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VOL. IV NO. 42.
ORIGINAL.
For the Advocate.
Trinity College.
To the Mem! ers of the North Carolina
Confe ence-to the Jca I reau' . . ,
Laity coniT"sii)r the I huicn anaioau
Friends of Christian Education through
out the State :
We wish to present you a few thoughts
on the subject of the colleges of Noth
Carolina, and we do this for the purpose of
showins that Trinity College ousht to be
enlard at once. We start with the pro
position that the Co'le-es of North Caro
lina are entirely inadequate to the wants
of the people. We have before us the
statistics of the State, published in the U.
S census for 1 850. This states the white
population of the State at (553.02R) five
hundred and fifty-three thousand and
twenty-eight. It states the ratio of in
crease for ten years at 31.73 per cent.,
which would make the white population of
1300 seven hundred and twenty-eight
t! ousmd five hundred and three (723,n03.)
Of this number the whites between the
asres of live years and twenty years will
be. taking the same ratio f increase, two
hundred and eighty-throe thousand seven
hundred and sixteen ('23.716.) Suppo
sins the sexes to be equal, and they are
n- arlv so, and the number of male pnpils
will be one hundred and for'y-oue thou
sand eiiiht hundred and fifty-eight. If
on -t':i:r ! of these are between ttie ages of
fiit-en years and twenty years, we have
fn-ty-s-veii th-usand two hundred and
e'm'.ty-six mal -s b-.-twecn these ng. s.
Look at fhat again, reader. f'ort y-ev n
thousand two hundred and eL'ht-six boy
of tin- ri-ht a-e to go to college in North j
Carolina." But some are not able to bear
the expense of
a collegiate education.
Some w-.uld not go if they could, and
seme do not properly appreciate trie value
of education. What proportion of these
would avail themselves of the opportunity
if the facilities were increased Of cours ,
on this point, all is surmise, but this prin
ciple obtains in all enterprises of the kind,
that as yu increase the number of schools
and enlarge them, the number who desire
to avail themselves of the advantages of
fered, is increased. Suppose we assume
that number as one in every fifteen, and
there are now three thusand one hundred
f.,rtv-three boys in the State who
could be got into the colleges of the State,
if the colleges could accommodate them
Let us see how many they can take in.
Til IS.jO we had five colleges of all kinds
in the State, with five hundred and thir
teen pupils. Now we have ten colleges,
(six of which are female) leaving four male
colleges, with a total of pupils about twelve
bundled. Where are the other nineteen
hundred ami forty-one boys ? We answer,
some of them are seeking education in
other States, others are deterred from en
tering colleges because the facilities for ob
taining education are not such as they
should be, and others because our colleges
are not sufficiently numerous, nor large
enough, nor properly endowed.
We have now young men enongh in
North Carolina who would probably take a
collegiate education, if we had the colleges,
to fill four more as large as Chapel Hill.
The ten colleges, male f.nd female, in
North Carolina, can only accommodate
twenty-two hundred and twenty pupils,
and we have of young men alone three thou
sand one hundred and forty-one, who ought
to be at college, and no doubt would be, if
t'.e colleges were of adequate proportions.
Why hesitate, with these facts before
vou. to aid i:; enlarging Trinity? Do you
not desire to bring this vast amount of
dormant mind into active use for the ben
efit of the State ? Is is not a noble work,
to give facilities to those who are shortly
to o-uide the destinies of th Stte, for 1 e-
coming qualified for the task ? The Meth- j
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olist people must show their devotion to j Taken from the side of man. as some one
the public welfare and their determination j hassaid, that she might be his equal; and
not to be left behind in well doing, by j f,-m!1 under his arm that he might protect
coming to the help of their own college j her; and from near his heart that he might
G vo u- the means to enlarge, and there i- ? love and cherish her. That Eve was beau
no fear but we shal' have hundreds of ; tif'ul and intelligent is certain, or she
vou g men within o:ir w:d!s training fr (.,uld not have been a help-meet for Adam,
us fulness, and when they go out it will the greatest man who ever lived. That
be to add to the ranks of our citizens a j sl,G Was lov ng to her companion, we may
!, .if men well oualified for all the du- , j.n oos-e. because she was pure and holy
ties of citizenship.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
Paradise and Heaven Synony
mous As we stand by the bed-side of the
dvin" saint, watching the last fiutterings
and strivings of the soul to he iioeraTeu
from its tenement of clay, and then behold
the body lifdess and dead, the question
seems naturally to come up, "where is
the spirit gone? Did it go immediately
to heaven ? Or did it take its flight to an
intermediate state called ' pamdheT "-
Many and various have been the theories
that we have advanced in regard to the
condition of the soul from death to the
judgment day. We shall have little to do
with, or say about, these speculations, and
will give you what we believe to be, the
true doctrine on this subject And we
take the position, that Paradise and Heav
en are synonymous terms that Paradise
means Heaven, and that the soul passes
immediately to heaven when it leaves the
Th;g e & .
