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A L E I G H C II It I S T I A IN a u V U U A A is The 3Lristian Advocate- OFFICE Oorntr of Dawoa & Sargett Sts ' tiieorg an OF THB NOIiTH CAROLINA COFERF.NCE OP THB E. CIIUHC2T, M. SOUTH. SATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: FOR ONE YCAU, CASH ALWAYS IN ADVANltt, IX MOKTBt, If payment bo fletejed ill mootLe, l. t.6 All letters on business with thin i fRee sheuld be addressed to the Editor of the Christian Advocate. KALEIQH If. 0. FEBBUAEY 18, 1874. See the cross Ximark on'your paper. It is to remind you that your subscrip tion has expired, and that you should renew at 'once. Instructive and Doctrinal Preaching. Men may abuse and pervert the truth, but they must hare it in order to be saved. They may know a great deal better than they do, but they can not do well without knowledge. Sal vation is in and through the knowledge of truth. The preacher sometimes tells his hearers that they are already sufficiently informed, and that what is needed is, that they put the informa tion they have into practical operation. He acts upon this assumption of re ligious intelligence, and seeks to arouse and incite to immediate action, while no effort is made to instruct. There is, we admit, some foundation for this assumption, but it is often pressed too far. The golden mean. no doubt, lies practically in the union of the didactic and the hortatory The sermons of Christ are of this character, and the Apostles followed their Master in this respect as in every other. The men of power in the early days of Methodism, were not mere ex horters. Whitfield and the Wesleys often cxnonnded larcre portions of Scripture consecutively, and their reg ular sermons were full of doctrinal in struction. In the earlier days of Methodism. and even a few years back, our minis try was distinguished for its statement and defence of the doctrines of relig ion, and for its careful exhibition of the leading features of gospel truth. Vnrv little was taken for ffranted in those days, but arguments and Scrip tui-e references were set in array to overwhelm error and to establish '-the right ways of the Lord." There was a spice of controversy in the preaching of "the fathers," and a sharply mih tant and polemic spirit was often j. -a- manifested. It was likewise noted for particular and pungent application, and for the stirring exhortation which concluded every sermon. The nail, however, was driven before it was clinched, and the foundation was made sure before the walls and cornices were thought of. As a church, we are losing ground for the lack of doctrinal instruction. Thousands are being won from ns into other folds because they do not know the doctrines of our church. We do not preach enough on repentance, faith, regeneration, the office of the Holy Spirit, Baptism, the Holy Com munion, Apostolic succession the arguments against it. In a word, all the doctrines of our church, without attacking others, should be urged upon the people with practical force, j It ii always safe for the preacher to assume that his congregation is igno rant even where intelligence ought to be found. Religious ignorance is often the greatest where the general intelligence is of a superior order. The busy merchant, the profound jurist, the learned doctor, the refined aud cultivated lady of the world, and the planter of enterprise and educa tion, are not necessarily familiar with their Bibles. They need instruction in spiritual things as much as the most illiterate and obscure. It is a grievous error to suppose that because people live in these days of wonderful en lightenment and mental activity, sur rounded by the most startling discov eries and inventions, and smothered under the mountain piles of books and periodicals, which hourly teem from the press, that they are proportionate ly wise in the love of the gospel. Too much intelligence may be predicated of the various agencies which are at work in the diffusion of religious knowledge. These agencies are doing much to diminish the ignorance of the world, and to mitigate the gross dark ness which covers the people. But with our Bible Societies and Sunday schools in full operation, and with churches all around us, the amount of religious ignorance is astonishingly great. A close examination of the member ship of a church will reveal a great lack of accurate and thorough acquaint ance with the word of God, and the duties and obligations of our religious profession. Converted men must be instructed in the doctrines of the gos pel, and guided into the higher expe riences of the spiritual life, and what is sometimes set down to their indo lence and selfishness, ia the result of ignorance rather than perverseness. Instruction does not necessarily hin der revival influences. Jonathan Elwards affirms that he found doc trinal preaching the best to promote religious awakenings, and the same thing is shown in great and permanent reformations which have taken place. Neither Luther, nor the Wesleys would have accomplished anything without the clear and persistent ex hibition of divine trnta. Tunes of great interest are tne very best in WHICH W iUSU.lu.