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f JL -HlYTT1f 0 5TTIY TtTJf 0 tlTTI TSftfTI A IT tlUfT -ill rf. It c 1 II i : PC TI, sou tj r. f PITBLISIIID AV KTIvT.Y BY .A. COZVOXITTJilE OP MINISTERS FOK THE .METHODIST EPISCOPAL A VI. -NO. lULEfGH, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1801. T Kit M s : TWO l.dl.LAlis A l.AH. IN AIM A.NlK i" . ui.ni.ui vv u i u i it 1 1 , ,h...,!l .,-. ' M it I I I V N A II '. . ,. . All." - Ki-ir. i m !. i"ui:i: nr V.'.ii.mii.tin n Jiim.v . s 1 i:i . .il. I II i'f Hit. 1 ' I'l I i.e. r i: it i s . I i.iitili-lifi t'V.-rv M.'ii.hi.v mer- ' Jllll .tll . I .!... Ur' '.Il.,',.'v "" will lie elen l' -I S I ,er -il;ov i'.jilir-t ni-er. i..u. ami 1'.) rents e.l. li -ul:-i"illt'ii! ili.-i-r! i.ih. lillSt- t ;o i ..it", line- .11 I. J.-r it II till in , are ell at -'e'l A ;-1.i:iie '( i'i lin.--, r t'ri.in i p. 1 2. per ;m- .1 II .,. ..,. -lifrt'tf I'l r t q i ii :i l-,.- ii,w N. I'. I'hi i.-tiail .-.l. licit. ' lllVKK-SIUi: M)TF.S. JlIz .'illi'Silt tin "' jmsttn.t) - I III- i'l l-i;-t ,,.. ..- ..,, j:,-,-. r. I'.ji.,, I t I' 1 C t 1 IV , "l t I'.Wllit 'fj.ifin i 'iiili.,lii-!sm . j -vsi.'inatic ami comprehensive manner. l a tune when all intelligent people ! 'J'iie .-rv'e of the joitIhh i- .iiite respeeta-ari- vvaiihing the progress of events, and hi,-. r h;ts one decided excellence, that of eq..'ciallv tlu-e events that are transpiring under an It: liau sky and on Italian soil, it uia not he out of place to direct the atten tion of North Carolina people to a North Car iina book. The llomai! Catholic leli-yjtO-i which hanu'- a an i.irnl,ns hjiou so niiv million- of hearts, is. evidently de liUiiiii in its j.ower and inlliie'ice ; and its reiit teiiipoi:d and spiritual ltca. i j 0 holds tlie iinure of his authority J.v nex'-eeiim-i-. i.!'i!lieaiiU uncertain threa.l. fhii i-.i i,..w. r i- w.itiiiL; awav to a vei v ! .... ". I 0Dii.!,-,aMe extern there is noi.ioiil.l; .-in. I j he time i- rapidly passing by when the uaf-niri. .-nt ;,oii,;. and :he splendid and j lraiufttie ritual and t be rand " humbug- !, b Iwinkeii 1 lid eiiniraiieu 1 :e lneai.-e . a i aues. snail 1 1 .11 lave an y substantial place iii the hearts, or j ha!l secure the enthusiastic admiration of j be intellects ol ; he i.eoii e o! this era. 1 Vnii et. iietoie e!tcte ami taW'Iry Kome J ?ill ieliii.iiish lor sci fit re and yield to a . :,. . 1 1 . :;,,. .1 .: flu. s,,,,,,-, .. :i 1 m iiu.ii i in isi 1.1 (i 1 1 v . .1 nighty conflict v. ill doubtless be waged, .nd ihe blood of :boiisands will crimson he lair plains of K'Mi'ojie. 11 mi ic has her onfederai- s. and -u-iaiiicd by them in her leiiliiiiiii; years, she will doubtless vvaiier attic in defence of her waning glory upon uaiiV a despclate and " hard-tougllteli bat- i le-tiehl " . , j "hu, tiM-re . ''''ri-:r?.M,tJ ISI. Itiose in i li;c!i hostile 'Mie- siluii leet i,i tierce ..oiiiion ; there are otljer ; ipfolies tube yu.n ihaii tlio-i which shall i e 'obtained at the mouth of the rifled- : aniioti and with the divad and jierfi eted , ifiti niu.-nts of .h su uctioii. Mint must : iel m'lii'l upon tin- arena ot ii iters: arum nni-f eoin'iai l,in imut : skill in 'iat-i'i'i. contend with sk ll in .. ..v. ud all the vast eugiueiy of sciem-e i d knowledge must be rolled upon ! vlhe gl'eat ii Id of intellectual coiiHiel. to .ry'iee cither in the cau-e ol error or h That pure Christianity wijl finally. ftuiph after the long and trying fight, all j i-tic I'rolesiaiits must believe. Now. the iil-!ioii arises, are those who are to per- I. service in the intellectual ariuv ol ; srantisiu weii-cinipped for the ardii- campaign .' Are they thoroughly tur- 1 . .1 ..1. I 1. . ..l.i:..,. ! tsjied ior ,ne wo.k. van, -o,,... . , i-jiied with the hist implements which y 1 . ). r i.:-.-.,Rl, ;,..l 1-s.nmg fi.ini.l, ; it each soldier an armory of information t.1 . l.T -.l. 1. ....... .lv.n. ..t 1ml. ..irn iii.tum I ' yjBIl U! I II I" ' .10 nut. .11 ins 0. 1. oj.. ....... j lUii-o.'Ver weapon the particular sta 'e conflict may require!" C'ow ireaehers and laymen are interest- j this matter. Tlie former, it is to lie ! ' 1 -11 x- .1. -l. - 1.1.. ! (j lied. Will come lortu uiiinnii;m.v ;i 'd and cuiped for the conflict: but .iviiieti in possession of that information -rhieh furnishes means, aggressive and de eusie. in times of high argument and ry.it intellectual achievement '! If not. hen it i- full time that they were supply ng the chamber.- "f the mind with those ;Uie- ii;on which thev may lean for .-up-pOH. wh-i. the clarion of war -hall sum mon t' the eiiL-agetneiir. tlie cultivated and Taile d intellects ot the world, and the t.fe ; 1 ami aiiaii! Cavaliers of Christeii- 1 1 dum mounted upon gay or sober, swift or j hi .v aii!e or ponderous steed.', sluill shiver lato-es in the great intellectual lists with iht Knights ol Home, panoplied in armor LU. k y ith the rust of the middle ages, in Icfcii. e of error on the one side, and in Fijidicaiioii of truth on the other. 'ow. Messrs. Kditors. with your perinis- ,ii'i I will dismount my somewhat over ate! wind-broken metaphorical ' I . dial's the word ) Hnst umiU . and y feet once more on rrn Hi mn . will 1 more sober Kngli.-h wlnit I took Ui ... ... 