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( the EPISCOPAL tv. Ji. T. Ill l)SO., niivcfiiig ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. I Hcv. Y. II. ( r.M(;i.M, !"m?:v!m I J A l.IIGH,Sr. C, AVEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1807. Love. Iiipe FuiGi. -. a v.-'; r,, '.um!v lhna c 'i v.aU : I. lit inV'Vl i!. r...v. . V All. 'I ..IV ; dl.-- 1 1 1 . : 1 i:i".v 1 0 .': 1 F.lltll ! a- t!i-' '.'.-' !:. !y vei iti'O- W.' i - ! i I . - '.rum tli- live 'aim. An.l pviin''-'1 I'"1" -.r:' '!::. '.) i!ii:.'-!ity liojif aii'l Y ;ro v. iiit it.- '...1 ..'.... .-u. I :-:h:v.-,. I ' . V. 'lM It i- T'.l ! : . i K ' w,-.-: r.'.!.!'-: en!'" ' '.'s" 'I itiN.-'.iT : '! '1j,;m; :v: Vli:il Si.mvc :ri:'.i e.i.-: i! i-.i a'.i w.d : ;i I M'i .-. ; u ; -t : .c.v'.i.-t ":, a :!:y : '. 1". ;.v.;i:. A- Hi :;. li-.i- Pi ; f i. ,u :i ta il. il he pulpit A St'l'lilOH. r.i-:v. f. v.". rsox. J.-.;i- -.'it'i i::o hi:u. Tu It. I-. I ill-' lllOii ; li "i i. " : ;vc I -a : 1 ) ..i;,-v !. li-,' d: !. uni vt-t lii.'U ! :cv j, .i..v.-.i."-J:ix x. 2j. This text tolls us f two kinds oi proof. The first is tlie viileneo of the bens-.'.-. "Thomas, because thou hast seen Me thou hast believed." The oth er is rli- evidence of the Spirit "Ble. seil ;.!! they that h ive not seen, an-1 yet Jisive believe. 1.' ; Let u:; scrutinize the external evi dence of Christ.- resurrection vdiieh thi)se v t scs fiirnisli. It i.s a two-fold c-viden '-j. The vriine.-s of tlie Apo .ile Thom-is, who v.as satisfied wiih iho proofs: the witness -of St. J'.-hn, who reeoivL- the circunistauce of his satis faction. Consider, first, the witness of 8t. J ii'u: try it bv n:linory rules. Hear- .; ond-b . no di-.. . evidence, which comts see !. is siT--pieions; but Jehu's is r. hv.-U'sav st-'rv. lie does not s:t that h' had heard the story from St. Tho:a-.s. -nv that years afterward-;, when the chvu instances had lost their exact, sharp outline, he had penned it down, when he was growing old, ar. 1 his mom ory uii'ht bo failing. John wis present the whole time. All the a- - j-tles were there; they all watched the result with eager interest. The e- uiditions made by Thomas, with -out 'Ahicli ho would not belie ve, had been m -.de before them all. They all heard him say that the demon strati' :i was complete; they all saw him b.ueh the wounds; and Sc. -John recorded what lie saw. Now, a scene like tlutt is one of those solemn ones in a man's life which cannot be forgot ten: it graves itself on the memory. A story told us by another may be unin tentionally altered or exaggerated in the repetition; but a spectacle like this, so strange and so solemn., could not be forgotten or misinterpreted. St. John could have made no mistake. Jsti:..it; next the worth of the witness of Thomas; try it by the ordinary rule of life. Evidence is worth little if it is the ev; donee of credulity. If you find a mn believing every new story, and ace- ting every fresh discovery, so-called, without seruriny, you may give him credit for sincerity; you cannot rest much upon his judgment; his testi mony cannot go for much. For ex ample, when St. Peter, after his escape from prison, knocked at "Mark's moth er's door, there went a maid to open it, who came back scared and startled with tuo tidings that she had seen his angel or spirit. Had sho gone about afterwards among the believers with that t i!e, that St. Peter was dead and rdive again, it would have been worth little. Her fears, her sex, her credu lity, all robbed her testimony of its worth. Now, the resurrection of Christ does not stand on such a footing. There was one man who dreaded the possi bility of delusion, however credulous the others might be. Ho resolved be forehand that only one proof should be decisive. He would not be conten ted with seeing Christ; that might be a dream it might be the vision of a disordered fancy. He would not lie sat isfied with the assurance of others. The evidenco of testimony which .he did reject was very strong. Ten of his most familiar friends, and certain women, gave in their separate and their united testimony; but agabist all tliut St. Thomas held out sceptical ly firm. They might have been deceiv ed ihemschi-s: they .iight have been trilling with him. The possibilities of mistake were innumerable; the tiem .mh;S of tne best men about wlii'.i they .ire hi- -edible. lie would tvu-' a thing so iuilni.cly imp..