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To the Hinisteri
Mcthoditt Episcopal Church, South.
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i 1 is Known to the Church at larrre
that the undersigned has been e!-nd
General Book Agent. I nee ! not say
to the initiated that the office is rei-pon-
filth and iu duties onerous. Nor need
I say to manr r,f mv r.,.,..,,. i r- . j..
T. l . ...
mat i accented thr. ,Tc.r,r. -r.:.i.
"'j viiai illvii'iSI
luctance; nothing but a" sense of duty
induced me to consent to undertake a
work so arduous. JJut my brethren
have eaid under solemn conviction that
I shoub erre the Church in this ea-paeity,-A.,
hence the task lVatternpted.
the operations of ?'.vn. f
dist l'uWi,hiri2 IIo-ine""Hrotn it3 found i -"ttci,-
and having, to a considerable ex
tent, looked into its condition and pros
pects, I arn preparel to say a few
things which I desire my brethren in
the ministry and membership to know
si.nd well consider.
And fir tt. The institution is safe at
present in its pecuniary condition, its
aaseta being far aove its liabilities.
Second. Notwithstanding this fact,
it need not be concealed from the pub
lic that the IIou3e, in order to do a
rirosrifro!i? hntiinesa. nf-eiU and tnn.r. !
have a larer active cash capital. This 1
the Church must bupply, and can sup-
ply without any loss to its individual
members. Donations of one thousand,
five hundred, one hunderd, fifty, twen -
the Church must sunnlv. and ir.m sun-I
tv fivp nr,fl ArMr frr.m t.r.oa i
who are able to aid in the Wand pub-!
lishing enterprise of the Church, would
at once rid the Publi.-Jrnjr House of all
ita present liabilities, and put into the
hands of the Agent a sum quite suffi
cient to place this great institution in a
position where it could do a work that
would tell for ages and generations to
come upon the destinies of the Church ;
and the world. .
m The late General Conference, being
impressed with the ruth of these sen-
timents and urged by worthy laymen, j
resolved to ask the Church for two
hundred thousand dollars, to place the ;
Concern at once m such a , cond.t.on as ,j
to meet the demands of the friends of j
Methodism in the great and growing -
South. In due time the Financial Sec-
ret2.T will dereJor-ir!Rf
this sum. In the meantime, however ;
those impressed with the importance of j
me movement bhouiu ieau uu oy some
noble proposition. Who will be the
first ? The liberal soul diviseth liberal
things.
Let not the timid fear to look this
matter in the face. The American
Bible Society, the American Tract So
ciety, and many other kindred institu- j
tions m ootn Europe anu America, sus-
tain themselves by the annual contri
buttons of their friends ; and we ask,
may not the Methodists have aid in this
benevolent enterprise ?
Third. I suggest, that to make the
House useful and profitable, its publi
cations must be circulated and read.
To circulate them freely, is to insure
their perusal. The people will read :
it is a reading age, and no man of self
respect, who has the facilities, will fail
to read. Reading is essential to com
mon intelligence and to proper mental
improvement. The people, I repeat,
will read ; but,
Fourth. It becomes a matter of in
terest and duty with the Church to
know and in some measure direct in
what the people shall read. The press
must be sanctified by the Church and
made tributary to the spread of gospel
truth. The field is before us, and if we
sleep, the enemy will sow tares therein,
and the harvest will be the bitter fruits
of Sodom. The Southern Methodist
Church hnur.ilei;.vKen to cast goc-d
'e7j7mothe earth, and she asks the
aid of all her friends, that she may sow-
bounteously and rear, oounteousiy.
Viith It is the sobmn duty of every i
ntinister and membe of the Church to
exert hiniselt in thepireuiation ot reli
rious publications. , Infidels are at
work ; skeptics are usily employed ;
and why should not Christians Le on
the alert ?
We most sineereWisk the co-operation
of our brethreiim every portion
of the Church in thteirculation of the
bock9 and periodica of our Connec
tion. Reader, will )u do something ?
Fix the purpose in it heart, and rise
rb'ht up and go at tte to work.
We appeal to tho indebted to the
Publishing House. owe for books
sent outby my tdecessors. The
sums are comparatijy small, but they
constitute the capitj of the Concern,
and must be paid, J paid with delay.
