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Haleign Ad (Unristian voc e :OH St I of f y l sr t lits of IDS rrr ith Mobbitt & Gray, Publishers. Vol. XXI.-No. 32. For the Advocate. Tii8 Baautiea of the Forest. BY J. A. 0. ,,in 11 le sii-i'fy 1. us', 1 ;i rir' b ink" til 1 1 r . si a . s: ream, 1 1, n in l'I ;issy lingers, i.richi ihe vioifU glenu. ii'1 who liiiiul il lisieg ! tiifir ile wy eyes. j.,17.'' a'love at the tleecy clouds !i :1 at in the siphire skies. , the i'a!;"s f;r:iy tnnik. traiil woouliiies cling: ive. ia the leafy branches , my sou birds s ni;. .'.t .l with mss, the eowships, .ir i;'?tin cups upturn, tie l.i'.'iir nVr 'he water's edge ,ves I he gra.'Oinl tern. u ' sides ot tbe river ,.. the luxuriant grass. !i M.nviy bt-n. I ami quiver ;:e i;ea'!e breezes pass. -. 14'; gray rocks the lie'ipn grow i :amt 11 beauties ire seen, t':i 111s l the pale pink rose t:ie swee'est ot all, I weea. A ! I': A ! - :i wers so IVesb and pure, Imp's lain would slay: ..1:1 beneath t!;e sua so warm y ail uius: mei; an ay. nice place in Springtime, :.) iy tin- piei-atit hours. uk i'f the murmuring stream niij the tie.i.tilul Dowers. 6 0 m m u n t c a t c t . For the Advocate. Beaufort. Vv il ai e: You, I niean the irive been to Beaufort, ami :i .: 1'-Av to be greatly impressed -'a tt I have to say. In fact it will vc!i if you do not feel rather clis : 1 .it my failure to say anything t!.y of the subject. You must re in: r. li.nvi-Yi.-r, that you have sev-tja- in l readers who have never . ; k ;v. au 1 if I fail in my cle " '.r.i. t) i the subjset justice, ::.').: that that is precisely : l-v.1t body else has clone. I 1 L t ex.; to succeed any better '..r. bat I may satisfy your tu it 13-auf Jit is a very enjoy- lies on the Northern shore is called Beaufort harbor. -v::-it , i..-r. (illation is about two tuons- i. I ireets am regularly laid fid in many places prettily with live oak, elm, Xc. il city is built down to the wa t - i'c. and some parts of it even :u ! -.vator. There are two large - ads. the Ojean House and the At .i.:i '. bjth of which I learn are well ii-i't. r..sidt-s. there are many pri- ;o ir Tin j houses which furnish s-.-t j"k-:ifant quarters for quiet visi t'i. A.i: .in these I cannot refrain ii j. .a'-titiouiug Uiat of Miss Sarah A. J i -vis where, with a very pleasant -. ;v y itiieied from various sec-r- 1 fared sumptuously every day. - i. .1 the best of reasons every day s.-r l-.:;-jviu-,', and we did believe, that "i - i. 1 1 tiie be.--t boarding house in the ; mi 1 the cieverest hostess. f i 1 Atlantic is unique both in sit 'I'wii and coni-truction. It is built - M': umer and is reacheu -oy Beneath the floors and the ''"U- tlie mighty tides with their -v' i?tibvf throb. l'-i ouii.ling, which is a large, thrc e itriieture, is sui-rounded by : J cu;-, bridges. Xc. which furnish :' i- e.i. tetrfcdts for proiasnade, open .;' i :x-:!c,,.) anj conversation. f'; i'-Itli room, which is very large, ' --m iue,vi formed by the wings of ' b with a southern expos ' i"-'wi;.L( out upon the ocean. It -ii. . iu i.-d bygileries from which "; airtics, and awkwardnesses of j;m njiy be witnessed to the -'" l---t advantage. Connected by vnl'u the main building are 'i nouses secure and convenient, thi, lnvury may be enjoyed in ' lt-;' perfection without the 'HT '-it'aer sharks or sea-net- I- 1 - oii,,(;,ll from your window all description. On the west, "',s t'"J Vat:r. at. a diwt.mifo tf f hroo a -U )K.iie:td CiH- fr flio south, , j i. to., mil.., frowns Fort Macon, ;ariug directly upon the a littl:; to the east. Through ;!,u"-t .t g-ip between the banks "'-'"J ibises wide vou gaze out nFu the 'stormy Atlantic, . r,.ll . 1 11 u"; ''u'or:y, surging white- 'v.'iicii ia the distance present rl'nrancoof huge monsters as nuau tains sporting and lambs upon the lawn,or 'lii.':- ; 'i"l fury rending each "-riik-, s "lli'Tv lionst An1 flin a""i that ridge of waters, where 1" ai"' ty appear to meet ner ymowt these leamn. Jil ,1. ... -1 ' monsters, with 'll'Uf.t'T. -T j a sail. The spindlinsr Vl swins to reach the clouds: nn with Q rock?, nr.rl roolc on A L t'u- lie thini of liffl it. spwno 'ray cautiously among L ke a helpless thing it patiently and unre- "Oils. :'2'y, . .v'-i porsistently for life. so ems to dance proud- i- It "tacks," sweeps the round, curves up to the wharf, furls its sail like some huge bird alighting, folds its wings, and there it rests, and although nothing but a small