1.. .. c... .e..e,K- i uo.l. ilo. 11 I1I00001.1I..1T .I'H-X.s I . . I . 1 I .,. . r.l! the attention of vour readers to a rk. written by one our pre; di v 1 1 1 well repay a careful perusal. ,man Catholicism Scriptural! yC.n.-ider- : or. The Church "f Ib-me" die I reat j o-lasv" is the title of the book, and it j gs lioiii the pen of . Cnif . i '. Join. ,11 known tn nttr connection throiio'hout ; stale. It is a useful and tiinciy Mib-' 'mil. and is in a lorm exactly suited 10 1 . .1 1 . emands of the aue. It ; "oige volume to scare off readers, j .modest in size, and not too ; 'onus- America, who can ! time to i.-ad a l.k in. ylvaiin- i-lib's butter : Vh-Aioii-.'ht scliuls ie- - IV. s 1 f '' e-siiies and d : 6 V "VV cllou In. ill the rialicM cent columns i' t lie ... ... . ... , , .... , -x iiiiiuiiii.il j ni . ii' "y i . ...... liiMiu.l iii muslin in enjoy a second iiniuor- tality ot precise! v three weeks duration; nor is if too long lor highly respectable (Mil Fogy, who is ordinarily unwilling to read about any thing " new fashioned." al though the fashion " should really he as heavy with age as that distinguished friend of children. Santa Claus; or even as ancient as the venerable and somewhat antiquated Badv who resides in the City of the seven hills, and who persists, in spite of the warnings ft" age and 'the decrepitude that j paralyzes her limbs, in wearing Haunting I , ":'y- :!ri!'i.i'; i . .-icir't' 1lti... I regard the volume of Mr. Jones as a substantial contribution to religious litera ture. U hilst if is nol put forth with any pretentions or high-sounding claims to originality either in form or conception, it contain- nevertheless a ureal deal of valua ble information, which is presented in a per.-picacuy wliieii be'rav There are places, however, laste and carelessness. A little verbal lsi iuiii!.; or eorrecUni;. here an i lien;, would perhaps improve it: n;t then tht e aii' minor blemi-hes md I do not 3wi il iiiioii them. Its solid merits commend it tome, and I would respectfully suggest to all who have not inclination or j time or mean-- in lead the more extensive land voluminous iiiibiieations in which the reekinu nutriditv of Kniiie is exooscd. to , - ,.; v :tH means Mr. Jones' lucid and rellino. book. He iia- done nom service 10 ' 1 for one i t'ue cau.-c of Christianity, and 1 ti;mk hi,,,. tll;it he lias applied tin ca'.pel ,f , ,.,,,, lVi, , ,,1,4, t;il to the festeriu that bloated and decomposing 1...,,, .. ... j,.,. ,,u- centuries ,.s ,.,., ,.,. . , i-1 I with a rod of iron held ;M .,. i,,M,.jv ;i, iMi.iiitniis hand. It is tl,.. , t ,1,. 1. I I uh book of its size up- that 1 11 that iiev l.ls vet been lilihllshc llbjeet. I ilesiilii.- copies laleio 11 . or from ! he. call o. author ; xl. lsi;l i "I- .lie X. I is'ii.ii A.1-. . 1 11 II iOSlE FOR S E A l E. Mkss:!s. Km Tints : ln-riod wiien the sai - I here was once a r could (rely e..- eliini. "No man eareth for mv soul;" but j -i-'. .! d..y is 'r.,pid!y ng & way. and the erection, in different plates. of homes and bethels lor the temporal and I jiiri itual wants of the bailor, renders that ! ,'XCUs unavailahh'. 1 1 Many persons have permitted the belief; 1.1 set;i" upon their minds, thai if w::s im- j possible to do any thing for the spiritual j condition oi seamen, and many sailors 1 have hoiio!it if impossible to serve (md j and to sea. ljoch of these are wrong conclusion.-: : and I would beL leave to inform your rea- ! lels 1, o ! I,-:, ., .tien.le.i oiMver-ineef'nios 1 wh. -re seamen have uiv.-n their testimony . i for Jesus, and although it was rather dif- j , . . . t lieiilt to uiiiierstand some of them, from : their broken and imperfect Kliglish. yet eiiouuh crumbs coiilil an idea of the riehn gathered to form of the crust ; for tiiev Would asseri inat me onjon 01 -le.-us , 11 . .i. . . 1 11. 1 .t 1 . .... : eleaiiseth Iron, all sin I have I . . , , also heard them siieak in reference to the f h j,,,,,!,. ,.,.,,., -. 1 eo to sea. They sav it is possible, and thev believe tied is as near. 11 not 1 j nearer to them, on sea. Mian on land ; for ! 1 .. .1 .. r 1 I I : - 4: i I t!!eV ircoueiniy icei 1 1 is iiiesenee i.n ui.. ,. ' I I have also attended prayers aboard of a vessel ; the Master would call his men in the cabin, read ami explain some of the precious truths from the word of Cod. and then, after singing, we would have prayers, but, not. as generally the case upon shore, that is. one prayer, but if time would allow, the captain would pray, and then several of tlie men. and freiiiently it was like a heaven below, for the influence of the Holy Spirit is sensibly felt. j In conclusion allow me to say that our i Bethel and Home in Wilmington have not ! . ' been erected 111 vain; lor. a son ol the sea. converted in lite seaman's home at this place, is now in the Tropics laboring as a missionary to seamen. There he is. cnl bv no church, ordained by no Bishop, but 1 receiving the diction from on High, he is laboring for the salvation of souls. j . ... A vounu -sailor who signed our Temper- j Arabia, the fields and hills of Palestine, ance plediic. has since made a profession j in the palaces of Babylon, and in the dun of relioion. and is now in one of the eastern j geons of Home have come down to us in counties of the Old North State, studying j such unimpaired fulness and accuracy that fin- the ministry. Brethren, pray for our Bethel, ami that the sons ot the sea may be 1 converted unto . . . 