North Carolina Newspapers

Raleigh iimi-ii r- , - t r G"TJ o o 1 ! ; ' ... A. ID e Babbitt & Gray, IPublisners. Vol. XXL No. 43. Selected JJoetrg. Published in the Interests of Methodism in irSTorth Carolina' SUNSET. BY M. H. j',- .1 ill u1 I glow of tue sunset !.;. I.1.W slowly sway, ji I im lU'.ir.r my journey's t-nd, By noiher gulden day. ' i- m 'ff ii.ik i.i the chain ot life m' m o-d.iy b.v bi"?u riven, .:1 1 i .w u i: i 'I Vi.i 3 illV soui Another link . from heaven. a- i -;t-j'iej the s-tting pun, 1 , ii.s rohe .f g .rgeous hue, 1 ,v 1 1 I if hn .a wr far away, T.uirU bi .Men from uiorUl view. ; s?i; 1 th- cIimhIj i.re rent. 1 1 t ir uigb their glories were seen TV i S'-i9 a&d the harpers grand, i : 1 ;-ie 1 1 ieies ire of green, T ; .: w iile tb.oae. in dazzling light. 1 r a-all ui iajer ami goM( . iii' .ji-' iiuiiisc uir ia tbeir stalely pride i.ic tJ behold; L i;ei-d tiie -iicueit ol heaven riog it' i tae glad r-ileeme1, .! rvs, fr.nn b- gr-a' wMt i .. ..,? r .-. ol;.--s -a'-ae.it gltaia-d; l.-. er th tt sli'trriag gold, n: i.-; -vDi.'j my paUe stirred, , .. : i .r u .: Ob-i-t lie So a oi Gol. 0. j.- 'S oiir ri-ea Lord. r. .v i e I -iztd. with eager yes, r i :ot la le i aiy, .j i : s :..e o'.lv a m-'rn'r , bright. t ' '-"'ii i 1 ui.eer t j lay ; 'i-: ' -' ' r - .im.' a lest' in ta.ight ' n- ;i n t i: i i and strife, T: .: be;, on 1 ine clouds of earth - t ....j b'!ter Hie, .'. : v. i; t i ' i- luwsr 1 inds ol earth i . e i i.in: il to Jhrii , our King, ' - - i iL -'. ii l tt ia.st by toe great while A i . ?o : :a raiioined sirg. 6 o m m u n i c a t e D . Fr the Advocate. SYS2LA3TIKG PUNI3HMENT. BV REV. E. A. TATS. .NO. 3 lu our last it was shown, in part, r. the sinner is punished forever, : b'-eanse he has sinned against an :ii:tL- law." nor yet '"because he is v.iv winning in hell, and therefore vav.s to bj uunished: since sin in Raleigh, N. C, Wednesday, November 3, 1875. Per Annum, in Advance. nonsense to t&lk of virtue being its unu rwara it ia true, the righteous man has peace, but that peace neces sarily links on to the hereafter is Bimplj a part of the interest on the capital he has laid up at God's right hand by obeying this law here. One of the best men that ever lived said, that "if in this life only we have hope in Christ, of all men we are the most miserable." And the good man chooses to suffer affliction with the people of God here, rather than enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season, hav ing respect to the reward hereafter. There is therefore no adequate motive to maintain, through affliction, a life of holiness here, if the present plan is continued bevona death: a.V.il tn Ann tinuation of such a plan would be simply saying to the sinner, "Live as vou please, gratify the flesh, and when you die, and wake up in eternitv. vnn will then have the same plan presented to you." This syllogism presents the absurdity ! Whatever suffering is required of man in the way of self- denial and re sistance to sin that is not necessarv. is contrary to Goodness and Justice. But, by the present rlan of salva tion continued after death, the suffer ing consequent upon the demand of holiness in resistance to sin, is not necessary, since the sinner can live unholy and easy here, and be saved by the present plan, beyond death and the reach of present suffering. .therefore, it is contrary to Good ness and Justice to require the af fliction attendant upon a holv life here ! But to make this stroncr argument clear let us illustrate: Here are two women. Let us present the first. In early life she was taught God's law: slieread His word and obeyed its teachings. When she came to proper age she married, and for some years the ordinary sorrows of life were hers. But her husband suddenly dies, and she is left with several little children depending upon her labor for support. She still strives to love and serve God; and while she plies her needle night and day to get them bread, she sings: "In hope of that immortal crown I now thecross sustain, And gladly wander up and down, And smile at toil and pain. I suffer out my three-score years, Till my deliverer come, And wipe away His servants tears, And take His exile home." i-M could not txist tcithout law; nor v. ivituMUi freedom to obey or (lis o:u - or. in other words, probation ia aril wiiich was more matter than ia..: ijve of anament was sent out tj ovia- iu but that the sinner is BuLiainsd f-trecer because he has wil- f jliy .