pilot boat with one man in it, it looks for all the world just like it is half con scious of a grand exploit. Far to the east, at a distance of twelve miles, in the darkness of the night, you descry a lone light like a very bright star just rising. It is the lamp of the Light House at Point Look Out. Like Polaris it shines on forever with a lHed light warning the approaching barque of fatal rocks and deceitful sands. Circumstances did not allow us to visit this point of so much interest to a mountaineer, al though we learned th.at access to it is easy ana pleasant in good weather. Sailing, fishing, and bathing are the favorite outdoor amusements at Beau fort, in all of which we participated, but not so extensively as many oth ers. Have you ever enjoyed the Beaufort sea-breeze on a hot July day? Have you ever slept your eight hours in a spacious room with win dows all open and the salt air from the bosom of the ocean rushing through your room all night, and the everlasting throb, throb, plash, plash, of the waves lulling your sense to re -pose, not a fly, net a musquito, not any other living thing daring to molest or make you atraid Severs lhen you have never spent a July night at Beaufort, nor have you ever ex perienced the sensations of Adam and Eve in Eden, nor have von ever , Ireamed that you had reached the land of Beulah and were snuffing per fumes fresh from the bowers of Para- lise. In dreams like these we reveled by night, and awaking wondered why every body does not go to Beaufort and with more than our wonted be nevolence wished that overy body might. AVe attended the sessions of the Newborn District S. S. Convention. "We were much interested in the discussions of this faithful, earnest body of men amoug whom we reckon some of our dearest friends, aud our intercourse with them was of tho most pleasant character; but time and space forbid us to give any details of the business transacted. "Ye close this letter by recommend ing every body to visit Beaufort, and renewing our promise to do likewise again if we live. W. 11. KOBEY. Wilmington, N. C. For the Advocate. Jottings. Messrs Epitoes: I items I thought might have several interest your readers and afford information of a general character; and first OUR DISTRICT CONFERENCE. This came off at Shelby on last week. The attendance was good and all tbe interests of the church were duly consiajred, among which the Advo cate was cordially commended, and it is hoped its circulation will be still enlarged and its influence for good strengthened thftjeest. Amid this terrible financial or the financial condition and report of the District came up about as well as could have been expected. This, with the other varied items of business win oe duly reported jn good time from the proper source and hence I need not enlarge upon this point. It is a matter of general congratu lation (as we hope it is an occasion of profound gratitude to God) that the crops throughout our State never were more promising especially is this true in respect to corn and cot- L ...1 ! -ill . loii -wmie it nas ceen years since such a crop of wheat has been gar nered. It is hoped our financial em barrassments will soon ba adjusted as these new and immense resources come into market. It was feared that this monetary stringency might seriously cripple our educational interests and institu tions. We are happy to learn,however, froaa Itev. W. M. Robey, who has just returned from a tour through the en tire State, that the agents of these in stitutions are severally doing well. and the prospect is good for the open ing of the fall sessions especially is this true in regard to "Davenport Female College." Bro Robey reports the prospect never so flattering and in anticipation of a Iaige increase of patronage, he is enlarging, repairing, refitting and overhauling the build ings, furniture, rooms and apparatus, besides grading, beautifying and en larging the grounds for purposes of taste, pleasure and utility. These in and outer improvements, together the natural elevation and sur roundings of the institution conjoined our economical and climatic . of advantages, place "Davenport Fe male College" before the public as - j enjoying peculiar privileges and at tractions, especially to those seeking high, thorough culture in connection with the improvement and perpetua tion of their physical and mental with he health. The fall session will open on a 30th August, 1875 A An unusually