1.1 1 .1 !"; lor aitnougn me sauo, may possess a rough hand, he ha- a warm heart: and I " matter how dissipated they may be. a i' -.ii .11 1 1 ' :"' '"- vlsl""' UP"" r "oir ('"t'L'Kri wm"" "'- ."l-'at kindly to tliem ami let tliem see that you are interested in their welfare. Keiiiemlier. Christian, that every eon- verted sailor becomes at once a missionary of the cross, and luav. perhaps, carry the where none ofi ' oo I news, tlie L:lad tidiiii. our minislers can or will i There are now in port twenty or thirty converted and zealous seamen, and I think it would, do vou (Messrs. Kditorsi good to m-c sot,,. ofihe.-c old tars distributing tracts and hear them reply when asked nn.ler bo-e. direction thc Weie di. tilbil- tingthein.thaf they were doing it under the direction of (ioil. And I think you would be spiritually benefitted to attend meetings with them, and especially some of the pr-iyer-meetings which they are holding. Wll.i.. ii (,'..-,,. x. c, yu.t th, lsoi. Fur llic N. C. Cliristiuu Ailo. :iie. LETTER PROM TRINITY. Slml, ceitiiiiij in If lull they uiViiIhiIiI--.1 hit ,i f tilt) "' "' I'V r ( IllllJll, li'e. Tkimtv (Vii,i.KiE. Feb. 4th. M,-...... I.'.. ,.... . 'I'l,., ..i;f;,..,l nrw s severe, ami nomv ecaree. henee we e.- eu ii bail la.iiiiL, oil in ilie. uumoer ot students, but we are simply disappointed. There arc now one hundred and sixty resent, nearly as many as at any previous session, at this time in the year. Still they come, some from nearly all the .seceding States. We really have a fine time of it. no unpleasant or exciting occasions. A great many papers and reviews are taken here; every body is well posted on all the nioseineiits of tlie day ; ever) new idea in politics, science, literature, divinity or di plomacy, seems to be well known here. oil will 11 1 1 el two seniors calmly weighing tlie literary merits of sonic m-w Imglish book; three J uniors are discussing the new A 11-jilico-Chiiicse treaty, the surrenihr of C;eta. or the probability of Mr. Uaring taking the place of Karl ( I ivy in the lii itish Cabinet : whilst 1 believe the Sot lave taken exclusive control of American poli tics, and can at any time furnish the latest news from all mints. Sonic days since, two youngsters from another Institution of learni-ru. came here 011 a visit; having considerable o!" ihe "ex citable by the ',iart " internally and in their pockets, and having met with a young man of similar temperament, who had come here to enter College, they concluded j to have a nicht of ii : 1st. to tear down a ! certain lane fence ; L-'d. to carry oft the ! College gates : nd. to turn things upside : down generally; 4th. to have a regular I jollification. Thev commenced mi the I rails ; now in this they were aieless. for I l r Craven is decidedly "' ijiiick of In.-ar-! inu." and before one hund.'eii Were down. J he was up. .11 Thciti 1 - h it was .lone or j j i sai. I is ' 1 it well i.iiov.11. 'nit ihe lirooraininc I i , , . ! I went 110 t'ui ther. the rail-v:ere r.uc fence I 1 1 j next morning; -onio sav the. gentlemen j ! them hack themselves with ilie lr. for -. 1, . ris 'tors' x'.'iy aii 1 niornin wearing, it is .-aid. that jokin t tln lilaec is no joke at ail. and 1 1 nthoi young man by some menus never entered College. All exercises are uoing on lineiy. 1 retdly have a siijierb set ;f young men high-minded, intelligent gentlemen. Then is an elegance, without formality or. -ti ti ne . that is delightful. Wn.i.it: ABIUETI1 FOR EVER.., A late number of the North Iveview contain - the followint: very rruthlul statc- ment regarding the pres serviit ion f the original wrumgs 01 tue umy ,-enpunes " T ! . ' I' .1 11 1 . O i It is a matter of congratiihiiinn that the hie ha- passed triumphantly through the ordeal of verbal criticism. Knglisl. in ii- ! if the last century raised a premature p;uan over me uiscuveiy aim p11011c.11 ion 1 . .1. 1- ...1 .... 1 1 . of so many various readings. They imag- med that the popular 1111ml woul.l he rude- j wi1!(.i, j, l,,ng ,,.,, walking in darkness ly and thoroughly shaken, that Christiani- tim.ngl, the State Church, but has recent ly would be placed in imminent peril t,f j lyfconio forth more prominently in the extinction, ami that the church would be 1 dispirited and ashamed at the sight of the j . . t. I I 1.. Al I '!,.,..( ., U., ! kiucicu suien.- 01 n.s .'i..Sn.i . n.o x... wu. the result has blasted all their hopes, and j the oracles of Cod are found to have been iu( immaculate integritiy. The storm which shakes the oak only loosens the earth around its roots, and its violence enables the tree to strike its roots deeper in the soil. So it is that Scripture has 'gloriously surmounted every trial. There gather around it a dense cloud of witnesses from the ruins of Nineveh and the valleys of the Nile; from the slabs and bas-reliefs of Sennacherib, and the tombs and monuments of Pharaoh: from rolls of! Chaldee paraphrasts and Syrian version ists; j from the cells and libraries of monastic J scribes, and the very dusty labors of schol- 1 bus and antiquarians. 