-ivsti ea'l. rejected the blood of C'v?V siunJ out his time of proba-t-ju, atiJ iii.:re is no conceivable plan ly which he can ever be relieved from f-uuishaient Let us examine: 1. If there is a way in hell by which t.ie lost si.'u! can be restored, it must be the sauie plan furnished here anc continued beyond death; or it is dif-i-r-n t. If it is the same, then we propose to show that that would be contrary to Justice and Goodness. Bit if it is different, we can conceive of its differentiation lying only in one direction to keep clear of essentia emu- with the same plan, viz: the soul in Leli suff.ruiir iust so much as Will pay the penalty and satisfy justice Ml taen be released; which we pro PfJi! to hhow is an absurdity. There can h; no conception of a third plan that does not essentially hinge upon Kih. nf flirtiti tivr first, then, if the present plan of 'salvation is continued to the sinner bevund dath. it is verv clear that wlkn the sinner reaches hell, and no longer doubts its reality, having no farther use for sin, he will at once embrace the plan, accept Christ, and thus forestall all punishment. For the same plan offered there would ab solutely have all motive on one side There cnnhl be no trial whatever. It fould be really a forced acceptance. It would resolve itself simply into thi? question asked the sinner, "Which 'h you prefer, to stay in hell and be punished, or come to heaven to be Hade hannv ?" It is a moral impos 1 & af eibility that the lost soul could do otherwise than accept. lhe plan would therefore bo worso than the one which saves all by suffering in this life: since it lacks that element of Punishment as a motive. By the present plan continued there, the since.- would not only get clear of "suf- f'in affliction with the people of l"T in this life, (which Moses chose r.ithw than sinful pleasurt,) but he would also get clear of suffering with the enemies of God in the world to co'ue ! So that the present plan con t: ruied there would give the worst ii,-r the easiest and most pleasant r'iue, between the Scylla of suffering l1 and the CharybJis of punishment '"'iff.er, into glory ! and ought to be 1 Ti'utic 1, "The way to heaven made ti.ufnlhj easy " Her-ondiy, the present plan continue-1 In-yon J death, destroys all motive a life of holiness, and offers a pre mium to vice. For it is the boldest and But she is now still young handsome. Many of the wicked around her ar6 gay, well-fed and clothed, while her poor little ones are ill fed, poorly clad, and uneducated. Wicked men tempt her with gold to violate God's law. She sees in their offer gay attire for herself and chil dren. Luxury of food and drink comes with both hands full as a price for virtue. She refuses all, and chooses suffering rather than sin T X 1 11 . . .out now unuer an tms sorrow sue is taken sick, and yonder in that scanty room, in the midst of her crying chil dren, she expires. Now let us present the second wo man. In early life she was taught " o God's law. She read His word, but had no fondness for it. The few years of her married life were full of misery to all around her. She is gay, lustful, worldly, wicked. Her hus band is deserted that she may riot in sin. Gold, flashy men, wine, fast horses, balls, jewels and gay clothing-, constitute the stream upon the bosom of which she floats. She declares hell to be a myth the invention of priest crait to keep people from enjoying themselves. She despises virtue, hates the good, laughs at religion and re fuses the Bible. She profanes the name of God, violates the Sabbath, entraps the unsuspecting and ruins the innocent. Suddenly, however, m all her flush of sin, death overtakes her. Opening her ees upon the re ality of hell, having no more use for sin, she is presented the plan of sal vation through Christ, and, of course. she gladly accepts and enters heaven Now, the good woman first described. she who obeyed God's law, suffered in life and died poor and lonely rather than sin looks upon this scene, and instead of being filled with praise to God for His goodness and iustice. very justly feels that her sufferings were unnecessary that she might have sinned, clothed and fed herself and children, lived in ease and pleas ure at the expense of virtue and still have entered heaven as the other. She justly charges upon Goodness that her suffering was endured with out ause or profit, and upon Justice, that law hid not been vindicated. Now who will dare deny that ' if the present plan of salvation is continued to the sinner beyond death, a premium is offered for vice; and there is no adequate motive to live righteously and godly in this life ! Secondly. It clearly appears, then. that if the lost soul in hell is ever restored it must be by a plan which is wholly different from the present one. Now there is only one conceivable plan, differing essentially from the present one, that could relieve the sinner in hell frotn endless punish ment. It is this: that he suffer the full penalty for tin demanded by Jus ttce, and