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r a L ft i G tl O ii & I Tl A W A D V O O A T fe. . II:. TEE Christian Advocate. tTFK'h I'orr.rr cf Dawson ami Hargett Sis. THE ORGAN OF THE NOliTU CAUOLIXA CONFERENCE OF THE !. K. CHURCH!, SOUTH. .CATI or iKl BoiCKIFTIOX : u .SK YEAS IS AI'V.VKCK, KrAGE 1'-Uil, i.20 1.3." i.'.O ft 5! 5iTlJS, I. navment delayed six months. d ALEIGS, Na, JAN. -30, JLE73- The Cross Mark Is to re- hi ' ml yon that your subscription 7 as ? I'at- Pan JI tliodist t'aisiicil. At our late Conference, a resolution ;rp(l bv R. O. 1 iirton. was adopted i icral 1 .'. ' (I C"S1 1 II VT Ulll I t I 1 ItlVl ili C w i ( Conference to take into consideration !!. i.rorrii'ty of holding a Pan Moth - , llt l uiuil. We would say,by way ol' explanation to some of our readers, that ' liti' is a Creek term meaning A IVn Methodist Council means a repics-mtative convention ot all the Methodist denominations throughout th" world. This convention, like the hv angelic :il Alliance, ; not to be i. -islatr.o but simply advisory. The advantages ot such a council will be manifold. It would be a grandly ii. ipressive exhibition of the strength e. Methodism in the world. World wide Methodism claims f population ..." about i 1,000,000, consisting oi .:u;-,!!n:ic -nts and those who adhere t her doctrines and distinctive fea t.'.rcs. All of her wide branching i i! lilies are unanimous in the Armin i .'i doctrine ot a free and universal e-leroi salvation to ,.:::i st wholly agree all men. They in hyinnology, and the cardinal elements of christian experience. They all claim that Apostolic man, dohn Wesley, as their i,ro:it founder. They all aim at that holiness ot heart which is the central principle ot Christianity. Such a con vention would send out waves of inbience to all parts of chris endom, and result :"n speeches, addresses, essays and historical documents, v.hicli wouid make invaluable contri butions to Methodistic literature We think such an event would re m-nerat-i Methodism, an! send her f uth -.vith a bolder step and a stron i-?r arm in the great work of evan - Jiziug the woild. It will doubtless b-; deeply interesting to our readers t .Lno'.v ihe various branches of Meth i 3itn which cjnid bo represented in i': at Cjuucil. The Mithoilist Almanac for lriTS i.iriiihcs in detail tno ohxcial statis ! tii-ai sui.vnavies for 1S77 of the various Methodist churches throughout the world. Siltct'U from the many ilij iic-mts fiviy the iiiiiubor ol ii aai".-.'jt pre ichors, the local preacli-e.--, iiud tho lay membo havo the i Ho wing summaries: Itin. Miii'rs. ! i. i'v lul''0r"-.i. ... xl M i:. t .;;a ::.71 C i ; '. 'I. i: n". M 12 1 IIS .:r:,v. a M E Zioo . iutiici.1 Association 62S .-..j.lHr.-::.riv l,Xi ii -U i. ;Cul.)... Ml -. list !'r.'srant,.. l.;tH A -i. We-lcria , l?Tv ! ') r.'-o .. . . '"H ..-.aative JletLoJist'... 1:9 Local Lay Pr'ii'i-3. 31aiDb"rs 1'2,5S l.'";i.-'r7 5.4.12 T22.:t-W ::,i'' 2i;.s 2.CUJ SOO.KiO 510 ID-.'.Lf l ;::,! a 22 2:.iu 11-. 1'" - 0 C3,C0f i-; r.i lot a,a.a 12 r.'. 2''ii ...,J15.3ia ,077 in.ll- :!,'-.Jl MT.K-J T -1 V.i'.h, in V. S...VJ ,'Tl '. i'i all::!"! ....... . l,uil acrI'oiei-1 M-.th'sts 4.OS j.ia i totil...... V-i,71l Xhe snmmarits for the Methodifct ilpi-copil Church, South, and for the Colored Methodist Episcopal, arc for ae previous year, as the later sum mir.us have not beea cfHciaiiy an no accid. The later figures would show a considerable gain over the above. kj' tie Methodist Churches in the Uuited Stiies, the first eight may be classified as "Episcopal Methodist," or Methodist Churches under the huperrision of itinerant bishops. T' e other four hivo no bishops (none in iiriuie;, unci mav be classified as "non .upisjopal Methodist. " Following this classification we have the fi ' ures: itiu, Luc?a Lav Pr'b'rs I"r h'rs. Mouib s c is. Huttouitts la I . S....20.0--.1 il.'.c.i 3.1H.S43 .No--i.ll:Hal8 g,010 1,4-s.-; 17:1 4.il) The tables show a net increase in the United States during the year of l.oil itinerant preachers, and of 117, 'i-.'o lay members. Tho total net in crease of Methodist lay membership ttiroughoat tho world, for the vear 1S77. is 211,309. In the above s'atistic., our readers will be btruck with the marvelous grow th of Methodism. Our Baptist brethren believe that their church be gan in Apostolic days. The Methodist Church is but a little over a hundred yt ars old, yet the Methodist member 3 m is almost double that of the Bap tist, and Is miking annual gains npon it. Tho Presbyterians have been op eratlng in the field of Christian labor fer centuries. They have had great learning and talents. They have done much noble work, yet comparatively they creep where tha Methodists run . Tha Congregationalists have bad ' ree hundred years of active exis cr nre. They hive had great scholar r,;:ip and wealth, yet the Methodists court thousands where they count btit hundreds. Methodism is the youngest of the great American de nomination, ye, to day she counts lnre tpiritual children by hundreds of thousands than any other. It ; cetns but yesterday when to be a Methodist was to be despised, but now the glory cf that name shines on all her ensigns, made illastrionfi, not by tbo beauty of gorgeous iiiii:-:oui, j or the splendor f cathedrals, but by j Ler spiritual power in winning Bonis to Christ This is tin- scusion of the year whin church attendance tails oil". On st.i- tions the street are muddv, the air is ..n .. i : ,",i...lc.,. s iuiu, I'l it is oi -ei 11 i it ..