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n ffl ft Tlil. T 7 'OL. vl Noru IM Ji3.mil n I BY A JOINT STOCK COMPANY UNDE"R THE PATRONAGE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COSjh'.R I? VCJ N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18. u vet ate Publishing Company. religion ; ' ;o. r. roAiiD, Present, iloV. VV M. II. CcNINCGIVf. Jbr rel eipie ci the soul of o. -. i T" T Treasurer -A. M. Oo.'as, EV II. i gold is tried by fire, so ! - , - i igion is the great prin- i efforts, to save fh nrpmnnct immortal ..lo tae Curistian. As i-rnr.i.d iT3 TIi loir wiH c- ii.n ... i isvy '- t V Hill IJjXSL, ial". 11110110 3 fill i jinii thf MO if rnt1 Of L in TuTilll-. inr. rr ,.l T E R )I S THREE DOLLARS aVeaI IX A Ii VANCE IS private canity, tries the principles of re- j will be clone. Oh, that we coil ligioii m iho-eonl. The present war is try- ed up to renewed dilioer.ee, an TERMS. . .?.'.(- is pnUishcd every Wednesday t i;- I v" Simula, a advance. Our lusi- ' . o.;'!.. :t'i t .'';;'; e ;e Cuh principle. V. - .;' .'--:?- will be charge-.? l per squai-.-2 lia?. or les, toriirst inscxii-sn, and 50 cents s.-;n.i!3 for c-'it-b subsequent iuscrtion. - ,4 :7 . Vers on (? ?uitor: c- luKins&s niat- could be stir- uiemjwi oi tne eliurch. What is that great mk of livin-icr Heaven. . In me resuir ; Why, thnt mnnv. iko "T?. 7, .v ' o- ivvfir-li es n v' v;. r -i-, i US , laam'tlie a j:.i ol Baser," arerunnin ily after the' wa.trcs of unrighteousness. anJ meeting witli sinners in the ways of death. Xheir religion being transient, Liid coubistiDg of mere feelir.g. they have laid it asick until the vor IsoV.r, rnd have entered the lists with v,:ckcd men to ret often atHictihg your soul, than teijoy the J tranquility of mind which the- christian : enjoys, ana to.iecl the iove ot 1 merciful ! stated seasons lov ?eorrt nmvr-r WWh God gently stealing over the hafty spirit ? i this, it will le cxeecdindv difficult, if Secret Jlevotion. It i. important that yoti should hnva . . j ! . . 1 , Yr. Without if nnt Is it better to have tempting fijfcnds hov- j impossible, to be faithfulin the discharge ennarOVer YOU. fh;m ta liaw hftr mmnli. ! nf rlnfxr T nr.-.vr tne iu.i i.ess ci my-heait have I continued i an angels encampics around vJT? Ts it important tn .p lw,.i,t. jtowi te and to a christian minister and j better to injure the souls of otlfla to : be a part of our business. Coimnunion iiieuuuieie i& nonecaoi apoiogy. Ainy tne lead dear inends to sin and hell, Jfian to with God must be the essential duty of hmd prosper, and abunuantly bless your j exert a redeeming influence upon Aciu by 1 overv day. Set apart some portion bi the labors for Ihm, is my cuniest prayer. j your words and examples, and isU them ! tjav in which vou can withdraw for n fr-w j in overcoming their spiritual enfmfes. arid ftioments, with the least diieultv. pud I r..-.,..,.;. 1. 1 .'..J. .1 1 I TT 1 11 . suuiiug .eteruai rwc aim gioi-4 in; iieav- persevenngiy aancre to your resolution. Y ours in the love of Christ, E. G ;ov the p!fvL.;irc,;f55!n lHaiiUiniuucatiOu.0. I all this results from the j seated religious- principle. Mem' the church who are becoming ex want of a uco- bers of xtortion- A Dia !?:, IVLii . Eihtok : A minister was on his way to a certain school house, to preach For the Advocate. t-igiiu- Principle and Religions Feel crs, wno encourage balls and dances, and the gospel to eying men and women. As frequent bar-rooms, and who have forgot- j -c passed a little house near the road, lie ten the Church of' Christ, and left ft to I '- a young l.'dy walking up before him This is a point which rerpivp:i vr.rc Ct'ir.