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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1858.
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This Week.
The first article on the first page, though
long, will amply repay a perusal. The
position of the writer in the church and
before the public, and his antecedents in
relation to all our Conference difficulties
forced upon us by Drs. Smith and Lee,
entitle his opinions to great respect. His
name, were we at liberty to reveal it, would
be a tower of strength. But we are con
tent to rest our cause upon his facts and ar
guments. Nevertheless, the article referred
to, and cne from Rev. C. P. Jones, would
have been excluded, but far the fact that
ther were mailed before our last issufl had
reached the writers.
O-ir readers will please indulge us io a
full defense of our Conference this week.
Hereafter more space will be givea to other
6ubjects.
Io Correspondents.
Be patient : we will inssrt admissible
articles as fast as we hare room. This
week we leave out the serial articles, to be
resumed in next issue, to enable us to catch
up with the UDpamlleled influx of original
communications. We still have &3 many
on Laud as we can dispose of for some
time.
Hereafter we must not permit original
matter to exclude the news of the week,
nor to shut out such a variety of selected
articles as may be necessary to the interest
of this paper, Friends will please wait
they shall have a hearing in time. The de
lay results from a little deluge of manu
ecripts, enough for a paper of six feet
square. Ours is not so large.
Preaching in the Capitol.
Every Sunday morning there is preach
ing in the Cpitol at Washington, by one
of the city pastors, in rotation; sometimes
by eminent Ministers visitinz Washington.
That is wf 11. It is the right thing in the
right place, by the right men.
But the Xational InteHijencer gies a
synopsis of these sermons ; and we are
pained to see how the simplicity and dig
nity of the gospel are sacrificed to the sup
posed force of circumstances. The preach
er? seem to lose sight of the fact that they
are ''ambassadors for Christ" speaking to
sinners. They indulge in vagaries about
govemme ts, affect infinite knowledge of
the abstract theories of politics, and gar
nish their discourses with the names of em
inent statesmen who are, no doubt, in tor
ment. Would that these preachers could resolve
to "know nothing but Christ, and him cru
cified." The Gospel "is the wisdom of
God, and the power of God ;" and this
Gospel, preached in its simplicity, is just
what the legislators of the land need.
Christianity, like beauty, "when unadorn
ed, is adorned the most." Romanism is
the religion of circumstauces ; Protestant
ism, the religion of the Bible, is every
where the same, in all that relates to ex
perimental piety, the life and power of the
Gospel of Christ.
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March 11, 1858.
The Home Circle.
The March number is excellent, in pic
tores, typography, and literary contents.
It is commended to cur readers as one of
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ers are agents. Address Stevenson & Owen,
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The R. C. Advocate R. M. College,
The It. C. Advocate of the 4th inst. lias
been able to present nothing better in re
ply to our defence of the N. C. Conference,
than a series of low, bitter, personal as
saults and innuendoes.
i Dr. Lee well knows the fearful retalia-
tion to which his own acts expose him j
but he finds impunity in the conviction that.
we will not imitate his example, lest we
should, in time, come to resemble him.
By placing his ebullitions of personal
hostility in the form of arguments, we have
the following exhibition from the veteran
controvertialist of the Southern Church.
1. The N. C. Conference is hostile to
the Va. Conference ; therefore the N. C.
Conference did wrong in declining to rec-
;ommend It. M. College.
We deny the premises, as without proof,
and contrary to fact. We deny the con
clusion, as having no connection with the
premises.
2. Three members of the N. C. Con
ference wrote a note to another member,
on the 19th of December 1855; therefore
the N. C. Conference did wrong in this
College affair !
And to such an argument as this we are
expected to give a grave answer .'Pshaw - j North CaroKna to patronize our own home
Nor there anything in the article ofj College, because it would diminish our
Dr. Carter which, in the present stage of jcaims upoQ the UuiversitJ we should be
the discussion, justifies the occupation of gk(j to kn)W hy what proceS3 the gamc
much space in our columns. There are u u j j u
r consequences would be evaded by sustain-
few men for whose rectitude of purpose we v n n i n r
v v ing another College, in another Conference,
entertain a higher regard, or from whom Cl . T. .
