0rt Carolina dtljristM Rotate.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1857.
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Goldsboro', Oct. 23, 1857.
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Death of Samuel Whitaker, Sen.
Samuel Whitaker, sen., died at his resi
dence in Wake county, on the 5th inst.,
aped wi bin a few days of 78 years.
He had represented Wake county, in
both branches of the General Assembly,
for a period of 27 years : and he had also
he'd the office of sheriff for a number of
years. For more than half a century he
had been a member of the Methodist Epis
copal Church ; and although he may not
have passed through the ordeal of publio
life without some abatement, for a time, in
his spiritual advancement, yet he never
lost sigkt of his early vows to God. In
the evening of his days his faith and hope
in the Gospel became brighter and stron
ger; and he bore a very severe affliction
of four months' duration, with exemplary
patience and calm resignation. His last
words were,
" I never before had such views of the
character of God. All is right all is
riht."
Loug years ago, and to the last, bis house
was a home for the ministers of the gospel;
and the Divine blessing was gives to him
and will, we trust, be continued to his re
motest posterity.
The old men of the country, the aged
members of the church, are leaving us ;
and as they depart, the mantle of their re
sponsibility falls upon us, who follow after
them.
Thanksgiving- Day.
Gov. Bragg has issued his proclamation,
recommending the citizens of the state to
observe Friday the 26th day of November
as a day of thanksgiving.
We should be pleased to see the day of
thanksgiving more generally and appro
priately observed than it has heretofore
been, in North Carolina. The scattered
members of each family should meet once
more, if practicable, at the "Id homestead.
And while all should abstain from labor,
and partake of the bounties of Providence
with temperance and gratitude, tbey should
strengthen the cords of fraternal love, and
cultivate feelings of devout thanksgiving
to the Giver of all good.
Every church should be opened and
th longed with cheerful worshippers ; and
every pulpit should show forth that good
ness of God, in his Providence and iu Lis
grace, which crowns the year with plenty,
and appeals to the recipients of his boun
ty, to unite in his service with thankful
and penitent hearts.
South Lowell Academy.
Attention is invited to the advertise
ment of the next session of South Lowell
Academy.
Mr. Speed, the Principal, is an accom
plished and successful instructor, and the
institution under his care merits the entire
confidence and the most liberal patronage
of the public. We trust that a larger num
ber of pupils than ever before will ectej
for the ensuing tens.
Infant Baptism
In closing the condensed view of the ar
gument for Infant Baptism, which it was
our purpose to present,wc proceed to notice
the most popular objections to it.
1. "What good can it do a child, to bap
tise it V
We reply, that to baptize a child now
will do it as much good as it did to circum
cise a child of Abraham. And we ask, if
it be true that believers only are entitled
to baptism, and if it also be true that he
who believes will infallibly persevere and
be saved, what good can it do to baptize
him ?
2. "Children can be saved without bap
tism."
Very true ; and so can believers, especi
ally if believers cannot fall from grace. It
is because believers are in a state of salvation
that they are baptized; children are fit for
heaven, without faith ; and are therefore
baptized.
We asked a Baptist gentleman why he
wished us to baptize his infant child.
Said he, "I want you to baptize the child
in the name of Christ becauss Christ is his
Saviour."
It is a singular fact that the first opposi
tion to Infant Baptism, upon the modern
ground that it is not scriptural, ne-r in any
case to be tolerated, was based upon a de
nial of infant salvation.
In the 12th Century, Peter De Bruis
taught that as infants ceuld not believe,
they could not be saved, and therefore
should not be baptized. This earliest op
position to Infant Baptism, upon anything
like the grounds ef the modern opposition,
conceded by plain implication, that if in
fants were saved, they were proper sub
jects for baptism.
3. "Infant Baptism is not expressly
commanded iu the New Testament; there
fore it is not lawful." We have already
shown from the recorded instances of bap
tism in the New Testament, as well as
from the identity of the ALrahamie and
Gospel covenant, that the Apostles under
stood the great commission, which institu
ted Christian baptism, to authorize them
to baptize children.