-fc. LHJ omuv"v. soul is peculiarly prepared to receive and apprehend sound doctrine. Ihe good ground is ready for the seed of the kingdom, and the sower casts his brc:ul upon the waters rather than upon the b-nren rock. To promote the work of revivals, there is need of ju dicious and godly tact, the wise im provement of favoring circumstances, and unction, praying, exhortation, and the power of sacred melody. But these, without instruction and doctri nal preaching, will fail of the highest and most lasting results. The mistaken and mischievous no tion that people are already sufficient ly instructed must be guarded against, while we aim to load them up to the practice of what they really know. Preaching is needed as well as exhor -tation. The "peoplo perish for lack of knowledge," and famish for the bread of life. With all possible incitements and excitements, the'gospel must be preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, "Because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge." Paul, the model New Testament preacher, preached Christ, "warning every man,and teach ing every man in all wisdom." The spiritual qualifications are paramount, all must be fused and aglow with the heavenly baptism. But without the aim or capacity to teach, the min istry will fail in the great commission to which it was called when the Mas ter commanded: "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; toaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." Bad Economy. We regret exceedingly that the Legislatnio amended that section of the revenue bill hi reference to theatres. As it fonncViy stood, there was a tax of slO per night, and 50 per ,month on all theatrical companies in this State. The amendment was offered by Mr. Waring of Mecklenburg, and strongly mtred bv him. Mr. Merrimon, of Buncombe, earnestly opposed the amendment, for which he has the thanks of all who love good govern ment, good' morals, and who desire to have the best interest of society pro tected and promoted. Instead of re ducing the tax, it should have been in creased five hundred per cent. Thea tres and circuses are among the great est evils of the day. They not only take out of the State thousands of dollars annually, but they corrupt the morals of the people. If any reduc tion in the taxes anywhere, why did they not make that deduction upon real estate, so that the farmers, the hardest worked, and the veiy best class of our citizens, might reap its benefits? We shall have more to say upon this subject hereafter. A Timely Letter. We call atten tion to the article on church finances to be found in another column. It is from the pen of one of our most in telligent laymen, whose long and faitliful services as a steward in the church adds weight and force to his views upon this important subject. We are glad our lay brethren are moving in this matter of church finan ces. We should be glad if they would ventilate the subject thoroughly through the columns of the Advocate. There is no question connected with the material growth and prosperity of our church, upon which our people need instruction more, than they do upon church finances. .Thousands have never thought rightly of the moral obligation resting upon them to support the Gospel, and they seem to care but little as to the Ways and means for carrying on the enterprises of the church, and of advancing her sacred interests. Good Success. Rev. B. B. Culbreth, agent for Trinity College, has about completed his canvass in this city. We are pleased to know that his suc cess has been good even better than he expected owing to the great scarcity of money. When Bro. Cul breth came to the city he was com paratively a stranger to our people. He has made many warm personal friends, as well as friends of the insti tution, since he came among us. It has been the pleasure of the congre gations both of Edenton and Person Street Churches to enjoy his pulpit ministrations, on several occasions during his stay with us. We heartily commend Bro. C. and the College he represents to all our people and the public generally. We are indebted to Revs.L. L. Hen dren, G. W. Ivy, Ira T. Wyche, H. H. Gibbons, E. W. Thompson, P. J. Car raway, B. C. Phillips, Jas. Mahoney, J, A. Cunninggim, and others whose names we cannot now call to mind, for recent handsome lists of subscribers and renewals. We hope soon to hear from all the brethren. We are en couraged in the belief that our list will be increased during the present month beyond that of the past. " Rev. W. N. Conoley, who was ap pointed at the late session of our Con ference, to thecharge of Fifth St Church Wilmington, writes that he has made a good beginning, and that he is labor ing faitnraUy to bring together the scattered fold. We trust he may have good success, and that the church un der Ids charge may abundantly pros per. Rev. J. T. Harris, in charge of Hillsboro Station, writes encouraging ly of his work, and has many pleasant j things to say of the kind people in hi charge. The Reform Movement. The Reform movement of Bishop Cummins seems to be "'gathering strength much more rapidly'than even its sympathisers looked for. In-St. Louis and Louisville, strong organi zations are being formed. In many other localities there are evident indi cations of restlessness among Episco palians, and thousands are only wait ing to see the full establishment of the move before they fall into line. It is believed thnt some, who are tired of the hih-church notions, forms and ritual istic views of the Protestant Episco pal Church will come over to the Methodist Church. Let tliis be as it may, we tnmii me reiorni movement will result in good tothe cause of ehris tianity. Nothing has transpired to i fin give sucn an impetus to tne reiorm movement, as the withdrawal of Rov. J. A. Latane, of Wheeling, Va., from the Protestant Episcopal Church. He is a ripe4scholar, and an able minister. His letter of withdrawal addressed to Bishop Johns is written with great clearness and force. The reasons as signed for leaving the church