-t.t , a large nuinber easily onise ..i sclvis. J Jut every body expects the preacher to be there, and to preach a verv eloquent .sermon to a mere hand ful of hearers. But do you know that it is as much a duty to hear as to preach. An empty pulpit, you say, is really bad, b it is it any worse than empty pews ? The obligation to go and hear sermons is as strong as the commission to preach them. For if there were no ieareis,preaching would o utterly vain. Therefore the Word mvs: "Not ft-rsaking the assembling 1 l yourselves -.oget.icr as tne mannei j of some is' It is the manner of some uot to go to -huri-h except on rare occasions, 'this manner or custom the apostle strongly condemns It has boon said: "Wherever :i minister, one t)l Christ's embassadors, is to deliver the divine message, there Christ is speaking from human lips, and the call for the psop'e to come to that place is the cill of Christ.'" What ever forms a good excuse for a lay man to be ab-ent from Church, is also a valid excuse for the preacher, be cause the nigral obligation of preach ing and hearing are mutual and oiual i:i binding foice. A writer says: 'A stormy Sabbath morning looks desolate enough, but an empty church looks more desolate still, when that emptiness is caused by heaits which are en ply of devotion and ear neatness in the service of Christ. To be sure, some can not endure exposure, and they ought to stay at home in the sturm, and pray and worship in their ciicsots. That place Cod has prov ided tor them. But what should prevent those who are out on stormy Satur days and .Mondays Loin being oui on stormy Sabbat h-s, -r at the rtgular prayei meetings? Can suuh aiKtvu that ? Can they answer it at the bar of Cod? Ah! the trouble is :i. the heart. If nosey were to be received at the dour of the church by those who came there on a stormy day, nine- teutiis ot ad tl: ' nleasant-ilav church goers would be there and punctual! too. And is this right ? " What shall it profit a man ii he gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what bhall a man give in fcnan for his soid ?"' Wise ami iiiuelv- !luvi' we ta lrotu the lloxaoke A'i ''--, written by Ceo. T. Simijioiis. Ueooriliii;' SiowsvJ of the iloatioke circuit. It was addressed to the official members of that charge just before the first Quarterly Meeting for the Conference vear. The snsr gvstioiis cf ilro. Simmons are timely and claim the attention of all officia members We have been a const."n and urgei t advocate for prompt quar i.t rly payments to the preachers on circuits, and for monthly payments on the statio is. We believe this plan, if adopted, would secure the payment of our preachers with much less diffi culty and with more certainty than any cither It is a deplorable habit oi .'ome cnarges to put oil the pay ment of their preachers UQtil the close oi i no yer.r. rue wants and necessi ties of pr .-sellers are as great and as urge' t in the eaily part ol the year as at its close: l nercoy tae occasion to say to thi Siuwi.rds that they will be ex pect' d at the church on Saturday the lihh n;st , at 11 o'clock, A. M, in the discharge ol the duties of their Stew ardship. At the first Quarterly Meet ing oiie-tourih oi the quarterage at each chinch ought to be paid, aud it is hoped .hat each steward will pray- enuiiy use every proper eft rt to meet the payment at his church, but to en atile bin. to do this, the members ol the church -vid have to come to his assistance. The circuits only pay their pa. tors a sumccnt amount to live on, and --.he l a pastor changes circuits a urs nas naa to do this year, it takes all the n oney he hns to pay the ex pense of moving, which leaves him without anything upon which to beirin his ministerial labors, or with winch to provide lor his family Looking at the matter in this light, I earnestly hope the churches and those win. show tV-ir friendship to the cause bv helping to support the pastor, will do ail they can at this first Quartrl Meeting lo give the pastor a start. It your steward should be unab'e to wait on you, lon't wait for him, but hum him up, or send him the money in time tor him to liave it ut Halifax on the Saturday already mentioned. When all conif up promptly to share iheir part, it Lakes but a small sum fr.m each on-?, and all these small sums put toijeth-r suiinort the pastors Ninrmsc all lad to pay their part, then the pastor has nothing on which to live, and those who ought to have paid, have bet a very little more than they would have, had they paid their dues, and in a spiritual sensa wouldn't have- as much. I, as recording "steward, feel it mv uiuy, ana win endeavor, by the help ol Cc d, to keep the chinch posted as to the timeol each Quarterly Meeting, and