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Actios i-xiblismtl) wjk:t.y by" a coMri "of minisI' 1 ' this osthodis episcopal cm ncii, sorTi r. JJALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1801. VOL. Vj-XO. 1 T IM l s : iv.' o poi.i.i: i;ak. j a nv.ixrr. A 1 i! (Chrjstinn Sldrorate. -1" (i.t oi. !., J-.t-.n. r ti. Attfr... ahi.ul.l I.. !,-. . , i- TiiE N. v'. Cukisti Am n : On icr t-l!NFl: ..f .!.' Hin.t';, om: .vj.-ai:i.; u;:;;i ' tl,.,. 1'i.ir. t.,s- a: .Li nn: 1 ' a :-rl i'i.. i: itiis. - Ti.e .17. ,)-...'. is j,nl.li!i,-.l every Moi;.t:iy m..r-i.iir-- at pt-r aiiiinui -'f n!,-.,... I,,,.:,,, t i"n ii't,,l triitii i'H iii r'.i.ii f.j-:.!. U v. . ' - ,. will l. .-li.u-iic.ll .,!. iiaiv ( IJ li!.t?--v less. f.,riir: insert i..n. an. I .-nt-1'iT iuaro tor each s!i'se.iueiit ins.-rti-'ii. ilusi-iies- L a-.!.- cti Ivies .-r less i.vr annum, are '-l.ai;.-.i sii. A s.u.i.re nr 2 till, -r !'r...i, ii f 1 jut an liiiin, JIH. .1 ' ,, ,,',' .,, , ,,,,.,, i (0riqtn;U Y"T tbe N. r. LETTER VliOM Jkiusai.fm. Messrs. Kiit;:s :- Christian AU oeate. FLINT HILL. April Sth. IsOl. ! -In mv la-t 1 -l, ,,.,! by speaking of the liberty by which Christ makes men free, and quoting the passage Hear ye one anothers 1-urdeiis, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Golations, ti : 2. From the 2"2d vevse to the end of this chapter he proceeds to show that this lib erty consists in a greater use of our moral faculties rather than a larger engagement of our pas-ions, and developes them with strikinir shades of richne.- and beauty Then we not to become more proud, more selush. aJ more worldly, since we j i rl,.f ti..-. trtl l,.. .,!.,". ,..... i ,! employ this liberty as an incitement to more charity, and to cultivate more bene- volence and love. Then what is meant bv bear 1st. to have patience towards men -! . . i. ...l... r .. ii!i:i under trials and troubles in life. We are to use our minds in such way a-; that we shall help other men in all cir cumstances. We meet men literally car- nuiii t'imlens greater than they can Pear How ao we help thein . j;y takiuir a par of their burdens, so they may be able to carry their part easier. v.'e may bear each others burdens in iile. It men have burdens in the nature oi faults, we are to be p itieni witli then... It' they hav.? burdens in the way of weak-;ie-se-. w- aie to sympathise v ith them. If they have troubles and trials, we are to u-e ail our power to comfort and su-tabi th.-in. What is burden '' This term in , von-: v. oir -. p-.vrfy and u'.i tiioe expel ieneos wiiieii we call iniiilil ities. All those th-n-s that relate to the dispositions, weakness of temper, or rather -fivni;th of tamper. We are to regard men as carrying a great burden when car rying their own habit-. Tt is a trouble for some men to tarry their uiind and dis positions; if such a one - be overtaken in fault.' those which ar ispiritual'y strong are to restore such a one in the spirit of j n.t-eki.c-s ;" and the Apostle was inspired i to v;,y : -- Considering yourselves lest ye ! also be tempted.'' ''here is a strange joy j and pleasure in men in discovering evils in other men. especially if they are men of higher -tanding. I fear this is too ui.ivei-al. I know not why it should be so. but there is a certain secret joy that men experience in seeing that men are not as gfM.iJ as they pretend to be. Uut the very tvpe and ideal of christian feeling, as .......... ...,.t.-..l 1.-- tl.f. 1i.,-lli1i i- t.. ioisi.ii-.s . 1 , , ' ir, ..oi- .-.iif- t.i--..i' ..11. 1 r.-o.r.-it fillil fi ' de.-ire to help them out. There is a this: oi" men who are proud of what they call f a penetrating eye." which is nothing j more than a censorious spirit i heir hlamii.cr and croaking passes for discrimi nation, but it is fault finding. They never pity, sympathize or allow for anything. They never bear any body's burdens. Then there is a class who live an ideal life ; whose ideal i . 1 i 1 especially those who I love refinement, that the cords will relax i that bind them to the struggling mass of ' men. and let them up into serener hiirhts i of science and luxury, when they shall I And it will be "through much tribula find an aesthetic life, and when butterfly tion " that we enter the kingdom of God. wings shall fan them with sweet, odorous Vet. however great may be the afflic air, and life shall exhale amid the serene j tions. and deep the distress of the chris- pleasures of self-contemplation and adm: ration. Hut the man who thus goes awa from his fellow man -,es awayfroui Jesus, There are some who seen, to propose to 1 themselvs an arti-tie harmonization of al! I their powers to carry themselves in life i with a balance a method that shall oe : accordant to the finest .inception of beau- I ty. Ueauty is their (iod. Their high- est idea of doing good to men is to do ; them no harm. They think it quite harm-j less to keep all their powers for themselves i and give all the world the -jo-by. Jr is a j xad thing for men to live among men and j not know their duty under the law of love. O! how solemn the thought, that when j they shall go through the tinal scene, shall j die and emerge before Christ; then, .n a : moment, the true idea of the purpose