destructive hail storm passedover parts'of Cleave land county on last week -the hail-stones, soni6 of which were weighed, and exceeding two pounds, killed poultry, pigs, sheep and even small cattle, and of course utterly destroyed the growing crops in its track besides doing immense damage to the forest. . Such a storm and the devastation resulting there from, is wholly unusual in this lati tude. Our neighboring town of Morgan -ton is all astir in preparation for the building of our "western insane asy lum." This is a "humanity' much needed in the west, and will no doubt accomplish much good; in this con -nection ve are anticipating the future location in Western North Carolina of the "Great National Sanitarium," a sort of Government Eleemosynary Hospital for the cure of Consump tives it having been demonstrated by the last census statistics that a large strip of territory in Western N C. was entirely non-consumptive. Notwithstanding the scaicity of money, a large number of persons from below are visiting the moun -tains and enjoying their magnificent scenery and climate. Persons of all classes and occupations can wonder fully recuperate their wasted enfeebled energies by these pilgrimages to the higher latitudes of our State, and when our R. R. facilities are extended into these regions, the number of those who visit the mountains and the benefits i-esulting therefrom, will awaken new and enlarged sources of health and pleasure. The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage Railroad after a hard contest in the courts, is again on foot, and work will be resumed very soon on its upper end which will probably very soon be finished to Hickory Station ou the AY. N. C. R. R., thus placing us in connection with the great South and East Railway routes to the ocean. We are now upon the threshhold of our camp meeting seasons, and as Providence has so signally poured out his blessings as with a full hand upon the fruits and products of the earth we are looking forward to a commensurate spiritual harvest, a pouring out of His spirit without stint or measure, and a mighty in gathering of sheaves into the garner of the church. Ah ! you may call it antiquated, plebian or rustic this annual as sembling in the groves, "God's first temples" but there is something aug ust and sublime in this manner of worship, that subdues and overwhelms the very champions of sin and must ever make this "carrying the church into the wilderness," a vast power in the Methodist Church- lu view of what she has and may continue to accomplish through these means of grace, our church cannot yery well afford to abandon her camp-meetings. I am told some of the brethren have been very closely studying and anal yzing our "District Conferences" and perhaps have things new and old to report looking to their increased use - sphere 'eLSSA or" ganization. Iam glad to he3$ hope the columns of the Advqc.E will shine with new light and op m up new channels of thought in direction, and that right early. Yours in bonds, Watchman. Lenoir, N. C, July 1875. For the Advocate. Religion necessarily implies fre dom of will for anything that is u der the power of fqree cannot act w yolition and consequently is'not ) countable; hemie the Saviour sayp ivill that all men should come me,' but not all man .haU. From siana point tuen J. must assumr postulate that no form of wor? acceptable to God or any saorific ascends with a sweet smelliDg that is not a free will offering. enslaving tyranny of the Vatican crees is so much of the earth that it cannot befog the reasf the intelligent searchers after ti this intensely religious ProyidJ guarded and glided nineteenth lury. It is true many errors crept into our otherwise practice led chiefly by men guided by own unaided reason, unattended the light of the spirit, ambitious a measure and seeking the landau of truth by the dim lights of t own false philosophy,' they 1 vaguely wandered into the many paths of human error and have be wisely shut out from the great temp of light; and justly so because thef y snno-ht not aid from t.hn cr-rant Tt,-i.,Iir O T 1 vaw i w u Jt-OibllL' lights in whom there is neith( 1 7 I variableness nor shadow of turning - Luu 10 a Duiauyejy Buuowea ana a' most singularly constituted being, wrapt alone in the sordidiness of his own nature he is nothing clothed humility and light of the spirit is by Divine appointment fit to be co - heir with Christ himself in glory man