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CI m 1 Published by a Joint Stock Company under the Patronage of the. North Carolina Conference Win. E. Pell, Editor. 11" it r 4 -i I 1 1 VOL. VI. NO. 30. Christian Advocate rnbiiiiis Company. ;?. .5X0. F. FOARD, Pui siiiknt. Directors: llcv. V. II. CrxiNGIM, O. G. FiA(ii. l'.s, llev. M. J. JirxT, ami Zkxo II. (Jr.EKxr:, Esq. TEKM8. is published every Wednesday The Atfrccut raorni'irr, at er annum, in mletutce. Vnr tut nf is coinl'K ted strictly on the Cash principle. All aJvcrtixvnient wiil be charged $1 per square vf 12 lines i t less, f r f:r.-t insertion, ami sO cents ptr sii:;u"e tor each subsequent insertion. .feSJ" --17 Is tier on t! t editorlul ifr bating Mat ters of t'lis v';ice, ib'ind lie mldresird thus; "Rev. W. E. t.alei-h, X. C. " Original. The Dark Brown Tress. Tbc following touching liuo.-.' their own Ptorjr. The are so tender and emo so easily Ts-cllin up from a lull heart, that we cannot with hold tii-nii rrom trio puanc, wiiatorer delects a sever'.- criticism inihtdevelope. They ware writ ten by a lady, from whom death bad snatched a devoted husband. on looking at a lock of his hair, ' which ha 1 been preserved as a memento. They hare the ring of the true metal and we hope tbje authoress will allow her pen full play, when it will. Editor. II?re is a little dark brown tress Of soft unbraided hair. The all that's left of loveliness". That once was thought so fair; And yet though time still passes by, Though all besides have fled I hold it hre. a lii.k uj'iw til The living and iho dea l. Yet frem thi. shining link, A mour.ifnl nusu'ry spring. That melts my beart and sends a thriil Through all its trembling strings; I think of him. the ovod, the wept, Upon whose forehead fair Twenty one years, like sun.-hiue, slept This dark browa iress of hair. Oh sunny tress ! the joyous brow, Where thou didst lightly wave, "With all thy brother tresses, now Lies cold within the grave ; That check is of its bloom bwreft, That eyo no more is gay : Of all his beauties, then art left, A solitary r :y. His men'rv still within .uiy mi:: 1, l'etriius is sweetest p' w;r : It is the perfume I.:ft '-"hind. To tell ut of the How or : Each blossom tli.U in moments gone, Bouud up the sunny LurJ. Recalls the for n, tb- look , the tone Of that juchimtuij one I " A single tress, how slight a thing, To sway- such magic jrt, And bid each soft remembrance sprin?-, Like- blossoms in the heart ! It loads ma hack to days "jf old, To him I lovt-d :o long, "Whose locks outihone the purest gold. Who- I-v. .'-s .,,-.!.. " n:f. Since then I've heard full many lays, From lips as dear as his ; Yey wh'a I strive to jive them praise, I onlr gi.ve tb.ern tears : I cannot bear, amid the throng, Where jest and laughter run, To hear another sing Ue so.ig That trembled on lus tongue. A single dark brown tress of hair, To bid such rmisi'rios sUrt! But tears are on its lu.siro there, I lay it &a my heart. O'a when in death's tudd sr:u3 I sink, Who then with gentle care, Will keen for ma au a'uburn link, A ringlet of iuv hair ? Mount Airy, X. C. LIZZIE. 'God Sovereign and Man Free." Bro. Pell. I have read with great interest, an article in your paper of May the 20th, on the subject of God's sov reignty and mstn's freedom. On this ar ticle, with your permission. I wish to sub mit a few reflections. I feel impelled to do this from two considerations. The first is, that in my humble judgment, there are grave philosophical and theological errors propagated in that article. The second is that these errors if they are suffered to pass unnoticed may do harm, especially, as the article has received your editorial endoscmcnt; and must therefore go to ths world and the Church attended with all the power for evil or good that your character, nam." sn-l position cm give it. Th-,e wri-tcr sets cut with this statement. "The lirrt position,'God Sovereign' is fur nished . 