But the objection assumes that no Chris
tian observance is authorized, unless it be
expressly commanded in the Gospel. But
unfortunately for the objectors, they nulli
fy their own principle of interpretation.
The change of the Sabbath frum the sev
enth to the first ?ay of the week, is not
expressly commanded ; yet it is observed
by the enemies of Infant Baptism. And
we here affirm that the proof for Infant
Baptism is of the same nature, and just as
ample as is the proof for the Christian
Sabbath.
No command authenticates female com
munion ; yet it is practiced by our oppo
nents. The fact that there is 'neither male
nor female, in Christ," is as pertinent to
prove that female children should be bap
tized, as that feminine adults should come
to the Lord's table.
The opponents of Infant Baptism, base
their practice of close communion upon the
assertion that baptism is a prerequisite
to communion. Yet close communion
is not commanded. Neither is there, in
all the New Testament, a command which
enjoins that baptism shall go before com
munion. Those to whom Christ adminis
tered the first eucharist had never received
Christian baptism, because it was not even
instituted until after the resurrection of
our Lord.
The only way by which any thing like a
command to authorize the modern practice
of close cemmunion, can be made out, in
evitably brings in Infant Baptism.
j Thus : The Lord a Supper takes the
place of the passover; baptism takes the
place of circumcision ; it was expressly
commanded that none should eat the pass
over, unless he had first been circumcised ;
therefore, none should be permitted to par
take of the Lord's Supper, except those
who have been baptized.
If this argument be rejected, then there
is no command which authorizes close com
munion; if this argument be admitted, it
follows that as children were circumcised,
they should now be baptized, as the one
rite is in the place of the other.
And at best, our brethren who oppose
Infant Baptism merely because, as they
allege, it is not lawful to base a Christian
practice upon inferential argument, will
have to abandon their opposition; or to
abandon the Christian Sabbath, give up
close communion, and repel all females from
the eucharist.
They ean only retain and vindicate these
observances, by a principle of interpreta
tion which inevitably sustains Infant Bap
tism. They can only maintain their opposition
to it, by an unhappy inconsistency with
their own mode of interpretation touching
close communion, the sheet anchor of their
denominational exclusiveism.
We forbear to notice objections of less
importance to the apostolic practice of In
fant Baptism; we rest with confidence
upon the positive evidence already presen
ted to show that the great commission au
thorized the baptism of infants ; and close,
for the present, with an apposite remark of
laber, in bis "Difficulties of Infidelity.
He says :
" If objections .and difficulties arc to be
admitted.agtriaBt positive unanswered evi
dence ; there is an end of all moral cer
tainty, and the reign of universal ckepti
eigm ia forthwith introduced."
Sin in Believers.
Bit(X Heflin : In a late No. of the
N. C. C. Advocate, I noticed an extract
irom the preface of the life of Carvosso,
wherein he exhorts the preachers to press
it on believers to seek entire deliverance
trom inbred sin." Does he mean to say
that a person, after he has been converted
or born again by the Spirit of God. has
the remains of the carnal mind left in him ?
I don't know how to conceive of a person's
heart, a part of which is occupied by the
Holy Spirit, and.the remaining part still
possessed by the wicked one. It would
look like commingling light with darkness,
or truth with error. I wish some of your
Methodist ic D D's. would point out to me
some of those parts of the Sacred Scrip
tures, on which they found 'this doctrine.
I have examined them, with an eye to this
thing, and cannot find any part of them
which, according to my views, will justify
such a conclusion. We read of the wicked
spirits being cast out; but some of them
went into the swine, and of another that
spent his time ' walking through dry places.'
Now, unless wicked spirits are omnipre
sent, they cannot occupy two distinct lo
calities at the same time. If a person were
to die at the hour of his conversion, would
he need acy further change ?
INQUIRER.
While the "Methodistic D. D's." are
getting ready, we venture to put in a word
or two.
