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(l 1 r Ti Advocate. OiWT i n urn 13 .H He v. 1-5. Uobbitt, D.D., Editor & I'ublisher. 11 OA-. II. T. IT nelson. Correal )Oiidirf Published m the Interests of Jethodis;m in ISTorth Carolina. Vol. XXI II. No. 5. Whole No. . Raleigh, N. C, Wednesday, February G, 187S. ma .a is V ill r f loom tit,. r.pisioi'al Metuodist. Out- Dead. We n To no JUv lei he n.i the t'i:ir e 1 ear. ,i v many, a- es ho ;rs have sped, tin- s.-.'iie o! toil and eontliet liiTe, Tj sweil the ir.i au-r of the ssiat oil dead Alas : nov.- of; yn 1 rajiid y ol latr. The have, fallen with a tutal Idovvi Oor Uo!ii- :; iait uuto us di-toiate A ti.-.ise ol mourning and of elias-cned woe. - Bon, .r-tti.-kn. through her wide domain, ' Bon s i:. tho .Inst beneath the liau.l of li-.l : "tfeo nx-opi l'riuee oi her Israel slaiu i "ftie snvu ; start' brtca, aud th. oeautuoiis rod Oar :u ile rvs. was the firs; to hear ji,,. ,.a;i ,!,a; him this mortal shore, Toshare the rapture n' a stiver idtcr- .W treat si-irit" xvl la.l i : in-fore. la va-i-l iields he qraii ily did iU part, Boarui.: tat "eat aud 1-urdeii ot the day, V.tii ' " u:ui iiu-1 '''ail'., with h.vinsj heart, Aud tv.iue ot uiateliless ehar.n aud poteut wy. ' H v br; ;iit tua crown th it deeis his manly l-ioxv A.l ra .i-e.r ith lis tireiiu stars of liht : Howsnee: the rest that greets the labr'er now lo that ta:r 'a:id iviu ro eoi-ies no shade of night 1 Sex: Sit me i' .1. t!ftil with satfa rare, ii tiara: w:t:i u.Ueu ! t: uu- rtr.ts Th-:i th.-: tUw the . with mete r u'.aro, L.- .x.ns l-.-i.ia i - trad -f t.nUiiit l..it. il-.x e r.,.t !... ti...t he. wiiose lofty ur d .-ejl.t ,.roud.y old Kni,irta:i h.-i.hi- ... Soar, i, k!': lr,..i ja l tia.vry m til xvorki to I, Or ili iLo I'roiS ins deeper .v . eNplore m- hii'it nireii visi. 1" is thought (i: ine, '.'i Bern. An :i r',' j;-.: s o:i ine lai'inr. M ai tf :ta:y" hi'.e, :u:,- a..'U h3 his o'.vn. : c.aiiin ; An..:;aer!: ! Mauvis, :he good and sweat. 11. s ,'ipj were Lo-ie it-1 wit . e-nit oi" livta flre- Aal. li aei- i wito ar y a-d Wt. WithtUrt.-.-liiie ' tire. i.e luiU .i, nur au-ht could 11 ? iat'orci only l;i bU Mis'-t' A.inr trie ri i of ir. vre.-.-w deata ; .. nitiai as loss e iVs w.v.! h. -..d ease, io.1 fame. An i i.ree!,ino J.--.;, h;,dy:oi eath Ap .:'le of the (,'rois. t r tl ihe tiai ios Fii.lsi 1 t.is w iiW tbeu I'l -r-.ii lajdi; perfect" iniiv a iti.l ri 1-. 'rV love; ioliie i thi Llori i:i tan 1 ' ia th.- o:-id i.'"-v.'. The -ft... Unx.i A..J s. iii' re.i 'ors wh-n Bi.kusoi died. :U.:a i.K-rc u every rvV.m "1 i' ol i'lo Igt " .'-n. trie-d, in iii. ns i' .n-.d til mi's. d. p o-O ,uls wa.e . ! it:i ?:o l .c ill a.1 ;olv-.- lh .. myslcries :.. 1 ... ii O ..Vi tr.il". he.c'.-'l.essaVL-.l f ti-.o Will Uiv.'ie; is sui-ller torin diey:ay- A1.I0- iu :'.Vn tan. i;y A'., hl.ina ' Ho .vii. ,t no Put Christ. -i.:w ire sure fre3l it hi M t arcing Ira Mi. : ut he aite.-iy d -.i a-r-iy, ii.-li 'uer 11 :u sent 1 , ae oi 'i cr stay. i'(.;od the CruciSed. L.t ioti one ol ii-imMor 11am" Cor ' Hn r.c ,rd i on Wibi o'-t repaid MA .-ed and hoai r-.d m-'-n of o .!. adieu O ir ear-i.;y l f nw pr -el your IKv.veD.j ,'ain Ere !oi g xie f-,i:Jly hoi-e to c haunt with ; Ool-siroud. ir-iv 'ii h'.eu-r.wmtiurauaii. Til: tliea r'l'. labor on. -u i stll'. poritie las p -.it. yoifxr ttod b.-f-r- at to tr.e ky Td,-r- mv wesooa oir fillowsli? rer..-w, Wh-ie aaaant tl.a. n .O 'J ..r e'rea .-vi r di '. S. K. C. B-iitici .ire, J:i- v5 o m m u n i c a t c For thi AJvooute. BRAZILIAN MISSION. Rtv. D. C Kei lex, 0. I).: It is now a long time sincti 1 read that good b ok, The Pi-iacher'a il.innal; yet Memory, faithful gnard'an of the past, still recalls many of tue vivid impres sions then ma le upon my youthful spirit. Among other things which fixed themselves upoa my recollection was a certain story of a preacher whoi-e text was, 'He that beheveth shall not make haste.' Having an ecoLomico-ecclesiastic&l essay to write you, I propose the above by way of introduction. A quo ation from yonr letter of Oct. 17, 1S77, shall serve for t2it: As to your own work we shall ex pc-?t you to give yourself to the pracLing of the word until you hear f i tra the Board, after the May Mett irgt 1S7S. I uo not mean by ibis that o fcer missionary woik is not to be m.ltr'taken, the restriction applies culy to the fact tha you are not ex pected to nike any arrangements whkh will involve txper.se of any kind, untii after May.' ll We note here that it is 'expected' that I give myself 'to the preaching of tha word.' This is the positive side of the injunction, the 'thalt do' of tie text. The iir.