- ll'l filflTl )J (mil V' 1 ! r iim.nf i . ut be serve i-i- txeree of of I 1 great hasti-. ia:tieal. It. is O i J orvi-fc-'rt itt "v rtiTA i'l-i ai - - a suPieet lor the ! T.i , . v-i-i .i " v. . i - n i f-'iumg i.iei.uouisis. v mie tnose wno ?an s mental powers as well as j i- ,.. . .... i. i , j iu iiiu Mup uuu ait: Yeaiiicrinj .iie I f i T 1 111 111 11 .61 . . II M'UVulFJJU 1 r t- ... . - ..I i r: m wrc 'i1 AVhen lie overtook hi.v, I the following dialogue took place, which celestial jov and" rapt are ? 1 ask you tr publish lor the benefit of your Thcn wl jQ Qu t gQ y rr-ndf-rs -. . ;-r Ills eiiioiicral nature. It I;:th to h.is intellect and his heart, and j can tnei'eioie be understood as well as f-i't. Now, the effect of religion in (be soul is first, religious privcqJc, and rC'joudlv, reii-MOUs feeling. The former '.v the product of an intellectual embrace f truths aiiectingthe heart; the latter is -:!rp:y p.n ec.-stntic joy, arising from an ap ; relicLsion of the benefits resulting from m embrace of those truths, and may be c;.:r;terfcitcd. The one is the u joys of j ill; u! ion" which the Psalm st prayed for; j otner is tlie tpirtt of Job s expression, fhough he slay me, yet will I trust in i, were always, and ever will be, Chi is- tiai-s of Principle, building the great Tcm- r i .I I hrict n-ifli l,,.f l.lfl. Kw v 1 V111117 1 lliill K' -i t lliA1 h?.iom reader Math-tn Good ev'eniiM Vou 1 n i Id imreitu;. ;e raitiii'a1 E. A. -cem to he in a hurry. Who, is sick ? Lf.ih; ; Nobody-aint sick. ( l-y m- J . T - 7 - - J. l"ou seemed to be in such a hurry, ! ; T feared sou.e one of your family was sick. I as 'aubody aint sick.'7 why are you in ' Mich haste ? ! . I'm.'Tice to School house,: I in lifvnr thorn nnisv "Mct.Tindisf linllr-v ntiel ; i " - to oi.r renders, hoping that the writ erv ill ox- i to laugh at cousin Sue S , aud cousin Wo never forget a friend, hut the cal 1 . Proiitable Reiiections. J he following excellent extract'froai a i vale letter to the Editor, from a valued feiii.d " 1 -a -a lriena, gave us sorruu-h pleasure, we give n i If then this division of the effects ofi i:ae religion in the soul be correct, it will f peril i case vh writer .-apposing that we did not lveogmze her as a subscriber, wrote to remiud us. She says ; thofeO times of is In ir i t M. illl . night ? ..Yes. J! Who preaches ' r w ' - T i ? . . X i i iju : is ir. piyier to .commit ernal su, etde 'ihctn to -:ork ou your saivjtiqn I - - - -- vu..4.v.iv vii niuiiijui iiiv; ..i- . -iui.it.t. . i.'cici ujiiic mm ui v.li mighty than to win Dis evcrlartins: love God, -whatever else vou ncl r? ana Diessmgs r is it better to Wj-lk the The cultivation of this devotional spirit, burning- shores of perdition, thir Ae gol- . k the first great duty of life. Here must den streets a-id beatitiful fields jfjfl I lory ? ! c laid thelbnndation of your- Christian Is it better to wail forever in d nlk and chart cter. Here must b fourid fhr-Konrp i I - - - verm of all your efforts to do eood and ta ret . i no! good. In the silence of thu closet, as. your will i soul communes with God, you will obtain not alnio-t supernatural strength to' triumnh . x . . , . 