If our friend "Inquirer," and other read
ers wish to see the grounds upon which we
differ with him, tbey will please read Wes
ley's sermon, "On Sin in Believers." They
will there find those scriptures cited and
expounded, upon which our church has
generally agreed in the opinion that the
remains of the carnal mind, "roots of bit
terness which spring up and give us
trouble," continue in the heart of the jus
tified, regenerated believer, until eradica
ted by the subsequent work of entire sanc
tification. We also beg leave to refer those who may
be interested in this question, to our stand
ard works on the doctrine of holiness
Wesley, on Christian Perfection ; Fletch
er's Last Check to Antinomianism ; Foster
on Christian Purity ; all these not only set
forth the doctrine they vindicate with
clearness and force, but they also incident
ally and conclusively show from the scrip
tures that sin remains in merely justified
believers, and that it must be removed by
the subsequent work of entire sanctification.
Paul wrote to the Corinthians as " to
them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus,
called to be saints." Those thus entitled
by him, were of course justified by faith.
And yet Paul say9 to tbem; "And I,
brethren, could not speak unto you as unto
spiritual, but as unto carnal for ye are yet
carnal." There was sin in the hearts of
these justified believers.
Again, he thus exhorts "the church of
God which is at Corinth, with all the saints
which are in all Achaia" "Having there
fore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from all filtbliness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the
fear of God." Here the fact that sin re
mains in believers is recognized, and in
connection with the promises of God, is
made the basis of an exhortation to seelfc
entire deliverance from it.
' But it is not our purpose to enter fully?
into this question, nor to elicit a discussiom
of it in these columns. Our object is lath
er to awaken an interest iu the mind of the:
reader, which will cause him to search the
Scriptures, and to read the books referred.
to.
Our friend "Inquirer" is a man whcj
reads, and thinks, and prays ; and although ;
we may not agree precisely in the questions
stated by him, he will most heartily concur
with us in the opinion that the whole
church needs more religion ; and that the
perusal of books on holiness, written by the
best men of the church, cannot fail to ac
complish good.
Normal College A Proposition.
A lay member of the church authorizes
and requests us to publish the following
proposition :
He says " I will make this proposition,
to be left open for twelve months, to wit :
1 will be one of a hundred who ic ill give
TJVE HUNDRED DOLLARS each, to raise
fifty thousand dollars endowment for Nor
mal College. I say, to be left open for
twelve months, because this is a time
when no man ought to attempt to see more
than twelve months ahead of him But
for the gloom that now envelopes the com
mercial and monetary horizon, I would
agree to give one thousand dollars to Nor
mal on the above proposition. I may give
that amount, but I am not willing now to
pledge myself for more than five hundred.
Iam for sustaining Normal, as a North
Carolina Methodist College, with money
and with students. I am for uniting and
exerting all our abilities to advance North
Carolina Methodist Education."
We have taken the liberty to make this
extract from a private letter. We hope to
be permitted hereafter to publish the name
of the writer, at the bead of the list of
Christian patriots, wboshall have embalmed
their memory in the hearts of good men, by
endowing the first Jjethodist College in
North CarcKna.
Who will be first to respond to this lib
eral pt oposition ?
.
.Dividend. The Bank of Wadesboro,' N
C., has declared a dividend of five percent
profits of the last six months.
The Ameriean Tract Society.
Several correspondents have requested
us to give our opinion of the American
Tract Society, in viewof the recent action
of its officers, by which they promise to
publish nothing on slavery.
The officers of the Society were elected
by the Society. Their present position has
been taken, in violation of the instructions
of those who appointed them ; and there is
every reason to believe that at the next
May meeting others will be appointed,who
will be more obedient to those who elect
them.
The unauthorized promise of the ser
vants of the American Tract Society
gives assurance to the South, against
northern aggression, until next May ;
but it does not reverse the unanimous
action of that Society, by which they
have alreadv taken tin the Question of
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slavery, and declared it to be a moral evil.