are un answerable. But for the length of the letter we should publish it in full. The reasons may be bricily'summcd up as follows: (1 ) The division of the church into High and Low Church parties, which make of it an army with two banners. Justification by faith and justification by the sacraments are dog mas which mutually exclude each other. (,2)The countenance given by the pi ayer book to unscriptural doc trines, such as baptismal regeneration, the real presence, and the priestly character of the ministry. (3) The impossibility of seeming a suitable re vision of the prayer-book. (4) As a consequence, the attitude of the Epis copal Church toward other Protestant Churches. Holding these views he could not remain in the church with out doing violence to his conscience. The following from the Wheeling Ia telligencer explains the action of the vestry of that city, upon receiving the letter of resignation from Mr. Latane: "The acceptance of the resignation does not, we infer, cany with it any expression of opinion whatever on the part of the Vestry touching Mr. La tane's views. As to those views, we but state what is probably generally understood among those who are best posted on the subject when we express the opinion that the majority of the Vestry hold views in sympathy with Mr. Latane Still, inasmuch as Mr. Latane has actually and formally with drawn from the Episcopal Church, the Vestry could not, without also with drawing front its organization, as it were, continue liim as their pastor. There was no doubt, all the more unanimity in deciding to accept his resignation from the fact that a Dio cesan Council will be held in Virginia next fall, at which it is possible some important steps will be taken by the whole body of the Virginia Church on the issues raised by Sir. Latane's let ter. Prior to the meeting of this Council there would naturally be a re luctance to take any steps that might embarrass its action, especially by those who hope and anticipate that its action will be such as to substantially endorse the views of Mr. Latane. If we understand the positions of both the Bishops of this Diocese and also that of the Church organ, it is that they still regard Mr. Latane as canon ically qualified to discharge the duties of an Episcopal minister for six months to come. In other words, they do not choose to throw the great influence of their positions against him, but rath er in favor of him. This, we presume, is ail tliat tnev could do were tneu" views expressed word for word in Mr. Latane's letter: St Matthew's Chuech, ") Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 16, 1874. j Gentlemen of the Vestry, You have been called together in order that I might lay before you this my resigna tion of the rectorship of St. Matthew's church- The circumstances under which it is presented are explained in the accompanying paper meaning the letter to Bishop Johns, in which I have stated at length my reasons for withdrawing from the Protestant Epis copal Church. In this official communication I will not undertake to give expression to the feelings of regret with which I look forward to separating, under such circumstances, from a people who have laid me and mine under so many obli gations. And it only remains for me to assure you of my grateful remem brance of the friendly relations which have happily characterized all our in- tercouse as a V estry, of my kindest regards for every member of your body personalty, and of my fervent prayer that God will so guide iou of-- finally in the trying and responsible position in which my resignation will place you, that all your actions may be for Mis glory, and for the happiness and peace, here and hereafter, of the people of St. Matthew's. Very respectfully and truly yours, &c, J. A. Latane. As we have said, the Vestiy, at their meeting on Saturday, took up this let ter for further consideration, and de cided to accept the resignation therein tendered, which they did by passing the following resolution: Besolved, That Mr. Latane having renounced the ministry of the Pro testant Episcopal Church, we are most reluctantly constrained hereby to ac cept his resignation of the rectorship ot St. Matthew s parish. In thus sev ering our relations to the late beloved rector, we bear testimony to his fidel ity and ability in the discharge of all his duties and pray that the richest blessings may attend his family to the end of life. A worthy brother desires to know if the cross mark is upon his paper every week because he is so ugly. Certainly .-rail I 1 a not. li tins were tne cause ot cross marks, we should be forced to the con viction that thero are a great many ugly people in North Carolina, which is really not the case. The subscri bers of the Advocate are all pretty as far as we know. One in about every twenty-five of the native converts of China is said to be a preacher. Sunday Schools. The Western MethodisC has""a well written article upon Sunday Schools, in which it is insisted that our Sunday Schools should be under the control of the church. The following is an ex tract from the article: Memorials to the General Confer ence, in favor of a law directing that Sunday school superintendents be el ected by the quarterly conference up on the nomination of the preacher in charge, may be instanced as an evi dence of an increasing if not prevailing sentiment in regard to this great and vital matter. Not only in our Church, but in others also, Christians are ta king a right view, and some are al ready much in advance of us. For the present, perhaps, we may not hope for any advance beyond that realized