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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE METHODIST EPIS COPAL CHURCH, SOUTH EUFUS T. HEFLIN, Editor.
VOL. V NO. 7.
RALEIGH, FRIDAY, FE BR U ART 17, 1860
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North Caicomxa Chkistmn Aptocate, an orran
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Su'.a-ript'on . 52 a year, strictly in advance.
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O II I G I X A L
Report of the Joint Board of Finance, for '59.
I i o report tivui the various districts, pastoral
(!;. I'-r-'s a .id other sources, were made as follows:
.uti-nary t'u ; i 1 .
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150 00
fniau ot tut; b. r .
Treasurer,
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li. .v.i.ji- n circuit, 01 00
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I "w ban ie circuit,
Pobcson circuit,
The lialance in tlie LanJs of the chairman of
Tie Joint Board of Finance, (t,ir-'i-xh: dollars,)
was p;tid over hv order of Conference to the liev.
1 Y. Doub. .
Itespcetfullj submitted,
L. L. ilENDKKX, CAa'rmnn.
We recommend, that the anionnt of giJoO
which is to Lv raised fur ti e support of the J5i.-h-o.-s,
be collected in connection with the oontin
gent fund ; also that efforts be made to r use at
least s 1,750 for the special aid of the deficient
superanuatel preachers and the widows and or
phans of the preachers. "We also recommend
that these amounts, making a total of V-'-'O. be
apportioned as follows :
lialeiph District
750 00
700 00
0t)() 00
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8oo o;)
i(H) 00
SOO 00
Irecusbi
$ 5 05 1) 00
The above report as adopted, bv the Con
ference. L. L. IIEXDKEX, Chairman.
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Thoughts for the Thoughtful.
Is God an emotional being ? lias he an emo
tional nature 1 Or is God, as some teach, 1 cold in
tellectuality, without emotion, without affection,
rid devoid of feeling :
The e are epuestions of great practical impor
nce. They net onlv involve the nature of God
the character of the divine government, but
the duty, desnny, hopes and prospects of
It tod s nature be constituted of fixed
les, immutable laws and unchanging pur--if
his only attributes are omnipotent power,
prehc-uding wisdom, and immutability in
perfections ? Then he is an impersonal
ithou: moral character, and can neither be
ipsd, obeyed nor loved. He can ad;ninis
jovornnieut, enact 110 laws, exercise no au
answer no prayers, par Jon 110 sins, re
el penitents, and punish no crimes Iuter
hout which there could be no sovernnient.
rsonal being i- an emotion ; approbation
sapprooation, without wuicu tin-re c Jtud be
moral a:lminisfr;'tiou in pers.-nal beings, are
jt:ons. Spiritual cotnmuiiiou woich eon-titutes
vcrv essence of worship, is an emotional state.
once, if God has m emotional nature, there can
be no moral government, no special providence,
no divma worship.
Such a nature won! 1 do for God, cor.sidered on
ly as a mechanic, an aitit. a w-rld-buil.lcr. But
sust.'itns otlier re'.j
loll;
to man. He is a
IIIO-
r-ii governor, r attier, i.pneractor, syte'mtiiizmL'
friend and Saviour : and such relations Jemand
the osereise of other attributes besides power, wis
dom, intelligence and immutability. Ti'.ore mu.-t
be justice, holiness, goodness, love, mercy, com
passion and sympathy, or he is not suited in char
acter to the relations h Las assumed and now sus
tains to man.
Man's nature an 1 instincts demand something
more in God, than power, wisdom, will and intol-
"t. "j'iiti iets iie' - 1 1. ilft. ;lie .! -fc iiuimud; .
Tlie human mind has ever clothed God with moral
attributes. Man looks up to God as a father,
ovitisr, merciful and forgivirg as a judc.e, holy.
just and tru.-.
A God without emotions is not the God reveal
ed in the Bible. The Bible reveals a (bid of love
mercy, compassion, pity as sorrowing over man,
as boiii!i crieved at man's sins, as repenting that
he made ihmi. He is represented by the inspired
wii'ers. as a God offi .iieess. justice, truth, wrath,
ati:r. indignation, vengeance.
These terms certainly describe a being with an
emotional nature a nature endowed with emo
tions, affections, feelings. If such terms do not
.mean. when applied to t rod, the same that they do
wheu appliud to man, to us they have no mean
ing ; for the idea of emotion is the only idea the
human mind attaches to them. If these t rms
have a different meaning when applied to iod,
then they are calculated to mislead and deceive
us, and they will do it. Xow, can we believe that
the II' dy Spirit, when he inspired men to write
the scriptures, causel them to use terms that he
know would deceive the race for whom the revela
tion was designee! ?
But it is admitted that justice, holiness and
truth means the same when applied to God and
i! an. And if so, why not pity, compassion, long
s'la'erinj, untce-, wrath ami indignation mean the
sanic w!
en applied to Clod as they do when ap-
pned to man :
.M.m w;.s created in the moral image and like
ness of Go,!, why should not terms then have the
same meaning when applied to both V Ii this
view of the subject it appears evident from the
teaching of the Bible th.it God is an emotional
(c t"j and Las an emotional nature.