s greatness is not inherent i; Published in the Interests of Methodism in North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C, Wednesday, August 11, 1875. himself; all his intellectual love, his great energy in researches, his pride of wisdom is not commendable zeal if it be unattended with knowledge a knowledge of the truth that truth which alone can make him free - a gift which only the son of man can be stow, and until he obtains this, his worldly wisdom ia only a savour of death unto death, and an engine of misfortune's crueltj which is rapidly bearing him to a goal, the last which, if in the light of the spirit, he would have sought. Hence in this age of rapid progress, insatiate ambition and misguided zeal, you will find some men like Tyndall et id omne genus in their rapid stri des after the marvellous seeking preferment among men, reasoning falsely, essaying short cuts to the truth, trying not so much (as I have chai-ity to believe) to over throw the great fabric of Christian truth, and undermine all that the Christian's faith assumes, as to rear a monument of fame to their morbid ambition, and apotheosise their names through future generations. They lose sight of their spiritual worth and significance; the stairy gems which might adorn their chaplets through eternity by the zeal of a well directed ambition and a proper employment of those great gifts so graciously be stowed upon them. Alas ! but for their engrossment with the tangi essence or tnings alone "which are temporal." Great as was John the Baptist, the Saviour declared that the least in the kingdom of heaven was greater than he at one word con demnmg the arrogance of men and overthrowing the idea then prevalent even amongst his own apostles (who as yet had not received the gift of the Holy Ghost unillumined by the Spirit) that He was about to set up a temporal kingdom, and yet we have one even in this enlightened, age claiming to be His vicegerent claim ing infallibility, binding the conscien ces of men to the chariot wheels of his own caprices, virtually setting up a temporal kingdom, claiming a sue cession to the chair of the sainted Peter when Peter was never seen to occupy any merely judicial seat of a temporal nature only through the misty eye glasses of his (the Pope's) own manufacture. Now, as Christians, we assume it to be a right as well as a hounden duty, to attack all that is Anti-Chirstian under whatever cloth ing it may appear and as civilians we have a right to oppose any corpo rate power which essays to destroy that cause which is dearer to the Christian philanthropist than any save the cause of Christ even life itself, viz., our constitutional liberty the bulwarks of American freedom, the greatest adjunct to vital Christianity, for while it enjoins obedience to "the powers that be" it enfetters th0 con sciences of none. Whilst we should guard well our own consciences, lest we fall into condemnation and snares of the Davihwe should also keep vigi lant sentinels upon the watch towers of American liberty lest any s ibtle foe obliterate the sacred landmarks which our fathers established and for which priceless heritage they not enly fought, bled and died, but freely sper their hard earned, freasyrg. J. D. T. Littleton, N. C, July 28th, 1875. gives the result of some observations on the effect of colqr upon the health of women working in different rooms. He says that those who worked in a room colored with yellow ocher were "inclined to melancholy, and com plained of a pain in the forehead and eyes, and were often ill and unable to work," while those who occupied whitewashed rooms (at the same kind of work) were healthy and happy. Tha Martyrs of Madagascar. Dr. Mullen says: "I have had the pleasure of seeing many of those places where they hid themselves away and worshiped in secret, or where, through persecutors, they were caused to suf fer, and even to lay down their lives before their fellow-countrymen. About fifteen months ago I was in one part of the country and was asking the missionary, who resides there whereabouts it ks that the martyrs used to gather. tetd often heard of those gatherifjand one of his na live evangelists who stood by said: 'Why it is just here. I can show you the spot.' And we all went with him, and he led us to a great group of enormous bowlder rocks. He point ed out a little opening between those rocks. It was about two feet from the ground; and we crept into it, and