' and in another State. It is passing strange
it gives ns greater pain to differ in opinion. , . A. , , f ,
, , . ; , ! that an article whose separate parts refute
Hut he has indentified himself with those I , , , ,
, . i each other so beautifully, should have pro-
who are waging a war of extermination I , , , , , .
, . . , . . i ceded from such a source, and been so
upon his own Coherence ; and no permits ' , , T T
, . ,e . , . , , r. x . ! endorsed bv Dr. Lee.
himseit to be cited by Dr. Lee as a witness ; . ; , , , , ,
I J. I ho f -i t- i rr n ft nroonimnt cot hv (tin
the christian character of his brethren and
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; comrades. W ith personal respect for him,
, , A, A . ... ; Uolu-ges within their own limits. When
we proceed to show that so much of his1 , ,. ....
.. i . , , x, , . ,;mdo the same thing, for similar reasons,
article as is not a rehash of the exploded ;
. r. T i-i e A ' and for stronger, better reasons, we are
arguments of Dr. Lee, conclusively refutes ,
!it"elf
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1. So nearly do we agree in all he says
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; that we now make no issue with him on j
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r r the actual fact ot personal animoity as
state pride as an element in the vi.nvs and ' , , M n nr
r the prime cause why the N. C Conterence
feehngs of North Carolinians is not. his of-; declied t0 recommcnd R 3I. College.-
fense, but his misfortune. The following, : nJ referg th;3 auimos;ty" t0 a series of
however is well put: "The law., in the events commencing at the Pittsboro' Con
several States are to some extent different, i ference jn 1554
and from this cause there is a difference in j p,ain we knawn factg refute the by.
the frame-work of society, and in the views, ' h;. 1 Two ears Le,hrir dissatig.
, feelings and actions of the people in each faction wag expre3sed with the faculty on
fctate, to a greater or less extent. Some- jtbe floor of the Conference in Louisburg.
j tunes these are antagonistic, and when an o Three l(fjre the Pittsboro Con
; Annual Conference embraces, within its ; terence and for the 8auie cauae, Bf)m.
I jurisdiction, a portion of territory of two 1 paint wa9 made 0f President Smith, at
! or more such Siates, she has within her' the Salisbury Conference. From the
j limits the principles of strife, discoid and j dectku of Dr gm;th onwar(l? digsat.
j division. These will, sooner or later, be i isfaction haS prevailed. 3. Just previous
fearfully devel-ped, and the impropriety to lhe fir8t G,eensboro' Conference in 1847
ana louy or tne measure will be clearly . 1)f smith thus wrote to a member ; "En
demonstrated in the unhappy results which gage Bishop Andrew to make some remarks;
follow." It is singular that Dr. Carter and if ildeed it bo true ,hat there has
failed to perceive that, in these words, ho j been a growiDfr indiference (that is the
has cut up his own arguments, root and j way he fpells the word we have italicisi d
branch, against a N. Carolina .Methodist j so much for Dr. Lee's 'calumny,') for some
College, and in favor of a union of Ya. and I jcarg paar iet him direct his remarks par
N. C, upon Randolph Maeon ! If the : tieularly to that point."
j difference in the framework of society in two
States would develope discord in too close a
union of the pulpit, how much more im
possible to secure harmony in a college
union !
1. Dr. Carter objects to the connection
of the Conference with Normal College.
But he does not deny the fact of such a
connection and control of that institution
as no other Conference has of any College.