then be released. But the utter weakness of this proposition, and impossibility of such a plan of restoring the lost soul may be shown in several ways. First, it assumes the very thing to be proved, viz: that justice demands as a penalty for violated law less than endless punishment. God alone pos sesses a full knowledge of the extent, effect, and criminality of man's sin, and what justice demands as punish ment Human reason cannot weigh ouuu a. question as mat, lor it is necessarily ignorant of all the facts in tti. .... Q il. . iud ou ui proposition is a rope of sand absolutely worthless, unless itcould be shown that justice does not demand endless punishment. The argument is, therefore, the sim plest petitio principii. Secondly, the plan assumes that the sinner, by suffering a definite length of time, is thus fitted for heaven. But the truth is, that even if he could by suffering satisfy justice, this would give him no qualification for dwelling with the pure and good. For a plan must necessarily possess some element not only for paying the sinner's debt, or satisfying justice and thus re leasing him from prison: but also for healing his disease or cleaning the soul. The plan therefore not only fails of its intention, viz: satisfying justice by suffering; but also fails in the attempt to make suffering in hell do double duty, by superseding with it the cleansing blood of Christ. Thirdly. The plan of saving the sinner by a definite time of suffering in hell, charges the Almighty with folly. In the Atonement of Christ for man's salvation God amazed the Universe by His sacrifice. He empt ied heaven of i(s glory, and sent His priceless jewel to be shattered upon Calvary's rock to satisfy justice and save man; and made all this ado about a small matter; when by the above plan, all that necessity required was to leave the sinner to pay his own debt by suffering just enough a million of years or so to satisfy jus tice ! This, of itself, is sufficient an swer to the argument. It nullifies the necessity for Christ's Atone ment! Fourthly. To show the further absurdity of the plan to save the sin ner by "suffering a definite time in hell," it requires simply to follow its consequences; the plan would set up in heaven two rival objects of praise, viz: the sufferings of hell and the Lord Jesus Christ two Saviours: the Son of God, and penal fires ! Moreover, it would make heaven into two classes: the one saved by Christ's blood, the other saved by its own powers of endurance! While one class should sing "Unto him who hath redeemed us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, be honor and glory forever," the other class could sing equally as loud of the praises of suffering in hell; and waving their crowns on high, boast that thev had paid their own debts, and were independents i?i heaven ! Ihese two plans, then, viz: "the present one continued after death." and "suffering a definite time in hell to satisfy Justice, and then be re leased," having thus been shown to be utterly impossible; it follows that if the present glorious plan of salvation here is finally rejected by the sinner. landless Punishment cannot be other wise than the awful result. persons. The information thus ob tained will not be given to the public by the advocates of the Art. 3. Let us examine the philosophy of dancing; to that end we state the following propositions, which will perhaps be generally admitted. 1. Every sentiment, emotion, pas sion, inclination, and thought of the soul has its external manifestation ir the body, and is thus expressed bv countenance, physical development. .... motion.tensions and attitudes. By this law the painter expresses both thought and feeling. 3. These outward manifestations being artificially assumed, have a strong tendency to .create in the soul their corresponding thoughts and feelings. 4. These manifestations being- Rnen in others, have an almost irresestible power to produce the same manifes tations, thoughts and feelings in the Denomer. Hence, laughter produces laughter without even the cause being Known. o. lhe dance is the expression of thought and feeling by motion and attituae in regular ry them, and gen erally regulated by mueic. 