-rta'.it to noih-i-g but his own iUiubung hand. It might be some one personating his "Master. He v,t.atld put his hands into veal wounds, or eL-e hold it unproved. The .iih-gianeo which was given in si enthusiastically, "My Lord, and my v'iod," was gi en in after, and not be fore scrutiny. IL was the cant ions ver die' -f an .d'he'e i: d, ,uspieions most earnest, and most honest scep tic. Try the evid. nee next by character. ukmjsi-v tcLaracu r uamagesevitlenco. X'-w, the only eh-a-yo that was evtr heard against the Apostle John was that he 1- ,-ved a votld wldeii hated him. The character -.-f the Apostle Thomas i.-. that he was a man cautious in ret-. -iv-hi..-1 :.L-i:ei . and mo.-.' rigorous in ex acting s.aisiactoi-y proof, but ready to act upon his convictions, when once mad,, even to the death. Love eleva ted above the common love of Man, iu toe Olie, heroic eoU.s iehuovisli-.-ss and a !iU'.-i rare i:ite;i:M, r.i tue u.i-u, - -who dupe aches i Uat I e-'TiMloUy ? Once nicre, any pos.dbiiity ...J t crest ed motives will discredit c ie- .ce. Ask we ti;e motive of John or Thomas for this strange tale 'i John's reward. a long ami solitary banishment to the mines of Paimos. The gain and the bribe which tempted Thomas. a lonely pilgrimage to the far Last, and death at the last in India. Thee were strange motives to account for their persisting and glorying in the story of the resurrection to the last ! Starving their ,aiu. and m irtyrdom their price. Theexldeiic . to which Tlioiua.-. yield ed was the ei louee of the seuvc.s, touch, and si' ht. and hearing. Now. th:-feeling which arose from this ouet ing, and feeiLtg, and demons! r.-itio::, Christ pronounced to be faith : "Thom as, because thou hast seeii thou hast believed." There arc some Christian writer.; 2o tell n t"!ot. IIt. .'.: . -Ms u, produced by the intellect or the senses is not faith; but Christ says It is. Ob serve, then, it matters not how faith comes. whether through the in telieet, as in the ease of St. Thomas, or in the heart, as in the case of St. John, or as the result of long education, as in the case of Hi. Peter. God has many ways of bringing diiiV-vt nt characters to faith ; but that blessed thing which the Bible :-alls fait li is a htnic of soul in which the things of God become glorious certainties. It was not faith which as sured Thomas that what stood before him was the Christ he had known; teat was sight. But it was Ldtli which from the visible enabled him to pierce up to the truth invisible: "My Lord, ami my God." And it was faith which enabled him. through ail life after, to venture everything on that conviction, and. live for One who had died for him. Itemark again this: The faith of Thomas was not mt rely satisfaction about a fact; it was trust in a Person. The admission of a fact, however sub lime, is not faith; we may believe that Christ is risen, yet not be nearer heav en. It is a Bible fact that Lazarus rose from the grave; but belief in Lazarus' resurrection dor s not 1 take the soul better than it was. Thomas passed on from the fact of the resurrection to the Person of tlie risen: "My Lord, and my God.." Trust in the risen Saviour that was the belief which saved his soul. And that is our salvation too. You may satisfy yourself about the eviden ces of the