By this action the A. T. Society have for
feited all claim to the confidence of the
South ; and the couence and co-operation
of the" Southern 'people should be
withheld, until the Society shall formally
and unequivocally repudiate its own reso
lutions of May last, on slavery, and once
more assume its nroter position of strict
neutrality on this vexed question.
This is pur opinion, after a careful ex
amination of all that has been published
by the officers of the A. T. Society in ex
planation of their viewj. But we do not
desire to press these conclusions upon oth-
ers, by giving at
large
our reasons
for
them.
If any still think the A. T. Society enti
tled to the confidence of the South, we are
willing to leave them h the undisturbed
enjoyment of their opin'on.
Belles and Iandiei.
The Editor of the St. Louis Christian
Advocate has been "on. the river." and in; Brown's Chapel, and the other at Provi
what he calls "steamboat Editorials," he I dence. At the former place 12 were con
describes some people be met. From the lyerted, and at the latter 3. In number-
, . . , . v ! 1Dff those converted the present year, I
following, we infer that certain human , , .. , . , r. , J
e, . n(j tjJat wnuc bave professed coover-
creatures whom we have seen on this side : and 41 coore making in all 112.
the mountains have strayed off, and regaled Oh that they may all prove faithful, and
Bro. McAnally with a view of themselves reach that brie ht world to which they
on board a Mississippi steamboat. Look have started. I am sorry that no more has
i been done for the Church. My colleague
upon this picture: and mySfclf have done what we coud for
"Now turn your eyes towards the other; the prosperity of the Church, and our
end of the boat, and watch for a few mo- j work is placed upon the altar of God for
tnents that specimen of humanity if in-; acceptance.
deed she belong to the genus homo which The people have been kind and indul
we are all wont to call a "fashionable young ' gent to me in the sad reverses of fortune
lidy." Look at her as she rises from her through which 1 have been called to pass,
seat and flaunts across the cabin, and you Their kindness shall be remembered and
will almost in voluntarily exclaim. "Hoop,
hoop, hurrah ! How does she manage to
pass through the door of a staterroom ?
That's none of our business, however. But
only see how she is befizzled, bedressed,
bedizzenedjbefixedand befooled ! See how
?ne twins mat gauay ciiam tuai no peru
of true refinement would wear, and displays
that embroidered handkerchief. Buti-tay!
Now she is languishing. Isn't that look
"perfectly killing ?" Who could withstand
that ? There, she speaks, or rather drawls.
Oh ! what tones Don't she remind one
of the fox in the vizier's shop, "Pretty
things, pretty things," said the fox, "pity
they have no brains !"
Turn we to Bro. McAnally's typograph
of a dandy :
"Now look yonder at that flashing, hairy
faeed youngster, who is "paying the agree
able" to the ladies. Hear his "small-talk"
about pai ties, fairs, fashion, See. Listen
to bis twaddle, as with the volubility of a
young crow or magpie he runs on, all about
nothing precisely the very thing that fills
his head. Hear it all, and then remember
that he claims to be a fashionable, well
bred young man. But notice him closely,
and while he is so bland, so smiling, so
complaisant to those females he is evident
ly desirous of pleasing, see how he scowls
at that humble-looking, plainly-dressed and
well behaved woman near him. He thinks
;she is poor she does not belong to "gen
teel society" as he understands it; hence
she is to be "snubbed-" And yet he p.o
ftsses to be a gentleman, and would, per-
h ps, be "full of fight" were one to deny
th esc claims. Well, I deny them. He is
no gentleman; he is not well mannered. Ai
m ule dressed in t roadcloth is a mule for all j
tb .at ; so fine clothes and costly jewelry do j
nc t change that man's nature."
1
This is true to the life. And such crea
tu res would be very amusing, if they had
no souls to lose, and no parents to bring
down with sorrow to the grave. But, alas !
fche fashionable fools of the day are sacri
ficing the best hopes of humanity, for
inaught.
