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Ail tiie rravoiiu nd lujal prefe-heni lis the bonnii
ui til; North Croliu- tTouirreiicc art out ittitried
A-mii. Aay persou oondia us tti uh:cr.it th or
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AdYt-rtUemeutrt will be rhauged once every thrne
mouth without aitllllonal obarge. F.r Try oth
er change there will be an extra charge of twrnlr
rentt ai inch. T treaty live per cent, m a-idivl to
tht-a!...ve rat. s lor fpecial noli.-, lu ll:L- ul rot
ninn. Term. cash in i-otherwise
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tlio." ol any other paper iu the -outli ot tile name
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jCubUohcd in tiie ntcrcotsi of JHetocUsm in lortli Carolina.
Vol. XXIII.
Raleigh, 1ST. 0., Wednesday, March 20, 1878.
Xuniber II.
;rhc (faristum SWvocate.
. II. T. HUDSON. .'ol:l.l.si-oM.i; I
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at par-
r CO-
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JNDRV
- .rr.o-i-
,f Warranted
ran
k co . rort
3?o ctnu
K r ins Advocate
GKNTLF mothkr.
j r.Y "ul.V.Mi I .
Wu i'ro-i'-.i iii i ; : ' 1 y .. . :i ?r . :
Tb.n heaviun sobs hat aim ft nio her
such Ler uevti feU irjui a.y other
But you, my gentle, 6u.le mother.
No ki so sweet I e'er did
It was like ambrosial on iuy lip;
Those aed, dear u aid. ilia pressed iue then
Lie coid now, b.-ue.ui h n tun s oi in:i.
And I Mtif cr my gr-utu? mo-.her.
lu trtreiini dowa Uie steps oi life
I meot witu uianr a buier sirue,
My oiiil U-h soul taou ior t ee
As when 1 tirsi beiu my int ut knee:
Alits - a as ny gentle mother.
When all was filse, I found the irue,
Ar ftar? th.Lt shim in vaults ol blue.
Aud oh ! what throi.iug memories come
Ot hours I nave fp-jiai wi.U thee at home,
y-.it they are v.iin ; iuy gentle mother.
lte winter snow fall heavy her
On :he ra-ci'jl eprucd I've tra.ned with care,
Iu eaeii oit, white. a t in rlke 1 trace
tmU-ius.prcciwiia one ot thy dear lace
Lo w in the ground, my gentle mother.
l ie slab Uit tui'ksthi- sacred moual
MieJs ittoM, dmp a-uwp.-ei-e around,
Ard mcrmurs rtoi in; from tliesircam
"fell me plainly,"' was not all a dream
rhta, that thou once lived, penile mo;her
At aoh faailiar s'.ep. I -tarrp
Just o gratify a K.nfeiug heart;
Vha. lolly to think n yet thma own !
Since 10 heav-n thv lovely spirit ha flown.
On couitort me now, gentle mother.
Look Iva from your home in the skies.
And t-i:y a broken heart ihat tries
To b sux-u; guide my wroig eteps aright
From the oa. 5. storiu ol an unseen uig.it,
Ani plead or me my genue uwUter.
& o m m u n i c a t c D.
For the Advocate.
lit. H.iim iit: a word novv
u i riii u t i -i ii tin- -r-a cast would not
c auii. iiu'i' oi'fOi;liy when written
mviv in t lu' ihit'n--t ot our .Methodist
iiu.vi:. J.v.iv Mcikoitit slwiiM in
. l i tiiat in.- i a part oi" the jriv.it
t: Krt'.irc. au-L tliat tln.-ii- i a i-arinjr
; .! iiiin "i lii-r u iiirti tiu-y iiould hold
i i.p uivt- lu utii to tin.- whole
mi ow yoiu -api-r tor itistance,
. i--;-i-i. a- it 1-. i-v t iii- 'olifiMVIuv 3
:ran. t--.-i v.' tin- lull pai roiiatrc of
:. .-ii-uvt. in onti-r to make aitytliini?
