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ft a L E 1 Q a CQS1 STi A IN ADVoCATB THE Christian Advocate. MlTICr! lo'Ufr of Dawson and Hargell Sts. t iFe o e a a n OF THE NOUTu c".OLJXA CONFERENCE OF THE :xl. K. CHURCH, SOUTH. or Sl"BSCRIPTH : i w SS Vi. .: . . JIOMIIS. n a. vaive, rusrA iK rAii, it delayed 'is mouths ;.'.o 137 C. TIB. lac Cross (L) Murk is to re I you that your subscription hits 'VU-- Rrigli: Side of Unl Times. Most pc-oplo consider what they eaii - bat A times" a great calamity. They t ilk mournfully about tha bard limes t"Uo depression of business, the r -arei y of money, and tbe hardships cf'.voik and close economy. Tbey scpm n.l to believe tbat Shakspoare poko iho truth when he said, 'Swot ... . the uses of adversity;' yet tbat ;;rtiiL lard never uttered a more l-a-hl'id reuiuik. Wo -verily believe that bard times are blessings in dis They are like tbe summer c-i-ai, that b ackeus tbe heavens, ilviiaiors over tbe land, and rors luruiyu -.ho forest as .bough it was t i - . i ...... 1 c.i- imiti -vci it breaks wi'h liquid b casings -'!! the parched tartb, which s-ivni l-aaty over the landscape and srrctr.uts-4 uvrf she fields, filling th d;-ied v.p channels with ro.ling i.i-..u:ns. H try proves that those iia-.icns th t . -gau low down ia the bOit of iitf, aad fought their way up through such ddiL'ulties aa constitute c.ii haul times, bee rao the grea;es noblest, and most influential nation It seems to be a lixed law of Gjd m a are and grace, that theie can 1j no ,r atusss without develop ment, and no deveiopnit.nl without It Tin y watch the tides and ebbs of business fife. All this expands and develops Ue intellect. Hard times are thus grind stones on which tbo mind is sharpened. The eternal cry of humanity is, "Givoine happiness or ive me death " To gut this per petual hippine&s requires ceaseless activity cf mind. A'1 this mental activity, to better man's earthly con dition, builds up national civilization. :). Haul times also are rood for man s spiritual nature. Th y remove the seductive temptations to idleness, to riotous living and excessive indul gence in eating and drinking. Let us cease to complain any more over the troubles of tbo times. Hard as they ate, they have bee?o a great deal wars in otber days, and are vastly better new than we desorvo or repre sent them to be: "To him that over - comet h I will give to eat of of life." the tree 1 .. .1 .... 1 -.. Tl... St IS UeUilii till ctUMUUii. .uxr. lory of Euiand and the splendor of Gil-ma -..j L:tve been achieved upor. tii-j li-iu oL national adversity. Our -V litl ICUJi itiiiucaa I'v-pia iuc Lroa I au'i deep foundation-? laid ry our li.-v :y ancestors, who grow and d -vo'.oped by clearing the forest' Lri Ig'Ug ?retm, beating buck In i! me, tcey livod oa Einipie aiet, wore t.a cisi - - ni.v.uoiuuied tliCCI s.lr." ; t- all klrds cf hardships. T;...f v.:y itortas that rock the oakf ii tu.jii jlr.- i'iv roots in the soil and e -io Lt-ii tLe;r branchy arms i... . l--'ntiy their fury, fjo Uv tiirt winds of adversi y ni ike men DcatTi oi Kt v. 1. Joliuson. A postal from Prof. O. W Carr of Trinity 'Jolh go, Feb. 1st, brings the -ad iute bgeuce of the deata of ltev. D C Jehnson of the North Carolina Conere ace. He died at Trinity Colli ge at 1 o clock Friday morn ing. e have no particulars of his death fur ther than that he 'died in rpat neace.' This is euour;.: he lived th life of the righteous, and his end was peace. Bro. Johnson was among tae iirsi yraiiuaies oi xiieiiv Cil-ge. booa alter his graduation ue watered the itinerancy, having join d the Not th Carolina Conference at its .-e,si3U hed in li '.leigL, December 18.j3. Ah a man be was modest gen tie and possessed of an amiable dis position. As a preacher and pastor he was always popular with his peo ple, and s access!' til in winning souls to Christ His "iiie was hid wilu Cbrist in God, ' and truly ha was "A uorkmaa tLat needoth not to be abamei., rightly dividi g the word of truth." As a preach-..-r he was a rising man am ngst us, and int fer failing health, he wouid have ranked with tht best in the Conference. For several years he was urabie to do tfftCtive woik, aL.d was compelled to tike a supt-rari-iu ie i rdalk.n, wh-ch rela tion he sustained at tbe lime of bis dea'h. His cu:ef delight was in pi eacuii; g r::e gospel of the Son of Gc-d am. ia do;sg good to the children Ic his death the Conference Itas !os a pure a::'! irseful member.! Sureiy the ban t or uiiuetion is upon ii6 1 Tut: di dh of !' ' iljors was ai- l'.litoiial Hriof. Pay your preacher monthly. It is the best way to keep np tho finan- j ces of your church . A loyal Methodist will not drop his own Church paper to take any otber. He will be true to his own colors. Are you educating your childien? Do not permit the cry of hard times to deprive your offspring of an educa -tion. Evory family should have a re ligious paper. It is a necessity, if we desire to know what the Church of Christ is doing. Mrs. M. F. Skeen renews her sub senption