6. The intelligent dancer simply ex presses his thought and feeling. What they are may be inferred from his countenance, motions and atti tudes. What these indicate may be best studied by the lady or gentleman standing out before the company, and going through the whole routine Whole No. 1,081. While lile prolongs its preckms i'gbt Mercy i lound and peace i.i given; tiut oon. ah noon, approaching night .Vhull 1.1.1- ..1. .. k n ... V. fl ine JJanoe ao. 1. BY EEV. B. CBAVEN, D.D. LLD, "A fancy ball," "the first hop of the season, "the pleasure club," "they had aJittle dance at the hotel atnighf and such like expressions are common in the newspapers. These are technica lities of a custom that is manifestly on the increase: the public chronicles of a vice that inflicts heavy penalties upon society, lhey are proofs of usage that tends to destroy by the easy steps of graded vice, and of a prevailing disposition among the in nocent to seek pleasure upon the dan gerous border land of ruin. By usage, by fair construction of law, and by the united yoice of the Bishops, our Church condemns dancing, not simply as an impropriety but as a positive vice. It is not Bim- ply an infraction of a Church statute, but a violation of the law of Gods not simply unfavorable to piety, but in compatible with the "life that is hid with Christ in God. ' 1. Biblical examples claimed, prove nothing. The dances referred to in the Bible had not the most remote similarity to modern dances, in mode, spirit, occasion, or intention Though obsolete, if any one chooses to practice a genuine Bible dance T have no objection. 2. By whom, for what purpose, and with what results the dance was in- roduced in Greece, Kome, France and England, can be fully ascertained from books within the reach of most without a companion or music 7. The uninstructed dancer is verv likely to acquire the appropriate thought and feeling by simply going through the motions and attitudes of the dance. They that stand in the way of sinners, are apt to sin; and whoever sits in the seat of the scorner, generally scorns. 8 The music and literature of the dance have an intent They are not accidental, but have studied, syste matic art, they are the expression of concept and feeling, and in very many instances were originally made more for hoped for consequences, than for mere enjoyment as a dance. 9. For what conceivable purpose were the most of fashionable dances composed? "For pleasure." What kind? Every pleasure is the gratifica tion of Borne feeling, and what feeling is it, that would naturally express it - self by the attitudes, tery peculiar motions, and nowhere else-allowable familiarities of the dance? Is the dance to acquire graoe of action? Grace or elegance of manner is rela uve, not abstract, depending upon what is to be done or signified, and training for all purposes must be in the precise line of the thing to be done. What duty or service in life requires men and women to bound from the floor in dactyls and ana- pests, hold each other by the hands or otherwise use steps not available either for walking or runninc. and practice attitudes and positions eo 7 ?T? 1 vfirv TinnHrf . estaDJisuments J I ... . u ouuur VI Ul the aesthetics or morals of the dance might show many people that they u For the Advocate. The Temperance Question." Your issue of the 13th inst has a well considered and timely article un der the above caption. It is such a paper as I have long desired to see filling a conspicuous place in our Conference organ. You have opened the battle in a manner worthy of the great theme. And now I pray you so far as you shall have time and room for it, press the attack. Make it so hot and so persistent that the roar of the bi ,ttle shall never die on the air until shall be swallowed up in the shoujof the victors, theories of the anq. e?-bed aD(j tho app'ause of all fcha good in earth and heaven. Having in view the reform advo cated by you,the following resolutions were introduced into our third quar terly Conference this year and set for consideration at the fourth. Resolved 1st, That we condemn the practice known as "treating" in politi cal contests, either on or before the day of election and whether by can didates or their friends and suppor ters. 2nd, That as individuals we will henceforth vote for no man who does it or procures it to be done; and as the official body of the church we ad vise and request all members of the church within this pastorate to unite with us in this resolution. 3rd, That the presiding eldei is re quested to lay these resolutions be fore the various Quarterly Conferences of this District, with the request of this conference that they ioin with us a church in this or some better effort tn put down this most potent engine of coiruption and crime 4th, That every Quarterly Confer- u ence in iNorth Carolina and all church es by whatever name known through out the state are asked to deal with this question officially, if in their r0d ly judgment it shall seem right and expedient,and as shall appear to them best. 5th, That these resolutions be set for consideration at the next Quarter ly Conference: and to the end that they may receive thi consideration which their importance demands, all the official members are urged to be