JOSIAH.
Fine Grove, Feb. 4, 1?00.
For the X". C. C. Advocate.
Clia Eigh School.
The Trustees appointed at the last session of
our Conference for this institution, hedd our first
meeting according to appointment, cxi the 2-S:Ii
ultimo. It was deemed advisable to lav before
ie a full statement, of its present eircum-
reepiest, I now proceed to do.
viicgo of Olin, 15 miles
. comity ot Iredell. 1 ho
f brick 70 bv 1( 0 f..-t. o sto-
, and contains ii spacious ehapci, two
'i rooms, togatner witn eight smaller ones
the various purposes of a school of the
ide, such as it is in fact. The me-
ecution is substantial, plain, and iu
and will compare favorably with any
o kind in the State. There are two
ed lots for the use of the teachers.
Is, including the improved lots contain
res. .there ample accommodations in
for a large number of students. Tho
ospering under the management of
Merritt, Principal, and Miss S. E.
istiint. The students are mostly pro
eligion.and for propriety and decorum
v be excelled. Those having children
ion, need have no fear but that their
morals will be well cared for, and any
ig chtleircii to send troin home cannof.
an to send them to Olin Hi-rh School.
no better location for a first class
fierty of this institution has lately come
session ot .Messrs. O. U. & J. F. board,
pr the former board of trustees. They
fsubstance, the following proposition to
ferencc, which is anions its published pro-
L, viz : that for every dollar paid, the M.
Irc'.i. South, shall be mint owner with them
s whole amount for which they are bound
0) is raised, when they obligate themselves
:e u.i a tlcir title to the whole property, an J
la ; Wilmington "
I
ie publ
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ltlufr"(i
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to head the list with a subscription of $2,000,
leaving $10,000 to be raised, 'fur which we earu
estlv appeal to the friends of education.
The Conference accepted the proposition and
appointed trustees and agents to secure funds to
carry out the enterprise, which must commend it
self to every christian and patriot, and more es
pecially to every Methodist in the bounds of the
X. C. Conference, llev. WilSnm II. Bollitt and
William C.Gannon, by resolution of the Confer
ence, are aponts, and we cannot but hope their
appeals will be cheerfully responded to by a gen
erous public and that a chorions future awaits
Olin High School. G ' ,.-iai:t ehat it may grow
and flourish and live to bl ss mankind when those
who contribute to its relL-f shall be receiving their
reward in the rest 01 lieaven.
J. W. FLOYD.
For the X. C. Ch. Advocate.
The Ethical Objection to Atonement.
Mn. Eiiroii. It is frequently urnrtd against
the Christian doctrine of atonement that it is op
posed to the justice of God, as it is unjust to pun
ish the innocent for the guilty. To this objection
; we would reply that the doctrine of atonement
does not involve the idea of punishing the inno
, cent for the guilty. Christ suffered for, and in
, the place of guilty man, but he was not punished
at all. He was not condemned by the law it
I pronounced upon himnocurse ; for he was inno-
cent. God was n t angry with him. I'unish
, ment always implies guilt. Christ was not
I guilty. There was wanting in his ease the moral
element necessary to make his sufi'ering punish
j ment. That was a consciousness of punishment
I deserved. But the sutferiug of Christ was sub-
' sti uted in the place of the punishment of thesin
' nor, and thus became the moral ground of his sal-
vation.
i This objection would apply with all its force
j to the theory of the writers who urjre it.
They believe and teach that Christ died to ben
efit j-imiers. If Christ suffered to benefit sinners
in any way it was the innocent stifierii.g ibr
the guilty. If he suffered to reveal to them
GoJ's readiness to pardon siu if he suilerod
to ijiaTce known God's love for guilty man if
he suffered only as an example to man himself,
it was still the innocent sufferins for the cuiitv.
Now those who urcre this objection nr;
t the
Evangelical view of atonement should be careful
first to see that it does not apply with cip.ial
f"ree to their own view of the design for which
Cisrist suffered.
This objection applies with the same fore to
tho fact, that Christ'safferod, as to the theory thai
he suffered to make atonement. The injustice,
if injustice there be, is in the fact that tin- inno
cent suffered, and not in the purpose for which
he su fibred. Theie is as great injustice ia the
suffering of Christ under the divine administra
tion, for no reason, and to no end, as there is in
his sufferinsr for the salvation of sinners. Xow
that Christ suffered un
ment no one will deny.
ier the Divine Govern-
That he was guilty ami
id to
lit few
will
Why
way
the surt.-ring oi Christ, lou
the f'iet that Christ suffered
'.loft -ine of atonement. And
do not get clear of
by discarding the
is it not as consis
tent with lust ice that Christ should suffer for the
St! .v;.
no r-
ion oi sn
asen?
tiers, as that
he should suffer for
J. W. T.
SELEGTIOIt S,
Wesley an Institutions.
r.Y IMtLSIPKNT TIIOMSOV.
7"-' Xorml Scho.f Kinosrot-d Wood-house
U.-ore i i l cij C .(lege utui Taunton JA iho
(t ' si Book Concern.