then looked around, and on the left, beneath a big bowlder, the biggest of all, we found that there was a little space of about fourteen or fifteen feet long, and about three or four feet wide, and about two feet high just such a space as we might find beneath a rather long dining -table. He said: 'We used to meet here ten or twelve or fifteen of us on the Sabbath day, to read the word of God. On some occasions we were as many as forty in this 1 title cave. We could scarcely see. 1 he light came in only jnst at the end. We have met in the even ings. We had only our Bibles or pages of the Bible, and pages of the 'Pilgrim's Progress,' and little nymns printed. And we were particularly glad in our meetings when it rained, because we knew that the soldiers would not be coming after us, and that they would rather let us alone on those unpleasant evenings. And then, what with the noise of the rain and the fears of the soldiers, we felt assured that we could enjoy singing for once in our worship, and so we sent up our thanksgiving before God.' " Selected IJoftrg. Eyeninaj on the Coast, A gweet. calm restlul moainnt lree from care, Fitted lorsilenti prayer : A murmur low and gentle Irom the sea, A monotone chanted nnce singly. By things that worship there. Faint is (he ev nin starlight on the shore, An". by my cottage door The weal winds' midst wist.ari blossoms play, Ana weeping DranoDes ol tue willow sway P. nsive, lor daylight's o'er. My cottage by the sea a shell ei seems i rom winds and waves; and dreams Like music of the sea-shell on toe beach Or clinging sea-weed flung ashore, still teach By memory's restlew streams Distant yet dandy seen the hills arise, v ailed by the misty skies: The boundaries of this narrow world are they, unui, soui-ireea, we spreaa our sails away ti'n limitless emprise. A bunt of glory rom the full round moon Comes like an added boon To mortals, pouring down the streaked, wave A track of living light, bright beams that Tbe depths, then fade loo soon. A ship wilh moonlit sails that waits to seize The hoped for, favoring brepze- . Beautiful on the deep, like Fome flaat bird That, weiry, droops her wing, Dut hit un til r lea Such are life's verities! Thus iany travelers, hom-wiirl boiml, still wait, Storm-tossed by adverse ftte. Patiently hoping to regiin some day The haven sale, where billows cannot play, Aua cairn come, sweet mougn late. And for that better shqre uat circled by these oars, WSiiw lire's rude shocks and jirs Are all unfe.lt, we look out for the tide To drift us surely voyaging to the untried Sate port beyond tbe stars. C'uDsunce Gray, Ciiif chman. Baper Statistics. Of the 1.300. ,000 human beings inhabiting- the e, 360,000,00,0, hav-e n,q paper nor writjmj material of any kind. uUjUui;, oi tue mongolian races paper made frojpft the stalks and Of plants; 10,0QQ,QQQ employ aphic purposes tablets of wood; 00,000 tha Persians, Hindoos, nians, and Syrians- have paper from cotton, while the remain 300,000,000 use the ordinary The annual cqniuption of atter number s estimated at 1,- QQQjQQQ lbs., an ae?ago of six pounc ds tQ a, persp.n, which has in- reased. from two and a half lbs, during the last fifty years. To pro duce this amount of paper, 200,000, 000 lbs. of woolen rags, 800,00&QQ0 lbs. of cotton ragst beside great quan tities cf linen rags, straw, wood, and other materials, are yearly consumed. he paper is manufactured in 3,960 aper mills, employing n,Q,Q0Q male nd 180,000 famale laborers. The roportionata amount manufactured f the different kinds of papers are stated to be, of writing paper, 30Q,- QQ0,QQQ lbs., of printing paper, 900, 000,000 lbs., of wall papers, 400,000, 000 lbs., and 200,000,000 lbs., of car toons, blotting paper, &c. London Stationer. At the Roots. "Lit in and Greek are all right," said a Washington County farmer to his son a young graduate, the other day, "but gimme a man who can plough around an ap ple tree 'thoat touching the roots." t 1 fclje Pulpit. Independence Day. Sermon by Heo. Dr. Newman in Re view of Gods Dealings With this Nation. Rev. J. P. Newman, D. D., pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Epis copal Church at Washington, and late Chaplain of the United States Senate, delivered a sermon on "The Fourth of July, at the Metropolitan Taber nacle at Sea Cliff, L. I , taking for his text Psalm cxlvii , 20: "He hath not dealt so with any nation . " "This is a national psalm," said the preacher. "It