and says: I have read yoor paper five years, and cannot afford to do without it. It is like the visits of a dear friend Do not fail to renew your sub scription promptly; hand the money to the preacher iu charge, or send di rect to the editor. G ve attention to your preacher when he is delivering the solemn mes sage of God in your hearing. Have .you organized yoar San- dav schools ? Can it bo possible that you are wai'ing for the spring flowers to bloom before you embark in a work of so great importance ? We hope all our ministers will continue to canvass for the Advocate A subscriber who commences in Feb ruary or March is jus- as acceptable as if he commenced in January. Many of our subscribers may not reside near their minister; in all such cases please not wait to be called npon, but forward the amount due at once. Send at our risk if not convenient to obta'-n a Post Office rder or send by check. We are requested to say that Rev. C. M. Cook has been placed in charge of the Koanoke circuit as Sup ply. His post office is Littleton, N C. We rsturn our sincere thanks to ltev J. T. Lyon for a club of ten sub scribers with the cash. He says: 'I am going to do my best for the Ad' vocuti this year. We, as Methodists, cannot do without it.' Habit of Unlnitli. Science. fragtuicj , w x "- rio I of iu lust. y. :- si.ld"-'Mu.uerttiice" m "carni. thy become tiieri; ind de. If iaLc- a.ie dri'.k:nar, : -asute sek naif- IVla v,-u:n th? Babylonian empire In-.4 riuwa fat indolent, luxurious, and - spending its time in !e istiug that t: .- o:r.ia lis -vriting appeared on the " rbou ait weighed in toe bftl d i'jjuJ wanting.' S the s ., .-.did t tiipire of R me grew rich, s-'.' induigon;, full of carnal pleasures, .vr.cu Uo hiU-Jy Goths, as e-sgles of ' ounce I upon her and devouied iei as a c rcas. What is true in reference to nations Is iiiai y so iu regard to individuals. .'.s individuals grow into great ;,ta aud uahx'aluess m th'-; school of a .i . rs-.tv- Tney .ire by nature Both ii- tsct-pt i bundle of capacities. And here is but, one way o develop icg thebe dorm-V't capacities that is, by b-ing ---ercisel in the various i'-jrm-; of ducpune. There um be something stimulating men to wori:, to hi patient, to endure, to pers vtre ir. masteriog difficulties before true m iube-od ca& be brought out and iiide radiant and fcaiuul. A3 the rumce r fia the gold us tho pruu i iiu'i-; makes the vineyard more f:tittiU', so 'he furnace of adversity L.:. . the pru-.cug knife of hardship, C ve . eauty n i fertility to humanity Ho s many there are born ia arllueut circumstances chat grow up as tender ar.l frail as hot house plants, w o rod thiough .'Ire in golden chariots, terfurm.i)g about as much as but'er ii.es sailing ovt-r ilowery fields. They are :ood eaters, fine drinkers and .sound sleepers. They are rosy,come ly, round, fat and sieek, and heip to swell the population of a nation, but are worth to society nothing mere. They are ham. ess, many of them, so 2r3 toueli;- On tho other l..r..i how many men born in ad-vf-r e cucumsUucea, who had no early advantages of school, fortune or soci -ty, tive risen up to be lights in the ? iircb, pillar" of society.and i-ioneers ii liubie eLn.-.j-i""cci. -he cxplana ti..ri' ' 'cess is found '.u the f ct that early id life my bad learned by bk-ssed nei-tjbsity o overcome what ever difficulties opposed their jro- jjetis. Bcinfe poor they had to work, t j endure rair a.nd icy winds, and thus they ac; aired the blessed habit of conquering all their foes. And u jw when ta so childreu of hard times rise up into higher circles of life, hey move right on in their as ccn.lmg pathway, because they are old lime conquerors. From these re marks we d-.iw several lessons: 1. j lard times make hale, hardy, healthy, robust men physically. They tend to ;uiid rp that physical, sturdy man -hood, which is the foundation of fa t ire happiness and success. 2. They ere yood for the intellectual man. ?t-.'ii arc compelled to think nd con- nouuc-. . just tnree weeds ago men foILi.'-eU i Le announcement of the death of Sister Brooks, a suort time previous tw death of Sister Puelt and 1 now we have to tiiro:iieii the death of .u jjostaia ! ijro. Johnson aud SU'er Boshamer, u mtiuus n,io- th .' , i i. . Ilia Rev. J. N. Andrews wri'es us that he had a most agreeable recep tion at Washington. Vie know the people of Washington from reputa tion. They are noted for their hospitality. IViniiv 'ol!frr Ticiiin. Two much stres ; cannot be p!acer upon speaking the truth. The habit of misrepresentation very soon de ve'ops into falsifying. The old adagei 'practice makes perfect,' is applicabM to tbe untruthful man. An exchangft says : j Some men seem to have a consti tutional inability to tell the simple truth. They may not mean to lie or to ttll an untruth. But they are care lesscareless in hearing, careless in understanding, careless in repeating what is said to them. These well meaning but reckless people do more mischief than those who intentionally foment strife