To carry out their school system more off', ct
miily, they have erected a Xormal Institution at
e-tminster which deserves to be ranked among
the first in the world. It has under training
over a hundred nude, and female teachers, ail
Wcs'cyans, who. on cmnpletinw their course, will
be recommended by the We.deyan Educational
Committee to take charge of Wcsleyan day schools.
Xo- have t'ey negk cted to provide for higher
edueati m. Kingswoud School and that of Wood
house Grove, the former established by Mr. Wes
ley himself. -who laid down ils course' of instruc
tion as at present pursued, and wi"te f.r it gram
mar? of tho English and French. Latin and Greek
lanntiires, tire for the cdi
iication of preachers' ! j
SOl!
iiid are ( ( ted to c
or
the collooiat'
tiaiinii',;
(f the sons of the
o they erected at
ey Coilcw. which
llitV.
about twenty years a
cii' iiicld a college, styled e,
in lv-l t became connected with the L niversity of
London ; it is empowered to issue certificates to
candidates for examination for the respective de
grees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts. Bach
elor of Laws, and Doctor of Laws. Its course is
that lail down in the caleudar of the University
of London, whose degreesand privileges are accessi
ble to its students.
Five years afterward another institution of
similar character was founded rt Taunton, nl.ich
in lci0 was connected by royal charter with the
University of London in like m inner as W'edev
Celi-ge. Both these are under governors ap
pointed by tho Conference, and who see that the
pupils receive redigous and Wcsleyan training ia
connection with classical culture.
The Methodist Book Concern, p, very iinnort
ant means of diffusing knowledge among the'peo
ple, originated with Mr. Wesiiy, who, to multi
ply tracts, print his own works, "and those of his
brother and of Mr. Fletcher, established a printing-office,
a warehouse, and a sales-room ; and as
be comissioned his preachers to act as his ajrents
in the sale' of his publications, he soon gave them
an extensive circulation, and obtained from their
sale a handsome profit, which he disposed of to
promote still farther his great work. At his
death he left his book-room, together with the
stock on hand, to certain parties iu trust for the
benefit of his connection. These parties convey
ed it to the Conference. It is managed by a book
steward, who, before he enters upon the office,
has an estimate made of the value of the property,
and gives bond for the performance of his duties
and payment of the profits of the Concern as di
rected, lie makes contracts for printing and
binding the works belonging to the Conference, a
requisite supply of which he keeps on hand. He
supplies orders for other suitable works as they
come in. He takes stock annually, and submits
his stock-book to the Conference, if required, to
gether with a list of debts duo the Concern, an
account of cash on hand, and the sums received
and disbursed during the year; ho submits similar
i.,l ,.tr.., 1..- .. ,-;t; ;.. 'n.t. .- :?'': ""1 " " ' ?:!" " s' , I r,,a,.t Hunt is.,, is the unnartfonablo offence.
en'ii 01.1 mo mnocenr. toe r,urc. ana t to uneieni- -,..1,,,.,.,! it., ...i.-.,;. t . 10.. .1
" ,:r: , i;ri:::::::.::z.: :rc j:u V:,u,:i'?Tus 'V:' vu" (m I ti,eU(r..Kij..oft.dsdoctrh!;. is equivalent to.
mJh bound to answer as the ehris'i.o, .l,o,y. ! " )!f!VoUM have rL" f',.-. Xev.iou's sermons j .b.douu:e.dl ol .;o LSuc a.'u a u- u oi
It is a f.ct. ,rave anj'stnlbom lhat wo mS, 1 ! ,. T 0 V ot '! Presbvterion ministers and members are
count f.r. whether w'ad,,,r. .he ov.uV, :,1 o, I . .i Z ... .fr, A" . , V" V- 1 in the che.ic, of their teachers. They have
I c; , i.i j t iteeie i ei e cm-. Siol.e o ms OiSei-UlseS. ! i .i i . i? ,1
,.t1, .,( ..i. '1-1.., .!..... .... ,4-' -. . "' '.-.! n-ivc ie.finit;iuicd the rieht ot a people to el
.'-; 11 ""'."'. , " U1''"' 'n wiiica tic declined ussi-.ir. liiev sulseoiu -ntly fell I X . , - , ..v. c Tjl ' n nnt t.t
statements to al'ook Committee every three
months, to whom v.'l the vouchers, papers, and
operations of the Concern are accessible, and
without whose confer
Le is not at liberty to
publish any book
The steward farsJ-Iies the preachers with such
books us they order, and w hich, if not sohl by
them, may be left in stock, or returned. Every
preacher is required to settle his account &t the
close of the year, an i transmit the money in his
hands, without reseife or deduction, to the Book
Steward on Christmas Day, Lady Day, and Mid
summer Day.
To guard against innroper publications, no
preacher is allowed to soil at the chapels, or ptb-
Jis-h from the tujvt
iv ' :' as wnich are riot
xiOoic Steward from !hc
sent' roirularly p-
Book Ifooui. 1 'm
)ws in- mcy 011
at colisc.H oi l.i.
committee, which is enjoin d to withhold such
consent except ia case of absolute necessity.
