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SCOPAL METHODIST. Tin VP PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF METHODISf JN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA i i a i . u i c; n , :x. c, februaey 12, ibcjs. ISO. 4:. Vol. I L. CaliiortBi: IsV l:t:-li l K WAS It has been my purpose, since my late visit to the Pacific Coast, to write out my impivssions in regard to the Sl ates of California and Oregon. This I expected to have done at an earlier day; but on reaching Kentucky, my native State, I found myself without a home, having sotu my lesiuemt w iuv residence to J ch ar my way hr t be t rip. i I trip. . ii 'i;m' : ... iu-(f "iio e.e'. rd "t--ami,' 'I ? attended Pne s ue of a house i thought pretty well adapted b mi-; 1 pnrehas- ed it, ami nave since lvmoteu io n.- i t. The VH i-nlexities in vol v ed in breaking ui an old establishment and entering upon a new one, a man so little ac customed to the business routine of life as mself. 1 found to be very con- ii i 1 suier able, and retarding to all otner concerns: bnt by patient endurance I am now through with the job and ready for something else What i have said and written in re oavd to California heretofore, I doubt not ha iven the puohe tne idea mar i am very wed pi trv on man v ace: el! pleased with that coun- nui seme ii wimu I will repeat in t , communication, tiro is tha The first 1 shall m . t i This, with me, charm of the marked to me m the count ry wit. The tenil.-.-v.e.ii. Tii .,'ieat master- irv. friend re '.liifornia, This is ife i enjoyed." ' t-very day is such as to give a s-. :i:ie "i p!e-ure. i nf Ivivh ir nndevoto' n't that would the cli- ,nl0 oil filUce. Par from it Tn ILilll V A - ' this country yon change your climate in shorter distances than in any I ev er knew. This is owiug mainly to the positi m of f he coast, and to the the bay, and the ouuiry, to the sea mountain ranges of various arms of the tin- V Til t't tUi: bay, ?vb,--:h.n.brv country. Pi; whih riety in the climate, -val fact about ii, il hind, lut rarely v.i snH.rv hours, tha'. th is ';ir va- is this g n Dii the one still, hot, ,-casionally ( ilifornia, a i' tii oa 111CL ti:iv... -i . 1 ?n tli Sirtti'S. ; as. in we call th- Atlantic States ami those of the Mississippi al.ey, ) lor olmnit nlwavs lin 'tv or less o there is f breeze 4. . i;4V fi, . n.i.jisit v of the li,'a and dye coolne to (he hours ot the night. Ifpiiee i; is coiisi Tldefed one ot t be tl- U'-st sleeping comiines A sea-captain remarked ii.it filllv a '!'ood sleep!!!; -; of tile world.---,1 to me, "It is eouutrv; but i affords more tim i' h- sieeping than th most o r oti i-r mill r this climite makes n v.. fn st country to work in, ow in; to th refreshing ; winds. And it m u not to som- that you h avt bje 11 particnlai h m l.li3 farcimg ileparii !,v You !' 1 'oat ;!'li; i I a lit 1 1 thro i i t--;s AorU to lire, an ,1 your stock is feed m 1er on the grovvio Old the forihcoai:! country. Of th- several species, an d l,le. I dy to appre ,A tile '.vin--.' wild tats, vers of the there are iVel'S. liv-y a: e all v.ihia cl.lTe I us climate, 4 S tO- if mutt enioVci for som months etliev. The ciiuiiit' !' S in Fr.tncisc is siu- .-n -iv ii 'i in.; tn- ui - -. July and August are months of the year. : m i nld wind thai c oiii'-s , , , l--."t ' . ' '? !: 'U!'" H i.nouyu tne t ili1 ;'id i.es-vades the City Mid the bay generally; bnt ..wing to cfnnlio-'iilv to tiie Gate, tl a city siu -i v vii r - t ievs nr'ire th in oiicr ... points, this: wind is m n e vio if the day, "..;n visitations at ab -i oiitinuiii1 tli ' r lent in il'-hCi' th. it aii. a-part .!.r mger out 11 o'clock, and mamder ot tin dav. yl'"J' During these visitations a thick over i oat is a pleasant and necessary apptn dage. isetore leiiMii;.; :.e our,....,., mate, we in iy remaru, mat auomui -.fnlivdv is. the eonutiw north and that another tsouth of the bay is much warmer than This is a subject so copious marvelous in its character thai vPR.der must be : iti , ie i wi.n .geneiai remarks, and the writer L- c.aetul !it the baj. or tli9 country l.vmg eon-; Ktckv; that some 01 wl"ou : nevolence, regulated by the piincjs and devotion iu lH UOXTt. .v, tiOTOlwtothebay. Tlw : - i llsf a ' " i ' o( ! pvosirmg, au.UI.ere ,3 a d :Uter,ni? ; . ,.EM ar e rent. he ren.aius st,.a.Ha5t, unmoyal,le a! .WaUea ,u e.pla: ti,,. San Francisco al, Z, ong KW8 ot F.rSt-A greater amount won.,1 .,e , tZ KiS to exhaust the crcdouoe of the reader, j size and color I could not but feel It is pertinent that the curious should j the sentiment, "Paradise Regained. ! be exhorted to follow the example of 1 ii- - y-- - i Si,dn- I ine iueen in oaeu;i m ir.uu n, mon, go and see and hear for yourself, ! rt.v whether the half has been told ' you. The grain productions of this coun try are mainly wheat, oats, barley, and occasionally a little rye and corn. Corn, however, is bnt rarely cultiva ted. Certain localities near water courses, having a sandy soil, make the culture of corn a possibility where the yield is respectable. In other locali ties, where irrigation is practicable, ssmllv oultiva uin Liinxu. . !. . Wmino- community ren-! " . ,.' .i-i -i.r urn v lll'OtPV MiP Cllllllie O I I'.'.ur) v. i mij v . - - - - - - - substitute for corn. tk rl.l nfvhpa.t. In this country is generally estimated at about from j ... , .. i Li. in few i a instances esl have heard of a yield of DO bushels to the acre. This is, however, A ntbnian of oret- a rare sunwa. i tv large observation in California told i,Tif c oKnnrhmt are the m-oduc- lilt. LlltL L ov Vfc 1 - i Hons of that country, that one good season would yield enough to sustain the country for three years. Then the country had but a limited market t'ot her products. Soon after a brisk trade sprung up and emptied the then heav ily burdened depots of their surplus grain, by shipping it to the States, and so highly is this wheat and flour appreciated in the States, that the trade promises to continue. All the available shipping at San Francisco was monopolized for this trade, so that Oregon was cut off from partici pating in it. She will have to get up shipping of her own in self-defense.- T Ii iva nnt. learned what is the usual yield of barley; but more than wheat, I presume. And when there is a de mand for it, the farmer is richly Tepaid for his toil in raising it. Oats are mainly used as hay. They I are mowed before they are quite ripe. They are then boiled, as timothy is frequently done in this country. horses. They will subsist well upon oats without any thing else when not used hard. When put to hard service, they usually give them some barley to impart additional strength; but this I treatment is only given to such as are kept for regular service. The stock not used graze on the growing grasses and wild oats, and other volunteer trains of the country, while it is green, and then, when it is cured, upon the ground. wui innAa m.i to remark, that the 4 inn h-(.-j j vegetation of this country gets its 11 v stvled the rainy season, wlncn lasis iiom ! about the middle of November to the middle of May, and sometimes to June; or. at least, it gets such a start in its ! ii. ia,.,i ho TAin iiuinf moisture ! -i- ii... .v.,.1.,,,,1 r-oinlncts it to maturity. absence of rain or dew, soon dries up X 111 lv..iu V - - the grass and the stalks of the grain, until ev ery thing, save trees and some flour ishing weeds, seems utterly dried up and dead. From appearances you would readily suppose that the stock ' t Anfi.i. iiintjt suffer sadly. ... ,, . . -But you will presently perceive m. i J . . . , -I X., your sympathies are mispiacen. in stead of a decline in flesh, they are evidently fattening. The cause of l'ula l7t m- j o - - : cured upon ground and is excellent 1 food, and remains so until the rains of , , , and the 'i,: ihoi. ovpvv t, hinrr nas simi)i , : tilt' lH-.-ii-' - grass that may be left. The tact, then, that there is no rain during these ! mnnv months, is ii blessing to the ' country. When we speak of the rainy season, it is not to be supposed that . it rains all the time of this season. There are often pleasant days that in . -i i . 