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DITTOS- Corner of Dawson ft Hnrgett Sts TEE OBGAS OF THE NOIiTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF THE e. c:irr.cH, south. itATES 01 SUBSOELPTIOIT: HKOS VAB, IN DVS-B,P.?TAOBPiID, ' u 1 .Si I 1.35 2.70 , WONTJS, If payment be delayed six monthB, Ali letters on business with this office should d a,ld-osed toth" Editors ol llw Christian Advocate. RALEIGH, N. 0., APEIL 21, 1875. The Cross (X) Mark is to remind you that your subscription lias ex pired. Let all renew promptly. . - The brethren at Wilson Station and Craven Circuit will notice the change in time of holding their Quarterly Conference. Rev. Sol. W. Wescott, a Baptist minister of Chapel Hill, formerly of Smithville, died in the former place last week. He was a highly esteemed and much loved minister, talented and pious. The Southern Christian Advocate announces the death of Rev. J . Scaife, formerly of the Georgia Conference, but more recently of the Alabama Conference, which occurred at Camiile, Ga. on the 6th inst. Rev Dr. Lovick Tierce, in the last Southern Christian Advocate, corrects a mistake that appeared in his Birthday Letter published in that paper. I rom the published letter, it appeared that he requested his brethren to pray that he "might spend his ninety-second birthday in heaven." He asys: "It would have been very unbecom ing in me, and certainly a great strain on my brethren to go to praying that Imavelie in my 91st year; which mast be, if I spend my 92d birthday iu heaven. The favor I asked was that if my heavenly Father removed me from earth before my ninety second birthday '.ere, I might have it in heaven. It must be corrected. It has already excited great surprise. No, my brethren beloved, I only ask you to pray that when my birthdays end on earth, I may begin my new series in heaven." Ti Gseat Revival. The revival at Person Street Church of this city con tinues without any abatement of in terest. There have been about one hundiod and fifty conversions and a large number of accessions to the church. Bro. Jurney, the pastor of this charge, will give a full account of the meeting after it shall have closed. The indications, at present, are that it will continue for weeks yet to come. It is, in many respects, the most re markable revival of God's work we have ever witnessed. Bro. Willis, who has been assisting in the meeting, has greatly endeared himself to the good people of Raleigh by his untiring de votion to this great work. Again we appeal to our patrons to aid in the enlargement of this church. The people of this charge are limited in means. They have done all they are able to do. Our brethren of Edenton Street have contributed freely, but they too are struggling to build a new church. Other denominations of .the city say they have about all they can do to meet the demands upon them from their own churches . It will cost 2,500 or 3,000 dollars to complete the impiove mants on the church which are now about half finished. Whe l completed it will be one of the neatest church edifices in the city . We feel assured that if our friends oulsido of Raleigh knew the real claim this charge has upon them they would send in their contributions without delay. Our proposition to subscribers to send 81 each, is being responded to by some. Of course there are many who can bv'nd us much larger amounts. Let nil help according to their ability. If you cannot send a dollar, send any amount you may feel disposed to con tribute. Give something. Rev J. Claudius Miller, a venerable add devoted minister of the S. C. Conference, was murdered in Union Co., S. C, on the 3d inst. by a high way robber. A correspondent of the Southern Christian Advocate says: "He was murdered by a highway roller, a few miles south of this place about 11 o'clock in the day, and his body was found lying across the road dead, yet warm, with two bullet holes m the breast. He had been to San tuc, (depot and post office) and re turning to his home had gotten with in about a quarter of a mile of the house, when he was assaulted and killed. His overcoat, hat, watch, and pocket book, had been taken when his body was discovered, and his horse was also gone, but strange to say, the f lithful animal caae lack to the body p i,: J A strange negro who had been seen following him was suspected of the fiendish deed and a description of him having bn telegraphed to various towns, he was arrested in Spartanburg and the overcoat, watch and hat of the murdered minister found upon his por.sun. He was lodged in jail and a.v'aits his trial in Jane. It was with d ilicuily that ihe indignant and out raged citizens were restrained from inflicting the punishment that his ciimc d-. irved and v.Lich the com is hoi ". r. i' oro for him. Christian Activity. A -n rmfajTmrr rTl rlition of growth j aQfl in al ( things is activity. In spiritual things it is so, as wen u: miud and matter. Sloth enervates, deadens, destroys whatever it attacks. Without exercise the body becomes frail, the cheek wan and the life force faint. Uneniployed,the mental facul ties dwindle in power and shrink into imbecility. Moral idas and feelings lose their frrce and influence on life and character unless they are kept prominent and active. Nor can the christian virtues and graces grow in strength and influence unless they are cultivated and kept in constant