Reader, how much f est thou? Rest
not an hour until yjpay the debt ; it
is a debt of honor i is the life-blood
of your Book ConcJ, and if you with
hold it, you are wt?ning the institu
tion and destroying power of doing
good. It is a sma natter for you to
pay what you ovthe Agent ; but
' when all these srciutcs come togeth
er, it enables him cancel large lia
biiities. Our friej must pay their
indebtedness, or iije the Church and
its institutions.
Sixth Send o s for books until
the various Annuponferences shall
determine the quP of local deposi
.ri? let our pren continue to
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PUBLISHED
27.
wa.uc ;ui u,e -Agent, being gure to or
'sure to or-
be paid for
: oer nommg wnich will not
in lne time.
the i-ikiobicAL-i or the church.
; , 00 d 0 more arnP!J "atam-
t"i. e feaj nothing now specially
. , . . i
F""""! trie weekly papers; tut
"' ai,l a much larger patronaf'- for
th' Quarterly Review', Home Circle,
ian? i"ur"lay School Visitor,
! T'.e fim we ar(- anxious to retain in
ithe Church, hut it will o i
'at thft t-T,A r.f t,r. . 1
, v vt..-;,'jlj till Ufr'i
- .... ickhi, year unie-s
it uii-ci' a oeuer support than hereto
fore. If we can procure three thou
sand paying subscribers at 2, by th
lict vi jyecernoev next, we will
issue
me volume lor l.f
"iurely that
rmmh'.x can he caaif'
--ft . i-
obtained. If
!.,. it,v 3 nd "lireure one additional
subscriber, the wVk will be done, and
the Quarterly wi, he continued and
greatly improved eeveral respects,
because wc shall t,ivc five thousand
paying subscribers, and will have more,
if each will do his duty.
The Home Circle. We shall not
be content till the list of this periodi
cal reaches twenty thousand. When
this shall have been done, the Ediror
and Agent can rnnke it a work that
will be an honor to our Church, and an
ornament to Southern literature. Send
in the subscribers by score3 and hnn
"ii i i
' - -UU!'t-,
,lre,Js; ,let Lhern c.0me from everJ fluar
T"' rp
! IT Iif Sunday-School isit.
j "cre U!c IIo,u.Be ,!)a3, been cripph
i 10 T ,t,U3 ovey ,,tt,e Vl
letl.-
IT0R
Y a r-ce ln tl)e nurseries and
bbath-sehoo U of the country, the
more means than they could well spare.
It must have more patronage, or the
children of the land will suffer for want
of instruction.
CONCLUSION.
T now 8av t0 ali the frien(Jg f th
Church evJrvwhe that if th win
,end a he, hand x win WQr
, anJ Jthfal ' ;n promotin the
intcrest3 of the Church committed to
ar and wkh tfc heart
eation an( harmonioug efforta f a
believe we win ftUCCeed fc .f fcJ
interests flag, the sin shall lie at the
door of the Church The f, of hfl
A t b the Weffl. of h
be faithfuI performe and if ne faiI
or success, he will not oear the blame,
Faii j No that ;3 a worJ we haye ne
ver earned to appy It ig not Metho-
digtic . jt ig not Christian. Fail ! !
Methodists have not been accustomed
to fail. Let every man do his duty,
and success is sure.
Give us then, brethren, your good
will, your prayers, your patronage, and
the "sinews of war. and in a few
b the blegsin ' of God ou wilI
. r:nh h-rTMt wh.r , nnw nw
plenteously.
J. B. McFERRIN", Agent.
Nashville, June 30, 1858.
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Conference Depositories.
We lay the following "Circular" be
fore our readers. The question with
the N. C. Conference is, shall we have
a Depository? We can but will we?
Read; reflect; and let us all go to
work, and put a Depository in opera
tion in connection with a Publishing
office for the Advocate.
Publishing House,
Nashville, Tenn., June, 1858.
Dear Brother: The law of the
General Conference makes it my duty,
among other things, to labor in "en
couraging and aiding in the establish
ment of depositories and the circula
tion of books, tracts, and periodicals
throughout the Church." For this and
other purposes I am required to visit
the Annual Conft-Vences, which I will
endeavor to do, as, they hold their ses-
sions, as far as practicable. I enclose
herein that part of the proceedings of
the General Conference to which re
ference is made.
