Newspapers / North Carolina Christian Advocate … / Jan. 10, 1865, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
4 A rn 8 1 VA I 5"C I I 2d i rl 1 1 ll is " A" S J . J! V V tt r 8. i" - ' - - - ' . OVO : A it . 1". A V . o 1:. V. . d;r- N ! a C. . M . Tor in to i- I :- s o' t" 7 .'- "iicv. ihtj 4 U 'Cvate. ice Yi v a f ci' the CVw,vf. 'w'' -'.unt, is ;;:i u-tuno rVc i li l-.O C::J i i i;s tV) county t:ic .'LI are so ci il i the fa snclaiioiH Oi tuc ontaous syir- "! 1 . ' ' " It 7. t'aat i 'll'.C. 1 l J .1 ill . iJiij men are broatrht 'aidH truth and to u rr ,-8 oi r iA ,-:rv'A do re- ioic Aral vre na .;, tl': h3:ir::i is a truci" a..l well kaovvn t ii;is liefer a:.: nanc-3 ta-i sj Js it- r " J WO t.01: o!i.":;t W, ;;y. It i,i a vi'uren a .t tin i (i-.es not cou.ite "j j. xureo that is ij i-et.i:ir-;c.i!uo t a iso loc o::ly. to oil-j-t a .-;s'ora, .-onc'e!'!iu,.;c tliai they "therein ! iii rcjoic V Is th;.f V.'iKit von kviv of a - T OuuroU ?U:-Va rJ-'. but to .;'-';;- i.-.',v vr mo a t i cy a ? roj-ilco. V! !. r- v fisteuey ? ' t?0 l.-i n c t;.Li c.-afra- clut -a . . jj.n ha vvUo3 "there "re few of hor n K ('!; ') ii' thnv is a f-'wro, one, who have laitl iui) tried iier ysiesa, who ib tK't earacsuy tr-ank.Uo-1 thar they ! . lllVO b j Ml i the w.ivs or i tra-:li aid Hie. We at least; faei taas in this res:-.ee "the Iira:3 Lav- fa 'ilea urJ.o us iu pieasaufc places."" Vv'hu J wo sicoivly cangrutu'ato fee ac c ui olblie-1 IMiroi on his conienuncnt w t a Ins C a a re 1 tad -y s ern we es and (as to txk.o raaay 01 Jii. own vrua tin spaer-i tf his and oar o.bscrv.-.ci&p) a few more r.uraer-.u; corps ofcqaalLy re liable wito.ejJ.c3 than his Church in our land nuoibors, fo pravc tlio cxcd'erice f that system which his .Caurch r-yotces ia but will not ro-ui-'-ui'in'c in tUG lb'is?o- pal Chureh are very many v.-ao are the living inona:aeais of the cfiieaey of revi vals. Oar ss'c u iiratfierod them irum the warld secured to them v.a.ler God a kn )Wiei-e oi p.iri;o i nun ta jajs oi religion. They love the system siii and whiii refreshing f-e i-io js cotee froai the presene'a of ta-s L avi, ihy fi.ock a ,-,aia to oar sa ioiaanos, and even j;o "r-eroad the bceasO crutOied by tneir Caarcav in par tic?natii ia t;.o fcup;y, iioactal scenes taut ree i l ti i: espousal to Heaven. Surely tere are r.o-c of t he.se "vho do not c,iao.,d7 thank od thavthey ha" c hrtcn nnrturcu an i tra'iuo.i Ov VI- vnl Scitom' in the w vs of ; ::u! a uij I i:l In ad'liti -a to th-:se i re the hundreds thousands in -'-- J 7 1 and Mechod:r:5 lire a fully 1 . , . e-'ar.jn.ea ia hi. 1 ;:r true :?3, and WilO ic; : as muflii -taai r. as repeat ' e lines oa vo pluee,,"' a. lailcn unto taeai 'i 1 p.easin the Editor ot tae inU:0:ufr.:t Oar wit- nosses are i -v jaore r: :a- r us. n 0 o joi to t he eloquent aost wao have spoken ia the midst of iivin-r j Sys a-d linal triumphs. Aga'u the Ed. tor i -fariass us that the char-ictenstie of the jnctfiod of training in his Church is its uiu'oraiity, that the experience of the wo- i i altrsts the wis dom of such a method, and thr.i, ihor who have made a 1 dr trial ot it have Wrnr-d to value 15 X 1 A., .,1 t-. iot tiljIi.V. JV "iiniibriimv" he ev dr, uy means xjie hir, fdven in stcr.d v r,-ed" f ..Tats of v their Jraver oae raye. Ilia la cation that " r.rf-.rinnre or tr.e v:oro .... A w-siioni ci fc.u ii a mrtaoo not t onlv needs proof, but wo think cannot be proved. The experience of the world haws that a system that is trcoiiucikd on all occasions bv caithborn forres mu-t n hor be destroy ed by the inevitable prcsiitw ot changing circura.stances, or must oftentimes display jr 3 insauic"er:cy or total iirpotcucv to meet tie exigencies whb h ;.risc. ITcnce the contracted ho-ders of the Eeise pal (jhureh ia oar land hrnr-e the jsore rap id growth of thoe Churches who while they have the noe. s-.uy lonas and observe them, at the fame time pcc--css the pow er to a laot then. solves to td e condition nd necessities of too;- whom they would j jve. -The Scriptures pvoseat the true j an S3 Church as a ra-jjes- sc p vor gotog iorth by the help of Gcd to the cor;qocst and Fuhjuirutiou of ti e w -rid to ihc f centre ot Ionoaauel. This ieVtuve- is preserved and '.signally d plavcd by thoso Churchea that adopt and court to if an cc the Revival linf I.