resurrection; you may bring in your verdict well, like a cautious and enlightened judge: you are then in possession of a fact, a most valuable and curious fact ; but faith of any sav ing worth you have not, unless from the fact you pass on, like Thomas, to cast the allegiance and homage of your soul, and the love of all your being, on Him whom Thomas worshipped. It is not belief about the Christ, but per sonal trust in the Christ of God, that saves the soul. There is another kind of evidence by which the Picsnrreetion becomes cer tain. Not the evidence of the senses, . but the e videj ice of tlie spirit: "Bless- ed are they that have not seen, and ! yet have believed." There are thou- j sands of Christians, who never exam- ined the evidences of the resurrection piece by piece; they are incapable of estimating it, if they did examine; tliey know nothing of the laws of evidence; they have had no experience in balan cing the Vidr.ti of testimony; they are nt ither lawyers nor philosophers; and. yet tin se simple Christians have receiv ed into their very souls the IJesurrec- i tiou of their Itedeemer, and look i'or ; ward to their own rising from the i grave ftith a trust as firm, as steady, i and as s.ioing, as if they had them i selve-sput their hands into li is wounds, i Th v have l-ever seen, Uuy know ; tiothi.rg oi prue-fs an .1 u ineies, yet : they In-licvc and are blessed. How is ! tnl' V I iv ; ty, there is an inward state of heart th tt makes truth credible the moment it i.s stated. It is credible to some men because of what they are. I ivois c-eoible to a bning heart; pu ritv is ere-V'-V t , p?u ndad: life is credible to a spirit in which dim vr beats siro-igly: it is incredible to other men. Deeause of that, such men be lieve. Of course, that inward state could not reveal a fact like the resur 1. live.; hut it can receive the fact the moment il is revealed, without reouir iug evidence. The love of St. -John himself never could dir.; over a r. .-ur- rcciion: nut it mane a reMU-r. eticn easily Lelievod, when the nam of intellect, hd. Thomas, found dihical ties. Tin. rci'ore, "with the heart man bclieveth unto ri.;htcon--m ,:-s; and ihevel'ore, "lie that beheelh t.-n the Son o.' God hat a the witness in nim sciiV' ami thtre-lorj -raiih is tlie sttb stance of things honed lor." Now, it is of Mich a slab -a state of love anil hope, which makes the Divine truth credible and natural at once that Je sus speaks: " Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." There are men in whom the resur icctien begun makes the resurrection credible. In i he m the spirit of the ris en Saviour works already; mid they have m ouut ed wit h Him from the grave. They have risen out of the darkness of J.i mot, and are expatiating in the bright ness and the sunshine of a Day in which God is ever Light. Their step is is fr s if the clay ol the septilthre h.-.d be.:-n sL :ken oil", and their hearts an.; lighter than those of other men. a i d ti; .-re is in them an unearthly tri umph which they are unable to ex press. They have risen above the nar-rowiio.r-) of lii'o and all that is pei ty, ami tin generous, and mean. They have risen above f.-ar, they have risen above self. In the Nov.- Testament that is called the spiritual resurrection, or being risen with Christ; and the man in whom all that is working lias got something more blessed tl mi external evidence to vest upon. lie has the wit ness in himself; he has not-seen mad yet he has believed; he believed in a rosarvectioji. because he lias the re sur rection in himself. The resurrection, in all its heavoulincss and unearthly elevation, has begun within his soul; and he knows, as clearly as if ho had demonstration, that it must be devel oped in an eternal life. Now, this is the higher and nobler kind of faith, a faith more blessed than that of Thomas. "Becau.