by deliberate falsehood. There is no firebrand like your wel' meaning busy bod v, vho is continual ly in search . f scandal, and by sheer h'vbit misquotes everybody's statements- This carelessness is a sin of no small m&garudo. A man's du y to God and to ids fd'ows requires him to be c .refill for what, else were brains and common sense given him ? Of course, that other class, the malig nant scandal mongers who take a fiendish uleasure in promoting strife, who delibaratiily garble men's Jttti and twist their sentiments is in the minority, aud people Siave a j.rei'y decided op;non regarding them. Most men misreprf sent because they don't seem to think thit care iu speaking the truth is a pre-eminent du y. The effects of this careless misrep resenting of others are seen every where. Ts effect on the individual is to confirm him in a habit of loose, dis poned and exaggerated statement, un til te ling tho truth becomes a moral impossibility. No O'her thing causes so many long standing friendships to be broken, so grave dissensions in Churches so much bitterness in com mnnities, and so much evil everywhere. It i9 an abuse that cab's for the rebuke of every honorable man a rebuke that shail be g;ven not only in w. rds whenever occasion demands, but by example. The Persians were said to teach their jouth three things: to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the tru h. A lit-' le more instruction on this la'ter head would do no harm to our 'advanced civilization.' ON THE PASTORATE. Dr J L. Brower, who was recently drowned at Weldon, was an alumnus of Trinity Coih ge, havitig graduated class of tin IRT- . tfinnir'- t-.irrli in ft . JOUlinen. Ha tx-. o .. T"P" nnct Jt "to uutive O, i county; 8"r,ved ttiranrrh i The editor of the New Orleans Christian Advocate clones an articie on 'lte Itineratut Habit" with the following observation: A thiee or f jur jor-)' pastorate is better tuao i.-ne. if tho preach; r is U4pable and elficieut. There will be, as a rule, more solid and permanent prosperity and a be t'ir typeuf Chris tian character and life ncd-ar the ling pastorates tuau under the sho't ones. A difficulty, however, in realizing, this I ' T.. T . T F. w.l 1tt- y1rrT-vniriT jou a note of cheer from our Moun tain home. The Advocate c.rtainlj deserves the hearty patronge of the Church, and I do hope its circulation may be greatly increased this year I love i doa't feel like I could do without it. though I have not been long a subscriber. I love to see yon contending, as apportunity affords, for pure old Methodist principles. We often hear our old members lamenting that same of the most im portant Methodist customs are (dip ping away. I think in losing them, we do lose strength, viz : Class Meet ings, Prayer Meetings, family prajer, etc . , and another I think of no iittle importance : Simplicity in dress. Many of onf members, these days, make as much display in their toilets at Church, as do worldlians : this ought not to be so. It is always wrong, and especially previous to a 'big meeting,' where there is abun dont opportunities for good, we find ihe time, which should bo employee in earnest prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit, and a careful prepara tion of our own souls for a feast of good Jpipga. consumed in nxmg up ag. iect the body. We thus lose our own blessings, and hinder poorer people from coming, be cause of the painful contrast in their appear ance and their nighbor's, and there is a condemna ion to those who cast a s umbling block in the way of others It ia a hindrance to tbe ministry. They can't preach with as much success as if their words had free passage to every heart. Isn't it to ? I love to see an elegantly dressed lady, a pret tily attired child, and even a babe in beautiful robes; but not at Church. No no, not at Church ! When we go homo to our father's house to meet parents and brothers and sisters, we do not think of wearing onr best, but we go to enjoy the pleasures of heart and soul by a free and affectionate in torchange of thought and feeling, which transcends any pleasure we could derive from a display of earthly goods So when we go to Church, it should be like going home to meet our brothers and sisters in the Lord, where all shall meet as nearly as pos sible on the same footing, to listen to our pastor's words of comfort, en couragement, or warning as our spiri tual father or advisor here, and where , the humblest and the highest, are at 1 liberty to enjoy each others blessings, or share their burdens in u social, spiritual way, with nothing to excite j raen tne issues ol life and death, the our pride or 6nvy in that sacred I possibilities of that good which we i Lord hath iutea away thize with tbe bereaved, and pitiy tor .grace to bo ready at the idding of the Mas'er. Hor. fast God is calling his servants from labor to reward I ; i int avtk , i- . vi ' t - r.. oi '. L all OI J lOftrtr J The Xow 3Ii'3s:i;is1- CinsJVrf nte Nm. So .uer.il is the conviction that tii- Ger.w 1 Con fei once of in Mtho li t E; scop w Cu .rch. South, which mee-.s t is year m Atlanta, will order i division of all tne Methodists in North Carolina into two conferences, that th-' qiif'ition of the name of the -esten conference is a'rea iy being discusrd uming thf members of that o rch (.'hariotte has some iut-resi iu Us uiatter, be. -arise sh. wiil be :ncbi td n tho wt stern conference A wriher from Ashevil o advocates through the columt.s of one of the Metho list church papers the sebc tion of the name Ash.