ot j "life shall flash upon them ; they will turn '. back with anxious thoughts and memories i to see what they have dene. Then, when ! all their life- shall stand up before them, I feed them, and shall lead -them unto living j altogether pertinent to the occasion. But in that hour of trial and judgment, they j fountains of water.'' "The inhabitants j the sermon was yet to come ; and, not will see that the great, power and purpose j shall not say I am sick." Sorrow and j withstanding the excellent introductory of life was self; while the eyes of that j sighing shall flee away. There the ; services, he was not relieved altogether assembled ho.it will rest on them, and the pressure ot souls will he upon them, nut if they would take the rich gifts that God has bestowed upon them, and scatter them among those desponding; if they would take their hearts of cheer and go down in to the places where men die for music, they would Me all around them smiling I faces and eves that look love. And he I who. :ill his life has been bearing the bur- ' dens of others, will emerge before Christ j with a glorious entrance; see all radiant i the face of God and Christ preparm-jr to ; J say : Inasmuch as ye did it to one of th least of these, ve did it unto me." Mav i ' - we hear each other's burdens, kind reader. and so fuliill tl law of Christ. Ytll'Xtl A.MKKICA. Fer the X. I'. l'';ri- ' - n Ailvocate. i:RTir has .o sbRiiow that llKAVK.N CAXXOT lil-AI..1' M KSSi i-.i.im.k:-ii is uaogerner ; I- . T. .1 -1 fultill the injunction, " ivjoice always," ) to underrate the sufferings and sorrows of ' earth. i It is a truth that cannot be successfully controverted, that this world is a scene of affliction, bereavement and sorrow; :t a ; vale of tears " through which we are all passing, and each one carrying a burdened hearr. Who of all earth's sons and daugh ters have not been afflicted and bereaved, and who have not been made to shed bitter tears of grief and sorrow because of them 'i S one have been exempt from them. From the days of Abel down to the present time man's lot, taken till together, has been one ie fi-i lur . : i. ' sunering. 1 nese aiuicuon.- ane noiu j :l vautJ ot' sourcC!!- Vony uoraes and wc tlin lTved of the luxuries, pleasures, comforts, and often even the necessities of life which we might other- 1 W1u "J"-V Disease takes hold upon our I stem. injures our health, shortens our ! constitution, ana thus mates me a uuiuen - 1.1 11". Till ; rather than a pleasure. Jjereavements i come and our dearest and most beloved tnends are taken away Iron, us 1y the ruthless nana oi ueatn. anu u may ue iui menu neid io us me reiauon oi a '"". i or mother, who cared for us in our liiiancy, ! . ' i and who loved us in our after years, or it t i , , , , , , , i may have Peen an e h er pioiner w no, wnen death.w.thh.scrue 1 han.l had taken away a loving mother and provident father, and when there was no one left to whom we comd go cr hdn and consolation, came to us,,, our lonely and helpless cono.it.on. provufed for our wants, sympathized with us in our troubles, tanght us our .sinful nature, and more than a.l, pointed us to the Lamb ol God that taketh away the sin of the world :" or ya. it may lie a hus and. wi.e or child tor whom we gi.fie. and whose bodies have been confined to the narrow limits of the grave. Thus it lias ever been. Go back to the first h.mily; behold the beloved son a corpse; j see the family of the friend of God : Give , l "11 . ,1 . 1 ! 1 ; !..- .iitM-iii r ni'n link Mr I i mi -in i ! , . ' . ,! o ,., i slaughter ot the mlants of Gal.lee, 'id liurvinr place ; iook at me noi iiu .... . i t -i i o ri.i i IIUl-IM I l rjilll I'.'- i.,.. ... .- rnler's daughter is dead. The widow's son is borne on a bier to the .sepulchre. Our devoted and anxious parents, wheP ire- they . J he companions ot our earlier j years, where are they"' The life of Jacob is an u .4 el ! are years of af- i iniisuaiiou ui the truth that our year flic-tion and sorrow. His was so in many cases. His own private anxieties, his ex ile, servant for twenty years to his uncle, domestic affliction. There stands the tomb of Ilachcl. Joseph, in his opinion, isdead. His sons profliirate, cruel, and mo-t of thein ungratelul. Kxposed to famine in his L j old age. '; Fears within and fightings without." This is a fair sample of human life. Most of us know it. Earth (outside ..C l, i .-.,,1 t. nr l . 1 r 1,11 o- . fnni-rtl 1 J . . ,..? ! sea. a perilous desert, a vast held ol amic ! tion and distress, from which we gather nothing but grief and sorrow. And w hile ' , because oi' poverty, sickness, bereave ment and the innumerable evils consequent .1.., r.r ;.. t -,..-..... cc uooii tut; sin 01 0111 111st iMieiiis, iiu .sio- ' 1 lei uoiitiioii uiiu soi ion , " Cares like a wihi ileliige tome. Ami storms of -i.rryw fall." t'an, he because can ' rejoice " amid thein all, : Harth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal." 'Tins is true m every re- ; spect. If we have hungered we will then j hunger no more. Tf we have been in j affliction we will sutler pain no more. ; Weary ii- i - ...:ii r....i ... .i ' Weary ami worn we win unit iesi to oui souls. - Kye hath not seen, nor ears heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man. the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." " Now we are the sons of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the ' f-i, .