- e hou hast seen Me, thou hast believed." There are times when we envy, as pos sessed of higher privileges, those who saw Christ in the flesh; we think that if we could have heard that calm voice, or seen that blessed presence, or touch ed those lacerated wounds in His sa cred flesh, all doubts would be set at rest forever. Therefore, these words must be our corrective. God has grant ed us the possibility of believing in a more trustful and more generous way than if wo saw. To believe, not be cause we are learned and can prove, but because there i a something hi us, even God's own Spirit, which makes us feci light as light, and truth as truth, that is the blessed faith.. Bh'sse h because it ear.-ies with it spiritual elevation of character. Nar row the prospects of man to this time- world, and it is impossible to escape the conclusions of the Epicurean sen sualist. If to-morrow wo die, let us eat and drink to-day. If we die the sinners's death, it becomes a matter of move, taste whether we shall live the sinner's life or not. But, if our exis tence is forever, then, plainly, that which is to be daily subdued and sub ordinated is the animal within us; that which is to be cherished is that which is likcst Go-.l within us, which wo have from Iliui, and whicli is the solo pledge of eternal being in r prnt-life. Hoxoiuity Degree. "We see it stated I in an exchange that the Female Uni i versify of Tennessee has conferred the 1 degree of Doctor of Divinity on the . junior editor of this paper, Bev. A. E. j Dickinson. "We are quite ftni'o that it : is an unbought, unsought and unex pected honor. -Sex. Ed. lleliyious IhrahL Always punish your children for wil fully disobeying you, but never punish in a passion. From il"'- aciiioiis m-raM- i"xint from tie Letters of Dr. .iiiHifs W. Ai: xaitrie-r. d Ldil'ii'K. TLo letters of Br. T.imes V". Alexandra whicli were pub lished in 1.SG0, have . horded me much instvitctiou and ei.Tertainnient. He was the distinguish) d son of an hon ored and venerated man, Br. Archi I .aid Alexander, for : long or time at the head of the Princeton Theological Seminary. The lat ter had the honor of hl: hie; t.ji the. coe'-y, 'tj tliC cllUfch, and to the world, vV" sons, who as writers, prea chers, lvifi.es anil scholars, have won renown, ve-n in Europe 1'ar oJU: rat nan ' "With the author of these letters I wet acquainted even from his boyhood; ,.nd with his broth er, Addison Alexander, still more re nowned as a lingv'st and a- biblicr.i critic at even an eaviier r.ge, when his father used to eivo him little .slip of paper marked, " cv', the sun, Liu tue moon, e-.c. as nis nrst iessons m La i in. In tuniimr over the two volumes of letters alluded to. I met with passages which I thought .could interest your readers, and as m ;st of them perhaps I have not access to -ho work, I will copy one letter entire, and a serai-) from another. The opinions of so eminent a man on men an 1 books are obliged to be interesting and influential: "New Yoi.K. March 15, 1855. " On Srmday I preached twice and spoke something at three other meetings. Soer tary Wilson gave us a truly awakening account of the Indian Missions the other night. The Life of the llcv. Andrew Broaddus has interested me highly. In my young days he was tlie star of the Baptist pnkoit in Virginia." Br. A.'s father wan then paste of a Presbyterian chin-e-h in Charl die county, Va." '' He was a great and good man, and a preacher of singular fascination. Dr. Jeter's 'Campbcdlism Examined,' is a. most aide book on that subject. extracts from his letters written on a visit to Virginia in ISoo, showing the comfortable condition ami the piety of the slaves on the plantations; but I want all the room you can afford inc for a letter on Spurgeon. Dr. A., on account of ill health took a voyage to Europe iu IS57, and thence