11 .--.-wl onpQin tervene between me mm-,, ..B the rains are often at night, and the succeeding day a pleasant one. The next products we shall notice 1UB l'1" j i . ; ave tVnits of the country ssat my appreciation I tell you, that it had You mav guess ; of these when had 1-1 l-OBATI till ' A and es ot the ricnesw. 0 0 i - - 1 UdCU dlU 1 ? 1 . 1 . ,n ft.ifn lilirdt Arl nlld piles of yellow looting pears, laigcif ' , . , . f'nliusc! iimv he oresented. jbilt ... soft,and tempting boxes oi piums not i f f fc A iuicy; apples, of every - ; i,1fv0 rl mpiimnris! npa.fi ies. veiiow ; j;10,1QmrlU.rtPflfi'ipq vellow : That this should have been forbidden ! llYiiit. :lt. that thllC WOllld have been a trying ease; but it was thou niayest freely oat, not. was "Of all a wel- ' come license. I considered it not tne time for self-denial, and soon realised the glory of the laud. This exhibition of fruits is a fail representation of the hind. The fruit is always abundant, and of greater va riety than I have seen in any other country. Again, it is mojfe perfect than that of any other country, save, in same part iculars, that of Oregon.- The curculio, the insect that deposits its Wgs m youi? truu and prod'AcesJ Ui 1 1 1 , t. ilestiovs it. is not in the i"- " - country. 1 did not hud a single in- (stance of tnut thus corrupted i - The grape is common to the whole cnntiti'v. But its tavorite c favorite climate and soil appears to be tne southern euu m ; j the State. More marvelous tilings are ; 1 said of the jrrape about Los Angelos , ... than any other portion ot which 1 I have heard. My modesty rather de- , clmes to repeat tne statements which have been made to me as to the niim- i who edits The $jertalor in San Fran ber of pounds a single bunch of grapes cisco, is generally well-posted as to the is said to weigh; suffice it to say that I wants of that Conference, and advises the statement places it above the teens, (the Presiding Elders of any available How far into the mountain regions i meu that may be on hand, the grape will flourish I am not in for- j The brethren are fasting and pray med; but a very cool summer seems ; ing that more laborers be sent into not friendly to the grape. There is in ' the promising fields before them. California the richest variety, not on- i sow, brethren of the laity, as well lv of crapes, but of fruits generally. i as of the ministry, if you wish a couu- And we may remark of vegetables, that they are larger and more perfect than we have found elsewhere. The cabbage, beets, Irish potatoes, onions, and squashes, are of unusual size and the finest flavor. lint time would fail me to tell of m... uAv,nrK mineral wealth of this country -so varied in kind, so abun - dant in quantity of the imposingly 'rami and sublime scenery of the country which a clear day presents. What think you of seeing objects dis tinct and well-defined at the distance Amidst scenes of this imposing char acter, I remarked to a traveling com panion, that if ideas derived from fa miliarity with sublime scenery make men eloquent, that man tl a1" could not be eloquent amid the upper wa ters of the Sacramento liiver, ought to , i i l lnl i ,.i.,i-.l .l,xi'ii (is unbearable. lut I. IU l llOlVTll I must pass these points of observa- tion and present the country as for the i field T.AT'.OKS OF THE M. E. CHl'KCH, SOUTH. ( )n this subject I would remark, that generally speaking, the st rength of our Church lies in the beautiful fertile val leys of this country. We have a re spectable hold upon some of the to.vns and cities, but not generally. The field, however, is widening and ripen ing before us in every department. Our Church has been denounced and vilified by churchtnm and politicians; bnt, through much tribulation, she held on in the even tenor of her way, taking no public notice of the politics of the emu try, which seem id so much to absorb the mind and feelings and to shape