-villo. Without attempting to argu-; the case, it would "0-tri that t ha name which would na turftdy suggest itself to ihe minds of ,ii in eiosctd, wouid be Charlotte. lie n-iw conference will be created at e i.txt; meeting of thi North Caro iinaC jeference which .viii be held in this city, and it would be exceedingly Hppi't iriate to tave thv name indioa-e i s biuhplace. If any other nrgum nt is needed, it is foaud in the fact - hat .harl-)tte is the largest commeriea! c ntre acd the most populous o vn in the te.vitory which will be include 1 in the wa-t ra distiict. In fhort, Char lo to e tho name which wall occur to abuctt every one a3 soon as the hub j'Ctis men ioned, and is the on which in all probability will bn chos n. Ch xrlolte Observer, of the 2th tilt Wo are glad to see that the brethren of tho sccu ar press are so much in terested in tho inurements of our be-Jove-'i Methodi ;m, yet we think they are s aiking wide of the mark when they sUfpo e that the Conference to bo organized will take the name of Ashtville or Chat lotte. Both of these plac( s are fl nirishiog citir-P, yet the name of neither one would answer for ; C -nfereueo. Then nueofa Con fer ere ' should indicate the yeneral sco -'. of territory include 1 in it ra ther than the confined locality of 8oni-3 particu'ar city cr town. We presume the brethren will agree upon t'ie aamo Western Carolina Confer ence just as Virginia when it was divi.led. pgreed npon the name of Western Virginia, and Georgia on tho n irre of North Georg a C; nferenco. Academic education, be attended Med n al lectures and for some time proc ticed successfully as a physician Finding his profession unfavorab'e t bis healt'-, ho entered Trinity College and graduated. He immediately found e ! an Academy of high standing at Caldwell in the n-.-rthem part of Orange counly.and his Commencement in May last, as reported in the Hills boro Recorder, was quite commend able Since that time he has been employed by Rev. C. H. Wiley to travel in the eastern counties in the interest of the American Bible So ciey Dr Brewer was a man of dtci ded talent, elegan, and extensive cul ure, extraordinary energy, and rare executive ability He was a member of the Presbyterian church and a good man Oae member of - he presen- Senior Cass wiil spend two years at Berlin in Prussia, and will s art immediate y after graduating here, stopping some time at th Paris Exposition. Arrangements are nearly completed for the Normal School to be at Trinity next summer. It wid certainly be a grand success. Parties coming uo the country about that time, will find it comfortable to stop at Trinity. Class public declamation has been in progress for some time with tbe usual amount of good and bad speak ing. It is a study of some interest to see the feathers droop on the head of some youngster, who has been the star speaker of some rural school. The roll, as called daily, is the largest since 1871. Gymnastic exercises flourish to tho dalight of parents, and the disgust of doctors IUuuolph j .Vi. out of h? " which colli o;nT viies o v"---'ns .: "-,. and . djsird. f,ir . I tit! IH. OAiJ .. V been uof ivoi-cLl-) o the develoj!me1li? of mmis e l il capa.oi .i- Cha'jgf,mer tiy for tue s-kn - i cuange, is noy; th euiua ot our sv-t ifl) auii ihe fester ing of this hitbl Oi tL'.jU;-,iii OiiVU-. to RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Hvdrocen, without any trace of I Rev Wm. Wallace Duncan, of sulphur, arsenicantimony, or carbon, Wefford College, S. C will deliver the has been prepare 1. literary address before theThomasville Dr Dowens and Mr. T. P. Blunt ;,Female Cullp6 cn JaDe 5fb' have observed that oxalic acid of dec inormal strength is entirely destroyed by exposure to sunlight for about two months. Bishop Keener tmbail-ed for Mexico on Monday last. He goes out to visit the missions of our Church in f Mexico. Gas pipe may be bent by filling; the pipe with melted rosin. When the The sermons and lectures of the resin is hardened the pipe can be late Dr. M unsay are to be published bent without losing its round form. Remove the resih by heating. Contrary to the popular idea, horse -hair is not, as a rule, round. A secton under tbe microscope fchows a form as though a third of a circle ad,been cut off, a-d that fbit portion Blighty indented. Atr-tight flooring is a most impor tant factor in the cona'ructiou of oractically fireproof baildiug. Fasten a piece of board cn tbe grouul and build a fire on it. The time tafcen to burn the board will