j
iv in the nunos oi some, m rm'irutc w
the language of Jesus to the dying thief.
1 he Saviour says to him, (St. Luke 23,
43) "to-day shall thou be with me in
Paradise." Now, after his resurrection
he tells 3Iary (St. John 20, 17) not to
touch him ; for, said he, " I have not yet
ascended, to my Father " Paradise and
Heaven having the same meaninsr, the dif
ficulty is nearly removed, Paradise means
a place of " fe icity and delight" the
dwelliug place of God ; and Heaven means
the same. Dr. Clarke, speaking of the
language of Jesus to the penitent thief,
says, ' the state of the blessed is certain
ly what our Lord here means." And in
regard to his words to Mary, " touch me
not, for I am not yet ascended to my Fath
er," the same writer srys, "Our Lord
seems to have spoken to this effect : Spend
no longer time with me now ; I am not
going immediately to heaven; you will
have !-everal opportunities of seeing me
asrain ; but go and tell my disciples, that
I am going by and by to ascend to my
Father and God, who is your Father and
God also." Mr. Benson's views coincide
with Dr. Clarke's. In further proof that
paradise means heaven, we ask the reader
to carefully read and compare the follow
ing passages in the New Testament: (2
CT. 122. 3, 4. Rev- 2. 7; 22, 2.)
This we d. em enough, to sati.-fy any hon
est enquirer after truth, of the correctness
of our position. Hence, it is oovious,
that the soul goes immediately after death
to heavm, if prepared, or to hell if un
prepared This agrees with bt. Paul,
when h-' says, "to be absent from the
body is tv be present with the Lord."
The case of the martyred Stephen is in
point. He saw " heaven opened, and the
son of man standing at the right hand of
God; an ! he fell asleep, calling upon God
anil saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
What means such expressions as " the
family in heaven;" " the saints before the
throne," if they do not convey the idea
that, at least some departed spirits have
been taken to heaven. If some, why not
all? So, on the other hand, does the sin
ner begin to "suffer the vengeance of
eternal fire " as soon as death. The case
of the rich man proves this clearly. But
Lazarus leans for repose upon the bosem
of the father of the faithful, in paradise,
or heaven. No necessity for going to pur
gatory: for the blood of Jesus " cleanseth
us from all sin." Yet, we do not main
tain that the soul in heaven enjoys all that
over-powering fullness, that it may and
will enjoy after the resurrection. The re
fining and glorification of the body, made
like unto the glorious body of the Son of
God, will aid a new source of joy to the
happy soul in heaven. Paradise and heav
en meaning the same, the spirit of the
good at death goes immediately to heaven.
"One gentle sigh their fetters break ;
We scarce can say " they're gone;"
Before the willing spirit takes
Her mansion near the throne."
TITUS.
Bath Circuit.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
lSi!e Characters Eve.
Among the characters mentioned in the
Bible, there can be none more interesting
than Eve. From the fact that she was de
ceived, and in the first transgression, we
too often consider her with a censorious
spirit. Why should this be so? Why
extol her daughters so highly, when so far
her inferiors in many respects, and almost
conf' Tnn the mother of us all ?
Eve was made by the hand of God.
! It is remarkable that tho Bible does not
; lay but one fault to Eve. In no instance
i did she neglect duty, or break the com
! manduient of God, save in that she par
I took of the forbidden fruit, "ate herself
! and gave to her husband and he did eat-."