wrote as follows : " Loxncx, Tune 20, 1857. " I havo heard the wonderful Spur- fjeon. I am told the effort was feeble for him. He has none oi those capti vating intonations we remember m Snmmernoid ami ot tiers. iNi-itnor should I judge him to have any pathos. His voice is incomparable, and perfect for immense power, sweetness and naturalness. His pronunciation is ad mirable, with the never failing English riif-irr, knooidetUic, wrauth for v:ralh -xe. Though very like his likenesses, he becomes almost handsome when animated. His gesture is sparing and crentleman-like. I delect no affecta tion. The tremendous virtue of his elocution is in outcry, sarcasm and menace; and his voice improves as it grows loui ler. I seriously tliink Jin: voice the great attraction. His prayers were concise and solemn a shade too motaphoric. His short exposition was so-sn, iu matter, but well delivered. Ho preceded his sermon by a shot at Lord Lyndhurst's late remarks on the obscene print bill, and said: ' II0I3'- well Street had at length found an ad vocatc in "Westminister Palace.' He requested the people in the gallery (there are three, one over the other,) not to lean forward. He said you can tell a Dissenter in church by his sitting down before the hymn was over. Du ring the sermon he described broken down preachers, spitting blood, going to the continent, and traveling at oth er people's expense. This diel not please me, for ' Who o"or fflt die Ii:iltov draw. With good opinion of ibo law V He told a very funny story of a minis ter with a rich wife. He was very se vere on the Establishment, and rather intimated that the gospel was very lit tle preached. In this part of the dis course he preached himself. Notwith standing all this, and his dreadful on slaught on written sermons, I think his work here a matter of the greatest thankfulness. Ho preaches a pure gospel in the most uncompromising manner, with directness, power and faithfulness; and he preaches it to hunelred3 of thousands, to beggars and to princes. I am at a loss to say what they come for. They seem to be led of God. All strangers go. Some of the nobility are always there. Church ministers i. e. of the Establishment abound in every assembly. I ought to have said there i.s nothing that sa vors of the rude or illiterate. Such ; building I would 1 eg a year to havo in Xew York for some Steutor. It is the beau-ideal, being the theatre of Surrey Gardens, where Juliien has his con certs. It will hohl ten thousand, sea ted. Every aisle and corner was filled by a dense mass of standing persons, numbering perhaps a thousand. The attention was unbroken. "What struck me was, the total absence of the ill- dressed classes. A person behind me pointed out actors, Waterloo oflieers, noblemen, tfcc ' Old Hundred" by aboiit ten thousand voices was really congregational singing, llis sermon was nicy minutes izek. xxxvi. ,5i on tlie connection of prayer with blessings. 1, Fact. 2, Beasons. The first head was admirable as scriptural, simp! chaste, direct, winnhm, ami full of Christ as one could wish only I won dered all the while whv ic drew the masses so. Then he beran to sun'tr with the terrible heat; said so; and evi dently lost his strength of body and mind. The application was common place, but his felicitous language arid glorious voice will carry along any thing. I am persuaded he seeks to save souls, and believe that he is as much blessed to that end as any man of our day. My childish recollections ed Earned represent him as much such a speaker. Spurgeon is a blended likeness of Prof. Atwater and Mr. Bar tine', the Methodist. His eyes aredis proportionally small. In many points of assurance, dogmatism, conceit and sarcasm, he reminds us of , to whom lie is greatly superior in gentle man-like bearing anil absence of nasal twang, while lie falls far below him