use and exercise. If our moral and men tal machinery is long disused, its op eration becomes difficult and the ac cumulating rust and dust do greater hurt than its continuous use. Inac tion debilitates more minds and de stroys more souls .than the wear and tear of a life time's? service. Regeneration is the starting point of a christian's career sanctifieation is far ahead. He mast' yroio m grace before he can reach the full stature of the godly man, or attain to the perfec tion which is his goal; and to grow in "race there must be constant exercise of the gifts of the .Spirit and activity in the christian service. When a man is convicted of sin, truly repents of it and experiences the sense of pardon, he ought to rejoice, for much is done toward his salvation; but he ought not to rest and delude himself with the idea that his salvation is secure ami Iiie christian character comn'ete. Hip new life has then just begun the germ has just "appeared and it? development is a work of the future. Sjme persons think that when they unite themselves with the visible church they have nothing further to do than to attend the services, en gage in the ordinances, pay their quarterly stipend to the preacher and make their way to heaven "on flowery beds of ease" They do not realize that they have enlisted in a service whose chief feature is campaigning active aggressive warfare and not garrison duty. And unless they realize the true nature of their calling and appreciate its demands upon them they are apt to prove inefficient soldiers, and sluggards in battle, if not recreant cowards. He is a wise minister who takes cue that every member of his charge shall have sumcthing to do someth ing, in important or humble capacity, that will produce activity and keep the christian energies in full play. Individual piety will increase with the individual zeal and the aggregate benefits to the Church will be incal culable. The performance of chris- tion work does good not only objec- tiveiy,bnt subjectively: a deed of love an act oi benevolence not only carries joy and comfort to the bene ficiary, but by a reflex influence softens and purifies the heart of the doer; an active endeavor to enlist others into the service of the Lord, stimulates the zeal, increases the loyalty and strengthens the faith of the christian. One reason for the great number of backsliding and lukewarm professors of religion is found in the fact that they are not put to work, in some ca pacity, in the church. The demand for workers is abundant the fields are ample and cry out continually for laborers. The Sunday school the prayer meeting, the class-meeting, the choir, the sewing society and other benevolent organizations connected with the church, the church-extension society, the official ; Board and other departments of the church all afford place and scope for chris tian activity and zeal "Go work in my vineyard" is the injunction which the great Head of the Church imposes upon his followers not only because the vineyard, with its broad untilled acres, needs their la bor, but also because they themselves stand in need of exercise, activity and development. It is not enough to enter the vineyard, there is work for all and it must be performed. Idleness in the church is as ruinous to the christian's welfare and progress, as it is in business life to the farmer, artisan, or professional worker. Sa tan regards his victory won when he sees the christian let fall his imple ments of labor and weapons of warfare, fold his arms and look listlessly upon his unfinished duties. Eevival Intelligence. From all parts of the church we continue to learn of seasons of re freshing from the presence of the Lord. The Spirit is demonstrating its work and power in an unusual de greesinners are being saved and lukewarm christians revived. From the Southern Christian Ad vocate we learn of the work in Geor -gia. In Oxford, Ga., a great revival has been in progress. Dr. O L. Smith writing of it says: "I have wit nessed no work for years that had about it more evidences of & genuine work of grace." Rev, R. W. Bigham writes that Au gusta, Ga. is being visited with a time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, resulting to date, as far as as certained, in the conversion of 240 souls. The divine work first demon strated in the meetings of the Young lien's Christian Association, and is permeating the Churches. The Bap tist Churches and the Presbyterian have shared largely in accessions; while St. John's, the fountain of Methodism in the city, has been stir red and freshened Ty the quickening Spirit, and 33 members added; and Asbury's altar is thronged daily with worshipers revived, aud souls seeking and finding God. Their pistors, brothers Evans and Kiinb"'1, are fu1! of labors and living faith. " An Appeal, To the Mi listers and Members of the M. E. Church, South, in the N. C. Conference, and especially those liv ing in the hounds of the Slielby Dis trietTEAn Bketheen: Please hear our case. Please heed our appeal. Our people in the town of Dallas are f w only 10 male members. We had no house of worship. We were compelled to build or fail- We could not afford to fail. Failure is not in our vocabulary. We urged the abso lute necessity of building, upon our people. They saw and deeply felt this necessity. Col. W. G. Morris and J. F. Long, two noble, enterprising men, m