hr.pe she will always ie impressed wi h the? importance of the discharge of this duty; the glad discharge of which wll bring comfort and quiet to the heart ol every true follower of Chr'st. B'-ethren who have not taken the collection for the Marvin Monument, will do so as early as practicable. It ia c'c-sirable that the collections should be rr.alo without delay. Send the amount collected to us at Ealeisrh and we will forward it to the Treasurer at St. Lonis. "Only Trust Him." We take the fol owiner from tbe Interior It giB faith and obedience - prominence io the Christian reiiyion. If wo would always exercise a living, active faith, in ; lie Sun of God, our obedience woold be uniform, our joy would be full and r peace would flow as a liver; "Thera is oae thing the future is always willing to leLil, and it i3 as in other respeots. the borrower i.s servant to the lender; and that i trouble. But of rdl borrowed trouble that is the foolisbcst which makes us anxious about t .e Lord's conduct of Hh king dom the times and seas, ns in which He is goini to manage it. There are many good Christian, who are trust fal regarding their own future, who are yet in constant trouble as to what the Lord is iroinsr to do with His Church and kingdom at large. They are oar religious theorists, people with more or less knowledge and gen erally less faitb, who stand on watch -towers of philosophy forecast ihe conflicts of the Church, calculate the probabilides by some eaily arith luetic, and then make themselves and o hers restless over the fear that the kingdom is not going to be established in their way or time, or perhaps not at all. They cannot b-i satisfied to take their share, da their work and leave the result with tLe Lord. They act as if they were assistant pilots on tte great Mhip of the world. They really seem to think it they cannot find bar mony between Genesis and geol ogy then the religious cause is hopelesB They are more c net rued about Gods times and seasons than about their own part in the moral information of the world. When the kingdom of na tu;e wus established and how, whether by gradual evolution or successive crea-ive epoens, these are questions to which they give more foreboding thought, ttac how the kingdom of grace may be farther-d. To the Cnr;etiaii, ihe world's pres ent condition aid the agencies for oettering it is he problem ofprob ems Jiiri-tianiiy tjust hoid ali cu-ious .peculation tic-erally suhoidmate to the du y, which it anvays brings to the front, the duty of saving men. There sue some thi gs betier th:,n knowledge. !LyaIty io a risen S viour and en basiasm for Hiskingdoro, ower far above any eeifish pleasure eveo of knowledge. It is notnecessa ry for every Chris ion to have a tbeorj ibout the origin, progress aud end o' 'h istianity It is, necessary he should he p t.ie point in tLe lice as signed to bias. The soldiers one day emoubtrated with the'IronDuke,' ihat obedience tc e certaiu order would bo to perish. 'Foiish then,' was the sol dierly reply. Jt is not ours to adjust the lines of battle "Yer.ro my witnms es,' saith God Ho will take ca'eof the plans and the outcome. SOSiibecribeisfor Rev. L. L Nash writes us - hat he will hend us 63 subscribers to the Advocate tb;s vear. Judging from fne succef-s be has had thus far in the canvass, wa should not be surpris ed if he goes beyond tint number Who wid be next f If twenty preach ers wi 1 send ns 50 each it will erive us 1 000 additional subscribers. How easily this en be done We have three on tha roll. Try it breth ten. Y. B Thompson. Jr., of Lumber- ton renews his subscription and adds : 'I have been a subscriber fr the Advocate nine years It is my paper It is a part of ray family (so to speak) aud I don't want ugly cross marks on its fac9. V e return our sincere thanks to many of our brethreu for their lists of subscribers sent ns since oar Iaet We ea ered npon our books a lar ger number of new subscribers and renewals the past week than tva have done for tha same length of time or several jears past. Oar friends will rejoice wi h us in this announce menf. Let the canvass go on vigor ou-iy. xcousancls there are in our onference who could be secured as subscribers if per oval y applied to. lueNuw Bwk uf tho lt Bishop Mar in, 'To The Est by Way of the W st," for sale at th-s office. Send $2 and g-t e py We are prepare! o furnish the New Edition, with steel ngrav.ner of h- first Conference in hina, w ichw s no? in the first edi tion. Dr Fowler, of the New York Advo cate, in Plymouth, Pa, after a sermon by Bishop Simpson, raised $19,000; nd after a sermon at night by him self, $5,000 more to i ay the debt on their new church; and yet times are hard and money scarce. We were pleased to receive a visit from Rev. P.J. Canaway.of Winston Station, last week. He speaks en couragingly of his work. The town of Winston is growing rapidly, and our church at that place, we are glad to know, is keeping pace with the growth of the town. Bro. Can-away is in creat favor with his people. He brought us a handsome list of subscri bers and promises to send more soon. He is