in learning, original illustration, and I think inventive genius. But Spurgeon preacnes llio messed go.'r-el or tne grace of ( Sod." More from the same epaarter, n de sired.. W. II. Wilton, X. C. CfivcwpoitiUnr?, For the Episcopal Methodist. History of Methodism in Stock iiiii.iam, yv. ('. AiEssiis. jditoks: in looking over one of the old Church Books of this place, I came acioss the following brief history of the M. E. Church, in the village of Bocldngham, Biclimond County, N. C. which I thought might, perhaps prove of interest to some of your readers, at least in this section. Cannot some of our " old members, complete tiie mstory i it woulu cer tainly form an interesting chapter or two, in the history of our beloved Church: " We cannot ascertain the year when Methodism was first introduced into this community or village, nor the pre cise time when the fust Society was formed here; but, as the Pee Dee Cir cuit was formed in the year 17SG, and Bockingham was in the bounds of that Circuit, and about tliut time the Meth odist Preachers began to lift their war ning voices 111 Bockingham, against the powers of darkness to hoist the Flag of Redemption and Free Grace, ar.d to insist upon a present and full salvation, we presume that the first Society in our village, was formed about that year." Among the first Methodist Preach ers who preached in this place, was Bishop Asbury, "Whateote, J. Jenkins, G. Daugherty, Gamewell, Alien Hen- drix, Nelson, West, J. Russell, Shaw, "Warwick, C. G. Hill, Johnson, "W. M. Kennedy', J. Mooro, J. Boswell, J. Travis, J. Donnelly, J. II. Treadwell, E. Sinclair, Crawford, anil others, all of whom contributeel a share eJf labor, in their day and time, and assisted in forming the Society and establishing the Church in this place. The Society in this place, like Meth odism everywhere had to contend vulh persecution ami opposition, but the Lord was with them for good, and blessed and prospered the little Soci ety, and enabled them to triumph over the powers of elarkness ami supersti tion. The following are some of the names of the first Class-Leaders who had charge of the locality in our village. James Coleman, Martin Pickett, Wil liam Smith, Merrill Randall, Martin Crawford and Charles Robinson. About the year 1828, there was a gracious revival in this place, under the ministry of Groover, Culverhonse and "W. M. "Wightman. The old mem bers were stirred up and quickened, and sinners were powerfully awakened and happily converted to God. The Society was natch strengthened and increased in numbers. About fifty persons joined the Society fhi ; year (182S. The influence of ' this reviud was felt for years in the Society. In ls:2 a number of members were cut off for a want of conformity to the rules i'f the Church. However there are a goodly number, we trust, who are still faithful to their pledges, fe ill stri ving to make their "calling and elec tion sure," and at last gain an admit tance io that upper and belter world, whore " sins and sorrows cease, and troubles are no more." The Circuit was divided in the year 18o3, anil the upper end was called Rockingham Circuit. For the want of proper docamonf we are unable to give the names and dates of all of the Preachers, who have travelleel this Circuit from the begin ning, but we will do so, so far as we hive been furnished: l?s2S Vv ". M. Kennedy, 1'. E. , P. Groover, Citlvcrhouse and W. M. Vrightman. 1.S20 I. II. Robins- n, "W. Marsh and Humbert. ls:!U-lS:il-ls:J2 X. Taltey, P. V.., X. Lauev, B. Cai t rs and T. W. 1'dcCai!. "W. W. King. J. 31. Bradley an.l S. Boosman, D. Alien and V. "Wiutlev. 1.VK--X. Talley, P. E., J. "W. Towu send and J. L. Smith. 18:-Ji C. Belts, P. E., J. "WiUs nnd J. "W. Wedborn. 1,;:)5 A. liar.dcy, P. li, A. Me-Gor-paodale and 1 . "W. Walker. lS:i(;-18:i7-18:)S C. B.