- ll,i,njs on- jHintnl of " " And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall ; weary are at rest." - There reinaineth a j iesi mi me people oi i.ou. there ; .. sickness i.n.l sn,.u. pain au.l ,U-alli An- i'elt ami f.-aul n.i mori.'' Karth hath no sorrow that heaven can not heal." J. C. B. j Boeky Point. N. C. f If ttious. THE METHODIST MINISTERS. ANKC'ilOTKS AXIl I 01HKXTs TAK.KN 1'liO.M i.ii. si'RAia t:"s r.iioiv ox th 1: aukhpan M KTHOPIST IM I.IMT. .MlSKPIl I'RVK AND HEX. .1 A.KSOX Joseph Frye was a large man, nearly six feet in height, with a strong and mus cular frame, rather t o..i: I .-li-'r.i I, i s. and ! a little inclined tn !.n. 11.' had a finely j formed lace, a bv.lhau: eye, tli.it .-Ci Vcd to illuminate hi-; whole expression, light j complexion and brown hair; and his gen eral appearance was much more than or- ' ' diinr;,y altvaotive His manners, which disposition, were genial and amiable, and sufficiently cultivated withal to render him acceptable to the most polished circles His intellect was decidedly above the common order; it had been improved not indeed by a collegiate education, but by a diligent use of such opportunities as were within his reach. I cannot forbear here to relate an inci dent, illustrative of his remarkable power in this regard, of which I was myself a witness it occurred in the Foundry Church in Washington, while the Ualti more Conference was in session, and du ring the administration (f Gen. Jackson. Joseph Frye was the preacher, and the General was one of his audience. The discourse was founded on the incident in the evangelical history, touching the .Syrophenician woman. He threw him-j sell into his .subject itselt one ot great beauty and tenderness with such ep j fccK and n,ig1lty poWerj that the effect was quite irresistible. The President sat so near me that I was able to watch the i movcn)ents 0f his great and susceptible i heart as the nreacher advanced : and it i ,- ( tl ,..,. v m-irit. realU seemed as u the oiti mans spun , .f:..,i tn lowest dentlis The' Was Stirietl tO its 1oCsl liepuIS. Lilt ! , f ,-, . . ..nj i teais ran down ni tace lic a inei , ana ; indeed) ; th;, respe(.K ,ie 01ilv ,ll0wed Linlself nke every ,uy ilVOUnd him. . he uluVed J up hh u ofj ; an,, ea, nestn--SS !I1M1 revested J - ;m introJnct;011 t(, the jacher. Mr. j , ,,rje stcppetl dowll to revive the hand j pf (he U,ustrlons Chief Magistrate ; but I , tho GeneTah of Illcrel y g;vig him M ; , , , , . n,.,,,,,,,! .U eck. ; ..... . - j iiit'uliilt ill nuiiiun;i. iiul man ..niiiij ; and. in no measii -ed terms of gratitude ! eiiif,vments are taken from the u irodlv., ; and admiration, thanked him for his ex- ! tn(ly nave lost all have nothing k'i't. for j eellent discourse. The next day, an in- j consolation, while the remembrance if past vitation came to the whole Conference ; dci;gi,t .becomes a galling mockery, a taunt ' to nav a visit to the White House, and it j ti,;-- m;rt, l.n- anA f.t,fnli-, :iW prit,i an,i ti1P General ...... . , received the members in the most respect- ; 1111 eontuil manner. Alter passing a j , , ., were ...... , . n i about to retire, when he proposed that they should not separate without devotion- I al exercises. They fust .s.u.g. and then ,. , ,. ,. 1.1: -ei. j ne 01 Ule em, rente icti 112 pursei. ! General fell upon his knees with the rest, a,uL Hl prayer being a somewhat lively , , - - 1 1 - 1. ,t one, lie snoiueu oiti ins joum iiuu ne.to j , , , i .... .., , -Vineii ai me ciosi- 01 ,uuiosL evij ovm- tence It was a scene which none who witnessed it would lie likely to forget. J. Criili'Jh. ; i:on ; k po v ; 11 Eit r y. I refer to an incident that was once re lated to me by the Lev. lr. Flinn, of Charleston, S. C, himself one of the most eloquent men in the 1 'resbyterian Church. He stated tluu, in the early part of his ministry, he was carrying for ward, in a country church, a very interes ting protracted meeting. Many were inquiring what they must do to be saved. The meeting had reached a critical point. The Doctor was nearly exhausted by continuous labor, had no one to assist him and knew not which way to turn. At this stage of affairs, Dougherty was pass iug through that region, and, hearing than Flinn was in need of help, made it in his way to call upon him, and tender j "ut " zen one' an 1111 ,iM 1 , him his services for a short time. His! ,ia11 eome to 1,10 toes of cla-V unl '"' ,r-mann.