Explanatory.
The American Advocate is of opinion
that a paragraph about the tariff of 1846,
in an extract which we embodied in a re
cent editorial, is susceptible of an inter
pretation inconsistent with the neutrality
of this paper in party politics.
We intended to have erased the para
graph complained of, before inserting the
extract, but inadvertently omitted to do so.
We now retract, disavow, and utterly repu
diate the objectionable language in that
quotation. We should have done this the
week after its publication, when we first
. noted the oversight by which it had ap
peared in our columns? but we thought it
better to afford bur Kinston cotemporary
the pleasure of calling our attention to it;
and then to show him bow much more
pleasant it is to do right than to persist in
wrong
Centennial Celebration. The people of
Halifax, N. C, intend celebrating the 21st
inst., that being the day, one hundred
years ago, on which Halifax was incorpora
ted as a town by the Legislature of North
Carolina.
Editor's Table.
Quarterly Review: The October
number of the Southern Methodist Quar
terly Review is on our Table. The articles
are varied and able :
I. Thos. Chatterton, IL Samuel Drew
and Thos. Scott. III. The Ascension, by
Rev. T. V. Moore, D. D. IV. The Order
of Jesuits, by Prof. Reubelt. V. A Re
view of Henkle's 'Primitive Episcopacy,'
by Rev. Jas. W. Allen, A. M. VI. Meth
odist Preachers and preaching, by Rev. II.
S. Thrall. VII. Correspondence an orig
inal letter of Adam Clarke. VIII. Brief
Reviews.
We note under the head of Brief Re
views, that the Editor, Dr. Doggctt com
mends Bro. Jones' book, "Roman Catholi
cism, Scripturally considered," and "An
nals of Southern Methodism," by Dr.
Deems. That same ugly apparition of
Bishop Pierce defaces a page which had
looked better blank, un1es3 it had contain
ed some explanation of how such a man
could be induced to submit to such a pic
ture of himself.
'The Discuses' Advocate. Amonth
ly periodical, published by the General
Conference of the Disciples of Christ in
North Carolina. Dr. John T. Walsh, Edi
tor, Kinston., N. C."
The first number is received ; it is a neat
pamphlet of 32 pages, and its contents
manifest decided ability. We wish the
Editor success, so far as is consistent with
the truth of the Gospel.
REVIVALS.
Pittsboro', N. C, Nov. 9th.
Bro. Heflin : In closing my labors on
Haw River Circuit, permit me to say to
the friends of our common Christianity,
that the good Lord has not been unmind
ful of us. SinnA T last, wrote in von. we
, , h M profitable meetings, one at
, appreciated. It. r. JJjbb.
Tayloksville, N. C, Nov. 4th.
Bro. Heflin : I am pleased to in-
. form you that I am in the midst of a
gracious revival of religion in the vil-
lae of 'laylorsville. 1 commenced a
meeting here last Saturday, assisted
by Bro. Talley, of the Alabama Con
ference, which is still in progress.
There are a number of penitents at
the altar, and four have found the Sa
viour precious. There is a general
interest through the whole village;
Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterians
are working side by side in this great
work. The revival is principally con
fined to the students of the . United
Baptist Institute. God grant that it
may not stop until every student is
converted, with all the sinners in Tay
lorsville. Yours, in Christ,
B. B. Sheltojt.
Alamance Circuit, Nov. 4th.
Bro. Heflin : Please say to the
friends of Zion, that I have closed sev
eral very interesting meetings on the
Alamance Circuit. At my camp
meeting at Mascedonia some 15 or 16
professed conversion, 8 joined the
church, 2 by letter. At Prospect 6
or 8 were converted.- At Bethel I
closed a camp meeting yesterday, with
very little help. We had a good time
amongst the members, but no conver
sions. Yours, in Christ,
A. Gattis.
MISCELLANY.
A New Catholic Translation of the
Bible. The London Catholic Register
makes the following announcement.