For many years after the Concern came into
the hands of the Conference It was condueteel un
profitably ; but since it came under the man
agement of Ilev. Mr. Mason, the present Book
Steward, it has paid well. Mr. M. is now an old
man, over eighty; he has a smilintr, ruddy face,
which, in a photographic group of Methodist wor
thies that I have, is by no means the least pleas
ant; he is healthy, happy, active, and agreeable
to strangers, courteous and conciliatory to bis
equals, and kind, considerate, but determined to
ward his inferiors and subordinates. When
crossed or disappointed, Le irakes yon stir. He
rises earl-, and though he fives several miles
from the establishment, he is down by nine o'clock
every morning. The only reason he assigns for
his vigor is, "I inheriied a good constitution, and
have never abused it.'' He has been tillered an
assistant, but be will not Lave one. He has a
gooel set 01 clerliS, many oi Fiiom liave been with
him from twenty to thirty y-;ars. He took one a
stripling, wdio is now a g-andfather. He re
quires of his employees in Ju-try, character, prin
ciple, and is willing vo -ay 'or them. lie has a
regular plan of promotion. If a vacancy occur,
the whole set of clerks it low is advanced one step,
mil a new man is inti-xlueod at the foot. 1'e
do:-s not require his c'. r!-:s to be Wcsieynns.
Some of them are Baptists, sotne Iutb'peudents,
some not members of any Church. His offices
are clean, well lighted, "."ran red, and ventilated.
lie is deemed wantiug hi ent-irprise, but he is the
personification of caution, econcmj-, activity, and
svtem. As an illutration : he separates the
ioieign arc
in separate
domestic bu.-.!i:esi, and conducts the:u
donartiiieiUs. In 1 lint of the Litter.
under the general i...ads, .,ngl.i!id. Ireland,
Waler, he has labelled pigeonholes for ;,11 the
post-offices in the kingdom These are fiiledwith
cards on which their respective irunes are printed
When a package is ready, a card or label is taken
from the proper place and past, don it. Thconly
thing more to be done to prepare it for transmiss
ion is to write the name of the purchaser, for
which a bl-ink is left.
Mr. Mason has r.o I dea of publishing a new
commentary on the J'iiVe k: this sire lie has
..'her hands, and
w; re leanuiae i;red very
tiify into sermons co
wyiui: ssome idea of the
gr- :it pi . eeuers power.
Th.; Concern publish.
Watch-i-an. the Vcs!eve.
no newspaper. The
orrx.m, and one of the
ables; weeklies in the w ;!
prise; but the Book lloom
c-als, namely :
, if; a private enter
isues seven periodi-
Methodist Magazine
abridged ; Christian Mi
Magazine; Juvenile (be
Days.
The nmocnt paid ar,:
ministers' widows, from
Methodist
gazine.
liiinv: Sum av ScIiO'd
ng ; Bulwarks ; Early
tally to the support of
profits of the t on-
ecru is 1 understand, Ooo.
Mr. 7d.i . ;.s walk is limited. lie did not seem
to have any conception i f lim magnitude uf our
operations, mid was surpi ised to find there is such
a work as th- "Ladies' !I''po.-itory.''
Mr. Thornton, the editor of tlie Book Booms,
is a most amiiihle man, a fine scholar, and a very
ta.-t. ful and able writer. il .itcru Christian Ad
voc le.
IT -
i 1 leili C 1 1 V X i (- u t ii c I
1 ? ,- i- r v r
J he northern CUnstiati - Ivocate c.ii
abolition of the supernumerary relation,
the
ind gives
Ks reasons, as toiiows :
-' Will this be a be' il -ed at our next General
Conference? For out. -elves we most devoutly
it. may be. It c. rttiiniv oa-ht to lie stricken
f oni th" i'isciptine. Whai isa.suj
une ra
ary
It" we turn to the oh! J'l.-cij iuc- of 37"-!,
wo rearl
that 'Those w ho can pro ich four or live times a
week are supcrnumcrttry preachers.' If we turn
to the minutes of 1702, we find the definition of
this amphibious creation to read thus : ' A su-perrmn.-ernry
preacher is ore so worn out iu the
itinerant service, as to bo rendered incapable of
preaching constantly, but, at the same time,
ready ;o do any work in the ministry which the
Conference may direct, r.nd his strength enable
him to perform."' This also is the ride and defi
nition now. Mink rue thing here the super
numerary is sy, oaten subject to the direction of
Conference, at to 53 -r1', ;ol ns much committed
to the regular work vp to the limit of his strength,
as the effect ive preacher is. He is expected to
continue to employ his time and strength in the
regular work. Yho Dise-'oline never contemplat
ed the pol'cy of excusing members of C inference
from regular work, to go at, large and enter into
any business whatever, when they had strength
and health to do h'.If or two-thirds of a well
man's work. And then, iu nine cases out, of ten,
such is the arrangement of work in Circuits and
Stations, that there is no chance now to work iu
supernumeraries as formerly, when Circuits were
large, and there were many week-day appoint
ments. As our policy now is. we have provis
ions for excusing from regular wcu k a large num
ber of ministers, at a period of life when they are
best furnished mentally for useful service, and
when their physical strength for public duty is
not half exhausted ; and after allowing the super
numerary standing for a while, graduate them to
superannuates, and then appeal to the sympathy
and justice of the ( 'Lurch to pay their money to
provide bread for " worn-out" preachers. The
truth is, we have no place for supernumerary
preachers ; our present arrangement of work
offers ample accommodation for all men not hon
estly 'worn-out' in service; and unless the su
pernumerary list is abolished, and men keep to
the regular work in good faith, till they have ex
hausted their capabilities of public service, our
superannuated men will fare worse and worse.tili
the Church will cease to acknowledge their obli
gtitioa to contribute for their support."
t 1.1 v el v
!.... of il.n !