-its. P. E..".T. H. Bobrnson and T. S. Daniel. J. H Robinson and J. McMackiu, ('. S. Wal ker and P. A. M. "Williams. lK:iO-i8-10 -B. English, P. E., S. Huggins and W. C. Clark, . T. Har rison and "W. A. MeSwain. 1811-18121). Derrick, . E., A. Hayle, J. L. Patterson and A. li. Richardson. 181:1-1814 D. Derrick, P. E., J. B. Anthony and J. M. Vamliver, M. Pick ett and A. Hnckaby, Sup. Rockingham, 2s. C, June 12, 18(!7. J. SSet'ii:;'..? i i ('it .iitii. Oar census returns, tin -ugh very full mil particular on many point-, do not undertake to give the number or pro portion of pe rsons who are addicted to tlie habit ef slee'tiiim dr.rhm the public worship of Goel. It is known, how ever, to be very l.'.vgo, and it i thought by some to be increasing. Tlie practice is not confined to the un godly, Out is likewise louml among professors of religion, and even anion; the oflieers of the Church. There i hardly an association, or a county wnicn nas not at least one eiiuvoii in which there is at least one tie aeon who often sleeps in meeting. It has been t'.l Till 1 it sain, mdeeei. mat minis era ami . fr- tor.s of tlivinity have been tree a nel du g, if not napping; but this is pro bably an exaggeration. Or, if it is true of the last named class, they mav find some extenuation of their fault in tne natural and almost inevitable re action after the overstrained bodily and mental efforts by whicli they have pur chased to themselves this goed degree "Return unto thy- rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath elcalt bountifully with thee." There are various classes. There are cnn::i.i sleepers, who eloze away their time in church, because they have no love for the word of Goel, no interest in the preacher's message. There v.vc f t'!'-fi l sleepers, who have over-loaded their stomachs with food, not unelerstanding, perhaps, fir not conshhering, that on the day on which they do not work, neither should they eat as much as on other days. There are fovl air sleepers, who be come s-tupefied and fall asleep because they breathe a heavy, poi'nted a'mos-phoi-e, which has been breathed over and over by those fellow-worshippers and fellow-sleepers. There are rev sleepers, who are un willingly paying to nature the debt out of which they have been trying to cheat her, by working too much and sleeping too little. Ami finally, there are rmistii UiHona! sleepers, whose billions tendencies tyranize over them, especially in crowd cd and ill-ventilated churches, hi spite j of their resolves and e fforts. "What is the cure for this evil V Some treat it with solemn rebuke em the irreverence anel indece ncy of the practice. This may do i' -r the first kind; but it is not adapted to ill classes. Some resort to bitter ironv, or merry ridicule, hoping by these to j mtuice sleeper 10 open uu.ii vye aim . to menel their manners. e have neit much confidence in either of tliese remedies; and we think that the prea chers who use them sometimes profane the house of Goel quite as much as the sleepers themselves. The remedy fhouid be; adapted lo the peculiar type of the disease n some cases 'tts'tn'j would be more e lii- eacious 'man prater witnoiu mat ae- eompaniment. Light f joel in modcr-' a 1- both hi.dy and -o'd, and : cive lo th" spiritual cni 'hel'e.'icia! ch'ecl ed divine t Proper vent i 'at it -i: is a a t :.t -. lidote. 'Jhc iv!''lib"iii7 : 1 ... (he sh cping in church b. d v , . iteet.-, and building com. eio . , sexton... Tia wholesale di.-.t oh r drowsie.ess are more t blame than moderate diiitkt-rs of it; ist.. vi. io (be fault of lln: last i.. '.r , 0 ., . More sleep ami less Hmkv-'.dl : some to io't ji aw.de- id; h::; ' :' ought noL Lo labor so hard :. :.. days. They or.ghl to go i.-..d Saturday nights, ii tiny cai.md. either t ii.e.e with. a- ' , ami maidae; .-.aerii .- 1 '! ,'.;' be wilii to ;..!o ;-:.his a..,. '. I.