And what would greatly palliate an offence
u our day, if com u.it ted by one of her
daughters, she was beguiled by the serpent,
and " being deceived was in the trans
gression." She lived many years after the fall, and
witnessed the ruin she had brought upon
the world, and no doubt ofteu wept before
her merciful Creator over, the sin she had
committed. The Lord had promised her
sorrow, and had made her desire to be to
her husband, and he was to rule over her ;
yet we hear of no murmuring from Eve.
She yields submissively to the law of her
husband, and endures the sorrows and af
flictions of life meekly, quietly and gently.
Behold her standing beside her husband at
the gate of Eden, taking a farewell look
t the home of her innocence, and the
scenes of her happiest hours. There the
ivey and the vine twine around the spread
ing branches of the vigorous trees, form
ing a natural bower for the dovely pair.
There bloom the never-failing flowers.
And there sing the sweet songsters of the
grove, and God's smile still lingers like
the rays of the setting sun upon the lovely
garden. Now all is lost. She looks out
upon her future home where the curse of
God is to follow her, and oh ! how dark
and gloomy! She looks again at Eden
and drops a tear, and turns to Adam
gives his arm a gentle squeeze and bids
him trust in God. and go forth.
How, when, or where she died is not
stated. Perhaps worn down with age and
infirmities, the once lovely bride of Eder
sinks in a peaceful grave, in hope f en
tering the Eden above, where there wil
be no more temptation or sin. May we
meet her there. C.
SELECTIONS
Sunday Schools-
Moral P wer T-o co difions of Jld
vrnfa e of Childhood Sunday Scio Is
and the Side Rda'ion to the Church.
This institution claims our interest and
assistance because of its superior moral
power. Its moral power is inferior to that
of no other institution or instrument of
Christianity. Preaching itself has to do
chiefly with adults this preaches the
Gospel to childhood. Which is the most
hopeful endeavor?
The Sunday school has two grot condi
tions of moral power. First. The word
of G' d is its test-book that word which
is quick and powerful. The Bible is the
force which it habitually applies. All its
instructions are subservient to the illustra
tion and enforcement of Biblical truth. In
this respect it certainly claims rank with
the pulpit itself.
Second. It applies this highest moral
force to the earliest and best susceptibilities
of human nature to childhood. Child
hood inherits depravity toubtless as it in
herits the physical and mental iufirmities
of our race, but who questions its superior
moral susceptibility ?
Childhood has one moral advantage over
adult years which is of inexpressi! le value
in its relation to religions instruction it
is not unbelv ning The tacit infidelity
vhich infects all adult hearts, and which is
the most formidable difficulty in the way
of religious convictions and religious trust,
belongs not to our first years. God him
self has made childhood trustful, believing,
implicit. It is the most marked law of
human development. And why has he
made it so ? Why, but because he would
have us form effectually the moral charac
ter of the child before it enters upon the
perils of its later years. The moral educa
tion of children is a natural duty, for it is
a natural necessity, founded in the very
constitution of the child. It cannot be
evaded. If it is not well directed it must
be ill directed. The power of making the
child a demon or an angel is almost exclu
sively in the hands of those who have
charge of its first years.
A"-ain. childhood is not in that fearful
state which we distinguish, wrongly per
haps, as " Gospel hardened " it has not
by long familiarity with, and practical re
sistance of the Gospel, become indurated in
its moral sensibilities. Its conscience is
tender, its fears readily awakened, its af
fections easily attracted. And in these re
spects is it pre-eminently fitted for religi
ous influences.
And still again, it has the great advan
tage of more tenaci'y in its impressions, if
not in its resolutions. Once teach a child
the great truths of religion, and you have
written ineffacebly the Gospel upon his
soul. He may iudeed resist it, Vut he can
not forget it. The truth ever lingers with
him, ready at the opportune moment to ut
tcr its warning or saving voice.
What, Christian labors then are liKe
those which aim at the religious education
and salvation of the voting? Where,
Christiau reader, can you devote your en
pr trios to better advantage than in this
(5 a
sphere ? And if the opportunity exists,
does not the opportunity itself become an
all-commanding duvy ?