surprise most people. The beds of livers in our gold mining dictricte, where tho amalgam process ai long been employed, are charged with q jicU.VilTc'p. ttome Germans have devised a method for recovering a portion of tbe lost metal. Col. Mason, an officer in the service of the Khedive of Egypt, has sailed around Lake Albert, Nyauzi in a 8'eam launch, and he corroborates the statement of previous explorers that the lake is comparatively Lmall and land locked. Experiments in Europe have proved the success of creosote as a preservative for railroad ties bridge timbers, and wood in olht-r exposed conditions. It saves both from insects and decay. Ties treated in 1840, and piers made in 1850, are still in per fect condition. Tnere will be two solar eclipses this year, one cn February l.the ctber on July 29 . The former will be central and ancualt -r. as observed from high southern latitudes; the Utter wiil be total in the western part of North America. Ii wiil be bust observed at Denver, Col. The Good and the Miser? of Life It is the good and evii not of the outward condition and estate, but the good and evil of disposition and char acter, wi h which are bound up for tlOU IS it, WtjUiiurrS r.OJ Q, Idlil .0 Methodism A ncii', 10 the pas. oral term may ba expedient ou within thai, limit we would havo as few changes aa possible. Tuis, we be.ieve iscomiL'g to be the cjnviction among oar must intelligent; laymen, and may regarded as a good rather shi.n h a bad omen for the future oi th i hatch I; 'he church n-oede t t-nt ev,iiigMlis!3 then this extreme spirit of cuauge would be wholesomt:: bai if the noed of pastor-) and teacher i paramount, the element of tima auU (jerminence is important. A revivalist may do his work ia a month, but the astor an t t aeher requires years to develop the best, results of his labor. We invite a ten tion to the ad vertisement of the "Centennial of Me hodism in North Caro ina.'' Eve iy Mathodist in North Carolina should have a copy. Asa book of refer -enc i is inva uable in the Method st preachers library. Send $2. o W. S Black, Ra eigb, N. O , and procure a copy. place. Can't yoa say something for m on the subject ? Our people are much pleased wiih horeturneof Bro. Round to .tbis Circuit. Mas J. B. Eaves. Rutherfordton, N. C, Jan. 20th, 1 C7S We tfs " old land marks in so far as they may aid in t'ae lurtherance of Christ's King dom . Prayer and class meetings be get a healthy state of piety in the Church. Plainness and neatness in dress is commendable, and our fathers did well to insist upon the observ ance of 'his rule. We may have more to say upon this at some future time Editok. call heaven, and tha- evil which we call hell. Ail experience, and not all Scripture teaches us this. A beggar, in virtue of his character, may be en yiable; a rich man, ia spite of his pur ple and fine linen, may be an obje-1 of pi-y. Do you wish under the editorship of Bishop Keener. The Richmoud Christian Ad,;o cate states as a fact that Bit hop Soule read Weslj's sermons once a year while he lived. A fair example for our young preachers The London Lawyers' Prayer Union has about 220 members, com prising judges, barisfers, and so licitors, who monthly unite in private prayer for the Divine blessing. The Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church meets in Cumbjrarid, Md-, Feb. 27. Bishop Ames is to pie eide. The Baltimore Conference of the M. E Church, Sratu, meets iu B ilti more March 6. Bishop MTyiere is to preside. The New York Christian Adoo cate wants the Northern Methodis' Missionary Society to push their work in the South because of the low ideas of the Southern people ou the sub jectof tem;jerance! And yet they have iu N. York 711 wholesale establish ments for the sale of spirits, and 23, 854 licensed barrooms in the S:ate of New York. Ex. Bishop Peck recently lectured on "Science and the Spirit World " be fore the citizens of Kingston, Pa. aud the students of Wyoming Sent inary. "Moses was tongue-tied, and so Israel got eafely to Canaan. Happy the nation and the church whose leaders are blow of speech.'' R. C. Advocate. Bishop Scott, senior bishop o' the Northern, and Bishop Wigh'man, of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Caurch, recently uuitel iu c nductiog religious services in Charleston, S. C. The sermon was delivered in the Cen tenary Methodist Church, colored), the congregation of wuich was greatly pleased with the exhibition of fiafer nity. Theology Where philosophy ends, theology begins. The former is th. knowledge of thenatu al. th" '-t tier I the knowledge of the supernatura i lue one is tin soinr, nt ri-m t deepest depths of mi-ery t Doy uloi,t.r the science of revdation. Eat wisu io sc-Rio me topmost i as the only rationi ex in tne way or oeggary or way oi iQwn existence. So the body poiuts Littkli.'s Ltvivo A'.K Th) r. timber of 2'hc JAviii'j Aye for tbe - ekn ending January 25:h and Ftbua-y 2d have, the following no eworly contents: France as a Mi'itaiy Pow.r in 1S70 and 1878. by sir Garnet Wolsdey 2iim.UtutU Century; Ti:e Little Heal' h of Ladies, by Frances Power Uobbe, Coiit'inpurary Jltcnir ; The Czar's Cierneuey, a Polish Priest's Story, Lornhill; Ihe Decay of the Monarchical Prineipd, Spectator; Tue Greek mind iu pie euce of Death iri r, retod from Reliefs and Iisciiptioos ou Atheuian Tombs, Cu7ituiiM)rary Jlevitw Uifilas, the Apostle of the Goths. Ed inburihlleviein; Within the Precincts, b- M-a Oliphant, from advance theete; Hydrophobia aud Rabies, Nineteenth Klentury; Erica, tiHna'ated for Ihe Ltvhiy Aye fiom th Gtrman of Fran von ingersleben; Cita-les Dicltn'H Verse, ityc tul-, Ch.n l.