-. riiices. I; is constiiidi' na tend U tin iv haolY g"'ie-. a suitable- i.ie lit It is -.j: an -: mietin-.v, an I that, among t written about it t!h a : ' ; m :, wtmd. r s said and many th.m it, more alls nil' are iias not been paid to t! :n Ncr;p tW" ( ir. moid t d it. 'A " have it io 11. X-w Tcslanu h;g at an ( v.- ning j ra;, 1, 1 .d. I Tie o." vr-mei tin n one of . Ic ping nn h an i iiniii a num. V, heji th dis'-ij'iesrf peaietlly led asleep in the pva v-nu eling in !'cth-semaiv-, .Too.-; use.l no harsh den mci;. Jion, no biiiag .-.arcasm, no provoking l idieaii-', but a'ndM a b.ioidl i' .v, a i. ih; re'bidvc, b-nd- r ex st ilia.' ien. .ycn a geiicro".:; ,. oyy. vl: n 'he yoj;.g man nt Tr-. a-; gof a .! ep 'lit-h r J'.nil s sermon, a nd fill from an nop r win dow, the apff-lh? did md ray, -'Gootl e-noit'di for him; lie i.-dghi have kept w...ko; h t tin m ;o and bury Id: 1 a ' oi.ni as they ph ase." No; h en: :d- 'ed tied the hour was late, ' luo the s-. rmon was Ion aotl pra'Ctl tin am I he went d w 11 young man to life ; gain, .and sent him "nd :o'.ay comfoitdl. The re i to be learned from (hese Wut' hnuiii a,i'l ,',' ii -. his l''.i.nds s something example-:. I Let any mam pass an evening m va cant idliness, or evt in Vfeli'-.g M.un 'illy tale, and comp ire- tii- .-.o h ,f hi ; ii.n l wh; n !. goes b sh-e'i :: get rp ne::t mora.ing, v.i'li its Gate- ...Mm t tit er day, when . has spefl a n-w i.f ai. :!i going thror.g'i the proof: , by .ho i.; and rear. oning, of some great doctrine; hi natural -ci'iice. learning trn.lii wholly new to h:m, and .aalisfying himself, by ca refill examination, e.t t!." grounds on which known frufh re-Is, so as; to be not only ac-juainted with the tloctrine:: of tliemselves, but able to show why lie believes them, and to prove be fore? e.-1 he-rs that they are hue; he will find a dim re nee as cm esi-t in the same being--the diidrt ne-c bo tween lookii-g b:iek iq.-on tmieiurprofit ably waste d, ami li.,,e f pent in hr-im-provemeid; he v. ill feci Iiimai lf, iu euic e-a.v listl. ss and d:. a di. iie.h - in the other, comfortable an-l l.'i'.py; in the one case', if ho did not a pear !" him self humble, at hast wid m thave earn ed any claim to his own respect ; in the oth"r caf e, lu: will enjoy a proud conscior.; mee.: of having, by his own exertion.':, become a wiser, and there fore a mora exalted nature. L nl I'ri'ii'jji'iin. A I o.i A. P.ev. T. v. P. Ih v-tone, r.Lu-!i- fn .1 t Ce ntr.-d Africr., this city at the meet- A. Reidaml f. 1 rais.-lonr.rie-- were p.rescnt in ing of the Foreign ?dissifm Hoard on Satunlay last Thelioard laninimfAu; ly decided to permit these bre thren to return to their work among the lif-ath-en. The hear!.-, r-f the se deveteil men are "m Afri:-:y. a-; they expressed.- They are wibim;- lo give their live s to this cause. Will not the Bap ids oi the South seek for more of thia spirit remuneration to Chris', a? d ;;:ve as the Lord prosper them f'-r the e-n:. ! version of the w-vh?-''. l' ''!'. J'AITIST M.M: ' .'.'IN' . To El J;"l I- Rev. T. "W. Te.bey, of Marion, Ala. writes: "Ie-xpeet to ho abse nt lroi.i ?d. rion during .July, August, ami Sep tember. 1 have reciivi tl an aj.jvsint- m.ait fifim the tdovtrnor of Alabama coiniu5f.siom.r to represent our St al( .d (h) p. jv,,,,.;,;,,,,. We are informed 'hat tlie following brethren will so s: emV.rk f -i favei--.e).l; Re v. G. Vf . Saiuson, D. !., Jo v. W. J). Thomas, B,v. J. L. M. 'n;v. Rev. T. Hume Huntington. ' u ! Ji'ev. .Mr. Sine c-iil e.i the ve-.tiy in Lynchburg, t. vacant by 11 " d ; ! as at . v 1 f St. i'aud; king the eh Ih of the 1 . -';-; vacant bv II." th Ih of tho -ie"-;t"i Mr. Kincle ate tcianlitv on 1
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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July 3, 1867, edition 1
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