-1 r.A consider the avowal that vc System while pructicrlJy, and in a gseac de-rce thcorttrieuby, it li ignored by the form fe'tcicd jbose-ioilisn efctabUshmcnt. hose who have made a lair trial of their rtf!?S,JSI?!GI FY A JOIJiT STOCK COflPAKY WWlJEK '2 1 ' .?CT'ig;--garialrg?Ba--j-ir3 ix-; rJii'-'" 5w sysieai navo i.uhiv. The ici''i; o. to vsh:e it most -.is asi-ure dy made Yo.t is is testimony." iu another cd;toniu m 1 s?mo number superior value of a books, ill fill!" l.iiova-ti and s ive ri;j 1 g oj ..wd r . ' -v ; I . C V ,v:;; t-1 in; lo . yr.-f' 1 .'.' td then , 7i) I I" : ' . -rr ,", .! ..., J if ,) (I I 1 of 0"oV I .s i it ' i ! -.. Of" ill :... ..V. Hit" tkf r r. ; :t iff i!l r.f..S r' (I r.. It a ll- .-, . . to hi- v.i tit'tn j'.'fn a ';.;? miifh ' 3 11- a ir ioi: '' UHlii ill i:i -a ) ,:."!( -O . O C lo se words beeau:-e they bv cot-1 radio-ory to what value of unvaving have ra!!.-'-.c.i arc i-o i--apt-a? -.c . isi :C'i ! !!y e;:ui-:I- locals ia r Mti'-.e. - ms. it V. 1 V h Io1 "'ehurc'o si'r-; bat. when ilO i ' : .! !i d"; t. hnst an fir'.i'Ou aot ui-.ii.cu. DOi t?-; object that 10he t ' i t a," vb" lt .r u "s--.: Lilly re es ns the -.rouble A. W. 31, it ?t va! 1 uc C; 1 J HO- 4 -i) i'utcs 'he O of arlher v. i i. i i lliC Ony a vumor ctien'.v'o fi-;ct n tiiat rne w. s ffr oaa Imv, yet, as we 1 a i b;,!! to one but lew why pWf rer.ta-t. ?a Tsat. tiecc: vew. liters v cj o . v fhe re- or v:u:-3 pro r of ves- .uouio.'e'i e : . ( - v'.-i tea to i-.5 -v. i' ;'. :. ; eee'- ! re :.3ii.-j wick tne ! si: - ;et:rn -urs iji e a c's our dear ohi e;1 to ":.! far a oi" v. 1 r-;y va:; wia.I to s"n: SiT oar eaehs i'al to ills mvini-es, g h ad 1 io 3ait.Ii- w!.;d whiel- L h.'.ve no tiwao ; CU V i.'aJlP.i did not ,..-',n.t , rhor ;:'';i!u anni ;0 reinf vecaa: e!s ai'rive i. 'J'.oe ilct again hi: eH"' ? a" 0 :0 o'clock o t fort i,''i-"iitot." "i'teo J on the Sabbath, and a cvMsia.cnc iirhis; 1 ilin renew reports 01' the. -jui.s cf-ulu t ncavu. by God's peoide wb'do ia their -accustomed a.i'X'.luaries, ii'.aairi to dise.ourses on the birth of lh Saviour. The lirir; eon tiaucd durin-the day, and hi th.e after- uo a a rooort wis ia eivetj'.ation tnat toe ei.e;; ari-eu vae 01 or men isrd capture .ao oi oar :ana - . no we ve i'etwceii tae h-'h ,nd the fjrt. SovcYal ciTyrts we ' bv T ht iii to take For er? "t aad were niide ; Visher, but t;,ey iiivn were ia fine. were reraleu. snirits i:id " foui,ht bravviy, and it ia said i .at the "Junior lie. t like tigers. M-ir.v o,V epva'?.s we; niiad, hu: ia c;.rea!a'aon . few oi G od's to estite tixe people who believe-i in praje? eontmueu to cat! v-7).n t!i:r Heaven iv t-utt.-er for 'nroteetiori," "help 'ho du?? them off," "to Kcattxr ilKm w.f n a w;ral, ' to never t:t their feet tsead t ;esire- of Wihning ton." The3 pri'-thaH c He red in fait fa avi, as t is morn- ilt oui co-MiiiCs are 'ported S3 haviDt 1 1 i 1 lat nvTu, ami ic and i.cMhrs tans o .r or nimipssa v -js have been jro, LtiV inoroefed by i'wh amra's in the mht. To (J. d's,ranie bo ait the .dory. h ! that ail wouid ;rbe the L vd tor His fjoodocs U the children of raen, and cs r e' i;div for the pre -rvaMou of our i03H?s. I toil yoi.my llvoiker, chance or luek has rno preserved vViloHujiton, or n aue the wind' to blew evcrv fsiue cur enc-mies hae Ot-en c; ee:e it w.s the :.lt i od an- sn'CiiO'f lae r-otni.".. i f li is people I ; here fore say that VV'oohig uupuiii .