trne to the Advoc ate and to all the enterprises of the church. The post office addrees of Rev. L. Shell is Cypres3 Creek, N. C. Qnarterly Conference Blanks for sale at this office. Renew yoar subscription to the Ad'inontr, prww, $2,20 post paid. lity." l'ilty Five." The undersigned Dear Sir is j treacling eiosw upuu jum j e ernity, being only three years your 1 junior C4n; lie tiiia xeau yum uiajwing uwo, and is startled with the fact that while you announce to the world tuat. you have 'never drank a drop of alcoholic beverages,' you are 'neither a member of any Church or temperance organiza tion.' Does not that smack j si a lit tle of sell righteousness. (See Luke xviii: ii ) I am glad to kuow th-it your read ing of history, and large obseivution has be; n to good purpose, inasmuch as j ou have learned 'J. irtliug facts,' which have been set forth in print and from the rostrum for nearly or quite a .... r . j 1 .. . - .... juarier oi a ceunu j uy cuihcm honest workers in the Churches auU 'temperance organizations ' Yoq show us the same md jiclure which many of us hava been gazing upon with tearful eves and bleedimr hearts for - lo these many years but jou turn your back upon us in the Churches aud 'temperance crguuizati ns ' We in the Chinches and tenipe-ance societies, have been-praying fof- i and help and preadinng amftalking public and pnvate through the dark sad years of ihe past, and you have never stepped to the front; you, a sober, moral (not to 'ixy chris ian) man, have projiosed no s have ltd', to far as the public knows, lifted your flayer to help to save the poor falling and fallen ones Ihe only two powers beneath the heavans which can afi'.ct the desired result.viz: The Church and temperance organiza tions yoa 2'diiicly discard 1 am a plain, blunt man, and do not hesitate 'o say in all kindness to you that I believe Christ's words, 'He that is not trith mo is against me.' Permit me, dear sir, to ask you a few plain honefct questions and may God help you to answer them m your own con science as you icill have to do at the final Judgment. 1. Dili you wiifo that article, prompted by a love for the bodies and souls of men or by vanity ? 2. if toe first why in your wisdom, matured by age did you not propose a jJan or piaus ? 3. Why have we not heard from you brfore ? 4. Is a man who discard the Church aud temperance soc e ies and proposes nothing better, a sincere friend of humanity ? 5 Have you given religion the same careful study as that which is displayed in y ur 'Startling Facts' which were compiled and published long before the world ever heard of Fifty Five ?' 6. Ar you a rather with sons and daughters, around you, or an old bachelor ? 7 Are you willing io go to the grAVU il4Utajul. . . tllM PlUltl up .ii your ips, 'I disc.-.id Cnnst's Church and r-11 human institutions and 'paddle my own csnce V Suffer a word of exhortation from one who stands n6ar the grave and daily looks for t;e coming of the Mas ter. One who with sons and daugh ters and grand children around him is constrained to bear this testimony 'I cannot do without the Church of God and benevolent human in&titu tions.' Go in penitenco to your knee with the inquhy, my heart right before God r Your friend and well wisher, Fifty Two A charming New Year's custom of several years standing in ihe Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, Rev. Dr S ons, is mentioned by the Independ ent. It is the presentation of a c py of the Bible to each chiid who has been baptized iu it, and who has reached tbe age of seven years stijl remaining o&nected with it. Twenty three chil dren received this year their copies of the Scr plnres, each inscribed with the name of the cuild and the dates of its birth and baptism. After prayer by the pastor, Dr. Storrs, each child re ceived a!so a small bouqet of flowers, with a kiss from the pastor, und the boauiifui group dispersed. No more charming and touching sight cr ser vice than this is seen in any ehuich. The New York Jost, in publishing a number of opinions from different ecclesias ical sources bearing upon tbe current discussion of future punish -men-, make thtse judicious observa tions : I is worth pointing out that tL diseussi n is la gely one of definitions. Th fact of future punishment in seme shape for wilful sin in this world is vry geneiallj concerted. This de prive8 the hair f-plittings of thj theol ogians of all practical application to human conduct. It is not worth while for ordinary tu-n to vex themselves about, what future runisbment foi in telligent sin shall be, or what part c ular form it will assume, so long as there is a general concurrence of opinion that the sinner will be made to suffer the full penalty of bis sin The practical thing for common men to do is to live in such a way as to be delivered from any kind of punish ment after deth. As to the theo'o ginti8, they may be left to look out for themselves. Some shpep belonging to a farmer mmed Smith having ben stolen iu he neighborhood of a village while the hief wasundi-coercd,a local pr acher having a collection to make, thought he would