-r seemed so courteous, and his j ed to dast" ant, therefore, that to-day spirit so entlc. that Flinn could not but I be prepossessed in his favor; but, when 1 he looked upon his lean and awkwardly ! built person, and mean apparel, and tin- promising visage, he had many scruples abont suffering him to preach ; especially j as pCOple were at best a little fastidious, 1 and a weak or ill-timed harangue, j list then, might seriously jeopard the interesting state of things in his congregation. But he felt that ministerial comity demanded that he should accept the proffered aid ; and he did so ; secretly, however, regret ting the necessity that seemed to be laid upon him. When the hour came, the Doctor conducted him into the pulpit, and then took a seat in a distant part of the . church, fearing and rather expecting that j ks Methodist brother would make a griev- 0us failure. Mr. Dougherty commenced i the service by reading a hymn, in a style j 0f great impressiveness. Then followed j a prayer rich in evangelical thought, and from his anxiety concerning the residue ; especially as the text that was announced required the skill of a master-workman. The Doctor said that he actually turned his eyes downward to the floor, that he might not. see the ungainly form that rose up in the pulpit before him. The preacher however, launched forth fearlessh i - . . .ir nis grear sucjecr ; anu, in mieea mm , said the Doctor, ':I found myself no it traightened into an erect jiostun Uu,,t bsolutely enchained hy a burst i fl1'0 nii.n.... .i ..n!Wp l.lnvr. ..(' f'ir-h ftl.l abs (iiienee, a mellow blaze of rich th as rare as it was overwhelming ; !,' this day my recollection of that disci places George Dougherty in the very rank of American preachers, lie. my ideal of an able minister of the Testament." L't o. Ih . to rse led CHRISTIAN FAITH l.V C VE V l OUS TIMES. A prophet declares that though fiVd fold, should fail to fuvnish l.-ni -i! ne Will si ill lejoice in me i-oiu the God of his salvation. lv the niiht power of confiding faith, he foresees his deliverance from present trouble. He knows and is assured that God will not al ways be chiding, and keep his anger for ever. He has a loving, inexhaustible trust in the benevolence of the Almighty Fath er, who, in due time, will send forth his angels to the relief and rescue of his chil dren. Such should be the steadfast temper of courageous faith in a Christian. lie. with all the Divine promises in his hand, and with the demonstration of a Savior's love, in knowledge, should never wilt'in despair, nor even experience anxiety, though ca lamities abound, and sorrows come in bat talions. Let him bring our from the store house of faith all the needed defences and consolations and encouragements. As- , (;od ;, (in jis sijLS wiy should he fear ; what man can do unto him ? Why should he count an earthly life much, when ht has a heritage of eternal life in blessedness? How superior to all fear of danger he cat be, if he will only remember what he is, i joint-heir with Christ. Why should he i. . o -i t account poverty and loss serious evils, when n i m i - i i II nnrtlilv nfHno--CA Ii- ii-iief ennn oni-o hp. ; . ,-. - . . ' , nmj llm. al-J Will soon enter into an in- heritance whk.h cnr;clles him foreternitv Whatevor t,M he still has God one reconciled to God. and loving him jlave a som.ee of jov and rourage 'when tW of the nnBO(; arc dried U). The fitream of n tru; Ciiris(iau's happiness is not Hkc the m011Iltaill brook, Lowii.ir , : 1 i , ..,..,.. : i ... im-tmuie su.iuiv leieiitiessi niuuies. Tj n ; one ; aiiLUiish thev cry. , :. ye ,ave taken away my gods, and what . i t ,v t .i .i. J i. x- .. : ; liuve L muir; . iiiiuci me; joss? en .111 , christians can rejoice in God. Why ? oeause. whPn they are full, and abound. !.,,.. io T (;od :,, ii when nnntv ! . ' : : and impoverished, they enjoy all in God. ; T. ft tlie nnlm that sfret.-b- I eth out j,or roots unjo the Hve b) tlic ungodly to the bay-tree that suddenly withers and decays. Cnh-inh-r. ' BEG IX TO DA V. Lord, T discover a fallacy, wher.-by T have long deceived myself; which i.-this: I have desired to begin my amendment from my birth-day, or from some en inent festival, that so my repentance might bear some remarkable date. But wdien those days were come, I have adjourned my amendment to some other time. Thus, whilst I could not agree with myself when to start, I have almost lost the running of the race. I am resolved thus to befool myself no longer. I see no day but to day ; the instant time is always the fittest time. In Nebuchadnezzar's imatre, the ! lower the members, the coarser the metal. The further off the time, the more unfit. To-day is the golden opportunity, to-morrow will be the siivcr season, the next day, :i..i l 1 .il.i,i 1 may llear ia7 ,ce- 11 ua be obscure in the calendar, and remarkable in itself for nothing else, give merTiilakT ! 11 emorame in my sou,, Hereupon, uy u.y distance beginning the reformation of my Fvllrr. SEASONABLE THOU(TS. We may die, said the celebrated Wesley, without the knowledge of many truths, and yet be carried into Abraham's h -som ; i but if we die without love, what will k now! j edge avail ? Just as much as it avails the devil and his angels. J will not qiarrel with you about any opinion. Only see that your hearts be right toward God. j That von love vour neighbor, and walk as your Master walked ; and I desire no more. j 1 am sick of opinions. I am weary to hear i them. My soul loathes their frothy food, ! (jive me solid and substantial religion. j (,;;Te me an humble, gentle lover of God ; and man ; a man full of mercy and good j fruits, without partiality and without hy- pocrisy; a man laying himself out in the work of faith, the patience of hope, the labor of love. Let my soul be with those Christians, wheresoever