in existing relations of the Sunday-school to the Church, ex cept the enactment of the law prayed for, in regard to the election of Sunday-school superintendents. But af ter a while, surely, the Sunday-school will in form, and in fact too, bo brought just as close to the Church, to its heart and centre, as the prayer meeting and the class -meeting, or even as the public worship, the preach ing and other services in the great congregation. "Feed my lambs" is as authoritative and binding as "Feed my sheep." The children, as well as the parents, must have their place in the Church and be as well provided for by the Church. If the Sunday school be, as we believe it to be, ' one of the best means by which to provide for the children, tHcn tno tsunday school should be regularly, officially and positively an institution of the Church. Supposing that many, whose tjim of subscription is out, are waiting to renew through then- jKistor, the Advo cate is continued to them a while longer. We hope the preachers Avill call attention to this fact at each op poinlmen', so as to give delinquents an opportunity of renewing before their paper is discontinued. Rev. A. G. Stacey, formerly of the South Carolina Conference, but novi president of Austin Female College, located at Austin, Texas writes thus of the Adv Kale: "I have just receiv ed your elegant and interesting .4 .'i-.-cale. A North Carolina Methodist must feel a deep sense of gratification hi contemplating your success." The Cross Mark. An excellent christian lady writes: "Your ominous cross mark reminds me that I must renew my subscription or be deprived of the Advocate. I should miss your paper sadly, so please find enclosed 2 pardon delay and continue the Advocate to my address." We call attention to the new Adver tisement of Marion High School for young ladies. A letter of recent date from the principal, Rev. S. B. Trawick brings the gratifying intelligence that the school is progressing finely. Bro. Trawick is a gentleman of many years' experience in teaching and he is well qualified to impart thorough in straction to those placed under his care. Complimentary letter to the Rev. P. A. Strobel. We cheerfully pub lish the following letter, addressed to the Rev. P. A. Strobel, late Bible Agent for N. C. one of the Secreta ries of the American Bible Society: Rev. P. A. Strobel Dear Brother". I have at hand your notes of Jan. 8th and your very comprehensive review of the condition of Bible affairs in North Carolina, which it was very considerate in you to forward at this early date and which will be put to its appropriate use in our next Annual Report. The list of present officers of Auxiliary Societies shows also the same fidelity and care which have characterized all the Statistical re turns which you have forwarded since assuming charge of our work in your District. Regretting most deeply the untoward circumstances which led to your resignation, we feel that the ser vice you have rendered has been of great benefit to the people of North Carolina and very satisfactory to the Board of Managers. In the earnest hope, that God's blessings may ever attend you, I re main, Very truly yours Edward W. Gilman, Cor. Sec'y. A. B. S. Bible Home, New York, Jan. S2nd 18T4. Bro. Boshamer in charge of Hender son circuit, writes Feb. 12: "xou can say tnat we nave a gra cious revival in Henderson, which is the result of a union prayer-meeting, inaugurated a short time since. The meeting has been alternating between the Baptist and Methodist churches It is now at the latter, and because it is more central, will remain there. The Baptists, Presbyterians and Methodists, are laboring together har moniously.. I will give you the results in my next." Miss Mary F. Jordan, lately em ployed in the Orphan Asylum, has ta ken a music school at Cary. The children and her associates give her up with extieme reluctance. Her la bors were very efficient, and her de portment was a model of propriety. She has left a beautiful picture, il lumined with the light of a lovely Christianity, in the galleryof our mem ories. J. H. Mills. We are requested to state that the post office address of Rev. J. N. An drews is Mount Olive, N. C, instead of Goldsboro', as heretofore announ ced. North Carolina Conference of theM. E. Church reports a net increase of 543 members,320 probationers, 1 loca! preacher, 30 churches, 1 parsonage, 1 Sunday school, 5 teachers, and 1,613 scholars. A subscriber requests us to say to post masters, to be careful in deliver ing papers and letters. It is frequently the case that papers and letters are handed to others than the persons for whom they are intended. Letter from Dr. Pierce- We t iki from a late f issue of the Southern Chris i-tii A !v mi; this brief but comprehensi ve letter from the vene rable Dr. Pierce. Great bodily affliction does not weaken, but strengthens his faith in that religion which he has so long and faithfully preached to oth ers: If you please, you may publish this card, as I think I have sympathizing friends enough to be gratified at see ing something from myself, as to my present condition. It is now forty five days since I took my room and bed, and I have not felt myself well enough to leave my room, except as necessity compelled it, in getting from Griffin to Macon, and from Macon to Sunshine. At Macon, I was shut out from the annual, joyful religious fes tival, which had filled the cup of my religious and social delight for more than threescore years. But what rea son have I to say, with David "Praise the Lord!" It was the second Annual Conference, where I was due, as one of the