The fact that a year passed after the adop
tion of Normal before -the Conference de
clined to recommend Randolph Macon, is
supposed to nullify the force of the former
act, a3 a reason for the latter. Dr. Lee
say? that it is " crushing." It seems only
to have crushed out the reco'lection of two
other facts, the insertion of which, ri"-ht
here, restores cur original argument to !
its former conclusiveness; 1. The reeom
mendation of Randolph Macon, at the
Greensboro' Conference was sole'y the re
sult of the spirit of conciliation in our Con
ference, and was based upon a pledge which
the Trustees, in Jun6 fol 'owinyvpudi -ted.
2. At the Goldsboro' Conference, it being
manifest that our forbearance and our pa
tient efforts at conciliation were riot met
in the spirit of fraternity, and that the
interests of education in our bounds re
quired us to look exclusively at home, the
Conference adopted measures to collect
fifty thousand dollars for our own College.
Thus when a demand was made for a rec
ommendation of Randolph Macon, we were
not in the position we had occupied at
Greensboro'. Our last effort at conciliation
had failed to secure our rights at Randolph
Macon ; and could not extort even a few
words of kindness from the lordly Board
of Trustees. And we were already com
mitted to Normal in a way we had not been
a year before.
That Normal College was accepted mere
ly to form a plea against R. M. College, is
an ex post facto suggestion of distress in
argumentation, which seeks relief in a
breach of the rules of fair controversy.
3. Dr. Carter thinks it is bad policy for
the N. C Conference to have a Conference
College, because as he thinks, such a policy
would conflict with oar rights in the Uni
versity. Hear him:
" It is incoBsistent with, and opposed to
the ground we have previously occupied as
a Church in regard to State Institutions ;
we haveopposed monopolies, and contended
for equal rights and privileges to all ortho
dox denominations of Christians. For
years we have occupied this position at
naPeI and have been struggling to
Bec"re 10 our Church equal rights and
privileges with the most favored denomina
tion. Are we ready to abandon this ad
vantageous ground, and all our prospects
in State Institutions, fo.this or any other
monopoly ? I appeal to the Methodists of
the old North State, arc you ready for such
a move? Are you ready to relinquish your
claims on Chapel Hill ? I confess, I am
not. I am iu favor of Chapel Iliil, a State
Institution."
It is straDge that it never occurred to
Dr. Carter, when he touched off this gus,
that Randolph Macon was point blank at
its muzzle; that is, if it be a Methodist
College.
Such reasoning would turn the Metho
dists of every State in the Union to their
State institutions, aud annihilate the last
vestige of a claim of Randolph Macon
upon Methodist patronage. And if it is
C0Dtrary to the interests of Methodism in
S. C and Ga Conferences remains unbroken.
l " iney changeu tlieir minus ana Duilt up
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ueuwuucea iui it ua a uuujr 01 uuu uyi iiit-u ,
and two of our own brethren are found
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with our enemies I vve remember what
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they have been, and spare them.
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5. Dr. Lee aifirms that Dr. Carter proves
It is thus shown by the testimony of Dr.
Smith himself, that in 1847. before Dr.
Deems had gone to his aid, seven years
i before the Pittsboro' Conference, there
was " a growing indifference" to Randolph
Macon College. This indifference grew
apaie, long before the personal difficulties
existed to whieh Dr. Carter refers. And
these facts explode the hypothesis by which
Dr. Lee and his friends would stigmatize a
body of Christian men, as being actuated
by devilish animosity.
Even if it were true that personal hos
tility to Dr. Smith had governed the Con
ference in its action, that action might till
be in accordance with sound policy. I
this hostility were a truth instead of a
fiction, it would add another to the reasons
which show the unfitness of the President
for his position. It would be impossible
to account for the hostility alleged, unless
by .he admission of such a course upon
the part of the President, as should make
all good men lament he ever left the pas
toral work, in which he was once a useful
minister of the gospel.
The North Carolina Conference has act
ed deliberately, and in the fear of Gk1.