they are. and j whatsoever opinion they are of. " For I whosoever shall do the will of my Father I which is in heaven, the same is my broth- I er, and sister, and mother." Whenever the speech is corrupted, so is the mind. I I-'rum the Episcopal Kecordcr, UXCOXCIOCS 1XFLUEXCK. ! When Peter, as is well remarked hy Dr. Bushuell. ran ahead with his charac teristic impetuosity to the sepulchre, he was little aware that he was leading John ; nor was John aware as he followed him more slowly, afterwards, however, through his own marked though quiet persever ance, to be foremost at his Master's tomb, that at the outset, at least, was following Peter. So, on the other hand, when the apostles lay bound in the prison atPhilippi, and ?ang to themselves songs of the Lord, i they were not aware that the prisoners j around them listened, and that this, their in of two-- and comfort to ' i-'-i-lves. nas oj in uieai.s to Yet so it is; and so it is, also, that many a sin of which the careless may be guilty, many an act of mere negligence, even of the Christian professor, may be the means of dragging others to their ruin. lil heard him talk lightly about the sacraments of our Lord," says the soul thus driven off; or, ;'I saw him when others were wending their way to the prayer meeting or lecture, turn his feet away; I observed in him this lightness as to truth, or the carelessness as to many matters ;" and from the one or the other of these acts, the observer draws an infer ence as to the slight hold religion is capa ble of taking on the character of those who are subject to it. On the other hand, the. exclamation is uncommon, "Such a one, hy her meek and quiet though un demonstrated confessorship, was, under God, the cause of saving my soul. Not a word was said ; but the very unobtrusive ness of that, meekness was the reason why I was led to inquire into the religion which produced it." Two features about this unintentional influence may be noticed here. The first is, that it. is the most effective moral pow er we can each of us wield Influence which we set about to exert upon others always recoils on ourselves. The professed electioneerer is crushed by the rebound. Observe any one who attempts in society to influence others, and remark how quickly the attempt is discovered and resented how cheaply he is held by those on whom lie operates, and how soon oblivion passes over him as he moves out of action. On the other hand, it is im possible to measure the extent of that in voluntiry power which a pure and true man exerts upon those around him. He may have nothing to do with getting votes, or making speeches he may be professedly indifferent as to popularity he may almost stand alone in his time but this very isolation and independence serve but to augment his power. It is not our jn-cmerftdrif but our vinrrd ilnt'il action on others that forms our greatest social strength. One other point may be observed with regard to this agency, and that is, that it is involuntary. Every man exerts it, whether he will or not. It is a sover eignty which cannot be abdicated. No man can say !iI am innocent, because I made no conm-ioits attempts to mislead others." It was your vnrovsrJotis in fluence that was the greatest power given to you, and tht.il, by j'our levity, your cold ness, your inconsistency, your dishonesty, you used against the truth. O.VE KIM) ACT. When Mary and I were married we were young and foolish, for we had nothing to be married with ; hut Mary was delicate and I thought I could take care of her best. I knew I had a strong arm and a brave heart to depend upon. We rented a chamber and went to housekeeping. We got together a little furniture, a table, bedstead, dishes ; but our money failed us before we bought the chairs. I told Mary she must turn tip a tub; for I could not run in debt. No, no. It was not long before our rich neighbor. Mrs. M., found us out, and kindly enough she supplied us ; half a dozen chairs were added to our stock. They were old ones, to be sure, but answered just as well for us. I shall never forget the new face these chairs put upon our snug quarters ; they never look ed just right before. The tables arc turned with Mrs. M. and me now. She has turned a poor widow, ' but she shall never want while I have anything, never!" cried the old man with a beaming face. " I don't forget those old chairs." Ah. now the secret was out. It was the interest of the old chairs which maintain ed the poor widow. .She was living on the interest of a little friendly act done years before, and it sufficed for herself and her daughter. How beautiful it is to see how God blesses the operation of his great moral law, ': Love thy neighbor !" and we should oftener see it could we look into the hid den paths of life, and find that it is not self-interest, not riches, not fame that binds heart to heart. The simple power of a friendly act can do far more than they. It is these, the friendly acts, the neighbor ly kindness, the Christian sympathy of one toward another, which rob wealth of its, power to curse, extract the bitter from sorrow, and open wells of gladness in des olate homes. We do not always see the golden links shining in the chain of hu man events; but they are there, and hap py is he who feels their gentle but irresist ible influence. Minhnnfs .'