"We are authorized to State that, in ac
cordance with the decrees of the last Synod
at Westminster, which have lately been
returned from Rome with the approbation
of the Holy See, the Cardinal Archbishop
of Westminster has entrusted the prepa
ration of a corrected version in English of
the Holy Scriptures to the care of Dr.
Newman. Never has it been our duty to
make an announcement which has given us
more heartfelt satisfaction ; and, we doubt
not, it will be shared by all classes of our
readers."
General Walker. General Walker, in a
letter addressed to the Secretary of State,
says that so far as any violation on his part
of the acts of Congress is concerned, he
denies the charge with scorn and indigna
tion, and will not so far forget his duty as
an officer of Nicaragua as to violate the laws
of the United States while enjoying hospi
tality within its limits. As the military
organization is abandoned, about 2,500 men
from various Southern States have enrolled
as emigrants to Nicaragua.
An Accomplished Monster. Nina Sa
hib, the man who has recently distinguish
ed himself in India by nailing live chil
dren in wooden boxes and throwing them
into the flames, according to a French wri
ter, cannot read a tender line in Byron or
Shakspeare, without being moved to tears!
He speaks French, Italian and English; is
acquainted with their several literatures;
talks the latter as fluently and as purely as
any "gentleman de Hyde Park," and trans
lated Hamlet into Hindoo, to the great ad
miration of competent critics.
Slavery in Oregon. The Oregon consti
tutional convention has completed its la
bors and adjourned, and the people will
vote on the constitution next Monday, and
at the same time choose between twoclauses,
one of which recognizes slavery and the
other prohibits it. It is stated that five of
the eight democratic papers published in
Oregon, have ccme out in favor of estab
lishing slavery in that Territory. Among
the advocates of the policy is Gen. Lane,
the democratic delegate to Congress. The
convention to form a constitution chose a
pro-slavery man for president.
Pastor Elected. Rev. L. W. Seely, of
Jammore, bas been elected pastor of the
Second Baptist Church, Richmond, and
will enter upon the discharge ef his duties
in a few weeks. Mr. Seely is a native of
Kentucky, and for several years a professor
in Georgetown CoNege He is said to be
one of the most accomplished scholars of
the country, ana a popular pulpit orator.
Snow Two Feet Deep. A Chicago
paper of the 3d instant, has the fol
lowing:
A gentleman just from Superior, up
.North, says that two weeks ago he
waded in snow that was two feet deep,
between Stevens' Point and Superior.
His Majority. Judge Macbeth has
been elected Mayor of Charleston by a
majority of 125 over his competitor,
Mr. Richardson.
A Professorship Endowed. Wm.
Dickson, of Franklin county, Alabama,
has endowed the chair of Moral bci
ence and Belles Letters in the Florence
Wesleyan University, at Florence,
Alabama, with the sum of ten thousand
dollars.
Home. The world is for the working
hour, but home is the place of refuge. We
come to it when we are weary or weak; our
refreshment is there, our rest is there, we
reflect there,we recover from sickness there,
and when we die in peace, we die there
Uah ! In looking over the schedule of
j articles to be presented to the different In
i ,i:.. c 1..- i. .i c r .u
I r ..... . , . .r .l -
Interior invites proposa's, we observe
j item"iro hundred dozen scalping knives.''
Our haiid went up involuntarily, to the
j "place where the hair ought to be."
I Butler County Telegraph.
j A Giant. A monster Indian passed
I through Chattanooga, Tenn., a few
! days ago, on his way to Atlanta, Ga.,
for exhibition there. He is said to be
i 7 feet 9 inches in height, and to weigh
460 pounds, only 18 years old.
"Preaching." Baxter said, 'I never got
a fanciful text, or an ambitious theme, on
my knees ' 'Special, internal, efficient 'lid,'
says Dr. Henderson, will be granted to
profoundly humble prayer.' Says Wickliffe,
'Great sanctity in bearfc and life will bring
that eternal light from the Spirit, which
cannot be dispensed with in the interpreta
tion of Scripture.'