1 over temptation and jo on vour Chvistian if you will ask ffim in the riaticjof Hi- 4 ay u-joicing. Do you need argument, to ;o11 it t satisfy you of the truth of these .. t-ntiments V Need 1 point your attention to the injunc tions of the Bible; to the exam; k cf the Saviour; to the habit of the early' Chris tians, and to the testimony of the cmii. cut- good of every age r Tins argument, reet and simple and conclusive as it is, still unnecessary. The mind that sees ..ot the propriety of secret pimor, that feels not the necessity of this confiding intercourse with its Maker, is beyond the ' influence of argument. There mo. some . -a - irony, t nan to sine: and shout No Hor, seek destruction ? Will -Miss, you! change now? God waits to b Fl.m. : A. W. 31 i A Vision ofPeape rvi i i n j.ne ciiaracrer oi war is not leiss in com patible with the genius of the gospel, and an .1 - 1 . - - If .. i n - - i ' i n uvano-ea staire oi inteucciiiu reune- mevrt, than that of despotism. Iis a relic ! v.r Take care you are not down there fi 1 I 11 I'll 1 Li. Li. VI' I3J k. X LvXJA LllUb t ; ot barbarism which would long sfnee have je gtatcd tbey lnay 1 ;llsaPPfrc:! from 1;;in.,an cie,'had the ! anxious for the salvation ; laws or aacn, in their progre. and uiti- ; lnir rteac(i aml findillff truths so palpable that they need only to beielt. Arc you lvationof jour soul, sect:- in t peace ana unuins none: i-rcaircnt and excitement, when we can- I . . . . .... .i ..l . - ii ,i ,i ,i . -.!- l - r-iiMi-n ji thnt -'hi nni i o nmn !i Ilii: l:fiiTi;i l i r-IK'i :n ill ;i I I Ti 1'1V Wil'f' rrii ... r ' "V,- ! .ri uino-irMi. "olenn with cousin ue S and r- -,r t - l-y--" ! yauf c oset. In secret prayer lav before r referable to leduy, since it becomes a stiipcndo e cuts, being o rapialy enact- . q , T - tivc statutes which govern thej political : ft . n COrrov and all vour deire liscd energy of the soul, producing peace ed around us, it seems presumptuous to JAfl jx , , ' r t j and social comiact.' ! rr J sorrovs, ana alt 3our desires. ,nd eharitv; while feeling is onlyan ef- I seek to diroet thought for a moment, to- J l, fe e 11 . r tU ! it the spirit of war m,t expire. l)y hc? 1Gfer your hcarV ttrvescing and transient jSy ; but If possi- ward so small a subject as u single iki- m? m ier" ( 1 7--)i I , J n i tmg in the atoning sacrifice of his Son, , , , . ,,, t i -i l ci-n -ii r -i"- Do they expect anv other preaeli- . , : ,lu;au . " y fir pardon of your sms, and vou will as- lie.,, they should be united., leelmg be-; ydud 1 ycu 1 right hand, and Scunceonmy left I am " , fiad Jcace. nc wlJ0 ,1CS faiJ U Ye ?a7 use -V the f" 1 iL'nVf i "t?irn f'hr r5 i if they ffol up a Vi-1 conducted to an eminence Srom which j .&k jmd shall receivc will lcnd Hn :ii-:tics ox rengion, while Principle is the my tnoiough appreciation of Jic cJons j va, M - ? rvev the surrounding and subjected a,tentive lo ur ; Jml wiU ac .uuuauua of the p.actioal.ad the yon ljn -4:m- f- or nr Sa- ! v ...,,U: : .M,. P ' worH The freshness oi hden cover, the ; PiM . fho - .J nVnl:tL hrt Tf L hV no -i toft nrnnrrfenf. ar.d ri ding- otthe I vious ana ins cauto. ii wcaie uuc ciuis-i t ,i a:-'v.i ' ; eeiiel Ttna tne smilo of hc:iven ilds the - i i .7 . 