Every prison that you enter in Christen
; doni will give you a similar result. Sun-
day schools are the best police provisions
of states, the best as well as the cheapest
defense of nations. The criminal systems
states are adopted almost exclusively to
punish and suppress vice, rather than to
prsvent it. This is their egregious defect
. they stagger unJtr it, and the world is
still riotous with crime. Education, espe
cially by the common school, is an a tempt,
and, at whatever expense, a cheap one, at
a better policy at prevention instead of
cure. Yet even education, as a mental
training, fails to have any very profound
effect on the morals of states. Its statistics
show alarmingly its insufficiency. Against
the training of the Sunday school no such
defect can be alleged. Its whole aim is
moral; it wields, as we have shown, the
greatest instrument of moral power in the
universe the word of God ; and it acts
on the best moral susceptibilities of human
itythose of childhood. A country whose
children should be universally trained in
Sunday schools, could hardly fail to be pre
eminent in all public and private virtues.
Lastly, you owe this duty to the church.
The Sunday school has been called its
nursery. Some one has -Jailed it the the
ological school for the millennial. It came
into use during the great resuscit tion ot
relig;on under Wesley and Whitefield
that epoch from which sprung Bible, and
tract societies, and most of the energies of
Piotestant missions. Since that notable
oeriod evangelical revivals and labors have
spread everywhere among the Angelical
race. Sunday schools have doubtless had
chief agency in this great change. Before
their day youthful piety was not common ;
youthful morally was expected in Chris
tian families, and was expected to ripen
into piety in manhood ; but now the con
version of the young is looked upon as the
hope of the church ; they crowd our altars
in revivals, they give energy to tne opera
tions of our churches, and the cross is
borne forward over the earth in the vigor-
s hand of the young manhood of the
mi flJinvcli show
ftrrQ. UC SiailniiLo ii int. .
that nearly all our foreign missionaries, as
well as most of our domestic pastors, nave
me forth from the Sunday School. Un
questionably the best way to tortity ana
fill the Church is to multiply Sunday
schools through the 1 md. The christian
rld itself has never yet half calcinated
the resources ot moral power wnicn iub
institution offers. It will talte anoiner
age, probably two more ages, to develop
itfully. And even then, perhaps, it will
remain a question whether it most blesses
the Church by its influence upon the young
who are taught, or its reaction upon the
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adults who teach CA. Advocate ana
Journal.
European statistics on the subject are
decidedly unfavorable to education. it
cannot suffice without more training.
State Pride.
While we recognise the common brother
hood of nations, there is an instinctive
clin"-in' to the citizens of the same nation,
in every man and a special interest felt
for the well being of our own people.
The
honored name of our glorious Republic j
abroad, inspires us with pride, and we j
feel a glow of emotion, especially in a ,
distant land.at&e bare mention of its j
name, and the sight of one of its humblest j
citizens. Then, it is, we feel that the ,
whole Republic is ours, and the local distinc- j
tions of State, county and town are lost !
sight of. Yet even then, it cause arise 10
direct our attention to the subject, our
State pride, either inflated or wounded, at
any occurrence which may produce the
one or the other.
At home, while engaged in the whirl of
buiness, our feelings are somewhat d.ffer
ent. Each citizen of the several States,
feels that there is a common bond which
unites him to the people, the interests, the
destinies of his own State. Whatever is
likely to affect her interests prejudicially or
favorably, he cannot be indifierent to ; and
however feeble his influence or meager his
means, there is a strong and noble im
pulse moving every true hearted citizen, to
risk his all in her defence, or to promote
her welfare.
Selfishness, that which looks only to indi
vidual personal benefit, does not control the
efforts or limit the sacrifice of the true
(itizen. He is naturally jealous of her
fame and o' her protjy, and steadily
resists all attempts to hamper her enterprise
or clog her way in the path to success.
Now these are the feelings we have for
North Carolina. She possesses the elements
and resources of a great State. The nur
ture and exercise of the true spirit of
enterprise and State pride, can alone
develope those resources, and place her in
the position she ought to occupy. To
stand by and wait the turn of the wheel
of Fortune, or to leave to others, because
they possess more means and more cnter
nrise, to develope her resources, is a posi
tion too degrading and humiliating for
freemen. To raise the cry af poverty -or
inability, as an excuse for our indolence,
is a craven spirit, which already has shut
us out from the contest with other States in
the career of prosperity.