It was very clear to the minds of
observing men who have been in the
habit of watching our publishing ma
chinery and the unanimity with which
the General Conference acted in re
organizing the same, showed that it
w as apparent to the mind of the Church
that this machinery was not well
adapted to the ends sought to be reach
ed. First.it worked on a scale far too
small for the ability of the Church and
the necessity for efficient labor in this
direction. Secondly, it was complex
and inconvenient in its working ; and,
thirdly, it tended too much to central
ize the common acclesiastical labor,and
bring those matters which are natural
ly local and belong properly to Annu
al Conference action, into the General
Conference agency.
We need but one Publishing House
for the getting up, selecting, and man
ufacturing of books ; but we need as
many for the sale and distribution of
books as we have Annual Conferences.
This is only saying that a Church in
an Annual Conference ministers and
laymen are better judges of many lo
cal circumstances in their own territo
ry, respecting the sale nd distribution
of Church literature, than any central
agency could be ; secondly, that they
WZIZLY BY A CGXYTTTIX CP
EALEIGH.
(bare the capability of rcanag-nz such
i work with fair mercantile ski!!; an
thsrlir. that thev
?V Tiaturaii V
feel
ana
work
jtne sort at home, than when it h divi
;ded and spread g-nc-ral!y over the
i coantrr. Hoitc ag;ncj and action is
, reaauj conce-Ied to th- Annual Con
ltre-r.ee in a!! other matters, and
i not in this ?
; nu means sacu a Uepositorj as ss
; now contemplated. It was a mere book
store, set up without a cent of capital
; foundation, with books lajjLJn.
TcAcTasivef'upon sates, most ot which
' were made on a loos? credit also, for
the payment of the books and all ex
! penses No business man, it would
seem, could look for anything bat fail
t 1 1
i ure under such circumstances.
The Conference depositories contem-
j plated now by the General Conference
. w.ucnu.e uepv,uone?, Dota in our 'tracts, ana perhaps cheap ' s occa
Churci and that in the Xortb,k is read- siona'Iv. when rtv -vv.tz ;t.
f,.,. r,.., J r.. ii- . .
, uj coacericMj, have frequently failed to We should look frwan! toUcroug
be seen that in every instance it ' of a iudifion mlr.r.rt . Tn"i.; tx.
are of a very different character. jail, cr noie 01 the tractsl'jey receive,
A Conference Book and Tract So- j as may be ag-eeable. T -se societies
Jciety conducting a depository, should ' should exist everywhere. A little at
i be so organized as to work in, largely, i tention in the right direct! ;i will enable
j the laity of the Church. Here we have j them to do much good,
j heretofore acted injudiciously often-j From the above, as we las from the
I times. We have sought to work our ! enclosed extract from th proceedings
j finances too much by the prer.chers j of the General Conferer. : in relation
! alone; while the laymen hold their i to this interest, it will be -.en that the
! money, possess the financial skill and : line cf policy to be pur-i d hereafter
!
ability, and oitentirnes have, equally j
With the mm'?try, the piety, the zeal.
and the perseverance. I beg you,rny
dear brother, to look well and largely
to thib particular point.
2. The Conference Book and Tract
Society, before it . begin the proper
work of its depository, should by all
means establish a capital. No business
can b conducted successfully with
out an adequate capital basis. Other
wise, disadvantage, inconvenience, dan -
ger attend you on every hand.
As to a particular mode of raising a
capital, it is not needful that I should
speak in detail at present, because j
these details cannot, probably, be ar
ranged until the meeting of your An-
nual Conference. This point will, how -
ever, be enlarged upn, either in your
Conference or otherwise, at a proper
time. I will only say iust now, that I
do not bellows thr jft any consider
ble difiEeulty ip raising an adequate
capital in any Conference. That in
the larger Conferences should not be
less than $30,000 to 50,00, and in
smaller ones it might be 25,000, or
running down as low, perhaps, in
some cases as 10 000. I repeat the
belief and this opinion is not hastily
formed, but based upon much thought,
consultation, and some experience in
the matter that there will be found no
considerable or insurmountable difficul
ty in raising a capital of this sort in
any of the Conferences.
3. The persons furnishing the capital
stock for a Conference Depository
should, in the first place, be made to
see that the plan of operation is feasi
ble, business like, and easy going.