present." For the Advocate. Messrs Editobs: If not intruding upon your time and space, I would say a few words i.bout the ancient landmarks of Methodism through th e columns of the "Advocate" to its many readers. And I come at nr. to the subject matter of my brief ar "l"' -1 Buaii with the divine aid of the good Spirit, try to speak the truth as it is in Jesus; and if you UB wna say, is worth a place in your columns, well; if not just throw it aaidn T f.l a iI30X iuoveu to raise my voice m earnest protestations against a growing evil m our beloved com mnninn A Jt 4.1 j. . . luat evlJ consistg m a new sort of Methodism which ly ignores class meetings, love-feasts, family worship, &c. &c. I would call special attention to the criminal neg -lect of class-meetings by a large ma lorir.v nf Am. . r 1 , . J "JcuiuersuiD. IV hv arc not class-meetings largely attended as in tne days of Wesley, Asbury, Coke. ana other fathers of our glorious luethodism? aye and even in thfl Iter days and experience of the present mempership who connected thpm selves with the Methodist Enisnnn! Church South, twenty years ago and upwards! l joined the chjwh in 1853 and very many were the p seasons that I enjoyed in tii room. O what a holv and 1.. . influence for good pervaded the o.n secratea place when the selt-denying, oioss-nearing followers of the mL- and lowly Jesus punctually assr. 1.1-j .1 . - " iea tnemselves together, not onlv t,i taste His mercies themselves, an i t get more spiritual good, but h!s, .. helD A. liJ L UU illM Wi'.V r ;lory and to God! Manv nf n-. . "" 010 mi s mo remember w the blessed Spirit was ooured out on many such occasiens. and !in y 01 me tempted followers nf Christ, whose feet had well nirrl, slipped, and who were almost readvl, sink down the sides of the uit. beino- entreated by the faithful class-lead er turned their feet to the testimo nies of the Lord, went to the class -meeting, listened to their neighbors and friends as they bore testimony to the truth of the gospel as it is in Je sus, and as they listened, and prayed, and examined iheir hearts (for the class-room is doubtless the best spot on earth for self '-examination,) they have been warmed by the Spirit, and "fed" bv Christ " .jvr uu D.llHJC.L C milk of the word." And I have bo lieved, and do believe to dav that there have been thousands of snnlc We s.iiall neer win this .battle. luessr .. iditors until we win the hearts of the people. I paw lately a man just returned from a distant State to which he migrated a few years agq. He says human life is too lightly regarded there. He could not L. I" 77 T . . OI SOUJ stay in such a community. Men kill Ilnt l f VS T' mStfU" on the slightest nrovoJL Tn ,1 mehty ot the class -meeting, who mi- mmvW Jn -m . , woula Uave been forerer lost had there the law there as well as here. But fe "I the ifoih- sociefy condones it; public sentiment T H".. &huU .11 -x j. .. .. . uauL cause io praise the "liod of all allows it, extenuating if not justifying- t xf . ana 1- ... , J: J ' Siace ior precious means of jo uuu itiiu cannot oe en- . e ... t . . . f.i 101- 4. was reclaimed from mv backslidings m the year 1857 through ers, according to their own desires, having etching ears. And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables." Confess your faults one to another, and pray one ior another, that ye may be heal f(l " QOTTO C T.. TT. uttmea. now can we do this if we fail to assemble ourselve together. The Prophet wrote that; they that Reared the Lord, spake of ten one to another etc. This is sound, wholesome doc! rin for any christian especially for Methodists. O Lord revive Primitive Methodism in our midst! A. Mkthodist. For the Advocate. Th ;a ti , . ai;-"uuigs m me year iSo throug Ihere is a town I have seen, half of tr.x fa whose married men, I have been told. .7T7 ' & tUQl Cla38- .- , ' "auer nu laimiui members of the maintain their two or more separate iQa , . T 1. , , , " , , . , aiaLa class to which I belonged. It was in establishments in one of which pre- . i j i. - LUC ciass-room X Was led to piam nn sides the wife; in the other that poor ut . , , . ex.amme creature,outcastofearth and heaven, SThJ 12 signify what they do not intend; but ." take ho d on hell.'' No rounded b SympathizinV bremren by practice may come to intend what fa"d jury finds a bil and no solicitor and sisteJn Z?TT theveifi-nifr uraws one against these violators of th- , , wieyBigniry. their prayers and ffodlv arlm..r.;t;Q me jaw 01 wa ana man. in "a whole T . . i , city full" of glass houses it would be "" PjP r j i , . lUBBBuiBu ius ricn Diessincrq nf tha dangerous to begin throwing roks. ,. . . . Ui08S1DS8 01 the f. , , gospel to myindividual use and spirit Public sentiment laughs, curls its Li mf..f n u. . , .. v mocking hp, and with a flash of its Lyer attended a class TV 10. lhe artistic meaning of the dance, is that by the influence of music and motion the soul shall be brought to some certain condition of thought and feeling; that for the time uuuugub ami leeiing; uiai ior tne time 1 0 r' "i"u lq ever attended being the dancers shall forget all dif- ' """-"J eye oias tne Wesley and his coadjutors ferencesofrank and character; that broken and dishonored law of the land the class -meetimr ... nr.