It has only followed the precedent set by
the South Caroliuaand Georgia Conferences
The demands of our peop e at home ; the
contempt with which our known and rea
sonable wishes have been treated by the
Board of Trustees; the scornful gibes with
which our very forbearance and efforts at
conciliation have been met ; the wholesale
vituperation of the R. C. Advocate and of
the President of It. M. College ; the sub
stitution of pesonal inuendoes for fur ar
gumentation ; the efforts now made to di
vert the public attention to other issues;
all these facts and considerations induce
the belief that there is no necesesity to
prosecute this discussion.
We love peace ; above all, do we depre
cate controversy with brethren. But our
Conference was assailed in its vested rights,
in its christian character, and in the integ
rity of its territory. A war of extermination
was opened upoD us from Richmond. Fire
brands and death have been hurled at us
by men w never wronged. Had we been
8ileat,we should have merited the ruin
that would have followed. We dared not
do less than we have donet vindicate the
Conference and the chur&, thus assailed.
If, in the novel positition itwhich we have
been placed by a causelessVar upon our
Conference, unprecedented the history
of the church, and amid a stO' mof person
al vituperation poured upou uc unsurpassed j
in bitterness by the annals ofreligious dis
putatien, a word has fallen foai our pen or
lips, not warranted by the occasion, we
deeply regret it. We want t- live at peace;
and we wish now to turn tolther subjects
of interest and cdificatiou,Ar our re -uers-If
the Conference be assajled, we will de
fend it ; if evil has come cf this discission,
it was forced upon us ; if this discussion is
to continue, it must be upon the responsi. ;
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we seek peace; hut we are ready for
a defense of the North Carolina Conference
whenever it is necessary. f :We assail none;
but we defend-ourselves.
Normal College.
A friend requests us jtepublish the char-;
ter of Normal Coflege.ifae object is to '
show that Normal, like Eindolph Macon, is fulness of the members of other Conferen
nota Methodist ColIege,3y its charter. We ces occupying portions of North Carolina;
have not now time to gets copy, nor room for accepting no attack upon them from any
it, unless it were necessay to the merits of quarter, as an argument for the measure
the present discussion. The end aimed at j We advocate. Furthermore, we presume
will be just as fully reaaed by the follow- ; not to apply our views of policy to ntber
ing admission, whieh wil occupy much less Conferences ; we simply defend its appli-
space. The charter of Nrmal College, like .
that of R. Macon, or of tie University, rec-
ognizes no church contul of the in3titu-; of the church. Methodists are citizens.
tion. It gives the Colle-e power to grant J While they love the union, they love North
certificates, which will acmit the bearers of . Carolina better As citizens of the same
them as teachers of comnon schools. But ; state, we have interests iu common, pecu
this normal department no more lea's liar to ourselves. We live under the same
the character and grade o' the College than , laws ; we contend against the same obsta
does the department of A;ri cultural Chem, ! cles, to achieve the same end. The modes
istrv rnve tvoe and srradeto Randolph Ma-! of thought, the lights and shadows of feel-
nnn nr tr. th TTniversitv. Its Dowers and
functions, under the charter, are equal to
those possessed by any College in the land,
together wit h the right 'to. send fut teach,
ers, which ought to be granted also to eve-
y j
ry cowege in me oiaie. i
Nevertheless, Normal College is a
Methodist College, in fact, and in law, by
v.rtn of a contract entered into with the N.
C. Conference. The Trustee had the pow
er to make that contract; so say legal
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council. we nave lomj ago puoiisum
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contract, upon which alone we rely tor tne
assertion that Normal is leaallu, as well as
defricto a Methodist College
And, now, one word more. Nobody has
denounced the N. C. Conference for its
connection with Normal College. That is
not th qiiPBtian nnJWiicamioD, The It.
C. Advocate has rudely assailed the N. C.
Conference for declining to recommend R.
M College. Did the" Conference do right ?