-s Dicken'rf Manuscripts, Immbtr'x Journal; French Diuners, Saturday Jieritte; Fetichism in A im ils Nature; Short sight, spec at T; lihumkoiff, Na'ure; with tLe usual choice poetiy; &c. The back numbers outaiuing the first installmsnts of 'Erica,' and a story by Miss Teackery, are s ill hen; gratis to new subsciibers for 1878. For fifty- two ni.mbt-is,of sixty four large pages each (or more than 3000 pags a year), he subscrip ion price s (8) or for i10.50 any on of the American ii monthlies or weeklies is sent with 1 he J.iotny lyfor a ytar, ll(ltl) nflfct nuiil l.ittlu A ll-.tt.m ire tho publishe. s. LOCAli AXJJ HfATENEV3. Tue estate of tho late TLief Justice Pearson is estimated at 75,000. Ihe t sn authorities of Statc-ville are macadamizing the streets, ctoiugr aud sidewalks. Wi niiugtou Star: We lea'u tL.t the life of Major J. A. liryuo was inured for Sll.ODa. Roauuko News: It is thoagl.; that tho sneciul term of Ila iiux Court v.U last about six weeks. J ud0ro Scheuc-i says that ho will nut leav urn-, he cli.rs tho docket Wilmiugton ttar; Tho lirst patent granted a JNorth C'aroliua inveutu so far this year, was iijsuel irom thi U. S Patent oltice, on the 'Jt.i, to Isaa. Wells, of this city, ou a process for aiming le -ther. -Churlott- Ohserter: Tho o.jr of a member of the First l're.--Iyteriii. church oi this city, to bo oce of tweut; personn to make up the sum f 1,1X10 : g to wards this payment of the dcU ol tho second church, has heeu ueceptd h; the requisite uuiiibor, a-.d the inone; pai l in, Tue winter t f lSJ'.t :?i suri isset the present one iu mildness. Furiueit p lgh- eu every moum oi itie sn.so.. aul no snow foil until February a. It vs (alow ea, however, by u cold, backwaxl Si iDg, with a Siiir storm iu May. We shall always be glad to receive and consider any communications or suggestions from subscribers relating to subjects 'har. come within the bo--n U oi the pap jr Rev. W.S. Biackof Edenton Street, is dra -iug large congregations. The people are eager to hear his deeply interesting an 1 edifying discourses. He is fully interested in his work and is quite equal to the task belore him. Wo were pleased to meet in the city last week our estaeried frierd snd brother, Maj Mongomery, of Con cord He is a true Methodi -t and a cultivated gentleman Brethren who hve not taken the .ollection for the Marvin Monument. will do so as early as practicable. It is desirable that the col'ections should be made without delay. Send the amount coilec ed to us at Raleigh and we will forward it to the Treasurer at S'. Louis. T! e New B ok of the lte Bif-hop Marvin. "To The East by Way of the West " for sale at thi3 office. Send 82 and get a copy We are prepared to .'urnibh the New Edition, wi h steel engraving of the fiist Conference in China, which was not in the first edi tion. We send sample copies to a few pescn3 ibis week, in the hope that af" tei they r- ad i', they will become sub scribsrs. Send $2.20 and get your Con We note the gratifying fact that the preachers generally manifest a grow ing interest in the success of the Ad vocate. A largo number write us that they are making up clubs soon to be forwarded. A large number of communications from the brethren giving a de ailed account of their reception, .fee, have Accumulated nnon our bane's Our brethren musi be content with a pim ple statcmant oi the subject matter of their letters. To publi.-h all of them would occupy the entire paper for some time to come We rejoice to know that there is a growing in erest axong our jeoole to provide libera'ly for -he temporal wants of their preach era. . .. We learn fr m Rev. F. L Reid, P esidant of Louisbnrg Female Col lege, that the spring term of that institution has opened well. Pu-h t tie cav '3. lore men. These ar the 1 e ks n d months hich count, tiend y. iir lis s Snd for specimen coj ie-i wtinevri- u i n-d tl em. Rev. S. Lauder, President of Williaraston Female College, S. C, sends tho money for his subscription and writes ua as follows : 'I have done without the weekly visits of tho Adcocate aa long as 1 can stand it." We ceriainly Appreciate this express ion of approval, coming, as it does, from one so competent to judge of the merilB of a religtaua journal. Burial of Sister Boshamer. Bro. Bobbitt: It was our sad duty yesierday at 3 o'clock, P M , to preach the funeral of and to bury the remains of Mrs F naie Boshamer.wife