turn th event t g iod ac conn', so he said: We have a col lection to make this morn nr, aDd for ihe glory of heaven, which ever of ysu 6'ole Mr. Smitn's sheep, don't put an thing on the plate. "Of course everybody joined in the collection. Bishop B?wman is lecturing ou "'the Monumental Evidences of Christian Dear Bro. Bobbitt: I have just returned from Warrenton, whither I was suddenly called by the deeply stricken family.to bury the mortal re mains of our beloved brother, Rev. J P. Moore. He was suddenly cut down and while he was yet in the full vigor of manhood. The blow comes with pe culiar crushing force on us all but ea pecially on his devoted wife and child ren with whom he had parted cheerful ly and apparently in good health only a lew mornings before to meet the first appointment on his oircuit the nex day. He proceded perhaps 25 miles on the way and sp- nt the nigh' w.th Bro John Heptinstall. After rest ing a white he complained of chilliness and pain in his right aim. He had la full inc a few days before, iecevea a - ' scratch on the right thumb, but 1 . . r 1 . -rite l no apprehension oi aangei. While it enabled him bo much he could not drive, and detained him in doors several days, yet he thought his condition not serious enough to require a physician. He rose to dress himself to set out for home Thursday morning aed became conscious of the near approach of death by seeing his hand and arm swell up in a few mo mfeuts i the most astonishing dimen sion s. He 'called the family in his rom and told them he w is going to die coul l feel the effects of the disease in his heart. But he was not alarmed told them h i was "ready to die". He sank very rapidly. To some of the family who came near him to inquire how he feh, he said: ' This has been a difficult journey.but I have made it at last" and shut his eyes and he was dctiifl No message of his sickness re. hid his family until af er he had been d ad several hours. His anxious wife ri ceived a dispatch informing her of his illness and summoning her to nis bedside about a half an hour before the news of his death came but she, with bis son-in-law, brofher Powell, had set out to reach him and only learned late in the evening of his death when near him inquiring the way to the house at which he stayed. Oh! how terrible this blow to bis dear wife and fond children. How unr al his departure still seems. But a true and noble man has fallen. A chris ian soldier, who never faltered nor shrank from the face of a fo6, has been crowned in immortal victt.-rj.May God in his infini-'e mercy shield and bless his bereaved loved ones and help ue all to meet death as confidently as he did. Others will doubtless give you a more extended notice of the partic ulars of bis death. J. E. Mann. Rockj Mount,N C, Jan. 15 h 1878. iVotes From t lie Brethren. Bro Swindell sends a good list of subscribers with the cash, and adds: l hope to do more lor you this, than any previous year." Rev W C Gannon writes us that he was warmly received on his circuit? and that he is pleased with his work. His pot office is Freemont,N. C. Rev A D Rctts writes from Greens boro January 23d: "I preached last Sabbath at Muie's Chapel, where Rev J E Edwards, D. J)., was raised. I presented tho claims of the Advocate aud got five subscribers as the result I expect to send vou ten names and the cash in ten days. I do not think we need two Methodist papers in the North Carolina Conference. I expect to sustain my own organ." Br . J. M Wharton, an excellent layman in our church, writes Jan. 22d: 'Through negleet I allowed my sub scription tq the Advocate to expire, and I am glad yotj stopped tb,e paper, as I might have still neglected to send the money for some time, and I do not like to read newspapers until they are paid for. Enclosed you will find two dollars and twenty cents which pays for another year . I cannot af ford to do without the Adoocate. '' This brother is on of a thousand Most persons find fault if their paper is discontinued, although they may be in arrears for months. Editor. A friend writes from Pelham, Jan uary 22nd: "lam a constant reader of your excellent paper, but seldom see any thing in it from this section. Our church at Pelham is prosper ing, and our people were glad to wel come tne return of Bro. Sharpe a pastor. I was glad you trimmed up the Biblical Recorder. You did your work well. I Jove Methodism and her doctrine. I love the Advocate it brings cheer to me in the hour of despondency." John M Campbell, a lay brother, good and true, writes January 18th from Ripley, Tenn , to renew his sub scription, and sends ns words of cheer. He says: "I have been a subscriber to the Adoocate from the commence ment of its publication, and every year I have felt that I was more than doubly pid for the subscription price. I sometimes think that I had as soon be out of the church as to be without the Advocate. You ought to hve ten thousand subscribers. I have many friends in the old North State who should subscribe for. and read the pa per. It would s rengthen them in their faith and love for Methodism. I can not see how any member of the church who has a family can be satisfied without it." Rev R. A. Willis writes from Leas burg Jan. 25: Wc were received on our new charge with great cordiality and many expressions of Christian kindness. IV e are Hoping for a pleas- nun uu i j cm a audit uui rohflf T nan ffnr thn Am'APiTP ' A m mvm mmm-j , vhm Scientific i:e. Peltenkofer, r. learned German scientist, concludes, af'ur numerous and thorough expeiiments. 