very moderate circumstances, became per sonally responsible for the cost of the church. The church, a neat wooden buildinc. has been erected. It cost 800. What theso men paid them selves and raised by subscription only amounted tb 8-500. The people of Dallas and the community have done nobly. We are $300 in debt. The little property of these two noble men is bound for this amount. We earnest ly ask our brethren abroad to give us 300. Only $300. Any amount will be gratefully re ceived. Who will give us 810 or 85 or 1. If 30 men will give us 810 each, that will pay the debt. Or if GO men will give 8-J each, that will relieve these dear brethren. Or if 300 will give us 81 that will do. Dear brethren, and friends, don't throw this appeal aside and say you can't. Pray over this matter -and may God open your hearts to help the needy. We would not ask you to help if we could get along without it. Send the money and send it speedi ly, to R v. P. P. W. Siaraey, Dallas, Gaston co., N. C. He will publish a list of all amounts in the Advocate. Signed, P. F. W. Stamey, L. S. Bcrkheao. April 10th, 1875. Sunday School Conferences. The District Conferences being about to assemble in various parts of the State and the N. C. Conference Sunday School Society to hold its annual session in Greensboro soon we deem it a proper time to call the attention of theso bodies to a matter which,v, as proposed at the last District Conference for the Wilmington Dis trict, being in the form of a report from the committee on Sunday Schools. The following is the report. The Chairman submitted the report on Sunday Schools, with the following resolutions: llesolced, xhat we recommend to the Sunday Schools in this district to form Sunday School Conferences in each county, on the following basis: The Conferences to be composed of the Superintendents and four teach ers from each school, as delegates, the Pastors of the churches, and such other members as theh may elect, with one Corresponding Secretary in each school, to be selected annually, in such manner as the Conferences, by their by-laws, may decide. The Conferen ces to meet at such places annually as they may select, the time to be ap pointed by the President, Vice Presi dent, and Secretary. The Conferences to take into con sideration at their annual session, such subjects as may be for the best inter ests of the Sunday School cause, to compare methods of teaching, ascer tain what books are best for teaching and libraries, devise plans for raising money, and discuss all questions cal culated to promote the cause of Sun day Schools. Resolved, That the Conferences in vite such preachers and speakers to meet with them as have given the sub jeet their attention, and who may be able to give interest to the occasion by sermons, speeches and exhorta tion. That if any school shall be situated in a county wliich has no Sunday School Conference it shall be at liber ty to connect itself with the nearest Conference . That for the purpose of perfecting tue organization during the next Con ference year, the preachers in charge ot the church at the county site of each other county, and the preacher m charge of Front S reet Church for New Hanover county be empowered to call the first bunday School Con ference together and organize them for business." It will be seen from this report that the plan is to form in each county Sunday School Conference, for mutu al improvement and the general ad vancement of the Sunday Schools. Now this does not propose to make it a Circuit Conference, because the Quarterly Conference already has authority, but to extend its influence so as to bring into the County Confer ence all the pastors and all the schools in a county and thus make the body one of sufficient dignity and impor tance to exercise an extended influ ence for the cause,as well as to increase the general funds by organizing plans for that purpose and to secure such speakers and lecturers as shall press the value ot the movement home upon the minds of the people. We have not time to dipcuss the merits of the plan fully. We know it will work as well in North Carolina as it doe3 in other States, and that these County Conferences will be valuable adjuncts to the N. O. Conference Sunday School Society, and probably be the means of insuring a fuller at tendance at the meetings of that body, by appointing regular delegates and alternates. Let the matter be carefully consid ered by all the District Conrerences, &c. A. How to meet a man of doubtful ci edit take no note of bun, v, a L r, i o n cnmsTiAN a n y o An Act to Incorporate the Widows' and ' Ornhans' Benefit Society of the Horth Carolina Conference X E Church, ' gouth. i Sec. 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, that Rev. T. M. Jones, D.D., Dr. S. G. Ward, J. Buxton Williams, H. B. Hunter, John M. Biame, Col. W. S. Davis, Wm. J. Norwood, T. C. Williams, B. F. Long, Dr. J. J. Garrett, John W. Hays, George S. Cole, W. D. Rountree, O. WT. Carr, E. J. L ily, J. W. .Leak, James Southgato and J. C. Pinnix, their associates ;mu successors are hereby declared a body politic and corporate under the name and style of "The AVidows and Orphans' Benefit Society of the North Carolina Con ference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Southland by that name and style, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and bo capable m law, of suing and being impleaded, and may noia property, reai ana personal, to an amount, not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 2. Tiie .orp:.'"