They should have a Board of managers
consisting chiefly, at least, of substan
tial, well-known business men. A suffi
cients number should be practical mer
chants, bankers, or other men of busi-
1 l . l S t 1 . 1 A
ness, aevoteu to tne wiurcn, so mat
public confidence can be largely repos-
i - .i . -
ea in tne management oi tne concern, j wnicn, it is nopeu, may atnce corre
And, secondly, the persons furnishing J spond to their patriotism, leir benefi
the capital should be and remain in j cence and their piety. Wit a Church
connection with the Depository them- j embracing a large portion oithe wealth
selves and their posterity perpetual- j of the nation with religius and ec
ly with an interest, honorary, compli- I clesiastical principles correponding to
mentary and pecuniary, in the business J the Bible as it is and wit; men who
itself. The pecuniary interest should think they know the use ofBoney, the
jnot be in the profits of the business,
but just such an interest as will chime
J in well with the objects and end of the
enterprise, so that while it is a valu-
j able interest to them, it tends, at the
! same time, to promote the general ob-
I jects in view.
I 1 will not enlarge or particularize
Must here: but will only intimate
7 - -
j that the Conference Depository plan,
'adopted by the G:neial Conference,
and which it is made my duty to re
commend and to assist in propagatin.
in all the Annual Conferences has been,
for more than a year past, in practical
and successful operation in one ot them.
I am familiar with these details ; and
though quite likely, all of them, may
not be applicaple elsewhere, yet there
are general features about them which
have, in the first place, received the
. ecided approval of several hundred
safe, prudent, reliable men, and in no
instance, so far as I know, is there a
dissenting opinion where the working
machinery has been understood. And
secondly, the plan has worked success
fully. 4. A Conference Depository should
not be attempted to be set up on any
sort of a cramped, half-way, or part
nership plan. A book business with an
active capital, besides owning its own
house, of 25,000 to 40,000, is suffi
ciently large for a respectable and in
dependent businesss. It should look
to a sale and distribution of 50,000 a
year. Such books and tracts as are
published by the Publishing House
will be furnished to depositories at low
er rates considerably than they can be
procured elsewhere in the United States.
Preachers willing to sell books can be
XmSTTRS ICE THE XTTEC1EPIS
TT-TT7T?SDAl T
a applied at th-ir
1, ; ries on rea-nab'-
re?pcct t-f-vsito-ternis.
Liretail-
i
sales oaht to he
looked fo; de-
r
po$i torj, but I iicjine lha: tonil
arable am, unt of :he buiis: !" a de
positor t "wii! he dene bTtl mpioj
nsent of COLPORTEE3.' A'c f colpor-
on- iters proper fchou d le erbp! i as the
hj , business will safeij jitifj. 'Sj should
oe authcnzo J to mjske d r.or.3 cl
h
tnean3
a one with rreat
care anW a vefy
strict
ruie. f
Tract Societies vi-'-bi footil a
r-lhie am Vis:- - - i r'-Jirici
Society -we xtvtshn eil -a-soeia-
. ti-n, one at every preatyin piac or
i town, or several in larg-i own;, consis
ting of a few lidics, rrj:?3 an 1 lads,
I with pei
jrhaps one or two mn associated
with
th them, tor the purpo ot distniiu
.g tracts gratuitously. hey will pay
eir Book or Tract Sochir for part, or
i tin;
I their
T mr I
is to be materially chaired. Large
encouragement is to he olred to the
Conlerencc-3 to induce tr
:n to go to
their Book
ablish their
ependently
ess, each in
.-!i?re it i3
work immediat:ly and fort
md Tract Societies and ef
Depositories, and work ii
in th- Book and Tract ba
its ovn territory. Or,
deeuijd expedient,two or rf..e Confer-
ences may join in one dep
itory.under
sucn regulations as may
be agreed
each Con-
j upon ; but even in this cas
terence should have its
o Book and
Tract Society. Ip the pr
tical work
ing it will be found difficui to proceed
otherwise.
It is the belief of all co iected with
the Publishing House, andihose famil
1 iar with its ooerations, so V as I am
j able to learn, that the enirprise of a
j home evangelical jiteratujo for the
i South depends greatly upl- the early
fction,Jldnrganization if Confer
L
capital, under the control of Conference
societies, well manned and properly
regulated. j
The project of furnishing ihe House
with an additional capital, enable it
to move off prosperously,reoived large
and flattering encouragemut at the
General Conference just over. Several
gentlemen of wealth, and th' right sort
of enterprise from Alabama Georgia,
South Carolina and elsewbre, stood
up on the floor of the Book Committee
of General Conference and lade pled
ges and indications worthy the age
and the times in which we Ire. 200,
000 is the lowest figure thewere will
ing to set for its immediaterelief and
encouragement.