-t put of the ia-.v to Ad'im was, Keep the g-idtn'; the first part of the text is, "Give yourself j to the preaching of the word.' The injunction to Adam implied his abili If, presnpposed that it was rendered possible for him to 'keep tue gnr- an.i jliat (') the first fart of the tuxt is sihii. wi- 11 .it in "i llur o-v.1 iov; 1 Aud'ta-kM' V ii n. lanl tra Eai'i'it an!' .' 11 ali jI' n .... - Wtiile'er " "av-y ' 1 ; r f-ll a- i"r'' l-iv'jw 'I Mress.d to a Methodis missionary; j iitace, it dots not mean 'preaching of 4 tha word' for tbo Pr-Lyteiians cr J lie 'Fluniinenses,' in tbir respective I louses of worshij ; buf, on the con- i f -ij. s (J) 'Preach the word' as a Method. J Jt missionary to a Methodist congre Ration, in the house of worship for llethuJists, wh3re you can preach distinctive Arminianisra, and distinct -ive Me hodism, and build np a Metho dist Church for this you were sent ; to Brazil. j 2. i ou are not expected to make I ? ny MTa gements which will inToWe expense of any kin J. until after iiu.' j to Gol ! Cuina is open, Japon is Adam had his foroidJen fruit,' so lied j opn, the whole world is open to re I it was this set-ond injunction tojeeive the gospel; but, brethren, no beware of 'arrangement wh cli will door is wider op u than that which involve expense ' Aduu otmid keep ! lets our Church into Urazi'. The the garden h'S ktt-ping from 1 Lie j door ix o en. the bolts and bars of fruit did not in erfere with that In j ntolera:.t bigotry that held it fast are this he was more fortunate ;bau I shit ered fo ever, and a liberal con- the second part o: my text inulilizes, cancels the first. 1 'give myself to the preaching of the word ' as this p' rase has been explained, is insepa rable from 'arrangements which in volve expense,' and cons derable ex peuse. .3 'And he did eat.' Gen. iii . b' And I did eat.' Gen. iii. 12 4. I have to-day closed a contract for a bouse for 1878. Tba necessary papers are to be passed I o morrow afternoon. The Louse is on the Cattctte, the prettiest street in the ci y of Rio de Janeiro, and is admi rably adapted for our purpose in deed, wili be the best located Protest ant house of wor.-b.ip in the city. The house is large. From the CHMte you enter a ves ibule which ha two xloors one opening inio what will be the pastor's room, tho other into the an dience room, wh ch has a c ipacity of seating 200 people, more or less. The audience-room is neatly finished, has excellent acoustic properties, and is altogether perhaps the best hall in the city. Two doors oten from the audience room into another lar,e hall wbosa capacity is f about 7." or 100 people, and whoise windows, as those of i he audience room, open on the Cattette. The Louse is at the corner of the CaftetCa aid the s reet Bella d.t Princeza. Eutering from Bulla d& Prineez.i you .asi into a Lall that ruus the whole length of the three rooms just mentioned, and which commuiiictte with them by three do-rs. On the left of this hall are three rooms, besides pantry, kitchen bath room, etc. On :he second floor are four rooms, and on the third, one Having been engaged since Oct 1, in huuting a hall, I know that it ii im possible to obtain one without obtain ing the house in wliich it is situated, and we might search the cdy through, and, for conveniciice, and sui ablenep? of location, we couid not find another equal to the or.o wicii I have rent- t ..allSt, t AleSSiKUSUip was" tpr. tue pour Jua ine gopm pre :tcu ed r.nto them.' It is only the poorer class of people that has accepted the gospel in Brazil. There are plenty of poor peop-e near enough to our hQuse of worsLip; but that pari, of ihe city contiic8, alao, the wealth, the lank, and the learning of the Capital of Brazil. They, too, have souls not whiter nor cleaner than those of other iolks, but jait as solemnly immortal, and as sadly restless and Spirit hun gry as the souls of the i oorer and less educated. Is it wrong that we look to them espe.'ia'ly f God knows we long to send the gospel like the breath of the tropics to blow upon every green mountain of tha Amen can Empire these of whom I speak, if won to tho truth, have the learning and eloquence to win back the multi tudes to that faith in the spiritual and eternal from which they aio siowly drifting Ihese, if consecrated to Je bus, have the means with which to seud through all the land tho messen geru of salvation. 