- o " ferences of rank and character; that they shall yield themselves fully to the genius of the composition; and that nothing permitted by the dance shall be deemed in bad taste or offen sive. Now if it should happen, that the composition, including both the music and dance movement is mor ally bad in any way, then a pernicious effect is stamped upon both body -and soul. 11. I affirm that the whole of dance literature is morally impure; that the songs that belong to much of it, are generally immoral and often indecent; that innocencyisno protection against its pernicious influence; and that the head of John the Baptist is not the only tribute that has been paid to its evil power. B. Cbaves. J.he Methodist (Jhurch is accom pushing a good work in Australia. It hasthree Conferences, all flourishing stauu asiae. , . uiuot ciieciuai means 1 uave Known men who were moral ino- 1 u.i; 1 , . . . . e ""r im uujiuuBsover me . lepers ana unnt ior association with rw . . x, ,-. 1 j , , "".'ib dcu me utiii y and mi the good and pure, who, wherever thev t , ' . - r,""'o" cju,!-meetings and ear wenl were hailed as the darlings of M . , " '-vviumcuu luitisncn meetino-s society and were revived as equals be held iu all the churches It is true V , 7 ! 7 tDSe WhSe that 8uch meetine re held in a few x.., UCv were not wortny nf the crmrohpshnf. QlQD i - - j - lJ W i 10 nave Btoopea down and unloosed Aj t t k . Why? Because of the moral cowardice h,n tw". ki. r I " '--"-' l V UW1U! of men and women! Whv? Becansn Now Messrs TMifn t u v 1 . iciiiy ueji-" .iwA.. a.WiM.J " f ',1 1 ... I ...... , . rj 13 iaumess m the it to be the duty of Methodists to at great responsiDiiity laid upon it! tend class meetings punctually an A L - 1 -r . 1 T 1 1 1 .... luuiig cei mm people 1 wot ot, a atso Deneve it to be the duty of th uumeeu iiui, name, l am told tha t, minister to sea that. cnitnM u 1 "vuwio U1CU U ' thievery, falsehood and licentiousness appointed leaders, and also Tft can f Itc f are the rule, and you would look al- class -meetings are heir! k - j uj, tfuii a most in vain for the opposites of those few years ago many of our preachers yicob. -xys .oecause again the led the class, and they related their emasculated law bows its head and experience to the brethren, nn i -M- ix - ... . ' W vena its lace in ine presence of a de- miry listened to the brethren and sis pT&Yea puonc sentiment and is silent ters whilst they, in turn, snnkfrn nf oecause it is weafc. the dealings of God with their ment Rnn's. T knOW a town urlinoa oklTf.nw . n 1 I An1 on .1) maatm..Df T I. - ...j .1 U oviibaij' auau- xa.livx kj mvny-o, uavo ueen pres- Strange enough, the first Methodist emy has been converted into a dis- ent at class meetings led by the. pas preacher there was a convict He was tillery: and now three stores, three tor when all present were baptised under sentence of death in England whiskey shops, two whiskey-mills, one with the Holy Ghost and ma ha for murder. He was converted, and drug-store, one almost forsatn rtr.i, nv in tha Invn nf anJ t 3 became so thoroughly chansred that and no school am Mia miAo onA ot cm xt. u n " t - " -xa OigllB ouuio u. LUO UXCtljren WhO IiaVG through the intercession of friends by which that community ate willing abandoned class-meeting Thev his sentence was commuted to banish- to be judged by the world. Can it seem to recognize the importance rif be that public sentiment there spurns such meetings but they say its no the school, forgets the church, strikes use to try to fret the, mflmh.-u.- ... - ' I O "MDIOIUp IU hands with Mammon, and bows down attend that the times h ,.. a at the feet of this fiery devil? very materially and that now under Enough for the present. Our in- the "new order of r.hi"n,rD i. . o" mcy win quiry is ought the foregoing resolu- not deny themselves so much as to go iiuiio ui uc auwju uy me cnurcues. to ciasa-meeungs because the atten That inquiry I propose to prosecute in dance upon such meetings are no my next. Acknowledging the cour- longer a test of chnrnh mLi u- . tesy of your invitation.Iam very truly, St Paul in hia second er.ist.le t t; brethren. thv chan .i.l an.l in, Your obedient servant, writes: "For the time will come when HENEY T. JORDAN. thev will nt ont,. 