() THE PRAIRIE PREACHEH. T was lately travelling on one of the great railroads of the West, when I discovered near me a minister of the Gosnel whom I had seen before. I spoke to him. and took a seat near him. I found he had seen service and done service in the cause of Christ. I had heard as much before. At length I started him on the subject of missionary life on the Western prairies. Here I found him quite at home. I drew from him the following narrative of one of his tours. He said : " In the summer of 1841 1 was at a camp meeting in Indiana, where I made the ae- ' i P 11 I !. 1 TX quainiance oi a lernouist preacher, lie ' .-. , ( -h-J-o all who 'oved the Lord Jesus Christ, lie told me of an aged Presbyterian laJy, liv ing over in -the State of Illinois, where he frequently preached and proposed that I, a Presbyterian, should fill his next ap pointment there. I gladly accepted his fraternal offer, especially in the hope of seeing some of the dispersed people of God, and particularly this mother in Is rael. In about three weeks I reached the house of the brother who so kindly invit ed me. From his residence to the abode of the old lady, whom 1 specially desired to visit, was, if I should follow the river, 20 miles, but iii a straight line across the prairie it was but 14 miles. I determined to go the shortest way I could, directly across the unbroken prairie, guided the whole way hy a little clump of trees, visi ble from every eminence ou the line. But there were three sloughs on the way. I was assured that I need not fear them, however. The first one was easily passed. The second was near the mid. lie of the prairie. I did not like its looks. My want of experience in such matters in creased my fears and left me without con fidence. When I got to the channel of the slough I found it from four to six feet wide. I pushed my horse in, intending to make a bridge of him, so that I could reach the other side. At first he sank pretty deeply; hut when my weight was added, he was nearly covered in mud and water. I sprang over his head, reached the other side, exclaiming: li What shall I do?" If I should go for help 1 knew he would either be drowned, or out and gone before I could return. 1 took thc best position I eould to help him. I gave him the word. He made a spring or two. and was again on dry ground. 1 felt my gratitude warm. 1 Knelt uown ana gave thanks to God. By this time the weather was foul. It was cold and wet. Thc third slough I passed without difficulty. T soon reached the settlement on that side of the river. Here I met a reception " as cold as charity." On going to the house to which I had been directed I found the proprietor absent, and a younjj doctor at the house knew of no christians near at hand. At another house I learned that the old lady, whom I specially desired to visit, was just across tho river. In ford ing, my horse fell and plunged me into the water. As I waded out I remember ed I laughed heartily at my plight. Kre long, however, I came in sight of an " im provement," as the people called it. There was on it a neat little cabin, whitewashed and inviting. Passing through the gate I knocked, and a very pleasant old lady, between sixty and seventy 3-ears of age, plainly but tidily attired, came to the door. 1 extended my hand, saying : t: I am a Presbyterian minister; I have come to find you out and to preach the Gospel to you." In a life, hy no means uneventful, I have seldom, if ever, seen such tokens of gladness. A mother could not. have been more overjoyed at the return of her long absent son. True love is ingenious. It was so at this house. This old lady, with a maiden daughter, had conic to the wilderness to make glad the home of sons and brothers. Almost the first question was: ''Have you been to dinner?" T answered in the negative, and away went the daughter to make ready the best that eould be had. But I was wet and muddy, and had no change of clothing except under-garments. The old lady, perceiving my condition, said: "You are about as large as my son . He has a Sunday suit ; put on that, and 1 will dry yours." Of course I agreed, and at once withdrew to a small shed-room, and soon appeared in the said Sunday suit. My father Was a gentleman of the old school. lie wore ruffled shirts and fair-topped boots. My mother, too, had taught me to be irr. i-ry iit're. Here I was, for the first time in my life, in a dress of Kentuckj jeans of the eminently clerical color made by an infu sion of black walnut bark. The panta loons had been cut when the fashion had required great width just below the waist band, and exceedingly plaited so as to get in all the cloth ; but at the ankle, my figure was, in my own eyes, grotesque. But what of all that? The good mother was renovating my own suit. A suiuptu ous dinner was soon on hand. I was in the bosom of a kind, intelligent christian family. We blessed God for the meeting. We talked about other times, and scenes. and places. I was a hapny Wan Soon I - . - '. was asked if I would preach the next day (Saturday) on this side of the river. Ms- answer was: "Of course, 1 never refuse." The neighbors were summoned, and I preached according to appointment. On j thc Lord's day we went across the river io j fill the appointment there. Two or three j ; hundred people were present. All could I i not wt insiile of the l.in.e room Tin-! news was spread that a Presbyterian was j to preach, and the people came in lion, all ' quarters. Indeed, a lady told me the peo- ! pie would be as glad to hear a Presbyterian ! as to see ao elephant. I preached in the j enjoyment of w hat my Methodist brethren freiji-eutly call ': liberty." A man lias no ! soul ., ho cannot preach in such- ciieum- j stance.. The crowd was dense. All eyes and ears were open. 1 closed the first e.