1 : plendid steamer, while Principle is tlie ! tians, how much more firmly should we , Liotive-power, the ballast land the rudder lint propels, holds steady and guides her amid the angry waves, heeling is the white canvass and gay streamers of the ship, when the "seas are smpoth and the -kit' are clear ;" Principle is the sheet .viehor that holds her steady andd the Trtv cs when the storm-cloud rises with ter i.'i written in lightning upon its murky l m--v,'hen the unchained winds break bvse and come down upon the great deep for terrible deeds ! and the sun and stars .rt hid for many days. Keiigious Principle is a fixed purpose iomc wbat will, happen what may to serve Gol and get to heaven ; its motto is, " Let others do as they may as for me hi my house, wc will serve the Lord." J his v liiiclple is always in the soul, and therefore be relief upon, vhile Pool ing U transient, and by consequence un reliable. Keiigion may exist in the soul vlthjut much feelin?, but it cannot exist or at least its existence will be very fit ful and unsatisfying without fixed reli- ! cliim to the cross now than ever before how deeply realize what we have always admitted, the instability of life, friends, j weaitn, iame, ur picutsuits, uuv-u i-atu mi j Thcv '"e ? had the truth brought to theat so forcibly, I - f J.' i that they can no longer apply it merely to j Yett if y others. lias our cnriatian cnaracrer as a nation been deepened, and euergised by these trials? Have wc gone back with a Are there manv Methodists about here ? .. Yes, right smart and they are the meanest folks in the world too. prospect. The trumpet of carnage is blown m tne cioset tnat you mu:-t commence lriSni" inuvnoir Tiri vrl o lii'i'. .i. I Jo In 4l a 1 li.i n i ivuj y iu iiuiuj in in 1.11 , it 1 1 1 j 111c iiall the crn5;on fiae: ever ; . ii - 4 it . 1, 1 .. 1 , , 1 1 rr, 1 V- .Vl., lliuij )UU uiu;n villi- y UUt'llU llVliZIII again unfun itself to the breeze, j he de- ' . . n,. . i.. it.i.. r lor human ! r.o i 1 no more : nor unenamea ana commissioned no i vou. mon of vengeance, ever hungry What do t.hftv do that, ! esli, IS ! piore to imprint his bloody footsteps upon :.i .i iii ! i if you dim w,. 1 shant tell ! tae eartlM ,Jl ao llie slSnm-S zepnyrsevcr ; I of the way. i Particular Providence. again utter the death-groans of murdered j -Mr- b- had by diligence and prudence, ! victims. The ensanguined Held is no more (with the blessing of God) raised himself i 1 .1 11 1 1" .1 ! I'...,--ii T- c!4linf iVn -.-f l l,ir. .-.- 7.-'.. t'.- t . Ygu have a s ml to be saved j covered witti tne mangica Domes ot tne Xl'. a"uatlWM u4,vu,ltul) "u"- 1 M 1 I 1. if.-iMv ineiid let me irivo vou some 1 1 quickened desire, atter trie simpietriUii,to - t to-niht when vou o to i slam nor hhm the broacl fc"'eas of blood w&uoy, tut tau ugu oi Mxtct-n,; iu a m tho. elemcntarv. but stiii lundamcntaJ win- . . i i i i" .i ,i A- , "t...AUrAr non n rinrsnft then dark r.n.l Wn nnd : crative wtuauon, as tne neau oi a large . , : " . o I, 1, , ! cnurcn, uon z ia.ugu at otiieis, ininiv auout -0... r ... j . , , . . 4l ciples of faith and love .' Above ad, 1 ur 0Q soul an. pray (;od 0 niakc you melancholy course amidst the shouts of ; commercial house in one of the most nil denomination! bitterness, and rancour V , , penitents e inv-ted J victory, and the agonies of despair. The portant cities m Lurope. Business call been swept awuy by these waves of fierce j f ;h nh f r. ivat;on from i wife is no more hastened into widowhood, g as it irequentiy did, to travel trial until nrrirt. nnd aside from all church ! . n . . . i.. . . i i nv hnv nnnsio-nr-d tn nrnhnnn : the stage.