Comparison. A converted Hindoo, on
i bing ass-nled with a torrent of profane and
oDscene woras irom laoratrous neignnors,
went up to them and asked .-
"Which is worse, the abusive terms that
i you are just using, or tbe mud and dirt
!. Ill""' 1 I Ml Ql.
that you sen lying on yon aung-Diu ;
"Th abusive terms," was the reply.
"And would you ever take into your
mouth the mud and dirt?
"Never."
"Then why do you fill your mouths with
the abusive terms, which you confess to be
the worst of the two ?"
Confounded' with the rebuke, tbey reti
red, saying that "the argument was but
fair."
Witty Wisdom. Quaint old Fuller says
"Let him who expects one class of society
to prosper m the highest degree, while the
other is in distress, try whether one side
of his face can smile while the other is
pinched."
! How True. The truthfulness of the
following lines will be recognized by
every one.
A little stealing is a dangerous part,
But stealing largely is a noble art ;
'Tis mean to rob a hen roost of a hen,
But stealing millions make us gen-tic
men.
The Jennens Property. The right heir
to the enormous wealth of the Jennens
family ha at last been found in the person
of Mr. Joseph Martin; and an eminent
law firm of Liverpool have recently obtain
ed administration for the heir-at law from
Doctor's Commons, to Elizabeth Bunch,
otherwise Jennens, tbe daughter and the
heiress of John Jennens, of Colchestcr,who
was the last male heir entail and heir gen
eral of the Jennens. The personal proper
ty to which this administration will extend
is supposed to amount to over 16,000,000.
The real estates are equally large, the ren
tal being estimated at 150,000 per. annum.
The principal landed properties are situated
in Birmingham, Edgbaston, and in the
counties of Warwick, Stafford, Worcester,
Gloucester, Salop, Derby, Nottingham,
Leicester, Flint, Chester, Suffolk, and Es
sex. The appearance of a direct personal
representative to the Jennens will, it is
thought, create con!idrable uneasiness in
a large circle of high and influential per
sons, and will iu all probability, end in
the discomfiture of a host of active claim
ants and anxious expectants who have been
for years seeking to obtain a share of this
almost fabulous accumulation of wealth.
Church Action on the Financial Revi
sion. The Synod of New York, which in
cludes 160 Old School Presbyterian minis
ters, and as many elders from nearly the
same nuinDer or cliurches, and whose ter
ritorial limits include Long Island, New
York city and the lower counties of tbe
State, as far up as Poughkeepsie, has ad
dressed a letter to the churches under its
care, relating to the present financial re
vulsion, and the breaking up of so many
Christian missions in India by violence.
Tbe synod have recommended to their
churches the observance of Thursday, No
vember 5th, as a day of fasting, humilia
tion and prayer, to supplicate deliverance
fr?m this heavy calamity, or such a wneiin
improvement, of it as shall render it a bcls-
suig rather than a ourse.
In the Wrona Pulpit. The KeV
Dr. Strickland is a man tf rare indus
try ; for, besides his labors on the old
Advocate, he both writes and edit
books with Wesleyan facility. More
over, he preaches every feandny as if
he had nothing else to do. The fact
is, the doctor don't know how to deny
any one who ask hira for help. A
few weeks since a brother from New
ark came to him with what the mis
sionary speeches used to call the
'Macedonian cry,' 'Cotuc over and
help ns
'Certainly said the doctor ; 'name
your time.'
'Next Sunday morning.'
'Agreed look for roe.'
The next Sunday came, and faith
ful to his promise, away went the doc
tor. In an hour's time he was iu
Newark, in the identical street on
which the ehurch stands. As lie
walked along (the doctor measures
some distance on the earth's surface
at each step) his busy mind was thread
ing its way through the sermon to be
delivered. Presently he came to a
church not the right one to be sure,
bnt no matter, it was a church. Tho-
congregation were pretty well assem
bled. Their own minister was in the
pulpit, and just about to begin accor
ding to the form and manner ot the
Congregational worship. The doctor,
thinking that all was right (giod, un
suspecting man that he is,) walked
straight to the sacred desk, and kneel
ed down to say the usual short prayer
for a good time. While he was pray
ing, the Kev. Mr. Brown, who at be
side him, began to wonder what ex
planation could be made of all this.