Let us help ourselves, is the true philoso
phy ; then we can meet our enemies in the
gate, and throw back in their teeth the
taunt and jeers, which they have been
wont to throw at us. We have heard of
some North Carolinians, who are really
ashamed to admit th t they belong to our
honest Old State. They blush at the
mention of her name, and hear in silence
the abuse which is' heaped upon her by
citizens of her sister States. Such North
Carolinians have our consent to leave at
any moment. We could not affiliate with
such men. We should dislike to be obliged
to touch them with a forty-foot pole lest
we should be contaminated. Washington
Dispatch. '
American Bible Society.
The stated monthly meeting was held
at the Bible House, in Astor Place, on
Thursday, the 6th inst., at half past four
P. M. ; the Hon Luther Brandish in the
chair, assisted by Wm. B. Croeby, Benja
L Swan, and Francis Hall, Esqurs.
, Bjev. Dr. Krebs read the 46th Psalm and
offered prayer.
Four new auxiliaries were recognized :
one in each of the States of Kentucky,
Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas.
Communications were received from
various parts of this country and from
abroad, of which the following were of
special interest :
One from an old correspondent on the
Rio Grande, urging the importance at this
time of circulating the Scriptures in Mexico,
aud recommending a well qualified agent
for the service. One from Mr. J. W.
Stone, in Brazil, in regard to extensive
distributions by him. One from agent Bliss,
in Turkey, showing the increasing desires
of Mohammedans to read the scriptures.
One frvdi Rev S. H. Calhoun, of Mount
Lebanon, to the same effect. One from
lie v. 11. Montsalvatge, at Oran in Algeria,
showing the growth of Protestant and
and evangelical religion among the French
and Spanish residents there.
In the course of the meeting the Rev.
Dr. Edgar, from Ireland, one cf the
Vice Presidents of the Hibernian Bible
Society, was introduced, at made an
address full of encouragement to those
engaged iu Bible distribution. He show
ed the close connexion which the Bible has
had there in the great religious movement
going forward.ond the new desire awaken
ed for searching the Scriptures in order to
test and settle religious opinions. A
practice like this we hear of in other coun
tries and places where the papacy abounds
a ho eful feature of the times, as it is in
plain harmony with the teaching of Christ
in John v. 39.
The issues for September were 47,461
volumes ; the receipts, $39,092 24.
A Slanderer of Sorth Carolina.
Traveling on the cars from O to
M , not long since, in the night, we
happened to get into the same box with
an individual answering to the name of
4 Bat ;' and his description of Norf Ker
lina,' her manners and customs, gave the
listener anything but a favorable impres
sion of the tar and turpentine State, thus:
Why, gentlemen, a dog w h a long
tail in North Carolina would b as great a
show as a nigger with three heads.'
' Why so?1 asked several.
' They cut 'em off to prevent them
knocking off the huckleberries when they
are chasing foxes and rabbits that ran thro'
the woods.'
' Phew ! came from a listener.
' Fact, certain as rain ; and you never
see a man or boy there with buttons on
his pants.'
What then?' asked one.
Pegs,' replied the ever imperturbable
Bat Wear buttons all off climbing
after persimmons.'
' Go it Bat,' cheered an acquaintance.
And I'll tell you another thing,' he
continued: 'they have to bell the little
niggers there just as we do calves.'
'"What for?
So their owners can tell which gopher
hole they're in.'
A general scream followed this the
e gine squealed, and we all jumped off
at M .
Approved Remedies.
For a fit of passion. Walk out in the
open air ; you may speak your mind to the
winds without hurting any one, or pro
claiming yourself a simpleton.
For a fit of idleness. Count the ticking
of a clock ; do this for one hour, and you
will be glad to pull off your coat the next
and go to work.
For a fit of Extravagance and Folly.
Go to the workhouse, or speak to the in
mates of a jail, and you will be convinced,
" WTho makes his bed of brier and thorn
Must be content to lie forlorn.
Go into the
rhnrehvard. and re'ad the gravestones;
they will tell you the end of ambition. The
grave will soon be your bed-chamber the
earth your pillow, corruption
n,l t.l. worm vour mother and sister.