1 )ur present Bibles are undiluted by the j lapse ol ages. I hese oracles, written ! amidst such strange diversity of time, place ! condition among the sands and cliffs of I we are placed as advantageously toward them a-the generation which hung on the lips of Jesus, as lie recited a parable on the shores of the Galilean lake, or those churches which received from Paul or Pe ter one of their epistles of warning expo sition. Yes. the river of life, which issues out from beneath the throne of God and of die Lamb. may. as it flows through so many countries, sometimes bear with it tlie ear ly evidences of its checkered progress; but. the great volume of water has neither been dimmed in i-'s traspareti'-y nor bereft of it- j healing virtues. j --- Charleston. South Carolina, is the only j city of any prominence in the diion in j which the population has decreased during ' the past ten yar- Stlfrtions. Fruni .inns lleral.l. LETTER FKOfll ENtLASU. jiiixt ii-ar d'l'ri't J-'reitt litml'id H'r.-iriii h'raixe, Knilmi'l, Italy and (.'tirihittili Uecil-uU ';' li'it at Kill 'ty liniiil lit-l 'iiintlS Axjn rt nl Kiltjlitltit Siriiil St j fiiiy 'eritiil Mnn im nl Or I'mil Xviioii Piitilicul Hint ,'tliiini'i Si.iujiriniri- ;"lb'0 Tin- Si-if Ymk P. h jn'liiiii. OjH-tiiii 'tiiti'in'l 'i'l jii'iiii'i' Ih'. mul Mm. l'imer. flu; past year has been reniaik;i I jiit-.-ii-ttv el purj se and tluU'jry. . v;v., 0f (, ;t xvcrj -.Asy'vO 'live of Christian revival" which Las tomdied the shores of all Protestant lands, and has been left in the farthest north; has gladdened the isles of the tropics ; and glaiu es round the shores of the new lands of the South. The rev h al of religion ha been met everywhere by the renewed ac tivity of Komanism. when that, system sulfeied. as it suffers now. from disease of the heart; and amid other distractions, Kurope has watched with increasing in terest the marvels of Italy. (iaribaldi left his farm in May; he re turned to it in November. In these six months he coiiijuored iwo kingdoms, and offered them as a irift. to the cause of Ital ian unity. I lis proceedings compelled the King of Northern Italy to seize the Unman States, and add them lo his territory. At the commencement of 1SU10, diplomatists ijU.u ieled over the separated parts of Italy. 'I he : word of ( lari'oalui cut their plans and protocols, and gave the world one illustration more of a pure patriotism. Tlie I'-sson has again been impressively taught that Italy cannot be free with a I'opo. It will be united, it must abandon its pi editions to rule over the spiritual affairs of other nations. This is the se cret of lialiau power, unity that Italy had lost for aoes. lint beyond ail doubt, as far as our own country 1- concerned. Hie most remarkable feature in our history during the year i- that .nightv movement which, originated in Kxeter Hall special services, has now extended M our theatres and oth- :r j 1 lace 1. if popular assembly throughout 11I has been followed in many a very decided revival of beginning of Isiiii ilure was a r ne-iye-r tl". T.bei ' 'I' '.clo I Ji oeov. lane , , daces l.v ,. . rtdion.iii A! ihe iuated wi:h a disabled American mission- arv ;it Londiiiua. but which was responded to not only in America and in India but in ibis country and in various parts of Km ope. where a spirit of prayer had al ready been awakened. No one ought to wish to disconnect the spread of the revi val spirit which has followed, with the meetings for united prayer thus originated. Time ha- only confirmed the .substantial reality of the revivals in Ireland, after tiniking full allowance both for some exaggeration-, and for hopeful awakenings which may have issued in 110 lasting good. When the hand of the Lord is outstretched to work, the spirit of darkness is sure to attempt counterfeits to mar the the work, and excite doubt- and mistrust in the i,,,,.,, ,lW!1 ,.onle. ; e,,ntrast the blessed effects ()f ,,reachin. to the people, reference efe ght be made to that moral pestilence. wc,..,i iv,,,,,. ",,, il,. ri; i ri 1 i nriiiu (1c tu, ('iiuvc, ,,f Knglang are bef'innin"- , , .i.i V.. 1 n i, t sound an alarm. 1 lie Jiisliop 01 ln- (.lester with visror and faithfulness, has in his recent Choriji-. come forth with a voice of warning. Archdeacon Cox. too last Sabbath, in flurham Cathedral, preach ed a sermon in the course of which he ani madverted in powerful and impressive terms upon Oxford Neology ; and it is notewor thy that the London Thif of Monday last gives to the public the substance of the Archdeacon's sermon. The last year, view it in any light we ! choose, has been a vear ot ereat ana soi- 11 r 1 1 clnn sigiticance. Politically, it has been a vear u.r rn be remembered. For Italy, f,. 