the policy of somi other Churches. This ecclesiastical inter meddling with the pilitieil question of the day, in the sober second-thought of the people, is now operating to the discredit of the intermeddling Church es; and the M. E. Church, South, is now rising in public approval for the course of conduct she wisely chose, and to which she firmly adhered. And, moreover, the receut powerful politi cal revolution that has taken place in that. State is largely multiplying the friends of our Church, and those who i,,i svini-iathized with us. now - Mni nf rmv mm- nnrl aniiui tuen imi""" " -------- - x 1 , . in-otlrishin for our cause. ! The great want of the Pacific Con- en,.mmt I-.-. ia m.i tniiv or live men ' ; . 4.t, nll..i oHtimmPiits! find ot rmve Ul LU.1C111..-1 ttiiu , i godly zeal, to fill the principal stations I of the Conference, and help on m the ! educational projects of the Conference ; 1"!- 1 ; .,-..,.1 . iioci tit vnnnn' o , wide fields oi ":; qw aiiu i that apostolic stamp who would pie- fer to make a work and sustain it, rather than build upon other men s foundations. We are not disposed to sav to men who would enter these fields, ripened to the harvest, that you will find no difficulties. I would rath er assure you that yon will; but not so formidable as those before have met and overcome. I know that there are those men who would say, in the lan guage of the Apostle Paul, "none of these things move me." I would say to such brethren as may be disposed to go to this country, that the southern end of the State, from Los Ange""' " ' Kaxiaie hundreds of,milev4 ""-;)m that ty of laborers. It would, however, be the wiser policy for those inclined to go, to be in the country by the meet ing of the next Pacific Conference, which the Conference desires should ne neui aooui iu u.m, v.w- ber next, nowever, snoum uuy to go sooner, they can report themselves to the Presiding Elders, who it is t.lipjii nrobable. mav be able to uive work immediately. Dr. i i Fitzgerald, trv that you can enjoy in quietude and ; peace, and where you may live smut ! ten or fifteen years longer than in : niany other countries, where you may ; j0 good and get good, go to California or to Oregon, about which country I ; have much to say, and which I hope I soon to communicate to the family of ! Advocates. The ttiitj of Every Osie to give ' Something. Actsxi. r2i). Then the disciples, eve ry man according to his ability, deter mined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea. 1 Cor. xvi. 2. Let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath pros pered him. J.. l01 IX. l,o. Xjveiy man nu.ui -'v-1' j , . , I,....,.! ! ding as ne purposeiu in ms m-an, ! let ui' giv uot grudgingly, or ot ne Icessitv; for God loveth a cheerful giv i ! er. Is. xxxii. 8 The liberal deviseth liberal things. Mark xii. 4144. And many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites; which make a far thing. And he saith unto them, All they did cast in of their abundance, but she of her want, did cast in all that she had, even all her living. 2 Cor. xvii. 8. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted accord-in"- to what a man hath and not accor-ding- to what he hath not. Y. The disposition to give freely is mentioned as an evidence of grace, and the want of that disposition ren ders a person's piety suspicions . Matt. xxtv. 45. Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of the least of these, ye did it not unto me. Rom. xii. 13. Distributing to the necessity-of the '2 Cor. viii. 1. 2. 