body, from which I was ever entirely kept away. My brethren re membered mo, in a way, which if it ends where it is, will be a precious memorial to me of an honor which I never claimed, as due mo, but which I desired to deserve for an honest ef fort to leave Methodism in its Epiritu al godliness, as good or better than when its promotion was intrusted to me, as a junior preacher, in 1805. Worn as the physical machinery of life is, I am, under medical advice, go ing through a gentle course of alter a five and restorative medicines, with many hopeful signs of as much recov ery as one of my ago could possibly look for. From want of more mixing up with the benefits and blessings of labor and converse, I become gloomy, and tempted, and feel sometimes as if the only pillar left to me, m the tem ple of my experience is, "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation." This morning, while the family were it prayer m another room, I read my morning lessons; and read with intense sympathetic interest the 42d Psalm to which I refer my brethren, as con taining and setting forth the status of my present experience. I want you all to pray for me, that I may fight the ood fight of faith. God s blessings be upon you all, my dear fellow labor ers in Christ! L. Pierce. jSu'fxu'i', Jmuary 307t, 1874. The Baptist pastors of New York recently held a conference at which a Baptist substitute for infant baptism was not only discussed but suggest ed after a talk about the duty of Bap tist pastors to young children. They are frequently called upon, said one minister, to baptise infants, sick or dying, by sprinkling; but holding on ly to believers' baptism, and that by immersion, they must inevitably re fuse. This refusal sometimes causes grief to the parents, who have a sort of superstitious belief that the bap tism of theii children under such cir cumstances does the little ones good. Brother Spelhnrji wanted the advice of his brethren whether it would be prop?r for him in such cases t3 take the children in his arms as Uu Saviour did and to bless them in the name of the Lord. Mr. Miller and Mr. Brow ner aud others do respond to calls in this way. Mr. Browner cited a case where recently he was called to sprin kle a child who was dying. The fam ily were Presbyterians, but their own pastor was absent from the city, and another,, to whom they applied, refused to baptize the dying child unless the parents withdrew their letters from then- own and united with this pas -tor's church. This they refused to do Mr. Browner took the babe in his arms and asked God's blessing upon it, and the result has been that the parents and the other children have since joined his church and Sab bath school. Br Banvard mentioned a case where he also was requested once to sprinkle a babe over the dead body of its father. He refused. Mr. McArthnr remarked that it is not so much the sprinkling of their children that parents seek as something to be done which shall satisfy their own scruples and the child be construct ively benefited. He therefore has made it a regular practice to take the children in his aims and pray for them and over them. Ex. Eeligions Brevities. The Methodist Episcopal Church North, during the past year, is said to have gained m money $4, 000,000, and in membership 5,000. 5,000 have been promised to the Bishop of Durham towards his expen ses in any proceedings he may take against the Ritualists. Rev. Richard J ones, a highly es teemed local preacher of the M. E. Church, South, died in Christian tri umph in New Orleans, Jan. 29. A Western exchange says: 'Rev. Seth A. Clark, a Baptist missionaiy in the western part of Kansas, has s portable church tent capable of seat ing seven hundred persons. He has two good mules, and a wagon on springs, furnished expressly for the transportation of his church from place to place.' The German papers state that the Pope's last Encyclical has given powerful impulse to the spreading of Old Catholicism in Germany. This ought to discourage the Pope, not withstanding his infallibility. Bishop Smith of Kentuckey refuses to give Rev. William C. Butler, for mer rector of a Protestant Episcopal church in Louisville, a dimissory let ter to the Diocese of Delaware, m con sequence of his ritualistic tendency. H the ritualistic tendencies are wrong, by what rule does it appear that Bish op Cummins is wrong? Rev Dr. Carlton, late senior Book Agent of tne Methodist Book Concern m New xork, has been elected City Treasurer ior tne uity ot Jilizabetl New Jersey. Church Finances. When we consider our cl inch mem bership, the intelligence it possesses, the experience wu have had, the vast ness of the claims on us, as a denom ination, the a'iioi.nts we attempt to raise from year t year for the various enterprises of -!,!! hiirch, itis a matter of much sarpris.! that we have no regularly orgrmux.i financial plan. I am aware that thf question of finance is one attended wiiii much difficulty, both in church and Stdc; yet it oectU'S to mo that there are brains enough in both to surmount the Jiilienlties. This article, however, will be confined principally teethe want,of proper sup port of the ministry. Having been a steward in the 'clnvrchjbr a number of years, and treasurer of our circuit, thereby having all the settlements to make with the preachers, I have, 1 necessarily, given tliis question much anxious thought. My reflections have led me to conclude that many of our people have been improperly educated on this snbject,in and out of the pale of the church. I say in and out, for sinners are equally interested with Christians in the support of the Gos -pel; enjoying alike its protection to life, liberty and property. Too many seem to say in their faces, and feel in their hearts, 'we have done a charit able act,' when they p.