1 j ' . . 1 --j " wumuxd uiili aoctnne lioxboro, N. 0 , Oct. 23rd, 1875. I but wui heap up to themselves teach 1 Carteret Oirouit Messrs Editors: I propose to give your many readers a brief history of tne country embraced in the Carteret circuit, lying mostly in Carter 3t coun x it . ty, ana nrst 1 will allude to the land. There are many of our people re siding m middle and western North Carolina that know very little, "if unv thing, of the richness and fertility of me lands in this section. Your mountain people don't visit this nan of the country, and therefore know' but little ot this portion of the good 01a rtate. ihere are large tracts of land on New Port Biver. and Deer, .. . 1 .1 . ... r ieek,tnat will produce,by proper cul tivation, from 10 to 15 bbls of corn to the acre, and from 1000 to 15nn pounds seed cotton The lands on vietiK, witu a canal now completed, navigable for small freight uunis, running through the centre, will produce an average of 800 to 1000 pounds seed cotton, and 6 to 10 bbls corn per acre. This yield mav be :n- creased by manuring. On Adams Creek, Neuse and South Rivers, the lands are very rich. 1 know one plantation on Neuse, on a part of which, two bales cotton ware raised to the acre, I mean the planta tion o.med and cultivated bv John H. Nelson. The same is equally well adapted to corn, peas and potatoes. The most of the light lands near Naw Port River are well adapted to truck amg. On Nelson's farm the frost and freezes of spring do not destroy tne early trucking croDS as on th farms on the New Port Biver, Bogue pound . an2 near Vt Ihere is Jsaid to be' 20.000 acres of land between Adam's Creek and South River, that, if c leared and well tilled would produce equal to any land in tms or any of the western States. We need population in this country. ml r more enterprising farming to make it a great producing country. We have some of the right sort, but we need more. On Harlowe Creek there are some as good farmers as you could find anywhere. Bells, Taylors Hartisiys, Stautons, and others are good farmers and good men, but there is room for many more to come in,occupy, posses and till the land. 'Tis a'good country for game, deer bears and foxes, may be found in al most every section in this countx-y. especially in the bays and on the many creeks. 'T13 no unusual thing to catch and kill bears at this season of the year; on South River deer trj- keys, ducks and squirrels are in great abundance. Indeed if chills and fe er don't kill, there is no fear of dying for want of something to eat. Fish, oysters, clams, scollups &e are abun tant in the lakes, rivers and sounds .uich bind this section all around, i ;aietimes near Morehead and Beau- A fforrible Death. catch large The Charlotte Observer giyM atl account f the horrible death, on the railroad in the outskirts of the city, of WmDulin. who lived near Poplar Tent Church in Cabbaras Co. On Monday, the 18th inst, he came to Charlotte on business and while there received of the Clerk of the Court $733,54 being his portion of an estate of which he was heir. It was noticed at the time that he was intoxicated. Late in the evening he started home, being very drunk. Nothing more was heard of him until Tuesday morning when it was reported that a man had bn killed by a train on the night before, at the crossing 'of the dirt road and railroad near "Phifer's field." It is supposed that his horse took fright at an approaching train, and running away threw his rider upon a cattle guard near the crossing, breaking and leaving the saddle girth on the ed of the guard. There is no doubt that. the head of the rider struck the tralr and he was thus killed. He was fright- luue mangled, however by the train that passed immediately after, ti.d bv two other trains that ran over bra that night and next morning. Th iJbser- ver then relates the horrible appear ance of the remains at the mrnn'. inquest: "The sight presented UDon arriving there, was one which, once seen, will never be fo!wift.on m.. x. O vxisou LLI bxlo cattle guard was the first evidence of blood; here is where the train struck and ran over the head, and all around were lying brains and pieces of skull; a little further on between two cross- ties, was lying just half of the head and face as if he had been cleft in the centre of the head with an axe i on the right of this laid his neck tie and on the loft a pint bottle of corn whiskey with about one drink cone. the bottle was unbroken and the cork was still in it A little further up the track, laid one hand, cut ol iust above the wrist ; a little further still, was a part of his overcoat and about 25 yards from where the first blood was seen, laid what was left of