We have men we haveiie money
we have the enterprisethe piety,
the zeal. We live in the riit age and
latitude. f
These benevolent and nunificient
brethren will be approached fs soon as
j practicable, with specific aggestion3,
i'i '?i i .
nature and degree of religius respon-
sibility, and the emulatior belor -ing
J to our geographical posits, we feel
j independent and fear nothig.
We think it is time we ere taking
j care of the religious common of our
country. We think we urAerstand the
; position ot our Church itsvtjation to
time, to eternity, to man, ad to God ;
and we think we undersell our mo
tives and o'.ir intentions.
Those immediately and oioiaily con
nected w'th the Publishingllouse are
j determined, by the grace of jod, to do
their duty, and we believe he men of
property in the Church, in thi3
particular at least, do their,
The Publishiug House mtr. be placed
upon an eminence and L vantage
ground that will be a ere' ; to South
ern enterprise, to Souther ability,and
to Southern patriotism.
Ye have something for ir hands to
do, and we will do it with or might.
Yours very truly and sint rely,
R. -&BET,
Financial Srretary.
Poetical leet :
i
The following doggeiel coaDdrum
really capital; j
" Can you tell me hy
is
A deceitful eye
Can better descry, '
I
Than you or I,
Upon bow many toes,
A pussy-cat goes ?"
ANSWER
"The eye cf deceit
j
Can best couDt-er-feet ; fc
And so I suppose
CaD best count her toa
COPAL CETTB.CE, SCT-TIL-SUITS T.
ULY S
?tl.trtiau5.
Brlrg' Zenas, the La-yje
AT-
TKU j one ot tre exr-yu-
cnprofAbat his a genuine
The r'eent wonderful rerivii oi jre-.the opposite m issies
vJon u l:ttedt on all hrA, t be : It s erid,nt th3t either rnethol ?
rhiracterlx'l by a specul interest m an-i that the one is w5t
U-of ietr hitherta too mach i eSfetuallj sabserTM the great tn-i
... 1 . .
Jut so did oar .Maner a j uvu : ' r ,,
The h-hen proof of bis i hour, frora the worll, wnl cxpxr-c.ee
Stated bv himself, was. -The po .r hare ,he richness of thoe promts male :n -tV
Gospe! preached unto them." The ; lhe Apo-a1rpse, 'to bio that cf ercc-m-,
determination now is not to confine' oar' etb." iVrfrn. j
; labor, to thob who attend charch bat j ,
iVi,lv nrarr tnfet;ng3 m pubJ na..3, j
-ous'iilrs .for fireman anJomji-i Why Boat theySpeakjo !
ry the Gospel to all cia-cs '--!H.a.- VcrUs vrrt r oil te r f?it
tions of men, show that the Spirit of . car they came to me from strange r a :
Christ is etirrin2 in the hearts of his lips but they touched my henrt uK.re
followers
In these circumstcnces the pas
at the hea l of th;? article arrestf
sae ;
d an
attention at family prayer ;
in:r
Zenas. the lawyer." And some
re 1-
Bops struck us for the conver
ibn
i lawyers a class for whom we hive not
, heard a prayer since the revival b'-gan.
I One is that they are exposed to spe -
cial temptation;. They sec the worst
i side of human nature. They are com -
! pelled to look at roguery and chifane-
: ry. lney :ire m a situation to u intrust
i human nature, and to losa confidence
rr,, - .1- !
in the sincerity of men.
Their professional pursuits incl:ne
them to look upon every th' ig connect-
ed with public speaking, eloquence,
! reasoning, prayer, exciteme.. with
! much distrust. They are no; -limed
ito believe in the reality of revivals of
; religion. If they believe Christians tc
', be sincere, they will incline to jth.nk
I them over-excited and carried away by
i mere sympathetic feeling. They in
j cline to look at a great prayer meeting
I as something like a great political rnas"
'meeting a popular movement which
i will soon pa33 away, leaving but slight
traces.
Their studies are scarcely favorable
to religion. "Not many wise, not ma -
ny great, not many mighty are called."
jThe masses find their main intellectual
stimulus in religion and its accessories-
When their minds are aroused, it is in
connection with religion, and hence
mental correspond with moral eleva-
- itum riot so with the. Sawyer and the
statesman, lfteir minds are wcupicti
with other intellectual pursuits. Study
excludes reunion, even it it ne not ot a
nature to lead to skepticism.