1 men in the universal testimony .' cot- r " :rBP.cs3." The first statement is arj f . i::id is in conflict with all true met aphysical philosophy. God's sovereignty i.s not given in consciousness. Conscious ness cannot testify to an, objective fact of f.jiy sort. It can only testify to man's own mental'acts and states. Tho sovereignty of God evidently does not belong to this cat egory; .and it cannot therefore be givn as an ultimata fact of consciousness. Theon ly dcliveranc that consciousness docs mtike or can make on this subject is this: It testifies to our belief in God's sovereign ty. In this however, it"only delivers its testimony in reference to man's personal faith ; for it is evident that one man's con sciousness can give no testimony as re gards another man's faith. It is therefore, evident, that consciousness cannot girs us evidence of a general or universal faith in God's sovreignty. It doubtless gives "Bry an" the fact of his faith in the sovreignty of God, but he has no right to infer from that fact, that the consciousness of all oth er men gives like testimony to their faith in God's sovereignty. Such'an inference would be illogical, as there would be more m the conclusion than in the premise. The indivhlii! filth -,f many men is not conclusive evidence of truth; for men believe a great many things that &re net true. The writer thu"s claims ore for Calvinists than thej claim for them selves; for I know cf no Calriniit, that elating that God's sovcrcigut-y is given as an ultimate fact of consciousness from the authority of which there is no appeal. They claim that GoJ's rovereignty nd man s freedom arc both revealed in the Bible, but in reference to the mode or mari ner in which jhey agree or harmonize, they eay, we know nothing. It is a profound mystery, i Is uofthis position very much ijau a : iiu as mas uou s sove reignty and nian freedom are both given -as ultimate facts of consciousness; there fore both must be true. He then states that we cannot even conceive the co-existence of the finite with the infinite viz, that the method of the co existence of ths sovereign God and free inin,both of which are given a.i facts of consciousness, is in conceivable by man. Now this is the. po sition of the Calvinists, with this difer ence, the Calvinist claims that God's sov ereignty and man's freedom, are facts of revelation ; while " Bryan" is a stronger Calvinist than Calvin himself; for he gives absolute sovereignty ss a fact of con sciousness, when Calvin never claimed so much for his own system as that. fjWhst a pity; that in an argument against Calvinism, "Bryan" should turn Calvin ist ! The charge he brings against Calvin ists oi trying to bring together what God has put asunder and of thus transcending the limits of possible thought, is unjust as it is in conflict with the facts in the case. , Calvinistic writers have almost universally reserved the adjustment of the questions of God's sovereignty and man's freedom the origin of sin under the divine administra tion the permission of sin with God's ho liness, to the revelations of eternity. They claim all these as revealed facts and Icav y J1V their adjustment to God himself. They, with singular unanimity, take a position very much .like the one taken by "Bryan" himself. But if- 1 ' vini3t3 both in philosophy md theology, that insist on this adjustment now that deny that they are questions of simple mys tery that can be solved by greater light. It is this elass of writers that affirm that God's sovereignty and man's freedom are contradictions and not mysteries. This every one knows, who is familiar with the' great writers on both sides. A want of a knowledge of the general literature of this subject, is the only justification for a gross misrepresentation of both parties, to this controversy. ." Bryan's" position on this . subject as presented in his article, is cer tainly with the Calvinists, , notwithstand ing his article is written piofessedly against them. But why should he write at all on a sub ject of which he says we can have no con ception ? What good can be derived from a publication of the sort ? lie fcays, the co existence, of the finite with the infinite is inconceivable. If this statment be true j he has written an article