5. Our house will cost per year $1,900 TJ. S. currency. S-ats will cost $150 or $200 additional; a man to take care of the house, $225 per annum. We need an organ, which will cost $175 to $250. On the whole, will need for jur house of worship $2,500 for 187S. To meet tLis I have the promise of the board for $500, which was to be lorwarueti jjec. 1, ion. A'so tncre is an assessment of $1,450 for my salary and rant of a preaching place' for 1S78 A total of $150 may be cx pected from some friends in Rio de Janeiro. So that, not to speak of how I am to live, there will only be a deficit of $400 on the score of expen ses. As I d.sobeyea exprecs intiuc tions in taking this step I now proceed to reveal to 'h6 M. E. Church, South, how I proposed to carry on the .en terprise shoald the worst come to the worst. Firat, as to current expenses, I secured the promise of a loan suf ficiently largo to kef the ball in mo tion for one enr. Should the Board siy, 'You have not obeyed instructions we wash our hands of the matter,' I calculated the probable profits oi a school, whi3ti I myhelf would conduct during the week, at sufficient to meet my own expenses, and the aforesaid deficit of $100. This would enrtti', if not forestad, pastoral work ; but so be it. A WORO TO HIM THAT REAPKTH. My essay is written. I wish Dr. Kelley ta publish, and I hope that every paper in oar Connection will givn it a place in its columns. For two years I have been trying to pre pare myself for work here, now T wish to be heard. My heart burned within me as I followed Bishop Marvin's path of light around the ftlobe thanks be 8titu ion and an enlightened public opinion have made our access to this people "On little more difficult than to the people of the Great Republic. Do not Udd-jrsta'id by what I say in my esnuy that I supposed the Ji iard would disapprove of my rent ing the pre:-.chiug place. I did not think so. I have other things to sav J will .J brief 4. " ,' Nothing has touched me more, among al! tlio sweet surprises of my Mission- life, than a little notice I read in the Xushvilio Advocate, of Oct. 27, 1S77. that the Sunday eehool at Clarksville, Texds, had forwarded to the Secretary of Missions $25, with rt quest t!it it be applied to my sup- Port- Tbo Sunday-schools of the rViinessee jomerence, to vdiicn l do long, have done a noble thing in re soiving to support the Rev. W. li. L tmbut!-, M D., our last missionary to Chk.a. Why I write now, is to say: The Brazil Mission is the youngest of our Missions. We are just struggling in to existence. Will not the Church maki! us a donation of the $2,500 iic ded for uuf Church for 1878. I appeal to the Sunday schools, I ap peal to ind vidual Methodists, I ap peal to every man, woman, and child who is in'er-rsted, and lias faith in our wcrk in Biazil. Lut this be teparate an l apart, over and above the regular missionary collections, let it be a free will oil'. Tin it ! J J. R.V3S0M. As tho Secretary to whom the care of this work has been given I hereby wi h to state my joy, my great joy, that wo have tho ball. Thatk God ! I prefer to print the following private nut- although not intended by the writer i r the public Will not the Church at once provide for this extra expense. Shall we, iiko Paul, plant Chris ianity in the great centers ? or, for the sake of economy, hide in the corners - . .... naiU 1 4 1 P. S. I ho-e yoc .11 find nothing pariiculni'ly objectionable in the ar ticlo inclosed. I think we have a b irgitin iu our house, and so think my mot prudent friends. You see things are costly in 7raziI. How about a school ? We have plenty of room for a large day-college, we only lack money for teachers. Don't bd fri-htened; 1 won't employ any teachers ou my own re.-ponsibil ity. I will (Z. j .) live in the house from March on. Until March my rooms are engaged. If jou send out any help the adJitioas to our force will, perlnps, not find the house dis agreeable for a residence. I very much wish we had money for a paper in Portuguese, if only for the publication of Bible Studies. Tho pastor of the Presbyterian Church h-ro, who is Secretary and Tret8arer of their Missions, and Su perintendent also, I think, paid me the high compliment of requesiing me to write an apology for Christianity in rep'y to Renin's works, adding that their Mission would publish anything I would write upon that subject. A hand book of th it sort is very much nee led, and i-o I am preparing Young's 'Christ of History' for them, thinking it the best I knew, and pre ferring to defer the attempt at any thing original. They are to give me twenty-five copies, anJ sell to ocr Mission at a induction under their wholesale price. The work is expect ed to be out in April. Respectfully, J. J. Ransom. Ciiza, :S1 do Correio Geral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1S771 Tiio fntu e demands great preachers. The whitening harvest, fields cail for great preachers and earnest under shephertls, who shall bo great because of an indwelling Christ; great preach ers and great pastors, of whom it may be said, as of the early Chrittians, ' They had a steady faith in things un seen nd eternal: a meek patience and humility under the most grievous wrongs; courage to maintain a good profession before the frowning face of philosophy, secular tyranny and superstition; self-denial, arduous, and costly works of love, fervent