"Unstabbas Water, Thou Shalt not Excel."
Jicibens family is not yet extinct. Alas ! he
has a uumerous anel a noisy progeny. In our
own titites and country, specimens ef the race are
not rare.
It is a safe rule, to put little confidence in the
loud and vehement utterance:; of one who has
changed his faith and his party. The union of
fickleness and big 'try in the sr.ine character is by
no means so rare as tl e iu ongruity of the terms
would seem to indicate. Firnim.-s and consistency
are maintained by a quiet, nio.-!-t and dignified
adherence to one's vicv.s end opinions, and the i
longer that these are held without alteration or
compromise, the less necessary does it become to
set forth a public r.nd precise declaration of faith.
Consistency : a iewel, ice! it is so precious and
o.r;!V.. -1 ;'t -i, v . id. v :.'." .ae judg
ments, has le'ariK-! to iove and ;i ;v it. Ot
two men, one of whom ma;,, perhaps, be wrong
on sonic points, who may c.itertaiu crude and er
roneous notions, and yet is sincere ami steatly ;
and the otlier of whom is in the right track to-day
and '-clean out of the way" to-morrow, constant
in nothing except in changing, enthusiastically
defending the truth against all odds at one time,
and at another blindly pursuing error ; of two
such men, the world does not take long to make
its choice, and the world is right. One honest,
consistent man is worth a dozen changelings, for
since the pillars of the earth were laid, nothing
good or great has come out of this latter class.
Extreme men are generally fickle. Benedict
Arnold's history is familiar to every school boy.
The ardent patriot became a violent and viudict-
: ive Tory, He thought it necessary to attest ins
! sincerity by carrying fire and the sword to his
I former friends. We distinctly assert that we ad- j
duce his case not for comparison, but to illustrate J
' the principle. Orestes A. Brownsou and Levi j
I SUt.'manivcs are notable examples of the ease
j wuh widcli men can descend the sliding sca'e j
from truth to the worst forms of error, leu j
i yours aero, a Presbyteri: n minister iu attendance j
I 011 one of our I'resbyteries in the town of II., gave 1
offence to" his brethren ana shocKoa uie punnc
! sentimerit of the community by declaring on iho
j floor of the Presbytery, that if all the I'rosbyto
! rian.sni were taken out of X'euth Carolina, he
j would not give a counter!' -it jvM'O bill for the
j religion that was left, and yet this mini-tor
has" forsaken that church and now calls upon
! his former co-Prcsbyteis " to put away their
j error and repent of their sins." lie now
' wiirns tbe;n, that they are disobeying their
j Master iu heaven, perverting the language of
I scripture, profaning the ordhi.mco of Christ, re
j tardingihe progress of the Bcdeemer's kingdom,
j weakening the. power and avoiding the offence of
! the (Yo- Wo quote fram his new and recently
i published Confession of Faith. Xay more, they
j must, like himself, " ci'hcr fiive vp Hie Uib!e or
gi'-e vp Jni'tmt lhqrt.vii ;' which means, if it is
I not unmitigated nonsense, that Infant Baptism is
I such a sin and heresy that the Bible is worthless
to those who do not give it up; and if it is re-
t lined, the small doctrines of repentance, faith,
. 0 . . ..1.. .
love and obedience are 01 no aiuo m s.jaiiucaun:.
and
an
chary
al
ec t
.ke
if kindly to be lectured by a, novice- It is not
modest in a deserter from the old Mother, (God
bless her I) to siiriialize bis secession from her
besom by upbraiding her as a har'.ot.and her chil
dren as" bastards 1 For, dropping the figure,
does not the declaration amount to that " 1 must
cither give up the Bible or give up Infant Bap
tism ?"
When such strange and vehement utterances
are heard from one who was " a decided Presby
terian" throughout tho prime cf his life and when
his intellect was at its fullest maturity, we must
hold the utterance in suspense and await the de
cisions of the future ; as iu an ancient case of ad
judication, in which there was an " appeal irom
Philip drunic to Philip sober." A". C. Frcsltj
tei ion.
1 Our Foreciothers.
i Some gord-natnred wag, zealous for the honor
j of womanhood, has given utterance to the follow
ing tribute to Ins ancestors on the female side. It
I is well done, and well worth the reading.
i We hear enough about our forefathers. They
were nice oil fellows, no doubt. Gooel to work,
cat, or fight. Very well. But where are their
; companions, their -chums," who, as their help
mates, urged them along f Who worked and
i delved for"our forefathers, brushed up their old
clothes, and patched the.r breeches ? Who almost
involved themselves for tho cause of liberty ? Who
nursed our forefathers when sick, sang Yankee
Doodle to their babies ; who trained up their
boys ? Our foreu others.