'raee. for Kngland. for America, it ji;isee ;lyear of great and stirring events, And religiously it lias been a momentous ycar. No one can think of the revivals (,f rlicriou wliich has Iieen its chief char- acteristie, without prolonged gratitude to ( ;,. Ireland, especially, has cause to remem ber the year that is gone ; so has Scotland, so has many parts of Kngland anJ Wales, so has poor, prayed-over. wept-for Jamai ca. It i- nothing, too, that before the year had closed. China has again opened to us her gates ? Already the cries of the Chinese may be heard Come over and help us !" That is a call handed from the past year to the present, which will not be disregarded. The sainted John Angell James, who last ycar urged it upon the British Churches from his place on earth, seems now to urge it from his place in heaven. The year that is beginning begins well. It begins with prayer. The week that, be gins next Sunday, is perhapsc the most -big with promise." of any that has passed since the introduction of Christianity. Why? Because Christians almost every- where seemed to be agreed to unite then in prayer. Tn our own country, in India. 111 America, in secluded spots 011 ihe con- til.'. ti of Kurojie, in Asia, in Africa. wL. - er Christians are found, prayer, specii ! prayer, will next week be heard. l'ii re are many considerations, beside the u'jvious one,, which makes this fact a In si'd one for the year. Earnest prayer leads 10 earusest work. United prayer leads t. -.nited work. It is scarely pos sible that men can pray together, and re fuse to work together. All will surely w -rk a.- well as pray for more signal Keviviis. Tlit Ue ivals of the past year maybe ...; a; in-.1 ''dropping before the copious sh-ii :y--JJjuKe is i-uPvt reason for IiotI nig 1 uai. ;i may oeeven so. uiwiliimiiiu- i. TT v,.;ili. 1 I ing all that has occurred, the church, alas, is very worldly, and the world still lies in the arms of the wicked one." If. in deed, the millennial day. as some say and write, has dawned. Ft is to be seen vet only in faint streaks on the horrizon. and still we have to say, Watchman, what of the night ? But he who has answered prayer so far. can answer it more abund antly. And. the prayers with which tin- vear has commenced, seem to he a - sign" that so it shall be. Dr. and Mrs. Palmer, of New York are still laboring; in their usual manner and with their usual success. They have just closed a three week's revival cam paign in the town of Banbury. The "pow er of (.'otl'' has rested upon the whole community, from the reputable physician to the brutal prize-fighter a physician and a prize-ligiiler being two of the 547 converts from the world and sin to Christ and the Church Last Sabbath I r. and Mrs. P. commenc ed similar services in the Wesleyaii Chap el. Maidtnhead. and already some have been blessed with pardon, and others have obtained the witness that the blood of Jesus ehtiiises from all sin. f rum lh t'ln iitiau Humid. KVtKiTHI.NG GIVE THANKS. (iratefd love is the vital element of true piety. Conscious of utter moral weakness and iinvorthiness. we flee to Christ. In his wonderful condescension and his great atoiiiiiL" work, he is to us 'chiefest among ten thotisand. the one altogether lovely." We cas" ourselves into his arms with a thankfulness which no words can express. All our hope is in him. Kvery moment, Hid forycrv Messing, we are dependent V - ' "i: II.. 1 tl. i:c. f- ... ut'"i He redecincth our life from (testrui mon. ne crownetli us with loving kitiduesi and tender mercies." Not a breath no breathe, not a beating of the pulse, bit testifies anew to the fulness and the freaicss of his grace. Hence every tlioughtof the heart, should go up bear ing heannward the incense of gratitude. 1 v . . .... l'ailing w give tleinks continually, we be come tlbns and apostates. Sain a man who had been saved by an other from a cruel death -' Sir. I shall re member you" with gratitude every moment that 1 ire, for I owe all my moments noyv to you. Kvery drop of blood in my body thanks vdu." Should not the Christian have tlis feeling in a still higher sense to wards (hrist. Without him yve would be prisoner of despair. By our sins ve have forfeited life and till its blessings. We had no .iiore claim upon God than the murderfl- in the condemned cell has upon the govirniiient whose laws he has violated. To that murderer a pardon is as life from the dead bet him go out and breathe again th air and bask again in the sun shine, aid lie owes a debt of gratitude which cai never be repaid. But if, after being juitly condemned and freely forgiv en, he sfould complain of the government because it did not confer on him wealth or honor, fliould envy his neighbors, and sp.'iid Mi time in murmuring, would he not mi rit the' contempt of all men '! Such is t'ae case of a Christian who is eyer dissatisied and complaining. He has received a pearl of great price a pearl wiich makes him rich unto everlastinar lf'e; and instead of prizing it and rejoie ir in it, he envies every poor earth worm amtnd lain. He longs for every base and irt bless pebble. He thinks that God, -no has given him so much, ought to himor him in regard to every whim oight to pamper all his carnal lusts ought ' 11 treat him as a foolish parent treats an oly child This spirit of ingratitude, whether in tc form of complaining, or of restless logings, is a sad defect, we had almost sid a fiitiil defect, in much of the piety oour day. The age, with its feverish ac trity. has invaded the Church, and God's nildren his heirs have ceased to be ontent with such things as they have, be feving that he will never leave them nor trsakc them. They have become ''care U and troubled about many things," they "avc lost their enthusiastic love for the aviour. and that ecstatic hope and joy in im which gave to primitive piety its pe jliar and resistless charms. We must come back to the spirit of the ipostle, who could glory in afflictions, ami nd rejoice in distresses and persecutions ; dm could sing the praise of God in dun cons, and ' in everything give thanks." 