-.at 10 ft;"itv:or to oc6 loa-. tend to aive you a r 1 lcs-:o ii.i 10:1 vl tiie hut, nor the various rumors m cir- calai-ion, for the same reason tlat E do not mention the cfsai:ties, viz : that the cfiiciai dispatelo s &c, published in our town pny.ers have already been read by tho'-e who ava inicvosted, neither do 1 wish to convey the impression that the enemy has entirely disappeared,: given uo the job, and Wilmington secure. I think in all prohiibbby he as? search for aa l try a we?ker point, yet 1 h.;:ve great faith in bc'ieviog that God will I'vcservc-us. Iy object in this eramnoiyation is to call attention to God's goodness to the children of men, and to eneouraie His people tostiil put their trust in Him, and to pray lor the preservation of almost our only seaport, as well as for peace. J M. Dec. 2S'h' 1SGI. ray r is iie Faufily. Ho v many omit this duty ! How ma ny fail to use this holy pvlvilega ! "If," says liixter, "every door wa;s marked, where fa:r.ilie's do not, morning and even ing, earnestly sek the Lord in prayer, that his wrath might be poreo out upr; such prajerless ibnti lies, our towns would be as planes overthrown ty tne piaguo j the noire being uevl wiinia, ana tue mars: of juilgai?.ft without. I fet-.f where r.,10 hmisn -v.oihl escauo. ten would be marked out for death : and then th might teach their doors' to pray, 'Lord have mercy upon us,' because the people would not nray themselves There are some who omit this sacred duty froai sheer 'ungodliness. God is not in all their thoughts, and tney think, RALEIGH, N. 0., TUESDAY,' JANUARY "what profit is it to call upon the muse of the Lord?" Let us pray for idem that they may be given wisdom. J bit there are others who omit fiaiiiy pr.-yer from other motives; custom, tinddby. Jjct such weigh well the evils they en rob and the blessings they deny their families and' themselves, and they will oet h ug do .ay to cast aside thehr unworthy nrrivea, and to seek the beasfits which (od has prem ised to the families that call ttoori him. y Fi'om the Sout'iera Presl-ydriitu t.'UlllilUn5-Ml Wltil CiiMi. Communion with God implies fe'iow- ship with God. In order to have feiiovv ship with any person, there must ho o.-ge niality, between that person arid h rsr Ives. Haraiony of feeling is essent ia! fo friendly inrerooasv e. Adam, durin the: sliort pe riod ot his iiitioc-ftuce, ei-jojod !e!U hip with Gexl, because his heart bt in har mony with that of his 31 ak.tr ; he cr-j.yed eammutdon w th God, rot . n'y with t! 0 keen relish . f a being to whom every sij;ht and sound, every actio v-ei formed and every word sp ken, hr u ;ht the e'uarm oi n ovelty, stimulating, streugMi- ening, snd exj andiug the rowers oi liismtelhct and frame, ouiot njvhoala s i'elt tbo mora! and soc a', (juali'ics of his nature inlhimed into a-loration. Wi-h him, holiness, to learn and toprrodise, the evening hour and converge with God. were synonjiiioas rerms ! Rut we, his degenerate 'children, .ire. 'not what Adam was before tlio fall "Sin has enroled the world; and ven, designed to live in daily enjoyment if the l v.fiuite God, as fur as he could grasp them, has ree. ived a blight. If ihen" the gold has heeorae dbu and in'- the line gold is changeuf toe "sous oi Zion com i arable to fine gold arc-esteemed as earthen jatchers ; if "their visage is blacker than a coal ; less ? 