(Yho landed at James Eiver. and came over
in the Mayflower, and established the otlier
early settlements? Were there any women a
mor.g them '! One would think not. Our Yan
kee neighbors especially make a wonderful talk
about tlie pilgrim fathers who squatted on V ly
mouth Hock, and there is a great ado made over
it every time they wish to get up a little enthusi
asm on liberty, and refresh themselves by crow
ing over freedom ,' and the chivalry f Virginia
are not a whit behind Ov-m, when th .y tnke a
notion to vaunt themselves upon the glory an I
greatness of the Old Dominion ; and our staid
Pennsylvania Quakers, too, like to plume them
selves "slyly, upon the merits and doings of W.ll
ia:n peuo and his associates; but with all the
"blarnery" plentifully distributed on all sides,
what do we hear or gather about our foreinothcrs V
Didn't they land on a rock too? Didnt they
eueouuter perils and hardships ? Aud, after all,
didn't they, with their kind hearts sustain the
flagging spirits of their male companions ?
Who ushered us into this world our forefa
thers? Bah ! Xo, indeed, it was our foremoth
ers. Who nursed George Washington, Antho- !
ny Wayne, Ben Franklin, Israel Putnam, anel a
host of other worthies, whoso names will live
forever, and taught them to be men and patriots;
Dicn't our foreniothers ? . nd who gives them the
credit they deserve ? Xobody.
We have our monuments commemorating, and
our speeches, our toasts, and our public dinners,
celebrating the wonderiul deeds of our forefath
ers, tu; where are those in honor of our foreinoth
crs ? We had better be getting them ready. We
talk ourselves hoarse, and write ourselves round
shouldered, while boiling over with enthusiasm
about the nice things our forefathers did, and
yet nothing is said about our foreniothers, to
whom many a virtuous act and brave deed may
bo ascribed, such as any hero would be proud to
own.
We wish, not to detract.
All hail to tho no-
. . I 1.111 liMU iTI ,11 11 .... '
bleold men, our forefathers, say we. May tho(
g'ory of their deeds never be less ; but the good '
book tells us to "render ui.to Ca2sar," etc., apd
we wish to speak a word iii season for women
generally, and especially for our noble and .self
sacrificing foremother.s lest time, and the 'one
sieled page of history, shall blot them forever from
our memories.
Sly Esascn for Paying ths Preacher. ;
First. The preacher i - expected to be a pow- 1
er. He is to pursue men. He is to have, to a '
certain extent, a coitUol over them. . Ills power !
in the pulpii iiwst-le affected bv the state of his !
own min t. ihjfi, his raiud is hnrrassed by ne-
cessities he Cannot provide for if his family
needs flour which he "t nnot bit without jroinir
intn !"!,t 1 l',."V
, ''..i'.ie i;;,fa;!i. iirH'ifcht
.t. 1.. ...-oil
else, which h. can only obtain by incurring debt,
then I know his heart will carry such a burden of
care as must cripple him iu tlie pulpit. Every
body knows what a burden a heavy heart is. How
hard it is for men to talk with such a heart, es
pecially, how hard to speak sweet, comforting
and edifying words to the people. My minister
tells me that-he found his family out of flour and
out of wood one Saturday, and he was obliged to
go and run into debt for some wood and flour on
that same day when he most needed serenity of
spirit for the work of preparation for the Sabbath.
And said he, "I had to carry that wood and that
flour all that day in niv study, and then I had to
carry them into the pulpit on the Sabbath. I
couldn't get them off my heart."
Well, now, I know that a minister cannot have
so much power when he has to carry a load of
wood on his heart into the pulpit. Xow I want
my preacher to time poirer in the pulpit, and
therefore I think he should be paid.
Secondly. The preacher is a social poictr.
Don't we all expect him to exert an immense in
fluence over the minds anel hearts of men ' Well,
now, how is he to d 1 this while he goes stooping
lin e r burdens of wood, and flour, and groceries,
and books, in the shape of debts contracted to
"get along T' Conic, brother steward, tell me
how can he i1 Don't you know that your preach
er often foe's as though he couldn't look at those
who hold bills against him. How belittling, how
huiiiio.itine.' all this is. Anel you expect him to
b 0 a power.
peliino the
;rot!
as is ci
ltd. It
IS Colll-
eacher to make brick without straw.
Xow just go and see if our preacher is not the
very man that is suffering this cruelty.
Thirdly. The minister's good name as an ele
ment, of his power. If he makes debts they will
come due. If you hold yourself under no obliga
tion to pay how' can he pay cithers? Your
slackness makes it necessary fur him to be slack.