covering two col- umns in flic Advocate on a subject of j which he has no conception, and from the ! limitation of his faculties can have none. Ho presents thought after thought 'on a j subject which he regftrds as unthinkable J on, which be believes it is impossible for j himself or any one else to think. Strange , conflict, between hi3 theory and his prac7 j tice. But "Bryan's" theory conflicts with j itstfEf. lie ssts out by stating, that the sov- j reiem infinite and free finite are jriven as facts of consciousness, lie concludes bv sta- -i ting that their possible co existence can not be conceived that it is impossible to thought. These statements I regard as in direct conflict.- Consciousness gives to-iu no fact of which our intelligence cannot fake cognizanca, and on which it cannot think. The only way -Id which intelli gence an take cognizance of an' thing is in thought; for thought is the only thing in which we recognize intelligence. The writer of the article which we have thu3 briefly noticed, has ' evidently embraced Hamilton's metaphysical views of the in finite, absolut and unconditioned, which accounts in gome measur for the etrsnge contradictions which we find him perpe trating. A Methodist. We beg to correct " A Methodist." Yfcdidnot ; endorso the positiens or the arguments of our cor, resnondent "Brvan." Our remarks simply gave , him credit for "thought, training and aVilh'y,' and made no allusion whatever to the subject matter o! the articl. It is a queer idea of edit orial responsibility, that if an editor publishes an article of acorrespondent and simply ypeaks of him as a man ofabili'y and suggests eome im provement in his style, that ho therefore endorse his positions and arguments. Our corresponded t3 1 RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, I. nil1 ,nt'.nttjy,TrrlTya ars independent aWd have a right to give the pub lic their own thourhts, without fear of editorial disapproval, how laucli soever we may differ with them. " A Methodist" and others will thereford-- understand t:.at cur correspondens are alone r- sponsible f.r what the3r write, unless we endorse them. Nor must " A Methodiss"' conclude, if we shonld say he is a cleyer writer, that therefor, we endorse him as a correct and sound thinker or that all his view will pass muster. Editor. 8tr.iy Leaves from "3Ioui:t JMIvct." " Mount Olivet " is the asme of a build ing that was formerly, church; but at present I am at a loss for an appropriate name for it. It is true, we meet there oc casionally to worship; but there ire only c, t:- faithful few " who still think it " crood to be thera." One would suppose on en- tering the church, on " preachin- days " that the men, women and children, from Mount Olivet," had all gone 10 the war." I really pity our good brother B , when he corires to preach for us, and has to waste his precious time end taicnt, preaching to empty pews. Don't think that I am complaining of these good people, but it does seem to me that there are persons enough around here to fill the chureh. I know many are away many w-ho will return no more, for their spirits went from the field of blood to the eternal world. Many are now serving their coui-tn-. Tet it would seem that the la dies might come out, and let our minister know that we were interested in the wel fare of the church. The Sabbatfi-School, too, is dad ! died last summer from ney- lecl it struggled for a while,but finally its snirit dor.artfd. Ts it, nnt Knrl in tbinV thc Sabbath-School is dead, and the chureh dying ! Dying now, when her influence is most needed? I can think of riothino- ' that will save her, unless the people. could be made to think ! That's it, Mr. Editor, the people don't think, i. e., about j the church. "Wonderjf our ".Mount Olivet " friends j have forgotten, the precious" seasons they 1 h., hd t-hm J.nrMAn -j i ,i , T . j havo had tbere Trhen the Lord!camedown among us, and we thought then ii was good to be at the " Mount ? " Now is he co wre.i:e wit?'