The doctor rose from his knees, and
supposing that the minister of the
church was a local preacher who had
found his way into the pulpit, offered
him his hand.
'You have the advantage of me,'
said Mr. Brown.
'Have I ?' said the doctor, gtill sus-
i nectinir nothing, and assurninir the ea
siest and most independent manner,
just like hira. 'My name is Strick
land ; I have come to preach for you.'
Mr. Brown was puzzled to know
whether this unexpected ofler of help
came from above, or below, or hori
zontally ; and signified his confusion
so plainly that the doctor's keen eye
soon saw it.
'Isn't this a Methodist church V said
he.
'Ah,' said Mr. Brown, 'that relieves
the mystery. Our brethren of the
Methodist persuasion worship in a
house a little further up street.'
The doctor left on suspicion, but
soon found himself in the right place,
right side up with care. If'veare
not misinformed, his text that morn
ing was: 'Inquire for the old jtaths.'
National Magazine.
The Bible. The Bible is a history
of Him who groaned on Calvary.
From that sacred summit a flood of
light broke forth upon the world. It
was the dawn of redemption. Super
stition fled affrighted before the glo
rious appearance of Christianity, and
the church of the living God arose on
the ruins of the heathen altar. The
automatons of pagan idolatry trem
bled to the dust, and the false deities
Ipeiished on Olympus. That glorious
gospel which effected this great work
is contained in the Bible. Like the
rainbow which is hung out in the heav
ens, it is sent as a token that God
would be mindful of us. Glorious to
ken ! I rejoice when I read it, and I
would reconraend it to all my fellow
travelers to the grave. The waves of
time are rolling on to sweep us away,
and as we pass through the dark vole
of death, the light of Calvary will illu
minate our path to the superb palacei
of God.
NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS.
A Kind Act liepaid. The Raleigh, (N.
C.) Standard, in an obituary of Win. Hill,
late Secretary of Stato of North Carolina,
relates the following ;
Many years ago, he journeyed to Tenn
essee, then an almost unbroken forest. At
that time it was a perilous undertaking.
Robberies were by no means uncommon.
and Indian outrages were of frequent oc
currence. The passage of tbe mountain,
too, was iraugut witn anger, as there were
but few road, and they almost impassable.
While there, he met a widow lady with an
infant, left, by her husband' death, in a
land of strangers, friendless and alone.
She was endeavoring to make her way back
to her relatives in Carolina. Obedient to
the generous impulses of his nature, he en
deavored to secure her comfort, and to
shield her as far as he could from tbe hard
ships incident to the journey, frequent ly
carrying her iofimt for hour in hi arms.
In 1811, when a candidate fr the office bo
so long and worthily filled, he was opposed
by a gentleman of deserved popularity and
powerful influence Twice thi-y received
each an equal number of votes. Several
members of the Legislature wire confined
to their rooms by sickness, and a cniiiiit
mittc waa appointed to vi-it them and ob
tain their votes. One of the e gentlemen
a brother of the widow above mentioned,
but an entire strngir to Mr. Hill, recol
lected hearing his sister peak of the kind
ness shown her by him, and cast bin vote
on that account, for Wm. Hill. TLaton
vote secured his election.
Secretary of State. The Governor, by and
with the advice of the Council of State,
filled the vacancy in the office of Secretary of
State created by the death of Mr. Hill, by
the appointment of Rufus W. Page, Enq.,
of Wake County. Mr. Page is tbe sou-in-law
of the late Secretary of State, wrote in
his office for a considerable period, and i
every way ntiea to discharge the duties
pertaining to the appointment just confer
red on hint. Register.