-,y a part, for oftcner than otherwise it is only a pari of what they really owe toward the support of the ministry toward the liquidation of a debt, they should re gard as of higher dignity that any written contract with man for in the one case they are discharging a debt to God, in the other a debt to man. It is true that some havo never been taught to feel, and really do not ap preciate the obligation resting on them. This should be corrected by the preaching of at least one seimon to every congregation at some time during the Conference year, on the christian duty of paying what we owe, first to God and then to man. Some have fallen into the miserable, I had ahnost said contemptible habit of de ferring the payment of tliis debt to the end of tho year, thereby subjecting the pastor to much serious inconve nience and troublous anxiety, besides the heavy loss he must necessarily sustain, in being compelled to mtr- x A chase his family supplies on a credit. The reasons for deferring payment are various. Some fear .the preacher may die before the end of the Conference year, and they will not get value re ceived. Others seeui to want to save the interest on the money; and still others seem to just mortally hate to pay it, and defer the evil day as long as they can, sinfully indulging the hope of evading the payment altogeth er. "I am not mad," "but speak forth the words of truth and soberness," when I exhort all such, in all christian kindness, to stop and reflect on this matter. For if there bo truth in the word of God, this kind of religion is not worth the small pittance they pay: it will not stand the final test, in that great day, for which all other days were made. I know a man may give all he has, and yet be entirely destitute of the true principles of Christianity, and that giving to this, yea, to every benevolent enterprise, does not consti tute religion; yet a religion that will oxcuso a man from using the means with which God has blessed him, for the support of the gospel, will not avail when he comes at last to render up his final account. While there are too many such char acters, as I have described above, yet I am free to admit, that no little of the blame for deficiences attaches to us stewards. There are very few con gregations but can be reached if ap proached aright. Let us, at all events, try to do our duty, and then if we fail the sin will not lie at our door. Let us use our best endeavors to collect all we can, early in tho year, and im press upon the minds of our respective charges the importance of prompt responses to the urgent demand for at least quarterly payments or assess ments; and my word for it, we will find much less trouble in defr aying the expenses of oiu- circuits, than by wait ing until the end of the year; we will be enabled to relieve our preachers of much anxious car1, many of whom are almost entirely dependent on their salaries for the support of their fam- ilies. This will doubtless be a hard year. i i i-i i I, -i -. uence we siiouiu wort uie Harder, m order to success. May God help us ! Roanoke Agassiz and Hugh Miller. Hugh Miller whose fame is world wide, was first brought to the notice of scientific men by Prof. Agassiz. At meeting of the British Scientific So ciety, Miller, who was then a common day-laborer, approached Agassia with a specimen of rock in his hand, and began to make certain inquiries con cerning it. During the conversation that ensued, Agassiz discovered that this common day-laborer was possess ed of a large fund of geological infor mation, which he had acquired by per sonal investigations, induce-! solely by his innate love for the science. Agas siz was delighted at meeting him, and introduced Miller to the members of the Society, explaining the manner in which he had becom e acquainted with him. The friendship thus formed con tinued throu'i their lives, and Agas siz wrote tho introduction to Hugh Miller's first published work. Selec fed. The cross mark is to remind you that your subscription has expired. Seed Thoughts. Second thoughts are the adopted children of experience. Like most garments, like most car pets, everything has a right side and a wrong side. You can take any joy, and by turning it around find troubles on the other side; or you may take the greatest trouble, and by turning it around find joys on the other side. The gloomiest mountain never cast a shadow on both sides at once, nor does the greatest of life's calamities. Let no one overload yon with favors; you will find it an insufferable burden. He who munnurs at his lot is like one baring his feet to tread upon thorns. The true motives of our actions, like the reed pipes of an organ, are usually concealed; but the gilded and hollow pre text is pompously placed in the front for show. Cotton. Above all things, avoid laziness. There is plenty to do in this world for every pair of hands placed on it, and we must o work that the world will be rich er better because of our having lived in it. Eeal merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man's ex hibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it onglit, but it will always be known. Six things are requisite to create a "happy home." Integrity must be the architect, and tidiness the upholsterer. It must be warmed by affection, lighted lip with cheerfulness, and industy must be the ventilator, renewing the atmos phere, and bringing in fresh salubrity