3Iu,-;t a creature, made capable of appreciating the Most High and of hold ing converse with God, be eon-temrtd to vu rditioi- ? Is this noble "crcatu':o, in whase featutes are the UucaWnh- of h.;s Maker, so fearfully disinherited, that he must inevitably be shut out from (rod's preser.ee and forbidden to feel His love ? Must his tongue, his glory, be silent for ever or else used only in wails and ex ecrations ? , God forbid! "God so loved tlio world that Ho gave His only begotten Sen, that whosoever believeth in "Him should not perish, but have everlasting HiY" R-y the work of redemption, a way is not only opened hv which man may icturn toGfod, but be is ahso invited and commanded to embrace salvation and be restored to the favor and image of his Maker. Hear the tndar accents of a Saviour :"! have not called you servants but friends: greater love hath no man than this", that ho lay down h.irf life for his friends; 'ami 'notice His con duct, " having loved His own, He loved them to the end !" Ry faith in the Atonement T a P3 justified, and the invitation isextonded to me to re turn to fellowship with God ; but, " Oh. wretched man that I am ! who fhall de liver me from the body of this datli " Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean ? not one ! 'Of what, u e, then, is my justification? . If reivodo polluted from the presence ol tbo 3Iost Holy, as unfic to hold communion with Him. " Oli, wretche-l tat ! of docp .lesjair; J o see my Go.t reuiuve, And 6.x lay d-defiil .sfHiit-u where 1 cauuot taste His love." Rear not, O sin stricken soul ! " Ho who hath begun a good work in you, will carry it on to perfection " Restoration to the Divine hoae, by which man is qualified to enjoy fe!!ovv:".h:n with Godjis tho work ot the Holy Spirit's work as a sanctnier. is complementary to t hat or the Son a aRedeemer. Rotore cru cifixion. Jesus told His disciples, " It is ox,r,edieut for you that I go away ; fur, it I go not away the Uomtorter will not come unto you, but if I go I will send 11 in unto you. Ry tne Spirits agency we arc clfeefiu ally called, convinced ol our guilt, and de pravity, induced to embrace the Saviour, and to desire that being vitally united unto Him, we may "bring forth fruits meet for repentance." - The Spirit helps Our infirmities ; He suggests good thoughts and strengthens our resolutions ; He assists us in prayer ; give us .mental illumination, and assures us ot our acceptance vsith God, in short, He sides with the renewed soal in i's con flicts with" the worhl, the fie:-h and the davil," and enables it, "so come off more than coaquerur, through Him that hath 1 i lljV'J'l U.T. Restored to fellowship with God, through the Son and by tho Spirit, we should cultivate a cjromnj confonnUy to the Divine Image ; every man that Lath this hope in him, purificth, even as lie is pure-. We do not expect the ignorant young convert of yesterday to appreciate holiness and God, as did the agKl Raul, with bis highly sanctified heart and intellect, and his cxpaiience as a soldier of the cross - but we do expect that, " in proportion tu the measure of faith," tho-e who " have risen with Clirifit should seek those thing which are above and bet their affections on things above." Tho privilege atid capacity to have fcl worshipwith God on earth, will continue tj PaTBOKAGE OF TfclE NORTH CAKOLIXA C'OKJPFK tuT t.; -Srrr: ... 1 ,, ..... - , m - '-' 1U.m.:aw -MgnrrmamMmmjirrTMir- ard increase through eternity. "Nbto we see through' a glass darkly," when Moses prayed to behold the glory of God, hewa T:!y permittad to have a partial view of fi ha ; but ltfn face to face ; v.eio we know m prt, but thai shallwe know even as also we arc known." As long as we live in this world, we understand little of the ...odbc'ioA and love of God j stid, enough -lhovpcs of Him are caught by "Faith's illumined eve." to raise our aspirations to C's-vi-. n. Tliere we will behold the 'Kin ;r io His beauty, and casting our crowns at His feet, will join the white l'obed throng " from