Pride of station and of intellect is
against the influence of the revival on
the lawyer. He does not like to bow
with three thousand in the noon-day
prayer meeting- He doe3 not like to
vield like the dav-lahorer or the child
j to the impression of a popular excite -
ment. lie keeps aloof from Htm who;
taught in the fishing-boat by the sea ; j
from the 9tena of the temnle : in the
r - (..7
wilderness ; on the well of Jacob Je-
! sus the poor man, followed by a few
poor fishermen. Scribes and lawyers . smaller Cicero3 of the village, were ac
did not usually yield to his influence, I customed to astonish their auditory;
as we find in one fearful sermon. with eloquent speeches, impromptu of j
Yet it is remarkable how the Bible j course, although the question wa3al-
meets every case. " Bring Zenas, the j ways selected a fortnight in advance, j
lawyer." He was a convert to Chri3-!
tianity, a friend of Titu3 and of the el- j
oqnent Apollos. So then we are not!
to neglect the lawyers. We must pray ; gave particular attention to the minis
for them toe, and let them hear ourjters, being alway3 on the lookout for ai
voice calling them to Christ. ! chance to 'score' 'those priests,' as he j
For, observe, how noble their influ-l called them. Elder G , a Bap- j
ence may be, if sanctified. On our j tist minister, had lately moved into the j
Supreme Bench in Pennsylvania there! village, and in due time made hi;s first ,'
j are two ruling elders. Two more, we
'believe, preside in our Philadelphia i
j courts. Other men cf God, not asha- j
!med of Jesus, plead in our courts. ;
' They shame into silence the childish- j
ness of infidelity, and subdue the at-
! tempt at ribaldry by a quiet dignity ;
more imoregnable than a wall of iron. !
We bless God fur them, while we rely j
not on any arm of flesh. j
"Bring Zenas the lawyer," then, !'
dear friends, in the arm3 of your faith
and prayer I
Pray vl Secret
Five minutes for reflection and self- j chum, and once for not believing in J
examination, ten for reading the Scrip- election. SometTi?3 I UiC I to esc : "5
tures, and fifteen for prayer, daily. :3!on the catechism, lei on the election I:
about as little a3 mo3i Christians can I never missed the regular daily fog- j
live upon. Many, it is tree, have no ging, until I grew up, and then the;
special time or place for secret prayer, j 'priV' tried every conceivable i: thod !
and therefore do not live. It can be ! to fece and ccare me into it: but I '
UlllA lUVi .vt V -r -" . " (
spared as easily a3 the even-recurring I
pressed w.tn tne importa
mity in thi3 duty by that venerated ru
liDg elder, the late John Alexander,
Lexington, Ya. Soon afer leaving his
bed. and before he had fully dressed,
and while others were talking around j
him, he took his Bible and sat down to
enjoy the hidden manna.
The preaching of Larned, and the
r;ravin? of Pavson were pre-eminent i
for that unction which secret prayer
alone can impart, and hence the pecu-
liar power of the men. One of the
richest prayers I ever enjoyed, was by
an eminent merchant in the prime of j
life, and immersed ia business. Noth-
ing but faithfulness in private prayer
kent his spirit in this frame. Th'13 he
intimated, in reply to a question on the
v :. ...
t i Til a mr fi'ir rorruiiir niPM i eitwi ui-ru "w r- . i ii n a ,"juni ii&it iij iii v r iiih i ' r- wm i
r '.J If-wi r,ri.,f ' ;ri,..r. j God has left me I and he
j, : t ,uwt!,Ki,r.i;,n,.a family to bis bosom, and
i ... ., iff "-ff jr . p.i j .i-i . i-wife and children with a
; W8ILr.if ton, rc,
HOXI5. Er.
Sl 50 o
Icr we sbill kneel down b the ?rc?'.r.ce--Uf
others, cr prav isentalW ar.l V.tsr!-,
!)t in secret. S:.-ne feel t'nt l. cne
5 ircQr of O5tcnution, ars l ae '
,,r wh en secret rrar
-1 a . . -v m at A r , 1
Anj Christian who !
than raany sr-rmons on uniaitnluiness
in duty could have done. The speaker
was a young nun, and fro:n what fol
lowed I concluded he had paid "that
no one cared for his snuh" 'Yna are
offm'staker., said his friend, c-arn.-tlv,
; " Christians care for tou. " The n
why don'c they speak to m ':" I heard
1 no more, but the words rang in toy
ears, and the echo sounded in my heart,
j I passed on, but my thoughts were
busy, and aai.i and airain I asked n.v-
sew, ny con t wc speaK to triem .