1'heii he o-ors the name of it. Xow who is hurt '
Why, the minister first. Hurt in his ii clinirs,
hurt iu h"s ri putution. hurt in his person il influ
ence, liui'i iu his ability to preach. Win, else is
hurt? The church is hurt. Some few know of
Ar'short. and are grieved and mortified. The church
is em l ie 1. Her influence is "une. Sii
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by-word and
tier lnnuence is e-iine. r-ne is a
ii derision. I know that I am not
exa I uciTii ting 1 '.ere.
li'ur brethren for all tin-so. reaons I am lor
-.-- 4 . . i-i ,wli'.r , ie',xt -A . u,..(,t., tj. ...r..
tien' in a praciicul wcyi' If .ot, you will assur
ed'; share iu the g vill of the minister's weak
ness and the church's shame. If otherwise, vou
will be rewarded with the approval of your own
conscience, the gratitude of your minister, and
the happiness of witnessing his greater usefulness
and the increased prosperity of the church. A'.
IT. Ch. AJ'ocnte.
T7hat a Sermon Shonli Be.
It should be brief; if lengthy, it will steep
Our hearts in apathy our eyes in sleep ;
The dull will y-wn, the chapel lounger dose,
Attention flag, and memory's portals close.
It should be warm, a li'dng altar-coal.
To melt the icy heart and charm the soul;
A sapless, dull Laraiigue, however read,
Will never rouse the soul, or raise the dead.
It should be simple, practical and clear ;
XTo fine-spun theory to please the car ;
Xo curious lay to tickle lettered pride,
Aud leave the poor and the plain unedificd.
It should be tender and affectionate,
AsHis warm theme who wept lost Salem's fate;
The fiery laws, with words of love allayed,
Will sweetly warm aud awfully persuade.
It should be manly, just and rational,
Wisely conceived, and well expressed withal ;
Xor stuffed with s.lly notions, apt to stain
A sacred desk, aud show a muddy brain.
It should posses a well adapted grace,
To situation, audience, time, and fdace;
A sermon formed for scholars, statesmen, lords,
With peasants and mechanics ill accords.
It should with evangelic beauties bloom,
dke Paul's at Corinth, Athens, or at Home :
While some Epictetus or Sterne osteeni,
A graeioue Saviour is the Gospel theme.
It should be mixed with many an ardent prayer.
To reach and fix and fasten there;
When God and man are mutually addressed,
God grants a blessing, man is truly blessed.
It should be closely, well applied at last,
To make the morid nail securely fast ;
Tiia-i art fur man, and thou hlonn, will make
A Felix trembl.-, and a David quake ' 4 j
Ha Takes no Selijious Paper.
Who takes no religious paper ? A member of
the church, and quite a leading man in the con
gregation to which ho belongs.
Is he a poor man V Xo ; he carries on a largn
business and makes money faster tipjii most of
his brethren. If he were poor there would le
some excuse for him.
Is he an intelligent man? Well yea he
takes one or two, and perhaps more, political pa
pers, and is well " posted up"io political matters.
You'might as well think to turn tho sun out of
his course as to convince him that anything is
wron which bis party advocates. And he wants
every thing cone in the church according to his
way ; and his way he is p erfectly sure is the way
things were done in the purest and best times of
the reformation.
But he knows nothing about the Missions of j
the church. He does not know where she has ;
M'issions established among the heathen. He !
could not tell vou whether they have done any !
rood He could not tell you whether a descen- !
dant of Abraham has been converted these fifty
vears. lie Knows noiuiug uuout uun ome w
gregations in his own church are getting on. So
when one member rejoices he eaunot rejoice with
it, aud wheu another member suffers he cannot
suffer with it.
it i .t ; i . ,1, .
He casts a dime into tho hut ence or twieo a
year when collections ar taken up, and th n lis
wonders, what tho church can do with iw much
moneyf U. P. of the W,l.
Paul's Pre-Emincnce and the Secret cf Ii.
"7 hbarrj more abundantly than they ali."
This was his pre-eminence. This he regarde 1 ns
anjong the great' st "signs f on apostle" A1
well lie might : f ir even his MnMer nnd Eteinplir
said, "My Father worketh hi Iierto. and 1 wur."'
"I must work the works of h.in that m. t nu
while ic is day. The night conie'h, wh..n no
man ct.n work." Must Christ work, whn erea-
j ted all things, John 1, and 'upliolJetb ail thines
i by the words of his power," lleb . 1, an I kI,.
! by that Minnie word expelled diseas ul.d eb-
! ui'-ns. -nl raised the dead ; and n.i:t not
W...1- u.-.i:. . .
u orK toeretore ; 'nbuno.int ia'v .-Muds ti.v;';
among the "signs of au apostle," rd not only
so, but among the "signs ot a Christian," for
our highest distinction and purc-t glory, m frell
as our clearest evidence of Christian diameter,
lies in our reseml lanee to Chri.-t. We follow a
working Re lctmer, nn 1 we must be woik'.ng dis
ciples. The more "abundantly" any man "bi-
b rs, . it he work the works of tho Father, tha
j """';' nearly and manifestly does he roHcmt.li
j Chrit,whoso "image" it is the gloriousdignity
"f tll,J cu'!l1 or (5o,l 10 l "conformed. ', Iloui.