3. The grace of j Gq kotowed on the churches of Mac edonia; how that their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liber ality. For their power I bear record, yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves. 2 Cor. viii. 7, 8, 24. Therefore, as ye abound in everything, in faith, &c, see that ye abound in this grace also. , , - ,i -Li I speak to prove the sincerity ot your love Wherefore show ve to them, l0V .A... ,,.,...i.., r . and oeioie luc cuun..Co, ; yQUr aUtl of j behalf. , .. our boasting on j advantages of systematic be o-ive w ho "now cast nothing into the of it, T,nv.l IWwI.n.Huv :lICrtai"-' " . . we .. -vnt.l iivntioliltr inrvi'isi tlico" nf!e ""V" 1 . ' ive would probably increa: 0.c contributions, ioi, Secondly It would cost less self - de - nial. To contribute a smaU sum each week, is much easier than to pay the whole sum at the end of the year. Araiu they who contribute at short stated intervals, acquire a habit of giv ing, and this renders their alms-giving a pleasure. Thirdly Our benevolent societies would know how to make their calcu- atious in respect to income. There would be no variations in their receipts, except such as arise from the changes in our country's prosperity and the mblic regards for religious objects. But as the population and wealth of he nation are regularly increasL and light alitft.v are sp system of benevolence, there " x steadv increase of the income expenditure of our benevolent socie ties. Fourthly -The expense and toil of i , i i. a- l. agencies wouni oe miicu uuunu.-ui- ed. Fifthly It would increase the inter est of the churches in the great cause of salvation. Whatever objects men mtronize, they will feel an interest in; they will inquire after their prosperity and watch their progress. Thus a system of more extended and frequent contributions to the spread of the gos pel will excite a spirit of investigation. Christians will desire to know what is doing in the world for the cause of re li"io!i, and what plans can be devised to accelerate its progress. This will lead them to pray more for the king dom of Christ. Sixthly -Such a system of benevo lence would be a means ot grace. "Benevolence is holiness." Whatever increases the feeling of compassion for souls -dissolves the ties that bind the Christian's heart to this world, and leads him to lay up his treasures in heaven is a precious means of sanc- tification. Lastly Such a system of benevo lence, founded on Bible principles, and prosecuted with the spirit of nhrisdiaii chritv. would, if f?etiI tuaw uown tne blessing ot Uod oh our land. It would insure both temporal and spiritual favors. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse and prove me herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open the win dows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room to receive it," &c. Mai. iii. 10. "The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered him self." How has the revival of active benevolence, to send the gospel to the heathen, to spread the Bible, and to promote other departments of Christ's cause, within the last forty years, been followed by the rich effusion of the Holy Spirit! The increase of charity has been accompanied by an increas ing concern for the souls of the heath en, while we have labored and prayed for their conversion also. In propor tion as this has been the case, the Spir it of God has been poured out upon our land ; and in proportion as it shall yet be the case, will the rain of right ttr.iiarii-ftv: eoiltimie to dcSCClld, alld plants of holiness spring up "as wil lows by the water courses." The Slable Man. There are some streams that never fail in summer. However trying the drought may lie, however ma streams sink and wet weather d.-v i.'iH'rMe waters still and on, supplying the people a stock of the ajaceut country. S with the persevering Christain. He is stable in all his ways. During a revival, when the clouds of mercy pour out the waters of salvations, his heart swell with joy divine, and lie is ready fr every good work. You do not fino him in the agonies of repentance, but close beside the weeping penitent . i i .1 . .... l i.Kiunovt! iii hi.-j listen - ' lie lilieeiM, uuo niii'Y'-'" . ' 1 , trf.snt : 8 thew "'f W, ' ' Christ has du-d, my triend you nee,. , rni :.,l but not not die. j.ne irii"" ; of ( oil fj.om his bwu.t. Th, - . f ii.;,ii wimps. 