all nations and kindreds and people and tongues," and striking our harps will sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, saying, " Great and marvellous are Thy works. Lord God Almighty; just f-ud true are Thy ways, Thou King of We shall go no more out. Our eyes shali see and our ears shall hear, and we shall eiijoy " the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him." '(jod vvid wipe away all tears from our ayes tin-re shall be no more dcath,neither tor row nor crying, neither shall there be any mere pain ; former things are parsed away. " lie that overcometh shall inherit all things." To him thr:t overeoiueth will -Jesus grant to sit with Him on His throne, ovoc -as He also overcame, and is set in His Father's throne." ' 0, gl-110115 hour ! O bli'Pcd aboil e ! I sh id bo near anl Hko my God; And flesh and sin no more control v T!-e S:cred pleasures of my soul ! "ile which testifieth these things saith: surely I come quickiy ! Amen ! "Even so; come, Lord Jesus!" X. Y. Z. J?ffersMi, H'rbster, aud the Bible. Many ysars ago, I spent a Sabbath with Thomas Jefferson, at his residence in Yirgioia. It was., in the month of J'ano, and the weather was delightful. While engaged in discussing the beauties ' ftheRibie, the sound of a bell broke upon ear ears when, turning to the sage of the Msnticelle, I remarked, "How sweeily, how very sweetly ' sounds that Subb.ili bell." The distinguished states man s of a moment seemed lost in thought, and thej. leplied, "Yes, my dear Vvreb ster, ic inelts th.e l.-eart, it calms our paa sions and makes us boys again." Here I obseivecLjjbat man .was formed for re ligion's worship, and that notwithstanding all the saphbdry of Epicurus, Lucretius and Voltaire, the Scriptures stood upon a rock as firm, as immoveable as truth it self. Man, in his pnrer, loffier breath iig'urncd his mental eye towards im m a: iity, and that the poet only echoed th-i general sentiment of our nature, in raying that "the soul, seaure in her ex i sue c.e, smiles at the drawn dagger, and defies Its point." 3ir. Jefferson fully concurred in this opb-i-m, and observed that the tendency or t: American mind was in a difiercijt dirccU'B, a very diiferent direction; and that Sre?day schools- (he did not use our mora correct term, Sabbath,) presented the only legitimate means, under the Co'-'itutiop,- of avoiding the rock on whi-eh tho French Republic was wrecked. "Suikc," said he, "never uttered a more inn ovtant truth than when he exclaimed th;-fc 'religious education is the cheapest defcitee of nations.'" "Ilaikes," said Mr. Jefferson, "has done more for our co'-niry than the present generation will acknowledge; perhaps, when lam cold, he will ebtain his reward; -I hope so, earnestly hope so. I am considered by m; ay, Mr. Webster, to have little relig ion, but this is not the time to correct errors of this sort. . I havo always said, and always will say, that the studious perusal of this sacred volume will mako header citizens, better fathers, and better hosband?. Of the distinguished Ilaikes, In, was darum tt vencrahile nomen." I t,iok the liberty of saying that I found rnore pleasure in Hebrew jioetry than fhQ b"st productions of -Greece anil Rome. That the "harp upon the willows by the waters of Rabylon," had charms for me b-yend anything in the blind man of K no. I then turned to Jeremiah (there was a une 10110 01 tue oenptures oeiorc me, of 1458,) and read aloud some of the 0 :-t sublime passages, that used to de li'jhfc me on my father's knee. But I fear, my dear friend,. I shall tire you villi my prolix account of what a pleas ant, very pleasant Sabbathr I spent . in the company of one who has filled a very large space in our political and literary annals. Daniel Webster. ' t Fr run tie