love of the Bible, and entire consecration to Christ. ' liev. 1Z.A. Kitt ridge. A Cokrcspoxdext of the Nashville Adoucate says that the visit of Bishop Mai vin to China has demonstrated the need of a resident Bishop in China. He nomina es Dr. Charles Taylor, Dr. D. C Kelly, and Dr. W. G. E. Cun nygh'im for the position, and proposes in the event the first named should be chosen lhat he be supported by tha Sunday schools of Kentucky; but if eithei of the others, that the Sunday schools of Tonnc-ssee support him. Renew yonr nubscriptioQ to the Adorate, Prke, ,20 post paid. Ministerial Courtesy. A large subject this of ministerial courtesy, but it can have only a limit ed ti'tt incnt. It sutrgels ma ter fot a volume, and ye' ali that this spaed permits is a taragraph or two Whaj is to bo doue f Better fix attention upon a single particular than pass th whole sui jeet in such rapid review that nothing can be definitely seen. A selection of the particular to be exhibited must be made; let it be that which herein after follows. The lines of Circuits and Stations are sufii.'ient ly well established to prevent trennase through iurnrv - "" w oittu xjoeur that any conflict of juris diction arises. If such should be the case 'the lav is open, let them imp'ead one another.' But there may be con ii ct, or the occasion of it. through a breach of cour esy where no xwi'ttn law is v olated, and no cas made which can be carried info the courts This is done when one ministerial brother invades the bounds of another to pti form tub services which are re garded as complimentary and not whol y wittiout reward. A gendeman will not readily conssnt 'to solemnize the ri es of marriage' in a neighboring or dia aut charge which has its own pastor for ordinary service; still less will such an one exact pledges from marriageable young ladies to call up on him 'to perform the ceremony . ' Th man who preaches the Word, baptizes the children, and buries the dead, should not be set asido on a festival day; as he bears whatever there may chance to be of discomfort in his lo', he should also be called to sliavd in wuatever may relieve ie. There are extraordinary cases in which, by reason of consanguinity, affinity,' or other sufficient cause, the rule hese laid down will not apply; but the rule is, leave a pastor in un disturbed possession of the field lo which he has been appointed. In Paul's sense, Tjook not ever man on his oirn tiiij.i, Jui every man a'so on the thi ngs of others ' 72 C. Ah:o cafe. Public Educ.itioii i Italy. The Rev. Dr. Prime of tho New York Obsverver, writing from Rome, gives the following account of the system o ednc.atinnh 'tx" 'I have been repeatedly asked in re gaid to the system of public educa tion in Italy, and the following sta' o ment is the result of my inquiries on the subject : The system is txcellen', and quite as far advanced as in ths most en lightened countries. It is supported by government out of tho funds rais ed by general taxation. Parents or children pay no school ra-es or tui tion. The schools are open lo all of suitable oge. The studies pursued in the public school are more numerous and more advanced than they need to be or ought to be ; the same mistake having been made that obtains in Germany, the United Sta es, and some other countries, viz : they teach too much Branches of education are pursued which should not be taught at public expense: the duty of the government being fully discharged when it gives to each and every child such an edu cation as is neeeiful to enable it to be a good and useful citizen. The teachers are selected by ex aminatioo, and they are Rornau Cath olic or Protestant, as the case may be, no preference being given to either. The priests are not recognizee! as having any tlirection or influence in the schools, and they make the same opposition to the public school system in Italy a in the United States. Re ligious instruction is excluded from the schools in the sense of sectarian ism, or the doctrines in the distinction between Protestant anel lloman'sts. Bat the B.ble is not prohibited ; it may be used as a text book, at the discression of the teachers or local au thorities. The priests wish to have the children under their own eyes in a parish or church school. But the parents prefer the public school, in which a far better education is to be hael. The priests do not govern in Italy. They are more of a power in Ireland and the United States than in this country. The nearer we get. to the headquarters of the Church, the less appears to be its power over the people. The Rev. H. H. Kellogsr, one of the pastors of Chicago, gives the following testimonies as to ths permanence ot the reformed work of Reverend Mr. Moody among the impenitert of thai city; "Dr. Gibson, of the Second