day by day: while over all, as a protecting canopy and glory, nothing will suffice ex cept the blessing of God. Wisdom and virtue make the poor rich, and the rich honorable. Mr. Beecher says, "the cheapest thing on earth is a mean man. A faithful dog dies and is miseed, a good and state ly horse dies and is missed; the emigra tion of the birds in Autumn is a source of sadness to us, but mean men die and few tears fall." To every man there are many, many dark hours hours when he feels inclined to abandon his best enterprise; hours when his heart's clearest hopes appear delusive; hours when he feels himself unequal to the burden, when all his aspirations seem worthless. Let no one think that he alone has dark hours. They are tho common lot of humanity. They are the touch stone to try whither we are current coin or not. We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesita tion; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. Seneca. State and Local Item'. We havejreceivedacopyof the Herald, a new and sprightly paper just started at Oxford, N. C, Wm. Biggs, Esq., Editor and publisher. We wish this enterprise great success. The State taxes for New Hanover coun ty for the past year were about $100,000. Messrs. A. G. Lee & McMackin adver tise for sale two first-rate dump carts, with harness and a carriage, and double set of harness. Wilmington proposes to have an exten sive cottou factory. Four gentlemen have subscribed ten thousand dollars I each, with the prospect of increasing the amount to one hundred thousand at an early date. Will Raleigh allow Wilming ton to take the lead in such matters ? We ought to have a cotton factory in this city. The Directors'of the Commercial Bank of Charlotte have chosen as President of the Bank, Maj. C. Dowd, of that city. Col. S. L. Fremont informs Babington of the Cleveland Banner, that the C. C. Eoad will be completed to Shelby by August next. The first meeting of the Trustees of the University of N. C. takes place at Raleigh, February 18th. The Fayetteville Statesman says: The old Scotch "hunting shirt," so sel dom seen these times which is made of homo spim and home manufactured cloth, cut as a long robe gatuered m tne back, but open before as a common frock coat and extending to the ankles, was worn at court last week by our old friend, the soldier of 1812, Sion Home, Esq. "Uncle Sion" is bended over by the weight of many years, but walks with an activity which speaks well for so old a man. May his end be peaceful and happy! Appointments. Gen. Cox, Chairman of the State Conservative Executive Commit tee, at the recommendation of the Con servative members of the General As sembly from the 9th Judicial District, has appointed the following gentlemen to compose a District Executive Committee: E. C. Grier. of Mecklenburg:: P B. Means, of Cabarrus; Jasper Stowe, of Gaston; J. C. Cobb, of Lincoln; G. W. Gidney, of Cleaveland; G. M. Whiteside, of Eutherford; J. K. Simpson, of Polk. The Raleigh Warehouse Tbust Com i aky. The bill to incorporate the Kal- eigh Warehouse and Trust Company passed its third reading in the House on yesterday. It had previously passed the Senate. The incorporators are, D. G. Fowle, Lien. H. Adams, J. G. McPheeters, Wm. H. Crow and A. T. Mial, and such other persons as may be hereafter asso ciated with them. The capital stock is fixed at 50,000 and may be increased to 8500,000. The shares are $50 each. The Company have authority to carry on a general warehouse, storage and com mercial business, ana may receive, on storage or deposit, all kinds of produce and merchandize, including coin, gold and silver for safe keeping or shipment, and may make advancements in money on tHe same, ana may also aavance money ana suppues to iarmers on growing crops, ana receive ana coiiect interest ana com missions for storage, labor, &c. The bill is calculated, it is affirmed, to advance the material prosperity of this city in a commercial point oi view. Daily News 12th hist. From the Greensboro Patbiot we get 1a .-.11..-ii-i'rfr lfoma tile iVJLA-v . Change op Schedule. There was a change of schedule on the Salem road Monday, leaving Salem at 9:30 P. M., ar riving here at 11:30 P. M., returning at 1:30 A. M., connecting with the night trains from Eiehmond, Raleigh and Char lotte. Siamese Twins. A letter from Mount Aiiy informs us that the surgeons who secured the bodies bound themselves, un der a heavy bond, not to . unnecessarily mutilate the remains, nor to put them on public exhibition. A letter from Jackson Hill township Davidson Co.j informs us that a U-vl yaar old son o'f Mr. David Smith, ia snt. fering from a case of hydrophobia can oy being bitten by a cat, in nn effort t separate a paic while fighting. At a recent meeting of the Roal Ewtat. and Loan Association of Wilmington, committee was appointed to consider an,, report upon the policy of suliserihiii,, $10,000 to the proposed Cotton Factor; to be put hi opcreration there. A number of robberies are exciting tin Wilmington people. A petitioivjiof "ship-masters and others from Wilmington, asking :in s'pproj.i-j.,'. tion by Congress for the impro-veiiient ; the mouth of the Cape Fear Kiver, va! recently presented to the U. S. Senate l.v Senator Merrimon. There are 21 prisoners in tho Mecklen. burg jail 14 whites and 7 negroes. I'ivt of the whiten were consigned from Green, boro upon the burning of the jail at tlit latter place. The financial report of the Coimh Treasurer of Mecklenburg makes the fj. lowing exhibit: receipts for the fiscal year ending Jan. 9th, $.36,722.00; disburse. ments, $o2,374.b; balance m tacasurv $4,347.14. M. Bourgj, who is said to be posscssc,; of good qualifications, takes charge of th: musical department at Misses Nash Miss Kollock's school in Hillsboro', N. C. While Mr. Unistod Smith, who live? about 7 miles from Hillsboro', was walk ing in the woods during the recent sleet, a falling limb prostrated him upon the ground. He remained in a senseless con. dition until his friends alarmed by hU continued absence, made search nnj found him. The Hillsboro' Eecokdeb is infornn ,; that Alamance Superior Comt will nn begin until the second week of the Tern. This is caused by the fact that Judfr. Tourgee is now holding a special term o the Superior Court in Wake county. An Asheville girl of 14 years, hns sun"; a young swain of 19, for breach of prom ise. A sharper professing to be an agent c the New York Daily Graphic, has Ik,. humbugging the people of Monroe an. Wadesboro'. The Carolina Military Institute s Charlotte, has 90 students, and Home & Graves, at Hillsboro', have seventy- GenerpJ News. The Conservative victory in England is complete. The latest advices report end large Conservative gains a3 render j probable that Mr. Gladstone will resifr. the Premiership before the new Parlia ment assembles. The reaction againt; Mr. Gladstone's shuffling and half-hearted policy has been strong and thorongL notwithstanding an indisputable inert as of radical sentiment and growth of raihca thought in England. It is now stuff" that Gladstone and his colleagues art contending over the question of resigna tion, and Disraeli is said to have ahead; arranged his Ministry. Edwin Booth, the reat actor, ha gone voluntary bankruptcy. Nine hundred communists are awatiiog trial in Paris. G -neral Sicklos, l ite Minister to Spain, b left ths iaru;il O ijiitil and is coining hum". A newspaper publish -d in Mexico siys tlini sixteen murders in ;tigVea by the priwi hive bee:i c i'iim'tteil in Puebla wtihiu tbt last yeir- The next nulling of the N ili-jiial Grant-t will be held at Charleston, S. C. The col titution and by 1 w.s of the order will h- trriRateu and printed in all languages. John G. Henry, Chitf Clerk in the Revem. artiee in Lynchburg, Va. has abconW wi:; a largo anionut of in mey. He left $20.tuO secreted iu a drawer. Bishop Dogs?ett, who h-is just return from California, saw a wheat field there seven teen -jjlles long. Ifuea the owner nlows ii he starts the plows on one furrow and goes all day, and viien gnight cornea stops an; camps out, and plows back th next day. Ali'tle girl iu Conuecticut, three years oIA fell down and broke one of her arms, a il when it got well she fell and broke it aaic after awhile she tumbled down s'.airs ani broke both of her legs, and then, when tbej got wall, s i fell a third time and broke Ik oth"r arm Some philanthropic philosopher has throw: out tne proposition that it would be a g i thing to makeorour s'lgantio Arctic Territory of Alaska 'a penal colosy tor the Uuit St lies, the idea, doubtless, being Fuggeste: frors that tumble n-.'nal colon? of Russia i: the wintiy desolation of Siberia. The Galaxy for March will contain an it teresting article by Rev. J. L. M. Cuary LL D., of Richmond, Va , on tbe Confederal- States and their Constitution, in which eerlai: points of advantage ia the Confedente Co: solution over our existing Federal Cunstits tion are suggested. A special from Cambridge t the B.vltimor Sun says; Last Wednesday night, at Tobat costirk, Dorchester county. Jfd., Afar; Travers.wife of Thomas Travers, colored, ga birth to female twins, something like ti Siamese pair. They are united by a nVsb; band from thfl lower part of the breast bo f to the abdomen, and face to face. One w borne dead, the other lived a few minute: and had its arm around the dead one's nock Dr. Benjamin has bought and preserved tV bodies. Murder op a Child. A band of nn.-k. i men broke into a house in Montgom-r; county, Kentucky, not long since wheri there was but a little boy, aged eight years He attempted to escape and tbey shot him inflicting wounds from which ha died, i vigilance committee is talked of. The ffoMen Age wickedly eays: A Main woman ate a gallon of oysters the other da.' for $100. She cleared $15, the funeral pe?ses amounting to $85 Washington News. According to a recant decision of the r: master General, newspapers when endorse with the same of the gender, or when i'' number of papers contained in a package :: written ontsido. are not subjected to h" : rates of postage. Under the old law, wb f anything whatevei, other tha the address the party to whom the package was goi-1-was written on the covei of a newspaper, & whole package was charged a.s letter po?ti; and tho party receiving it had to pay t'ae ex tra charge. Southern Members op Cosgrbsi.-1''1' directury for the present Congress shows tV following Confederate soldiers now in Co1 gressSonal halls: Major-Generals Matt T Ransom, J B G: don and P M B Young, Democrat. Brigadier-Generals Phillip Cook and Bail er t B Vance, Democrats, and L Alcorn, Be publican. CuloaelB EIram P Bel' .Vames M Lci Alfred M aadell, DeWitt C Giddings, fi J Q Mir.s, Kdwar4 CrnssUnd. L Q Lanur a"5 William M Robbins, Domoora s Lientonanf-Cslonels Morgan Rawls, Jam H C'.cuni. John P 'al.! well, W;u'hiost"n c vVhithiroBe aDd Juhn D C Atkinc, Dume1-" W,ios Tbcmat. Whitehead, loeeph JJ SH Robert A Hatcher and A-a A Willie. Pw"0 craw, and Richard H JFhit.lev, Republica"- . Captains Chanes Pelliam and O'jarlf Hay. Republicans. Privates William G Ilernden and P MeLeao, Leuiocrats.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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