'hen will the men of this generation, sin ick and sad, be attracted by our lives and onver.-ations to Christ then will he lanifested as "the desire of nations" he rest for the weary soul draw all men .nto him. From the Lomlun Clirisl i:eii AViiiie--. A WORD TO PASTORS. Suffer a word of exhortation. Knotigh is said about the intellectual and pulpit department of our office. Facts show ,ha there is at least a tendency to an extreme in this distinction. The pastoral element in the ministry is being lost in the intel lectual. The pastor is being lost in the student. I may look at the consequences by and by. In the commission under which we act. the pastor is the main idea. -'Watch for souls." Chrysostom says that he never read those words without trembling. . . . -X . ... . . 1..1. t.t -r.-k 11.- ' 1,1 .:,.-. ie.: o ... i ;i.,!T. ' v XX II Baxter says : 'Brethren, if saving your ('oimtittitionuil. souls be your end. you will certainly be He supposed that I was -a Caiholh '!" intent out of the pulpit as well as in it. 1 replied in the negative. 'Watch for souls." Howl' ''As those ! but you must become one. Vou who must give account." What docs must be converted ; you me t not stop half this mean ? It doubtless means preach- way! A lady, such as you " and so on. ing a great deal and a great deal more He was interrupted by the summons to thanwedo Gospel preaching able. faith- the Pope. I entered, attended bv M n- ful preaching. "I'or it hath pleased God signore di Merode, who knelt at the dixir, by the foolishness of preaching to savj and then left me alone with His Iloli- them that believe." This, by heaven's- ness." law, is the first and indispensable instru- I saw at the further end of 1111 oblong, mentality. But watching for souls means light, and very simply furnished room, a something more. That is not all; it is man of stout but handsome figure, stand not enough. The pastor is first to preach, ing at a writing-table, dressed in a loi"-j sow the seed, and then watch for results, He is to watch for souls when he has preaehed to them. His eye is lo be 011 them. on them with expectation, with so. licitude. ready to improve every opportu- ninity to do them good ; watching lest the good seed be caught away, and his preach- ing be lost, lie watches to see the bless- ing: hastens to secure every impression when, by the blessing of God. he makes uiy, "ii oy any means ne may save some. The error of the times is not in preach- Ll'O 1 1 tl in- too much, or too ably. There is no langer here. There can scarcely be an excess in this. But there is danger in less expression of kindness, and considera the tendency and practice, that wheu the We more of self-will and temper than the preaching is done, to leave it to take care portraits exhibit. The glance of the blue of itself. AH the care for souls is in tlie eye is lively, but not profound, and is de preparation for and preaching sermons, ficicnt in earnestness. The complexion The truth is. souls need as much labor j and physique generally indicate the best out of the pulpit as in it. That was Bax- ter's rule. He took it from Christ and 1 Caul, and the fathers of the Church.! very successful minister ha- acted upon this maxim. Is this the general rule, or rather the general practice of our ministry'' Ho our oung men come into the field thorougly trained in this matter '? We think no fault can be found with, die mental quali- fications of our young ministry. Our sent- iuaries are thorough, but do thev sufficient-j ly understand what watching for souls i means ? They know how to preach, hut j do they understand the rest, of it '? Do ministers exercise as much thought and I zeal in visiting, conversing, ami praying j with their people as they do in preparing ! and preaching sermons i' Io pastors visit j as much and as well as they can!' lo I they do it as much as they ought ''. Brethren yve leave you with this ques tion, till you horn- from us again on this subject. Meanwhile, take this matter with you to your study, and lay it before your conscience and your Master. "Do I visit as much and as well a- I can ?" That is the question. DISCOVERIES BY THE MICROS COPE. Leuwenhcek tells us of animated insects seen with the microscope, of which twenty-seven millions would only be equal to a mite. Insects of various kinds are observa ble in the cavities of a common grain of sand. Mould is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit fully discernible. Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with scales like a fish; a single grain of sand would cover one hundred and fifty of the scales, and a single scale covers five hundred pores; yet through these narrow openings the sweat exudes like water through asicve. How minute then must be its particles ! The mite makes five hundred steps in a se cond. Each drop of stagnant water con tains a world of animated beings, swimming with as much liberty as whales in the sea. Each leaf hasa colony of insects grazing on it like oxen in a meadow. WAX ExNGLAxXD CO.NG RE J ATIO -A LISTS AND BAPTISTS. Their statistics for 1 S(iO show a net gain, in Maine, of 4") members; in Vermont, of 10; in Massachusetts, of 5G5; in Rhode Island, of 0; and a net loss. inlS'ew Hamp shire, of 7; in Connecticut, of I SO. The net gain taking all the States together is I 158 a wretched condition of things, for j 1. 410 churches, with 201,010 members. Nor do Baptist statistics present a more hopeful aspect. They show a net gain, in Massachusetts, of ."1G; in Vermont, oflil; and a net loss, in Connecticut, of .V5 ; in Maine, of 50 ; in Khodc Island, of o7; in .New Hampshire, of 100. With 101,042 members of 01 S churches, their net gain in New England is only ".02. And are those the fruits of warfare upon slavery The Report of the Commissioners of the General Band Office shows that the coal fields of the Cnited States cover upward of two hundred thousand square miles, and are capable of supplying steam power equal to the whole physical, force of the present populationof the glob?. mi.ns i:reier am the pope. Mi.s Kredciika Bremer, tlit Swedish an il. 01 of several novel.-. lately had an inter view ifh the I'ope. thus described in lier "i-r!kl- U! 01,1 World": IjjtjfqJ'e entering the Pope's room I had lo wait yet a little in a Well-lighted corri dor, where I wo Cardinals politely took charge of me. The oldest, still young a handsome, fair, very tall gentleman, with iiite a worldly appearance, under the ec clesiastic cloak and cap. ( Moti-kjnue di M erode. ) talked about my writing with which I am sure that lie was only arujuain ted from a critical 11 nice of them, which ?::. ; v . . r .... . white garment, with scarlet lapels and cap. I made one low courtesy at. the door, an- other in die middle of the room in obe- dienee to the Pope's sign to me to advance, and yet a third as I approached him and took my stand on the same carpet with him. which I did in accordance with his friendly indication of bis will. ( For such persons as do not kneel to the Pope, are required by the ceremonial to make three 1 . courtesies or bows. ) The portraits of the Pope are in irencral I like him. but his full, short and broad I countenance has. when seen more nearly . of health, a good appetite --and a good 1 cook. The Pope cast his eve 011 a written na- j per wliich he held in his hand, and having iiioiiircd about mv country and rdace of j residence, added. " You have written I somewhat "'" dy.sr' Yes. your Holiness; novels of domestic life more properly descriptions of life, but in the form of novels, Tin I'"" But you an, a Catholic' Mim ' No. your I lolincss not a Ho man Catholic ! Tin 1'njn Then you must become one. There is no completeness or consequence out of the Catholic Church. !'' Permit me. your Holine-s. to ask a question ' Tin l'nn Yes. ask it. !''''- f love, with my whole heart, our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. I be lieve in his divinity; in his redeeming ef ficacy for me and the whole world ; I will alone obey and serve him. Will your Holiness not acknowledge me as a Chris tian ':" I 7e I'ujii For a Christian! Most eer I tainly. But ! Misi If And as a member of the church i of Christ? I Tin' l'ii)! Ye s, in a certain sense ; but but then people must acknowledge as true everything which this church says and enjoins. You ought not in the Mean time to believe that the Pope sends to Hell all who do not acknowledge the infallibility of the Catholic Church. No. I believe that many persons of other creeds may be saved, by living according to the truth which they acknowledge. I believe so. most certainly. Myxclf- Tt delights me infinitely, to li-ar this from your Holiness. Because I have cherished the hope of finding in your Holi ness a more righteous judge, as regards these questions, than in many other Cath olics, who say. " You are not a Christian; you cannot be s-ived. if you do not, in all respects, believe as we and our church do." Tin- I'lin In this they are wrong. But you see. my daughter, people should be able to give an account of their Christian belief; not believe alone in generals, but believe in the separate parts of a doctrine. It is already something to believe in the second person of the Godhead, and in his incarnation; but it is necessary also to be lieve in the institution which he founded on earth, otherwise there can be in reality no faith in him. And people must believe in the Pope. The Pope is Christ's lej.re sentativc on earth. A IJOI.ITIO.N ISM. ir. Van I'yke. of Brooklyn. N. Y.. in his sermon on I'ist day. -aid : -'If. is not a theory but a lemons! rated tact, that abo litionism lead- to infidelity. Such men a- Garrison, and Giddings. and Genit Smith, have yielded to the current of their own principles, and throw tlie Bible overboard. Thousands ol humbler men who listen b abolition preachers, will go and do likewise. And whether it be the rc-tniiits of official position or the prevent ing grace of God. that enables such preach ers Pi row up the stream and regard the authority of the