Presbyterian Church, sn)e: 'We re ceived over one hundred, and I do not know of one who has dishonored Lis protessim.' Dr. Kittie'ige, of the thin' j l'resby'eriao Church, say, 'W re cievtd between two and three hundred and they appear quite as well fs the average oi any other membeis Dr. Thomp6on,ot the Fiith Pivsbyte rian Church, says, 'We received one hnndreci and fifteen, ami i ll w Ik worthily. Of these, six weo v hard chhb of drunkards reformed, an ot whom stand firm." Mr. Keilog also states that Gospel tempe.auce meetings nave been held throughout the year in Farwtll Hal, and have been attended by hundreds of people. (areas Jc- The beau iful and m ch us'd hymn beginning with Uk-si- void- wrs writ i en by Wi ham Willi mis, who was born in 1717 and died in 17itl Origi nr.ily it closed wish an a ditional s'anza which does not appear iu aav of our mode n hymr. books a stana eo full of fervent and t n tiding feeling, so carrying out tho spirit of th pre ceding stai z:ts, and so lifting th soul ?n the wingo of aspiration and faith iat it seems remarkable that it i!-nn'd bi so uniforin'v omitled from '$uid- Mc, O Tiioii ysVUi; laj naia i-. ' 10 - . follows : Musing ou my tiaoitat.on, Aliisitig on my heaven y homo, Fills my henrt with ln-.y uuyiaij; Collie, Lord Jesus, quickly oouie. Vauity is aii 1 see; Lord, I lotjg to i'xi with Thee. It is piobul) e : h.it the famou-i hymn, of which this etanzi is the last; was tung in our wu couu y before it was much, if at all kaowu in Europe, for its history is us follows : Lady fjuntinodoiu. having read Mr. Wil liams' books wi'h great satisfac ion, requested him to ire pari- a collection of hymns for ihe special use of White field's Orphan lloune in America, which he did; and ia this collection th;s hymn origi n'iy appeared, in 1772. Two yeut s afterward it was re- published in Whin field's collection of hymus It was soon taken up by the Calvinistic Metuodis s and in a little time become popular with all denomi nations. Mr. Williams, its auth r, was awakened un-ler the preaching of tlie famous llo'ivel Harris, received dea con's orders at the ago of twenty three: and at Urn ;-ge of thirty-two left the Established Church to become auitinorant Methodist preach -r, labor ing us such with wonderful power and success. His first Welsh hymn book, entitled A'leluia,' war, printed in six parts in 1745 47. His second was called 'The Sea of Glass,' and tha third, 'Yisibh1. Fan well; WV.oomo to Invisible Th ngi.: Ono of his inspir ing hymns, O'er the gloomy hills of darkness,' written long before the begiiraig of foreign missioniiry enterprises, will be isung wherever the missionary I a?sejibles, 'or the mission uy woik is carried on by the Church. Siiit'i:) j- - lc Hooiix ;S!! n oik Do our Sunday-school conventions, parliaments and congro.-sos, givo ade quate imper ance to tho mission eie ment, either as a means ol spreading the Gospel in dark parts of tho earth or as a vital branch of culture for the young souls gathered into schools ? The first lesson, of course, to be im parted lo these young immortals is tho story of ha Cioss, its purpose, anel the personal appropriation of its efficacy. But the next step should surely be in the line of the second commandment; and the blessed words, 'Freely ye have received, freely give,' be engraved on plastic hearts just a a period when ia-presaious will be as enduring as the substancj of the sou!. Multitueles of our schools are doing nobly along this line, and 'ill ua. mis sionary enterprises owe a great pro portion of their support to the Church's nurseries. If the matter is not everywhere thoroughly uueUr stood, as it is not, the fault lies not so much in the schools as in tht con ventions. Here gather the joung, untaught teachers of the State, county or town, for express purpose of Lam ing belter methods of pursuing the work to which ihey have devoted them-elves. Here doubtless they wil get much help anil go back to their classes strengthened, refreshed, in vigorated. What a pity that they should not also cany away some in telligent idaas concerning the Lest methods of interesting their scholars in the spiritual needs of the neglected around them, and of the heathen in the countries with which their geo graphies familiarize them. Whit a pity that among the eloquent and rop ular speakers, secured a great pains and exepense, to draw to.eLiiar large audiences and in eiest them when githered, some hours should not be set apa t for the i deliigent considera tion of thfa wisest and most t-fuc-tive the methods of spreading ' teachings of thd Bib.a and bringing them home t o the largest number of souls. Might not Chauauqu i spare J f nn,,lr or,.! tT.ihi.Qm 4-r. m. : i n vii triii x i nriv nir.i i i r-iii r : iwi ' , ., , . , , ., olan, ixrayerfullv and wisely, how