of Rev , A. A. Boshamer of the N C. Confer ence. Sister Bonhamer had been in very bad oealth for six or seven years, and as a result of her protracted feeble health, her constitution had well nigh given way. A little over a week ago she was attacked with Diarrhoea, wuich terminated in her death last M nday evening, January 28th, about 5 o'clock P. M , at .he Parsonage in Charlotte, N. C. Her remains, accompanied by her bereaved husband, brother and sister, leached this place on yesterday; the funeral was preached in the Metho dise Church and the body was buried with our church service in the town cemetery. Bro. Boshamer conversed with his wife in regard to her ap proacbing death a short while before she died. She expressed herself as resigned to ihe will of God and ready to die. She has exchanged a life of great suffering tor one of great joy and glory. Bro. Boshamer informed us that the people of Charlotte were exceedingly kind to him in his afflic tion. Dr. j!ohs could not be reached by telegram, and hence was not pres ent at the death and burial of his diughter. Bro. Boshamer and Dr. Closs will no doubt have the sympa thy and prayers of the brethren. A more extended notice of Sister Bos hamer's life, character and death will doubtless be given hereafter. God seems to be afflicting our Conference. Sister Pnett, Bro. Moore, Sister Brooks, and now Sister Boshamer, all pas ed away since Conference. May God bless the afflicted ones, and help us all to be ready to go at any time, Yours truly, F. L. Reid. Louisburg, N. C, Jan. 31st, 1878. Rev. J. Sandford writes from Clin ton, Jan. 29ch: Our hopeful prospects interrupted no little by the presence of the 'Devil Missionary,' in the shape of a Dancing Mister. He has quite a revival, which he will conduct in person for thirty days, and then leave the muddy stream of iniquity, which he has acelerated, to flow on until it deposits its deluded victims into deeper degradation." luxury; but yoa can do it by the love of evil or the love of goodness. It is not a revelaiion of things beyond our ken outside our experience, but a rev iation of things that were, and ever snail be, the most certain and most real of all things which is made by any religion worth the name. It is a fact. which transcends all facts, as well in its certainty as in i s importance and not a doctrine or a theory rest ing upon doubtful authority or limited observation, tbat the good of this life and all life, is goodness and th misery of this life and all life is sin. We are human; therefore our life turns in its large movements and great i-eues not upon meat and drink aud clothing, but upon right & d wrong, ujjon ruth an 1 falsehood, up on selfishness and kindness, upon passion indulged and passion regu lated not upon tha needs of the body, but upon the wants of the sou . Search the world and you will find no: one corner of it containing one man where the law has not been, and is no , that tbe soul that ainneth it shall die, and the soul that loves good, it shall eat nnd be satisfied. Salva tion Here and Hereafter. CLE RICA L ill NSTBELS. The New York Times has some one on its staff with a keen eye for failings both in common and profes sional life. One of his late papers is on 'Clerical Minstrels,' and he handles the subject with more than usual sat isfaction. He says: The comic preacher has a very diffi cult tak before him, and is en itled to .nach charitable forbearance from hiB critics. To etve men's sou's aud to induce them to laugh are perfectly legitimate employments, bnt they cannot be easily combined. Yet the comic preachar is con s antly striving to effect this combi nation, and it is not strange that he often makes lamentable failure. The ablest preachers that have ever lived have lacked courage to make the attempt, and we do not wonder that Sbcondrate men who have tried to sue coed as clerical cjmeudtans have, in most cases, brought ihemselves and .heir profession into riJHule.' the soul, which animates and uses it as its organ; the law pre-snpposes the Uw - giver, the creature is inconceivable without a C'roa tor. Reason's highest function is to prova the necessity of r. velaticn. Philosobhy teaches that there may be a God, and that there ouyht ta be a God, hat man may be immortal, and ouyht to be immortal. Theology knows tbat there is a God, aud that man is immortal for weal or w e. Philosophy cannot deny the terrible fact of sin and the mortal disorder o the universe; but it cannot explain i', aud still less, remedy it. Theology knows both the poison and the anti dote. To him who knows from expe rience that he is a sinner, just.y ex posed to the wrath of a holy Go and who be'ieves that Christ is his Saviour, who satisfies all his spirit ual wants and aspirations, the object ions of infidelity have as little weight as wa er upon a rock or paper balls upon a fort. Hr.ShaJf'. As rivers are generally deeper in winter, when there is commonly mor rain, and less evaporation, than in summer, so are our religious feelings wont