it niu-t l.t- uo''Stully jat
lu ordi-r to makf your paper
!i:.t vo'-i iieire, and v, liat every hod v de
it l .n 1 I have tii.- mil and hen-.iy
-... rr ..l ;ii tiie viiureh. It tile lariro
i' Metu-"iit in North i 'aro'.iua
. : -lit -paie tue uli-i"-riptioii priee
.; the A i.voi- K. th'V ee'. t a i :ii v could
t
ti.e in .-.i. y more pr..ti!ai.iy ana
.. I' -..uid attain to a irrand ue-
itiiin tiie ;a; t'ew vcnr. I have
To !.,.ik ltp.ititle-e T li j r iil: - ditter
:T,d t.-.-l That w.- niut ht-!p our-i-
M ! ii. . ii! -.'!' we r 1 1 have Im
. e.i.mot expt et ot hei w ise.
,-.-t on!t ti.iitii:;.' ; t :"; I : -it our own.
:;: own i- p:ir-!v i:i the wionir,
-!: t i uiid up aii ot' our "Wti iii
.1... ;! ,-. .'iie-'.- Iieed oUf at-
, i it' ri'-y are not jtit what
;:k t! -V Uuilt to he. JTlVe tln-lll
: i,po..ri and r 1 1 - "ill heroine
,:o e want, hut never while we
rVu.-t t to-tii to tie- "phiii!diuLr oi
':t Tiiri..II. Let the -Tlell-th ot'
;,. .,! th inatr.-r i- hrouirht to
. n t'n.-i.i and -u.-ee will -urely
t':,- . it'-.it. ur preaeher- ran
do
i . T V..iir paper
roil or
weight
. -1 ti-
,..?, 1 hev rarrv
and exert a prejil'tn
ju
or an interest iv. the
..i' whirh 1 .eak.
llistl
KvclV , ,.r- lnelilher ol the
i- int. r.-t.-l in thi matter, tor
- .nl determined eH'olt the iu-.-
M. tho ii-lll vvollld he huilt up.
1- ,,!' lal.or wider, and more lu-
li:.l !.l
i.-T i. ill
.t.i- iii.ii ! il: im- i '
li
. iii . i
lit V W "Utl l t II1 .UM'.U
. . p. i el t.
.!l-ll US oil.
from this, let me speak
I'.irtiiiig' a-ide
nr new prra.
h.-r. Br... 'kat.-s. Jt
. - 1
- to ii- that it was a wi-- 1 rovnten.e
-at him hith.-i. .i"st ,1'
people are p
leased
toi ii-, an l "iir
: -i epp -ion.
His sermons are all
pure thought, l.-stin
every out
I,- hi- text and
- therefrom so clearly the tun
,e and i. ii-ioi. of Chri-t. that th(
1 I -rairelv tail to
h.-nd and drink in the power
o.ni-nt. I think him the closest,
: ..:,...i.er that I have most ever
l thou-h mode-t in his pre
he -taud- head and shouhler:
- .no- that have w ritteli unto thein
t i. name of oi r.
i- d, awing crowded h-"Uses and at -
1.,. i- po pnlar whether
I'
it home, or oil the snvet.
will g,, to the General Cotl
l we have no fears oi the N.
Methodism snifering in
-.!' Wedne-day night leetures
ii th- temptations of Christ
-?!.;!. appreciated by his
- ha-..- iii- three Sunday night
ii l is!:. I). i von really know
"ii d... mii know a strong
ilj'-l 'It- h.
t ti-. v :ii..,m Sim. lav -ehools.