'hat the amount of oxygen emitted by plants in our s'eepicg rooms, and "be amount of carbonic acid gas imbibe i bv them, are not sufiicient y large o exert any appreciable valuable effect upon the health of the sleeping; herce, that the value of plants, gardtns. tnd flowers in our sleeping rooms is esthetic, th it 'he present of plants, flowers, ec, benefit th- health by making the heart of the occupant mote cheerful and happy. Among the m st recent achitve- infF of (science is the- reduction of one Ot the most obstinate gases to a state of liquefaction. It hafi long been a theory that all gases can be re duced to a liquid and evan to a solid form; but vhiie the rank anil fita have been eo manipulated, a few of th most imponderable nd unmanageable defied the theory, and vanquished the scien'ist. At la t a Genevan scientist has succeeded in 'sj. outing' ox. gen from a tube in a liquid jet. Ihe con quest of other gases will doubtless follow upeeddy. The German expedition to Oiy -mj.ia has had ihe remarkable good for tune to disc.voi- the-; long-sought f r Philiipeion, elected by Kiny PhilLp of Macedon after his victory at Cbier onea. Near Colorado Springs, Col., there have recently been found more than fifty kirn's of petrified uu s, many of them belonging to a class which are now oniy found in the tropics The savrms are now inepiir ing concerning tho changed condition of thing - in that Iccality. It has been found by Lec'aartiir and Bellamy that zinc is constantl present in appreciable qu mtiti s in the liver cf the human subject and of many lower animals. It iiiso occuis in hen's ejrgs, in whe.it, barley, and other grains. Th-se facts are ol in terest for forensic medicine. A Norwegian engineer has in vented an ice breaker for keeping far northern hatbors open through the winter. The machine is in form like a p'owshare, and is driven by two engines. Two centrifugal pumps throw a stteam of water on the frag ments of ice as they retreat behind the ves e!, and drive them back into ihe channel made by the j low. In sum mer the plow mav be converted into a powerful dredge. Tho G- a1 Wall of China war measured in many pl.ices by an Ameri can engineer, late y engaged on survey tor a Ghine-e ruilwuy. H:s measuretients give the height at eigh teen feet, and a width on top of fif t-Wll fww i-l-rcJ- tWT ltllUUteU jraflll- there is p. tower twenty-four feet; pquaru and f om twenty to twenty five feet high The foundation of the wall is of so id granite. Bishop Marvin's ''Lectures on the Errors of the Papacy,' delivered in St Louis, in tha win It r of 1860, attract ed a great deal of attention and did much good. They were not only heard but read in book form with profit by many people. Thiti first voiume of the Bishop's production has been out ol print for some timo. W are glad to announce tha:. a new edition of this important work will be issued nest month by Logan D. Dameron, Agent of the Advocate Publishing House, St. Lo iis It wifl be an octavo volume of 645 pages, printed on tinted paper and beautifully bound in c oth and gilt price $2. A commendable Caristmas habit is reported of the late Gov. Wright of Indiana. "He went, each Christmas week, to those who had wronged lvin by word or deed during the previous year, and ffered them his hand in reconciliation, saying that he could not eniov his Christmas pie till ha was satisfied that Ii9 had indeed onh good will to ail men." With the average mortal the reconciliation might need to go farther, and extend to those whom he had wronged: a test that even pretty good Christians, as the wortd goes, are apt to shrink from. Important Notice. The Secretary of the Board of Mis sions in each of the folio ving named Conferences will please forward to me immediately a copy of his last report. We must have all the reports to make our annual n port to the Church a large complete Brethren, don't de lay! Virginia. Wsten Virgicia, Nor h Georgia, South Georg.a, Flor ida, North Ahibama. Louisiana, Mis sissippi, North ALississippi, Memphis, rennessee, Kent cky. Louisville, St. Liuis. Arkansas. White River, North Tf-xas, Texas. East Texas N mb w st Texas, German Mission Los Anelef , Illinois. J. B McFebbin. Sec. Mission-rooms, Nashville, Jan. 15, 1878. Rev. Db. TALMAGEOcasionaly shows that his head is level on some subjects. Fr instance, having bad some edi'orial experience he has iQirned, at least, that making a news piper is not suoH a holiday business as some pecple imagine. He siiys io a recent sermon: "To p iblish a news paper requires the skill, precision, baldness, vigilance and strat?gy of a commander in-chief. To edit it re quires that one to be a statesman, an essayis', a geographer, iu fact, an ea tyc'.oie ha. And to govern and propel it till it is an established faor,demands more qualities than any buisness on earth." RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. K?