-it powers of said Society slall ;..; vested in. and exercised by a Board of Directors and such officers as the Boarl of Lirec tors may appoint, and empowt-r. Sec. 3 Th B ard of Directors shall consist of i.ot I'.kk than twelve nor more than thirty members, who shall be elected by the Society at its annual meetings, five of whom shall constitute a quorum. " Sec. 4. The said corporation shall have power to make such By-laws Rules and Regulations for i s govern nient and the management and dis position of its funds, as from to time may be deemed proper. Sec. 5. Until the Society is regu larly organized under this charter, and elections legularly held, the fol losing persons shall be, and are con stituted the Board of Directors, Rev. T. M Jones D.D., Dr. S. G. Ward, J. Buxton Williams. John M. Brame, Col. AVm. S. Davis. Wm. J. Norwood, T. C. Williams. B. F. Long, E. J. Lill), Col. J. W. Leak, Dr. J. J. Gar rett, and W. D. Rountree, and the officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Financial Secretary aDl Treasurer, who shall be the following persons, viz: Rev. T. M. Jones D.D., Presi dent, Dr. S. G. Ward Vice President, B F. Long Secretary, T. C. Williams Financial Secretary, Wm J. Norwood Treasurer and the Treasurer shall be required to give bond at each an nual meeting in such an amount as may be required by the Board of Di rectors, and shall receive such pay as said Board of Directors may allow. Sec. 6. The said corporation shall have power to receive subscriptions in money or donations by will, or otherwise, of real or personal proper ty, and invest or otherwise dispose of, and use the same, for the promo -tion of the objects of said corpora tion. Sec. 7. That anv note g'ven for subsciiption to the funds of said So ciety shall be considered as for value received, and the collection thereof may be enforced hy law. Shc. 8 That said corporation s'm'A be located at Warren ton N. C. but its ano.ual meetings iu.iv be held at any time and place said Society may di rect. Sec. 9. The Directors and officers of said Society shall hold until their successors are appointed anu enter upon the duties of their office. Sec 10. This Act shall be m torce from and after its passage. In General Assembly, read three times, and ratified the 4th day of March 1875. BY LAWS. Sec. 1 The object of this Society shall be to raise money, to be applied as herein after provided, for the ben efit of the Widows and Orphans of the ministers of the North Caro lina Conference, who may here after die, said ministers having been mem bers of this Society at the time of their death and also for the benefit of indigent ministers who were members of this Society at the time they became indigent. Sec. 2. Any person may become a member of this Society by the pay ment of cne dollar annually, or a life member by the payment of ten dollars at one time. Sed. 3. The Society at its annual meetings may apply for the purposes mentioned m Sec. 1. any amount not exceeding one half of its receipts from dues of annual members, together with the interest from investments. Sec. 4. One half of the receipts from annual members together with all other funds, or property of any kind received by this Society shall be applied for the creation of a perma nent fund, which shall be kept safely invested. Sec. 5. The Secretary of the So ciety shall appoint one or more Cor responding Secretaries on each pas toral charge, whose duty it shall be to solicit members, receive their dues, and also donations of any kind, trans mitting the same, together with the names of ministers who become mem bers, also the names of all life mem bers, to the Financial Secretary, keeping a correct record of members, and of all monies, or other property received and transmitted. Sec 6. The officers of tlw Society shall perform the duties usually ap pertaining to their respective offices, and they shall constitute an executive board under whose direction th Treasurer shall invest the funds of the Society. Sec 7. The Secretary, Treasurer, h mancial Secretary and Correspond ing becretaries shall make a report, to tne society at its annual meetings Ifewbern District Conference. The Newbern District Conference will begin its session at Mt. Olive the 6th of May, Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. The opening sermon will be preached on Wednesday night, by Rev . Jas. Willson of Kinston. The A. & N. C. Railroad arid the W. & W. Railroad will pass Delegates and visitors for one fare. Brethren outtide the District are cordially invited. E. A. Yates, P. E. Bishop Savanaugh of the M. E. Church South has accepted the invi tation of the graduating class to de liver the commencement address at the coming anniversary of the School of Theology at Boston, University, May 26 th. T E ME9- . ... ir is: I v' Tiopyou fl . v z n i-t yon ao.iv iiom us J '- -'-y'-ir hcuts soft, and the refreshing showers of divine .ueo ii .sS; U i..:i:0- upon vyur fu VO'-J.L 0. . :u ,v wi-h 'J; h. o.u' j y, u:id sympathise with us in our hollows. Too. uoUiu huie humd fiouLi me long ago, biiu for luo ejLbieuie iuiuess ot my wife, who lin h,fn fo.