Must we surcuriib to the dictation of a
clique in Virginia? Are we to be driven
to sustain an institution in another State
and another Conference, the President of
which asserts that his College would be
disgraced by our recommendation ? These
are the questions forced up n us from Rich
mond. Why these multiplied efforts to
divert attention from the issue, at first so
boldly made by the R C. Allocate ? We
are ready, at a proper time, to go into as
close an investigation of Normal College
and of our rights there, as any one can de
sire. And we will abide by the principles
upon which we base our defense in the
present discussion, in their application to
Normal. But we will not be diverted from
the question in debate. That question is
the propriety of the course of the Conference
toward R. M. College. It must be decided
upon its own merits. Is it patriotic, wise
or liberal, for the sons of the University to
contribute their influence to turn theMeth
odists of North Carolina from institutions
at home to a Virginia College, where we
have for years met with ingratitude and
injury ? Such a course would only prove
how hostile is the influence ot the Univer
sity to Methodism, and rally the church to
Normal.
Henderson Circuit.
A worthy member of the church on
this circuit, who resides in Mecklenburg
county, Va. has sent a communication,
which the Publisher cannot find room to
insert on the outside this week. We there
fore compress the gist of the matter into
a few paragraphs. He says :
" Many of us desire a Convention for a
specified purpose. The subject of State
lines for Conference boundaries, fretly d s-
cussed in our Advocates, is one in which
we feel a particular interest, from the lo
cation of two of our churches, a part of
Henderson circuit."
Our esteemed brother then proceeds to
request a Convention of the circuit to meet
at Twitty's chapel, on the 8th day of
April, for the purpose of a free and Chris
tian interchange of sentiment upon .all
questions in which they are mutually inter
ested. He further proposes that each class
in the circuit meet, and select three or more
delegates to this Convention.
Let this Convention beheld- by all
means. Let every class send its delegates.
Let there be no delay. Time presses.
Let all go to the Convention, resolved
to abide by the action of the majority, and
of the General Conference. Let not only
the Meclenburg portion, but every class in
the whole circuit be represented.
Conference Boundaries.
Our Position : We are in favor of a
union of the Methodists of North Caroli
na, under one Conference Jurisdiction.
We have never pressed this position before
the people, except when it has first been
assailed. Our attitude is defensive, not
aggressive. The same reasons which cause
us to desire the consummation of this meas
ure, induce us to favor such gradual chan
ges in boundaries as approximate toward
it.
Our advocacy of it is accompanied by the
following conditions : 1. That the people
concerned shall become so far convinced of
its advant gs as to give evidence of a
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Conference shall be convinced of its expe-
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eu j 1 uat we uepic';cikc an pai'jr iuu
sectional excitement, and give notice in ad
vance, of persistent opposition to every
movement growing out of questions of
boundary, which looks to secession from
the connexional unity of our church ; 4.
That we have respect for the rights, and a
tender regard for the reputation and use-
cation to N. Carolina.
Some OF the Reasons : 1. The peace
ing, which enter into every day life, per
vade society, and circle out to the limits
of our native state, all link us together,
and individualize us as one people. But
in our church relations it is not so. The
preacher from another state, however pi-
ous and loved, cannot enter into the life
and iLterests and teelings ot his people.
! He cannot always conceal the local prefer-
ences he brings from Virginia or South
Carolina, nor avoid wounding the proper
! state Datriotisiu of the members. Our
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1 people are true to each other, and to all ;
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cut tney cuate unaer an ecc.es. i.-uca. ju
risdictiou that has its centre in another
state. They may even become morbidly
sensitive to their rights, aud take offense
when none is intended
So it is, that under the present bound
aries, one third of the Methodists of North
Carolina are su' jected to the counter cur
rents of a civil and of an ecclesiastical ju
risdiction bringing all the elements of dis
cord which can be found in the diversity
of interests and feelings so unavoidable,
between the citizens of friendly but rival
states Hence, we have a quadienniel
j citemcnt on the subject of boundaries,
which threatens disruption to the church ;
and is gradually wearing away the bonds
of brotherhood that onght to bind Metho
dists in indissoluble union.