- lie tound all the seats at i i jjiv.as principle. Nov, to these tvo divisions of religious effects, there are corresponding classes of christians. The one, of principle, like the Or est Kastern, ploughs the ocean of life of the winds and waves and The other, of feeling, like the tit preferences, we are willing to be spent in the salvation ot souls r Uh, for the time when the inexpressible sweetness of a soul converted from the error of his ways, shall swallow up the desire.to have him embrace certain creeds; or conform to rites, winch seeraeth good to each distinct secf. -One brother, a -strange Presbyterian brother you call him, has set'us a good example. How I felt the beauty, and force of his let ter, and the spirit pervading it, which bore a relationship elooc and. intimate to that of the IloU- Nazar.er.c, who went about doing good rou arc the Devil will Blessed prospect , a consummation i voniiv to be sought : an enterpme your sins, lor y and if you die get you certain. L. I shant do it, I'm not fraid of the Devil's gettin me nuther. l,o Tiorl rt die to morrow, would yo-i not seek religion niay wed command our most vigorous ef to-nioht? ! lorts wnuc we live, aim tne sueyssiui ter- X No I would'nt ; minatiou of which will deserve to be per- M. Then if "yon "db to-morrow, you j pctuated by a monument high e.s heaven. will be lost. - ; . ' -t.- L. If Pm to go to the devil, I'll go j Why 51eu are Unhappy. ili i-rfl i4- T rtii-4- T T- mi f- n -. rrr ! ii- -.i..i.!. 1 No wonaer men are uiinarpy in this IK. X fcUiJf LFf-'U V VU UHiClC JJill. t.- I'..' Ti '.!11' Tii i if- nrtTTiii ic- 9 I Will UCi 11 1U J1VU1 i,- la one Tho l.niv nPviVtnw hvnlfii tlm snv nf I time pre-engaged at the stage house. It death is cut asunder, and "he chariot of , was in vam that he endeavored, by the of conquest is burned in the fire. ! of tIouble the Jarc to prevail upon do- i some uuu ui tut- passiJgt;ics iu luiintjuisii world. Thei j is alwavs For n-iV.LI dear brother, how I long to T- Tr ' T irt . I the machinery is out oi . ' w. ' JJ. vo x uu. iii . i i be doing something - for Gcd-iur the; M y raisod hv TVTethodist vta- ! ti'0!?. 8 vviicn tne w. o A ! track. Ai an seeks to livi snrcpd of that christian love which will if; b-;k, is tesved hither and thither by constrain us to step over church creed 11; ilif 1 raves- 1U l-ll IT-iiei. fy CGUStliU'l US IU JOi -h w i v h ui o.i.j, tinghighup- j and recognize a co worker in the Lord's j if life f great ! vineyard, wherever His iro-ge may be . i ,i I-. i,i ... -now mount ' "T; scii.e foam-crt'Sted wave of i :;f ar. irli.h hanncra -a At and sails snred. staniTtC-d upon the life.