For a Fit of Despondency. Look on
the good things which God has given you
in the world, and to those which he has
promised to his followers in the next. He
who goes into his garden to look for cob
webs and spiders, no doubt, will find them ;
whi e he who looks for a flower may return
into the house with one blooming in his
bosom.
: For all Fits of Doubt, Perplexity and
Whether they respect the bodj or
Fear.
the mind whether they are a load to the
shoulders, the head or the heart the fol.
lowing is a radical cure which may be re
lied on. for 1 had it from the Great Phy
sician "Cast thy burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain thee."
For a Fit of Repining Look about for
the halt and the blind, and visit the bed
ridden, and the afflicted and deranged;
and they will make you ashamed of com
plaining of your lighter afflictions.
mothers and ministers.
In a late address upon the increase of
the ministry the following noble things
were spoken :
This instrumentality is owing in a
good degree under God. to parental dedi
cation and training. There is a power in
thef.mily covenant and family work, which
God sanctifies, has sanctified, and will
sanctify, from one generation to another.
Sir, I yesterday saw in this assembly a
venerable and lovely Christian matron, a
mother in Israel, who has our sons in the
ministry of Jesus Christ. Every one of
the sons whom God gave to her she con
secrated to God, and trained up to God
in the work of the ministry ; and behold
the honor that God has set upon her, in
her maturing old age. Mr. Moderator,
when I saw her I felt like bowing rever
ently at her feet, and as one of the sons of
the church, exclaiming in her presence,
" Mother!" Vho shall ever know the
covenant power of parents, and perhaps
especially of mothers, in bringing their
sons to Jesus, and in introducing them as
preachers of the cross,into the waste places
of the earth V '
From the N. Y. Observer.
TaBk With a Quaker.
Many long years ago I was
teavelling
through the upper portion of Lowdon coun
ty, Virginia, and had just crossed the
Blue Ridge, when I overtook a venerable
man, well dressed, with a broad brim
hat. Ho was a Quaker. I had from early
youth admired the simple manners, the
steady industry, the unsullied morality,
the peaceful habits and kindly affections
of this remarkable people.
"1 perceive,' said I. 'that you belong to
the Society of Friends. He assented.
'Is it your belief that the Scriptures are
the secondary revelation from God, and
that the true and iufallible touchstone of
faith and practice i3 the light which light
cneth every man that cometh into the
world?r
Yes.'
'Is that light infallible, but universal?'
'Most certainly.'
'If this be so, how comes it that in dark
and heathenish countries, were the Bible
has never come, children, where their pa
rents become old and helpless, will delib
erately dig their grave, strangle them with
their own hands, and declare the act
meritorious ; whereas in all countries
where holy writ is known, it would be
murder in the first degree?'
, He could not answer the question.
"Is it the creed of Quakers there is
no original sin ?"
"We do not believe in such a dogma."
"I presume, however, you all admit that
God is infinitely just and merciful ?"
"Oh yes."
"If so, and there be no original sin, how
comes it th:.t an infinitely merciful God
will allow an infant only three weeks old
to endure the most excruciating agonies and
heart rending pains, until death terminates
its agonies, and all the time the child is
perfectly innocent and free from any kind
of sin ?"
"Friend," he replied, "I wish thee and
Thomas Mott (who was a celebrated Qua
ker preacher) could converse on these to
pics Thee must know that I had not a
birthright, but in order to obtain my wife,
was bound to enter our society."
The road here forked wc separated and
met no more.
The Curate who JTlended Clocks.
A Curate in the south of France was
accused before his bishop of degrading his
sacred function by mending clocks for hire.
" Does he neglect his official duties f' said
the bishop : ' ' No," replied those who had
brought the impeachment, "he is a good
preacher, and a good man, kind to tho
poor, attentive in administering to the
afflicted. But it seems scandalous to us
that the holy office should be desecrated by
mechanical labors and sordid gains."
"Summon him before me," said the bish
op. The curate obeyed the summons, and
stood before his bishop. " Monsieur le
Cure," said the bishop, " I have received
a grave charge against you. It is said
that you degrade the priestly functions by
mechanical and mercenary labors." ' It
is not to be denied, my Lord," replied tho
curate, " that I have performed such la
bors. My salary was so small as scarcely
to suffice to keep soul and body together,
and left nothing for hospitality and charity.