We believe the only remedy for these
evils is to be sought in the removal of that
multitude of exciting causes which are in
separable from our present condition as a
divided people cut up and made tributa
ry to jurisdictions in otherstates. Because
we love peace, and deprecate these injuri
ous agitaiions, we are for a union of Meth
odism in N irth Carolina.
2. The Educational interests of North
Carolina Methodism require such a union.
Schools and Colleges are the cradles of the
future prosperity of the stute, as well as of
the church. Sin 11 the institutions within
our own borders be controlled by influen
ces from rival states ? Does religion re
quire the sacrifice of patriotism ' Will
the men of North Carolina send their sous
to be educated where they wil! imbibe a
contempt for their Dative land ? Will they
ever give their money and their children
to build upstates already too strong to need
our aid, while old North Carolina needs
and claims them ? And yet, every preach
er who traverses the counties in the Va.
the S. Carolina and the llolston Conferen
ces, is an agent for Colleges in adjoining
States !
The consequence is, that we have no ed
ucational policy, and no unity of plan or
purpose in our educational enterprises.
The Methodists of those counties send their
sons to Methodist Colleges in other states,
and expose them to the loss of patriotism
for our own ; or they send to the Univer
sity, and thus, in too many instances, have
them returned home as enemies to the
church of their fathers. Give us a union
of Methodism in North Carolina ; and we
shall have unity, energy and success in our
educational enterprises, which will be ade
quate to the demands of religion, and of
state patriotism.
3. Such a union Kill be followed by
greater efficiency in the ministry, and con
sequent prosperity to the church. In our
present divided condition, the church in
parts of North Carolina gives itg best min
isters to the church iu other States, where
they are not so much needed.
If a man of marked talent and great
pulpit power, enters the ministry in the
Charlotte or Murfreesboro' District, his la
bors are given to the city stations and
j wealthy Districts of Virginia and South
J Carolina.
Edward Wadsworth was never sent to an
appointment 5n North Carolina, after he
became a member of the Virginia Confer
ence. John E. Edwards has been in the
Virginia Conference a dozen years; but
no circuit or station in the North Carolina
counties of that Conference have enjoyed
the benefit of his labors. In fact, so long
as circuits and stations in North Carolina
are content to be mere appendages of Vir
ginia and South Carolina, they must be
content to permit the larger cities of those
States to engross the best pulpit talent,
and submit to such as they can get. But
in a union of Methodism in North Caroli
na, we shall retain the ministry God may
call forth ; and in the absence of wealthy
cities and corpulent stations to monopolize
the ablest men, we have assurance to the
whole people for a more equal circulation
of the preachers among them. In Vir
ginia, and to some extent, i South Caroli
na, the station work is almost confined to
a sort of clerical aristocracy. Iu the North
Carolina Conference, this is not the case.
Every man takes his turn about from the
station to the circuit ; we are all equal
And our greater comparative success in
spreading the victories of Methodism, is,
perhaps, due to the difference wehnvejust
pointed out. The number of members in
proportion -to the ministry, in the N. C Con
ference exceeds the proportion in our two
sister Conferences.
Other reasons we will give hereafter;
for the present we have ooly space for a
brief notice of
The R. C. Advocate on Bounda-
ries. Our cotemporary opened this dis-
the moral character of the N. C. Confer-
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encc. followed by an effort to disauect the
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Danville District, and carry it over on
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touching the College question. Alter sow
iDg the seeds of discord, he has written a
pacific article which he asks us to i-opy.
We approve the article, in the main ; but
! we shall credit the professions of peace,
j after the Editor shall do as we have done
disavow every imputation upon the chris
' tiin character of the other Conference iu
; terested, and let all parties know that his
I pupcr will oppose secession, by whomsoever-
attempted.
Many of the vague generalities in the
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;icle headed, "Conference Boundaries.