- .ai 1 prow pointing to Even, 'ere we iiu torn sail.!, ana broken into the troughs of the sea, and floating far to the leaward a dismantled hulk. And this latter class, we think, constitutes by far the larger number of christians. Hence Heaven and now j quit these mortal shores, when time is ie oken inasta sinking ceding from us, and we tieirlliug stand i-S tl at we sec so much coldness and a i: falling away" in times of distress an trouble. Such prisons only possess fair weather religion. They-hick firm dcter- J.i-t'ed principle. If everything goes well at the threshold of eternity, how these bar riers will be broken down, and so grateful ly will fall upon the dying ear the earnest pravers cf a true christian, whatever may be liH belief upon controversial poin s, which wiil find no entrance into Heaven. In this great Catholic spirit our church has professed to lead. Oh ! that she might receive a fresh" baptism o! grace from I rents, were you . L. No I wornt. . If I. Are' your parent.- members church ? L. No they aint. A word or two more and the diah ended. The ministcrpveached riat and the nondescript was a listener Grcelc arc at ovr doors .r t i . i ltfpo.o ni m to live Hi. 1. f tners. which 'l1!- ft, but was obliged to wait until tlie next day before he coulu pursue his jour- tihis was a trirlLng event in it:.-elt, and r.robabiv hardly would have found a place j in his memory, alter tlie accomplishment of the buiness which called him forth, : haki it not beea forcircunistaneer. eoimccL ' ea-with it. But a day or two ifrer,-whi!e 1 p: suing his journey .'a the iollowing st-ve, the attention of the paseimcis wis:; ariested in passing a house, by the load side, on observing a number of c'ofiins How brought out of it. The sight wa1? so t.:i- There is al r.re off the himself. i swells that mother's heart Uh joy wl;en 1 u rial that they prevailed upontiu driver 0i aU' ! she cm' make her children Tappy ! What , toinquive the reason ; when ne learned ! a thrill r,r delight comes w;ith that look f ; tlil the stage had upset the day before, i i.:i.. i ,.1.- i iioi- r. iiTT ih the vicinity, and tliese perso:.-? hst u,.no ! giaillUUO, ii.ut :'JUtv ui j.; a.i vnv j-- - - , . " n-i )gue j , , . i. ; i ,i l, ,i -,n 1Ype liv this mean. J his staic was t,x ! ot love an mat tae v.iuow auu ne . ...-. j ------ - 'U1nhti . i ii. i Jlv T'.t tho s!i.me in which he hau made earnest i. m nn can rmiucr to iiuu nsiuviuii j. iit - . IS3 . XT i.s i. Iii-niii o c-oof 'I ill tl!'J fllirfi 1 rt cup of happiness is an overflowing cup. , J.li ft;7 . " V Z:. . Z -r vt . T-i.i i: ..,f.it.i i;. ii. hjii'l !VC(1 WIlIiOUL uuu. tiiiu wiiii i;:iv l It IS llk'i U, UUUUllMg JUU.nuii:. a um- - - ., . - s ' i.ii , . . i t ,i - cni-.li i Jinim -is Iia now ?avr would nim. iortli its Oicssmgs to reirc-n mo v.eu- 1 , , " ' . , , ; and he savs tnat tne rr.-i, tnoagut mui i ri i -vll AnArmoo frit . -1 - 1 j j T 4- l . n -it I . 1 II i CK.- I illl 11V 1 w t-V i ",- taey can spout,, tuey cxp:t- j uy r-aj- -5 1 o :r.g- that they eujoy religion." But ry good word and work ; that now while :L;Li. i.n,i nf i I.a our country mourneth, she woiud put on If lllll I. - VI'I'IM lllll . 111 a. Ell tVI.'IlJrti AAiri -w ' lycrd," or when distress and trouble, both private aud public come, they see nothing to shout over, do not enjoy religion, 'and nd of course arc fit subjects for the devil o strike a trade with.. Now, wc must not be understood as being opposed to shout ing, when it results from principle, and properly accords with the three unities, " time, place find action." Put what we mean to say is, that religious'prineipb is much Letter than mere feeling, which pro- unces shoutinrr. and citc-n notbing else. the sackcloth of genuine5 repentance, and lepra us her first lesson that "God is a spirit and must be worshiped in spirit and 111 tm'n. - S? C I -- , n . . . ' i 1. 