 1 to
remain at ho ne Iut t';i thought oeeur-
Tloe.rn 1 iK-lk"fnU'Vrv'r,rT'T'
W"iU.,n to wjrk ) la'e i-. tha erenio?.
You knew it was
We dr,f, i and tht
you should g to the prayer inecting. Ho
I determined to h ave cferjt' : -,g and come;
and cow I am -ltd I did fi I fe-l none
the wor-e, but rather ihe ba;er. My holy
is rented, niy "pirit is re're-hed, anl my
mind is at p-:ace."
A Standing Daubt.
One reason why so many prcfticori do
not rejoice everrnora is, they hve a :.tan 1
in? doubt' of their acceptance with God
3 doubt as to vfhether they are bom ag-i
and therefore they ctntiotrj'd:e evurr.ore.
litter titled; get it lettl-.l a:
th ilt-iTen.
( t thin rn;
r.r.na i-'nrl iV ii contrive. sv witb
Y ly, fiy to the blool the bio d ths 11
of the Lamb. I ttll you if you U.V: nM
care, this ptandin? doubt will sink ysi f
h'Al. Cau-jh'.y.
MILTON ON IH VAASbSV-il
When I c'O'Vlft
r ho- rat 1
m "-'lea..
:'t wvrl 1 a'; 1
'Do act vrai-t ta go to heaven, rnv
I don't."
HEAVES'. :
As distant lands Deyona iqi -,
When friends go thencedraw nign,
So Heaven,when friends h.ve thither gone,
Draw3 nearer from tne Jy.
warmed by the fire kindled there, natural- j
I rr cav this is all verv well, bat how long j
'j j ' - son
wilL last, i . t i '"No. ma. I am sure
nat snan ne iue auwi juuu- r.c. , . r,,
i, .i 9 cui! ; v o tK; - Tti "Why riot, my son .
U? 4. 1. H Mtai tuij --Vhy, gran.1:,.. will U .1 -i
is his will I It will last as long as a ruined . he ?"
and fallen sjuI is willing, with true buiuil-; '-Why, yes ; I hope e wnl.
ity, to seek that love. j Wefl, as soon he sees 'i3- w;.i
x. ..,4. J r.1. " l,nt ctil itanrl ' ,.1... r,l s-iV. Mi !!G.
'J--, ' fc ...... . r.r. . T, t. fc , ( i : 1 1 i 1 1 ' . 1
i.- Kn wli.at are these boys here
f-r ' ' T don't want to go to heaven, if
i. j
cl
ean remove it,
Grows nearer day by day.
four y-ars of age, was brought into the First Heaven is not far froa those who see
Police statioo ot uoston, a iew aays ago, -u i -Ylth the pure tpiri- a o'S"'
a beastly state of intoxication. This was the J nearj anJ in the Jery hearts
suc4 arresc on me same cimrge. jiuiuij Of thoC who see ar ght.
grand-pa is goin,
" Tie not vain-e'onous. bnt still stand
in the fr nt rank 1 Mke up your mind
to do this ia a proper manner, and with
God's blessing you will teel the result.
-w- i 1 1 . 1 i il V r.y
lhave ceara mat iue L-ustuu imviC ( y -
the commencement of a battle, to put the UgW -"f
recruits (who are supposed to be a litt'e
timid) in the front of the advancing col
umn, so that they cannot run if they de
sire to. So old soldiers of Christ who are
veterans in the good cause, shouldsur-
front of the battle till they get used to the
SeU of powder, and strong and warmed
by the strife.
I'ii'i.
'iil
jxn sr.
to
be there."
1
A Riddle. The falk.wmg ndd.e sai-i j
Inetion OI eu'jiijsi
- , i .
II s-.mr.limn WUU ut
1
to be the last pr i
sometimes without a heal ; sometimes witl
"v'wl and tail, sometimes without j
eTtLndreqyrfectiaan
ittions. Answer, a wig. ,
fe iialf mv iyi. in
And that one talent which i . iv.th V. 1
L.1' J ''''.ii '.ni u::e", to el' r.'T ni'i
m ts '
., ui.T i. the:- -.vith my Mi'-:
M v t" it h i r. I e-t ii-f '
' Hi -i i '1 '.-it:; 1 r !'-, 1
I f ,:. iiy h- ; o j- re.' : -,
T.W m i'Mi ir, 0:i re:.-!i'.-:
nee 1
t-e-t . ,
liearhi- m il y.ief toey r ti-Jt Ui. ;
i.'i ol .; ,
It kix.lr: to oi-oii '- hi bi-Ji.n-f aj-e-fi,
An d p over J-vil aod wna r.!!iu'i
reft;
Jbey k.U serve wh o.-.ly ttand aol wn.t.'
B-rerly Tu ;itT, E-.. the newiy ap
,intl C miul t Llverp-)ol, is at the Nw
Y jrk Hotel, prepiriD to depart on h:i mi4
sion. Althiun y ositiTf'.y deale 1, it is
terwrl r.reva'oe-i u-yo, by bis frnls, to
accept it as the "Ui' b r-e asjyet r .tnvoin?
tj pi:k.' ,