. God. He will not turn a deaf ear to the prayers of his children. Then let us pray, begin now, and when brother B comes round again, his heart will be cheer ed bj the presence of Christians. If we will only begin to pray earnestly, we will revive the Sabbath-School, fill the empty pcwi for persona who pray, love to at tend church and Sabbath-School. I wish yon would give these " Mount Olivet J' folks a " good talk," perhaps you could start them. Could our loved soldiers, who formerly worshipped here, see the cool indifference, with which their friends look upon -" church going," 1 fear they would become discouraged, they would feel that their friends do not meet often enough to pry for them. I was mrwh pleased wth a d ijscourse X was permitted to hear at " Mount Olivet," , 'on Sunday last. There were some twenty soldiers present, who were in pursuit of of deserters, and merely happened to pass the church at the hour for service. The good man who preached for us, directed his remaks to the soldiers, and it did my heart good, to see with what eager earnest" ness, some of them listened to the words of i ruih. I could but weep, when I thought of the long days and months that they had be'en without a spiritual guide the battles they had fought since last they sat in the house of God the dangers they had pass ed, since last they bow$dwith. God's chil dren in prayer; and when I saw them bow so humbly before God, I could but breathe a prayer for the salvation of ach one. May the Great Ruler of heaven bless them, and keep thm where ever they are called to go ! Now I sincerely hope the people in this section will " come up and help us." -Who can refuse to pray now, when our country is one gore of blood, when every family isibrokeu while a wail of woe is heard throughout our land ? Will not Christians pray ? certainly. And will not they pray now, and here, yes here at "jtfount Olivet," and keep the Church alive ? More anon. May 18th, 1863. - ERATO. We cannot ever be t framing long pray crs with our lips, but almost ever our miuu tKU """" .luua B1-"" wu , " mJ dal t S1 WHShes Upwards ; SO hardly ! some flashes of devotion. JJarroux. auJ u""-"" "S1"' Humility. The flower of Christian graces grows only in the shade of the Cross, and the root of thtrn all Is humility. He that would - pray with effect, mu3t live with care and piety. Tiylor, tltttintt-s. An Appeal for 3Sisions. TIIC ARMY MISSION". To i7ie Members of the Church an:! Friends of Missions in th M. JJ. Ctvrch, Sout7i, At the recent meeting of t.he Bishops and missionary Board, held in Macon Gi.. it was resolved, in view of the destitution, of ministerial service in the Army of the Confederate States, to gstablish a branch of its missions in the Army ; to be styled "Army Mission." In view of this enlargement of our mis sionary work and the increased demand on tho troasury,thc Secretary was requested to make an appeal to the Church and the friends of Missions jrenerallv, for increas cd liberality in order to meet theseckdiiis. gava ro uie inaeuicanes 01 our steps had been taken, and plans were rap- idly being pursued by which this debt "would soon have been distinguished, it has been reduced to about iuttv inou3- and Dollars. The debt was that of the whole Church. The several Annual Conferences so felt it; and each would willingly have borne their equal part in its payment. At pres- ent, there are whole Comerences v.nd many portions of our work in others, where our membership can, in no wise, aid us, and whom we can reach by no cp peal. Their country and homes have beo:i invaded and all 'correspondence with i South denied them. Our appeal, there fore, for tho payment of this debt can on ly reach that part of our work not over run by the enemy. Vou, my beloved brethren, have not known and we trust, in all coming time, may not know tho hor rors of this cruel and bloody war as feit by those, whose territory has been invad ed and their homes laid waste. . We are confident we shall not appeal in vain, lne credit and cnaracter oi tne Church are safe in your hands. The drafts now due are for the most helpless and important portions of our Misf'ion.try work the China and Indian Missions. The