- n sarly three ra.inth requliing my attention af. her bod-side, with the exception of just enough t';n ' to g:"; to my ippomt m9nts an i rstum; but I am glid to say she is better. Bro. Riven has had a fine work at Washington. Ha commenced a series of meetings to include his first quar terly C uereuoj, a id kept it up with unflagging energy for neat ly five week,. I never saw a clearer evidence of th-; Spirit's presence. The attend ance upon every service was large,and there were no dull meetings. Between thirty five and forty were converted, thirty five have been recsived into the church, aud others are expected to unite with us. The Lord is visiting his people here as well as with you ! Last year we thought we had seen great things; may wo not hope for an hundred fold more this year? I hive not been able to protract yet lor reasons aoove stated; out my charge is in good condition. I have not forgtten the Advocate, aud will send you some subscribers &c, soon. More anon, L. L Nash. Washington N. C, April 8th 1875. Messes. Editohs: I enclose you copy of the Charter and By-Laws of the Widows' and Orphans' Benefit Society, which please publish in th Advocate. Every Reader is requester to preserve the copy in which they ai published for future reference. I de sire to say through you, to minister and mambers throughout the Confer ence, that we are now sending out books of blank certificates, and w hope those who receive them will go to work at once soliciting members. In many instances we send the books to preachers because we have not been furnished with the names of per sons to appoint as Corresponding Secretaries; each preacher receiving one will place it iu the hands of a proper person to represent the Socie ty in his charge. Very often a lady may be appointed, greatly to the ad vantage of the rociety. In every case, where the preacher is willing to work, we will gladly furnish him with a book. Aud we think every one ought to be willing, for Brethrer while we are determined to run it even though it be to a large extent without you, at the same .'time we can do vastly better with you. Every minister ought at once to become member, and I think it best for each to become a life member. This will save the trouble of annual payments. and give a fine set off to the enter prise. We desire to impress upon every corresponding Secretary the propriety of urging the life member ship feature. Now brethren go to work. And let us see which shall be the banner charge when the reports are read out at Conference. Very truly, T. C. Williams, Financial Secretary. Programme for meeting of the North Carolina Conference Sunday school Society to be held in Greens boro on Friday, Satnrday and Sun day, April 30th and May 1st and 2d, 1875: Friraif Axr'l 30.. 10.30 11 .00 11.30 -M , Mi.- .-ting of i.-.a Society. iui Ircss of Y lco;n--, by liev. T. i-,1. Jones, i. D Subject lor discussion, V hat is a Sunday school?" A. H. Merritt, Esq. 12.30 P. M., Sn!j'?ct tor discussion, V hai, books should con stitute the Sunday school .Library? 3 30 P. M., Meeting of the Society. Subject for discussion. "Who shall attend Sun day school?" Rev. M. V SherriJl. 4.30 P. M , Subject for discussion "now shall we increase the spirituality and relig ions efficiency of the Sun -day school?" 7.30 P. M, Opening seimon. By Rev. W- C. Norman. Subject: rilling the Mission as signed us " Saturday May 1st. 10 to 11 A M., Meeting of the Socie ty and election of Offi cers. 11.00 A.M., Address by Rev. J. J. Renn. Subject "The de mands of the Sunday- school for the best talent of the church." 12.00 M., Subject for discussion "The use of the Black board in Sunday schools." By Prof. O. W. Carr of Trinity College. 100 P. M., Subject for discussion "Tha Teachers' outside work." 7.30 P. M., Address by Rev. J. R. Brooks. Subject "The importance and reward of Sunday-school work. Simday, May 2nd. 11 00 A. M., Sermon by Rev. L. S. Burkhead, D. D. Subject: "Advantages of Early Piety." 3.00 P, M., Sunday school Concert By the Greensboro Sun day School. 7.30 P. M., Sei-mon by Rev. E. A. Yates. Subject "The ob ject of all Sunday school instruction."' There is a gre itc? d .n:"i-t for the Bible and New Testament iu Russia than can be supplied. An edition of 10,000 Testaments has been disposed f, and another in the press. Holi?i rasB Nearly a thousand conversions have alrealy been the immediate and more ivmole resuIU of i revival of rtlilun at St. Johnsbury, Yt., under the uni te 1 c rt .ft; itoSfli C iui ei.-B of the place. -. :. W -.l -.n brotliren in L :).ioQ are cordially aiding Messrs. Moody and Sankey in their good work. Revs. -JLiv-.j j.ni;:., ilniiulake Mil.vr, and others, are p. ouiinent in the de votional services. "Within less than fifty years, through the influence ot MethouiPt missions, the iijouds, iuuoited uy ferocious canniba1-, have Vjcj transformed into tha abode of civilizad and Christian people, with churches, schools, various industries, aud equ il laws, and at last have become a Colony of GreatBritain, population from 150,000 to 200,000. A Catholic association has been for med in Paris, the members of which bind themselves not to buy, sell, work, or cause work to b ; done by others on Sunday. The Reformed Episcopal thurch grows slowly. A fourta church has been organized in Chicago, and a third in Philadelphia. A provisional organization has been effected of church in Baltimore. The Pope has issued another en cyclical. It denounces Germany and seeks to comfort