itihi- lime the Intci national
the l.e-t We ean use. but Cltl
il head .jilall.-i- of MetllO-
dism.hriiiiT out something lor the South
ern Methodist Chureh, wherein would
le M-t forth clearly and fully the doc
trines of our eliureh, that our children
may come up and "he able to "ive
a reason for t1 ....pe that is within
them'" For the last few mouths (our
lessons, ho lv in the 'hroiiieles j we have
had wars ami li-ht Suits, 1
cliildreli do not seem In he interested in
this, neither Hie their minds as elearlv
led up to i '1 list as they would he in j unite upon these, ('an one or two
treadinu the paths of Him and His apos- ! .)eak for a t 'oiiference ? AN -1 1 it he
ties. I thit k there niiuht he improve done .' It is doubted. At the risk of
meiit. Wh it is the ueneral veidi.-t j stirrinir up the pure minds of the plot
lr. P.mkl ead is now liviiur in our i will show how the tiling is pro-
citv, and we are cheered now and then ' I'"s''1- It is a well known fa. t, . 'is
I i' 11
hv his presence. He lias. I think, near- I
Ins presence.
lv completed hi
firt round lie is de- !
servedlv pop liar and looks sharply t.
the interests f the whole church.
l'"cu-e this rambliiiLT scroll.
Trtilv yours. P.
Wilmington. N. '-. March II. 17
-.--.
For thp Advocate.
FlinM VllItilNlA.
I
li"i; Ioi roi;: The devil som.fi ime
over-docs himself, or gets an agent w ho
g.ies beyond is order-. 1 think this .
has been verv much the case, mi hi
employment i f Hob Inge'soll A- 'o.-
instead of doing their master's work
idroitlv and citiiiiingly as is his
want thev h ive made such a iiiss. and !
have been so hlatant about it, that I
thev have ere: ted a revulsion in the
minds of those they should have caught ,
and ruined. While this is a hopeful :
aspect of the i-ise. there is another side :
that is still more hopeful. This out- j
hurst of infidelity has awakened a cor
responding activity upon the part of the ,
Church of mii . ihc battle has been
trained Atheism and infidelity is being :
driven to the wall as has always I-ei-n :
the case, in every contest with trinh.
This may he steti in the press heard iu j
the pulpit witnessed at ten thousand;
altars all over our land when thou- '
t-ands are being converted to id.
What wronger reputation co,
given to this off repeated lalsehood ...
the wieKod, than that given l.y Tin l.tcr-
by the Fter- '
,...1 s;, ; tl .. s.-. lv.it ion of a sinner '? !
' , :
Tl.:.. .,!.; 1 attest.-ition ot the
inn n . j-v ... . .
truth of His Word. Have you noticed:
the wonderful work of grace that is go-
In.. ..ii all over the i-oiiiifrv . am
sure von have. Th'sisth.. st;.! !' Ijo;-:.
in the gloom tint surrounds us, amid
the uncertainties of al! material things.
Tin- political sky is anything but clear.
Tn financial heaven's arc dark with
us at least. National honor has boon
Corrupted and -taiitod State integrity
and purity is threatened by those who
. mailt to be the -n-todiaits of her power.
Private morals i.ive boon fearfully sha
ken, and in too many instances as h-ar-4-..1I,--fii'.ied
In all this .'loom and
doubt, and trial of mind and heart, this .
il hour of infidelity, as in ihej
. . . .- i i- i .....i ,.
larkest davs o, no . ion. .... "
the daring attempt to dethrone the;
liibh- ca-t out f the hearts of men the
,u " 1 ,, ,
Sou of God, and induce the Mol ld to ne
jieve t lint the religion t Mesii- is a cini
niier'y devised fable. How has this
crusade against truth and righteousness
bee. i.i.-t? N it with irreat swelling
wolds, after the older of these ildidels.
but hv a calm nvsoiitat ion of the truth
,,f God as reveaV'd in his Word. Cod
has owned this truth, and all over the
country fire has fallen upon the altars ot
the church an.: the shout of the re
deemed goes up to heaven. This has
been witnessed to a large extent in
Richmond. In all
cioiis revivals h.-vo
if our clam
hes
rra- )
lieell.