preachers, we trust, will, while taith- fully attending to their own domestic sions and liberally providing for them, S( Variant urge this subject upon the at- o present ana urge tins suDie . cf h $hvixch as Jto enable t i us to receive from the different Annual Confer- necessary amount to extinguish" the w ooic "debt. i -Wc must also in our collections mate provision for the support of the China Mission for the year 1864. To these demands we now add the wants and claims of the army mission. This, at present, is to us of all others the most important and interesting work. It cora mends itself to the patronage 'and warns support of every member of the Church, indeed of every patriotic and benevolent heart in our whole . country. The collec tions now called for, are to bo first applied for the support of this Mission, tbe re mainder'to go to the payment of the gen eral missionary debt. The appointments to the Mission will be made with great care by the Bishops and some of our ablest ministers will be assigned to this important work. They are to co-operato with the Confederate States Bible Society, the various organizations in the several Annual Conferences, and the Editors and Publishers of religious journals in the Confederate States in the circulation of the Holy Scriptures and of a general re ligious literature through the Army. A nobler enterprise never claimed the ener gies of the Church. The Mission is es tablished for the benefit of our brave and noble soldiers, who are at once the pride and glory of our land. They are our fathers, brothers and sons, who at the call of their country have left all shrinking from no exposure and have gene forth nobly to defend and sustain our rights. They demand, as they deserve, our con stant prayers and unceasing attention to their wants and condition. With a just pride, we can every where point to the prompt and faithful manner in which their temporal wants have been supplied. Th?y xhave been nobly cared for by their moth ers, wives, sisters and daughters of the land.In ample preparations for their ar duous service, and in careful and devoted attention to the - sick and wounttca, our A . 1 1 women have won tor themselves an im perishable name and at undying fame. But oue heart of patriotism beats in the land. AH arc united in a holy struggle for justice and right, and all, every one, are laboring to sustain our noble army. Wc call for the same attention to be ninni frsstcd, upon the part of the Church, to tb.cir spiritual wauts. With all the wise provisions of the Government in the ap pointment of Chaplains, there is still a largo and loud-call for ministerial help. Other faitliful preachers of the gospel should be sent to aid in the great work of those already gone. On the march, in the hospital, and ' on the tented field at all times and in, every place these men of God should be with our brave sol diers. The Holy Scriptures, religious news papers and tract3, should be constantly and freely circulated in their midst. The val ue of ministerial labor thus faithfully per formed,, and the great good arising -from the labors of the faithful colporteur, eter nity will alone declare. How wtlcosic to weary and worn, or sick and wounded sol diers, the visits of the minister of Jesus ; and how comforting the word of God and 1803. the writings of the. Church, found in our valuable religious papers and trr.sts. ,No one who may be t home, in the en joyment of all the b!e:;Mng3 ofi.be Church, can be unmindful of those who ars abe:it in the service of their country, a:id uohiy perilling their lives in- our behalf no: they live in our hearts and we viSl ncft faithfully remember their temporal an! spiritual wants. It is and should be ear.se of deep grau tnde to Almighty-God, th?.t he h:m at th's critical moment, and in this trying eiisis, given to the country, in the - person ofVi; r Chief Magistrate aad that of our noble Commanding General and others- of our I rave Generals and o.'iicers, luuso whe so eminently and i ally display their rever ence for jod, and their love for their fel low countrymen. They have strong faith in the right and justice of our cause, and in the direction and assistance of'Divinj I'rovidcnce in our arduous struggle. Ve need not multiply words, by ma!:--i: ; -. long appeal. The subject is before yt : the cause with you. How many tk in til . - are who have even been blessed n heir circumstances by the progress of crurd v a.