the tr a ' J ' Sunday-school can best Uo its part m obeying the great comruainl to preacii the Go-pel to every creature ? Wells Island and Clear Luke and the lest wo dd al! follow in its I rain, and the Stata and eonaty conventions would be quite sure to fol o v suit. In this way, tho missionary element would be come, as it should Le, tiiei leading thought of both Suud.iy-school and Church, and that bh s.sed l our would hastc.i when the knowledge" of tha Lord jball cover the erth as the wa tt ra cover the sea. ZoV flrruid. On .loiniim llic Churcli. When yon join a Church, you should calculate to stand by yo,:r col ors. What i- a soldier good lor who drops out of tho ranks, or skulks, or rnus, th'; moment the cause is in peril? What is a Church member worth who becomes invisible just when his ser vices could be of some value f If you are in a large Church where the work ers are abundant, yon may without harm keep modestly in the back ground ; but in case the ranks are thin, your response should ring out at every roll call. As a Christian i for iiiA war ; and how can jou settle it in the court of conscience that you are dehn quent in ihe breach? What good opinon can you have of yourse f, if, when in a large Church, you press vour way to the front ranks and seek promotion, and then when your lot falls among a small people who really need your help, you keep your letter in your pocket or pass it ovtr to some other denomination which happens to be larger or more popular titan your own That course is a sad commen tary ou your religion. But we fear it is a true history of many a sham Methodist, and as for that, of many a sham professor in every sect. If they are not deserters fioni the ranks, they are shirks and pretenders, and as such, a source of positive weakness to any body to which th -y maj belong. Censorious Tempt A censorious temper, so unbecom- in ' a follower of the compassionate Saviour, is the blasting and mildew of the Christian life. The sweetness, the divine charity of the Go-pel is turned to the poison of a.-ps under its breath The gall and spleen of fallen nature are mistaken for the love of God and a zeal for His cause. Be not so utterly deceived. The two spirits are world wide apart from each other You are noi sent to curse, but to b'ess, men you are not to smite, blacken and dis hearten thorn, but to aff rd them words of hope and encouragement, to be cons derate and hopeful, disposed to see their best side and to put the .....of aw.volilo " . '- i nn iV.: Vlier than to expoFe their conduct, r? . . . , A . consign ihJm to the uncovenanted mercies of God You are not. yet in the judgment seat, and by the indul gence of such a temper show to all candid and reasonable people how lit tie you are qualified to occupy any such position. Your judgments are uncharitable and narrow. By such rash, wholesale and unqualified de nunciations ail influence for good over men is destroyed. They are repelled rather than convicted by them. Ziotis Herald. Calvinism aud Arminiauism have had a long colli rover-y in Holland. The. former has always held tho ma jonly of power and has tLoroiighlj established the Naliouul Church. The State religion of Iloii.intl is scarcely less aristocratic and exacting than that of Spain. The Prottstanism of the Netherlands, as represented by the ac knowledgcd ecclesiastical organization has grown hard and ritualistic to an intense degree. Calvinism has deter -iorated into stateliness which is but one removed from the most stubborn Catholicism. The reforma'ion which the stein G enevan institn'ed and mag nified, does not liourifch in the Ndther :auds, a i .does in Scotland and Amer ica. The presssure of the irony faith of the Dutch priesthood is galling the people more and more; and the fact ihat a recent peti ion, s-igued b forty thousand iu'elligeut Christian citiz ns prating for a more generous a tiiucle of ihe authoritie-. toward all who would honor conscience and priv i c judgement is a strong wi ness for he vi'ali y of the Gospel in the public heart. On the other ha-id hs Avmiuianism of Holland has never accepted the Me.hodist forii,s define-1 by VVe-dey. I'hn-t rather sought independency, an t lapsed iu o latludinarianism. Tiio tendency to persotai lred iiu has been perveried into airuless purp jsef . Tire good beginning puggesteel by At mining has filled to reica it- leui mate ends, f;om a deficieocy in admia istra'ion.Acdsostt we that Calvinism, under Sta'e patronage, hardens into a ri;!iaion f ritualism, whi'e Armini-ani-m, witht.u' Methodis ic agency, wastes itself in Vair i-mlii'ions. -Jlclh Recorder. Hfrt Enrc.vTiox ii.jji'j 'he edata . ... -,i , , ,luU 0f jue hear; n .t with ;1. i col iva I Uya of nob.e pru :vu,,i :tS but with tne Cn un a im-. v oi ILm- that are evil. W. eu oi.ee the n x mis htiLs are withiie l ami too ed .m, th;n th more noble- pums; .ntn- in ilnmsel tea wid sheot upward. i u vuuief like he body, become sneng ami heahhy mc r by labor thin by noar ishmeut. lLlehttr. A Methodist papar i i every M-iho-dist family tha-. is wh.it ought, to l e. The paper will help the pastor, help evrvthing in tUe church. Above ali, tht familws where ara ohiid.tn a'ia to lead shoal t L..?o such a paper. "IHJSH IT UP.' Is some ways "hushing it up'' 's ea sy work, but the lesult of hushing up what ought to be proclaimed m tat be evi utuidly dis is ro'ia. A mend), r of ona's Church or of one-'s political p ir y, com mi's a crime. W hat is to be done? 