1 here is les - ' f VAV;val iu the land, but no less love The sweetest word in our language ; 7 ,n ie-itest word in our IS 10' e. J lit- tr ' ' ' ; bumua-e is Cod. The word expres- ci1...vu.Kt time is now ; Tlthree makethe sweetest duty man j - i ua Woiaieu in India. Tin: Christian World gives the fol lowing graphic description of the con dition of women in India: " The laws of Hindu society delib erately aim at woman's degradation. There is no law or use affecting her sex which does not, in some way, serve to rivet more firmly the ehaias of her serfdqm. The whole system of social goveriiieut seems to have been intentionally so constructed as, by a Hytrin but sure process, to stitle vanish as well all intellectual eibilily. The do- only one in which she can movie, and here she is a slave, made so and kept so by religion and usage. If buoyancy or spirit and reedom from care characterize child- hood, then; she never knew enUd- mod. She received no welcome at -a her birth. From the time she could walk unassisted, and understand what was said to her, she was made to share her mother's house-hold cares, and was encouraged, by being taught to present prayers and offerings to the ods, to makeil her . ne solicitude to obtain a husband. II no husband came by the time she was ten years old, she submitted to the cere mony of marriage to a tree, that her parents might escape the shame of having it said that they Had a daughter still unmarried. Or, having been married to a human husband when she was only lite or six years of , i .... 1 " . 1 1 .1 i . r rf a'C, sin- conunuea in ine wtmsiuu. her mother's za nana for a brief period ione-er and then went to her husband's house, where she was at once inducted into the offiiee of slave to her mother-in-law. Made to do all the drndgery in the house! from morning tol night, nbnsed. Ml-tfcnteri. beaten, mWigned I, beaten, mWigneu die resignedlyA toils il she beeoites a toher husband, .si and suffers, until f I" I l SPllt'li'. la. mother. Her condition nfiu-euvr, , T(.s.fr- P lis BUlllLIHUtl! illU ljil!.el, llf sjlilld theless remains the ' im ,....(li,.v. in.1.iw' tvvaniOi. Ti when her niiither-in-law dies ti A hopes to gain freedom." ui"u ' . , - . t, lei w ( Viw IvinoS !' Conscience. Tliere anj live kinds of consciences on foot in the world: First, an ignorant conscience, which neither see.-j nor says any thing, nei ther beholdk the sins in a soul nor re proves theni. Secondly, the flattering conscience, whose special is worse than silence itself; whicli, though seeing sin, soothes men in the icommitting thereof. Thirdly,- the seared conscience, which has neither sight, speech, nor sense in men that are past feeling. Fourthly!, a wounded conscience, freighted tfith penitence for sin. The last and best is a quiet and clear conscience, pacified in Christ Je sus. Of these, tie fourth is in incom parably belter than the three former, so that a wise m m would not take a world to change with them. Yea, a wounded conscience is rather painful than sinful ; an al'tl icti n, no iff.-nse ; ami is in the ready way, at the next re nove, to be turned into a quiet con science. Thomas I'ldl' i: ;rtud)er.oiiiliuiMter is imsei iKA,, i. m cii.lmr In- how much our ullitti in . ' . - -4? warfare is more honorable. A faith mi reproof will get more loveand lion-u- at the la-it than a sinful and fawning lissimulation. Though Paul reproved he dissimulation of Peter, yet Peter praised the wisdom of Paul. A mm in have no worse enemy in the world rhana nattering and fawning minister, that dares not deal plainly with his conscience. We are in much more dan ger to wrong the souls of men by our "than by our salt -by our praises than by our reproofs. Bishop Rey nolds. Ameiiicvn- 1)i-:orees. The English fnd'OH'nd'-nf says, "that the Yankee degrees conferred on ministers iu England! are a pest, ami we devout ly wish the Americans would keep them at home, and not let them loose upon us. They make the wearers ridiculous, destroy the value of dis tinction fairly won, and bring learn ing itself into contempt." rr I her l only she
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