-r ! How fully -and lanteiy t'vry ought to contribute the cause we ad vocate ! Let a prompt and universal an- wcr, upon the part of the Church and ail tne iricnan or Aiissicns, vc given to .this appeal. What is Let not done 'must be don !U!CKiy. .Let not a moment pa. J a every preacher an earnest advocate shcuM bo fuand in every member of the Chr.rxh and friend of Mi3sion a clKorVulinvvT. A.s far as practicable, the Secretary will tnfvcd and labor, in the isame good wri , and he seriously hopes and pr,iys, that the Mission ju5t established by our Bishops aud Missionary Board, will at once receive the fulie.t.'-, warmest prtpporfc of the w!i"lc Church. Lot collectors be found in every j family to aid the preacher while Leshallia ever-, congregation present the eabiPi't: ana rait coll :c-tion for this noble rui.v pose. ' The funds are to be forwrrded imme diately to Hoy. E. H. Myers, D. D., Assis tant Treasurer, Augvsia, Georgia.. What preacher will first send him his report? cr what member his -name aud 'Jon tion ? E. W. Ssho:, Miss. Sec. The Chi jtiau. The pious man, the true CJiviJViJ-.(dpj bi V..n.s for f:in, v.-iio is eugsged iu 'spiritu al fare, who is fighting the good fight of f.uth, who crucifies the flesh with itrf af fections and lusts, who h running the Christian race, who is engaged in subdu ing and mortifying his sinful propensities; who denies himself, takes up his cross dri ly and follows Christ ; who, as a pilgrim, arf a stranger, as a travller, is seeking au ot her and better country ; who works out his salvation with fear and trembling. Now, is it possible that a man, who is doits-; all this can be " at case in Zion." A soldier in the field of battle at ease ! a man running a race at ease ! a travller, toiling up a steep asceut bearing his cross, at cae ! a man crucifying .sinful propen sities, dear as a right hand or a right eye, be at ease ! a man working out his solva tion with fear and trembling, be at case ! a man who hates and mourns for sin, loves i God, and feels conctrnad-for hi perish- j mg fellow-creatures, at ease m a world ly j ing in wickedness, where God is di.shon- ored, where Christ is neglected, where im-j ; mortal souls are perishing by E.ilrt'ons, ' where A ere is so much to be done, so! I much to be suffered, so much to be guard- ed against and resisted, where death stands ! at the door, ready every moment to sum ,; nion him to his great account! My friends it is impossible. Faith. J Illustrating the nature of faith, T would ! observe that wc must take hold of Christ! -." i man that i.s sinking in deep waters, t-1 hold of a bough, or cord, or plank, j Wc must ree ourselves pursued" by the jus-1 tine of God, and see II im to I.e the only altar. A., t guilty took hold of the city ; of refuge : - besieged garrison takes hold of terms when ouered ; ss a man takes hold of an arm that is going to strike him ; so we must resort to, .nd r.c-; ccpt of Christ. Plainly thus; there are! three things in believing; 1, the sight; and hense our sin end misery; 2, assent j -' i to t:io testimony given in ti e worn eon- : cermng Ulwist. relieving tnat inougu i. am j a great sinner, yet he is a great Saviour, ' 3, -Application of him to ourselves, con- j senting to take him to be ours, and wc .to j be his ; to be ruled and saved by him. henry. Borrowiag Trouble. A lady belonged to the Methodist church, who was very much addicted to ;; borrow ing ' trouble.' Her son (also a member, and a preacher,) became wearied with her frequent forebodings of ill; and one day, hearing her commence the recital of her catalogue of anticipated ills, he remarked " Mother, I have shout resolved tocom plain of you to-the 'church r.bd have you expelled !" " Why?" exclaimed the as tonished matron, 14 what have I done?" " You know," says he, " there h & clause in our discipline against borrowing with out a probability of paying ; and you have borrowed so much trouble, I see no possi-. bility of your ever being able to pay it :" She was in the main a sensible woman ; and the rebuke was attended with salutsP ry success. T M R 8 4 TIHiBl! D0LLA113 aYkakix ADVANCE. Appointments " Of lh: y.)