In our daily intercouse with m?n, we
meet many who are u:irecor.:'i.
1
to ,
to :
! Christ, and yet liow slow o w e
1 spea': to them of a 8a. iour s love, an 1
j point them to "the La:nb of God who
j taketh away the sir. of the world." I
! We tall; to them about our friends but j
j make no mention of that f.iend d-arcr
jthan any earthly, "who stieketh clo,.r
i than a brother, cf business, but not
0f the business of life, of riches, but !
forget Him "who. thuh he w? rich.
; for our sake became poor, tnat we,
t'lr . his poverty might be rich.
i On a.i other topics we can ppak with .
1 freedom but on this most important
I of all subject?, we are alas, how often !
j silent! even when silence seems to be
' iiidlijerence. There are few who will j
I not listen respectfully if kindlv ap-!
j proached by one whom they respect as j
a follower of Christ. How then does j
j it become us who profess tho name of j
Christ, to "let our light so shine before j
j men, that they may take knowledge of j
j tt3 that we have been with Jesus. Let j
-rjs confess and rorsaKS our shis, and
; kindly taking our impenitent friends by
tho hrwi snMi- tn ihom r.t t ic nro.
! ciousness of Jesus' love, and ur?e them !
J to come to Him. Let none rise up inj
. the last great day of account and say, j
i "Why did you not speak to me about!
I my soul ?" A. L. !
j -
i Tha TJebatinj? Club- !
J About two years ago, in the quiet;
village ot li , existed a duo no,
way related to the one wielded by Her- j
! cules. but a Deaceful debating club
, t
at whose weekly meetings the lawyers,
doctors, ministers, esquires, and many j
'Squire K , who, like others
of his fraternity, was a3 well known for
his rotundity as for windy speeches,
speech in the club upon the question in j
band Before he had fairly taken bis j
seat, 'Squire K , purposing to j
take the Vtarch' out of the unsuspeet- j
'priest, rose up, eagr to reply. He i
managed somehow to lug in his old ti-:
rade against 'priestcraft,' and a!.-;o
again t 'election,' a doctrine particular- i
ly odious to h;s notions of popular sov-i
ercignty. Having, a3 he thought, j
pmty nearly annihilated it, to clinch j
his argument, he added, 'I re-ieter, j
Mr. Chairmen, when a boy, that ray
i fathfci, a good oH Scotch deacon, used j
j to flog me thotoughly twice a day '
S once for not learning the Scotch cate- i
- y ,
riev.r iiievH it, and do not believe it;
There wa3 a murmur of applause as
he sat down, and all eyes were turned,
with a little curiosity, upon Elder
G , who rose, and very delibe
rat"ly replied :
'Mr. Chairman : while I sincerely j
regret the galling misfortunes of my !
friend the Justice, I can offer no ex
planation but that recorded in the j
Scriptures: !
" -Though thou shouldst bray a fool j
in a mortar among wheat with a pestie,
yet will not ISs fooluhneM depart from
him.' "
The bouse rang with laughter ; and
'Squire K has ever sihce avoid-
ed all allusion either to the 'priest, cr
I ..iTtCl.ifiTil ... .-
out oi me
. r
i. m.TV "k
year, in advance
WeU Spcktx
r.-i.' i rh;e jnterei: w i
re-
Tiil jat n?w arson? our Bptit hrcth
rea on the :-jct of cl: eoiaounioo.
S-ne cr.f .-rtanalf oa-i theo re
terr;blj arrrc at l?el reUwUo
of opinio in the dercmbui-n tfpect-
in
call 1us::!t for re f xrz. Other,
el of the b-go d F"d cf these tiews.
reraorstrato, and tbin the pnlt of
the denomination net tnv.rtix depen
dent ur-n cncharitAV,:, ne to a,l the
ret of the Christen world. A cr-rep"nd-nt
r,f the Kximwr, s jmag
I hve l:r.r been b-k'ng fr
. fV
times c"rn,nt f t.tr.d repoo.b, is
really he! 1, by any c :i.' leratle prtir
of them, as a petite jnd carnet reli
riom c onvicti'n. I'jrir. twenty firo
nru-ction w.th the denorr.ina-
t;on, in various and .rnewh4t f4:n:iiar
aociat.on with its m rn.-'.