is remarkable for its originality of thought, beauty of diction, and its application to a day like this. I would call attention to two subjects suggested by it The first is the superior rights and advan tages which we possess as a people. The second is, our duties toward others, and toward other nations of the earth. There is a Divine appoint ment in the geography of a chosen nation. If we could look at a map we will see that between the thirtieth and sixtieth degrees of north latitude have existed all the great nations of the past as do exist all the great nations of the present time. This narrow zone indeed we may lessen and con tract by ten degrees, and the same re mark holds true as regards great po litical power and potency. There have been nations, great in luxury and magnificence, existing to the north and to the south of this zone; but no one familiar with history will claim that these nations to the north or the south of the narrow belt have been potent in giving direction to the sen timents of mankind. Nineveh, Baby lon, Greece, Rome, Palestine, Italy Germany, Russia, Austria, and France, are within the zone. Within these narrow limits, too, is our own Re public, on which the Divine blessing has rested for an hundred years. Our nation is far from the belligerent powers of the Old AYorld, and has a shore line exceeding the circumference of the earth. It has a river naviga tion double even this vast measure, a continent washed by Wo oceans, and an extent equal to that of ancient Rome when her domain expended from the Euphrates to, the Western Ocean. Travelers go to Italy to sitr beneath her sunny skies and to spend the Win ter there, but we have a finer Winter in Florida. They go to Switzerland to look upon the Alps, but there are grander mountains m our domain. They go to see cascades, hut there are none in Europe so great in beauty and grandeur as here. And where upon the globe shall we go to find a nation in which wealth is so diffused? fL , yjiuw lanas can ooast oi more hereditary millionaires. There is, however, nowhere so much compe tency as among our people. And here too, comfort waits on competency, and competency is the result of honest labor. Two foots in illustration of this point are significant. The immigrants to this country have sent, within the past ten years, 50,000,000 tQ their friends in the Old World), and on the centenary of cur Qhuroh 10,000,000 were laid upon her holy altars. We may say that to be a pauper in this country is to be a criminal- To be idle is to offend, avunst society and to sin against God. Again, our agricul- i i ... luiai lesuurees are sucn tnat we can give a farm to every human family on ii, i i i i ., - tue iuue ni mruisn tooa to every person All this should evoke our sincerest gratitude to God. "He hath not dealt with any nation." If from the geographical and jihysical situation of our land we turn to the i i i , . . etaiwiwi' oi us population, we se the beneficence of God no less signfi- cant. Greek culture came from a race of cannibals. V hen Cfesar inva.ded. England hp found a band of savages. When Pe ter the Great began his reign in Rus sia he found the nation semi-barbar ian. With such material did he lay the foundations of that great Empire- It was not so with us. Qnr fathers began where otbera left off. It was God's p'orpoae to have the founda tions of our country laid by men of high character and intellect Nowhere did a nation ever start with so much of intellect, of culture, of conscience so much o all the elements belong :ng to a great and free people. The War of the Revolution in this country was for all men, and those grandsires of our nation proclaimed the ultimate truth of human liberty when they de clared that all men are created free and equal, and that they are endowed with certain inalienable rights. We read in history of certain great epochs, in each of which there was a special purpose to be aeomplished, but each contributing to the totality which we enjoy to-day. Greek and Roman culture, Judaism, imperial individual ism, the union of Church and State all these had their object" After a consideration qI the character 32.QO Per of the people, and of the influence ex erted by the example of America on the nations of the Old Woild, the preacher said that to Christianity were Ameri cans indebted for their prosperity. "Back of the Constitution, back of ad ministrations, back of law, is this power exerting its influence