In
and in most, i
Lvnohhurir th
'"' M1" ' " ,
revival has 1 n iroiti-T " wee.s ami
in. 1
hundreds have I neonv. ......
At
Ashland there a very extcns.ye w orK
now in progress, ami u iooks ,
as if all the youi g men at the college
will be the sub jo -ts of grace. And it is
so all around us. Such is Cod's meth
od with infidel ty. The last, best,
and strongest argument is that of the
Sjiirit, in witness with that of the
n-r, that Jod is true.
I 1...,,. traveled ollt ot HIV llltell"
.led
r,.t, but these things are so im .i.-s-.-.. ,
. . - 1
upon my mind aid heart, that unbidden,
come to the ends of my fingers.
i;f.i.
. . . s
l-"or the A'lvooate.
THK W VISION OF THK N.C (N
FKdKNCK. The smothered tiros are breaking
i .,..1 there ai .1 before the first
III-,,- -
Al.-.v there will he a I. laze an aioug
. - . ii l
the
,..,.i.sed line. At first we were much
i .... i ... i
in lav
or of this lew Colilorenee; mi.
. ,...w .lev
ipliients
have come
Sil l I- son.. i i
,r ...o.d. a eh tnge has come over the
. -..:...( dreams, and now we look
o..k
s pi . . i - -
pirn o. o.i
' . 'I'l
:. Itl. tniir h hesitation. 1 here
upon
"
... .on- interest involveil w incn
lve.1 which
are s.
i;..r..,l .-h.-iiaeter. There
lIVrht to be eroat and profound deliber-
, , ...'.i... ...... is taken.
"'" ' 1 ' . . .
Sometimes
the
.1 is
ii.-ise.I i.v
wishes not well f. unded that mere sec
tional interest is magnified beyond facts
:,d are not oompit-nt to go outside ..t
their circumscribed bounds. The gen
oral g'ood of Met lodism is paramount
to all local inferos'.
It is a ouestion "f vital import
o,,r church in North Carolina in more
pnr.ic.lars than one. The,.- an- matt, i
to he considered of inure interest than
men? territorial limits, which will touch
everv part of our cherished ( 'oiiference
enterprises. The N. J. ( 'oiiferene
has boon striieeling tor years to build
herself up to a couiniandiiiir, position,
which she has done at homo and abroad.
Now it is hard to disreiuember our old
mot hers. The iiist interest of impor
tance is our ('olleires, Trinity and
i reensl
enslK ro.
It has been said we will
K"" !ls mi ouiorenw is imuii, sue
will be taken from the mother and turn-
j e.l over to
e nursed by a step mother.
! The daughter will he taught to forget
: I hejiatin al mother and seek alliances
outside. South t'arolina will seek a
j treaty with this new Conference. Hol
i stoii will do the same heyond the lilue
: l.'idge. This will bring us to a smaller
I couij'ass than lu-lore. nith two large
schools to luiliii up. .Now Is it
U IS'IOIII
to tare down those almost completed,
and attempt to build at another place
without ability to do it. To one not
biased by sellishness this miestion is not.
difiirult to answer. This is the condi-
tioii we will Hit.
ourselves in by the
lines proposed.
In our next we wi
interest .
liscuss our paper
( 'ii aki.uttk.
March the i'th, 1 S7S.
NFAYSPAPEKS IN THK SOl'TH.
We are glad that our article on this
subject of several weeks ago attract
ed attention and invited d'!',isshn. A
number of our Church papers copied it
entire: others made extracts, with ac
companying comments. Several North
ern papers, aiiioiig them the North
western A pvoi ati: and the lx!U-:i'T;XtF.N ;t,
made mention of the article, expressing
the geueious opinion that the ooinpar-
jativelv small cii culatioii ofotii pajiers '
, f;IIt f tllt. themselves
.... .,r:i-KN iu-.nt, January 17, says :
, ...