-' atro'ina Cenfi.rcnce for In;;;. At the r -pic-l of several friends, wo C"Ye below t;ic r.ppoiai"ifits of the preach- er oi ths .North Carolina Conference, in hcs-loa in December last, in in is cuy. RAT.Kum DjsT.Wm Barringer, P. E. Raleigh Ci.'y John S Long. . i Ciy Mi..-ion To be supplied. Coiorvd Mis-ion To he supplied. Cir't Wm M Jordan, M J Hunt. c Tar River T I Ric.uid. Person d. hn 'fillet t. .1 niins V Moore. Lexjbuvg- Tbcclore B Kingfsbury. Lhajnit il ill John W Jenkins. Hillsborough Alexander B Raven. Loui.slurg Thomas W Guthrie. Hiiisboro' Circ't V. M Walsh, W Harris. Ah'.inaucj J?.mcs F cmoot. W Jj Tel!, Rditor X 0 Christian Advocate. G KERM-'i-or.o' Di.t N F Rcid, P. E. Grceasborov-gh lr T Hudsoa. G uilford Zebedct Rush. South Gui.f": I Cergc E Wychc. JJav-Us-ja I) W Jmi1, W H Richardson. Forsyth James E Matin, U M Anderson. Stok's B B Culbi-cth, S II Hclsabcck. Winston Robert A Willis. MaJHou D.ivid R Brutoa. Trinity and ll'gh Point John W Lewis. J II Robbie. Went worth C M Pepper. YanccyviMc Paul J Carraway. !l horna-Mvilly & Lexington N H D Wibon. R Craven, President Trinity College tit ni a v m uiW3. A gen College. oAL' sRL'iti nIfi'T Ira T Wvtho. P. E. caiifljiiry 1 m W II Wheeler. Rov.'tin- John R Brocks' ihuit Rowau- Isaac W Avenfc. Mocksviile R G Barreltf W W Allea. Plate ivillcJ B Bcbbitt. Iredell -Wesloy M Roby, T U Reeks. South fredel! F H Wood. Alexander 'Viscn Purler. J'ne.jille . D Meacham. Wilkes R T N SloTcnson, T L Triplett. Surry Wm A Smith. Blue Ridge Mission J M.Guun. Saura Town To be supplied. Wasiunoton Dm't L L Ilendrn, P E. Washington " "Avcnt Chanel- Bath Matta-inus!-- Columbia Portsmouth, Ocrteoke and Hatterai Roanoke M C Thoms, N A H Goddin. Vsrren Lemon Shell, B F Long. Warreutou John B Williams. Henderson J H Wheeler, M II Eight. Plymouth Granvilh W C Gannon, T W Mooro. Xauhviile James lloid. Tawborortgh dainej P Simpson. Greenville Edward A Wilson. A 1) Rett.?, Chaplain in Confederate army. liKVnnp.N' DiaiuicT 0 F Deems, P. E. Newborn, LViuena:yC'P Jonca. Au!rew Lhapo! Circuit . a Snow Ifill Circuit Joseph Whcelr, J J HinesanJ N A Hooker. Wilson J A Cuniiiggtui. Ci.r.ieiituca C V" King. Smltbfivhl L S BarkhcaJ. Jobn;-.tin To be Mipplied. Golihborough A W Mangum. Everettsvillc John N Andrews. Kii;.?ion c: Jer.oir l:..:-t. Geo W Deems. Trent Wm F Clegg. Beaufort, Ann Street John Jones. " PuVvis Chapel Straits Jon eo Cape Lookout Morehoad City 1. XV Martin. S M Frost, President of Wayne J." College. Wilmington l.'sT;:cr D B Nicholson, P. E. Wilmington, Front St. ) t c c . A Front St. ) Fifth St. f Topsail I II Hill. Duplin Magnolia E A Ycates, W II Mocre. .. Onslow S H Vetlcr. Sampson Wm 1 1 Barnes. Bladen -P II 'Scoville. Soma River D Culbrcth. Elixalethtown D C Johnson. WLitcville J C Brent. Smithville I B Bailer, W M D Moore. Robeson R P Bibb. " North Hanover -J 0 Thomas. Faykitxyille ITistuict W H Bobbitt, P. E. Fayette villcJ W Tucker. " Evans Chapel Circuit C Plylcr. Cape Fcr W S Chaffin, G Farrr. Haw River Pttcr D ub. Jos B Martin. Pittsborough R S Webb, J W Tinnin. Deep River S D Adams, T C M-oscs. Mintg('u:i;ry Jame3 V Wheeler. Rockingham II Jl Gibbons. Uwhanie TjJ Gattis. Ashborougb C II Phillip?, J W Alford. Fraoklinsvillc I F Kceran, T L Troy. Marquis L Wood, Missionary t& China. J D Buie,ChapIain in Con federate army. The next Conference will Le held in Greenslorcugh, N. C. Wc irs not to choose our woik, but tc do that which is set us ; for we are ser vants employed, each at his station, to rar ry on a part of the great sehecae of Provi dence ; wc must not take upon v. to exe cute one another's trk, because they arc more important, or mere laborious. Wo are to observe our call, and obey it.- Ttuk er.