the ousted bishop in that country. It also excommuni cates members of the clergy who ac cept benefices from the State. Ax Illustrious Convert. The Rus sian Bishop of Irkutsk, in eastern Siberia, has converted to Christianity a Buddhist Llama priest, who is in ferior ih rank and importance only to the Grand Llama himself. The Cambridge University Union has by a large majority declared that. by his recent pamphlet on the Vatican decrees, Mr. Gladstone has streng thened the political position of Great Britain and the cause of civil and na tional independence, and deserves the thanks of the country. The Rev. Dr. TarbelJ, of Lynn Massachusetts, has been appointed mcdicul missionary to Kiu Kiang. China. We hear also of the appoint ment of the Rev. Thomas McClintock of Baltimore, to Buenos Ayres, South America, and of a Mr. Lounsbury, for merry of Bethel, Connecticut, to Bui garia. The Pope understands the value of having newspapers dovoted to his in terest, for, according to a statement made by an Irish Roman Catholic journal, he has issued orders to th apostolic treasury to spend 7,200 more this year than was expanded last "on tho establishment and exten sion of Catholic newspapers.' How much money was devoted to this ob ject last year is not mentioned. The Wesleyan Missionary Society has met with a severe loss in the death of Rev. Luke Wiseman, one of the general eecretaries of the associa tion. Dr. Wiseman was an able ad ministrator, and Ids reports on mis sion work were always marked with a calm and clear judgment. He died at Islington, England, February 10 in the fifty-fifth year of his age. The Associate Reformed Presby teri an -onurcn oi tne ooutu nas iust en i pit 1 1 ,t . tered upon the work of foreign mis sions. On January 27 a missionary meeting was held in Due West, South Carolina, the ecclesiastical capital of the denomination, to bid farewell to its first foreign missionary, Miss M. E. Galloway, who goes to Esjvnt. Iue English Liberation Society ha begun the year's operations in favor of disestablishment by inviting the members of Parliament to a soiree, 1 his is to be followed by a special course of lectures to be delivered on the first four Mondays in March, the lecturers being the Rev. J. B. Heard, the Rjv. Mumiduke Miller. Mr Thorold Rogers, of Oxford, and the Rev. J. G. Rogers. Bro. Kennedy says of the revival in Macon : At the close of the third week, tho special week of grace men tioned in these columns, not only pre sents no indications of declension, but is mannestiy increasing in range aud power. The genuineness of the work is demonstrated by many infallible maiKS, and the hearts of the prayer v w " - ml are buoyant with hope of still more glorious results. Special daily services are being held in the Baptist and Presbyterian Chinches, as we learn, under encouraging auspices. Bro. Simmons continues his meeting at Jones Chapel with growing inter est, and during the past week has had numerous and valuable accessions to his membership. At Mulberry St. Bro. Wright is abundant in labors, which are joyously performed under the inspiration of most signal proofs the divine favor. The double daily s r rices of the past week have been rowned with blessed results. More than a score of additions have been made to the membership during that period, running the aggregate during the meeting to between sixty and seventy; while we do not know that there has been a single service that has not had the seal of divine approv al which the conversion of souls af fords. These services will be continued through the coming week, and much longer, we doubt not The meeting is free from everything that even the most fastidious would charge with extravagance, and yet from day to dav there are seasons in which the hearts of God's people are "filled unutterably inn oi giory ana oi joa. Bishop Keener returned from quite an extended trip in Alabp ma, on Tues day morning, April G. In our next sue he will give us some account of what he saw, nd of the state of the ir?h and country. The Bishop dedicated tho new church nt Enfan'?, n Sua. .ay morning, Apin 4. - i,ttc Orleans Advocate. Eecent Pablicatiors. The Southern Review. A. T. Bledsoe, L L-D, Editor, Mrs. . Herrick, Associate Editor, Balti more: Bledsoe & Herrick, 34 Mc onllol. So. $5 '.) ) a y--ar, minsters, The publication of this excjlleii. Bevieiv has been moved from St. Louis to Baltimore, from which place it is more promptly delivered. We have received the April number and find thai it oon'ains a variety ol cont its. Havm;.:- just receive I it, vi have not had opportunity to read lb various articles, but the following table shows the richness of the contents: Much more space than usual is devoted to Book Notices, w hich Dr. Bledsoe al ways makes interesting. The Idf a of God; The Chinese; American Church Music; The Test of Prayer; The Court of George II; Bulwer's Last Works; The Republics of Ants; The Relation of the Will to the Feelings; The Clouds; Notices of Books. The Methodist Quarterly Review. D. D. Whedon, L. L. D., Editor, New York: Nelson & Phillips, 805 Broadway. 