to be deepest in the wintry sea son of sorrow, being then most fed with the showers of grace granted in answer to earnest prayer, as also ex haustive influences of prosperity. At tho request of If on. Wm. M.iJob- bius, the i'Ost Office Department 1 .or dered a semi weekly mull service n the iuo from Salisbury to -it. Vernon, ;Uw an county, X. C ; and also t ikeu hh.j to put service ou the new iuo from fciDa (trove to Uowau 1 i lid, tinoiiii ''aio Greensboro is said to be ' . - w-. tr -1.. r ar iuuiurTwwi ii ui ) -nut? sue best prices are paid; ono party buying in one winter over teu thousand dozen rabbit skins, aud other furs iu proportion. .According to a statenieut iu the Ral eigh Obseiver, the whole number of per sons undergo. ug sentence of tlie law in North (Jarolin i is about li.'Jih), a '"'tit 1,000 of whom are in the penitt utian, und tbe remainder iu work house -t un 1 couaty jails. Fruit. to;s t.ansplaute.i in the winter an 1 taiiy hpr iig do w 11 with iroper care it. packing, shipj atf and pin-. ling. neiiU your ora-rs ti u. W. Vostbrook and you will get 'Oaeihing nice und reh.ble. Ho his 'ocattd permit. ontiy a. Wilson, N. t. See advertisement. The attention cf our i aders, those particu1 ii y who arc in t rested n hav ng tlu;r property mured against oss by Ire, or who di -:re to insure ilieir live.- for f h i her at of their il i endar-tn -i invited o ve ad verus ment of M-Sbrs P F. lV'ud &, Son, wh are too h oil known to need a pu. from r.3. We direct utf an ion to ho ilver isemoi.t of too Vt.ito Sewing Ma chine It is the pi st lfiiqu and complete Sewirg Machine we hu yet seen. Long & Wiliams, agents, War renton, N. C. Bishop Doggett, preached Sunday week in Ashland, Va. health is much improved. last His It is the last step of reason to keow here is an infinity of things Iwhica surpass it. J?asca2. It ii announced that the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church of tho dii -cose of West Vi'ginta and the lay rep resentatives of the parishes of said tlio oese will assemble in convection at Charlestown, on the 2ith of February, at which time the elec ioa of Bishop wil. bo the principal business to bo transacted. Rev. J. W- Lea, of Mnrtinsbnrg, is Spok en of in eoanectbm with the bishopric. There is a sacredness in tears They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They speak more elo quentlv than ten tho i.-i and tongues They are the messengers of overwhl ming grief, of deep "niiition and o unspeakable love. Washington Ir ving. Tbe London Times has a remarka ble ediforal leader on the question o 'Disestablishment' in the Ecgl;sb Church. It states tbat "Disestablish ment has passed into the category of the debatable party questions,' and it bids fair to become tbe greases' liberal question of the future.' Thk Protestant Episcopal Almanac for 1878 reports the following static ties: Bishops 01, increase 2; mim's'er 3,210. increase 45: parish bp,2 900; bap tims 40,787, increase 2,418; comi.au nicants 281,977; increase 13,443; con tributions $6,731,268,increase $95,331.' Quarterly Conference Blanks for sale at this office. We shall never learn to feel and rep ct o r real calling and destiuj unless we biv taught ourselve to c nsider everytbu.,3 as moonshine compared with education of the heart, Scott. If 1 could chooao wh". would be most delight! o'., at d I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm reltpious belief to every other bleaang Davy. CONGRESSIONAL. .v It is beginning ,j bo uuder.st. Washington that the 'resident wi send in any message oi evil servicl form. at liot r- Washington dispatues have ntnlin- ced tho pass-ISO by tho ouso of tb. - ver resolution of Jlr. 3j tliews, of Oik, by more thuu two thirds oto. The an ate passed the resolution at; t Friday a vote of 43 to 22. Tho set e of the ra sure is embraced in the ragraph o! lie resolution which declares 'tho right of the government to pay La bonds inil ver at tho option of the v era ment of the United States, in silveidollars of te coinage of tho United Stios contain -g four hundred and twelve at. a holf gr&i9 each of standard silver, at that to il store to 'ts coinage such si er coin a etal tender iu payment of said bon.. principal ami interest, is m in violutj of the public faith uor in rogation ( the rights "f tlip public cred r.' ' The sold yield of Georgia huow balfk million a year, amt tho At nta Coui sii'U i. n thioks it roav be rried hat amount ier mouth. I R ver lav Dr Prat', formerly o the TJai j siiy of Alabiini', iu a re nt lel ei' to tha Courier Journal, wrU tint the cte lit of all th it, is oirg.ii or val uable (bout th SO Called V JO' ffrm, isdtet.Dr J.'hn B Read.'f To kaloosa, Ala. j A New Orleans dispatch s' es that ex ensive sugar, frauds havu iio tb' past week been discovered ate cos torn house in tht ci'y, invo!vg th Belchey sugar refinery, in SuLouin, in ihe importation of sugars t infe ricr grades. r
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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