lancLester Guardian. Great. Works of the Age la Europe. -RAILWAY THROUGH THE ALrS. We are glad to learn that this scheme is'progressing, and that it is likely to be attended w;th a. success commensurate with the magnitude of the undertaking. There are at, present in Switzerland three gentlemen representing the board of di rectors ot the Central European Railway Company namely: Mr. Cave, sheriff of London and Middlesex; 3Ir. Walford, a director of the Finance Corporation, and Mr. J. W. Maclure, of Maneh ester. They vent out to inaugurate the commeacement of the work's. The object of the line, as is known, is to connect the lines running from Oatend o Rotterdam to Basle, with the Lombar dian and Italian systems, thereby short cing the overland route to India by about four nundicd miles, or sixty hours, making England independent of France, 10, I860. by affording a rail route through Rvdgiurn and Switzerland, ueu ral countries, iu the event of a European war. The b'v e to bo made will leave iho Lombardo-Vencdiau railway at Como.and 11111 tfy (Jhia-Tso, Lu gano and Refiaz ,110 to Riasea. Thcneo it will take cither the pa.-s of t he Saint G oth ard. or the Luukmauier l'ass, according to the decision of Hie Swhs federal -government. A letter from a member oi the deputation, dated thn JSh inst., sta'ea that on the previous day the deputation, with the local representatives of the com puny, Signer CuttacsS, an I others, visaed the works at Lugano, where they vore re ceived with salvos of artillery. Tho united bands of the canron of Ticiuo played ia front, of tho hotei where the de putation stayed, and the mayor, W:th the leading inhabitants, paid them compli mentary visits, prior to their interview with the government of the can oe. It was hoped that very shortly about t?n miles of the line would be oo-jsi for traffic. On the iMfh inst. tho deputation was to meet the Fodaral governoat at 3orn-?, whers they expected to learn wliat the govern m-rnt subvention would be. The line from Conn to R'as a n cstiro ded" to cost about a niiiib nand a ha;f, of w:dch about seven hundred and fifty Ihou-aud pounds is already issued and hold by Rri ti3n capitalists. TRAMWAY OX MOUNT CENI3. Newspaper readers liave at diffuvent times been informed of the proporal sub mitted by 31f. Fell, in eoocert with Messrs. I'Jrasscy and Jaokson, to the French and Italian governments, for hy ing down a tramway oa the present 3Io nit Cenis route, covering the same with wood en, iron and stone galleries, and working it by means of a new and lighter species of locomotive, so that, the dbdsneo be tween Susa and St. Michael, winch now takes ten, might bo safehjr an i regularly traversed in a period of from fou? to live hours. The firist seri.-s of thoo Mount Cenis locomotive experiments, Ibr pr a.lu cing a low engine cap xUo cf carrying a train of one hundred j-aasoneir,- with their luggage, over the mountain, havo had satisfactory results. - Tho trials have been roni'.e on an incline of one ia thirteen, (the 3Ieunt Cenis -being one in twelve. ) and the experiiTientil engine a new one, on Mr. Fell's . peculiar system, has taken up and down the en tiro loud preposseo1, while the break power for descending is most perfect. A gient number of practi cal and scientific m- n have been witness ing these locom'otivo experiiaccrs with much interest, and now a seond series of experiments is just being cnummeod viz : on a gradient cf twelve, and carve3! of thirty and fifty metres radi?;3 coin hin-yl, foir which a piece ot line is in pto-'V'ss f construction, the fucstltnilc of 3lo'uni Cenis. Au Important K ::i tr !iaicu tivo "The daeofiaie end of the world is satisfactorily fixed tor the yar It-t'S There is an ancient precicthu-., rcpiat-.; "by Nostrodemus iu has "Centuih. which