1, For the Advocate, i ry nnd lamting, and make puie oiny Iictiersto the Soldiers. j its own overflow, it is life the quiet Iy Dear Puiekds : That noble chris-1 meadow rill, fringed all along with flow tian hero, Stonewall Jackson, conversing j Grs, yet concealed by the very exuberance about religion, remarked " When a man of beauty and verdure itself doth nourish, sees that anything is the best he csn do, j I cannot understand why he does not uo ; itrimnibd lately." And surely 'it is aston-1 ishing that a being so devoted to his own j interest as man. should kno-nfrlv and i who was ery anxioti f Itt or.t r-nnll'ftr-j- tr nrViif h; ic rnn ! o'ViPVPd to find that all till 1.1 V tJLVjiJ V-' v- -- - f 1 -if V 11 lJ. . 1 A-l A.J V- I - l et i Christfha Inconsistency. . 1 . 1 l n ease. once. 0;l an inaiv iauai once, 0;j :ioui, bu f were gone. one day I was her convictions I asked her ! what she had She told me she had been crossed his mind was, Had you secured that scat where would you now have been? IxiilELL, was the spontaneous feeling in his' heart, and the Answ er of his conscience. Msrk':JJie result : the man was led imme diately to devote himself, with such tal eujs and opportunities as few men have hail to devote, to the advancement oi the r-'niso of Christ in Europe, Prance, c.-pec- ; " ai 1 tLou.-anu: ! vinccd is his most v rectum interest. , . n 1 I 1 . t 1 1 ,0 V .-,ti .lnillfl' y-.i . i. . l i:.,, r..M, ii tii':,,i -.i i-vtt --m crk Ennir nc vfm f"iui. i?-iii vi J 1 1 1 t iiii,. .t 1. a bia o n S' r.f In sinr-prcst I spending the afternoon at sueh a place, these perilous ume-3 wouicu ia iw ; w a-wmc a ou .uu vi .ip rj;;Ar, nnt -r 1 1 4 1 .1 i 1 -.j.-.-,.i I oci.- ntinnrp riTHH 1 L'SMjia ti ici.ivu, " - - - - . , Wliat cm you or 1, or nacn love lor tne soui you aic uesuiu, , . : , v ' . ! v m!. cdd. He still lives, and lus s . is it petter to oe a , Lmuiuf, ; ...n.... .?,.m,,rvl wavs. rnd SI OI DOWCr. V iiitl 'iU VUU.Ui x, vi !;acu I v v ivi i-nv ovt" j oj v 1 . - - i i 1 i. ? ' Tr. " lfn tn and every earnest christian ao io7aru es- you wiiy ij mis. h toilihinfr linr glorious tinciples ? Sure- sinner than a christian ? Is anxiety ly by a careful exam' nation of our own fear of eternal death better than sweet hearts and at the foot of oar blessed He- peace, and the assurance that ypu aresaie ,iDn,,A nrr,-R having them filkid with i forever? Is it better to live with a sense 0Z Z T:X pe Je d joy which o words can i of cndemr.ation pressing upoa your heart, d ibg Zw tuVU I, iM flow oat in .otive and U.e tW of C0Bsmer.ee ioilv. Through bis intiuence, tuou.-anas and tens of thousands of Bibles, Te.ta mAits, and tracts, were scattered over the ccOitry, an(i tbe ncaTt ,,f 1,i:,uy oi tlic de" .Ani1nnt of the perccutsi Wametived v 1 and i victions to spend an altercon with pro fessors of religion. But they were trilling and vain, and thus her convictions were lost. And no doubt these professors ot re ligion, by their folly, deseed a ecu!, for 4iai- finrivietions did not 7 lP ix.fc 4 hcgives direction to eome of our moi infrcrtant benevolen'- a.eociatioi:s. Say, thya, ye that deny a VorCruJr Wt dtrnce,. it by chanc; that he was hin dered on his journey? i 0
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 19, 1863, edition 1
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