in giving a moral sentiment to the people of the land. Virtue predominates here. Vice is not the dominance in this country. It is to be feared, however, that the strength of the nation will prove its weakness. The grandest boon we enjoy is that of religious to leration, but out of this are coming evils looming up larger and larger everyday, and that very religious liberty may prove to be the downfall of the Republic. The Government is not irreligious, but non-religious in the sense of non-interference with sects, or not allowing a union of Church and State. I would not seek to deprive a Roman Catholic fellow citizen of his constitutional rights. He shall worship God as he pleases, say we to the Holy Father in the Vatican, to the Cardinal in New York, and to the Jesuit Fathers. But what we accord to you, you Bhall accord to us. If you do not we'll have it any how. I would not speak against the Catholic Church, but only against one class, the Jesuits. Wherever they have ruled they have ruined. The time is coming when there shall be a congress of Christian nations as sembled in some city of the Old World or the New. They will meet togethet in a hall on the dome of this shall be the cross the symbol of universal religion; while just below it shall be the American flag the symbol of universal liberty." In conclusion, Dr. Newman urged the listeners to take heed to the conduct of their daily lives. As is an individual, so is the mass; as the individual, so is the people; as is the individual, so shall be the future of the American nation, and of mankind. New-Made Ministers. From the theological seminaries there are now going forth a host of young clergymen. They are seeking settlements. Each one has set before him a model of what he. have. Very few will get just sucb. settlement as they anticipated; but may we not hope that, for the most part, they will get that for which they are especially intended? Young broth er, seek a place for which you are best ntted.Do not long for a city charge or a grea wide opening. It is easier to get a prominent,'place than to keep it. You want a place that you can master msteaa oi having the place master you. If you can pull only three hundred weight, do not harness jourself to load of hve hundred weight. Better begin at the foot of the ladder and climb up, than start at the top and tumble to the bottom. There is pulpit somewhere that you will exact ly fit: By undertaking too much at the beginning many a man has fasten ed on himself life-long invalidism. Be not too proud to preach in a school house or log cabin. Instead of seek ing a great place to preach in, make the place great by the way you preach. If you are delicate of body, and pre cise of mind, and sensitive of soul, do not go West, or try to preach to fish ermen. If you are burly, and robust, and naturally reckless, do not be can didate in a Church made up of theo logical crystals, in the former case you will stun your head against their low rafters; in the latter case your blundering foot will tear the fine car pets. What you need is a place in which you may work hard, and work unhindered, and work without fret ting. Calmly, deliberately, and intel ligently make your choice of a parish, piomptly marry the wife yon have already selected, and move into the parsonage. Do not accept the em broidered slippers and book-marks of all the young ladies of the congre gation for a whole year, not letting them know that your affectional des tinies are already decided. Live econ omically, preach boldly, and know enough to leave before the people ap point a committee to suggest that your usefulness is. done. Long life and usefulness to those just now en tering upon the Gospel minis try I T. De 'Witt Talmage. The New York Methodist says: "We began to notice Bix years ago that outrages in tne aoutn came to print when they could serve political pur - poses, it is less than a year- since the newspapers were full of them. We call attention to the perfect serenity of the atmosphere this sum- T 1 1 1 1 mer. we nave looKea m vain for a case for the last three months. Chris tian people ought to see the point and to brace themselves with a wholesome incredulity for the next season of po- itical torment. We do not doubt that the baser sort of white is sporadi ally guilty of outraging the colored man; tha point is that these instances have none of the attributes of nation al importance." Annum, in Adva nee. Whole No. 1,070. The