says that when St. George haii oincjiy the Lord, when St. Mark fdaii r;o Him and St. John f hall a-ist at His "a-co:i ion, the end of the war hhail c me. I860, it will happen that Good V shall fallen St. Geor-e's day, E t;trr day on St. Mark's day, and iio'.y "? day, or Ascen-sion D.iy, v. ill :'so 1, Feast of St. John the. Rap:i:4 " We clip thi3 from an et h:ri;'e ior t-s of the ('ourier who may vi -.'i to In iuy : iii-: e:i 1- !' perve it for reference or h-vesti. It is known to all 3iit-;lig.nt 10. sed in prophetic lore ao t iotor that according to the n-heuios . ments of many expo bo; wide! iug otherwise, sor.ie imp prophecy is zh u to .-p,oi, a t s of there schemes the tins fi ; Mgua' devei q mo.nt, hko i ?n . -one of tho vi is or srab: of ; he A ranges from 1 SO 2 id iSOs. -The loom iog up of t'b; wo-- vi and its va-"t gn.w-h. a .-l it v.,.-:. ra : 0.0. - ' .... .ji i " V :i"'l!i'i-. ,1 oiil-r- i 0'; -c.'i . I :-'. ! 1 r ti 1 ty, so iar li y.oMt w i'.ac w O i ; 1 eitner 01 mo o-oi'gciuiit j fhoi first, year ol it, are attrac'ia increased attcnti-.n to the "United States in prop'o probable designs of 1 Nov mitting arid overruling mi A well-known citiy..-:i a. d d 1. Ci: og to,- ; !.'..- ; a 1 - ' a this State since an ear:;, has privately and to fVicrid belief that we- avo appro prophetic epoclis oi the of Daniel. It will do no harm to !.mg no a a eer. -5 - any scheme or propoit oa v, - a- Wi-a oi- rect any reader to the fhhle far the time, or with new at'cii'Ti tnd d tirt cli.t." - c 'i Y: i ill 1. :d s-rily, Ol I111I1U. .r tii:.--.; iii . . ' j- ders and students of the R.bla w with the rcspeet due to the n" equivocalordoubtfuts:pi'fieaoce d r i.-ph- ' ey p'ienee ot hi thoughts. It ecy before its full solution io i i f r: . ( ha b.-e-amo his master. It betrays his One of the accep'ed tes's and ea ioas ! e - crotio.,, breaks down his courage, con of prophecy is that it must ba r-i ci-.ai-ly q'l'trs his prudence. When suspicions decisive as to leave no doubt :-f ,r uhi ! unent, primary or secondary, an I y such a margin ef mterpretan-a ui as to leave human agency an i iei . a..i 1 !ty apparently free. To hundreds, if not the-u-'-.-ud. who will reaiTthese lines, it wid. ni uk r:ny difference -whatever whether the world ends in 1SGG or. not. "The t'tiinH tT t are revealed belong to us," mi ! m.-a-nr and mark out our duty a id destiny with sufficient clearness. TERMS: 910 for Six Mjntks, la A 4 van c A Foreign Kc!i," A French gentleman of ripe culture who, ja.-t beiore tlio outbreak of civil war spent several years in the United States for the purpose ol minutely observing and studying our institutions, in a recent piivide letter held the following language which was not iutoudod for publication, we trans! ate for coir reader, as contain ing the thoughts of an erdightuned for ei.pier qualified as well by his own famil iar L novvlodge of our country, as by his point of view to look no less iutelligenlly .than dispassionately on our struggle. He says: I am neutral between tho parties to your strife, and 1 tlfink that no good can pos.-iuly result from it except by means of mutual reconciliation. .If it is the cannon which has the last word, jou may have conquered subjects, but not political Confederates, ft ill lui-.s friends. Tho Un ioa in such a case would no longer bo anything but a be, for it cannot bo impos ed, it would bo freely assented to. And on another side of the question, the jiiacks trai sfoi.'sc I irdo freedom, present a problem which it ia r et easy to f-nlve. What shall vou do with tour mibioas ot persons, but yesterday slavish and d?grade, and to day the equals of the t fjcnicr masters? Tho prejudices of iae;,s (ti!l jo dcep ro-e-ted at tiie North, and much more tenacious t tho South, aro not