2.50 a year. The April number contains the fol lowing articles: Ralph Waldo Emer son; The First year of our Mexican Mission; Egypt and the Pentateuch Protestantism and Romanism Con trasted; Motley and the Netherlands Missionary Conferences; Passage of Israel lhrough the Lied bea. Harpers Magazine for May con tains a profusely illustrated and well written account of the Concord light the Frederic Hudson, which will be welcome reading to thousands at this time. Among its other content be found articles on "American Humor," by the Hon S. S. Cox: "The Stone Age in Europe,' by Prof. Chas. Rau; and "The First Century of the Republic - Agricultural I rog ress," by Prof. W. H. Brewer; besides poems by John Hay and others, is a model number. It LAMILY JRAYERS, FOR ALORXING AND Evening Service, and for Special Occasions. Prepared and arranged by Rev. W. Wellons, Franklinton N. C. Pub lished by Sherwood & Co., Bait. Rev. Mr. Wellons is a worthy min ister of the Methodist Protestant Courch and has done a good work in arranging and compiling this volume or prayers. While, m most instan ce?, we think that each heart knows its own wants best, and can best and most fervently express them in its own language, however simple and rude. yet there are occasions when it is not only 2)roper but necessary to use written forms of prayer. The autho fuily explains such necessities and having observed them among the people of his own charge and been assured of their existence in other directions, he has deemed its advis able to publish this volume. It is ; valuable assistant to family worship by its use many an altar vil1 be er ected upon which the offerings of the heart will be laid morning and even ing, in places where it was before un known or neglected. The price is only ?i 20. The Wilmington Journal says : The ordinance of baptism was administer ed to five persons at the Front Street Methodist Church, on Sunday last, and eleven persons received into Church membership on profession of faith and one by letter. The services, both morning and evening, were very impressive and were attended by large congregations. mUTR 'JAE0LLNA. The subject of building a railroad from Henderson to Oxford is being agitated. About $30,000 have been subscribed for the enterprise by the Oxford people. In making a speech upon the importance of a railroad through Granville, Col. J. W. uayes said that he "would rather own the tobacco lands of Granville than the coalfields of Chatham." J. W. Schenck, former Sheriff of New Hanover county, who defaulted for a large amount and left the State, was ar rested in Texas week before last at the instance of his sureties and brought to Wilmington. Capt. W. A. Cumnrng, of Wilmington, lias shown to the Stab a revolutionary relic and family heirloom, iu the phnpe of a eup made of horn, lined and bound with silver. It was used through the Kevolutionnry war by Wm. Camming, the grandfather of Messrs. W. A., J. D. ana iresiou dimming. In his custody it passed through the principal battles of the Revolutionary war, and in the war of 1812 was used l.y James F. aud Jno. R, Cummmg, sons of Wm. Camming, and during the late war it was carried for a irt time by W. EI. Cumming, auotht-r of his sons. Later in the strutrtrie for Southern Independence, it was used by the present ownpr, W. A. Cumming, and his brothers. It will be used as a drink ing cup on the speaker's stand at the ap proaching Centennial Celebration at Charlotte. Mr. James G'rews, of Granville county, sold his crop of tobacco at forty dollar per hundred. Dr. Grissom's lecture at Greensboro and Salem on the "Illustrious Insane," a-tracted large audiences and is highly spoken of by the papers of those towns. U. S. Revenue officers made a descent upon the illicit distilleries of Yadkin county recently, and destioyed 35 stills nd about 10,000 worth of propertj used in the illicit business. The Central Protestant says : "A most melancholy circumstance occurred in the county of Randolph quite recently. Mr. Joshua H. Fentress put an end to his life with a pistol, leaving a wife and six children. We learn that Mr. Fen tress was not a member of any church but had been a habitual reader of certain piritualist publications which had been sent him by a brother living iu the West. The branch of the Jank of New Han over, at Tarboro, has been discontinued aud it is probable that the branch Bank at Wadesboro, wi 1 also follow. A Bank has been organized at Marion, S. C. branch of the Bank of New ITanover . B. Grainger, President, aud J. T)' Cumming, Cashier. Receipt, is acknowledged by the Secre tary of the Centennial Association of 100 .lit oy a lady of Wilmington, being the sum of small amount? solicited bv her Ifnm citizens in aid of the Celebration, Err. Mr. Wccot, hifTih-pStep Bav-isl cii i-el ,i La it, .1.:;, Jj that place on the 11th inst. Hon. Wm. A. Graham will l,'-"i-;lt,:v be the Conservative candidate to sent Oranpre couii'v " i !n ' Iir... Caswell sent to t..e poiiin;uc.aiy ;l galcu if three colored individuals r. . victed of larceny at last term ot' court The Re: Jsville News says C j!inai.SSj0n ers of Rockingham Co. havu d. ' .doj ;, sell the bridge known as tlm ,s-ttt bridge, rot being w 'ing . hi u- n,, 0. pense of i pairing .:. T,' ; : :.vS ,. ' gests that the proceeds oi tlie suit- i. propriated to enable the people ol' .Mad; son to construct a bridge over the Uuu a that point. On the 14th inst, the top of ;ia(. mountain was covered with snow. Major Seaton Gales, of Rali-igl)t deliver an address before the Lodgu oi Odd Fellows, in Fayettville, on the tvtil. ing of 26th inst. Another impostor is thus sketched in the Norfolk Virginian : He is about