-v. O P. Fitzu'ei-nid, of tie CLitirch Sjuth, Sn Fr-cuciseo, hi. b en t-lec ed Cha da;n of the C-tl'fomi-i Houte. Bishop P. k is to Sj T.d tome hue in Kentucky, coimut.cn:g his labors. Feb. 21. Rev. Dr. W. II Mi bur . bh.nd preacher, is at raetivg iaig iiencH bv l is permous and lect-ir-Ireland i lie ait i io More than three fourths of the m-ssioiiurhi- era: bvd by the Atrn-r icn Mhsiouaiy Associat-on have been wt m n. Thei-n i re abou 40,000 German imiuOeis of .h-j M.-u.od.s' Episcopal Church in the U dttd S'a es. Thee fi' e :o ihe C'jii-Uuu Apologist about 15,000 si 'cr 1 er-, a pio;oitio t that is cot, pe hup?, -urptiS-ed uuy,vbere Our London iXcUaUjes report a urfee a'.tem!,;ueo iu Euga.i t upon the- ecom are noin.st en- lik ser:c . Ttey cay that muny peop e, who .ever enter a Aiethodis. chupei ut another tiu.e, regularity go ooui vv.itch tigh: cer viced. These ait ab i t GO il.iuch s iu the cit.v cf R ehiuoud.hnd onlj una theatre h.ud j.' ihe on? theatre ge s si.v times the uoiice in the I e.il c.oluuis ol the daily pres. Tne children ot this world are in heir generation.' &e. II. C. Advocate. Ti,u 7?.-.-.. a ..i Hi. ,v,. u now numb is CO clergy mm, 50 parish es hnd about 4 000 communicant.-. Tne opinion prevail n 'he P .citic Const among tome of our pee pie, if .he niuo of ihe Church i- chinked, as sktd for by ihe Hol ou Coui. retice, ibat they wid be very largely dum agi d. Henry Waid Bosther, whose salary is $-20,000 pc-i aonum hu for tin year remitied $5,000. II does this btciuse if the decline iu pew rent. The Bis; ops of the colored M. E Church in America arn William Henry Miles, Louisvilli, Ky ; John Andrews Be-be, Washing'on. N. O; Ludi-sH Haisey, Aujiusm, Oj.j and I aac Lm s Jekson, Tcun Oaa Bish op, Ricti ird V. nderhorst. of Clharles- n, S. C. has died. Da. Pierce, in a communication to the New York Adoocate, deplorrs the want of unity in missionary opei ations of the Methodist Church He says: Actinl fra'ernizfion in all foreign mission work will insure fraternal un ion and peace and good will at In-me. And it wid never amount to anything ! -re as long as we seem to bo Jiving intentionally in each other's way ' A ecniors compl tint ccnie-i from the S ii h o the Catholic am honties It in said tea' the colored; convert" to Ca h- lieisio bo'd fast ui.iii i iwv f -.in ." in resell o a Methodis' citiirmee ing. The. thf-n return 'o heir fir,i, nvZ and ihoprcCb-s f conversion the R iiuan Ca Uolic Cuurch m;;s' he d u over again. Tiie 5-formed Episcopal Church now nuuoe-rs sixty ci.-rgymen, fifty paiisaes, iibont four thousand cjuimuuicaii: Mb Moody's church in Chicio cost o,uuu, an lis entirel. ud fo-. H- ii' eu is Hoon to resume his pastjiul rela ions m that city. Whittakers London '.Imanac, a very valuable compilation, presents the followfng estima'e of the Lumbers dhering to the so vera! forms of re- iigicr.a t ' h held by theEuglish spe;k ng people all over the world; Episco palians, 1 .OlhhOlK); Me.hodists, 111- 5000,000 Roman Catholics. 13,250,000: Presbyterians, 10,000,000; B.iptists.S.- 000,000; Congregatio alists, 7,000 000; unitarians, i,U00,000; miuor religious scts. 1.000,000; i nc assitied, 7 000 000 This makes a total of 78,750 000. The Lutherans ate however omitted who most have in this country a pop ulation of over 1.500,000. According to t ie same authority.there are registered in England and Wales 150 ieligiout sects, ana I'J.iHb places of meeting tor reugious worsuip. The s!ate hurt h has 2 archbishoi)8, 28 . bibhops 30 deans 74 archdeacons, 010 rural deuns, and 23,000 c.ergymen of every class The number ot benefices is 13, 000; the annual revenue of tho church is estimated at 8, 000 000 The State Church propuktion ot England is put at 12,500,000. Pat's Dream A son . f the Emerald Isle was obsetved oae morniag to look very blank and perplexed, and a friend atked what ailed him. Pat said he had a dream. A good or a bad ouer' ask-.d his friend. Pat answered it was a lit tle ef bo h. Faith, I'd tell ye, I dreamed I was wi h the Pope, who was as greit ajintlemanas any in the diniric , aud he axel me won d I drink? Tuiuks I would a duck BwiinV Aud seeing the cruy hur, an' iomons iii' he S'ig ir on the eidtboaid I towl j lm I didn't ttre it I ink a wee drap of punch. 'Cowid or hot, axl ths Popa. "Hot, yer holinesa 'In plied; and w: h that he steppi d down into the kitchen for the biiin' wather, but be fore ha got back I woke straight Dp; and now u's disLhrestsing ma that I didn't take it cold. ' The London Methodist tells a good s-oiy of an old gentleman in a c r ain ribrgg who, when asked to contribute toward purchasing a new hears-j in the parish, refuse!, snying that he paid 4.1 for a new hearae forfv years ago. and that neither he nor any member of his family hid the benefit of it yet. They have a revival of paying off church debts in the North. That is well, and badly needed. Lot it not my at,-- but extend to all church claims, including the pastors. THE SCIil I' I DUES . Sib M.vTTHhw Hale--" Th,l0 is no I.....L- i;i... l.,. if::. i.. r ... ...