Having a mechanical turn, I have atteropt-
j ed, a3 far as I could do so without infring-
ing on my ministerial duties, to pieco out
my scanty ineoine by mending clocks, for
which I did not disdain to receive a com
pensation." "Your own confession," said the bishop,
"renders further process unnecesBary. I
cannot permit the holy office to be associ
ated with a trade. The care of souls de
mands all our time and thoughts It be
comes my duty to administer to yon an ef
fectual admonition to devote yourself in fu
ture wholly to your ministry. You will
find your sentence in this paper." So
saying, he handed to him a paper, which
he had the meanwhile been writing.' The
poor curate took the fulmination of episco
pal wrath and withdrew. When he open
ed it, he found it a presentation to a hand
some living. Some American congrega
tions would do well to act on the principles
which prompted the bishop to this just aud
wholesome act of severity. The best way
to prevent the desecration of the sacred of
fice by incompatable pursuits is to make it
unnecessary. .
From Russell's Magazine.
Ur. Capers in College.
Dr. Capers was but a short time in Col
lege as a student, but duriug that time he
was the favorite of all his companions.
His humor, and good humor, were inex
haustible. With the most irreproachable
conduct, perfectly free from any taint of the
somewhat loose life and opinions common
in that day, he combined a cheerfulness,
vivacity aud wit that were irresistible. It
was somewhat singular that one who was
destined to be so great a light and orna
ment of the Methodist Episcopal Church
should have been the happiest of mimics in
imitating the real or supposed peculiari
ties of its itinerant ministers. Yet such
was the fact. We have known him to
take a chair or table for his pulpit, and a
sentence from a chance volume as a text,
and deliver, with a fluency which he never
afterwards surpassed, a discourse, in what
was thought the Methodist manner, that
was certainly more amusing to his audience
than those of subsequent years, if not bo
edifying.
His stories were nuracr us and admira
bly told. One we remember yet. It re
lated to the wonderful and sudden conver
sion of Amos Debus. We will venture to
give its outline. Amos Debus was a gay
j fellow, often at frolics, fond of dancing,
and addicted to peach biandy. One night,
very late, about one o'clock, returning on
foot from a corn-shocking or quilting par
ty, he encountered a heid of cattle in the
road. It was dark, the potations were
running riot iu his head, and by some
strange involuntary manoeuvre, he found
himself astride a large black bull. The
bull, as much astonished as his rider, took
to his heels along the road, Amos hold
ing on with desperate tenacity.as a drunk
en man holds on to the ground for fear it
may run away from him, when he falls, and
is too far gone to get up again. In their ca
reer they passed a deep swamp, with its
frogs in full concert. Amos began to fan
cy that the sound- were articulate. They
became more and more plain. At last
there was no mistaking them. The voices
uttered sounds to which Amos listened
with astounded ears and hair erect. t The
small croakers in a treble voico squeaked
out, "Amos Debus, Amos Debus ; the
tenors added "on a black bull, on a black
bull;" the great bass singers roared ami
thundered "going to hell going to hell."
Notwithstanding his alarm, Amos Debus
reached home in safety.. The impression
produced by the terrible frog concert was
deep and lasting. He foreswore peach
brandy and dancing parties, became a bet
ter and wiser man, and a worthy member of
a Christian CLurch.
Thd story of which we have given the
outline, when dressed in all the charms of
the narrator's voice and manner, produced
an effect on the student audience that can
be imagined only. In subsequent years
we had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Capers
frequently in the pulpit which be so great
ly adorned, where, from his eloquent lips :
" in strains as sweet as angels use,
The Gospel whispered peace,
where he bound up the broken hearts, re
claimed tha wanderer, and won multitudes
to the cause of the Saviour, whom he so
greatly loved, and so faithfully served.
Little Fncts for Little Folks.
"I wish I could mind God as my little
dog minds me," said a little boy, looking
thoughtfully on his shaggy friend, "he al
ways looks so pleased to mind, and I
don't." What a painful truth did this child
speak. Shall the poor little dog thus readil j
obey his maetcr, and we rebel against God,
who is our Creator, our Preserver, our Fa
ther , our Savior, and the bountiful Giyer of
every thing we have?
A maxim of Washington.
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that
little spark of celestial fire, called eon
science." - '
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