Scriptures in other mat ters, their influence on this one subject is all the more pernicious, because they ' prophesy in the name of Christ.'' t HO KILLED 'I'll E VK Lit IEETI; ! If was 011 this wi-o. The Church I, ,. its regular weekly 11 ting fos pra-. i an, I of course all of die mendier- wic ,oi.. i obligation to attend and -u-t;.in ii mil,--prevented by circumstances bevnii l their control. This many of them d d with great conscientiousness, and tin: incetiic.' gener:illywcre quite interesting. But on a certain evening I was greatly surprised as I entered Ihe room to find -o f. i (here It was not an unpleasant evening ixtein ally, but still there were many vacant "ati and 1 wondered where the jeople weir O-i! ,.ne "f t'e ;. .;.;.n ...... i he looked very disconsolate 11 mi sad. Out px-tor was there punctually at the time but I could jierccive that a- he cast hi eyes around, a change came over hi- cuu teuaiice. and I knew his he.-nt as pained He read a hymn, a portion ,,t' Scripiuie ami offered prayer. But there wa- -omc thing in his manner, in the tones of In voice, which betrayed fM'lini;s of grie and disappointment. In his prayer he apic:ir cd to draw near to God, and fervently sup plicated the blessing of heaven on the Church, on those who were present, and on those who were absent, but in it all I could jierccive that he was troubled at liean 1 1 1 . .. c. 1 1 in: mime icw 1111 riHiuciorv remark- Ironi the passage which had been read, ,-pokcnl trusting (Jod. and looking lo him I'm strength and consolation. Then one of die brethren led in prayer. It wa- v formal than his prayers were ordinarily . and -how cd that he too was affected by soiuct hing Then another got up.ind swikc of the want of interest on the part of many in the pi.( er-ineeting, alluded to the many vacant seats, and added that he thought the Church was getting into a very cold and desolate state, and that he hardly ktiett what we were coining to. Two or tlnee others spoke and prayed in a similar man ner; the deacon said nothing, and il wa--very evident he had nothing lo say. for he was chilled and deprc.'-sed. Finally the meeting closed a meeting so destitute of spiritual life ami energy that the greeting after it were sad ami sorrowful. But it will perhaps be said that llii? ineeting was in it killed, for it had no life from the beginning. We reply there wa !il'e in the heart- of dio-e who came early, ami they anticipated a good meeting. And that life did lint expire till it was 11 that those who should have been there had staid away. But perhaps sniue will say that the ft-v, faithful ones who were present should have kept the meeting alive, and not have suf fered it to be thus killed. The proiui-c of the Saviour is. "Where two or three are met in my name, there am I in the mid-l of them." Yes, I know what the promi--is, and have been com furled by it man. times. When there are two or three in meet, and those are all we expected. (In promise cheers and strengthen I hem. Bui somehow it seem, to oe it force when we go to meeting expecting fifty m a bun dred to be present, and have but two or three. Perhaps it ought not to be sn. bin I have noticed that it generally i-. and I am sure that on the evening reh ired p. those who staid away killed the prayer meeting. They were the guilty on. -Who they were, or where they were whether at the concert, the lecture, the neighborhood party, or read ing their monthly magazine or daily nevi -psipci a round the fire-side, does not concern ine now. They were not at the meeting I'm prayer, and in the final adjustlnei.t of -ill things they will be held answerable for de stroying the life of that nieetiiio. - .'.. II nli hmiiii. LO. PRA ERS. According to a correspondent of I he Pre byterian Herald, a distinguished -laic-mau once remarked that the reason wlr. the Presbyterian Church is not the lai-ji-i n the Slate f Kentucky i-. because il.- preach ers make such long pra) er.-." Ilesuggc-s that rather than drive men away fmni church by long prayer, a minister had better do like old Father Bnrch. ojieu hi eyes. and look al his watch, and know f,i hinl--clf" what the length of hi prayer ... V CHILD'S S l('. A mother says : One night my hide gil l crept into my lap. and ere I wa awan of it, fell fast asleep. I Pnik her up to In i little bed. but before putting her in I -aid 'Nellie liiu-f not forget her prayer.' hc commenced: 'Now I lay me down in sleep Hod knuws the rest.' -he 11111111011 ed. and tin- while lid elned over the bright eye, and she wa- a-lcop again - - ..... MODEST PRAYIM.. A Boston deacon wa once heard In prav 011 this wise: "O Lord, we would not pre sume to dictate, but .ve would y.'.s' that a revival of religion i n much needed!'' Another deacon, in the same city, unci- of fered the following: "O Lord, we Iiojm we are right, fir we are very decided!" Both these prayers are r-'pr"- ntaiive- of a large class. PI'KLIC PRAYER. Whitfield U credited by some mie with saying that an American divine prayed him into a good frame and then praec hini out of it again.' The rule of Jr. Km inons to his pupil- in theology, wa. Nev er let. your prayer exceed ten minutes in Icnirth.' 1 . i i
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