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are well enough ; but have no relation to
the present coudition of the church, nor to
the practical question before us. We p;iss
over the innuendoes agaiust the christian
character of the N. C. Conference, as the
habits and feelings of our brother are in
veterate, in that way; and coine at once to
the propositions of the argument by which
he would retain Murfreesboro' District.
"1. Conference boundary lines arc
mere matters of convenience." Precisely :
nil it is nrt flouht. vnrif nnnvpri5nf to ATir.
. . . , A. . a , enterprise is diss -itif iction with the posi-
ginia to have the money, the influence and 1 . 1
.. e . e , , n. tion of the Christian Advocate and Jour
the co operation of the Murfreesboro Dis-
trict. But supppose those North Carolina on slavery ; a-.d a d.ire t vindicate
counties should think it nwrc convenient ; the anu,"a!ou P0Mtii'" of t' Conference
to be in ecclesiastical union with their 08 an antl laverv body in ! ve-liol Jinjs
brethren of North Carolina? The cit- j ternory- The expense of the new pper.
e vr n ,. , , . x, and its wars and fighting, n. ay all be char
Mens of N. Carolina, the Baptists, the J
1 resoiitcrsans, the Liitscopauans, the Ma.
sons, the Odd Felloics, the Sons of Tem
perance, all the large associations in the
State find it more convenient to be in
union among themselves, than to becouie
dependent upon a tribunal in Virginia.
Now suppose the Methodists should take
up this notion if what is most conve.
nient? The It. C. Advocate is committed
to let them do so ; and "so mote it be."
"2. State lines for Conference bounda
ries is a delusive ilea."
Dr. Smith did not think so, at the St
Louis General Conference. Dr. Lcc does
not oppose makiug the State lines on his
northern bordtr,the limits of the Northern
Methodist Church. The South Carolina
Conference has that whole State, and a
large slipe of North Caroliua also The
"idea" is not held to be "delusive" wheu
it takes territory from us ; it is "delusive"
only, when it would give territory to us.
Such is the logic of the facts, however, Dr.
Lee may disguise it.
"3. State lines for Conference, bounda'
ries isopposed to the connexional unity of
Methodism "
Then, Dr. Lee, in seeking the Danville
Di.-trict, endeavors to break the bond of
unity by which we hold on to Virginia.
The South Carolina, the Georgia, Hind the
Alabama Conferences have almost, if not
quite, broken this bond of unity Dr.
Smith, in favoring State lines, threatened
the uuity of the church. It is e.-sential to
this unity that Dr. Lee leave the Baltimore
Conference in peaceable possession of a fair
portion of Virginia; and hold in heck the
southern zeal of Messrs Rosser and Car
ter, who lately made a demonstration in
the Valley. Consistency is a rare virtue,and
is not among the accomplishments of Dr.
Lee, we fear.
lhe connexional unity of Methodism
does oot rest upon the fickle basis of con
ventional boundary lines ; but it remain
high aud 6trong where the Saviour placed
it, in the "Spirit." the truth and the uni
ty of ber doctrines and discipline. The
Pope, the High Churchman, the Baptist,
has each his theory of church unity. Our
brother rejects them all, and presents the
bond of union in the shadowy line of a
Conference boundary, which brings North
Carolinians under the dominion of a Vir
ginia tribunal. Verily, we have fallen up
on strange times, when such a theory is
gravely brought forward to frighten fact
into oblivion.
A Sad Spectacle!
A great revival is progressing in the city
of New York. Churches of nearly ad de
nominations are blessed will, the presence
of the Holy Spirit, and hundreds of soul
have been converted to Christ. But while
good men aud angels rejoice at this work
of God, we have the sad hp'-ctacle of oppo
sition coming from the Protestant Episco
pal Church ! The " Churchman," an or
gan of that denomination, opposes the re
vival ; and Rev. Dr. Ilighee, of Trinity
Church, and Rev. Mr. Ilowl.-.nd, of the
4 Church of the Holy Apostles," arc
preaching against the revival. Nor are we
mrprised at this; a genuine work of God
in the conversion of souls, cannot but dis
turb the equanimity of the " Rev. Mor
phine Velvets" of Minn Churchi.-m.