the body. This, whea we saw it, had been lifted from between the rails and placed on the side of the track. All alone. this 25 yards, brains, pieces of cloth ing ard portions of skull bones, covered the ground and ties. One does not care to see sucfi a eight more than once in a life time. The body was headless, and one arm, which had been broken in a score of places, hung to the shoulder by the skin. From the hips up, the trunk was nude, and was a perfect jelly; the surgeon could hardly find a sound spot on it. The egswere not broken, strantrelv - nough, and the shoes remained on the feet. The jury of inquest heard the testi mony of Mr. Smith, which is embodi ed in the above statement, but n. poned making up a verdict until to morrow at 11 o'clock, at which time the engineer and fireman, of the first train will be examined. An examination of this train was made, yesterday morning. Blood and brains were found spattered all ovr the lower machinery of the locomotive and a portion of the dead man's shirt was found on the foremost trucks of the third card. About the place where the accident occurred, the fra"t,,.nta of what had been a human being, w ere scattered ail around, and formed a sight which was sickening in the extreme. Whit could be picked up of what was once Win Dulin, was gathered to gether, and wrapped in a sheet, placed in a coffin and carried to the family burying ground. Deceased was a man about 35 vpra of age. He was unmarria v.ni .UvA, lixi rvaa the guardian of several children of a dead brother or sister, and these lived withtim. He was a well to-do far mer, and boro an excellent character. it is related that an Indian once brought up a young lion, and, finding him weak and harmless, neverjattempt ed to control him: Every day the lion gained in strength and became more difficult to manage. At last when excited by rage, he fell upon the Indian and tore him to pieces. It is thus with evil habits and bad pas - sions. lhey are like this lion thev .. will cause much vexation in after Ufa and mav perhaps destroy ns Vnntli X. M. I - t kU) remember pnd beware. it, the hardy fishmen vnil'S. Tiie fruits of the country are fine. The large fox and scuppernong grape, large blue and white figs to g ether with nearly every kind of fruits raised in any part of the State. James Mahosey. Nr.v Port, Oct 14th 1875. HolineBS. The following thoughts from the o-n ot .Bishop Janes may encourage His was a frightful death, and the cir- Wmo ui mo zeauers 01 tne Southern cumstances under which if. - vwvMJ.l.OUy render it peculiarly sad. The story carries a little sermon with it, but we will let better men elaborate it" A MAiDEH went out in early morn to gather flowers, and she said : "These are only buds, and I will not gather them till the sun has opened their petals." At noon she went into the garden and found those same buds all wilted in the sun. She deplored her folly, and the next day gathered her nosegay early. Thus God often calls his loveliest children home ere they are blighted by sin and Borrow. An article in the Brooklyn Eagle, on the choirs and choir music of the City of Churches, says there are in that city 225 chuiches, whose aggregate expenditure for music is annually $170;o-50, i- an average of about $750. to tach church. The most eipen-ive cWr costs about 88,000. the next $9. I00, the next S5.000 and so tht-y run aown the scale to nearly nothing. Evangelist in seeking heart purity, as well as strengthening those who are earnestly urging the Church to the highest state of religious experience. The Bishop says: "If there is anv re ligious truth that should be urged upon the disciples of Jesus with the sweetness of constraining love and the solemnity of His Divine authority, it is the truth that Christians may and ought to be holy. O that tens of thousands of individuals, filled with it bliss, aud inspired by its power, were telling of its charms and inviting to its pursuit ! O that tens of thousands of spiritual limners, the Holy Spirit guiamg their pencils, were actively und ceaselessly engaged in portraying tue giories of this subject to the vision of the church until every member of it, ravished by its beautius, and impelled by its attraction, woi.d aspire to its attainment, by faun enter into its enjoyment, and tUcn join in labors to spread it ! Reader, uefure you pro ceed further, stop and pray for this. Holiness is the greatest good, the highest destiny of tne militant Church, and the most precious interest of the race. A holy (Jhurch toould soon make a holy world." Southern JSmh gelist. A white .rarment arDears worse with aught ."oihng than do colored qrarm ntB much soiled: so a little fault in a gxd m:u attracts mora Rttfutinn than a great offense in a bad man