- j erases by saying: '' If the people wi-h to ! 'near, another sermon and will ivaii foi l twenty miii'ites 'I will ?rciich ;' in." Not i a soui -. ... i .injrrt. - - .. , v. I began to sing Coronation, with what ar tistic skill you may judge when T tell you that during 11,3- connection with the Sem inary I was ible to sing no tune but W'iml- Ikiiii. But I preached again, and God was j with us of a truth. 1 then rode nine miles and preached a third time. Here I met a sister of the beloved Joseph Barr. who died so suddenly at liichmond, Va., just as lie was ready to embark as a mis sionary to Africa. She kindly pressed me to go home with her. four miles south of the river. I was received at her hospit able home with all kindness. Soon neigh bor after neighbor called in. About nine o'clock in the evening my hostess said : "Are you too tired to give us another ser mon '! My answer was: O no. I'm always ready ; I never refuse " So, after nine o'clock, 1 preached my fourth sermon. My Sabbath work being done I lay down and slept sweetly and s 11 v. A happier Sabbath I shall never spend on earth. Indeed, my whole trip has made a lasting impression on my mind. The kindness of thc people was great. One modestly slip ped a little money into my hand. Broth er gave me a pair of socks, which seemed like the shoes of the children of Israel in the wilderness. To this day I say : ' G i ve me the work of a pioneer missionary." I am ashamed of our young men running after fine churches." Such was the narrative of my friend. Is it not full of interest anil of instruc tion ': .V. Y. OOsirrer. 'HOW VERY rtJLY I AM." Our entertaining friend, the missionary traveler. Dr. Livingstone, tells us that the tribe of the Makololos have somew hat the same ideas with ourselves what constitutes comeliness. The women, in particular, s off(.n cnIe an j 8st,-d for the looking-glass, j .,n,i i,n a,vu w ti. r1.11.i.s ,1,,... made, while he was engaged in reading and apparently not attending to them, were very amusing and ridiculous. On first seeing themselves in a glass, they would say, Ts that me ?" ' What a big mouth I have !" ' My ears are as big as a pumpkin-leaf!" !: I have no chin at all '." " See how my head shoots up in t he middle !" laughing heartily all the time j at their own jokes. I One man came alone, to have a quiet ; gaze at his own features once, when he j thought the doctor was asleep. After twisting his mouth about in vari ous directions, he said to himself, "People say T am ugly; and how very j ugly I am !" j We must not forget, however, that this j looking into the glass is rather a danger ous thing, especially if people are not quite so ugly as our black friend. It would probably do him 110 harm ; but we think we know some young people who would be all the more agreeable, and the more hopeful characters, too, if they did not so often look into the glass. There is, however, one glass into which they cannot look too often the word of the Lord. ("James i. 2:5-2.V) The more they look therein, the more (dearly will they detect their defects and perceive their sinfulness ; and this will tend to keep them humble, and to make theiu useful characters. When you look at yourself in this glans. you will not see your face, but your heart. It matters very little whether you are homely or ugly, like this African ; but is the heart clean by the blood of Jesus and the Spirit of the Lord? Do you know the reason why many young persons, as well as older ones, do not like to read and study i iod's word ? Because it shows how ugly their hearts arc. j 1,1 ... -.1. ,1. 1 ...! ...1 !....,.. I jjfi iis as uic l.oiu, niiociin i ii:inge the hearts of all, to make us and the poor heathen clean and beautiful through the blood of our Saviour. Mis. Mmj. A .V ER IC AX IX V EXTIO . Tin- Sitntijic Amrriiitii, in giving- a list of American inventions and improvements j recently patented in Kugluiid, mentions it 1 a.s a matter ft.r national pride that foreign- j ers a,c recognizing to greater and greater extent the value of American inventions ! It says : " The hard crust of Knglish pre- j judice has been pretty effectually broken j up by the reaping niai-hine, the revolver. ; and the sewing machine, and there is a j Constantly increasing disposition to adopt I inventions which are really good, even .1 ... 1. .1 . r .1-1 .:. .1 t. ....... ' 1 inoumi luev come noiu me i uiivu run". 1 they Augustine said, and Wickliffe approved the saying: "As oft as the song liketh me more than doth the sentence sung, so oft I confess that I siu trricoitlv." th k di:i; 10 or i iu. 