Origin of Olassio&l Phrases. TO PASS THE RCBICOH Is a phrase which means to engage in an enterprise with an irrevocable decision. The Rubicon was a little river which separated the Roman empire from Gaul. The expression has reference to Caesar, who crossed this boundary line and marched against the Roman Senate, after that body had ordered him to disband bis army, which he had in Gaul. On ar riving at the famous stream, Ciesar hesitated, being impressed with the awful consequences that would follow, and said to one of his Generals, "if I pass this river what miseries I shall bring on my country; if I do not I am undone." Soon after he exclaimed, "The die is cast," and rushed across the Rubicon, SUB ROSA. Under the rose. What is said or done privately and secretly among confidential friends. The origin of this term is said to be the following: Cupid, it is said, gave a rose to Hip pocrates, the God of Silence, and from this legend arose the practice of sus pending a rose from the ceiling over the table while eating,when it was in tended that the conversation must be kept secret. This custom gave rise to the phrase tub rosa. ULTIMA THCLE, Means "the utmost extent" Literal ly the extremity of the earth. "Ul tima Thule," was the most remote island in the Northern parts known to the Romans. RARA AVIS, (a rare bird ) is a term used by Juvent al to signify a prodigy or something wonderful. To say of a man that he is a rara avis means that he is sin gular, eccentric, &c. BRDTUM FtJLMEN, Empty thunder. When any one de livers a speech full of sound and fury, it is called Brutum Fulmen. A boast ful threat, or an absolute law which no one respects is also called Brutum Fulmen. Soientifio. Prof. Buckley, State geologist of. Texas, announces that the deposits of iron and coal in that State are much greater than has been supposod here tofore, and that both are of a first rate quality. Of the thirty-five hundred new books published in England last year there were two-thirds as many works on science and art as works of fiction. When it is considered how much more restricted in number the readers of science are than those of novels it is a good sign that works of the former class should make so good a show. A characteristic effect of snake poison is rapid decomposition of mus cular tissue. From Dr. Weir Mitch el's experiments it appears that after a few hours the wounded muscle be comes almost diffluent, and assumes ft dark color and somewhat jelly-like appearance; under the microscope it has, the appearance of a mass of min ute granules. M. du Moncel has recently com municated to the French Academy his researches on the electric conduc tivity of badly-conducting substances, especially tissues. He finds that silk, the least conductive of tissues, owes its insulating property simply to its hygrometric insensibility, and that this insensibility is inversely propor tional to the charge in the operation of dyeing to which it is subjected . Thus black silk, which bears the greatest charge in dyeing, is the least insulating of silks. Cotton and linen seem to owe their conductive proper ty merely to their hygrometric sensi bility. An Italian correspondent of the Philadelphia JPohtographer describe! a novel application of photography. He had some fruit trees that needed pruning, and there was no one in the neighborhood who could attend to the work in season. He therefore pho to- graphed the trees, and sent the pic tures to an experienced pruner in Turin, who returned them after mark ing where the branches were to be cut. The artist then pruned the trees him self, following the photographs. GrBE fob DRUKxiHKEss.--The fol lowing recipe (says the N. Y. Witness,) is communicated by a subscriber with an earnest desire for its publieaton: "This recipe is taken from eminent and undisputed authority, and it it said to have cured, by the blessing of God, the talented father of one of our noted Ministers.of the Gospel. Sulphate of iron, 5 grains; magnesia, 10 grains; peppermint water, 11 drachms; spirits of nutmeg, 1 drachm. This amount is to be taken twice a day, and con tinued regularly for from five to nine months." The above is the celebrated recipe" of the father of Rev. Newman HalL which that excellent man believed saved him in connection with prayer and repentance from confirmed hah- its of intemperance.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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