live and a half fet high, weighs about ldu, is aooui u years oiu, wears glim spectacles, and is now bearing the iiiiffie H. G. Peed. He calls himsth Jjr which title he falsely assumed while j,tj. dling mediciue that he stole in Nonh Carolina. He was formerly a member of the M. E. Church South, in Beaufort county, North Carolina, and applied for license to preach, but was refused on a charge of theft. He ran away iu the night, leaving a wife and a hel)!t.s family of small children, lie now claims to have been licensed to preach by the M. E. Church, in Illinois, and to Lave been ordained by Bishop Ames. Ho is evidently a great fraud. The Gre t Mexican Sensation !LoW collapsed in Goldsboro, last week fur want of mone- to go further. The teit and other fixtures were sezied by cidi. tors and the Mexicans, Moneayo ai,i family, weie left in Goldsboro,' thrown upon the charity of the place. Wilmington proposes to give a Grand Ball in honor of the Press Convention which meets ii i that city next montli. We suggest that it do something more practical and give a grand "spelling match'' for the benefit of some of the 'gang.' One Editor spells window winder, and fraternity flat c e n i t y. A contemporary speaks of tLt "writ of baptism" being administered in a certain place recently, and several of our exchanges, fulminating agaiust the "change -of gauge on the X. C. Railroad" persist in spelling it g r a g e. We direct attention to the advertise ment of the Buffalo Lithia Springs whid appears in this issue. The Springs art situated in Mecklenburg county Virginia, and are acquiring an enviable it :ita. tion for their health-restoring waters. Several of our best Raleigh citizens make these Springs 'heir annual summer rt .-or: aud tpeak in high terms both of the ex cellent mineral properties of the w a.er. and of the refiement and culture of tLt people who patronize them. The testim onials are from the most wortlry ami reliable sources. I The following law jDassed at the recent session of the Legislature will be of in- terest in the counties affected bv it : Section 1. That it shall be unlawful to kill oi shoot trap or net any partrid ges, quai s, doves, robins, mocking birds. or wild turkeys in the counties nausea between the first day of April and the first day of October iu each and every year, and any person so oliending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction thereof shall be fined not exceed ing ten dollars for each and every offense. Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to take by net, traps or kill with gun any birds mentioned in seetioi 1 of this act on the lards of any pcmr living within the boundaries of the fol lowing named counties, to wit : David son, Eandoph, Rowan, Anson, Warren, GuiJford, Rockingham, O auge, Caswell, Mecklenburg, and Edgecombe counties, without permission from the owner, er his agent of said lands, and any person so offending agains; the jrovisious of this act, shall be deemed gr.ilt3' of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there of, shall be fined ten dollars for each aud every offense. The Winston Sentinel says: "We were shown this week a strand of beads taken from the neck of a skeleton, uneartut J by the recent freshets, on the land oi X. G. Hunt, Esq., near Lluntsilie, in Yadkin county. A skull was exposed af ter the water subsided win. u Mr. Hunt cjmmeuced digging and dug up a unmix I of skeletons, buried in pairs, with the face down, with the knees bent so as to throw the feet ivp. Some of the skeletons measured nearly seven feet This must be a very old Indian burying ground, as t is known that for one Itundrel and twenty-five years there has been no Indian settlement at that ldaee " The Wilmington Journal says: We understand that a very interesting series of meetings, all of which have been w ell : attended, have been iu progress at Fii'tli 1 Street M. E. Church during the past week, ; cjnducted by the Pastor, Rev. J. T. ' Gibbs. This eentleman. although in ' j c, eeble health, has determined to continue . the meetings the presort week, comment-- ; , ing with this (Tuesdavl pvph-Ihit v --"O- Centennial iotes from tho Wilmington SfAw: Col. A. M. Waddell, M. C. fj om this District, has gracefully acknowledged invitation to the Centennial. The Governors of Delawaie and Kansas eply to invitations to attend the Cele bration in the true spirit of patriotism. Three thousand circulars, petitions and invitations have been sent out by tin. Ways and Means Committee, as stated bv Cel. R. Jones, the Chairman. The Mecklenburg Zouaves, a con;pn J organized expressly for the approach i: g Centennial Celebration, have just received 60 Springfield rifles with accoutre ments. In the meetbig of ths Gonoral Com it tee ot the M;:kic:ibiirg Center r. a' Saturday it was stated that some t-2, had already been procnreel by a carva1 of only half of tb.2 city of Chariot ; In view of the fact that thp pcfple oi Charlotte may not be able to acconinioiiatf all the visitors at the celebration v i . Ii sleeping apartments, a recent meeting of theCommittee of Arrangements adpte" resolution that the railrc.iJ compiu'es ' , requested to run special trains from ci:."'. lotto on the night of the 20j,h of May. d e it ei L w w ei t!: st tti th tb bi P' lj P' 1 M:
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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