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i What, then, was the cecret of Paul's pre-cmi-
, nencj ? "Ilowbcit, not I, but the gruc of Go t
chich irrts n ilh vie." This reveals the whole ecret
of that wondrous activity which, "from Jerusa
lem round about unto lllyrictiui, fully preaclicd
the Go-pel." If Paul was eminent, it was "grace"
that made him so. Ami that grace is jtut h frco
to you, and to me "lie givcth more grace." Lit
us theu '-come boldly to tho throne of rrrrici:,
that we may find grace to help us,' and then
pour out that grace in "abundunt labor" for
God and the souls of men. Ia not this the sweet
est life on earth, and tho surest path to heaven?
Mistakes.
1. ei miflike for a pastor to suppose th.it
he can have bis people take an interest iu the re
ligious movements uf tho day, without havlnj a
religious newspaper circtil .ted among tl.eiu-
2. m a mist iU- for a paetor t suppose t''iit
his people can be acquainted with the progre- kii I
winds of their own denomiu ition, and c. ui.' uto
liberally to the support of its institution, U'.'esn
ihey are readers of a newspaper devoted cspe i d
ly to the interests of that Liuiith of tho ChrLi'au
Church.
o. It h n rnhf'ihe for any one t supposn tli.it
he can, by the saao expenditure iu any other v:iy,
bring as much religiors inform liiou before h s
family, as by Mibscrihing and paying for a li
couJueted religious newspaper.
4. It is a iiiiil'tke for a man to begin to p-ae-'ico
economy by slopping his religinu; newspap. r.
!o do this is to deprive himself and Lis liuuily oi
a grint benefit.
5. is a mistake fir any m iu to su;ip's lh:,t
.1 newspaper can be made exa0y what every oi.i
.voulj like it to bo. The geu'-rvl tastes aud iiii'
l01-t t,e eolHldte(b .
O. it ii anns ai.e for any r , ih.ni that TT
can by any possibility, admit to t !: ir colue.us
every article that is sent them. They must ol vi
decline contributions ably written, lieecu-ej tj-ji
is demanded for soiiictlrng of present interest, if
which the church and the world wish t read.
7. 11 ii a tn. lahc for one who can eo.i.j i-j
tines cool. doing a certaiu iiumLer of syllables, l j
suppose himself a true-boru poet.
8. It if a mistake to suppose that editors burn
much leisure, leud au ea.-y life, or are too il
paid.
A Shcrt Sermon.
We commend this short outline to tho attention
of all preachers and congregations who hv.)
undertaken the erection of n.ectiiig-houses, er
otner religious enterprise:
Text: Xi hemiah iv, G. ' 'Tho 'people had a
mind to work."
This refers tj the members of the Jewish church
who rebuilt the walls of JcTU-alcm.
I. Xotiee their circumstances :
1. They were jww, very poor.
2. They were greatly harrcsstd ly thiir
enemies;
II. Xotiee their disposition :
1. They had not a mind to it?'.
2. They had not a mind io luok on.
i They had not a mind to talk
4. They had not a n.iud to plan an-1 ad
viie. 5. They had not a mind to find fui.lt.
0. But they had a miud tu vorc.
III. Xotiee tlie result.
1. Their work was done.
2- It was veil done.
Application : "Go thou nnd do likewise.
Military Education.
Some of tlie Northern Methodist papers Hunt,
us occasionally with having a military school un
der Methodise patronage ia Texas. They do not
seem to be aware that we thus afford a proof of
our Wefleyanism. Says Dr. Steven, in the
history of Methodism, vol. i. pp. ,
" Wesley had a strong regard for military mti ;
he liked authority, obedience, methodic! habits,
and courage ; he found that solu'i-rs hadjnatifl
good Methodists in Ireland nnd Scotland, as well
as in Flanders, and that Metuodist soldiers Dado
good preachers, as in the case of John lloir?.
' Sampson Stanif'orth, Duncan Wright, aud others."
j And again, " Wesley advised tho Methodists to
' lern the military exercise, that they might the
better defend their country vhen the French
threatened to invade it iu 1750."
Our Northern friends are very rr.iJJ-manncred
men. It is a pity our military school should, for
a moment, disturb their peaceful, pike-waking
industry. Texas adivcate.
The Rhenish Missionary Society.
This society, which was recently so sadly
afflicted by the cruel uiassnfre of boiiio of their
missionaries iu Borneo by the Mohammedan, was
fornied among evangelical Ciiriotians of the Rhine
provinces and Western Germany in 1823. In
Africa it has 20 mission stations and 0 mission
aries ; 10 stations in Borneo, and misiuns iu Chi
na established in 1840. 1
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' Latitudenan anient,
Bishop Andrew, of the Southern Methodirst
Church, in a letter re( ntly publibhed, says : I
should not be surprised if thero are men in our
ministry who preach moderate Calviuicui, semi-
Pelagianisni, a little of I uiversalis'u, or a f prink-
ling of Unitarianism, or tome other thing equally
wild. Our preachers, many of them, do not un
dergo a sufficiently rigid probation, tor examina
tion, before lLt y are authorized to expound God'i
wo;." "
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