Death of Rev. Mr. Deruille.
On Thursdiy the llib inst. Rev. Mr.
Deruille was found dead in his luggy, four
miles from Rockingham, Richmond county,
on the Fayette ille Road. lie had lift tie
house of a friend that iw ming, and fct
out for Fayctteville; but de:ith nu t bim
suddenly on the way. lie was, we bi lii-ve. a
native of Massachusetts; but be bad for
many yciirs acted as Agent of the Ameri
can JSitle society in tins suite, lie was
extensively known, and highly respected as
an able minister of the Gospel in the l'res-
: hrt i. r s.Viiiw.Vi n f-.lliftil 1 Vw it . 1 in f n A
J , , m... , ,. .,
great work of bible distribution, a courte-
, , . ,u .
mis rrpnt.leni'in. nnd a rlrrctpI I hnstnin.
a! TT . , i , i
"He rests from his Inborn, and lm works
. f.,11,, him.
Rev. Moses Brock.
The Memphis Christian Advncn'e of the
11th inst., spi aking of visitor, ha this
paragraph : "Then our v-ncruhle friend.
Rev. Mosc3 Brock was here on Saturday,
in improved beulth and spirits." Many
of his "old friends" in North Carolina, will
be glad t hear of his welfare.
He has married, and is living ncr Som
erville, Tenn. We lately paw a eeiitleman
. .
from that vicinity, who stnted that Ii
, . .,, , . . . .
Moses Brock, is still useful in Ins r t
Rev.
ire-
ment. A number of his sbivcs, being
Methodists, are formed into a society; and
Mr. Brock holds his own memberhip ns a
local prfachrr, in that same class ; devo
ting the evening of his days to their ser
vice, in the Gopel.
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A New Paper.
The Eist Biltimore Co-iferencc. in ses
sion last week in Bikini rj, has resolved t
es'ablish a new ntiper. The cause of this
e
, ing to make their ecclesiastical jurisdictions
conform to stte liues. So much of the
energy of the church is worse than wasted,
which, if wc were wise, would be diiccttd
to the salvation of souls.
Wilmington Commercial.
The last nuiiibiT f the Wilu inston
Commercial c!o. es the tmllth oluine,atid
announces the discontinuance of that pa
per. It has been conducted with industry
and ability; and would that we could add
that its veteran Editor hud received o p ri p
er pecuuiary reward for his arduous labors.
The establishment is for ale : those who
wish to purchase will address Thomas Lor
ing Esq., Wilmington, N. C.
Greensboro' Female College.
We are pleased to learn that tho College
is doing well this Kc.sion. The names of
13(j pupils are on lhe r !!, 115 f whom
are boarders. There has been no cac of
serious sickness.
The agent is at his work wo bespeak
for him everywhere a warm welcome, and
liberal donations for the College.
Daily Christian Advocate.
See Prospectus on next page. We will
take pleasure in acting as ngent for any to
whom it may be convenient to remit tho
price to this office.
An Explanation.
Bito. Heflin : In response to the od
crtigemcnt of Dr. Decm's pamphlet, or
ders have been coming in by every mail.
There are hundreds of copies ordered al
ready. But some of those who have written
to me seem to think that the pamphlet i
already out. This is not quite so. It is
coming through the press now, and a large
edition will be brought ut, so that I hope
in ten or twelve days to fill orders f r thou
sands. As I take the publishing "d dis-
trihunon ot this work, I resprri'u'iy aJc
those who write letters to fay distinctly by
what route they wish their pi- kages ent.
GEO. II. KEt.Mi
Wilmington, N. C.
Maroh 15, 1858.