'er-i and I?;d-
ng mtri, i mve nev.-r n.
rd f rinonj
on thi Mifg-ci
n 1 reer h'- ir l tho
eenttnicut
enT'iij . m iii ioi: am
earnot priytr."
He prif eeds to
noic '-!e fact, n.
rrr
ano...er
" i ne prevai
nni ap-l"-f
. tho
cctic tone ot
what
-
Ct.
fhrre
is nothing : i" at;-
gressive b.ddn?s of 0:.s
)w ::uh in
our recent advocacy (A i . 'ae coin :r. un
ion. We stand on the dt fci.tve rue
ly ; and are ( n. rally c. cnted with
throwing up betwe.-.i u.v.tvs and our
assailants theshitld f a:. nrnnnr,tHnt
ad hmninem, Very ; ; ; and effective is
against ir adversary, "cry iiico.nc
quential and unsatiaf-ii.'tvy t-s for tho
truth."
He further r.Tnirk, that though
Baptist " manners" do not turn other
brethren out of doors, yet their prin
ciple" dots. He s iyh :
" Evade it as we luay, by giving our
brethren fuch warning of what awaits
them as keeps then usually nut of tho
way ; disguise it a3 we may, under gen
tle tones and suavity of manner, when
the disagreeable duty must bo done ;
dodge it a3 we Ro:of;tira''-3 do, by hard
winking at the critical moment, and
discreet hUciicc afterward, t!i ie standi
the naked fact ; when the junction
-Cu(is, ;uubt tithe; w ouj
; principles or turn our brethrc n out of
uwurs.
Now this is honestly and eloquently
said ; no man could show himself a bet
ter friend to tho denomination than ho
that should thu rebuke the greatest
practical heresy of Protestant Christen
dom ; the worst deformity of the mod
ern reformed Church. How enlight-
ened and charitable Baptists can tolc-
rate tnis great error oi .ueir sect, in an
age like this, is indeed a problem.
Uhris. -.la. an-l 'Journal.
Losing All A Family 3ceae-
There i3 something exceedingly ten
der, a3 well as instructive, in the fol
lowing, which we take from the Child's
paper :
A few day3 ago, a merchant failed
in business. lie wont home cne even
ing in great agitation. What a tho
matter?' asked bis wife. ! am ruin
ed ; I am beggared. I have lost mr
ali !' he exclaimed, pressing his hand
upon his forehead as if his brain were
in a whirl.
All !' said bis wife ; 'I am left.'
All, papa !' eaid hi;J el icit boy ; 4 here
am I.' And I, too, papa,' said his
little girl, running up anu putting her
arms around nil nec.
papa,' repeated htt'e
you have your health
wife. 4 And you havi
' I'b not lost,
lie. ' And
in,' s ti i j
.r batu3
i. i : b.st.
to Work with, pap,' -. i
and I can help you.' A 1
fe', papa, to carry you abo '
your two eyes to s-.e v ith, j ;
ur two
And
,' said
little Eddie.
'And you b?ve God's proaiise
said grandrnuwtcr.
'And a good God,' said his wife.
And heart-n to go ;.' taid his iittlo
girl. 'And Jesus .jo came to ft;ch
us there,' oaiu hi eldest.
'God forgive me,' nid the poor mer
chant,'. burstrng into ;ca.. I bare
not lost my all. What are the few
thousand which I bare called rny all,
to these more precioa3 tlurjzs which
Clasped his
be kibsed bis
thankful heart.
Ah no, 'here are many thing more
precious than gold and bank stocks,
valuable as they may be in their place.
When the Central America was foun
dering at sea, bags and purses of gold
were strewn about the Ufcji as worth
less as the merest rubbish. ' Life,
life ! was the prayer. To some of the
wretched survivors, 'Water, water 1'
wa3 the cry. ' Bread, bread !' it was
worth its weight in gold, if gold could
have bought it.
The loss of property raast not cloud
the mind with a wicked forgc-tfulness
of the greater blessings which are left
Denina. io man scouia aespair, m
no man has lost bis all cr:tLJrr-.
bis integrity, lost the vr - od,
nd Ifttit b:a hons of LJ W
'
M; se&t 1 50 to Dr DeeruB