'Ifu-h it np,' say tome, and they think that this advice springs from charity. This is a very mistaken view of cuarity; uo such is preten'ed in the Ho j Script.irts. When we turn to Pau.'s maguitc n and exhaus ted description of that bles-ed vir tue, we i re o remember that charily lejoiceih iu ihe iruih. ' We muss oe first iv i:u onei i E.ve.uiLE. l n: misfortune in Otiurohes is, that if a mau have clear moral discrimiuadon and slronr moral convictions and brave u'.teruuces.he is at once denouu ee l as unchau aide. Because of this a b.id man comes to know the we ik ness of another man, wao is a goo I man, but who eaien'a'es the c u-e- qiiei Cts oi spoee-u aud of Hleiiee. Il h ; speak the partisans of the weak man wil! denounce him as 'uuchari able.' He ta.iuot biar that reputation, and so he keeps silence. It is thus that lad mn coineiimes. tven in Churibos, can make headway . In politics it is not charity, but a de-sire (-imply to a void personal trouble. Some of tho worst men we have ever known have been apparently, the meekest. Their wickedness has been known to others, as they werj aware, and yet they behaved in the presence of those others as if th-jy were the most innocent people in the world. Sometimes their wickedness has been shown to themselves, and jet they have gone on, quietly aud pleasantly. Sometimes an earnest, zealous brother has privately remon-trated with tho cuiprit for his faults and endeavored to bring him to a sense of the evil that he might correct it, and the cul prit has shown no more result in his behavior than a bale of cottou that has been kicked by a child. E.'ich man says :it isnt't my business more than any other man's business, and so the bad man, if he woik quietly aud steadily, will gain control It may be that a brave spirit who is willing to let cunning and policy per '-.k. and "tird nnf tmm 1 .1,..,- . ata-v-i tue uauoeut i '- a -i ,, , .A tion of being immediately followed by, all the men whose opinions agree with his own. But, alas for the brave knight of morality ! He takes his step forward, drawing his sword, but his followers disappear and he is left to bear the brunt. No, do not hush it np. Tell it all out, not in gossip, but to those who ought to know. It is because the wicked are aware that from policy, from mistaken views of the interests of peace, for a supposed charity, for family connections, the thing will be hidden and smothered, that ho dares to go on in his sin. Speak, in the right way.at the right time,in'the right place, but sptak. Speak 'the truth in love.' If you do keep silent and let tho sinuer come to power you are a partaker of his crimes and must share in his retribution. Rnv. Da Deems, in luutiilc Leslie's Sunday JHoyazine for January. Reamno ix tue Home Circle. Good books and newspapers should be an gels in every household. They are urns to bring us the golden fruits of thought and experience from other lands. As the fruits of the earth's soil are the most enjoyed arountl the family board, so should those that ma ture upon moral aud mental boughs bo gathered around by the entire household. No homo exercise could be more appropri.de and pleasing thun for one member to read aloud for the benefit of all. An author's ideas are energized by the confidence and love of the tender family affections, and every heart is open to the truth, like the unfolded rose, to receive the gather ing dews. Tho tics of love between parents and children, and t rothers and sisters, are thus cemented more and more, and varied charms and pleasures are constantly open through this medium to make a home a vtry paradise. If the parents would in troduce this exercise in 'heir fami'ies, they would toon see the levity and giddiness hat make no the coaveioix tion of too many circles giving away to refinement and chaste ilignity. Read lo your children, and encourage them to read to you, instead of read ing your papers and books in silence and laying them away. Au Lug! -h vic-ir wis standing, on a M .