to be extirpated in a day. You have proposed to yourselves terrible prob lems bef. ro knowing how you can solvo thw.ii. Your future, therefore, is" big witli difficulties, which, sooner or latur, must bring on a crisis and revolution, the nature of which no man can now faro see. May God pave your country from stiii more deplorable calamities !' You are no v paying dearly for long years of prosperity which you havo n without Duroens. I offer fervent prayer that you may soon f ee tho cud of it. I can truly add that, this is the wish of tho wholo of Earopa; for, it you havo no personal rc-eoiioeiion j of revolutiouf., you roust ad mit that you are outstripping all other nations iu this bloody path, 011 which you have entered, and oyer which the wholo world mourns. Sa Int. A Woitl el Kvckiirii g!fie. We would add a lew encouraging word to the religious soldier. Keep up tht spirit of religion byreading tho word of (.od, by seif-rxiuinntiou, and by earnest v raver. If your Chaplain is called away ds nut ceglect tho regular prayer-maeting ; eoi.uo together and n.utuaily n?ourago o e a-iowher in the servicer!' Grd. Nev- r t3 ashamed of your religion, confess (duisi., not with cstenlation, but humbly, sincerely, jdadly, before any ifen, from the lowest, private-to theLighrafc General. Keep yourself irec from the vices of the camp. Nevr indulge io tsinful amusc mtiits to kill time ; if you o'o, sin will, in the en J., ki'l your goal. ' Rosolve that if (bid shall td'Hio your lifp, you will re turu tt) y. ur homo a pure and true man, nd if y u should fuil, you will fall as a Chri-lian pravii:g, " Lot d Jesus, receive j my spirit." l !0-i' !. cried toldior! take a few words ofjd.vdco .-m l warniog. You. are still rj ;5ie I. God liafl b:eldfd your head in u. iav hatth s. Wii.it ici ura have vou W. V Arc y.;u k,;u uu-ui'atiets, pro- i ..... :.. ... ' ..l . 1 o ..f. p.-'iiy kicked ( !, a - 1 ii. th i top. i .oi i;; -y I uext skirnddi r -:-: o iio-.v wui(i youappear ncuro ,J b o? Ah ! yo.v know you would :vo toeii gi your ruin to your own f.fji-.-i-t of f jl.titi' 11. W!ii! you read this, Vasotec to'-hange yi'tir life: begin 1 -, p 17. Tlieie i- Mirey for you. f ho ui"o' the" blingdom is before you, .-: ). a.i-l it .mVlsII be opened. SolJUr' i .ii. A ' iiliy-'.'.ifin-tMH, t!; l.i' r HiOJn ): uhlj twasai'es .r i- Air ch-tr wj- in cin. m r-, t ' .'. roi'liority uf c"neicQCi: it. , on u tiial fr u. dark s. ryirder. "The guilty op 01 own fcei4. It is d !: Iirr it fuehs an irre e to hb iiuj to itsdf. It 1 '.'iii :. t !. it. il-'i I ia! 1 a t ... in i. tn ' o'd -r i'a ge.iby poascaiim, and ,t r-. -'-at 'o 1 j wiih it. T' e hu ll -.v.; 'or; Tan I ldrtlie residence ;--.'o it :o iahuhilant. It fiuds ifcwlf y. 1 lip-i-i !.y a lornient which it floefl ;ri. d;-.- to ('od or it; an. A vul d v.ai r.g it, and it can ask no ;'hy c-r acsitAce, cither from hcav r e o tli. Tiie secret which 1113 mur er j a.- .;'. .' ean comes to pessfis him; ;Jo.o t?k0 r vi I spirit of which we read. 1 JO o. it ovcr-nuK's him, and leads him whither-nvor it will. He foels it beating at 1'. 'id, nsieg in his throat, and do- i"iniu!g disalo-uve. Hw thinks tho v.-aolo w" arid sees it in his facj, reads it io Irs eyes, and almo.-t hears iti workings i !1 !" v.- '.:v.nt bin to cmoarraes mm, vnd th-- ti'-d, o? circumstances to entangle hi.o, tbo in J secret struggles with still gi -valor v"(.loD"e to burat forth. It must b5 -or3-'.'; I it w'll he confo.-.sfld thr.re no i-.-jf ico. from confession but feuidue, and sjicid3 is confeinion." 1 S rrow comes poon cnoueh without de spondency; it "does a man no good to carry around a lightning rod to attract trouble.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 10, 1865, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75