'I he pin ,,( dying noisi be dutiiigui-L-cd from the pain of the previous u.-cuj-c ; for w hen life ebbs sciml.ilil y de linen As ucaih is the ti tiiil cMuictiolj ol eoiiio. real heliums, fiuiinuie-s im-iva-ci ;,: death .omes on. T:I. pio-;r.il of .Ii ease, like healthful f.nl.j,,,., ,.,,0, ,,,e. ., growing stupor - a seiii.itioH ,,f nioi.'dii. softly int.. a covti. d r. j.ie. 'fhe tup i. tion re., mldes wh.it nib llt be -ee itiihoi,. lofty mountain-, who-,. i,eS i-sl.ihiiii,.-evi ryclinnte in r.-uNr rwl ,1 -tion luxuriate- :,t th. ir b:i,.. an. divio.!!. . in the :., ; l ,..ch p, the r. i..t,s ,., . till il- f . '-t. r.-Hiife (.0;,.,, r..,.,... I by ;:.-'e..U T, ;, .; , . r. ;- - - ' - - , ' brain is the last to g. :,i,d the mind pre serves to the end a rational co-nianec of the state of the body. V, f p, r.,ii.w t),,,. situated commonly attest that there ;,:e few thing., in life Id, painful than ih- close. Ifl had strength enoii. h to ,!. a pen," said William Hunter. w.i,!, write how eav:md delightful it is p. die ' - If this be dying," said the ni.e- ,.f Newton -f Olney, '-it is a pleasant tin. : to die;" ' the very expression." adds b. r uncle, -which another friend of mine made use of on her death bed a fcwjcan ago." The same words have m. often , uttered under similar circumstances. th:,t we could fill page with instances who I, are only varied by the name of t. ,,.;,.. er. " If this be dying." said Lady I,'!. ,, orchy, "it is the easiest thing imaginable 1 "I thought that dying had U-t 11 11 difficult," said Louis XIV, ' I did i,o, suppose it was mi sweet to die." N,iJ I )Hll. cis Saurez. the Spanish theologian. An agreeable surprise was the prevailing -.,-u-timent with them all. They cxju-ct.-d the stream to terminate in the di-sh of the tor rent, and they found it was lofing iis. If in the gentlest current. The whole of the faculties seem sometimes concentrated 011 the placid enjoyment. The day Arthur -Murphy died he kept repeating from Pope: "Tanlil hull' l. it-ii...ii, Imlf l,y men. ,!,., ,. f' m-li-.im ihaili, :ii,.l .1 1 in I ,h-. hh.m," Nor does the calm partake of the sele-i-tiveness of sickness. There was a swell in the sea the day Cllingwood breathed his last upon the clement which had 1 11 thc scene of his glory. Captain Thotna expressed a li ar that he was disturbed by the tossing o the ship. .No. Thom.ii." he replied. I am now in a state in which nothing in this world can disturb me more. I am dying ; and am sure it tiiust be consolatory to you and all who love me to see how comfortably I am coming lu my end." A second and common condition of tl.. dying is to Ik? lost to theniM lve-nd al" around them, in utter nui'iinscioMsi,,.... Countenances and gestures might in inuu. cases Mlggept that, however dead to the external world, an interior -eiisibilitv still remained. But We haw I he evidence of tin 18C whom disease has left at the eleventh hour, that while their supn I uil. i iie. - were pitied by their friend.-. isle nee w:,. a blank. Montaigne, when -.tunned . i fall from his horse, tore open his doublet ; but he was entirely senseless. a,,, knew afterward that he did it from th information of the attendants. Tim de lirium of fever is distressing to nitne,.. ; but the v ietiiii awakes from it as from a heavy sleep, totally ignorntt that li ha, passed days and nights tossing wearily and talking wildly. Perceptions which had occupied tie entire man could hardly be obliteratad in the instant of recovery i r. if any were inclined In adopt the solution, there is yet a proof that tbe cu1Ioumm-i.s is leal, in the unflinching manner in which bad sores are rolled U-uii, that are too ten der to bear touching when sense is restor ed. Wherever there is inseiisibil ty, vir tual death precedes death itself, and to die is to awake another world. .,..., (Jmift' rlif. AK, NOT II TK. The Ihiltimoru .1 , ' .-, -crillv rebuke-, a cotemporary wdm expressed a desire P see sonic evil men bated out of the neigh borhood," and proceeds to deliver a vcr) excellent sermon on thc beauties nf Char ity and the necessity for its extreise wards thc erring, from which we mule tin following feelii.g extract : There never was a man yet reclaimed fi..io evil by half. There never was a man ei saved but by love. 'riiuiuals long harden. -.i by vice have been know n to exhibit lectin. -for the first time when thoroughly im vinced that they were regarded with kind ness by others, and from the rmii'li tiu-l ragged crevices of their granite nature flowers of purity and joy haw peeped fnril, to greet the sunlight of affection. ' Gl is Love" is the -oi ret of all human and celestial happiness. That great and beau tiful truth is proclaimed in ccrv -tar that twinkles in the blue sky; in ew r r . that perfume the air with it- fragrance ; in the joyous laugh of the cradled hild a thc morning light crimsons the drapery of his couch, and in the swelling chant of the mighty archangel u- he Lath. hi, pinion, in a flood of golden radian, c from the Sun of Bigbteou-lies-. And it well I ...on,., those who would hai' man out of w4 ety to reflect wher.- all mankind would b. if Kternal Hate iii-tea. I .' -!i.rn:il ... ,; ruled the coiiuwf 1- of iM 1