-udiV rujiniu;., at his gate, wh -L one of ft! -i p iri.hie-n -rs a rived with a basket of po atoes. "What's thisV" said my vici. ' Pie se, sir," rephe.i the ninn," it's some cf our very best taturts--a tery rre kind, Bir. My wife said yo.i sh ii.l.i uve t-oue o' them, a she heard yon s tv in ser mon that convif,i to d .In '.aarce with yon." Four vessels sailed lima .xlm folit, Va. with 25, 'MX) bales of cotio.1, .t.iu.-d at $1, .ViO.mMJ, the lurgest s'..'iiiieiit -xer made ia oue day from ui.y Southern po;t. One ship carried 7,V0 bidet, the i ogest cargo ever e'.ii' pd from a:iy Southevii purl. The Best Seruiou People are always listening 'beet sermon they ever heard.' A. advanced age, still heating the "bes we might conclude that they startea on very poor ones; for this superla tive did not, perhaps express the opinion of some other j'rson equally able to judge. Bat (here are various kinds of sermons. There is the doc trinal one, tho biographical, logical, illustrative, aud various other styles; and men speaking of the 'best' will mean the best of those several kinds. Then men are in varying conditions for hearing. If they are full of joy, the best ono will be glad and enthusi astic. If they are borne down with sorrow, their praises are only for the c nsoling and ejmpathetic. Justin eo far as the sermon is suited to the hearer, and ii blest to his edification by the Holy Spirit, will he find it such as he will greatly praise. Tho really good hearer will find somethiu" helpful in all, and now and then he wi 1 be Hooded with happy emotion. Fun and Fact. If you don't want to be robbed of your good name, don't have it painted ou your umbrella. Believe me, every heart has its secre sorows, which the woild know not; aud oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad. Jjoiig fell i nr. Hoaveu is your home, therefore often think about it: tribulation is your lot, therefore daily expect it. " We all knowp," Bai l the school committee man to tho new teacher he was examiting lor her position," that A, B and C is wowela, but wot we wants to know is wy they is so.' There is a God! The herds of the valley, tha cedars of the mountains, blass Him; the insect fpoits in His beam; the bird sings Him in the foli age: the thunder proclaims Him in tho heavens; the ocean declares Hi immensity; man alono hao said, there is no God! Chanteaubriand. BonVo iserve as in a vial the m.tf.t efficacy nrl a, . ntehect that bred them. A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured np on purpose to a life beyond lifo. Miltmi. " What number do you wear?'' at-ke.l a polite clerk of a young lady who entered a dry goods store to buy a pair of stockiogp. Why two, you goose," tdie answered urbanely; ' do you think I'm a centipede? I pity Ihe unbeliever one whose intellect the light of revelation never penetrated; who can gaze upon the sun, and moon, and stars, and upon the unfading and imperishable sky, spread out so magnificently above him. and say all this is the work of chancel Cuilmcrs. "My son, would you suppose the Lord's prayer could bo engraved in a 6pace no larger than the area of a nickel cent?" "Well, yea. famer, if a cent is as big in everybody's eye as it is in yours, I would think there would be no difficulty in putting it on about four limes. SOUND SLEEP. It is wonderful how much may be done to protiact existence by tbo habi ual restorative of sound sleep. Late hours under mental strain are, of course, incompatible with this so lacement. On this topic Dr. Richard son says it has been painful to him to tracs the beginnings of pulmonary consumption to late hours, at 'un healthy balls and evening parties,' by which rest is broken, and encroach ments made on the constitution. But he adds, 'If in middle age the habit of taking deficient nd irregular sloop I e still maintained, every source of depression, every latent form of dis ease, is quickened and intensified. The sleepless exhaustion allies itself with all other processes of exhaustion, or r. kills imperceptibly, by a rapid introduction of premature old age, which leads directly to premature dipsvlation.' There, at once, is an explanation why many people die ear lier than they oaght to do. They vio late the priLciple of taking a regular night's rest If they bleep, it is dis -turbed. They dream all Borts of nonsense. Silence. How assuredly it preserves its possessor from injury; with what a gentle dignity it invents him or her; above all, what, a talisman it proves agninst remorse the remorse which springs from the remembered use of unkind or unjust words. Speech may be, nay, often is, le-is than silvern, but silence approves itself tru ly golden. - linssia's war expenses, np to Dec. 1st, were $400,000,000. Up to that data she had lost alxmt 75,000 mon, according tr the official reports. i
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 6, 1878, edition 1
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