-. ii n. iuu IJiUll' IOI 1 xc?i!eii t, dom, h . lining ai d u ( ' W15- L .id IJ.u Tiielff l .-vcr uii.. f Ul.d U an , n-'n ,,( tl . :.i. phii i.i, eo aer K-.'piier oi .s, t. , r Kw nr di. cpl.ne. which did u i.midv.xalt the ...lib! eg.ud a .bo ehr iiti faith. John Mii.ton ' There are uo songs cuoq a. ab.e to he so: gn of Zi .n; no oi at ions equal to tho e of the prophe ; a-id no ( outici like tho.-e which tue Si-riptureH itach." Sin W Jo.nks The l;ible OKutains mote ei.t.ilimi y, '.uro lu.ruiS. n..i. " or an Li t.n-v :m i 'i- --i.!nj . t . - ....... , it e.'eqiieiCe than c in bot oile .ted fx m a I other booi-'s. John Lojke. - To a pe s n wi o a.'jke.l tut p;-ifjiiu I thinker which was the shortest nd surest way f jr a man to aituiu io tLe true knowledge ol the Cttri: tlitll rKigi U, iu the lut -'i.i jiint e-xttnt ct jepli.d: "LwthimBtu y i ho Holy Scrip ures, enpeci illy the New Tt-a'aaien: ;t:.eieia aio e-cn aiued ha w.,rds oi eiema; life. It hat, God for i s au hor, salvation for its object and t: nth without any admix ure of error for its m itter;noth:ng toj much, nothing wan dug." Lord Bvc.o.v, vv .ose wii ings, in the uniiu' aro :u Mich conflict with the pme n.ori.dity und tpiri ualitv of the Bibb , utver p nued true- linen than when, spv.ikiig of the bio.e ho wr !e: Wi bin tLis awful v lume liei The myato.y ef mys er:ts, O hnppiest they f human ra-.'e, T" wu Jin o-.:r G .d ha given grac, To he.;r, t re id to far to j ray, To lift tho latch ad f ;ice the way; Uut iiefer h.id h-.. ne'er been b rn Who read to do bt or read o wo u. LOCAL AND STATE NEWS. The farmers of this section have commenced work iu good earnest, aud tho indications are th .t tha preparation of thes.jil will be more thorough than usual. Peter Smith, an old colored man from the country, died euddenly in this city last week. Mr. Merri'.t, of l'jyettevil'e, the old shoemaker, well hik! favorably known by all the o J people of that aucie'Dt burg, was accidentally killed a few da.s ago, near that city, t.y a freight tram of the Western road. We learn from a a exchange that the Board f Directors of tho North Caroliua liailioad have ordered Cot. JJuford to strike "'. C. Division, c.,'' oil the corn aud coaches, and reinstate "N. C. 11. ii " thereon. R uiioke News: Edward Gotten, au thor of the life ofii on. Nath niel Macon died at the residence of Thos. D. Rod wefi, of Warren ouaty .Mond ay uight. It is report.-.! jn Clmrh ttP fliat a'- t tho' -5th of tho presout month, there will be a rise in the freight rate on cotton between this point and Northern citities, aud that a 1 the railroads have agreed to it. Charlotte Observer 2:3: The Tost o&co Department has ordered a mail be tween Statesville ami Wi ke.sb . - via Tuyloisville, to go into opcrutiou oa the 1st of February. At present there is rt t i weekly mail bewcen the terminal ooni s liumea: niter tne 1st jt v ue a u ried every day in the week exo -pt Sunday. 'A At a nioetiug 0f the m'neis of Char lotte, and other peisous interested ia t'io mines of that se I ion, on tho 22. a com niittee consist-nur of Mes-m " W Fleming, J. A. L :.,,tt, and John Wilkes was appointou to ..euioriahzo Couuress for the app..i .tu;..-..t f u D1ininK commis si'uerfor the auuta Atlantic States. We take pleasure in aonouiicin to our readers t- at M. ssrs A C Samltrs iVCo, of this city, the well known UU..UO dealers have already on hand a good stock of the "L Sc R " Pbos phate and are rn.-tkinfrdaiiy deJiverios. Ihey h ivy sohl din ing the past six years, about six thouoand 'ona of ibig utno which has given great satisfac, tion. It is behoved that i wilbekent nr trt l!i.. I. i,.I... i. ... i , . tr -t. v .. fuiuciaiu. as it taa ueeu ituaiyzeii hy chemist. an e-xpi rianced t " jnHt rHwl "in Rv C. W. Uestbrook a lot of choice fruit treeKiniKed the stlea-tiun i . lfc UlUkt we have ever sctn. It ,s rlca,uut to deal with person v. ho v.i l n . U- CelVO. JJro Westbrort- .. o will deal justly with his patjons. Send your o. eiers to h;., i n Rev. C. W. WeatbrookrWa, 5. J. GENERAL AEVVS Bostou owes 313.000.000: Jlw V..,i, $118 000,000. Ohio pays the public school ti.. era of that State 81.U37.251 yearly. -Gen. McClellttu was inauirnr.tn.l Governor of New Jersey, jan. 15lb Ex-Qoy. James B. Omnm ;a,.i,i.. i Lmted btates Senator from 31 iryland. Lake Superior shinno.i on-, ono i of ore this yoar, aSaiust :,j5000 tons tho previous year. The Louisiana Senat, ..-n. ed resolutions cordially indorsing Aesi aont fayes. - Three vessels of war for tho J,.. y--nment have just been comjlet ed in Ea.lanJ. 1 aJLe JaPese National Exposition a Tokio closed after oue hundred days of uninterrupted bucccss. ""wiuuou elected W'm M. ""im presiueut vioe-president. and . amue' J. lild n - The President has appointed Tioa. u Loylos and Thos. Shanh v son commissioners from TeanesUo. to the Paris Exposition. The gifts to the United Hates Gov. Sir William Stirling , iu'ea l1 .of guished British Shor. tha dlstin'