,- '
"If the Southern Methodist palters
,. . , V ,
are not so well patroinzeu tis tnose m
... ... . ,
the Northern Chureh.it is not heoaiue
; the former are lacking in merit. The
: Southern Church has some very good
'paper, among which we might mention
. th. ."
The Lvi.i:rFNni'N"i' mentions five ol
our loadimr papers in this .'i.i.net.tioh,
among thein this paper. If the opinion
: of tins 1 mif.i-kmif.x r be good it only in-
creases our discomfort and anxiety in
eon-idi-ritig the mo-igre support extend
; ed to our papers. Where is the fault '?
; Our private opinion is. to he perfectly
I frank, that most of our Church papers
i can be improved, notably, as we suppose,
' in two ways. They should be more ag-
ressive IU tile ireatinoni oi Hi-v.iiiiii,s
error-., hii?b jn doctrine and practice,
And thev should he loss provineiah We
; ,.,,,...,. .ini,, i. i,.ss
. .
devoted to the real interest ot our sec-
1 ti.ui and Church, but only that they
should reveal a fuller consciousness of
; the great world outside. Perhaps both
I of these ends might be compassed with
out anv large increase of capital or 0X
: poiidituro. But more work would be
! n lful. Possibly also, some what
broader sympathies. At this point, we
; wish to sav in advance we shall not
defend the two points above suggested.
; So, anv mav deny or condemn who
; please.
We find the Cuiiistiax Oissf.k vkh-
an exec
nt Presbyterian paper jmhlish-
( ed in
Loiiisville, Kentucky taking us
to task lot
saving, in our first article on
j this subject, that "the Southern people,
;.,,..,;,, to population, take fewer
( ((.tio X(rt ,.,.
s,.t(!.., The Ousfkvku says:
"The charges we think unsupported.
Besides sustaining their own papers
which are more numerous iu proportion
to wealth and population than those of
the North, the S- uthetn people take a
v:ist number f Northern journals."
! We iiotiet after reading this with
j surprise that "Rowell's Newspaper Di
j roctorv" puts down the OitsriivKR of
Louisville (with little competition for
Southern Presbyterian patronage) as
having a circulation of 'd.OOO, and the
)hsi-:t!VKi! of New York (with large and
varied and strong competition for N'orth-
IVeshvtci ian patronage) as having
j a circulation of 25,000.
t The Cl'.VI l: I. CimtsTlAX AtlV.U ATE
of I comes to our defense, and gives, from
Rowell's directory, very full com para
tive statistic- n the subject. Y hen we
these figures, and recall our
com pan
1 first article, our statements seem
tame
j and feehl
They fall far below the
i tacts. We reallv think it would do
i facts.
- . -
I 1 :. . i, ..in.- e usee I eves It
good in opening many
. .. i , ii- i.
overv
every Southern editor would puiuisn
-
; these figures. l or
1-or it is too plain for
: discussion that lew influences so elloetu
i allv paralyze ellort and estop progroM
i ' .. .... .- Il i.o.l: nt
' as ignorance oi ...i , ,
resignation in its endurance.
We offer in this article a lew ol these
th. aires. Rowell's directory is recoiled
good authority in these matters.
At the beginning of this year there
;,. the I'uited States, of all sort
... s :'.( iieriodioals. Of this number l.."51
' .
. an
the
1 slt .tes ( '..nm.aie
I Jeor-jia and Al i.-higan
two Si .
put down in the ciiiisus of 170 as equal
in population. There are 141) "publica
tions" in Georgia: :1 2 in Michigan.
K-ntucky had, in ls"0, l.:iJl.O0l in
population; M.assachusetls, 1,4j7,000,
Kentucky has 1 15 publications; Massa
chusetts ;54-2. Louisiana hail 727,000
in population; California, fliO,O0U.
Louisiana ha-i 84 publications; ('alifor
nia, 27i. There ar .r00 publications
iu tlio L'nitod States whose regular is
sues are over 5,000; of these, 40 only
are in the South. There are Kj5 such
publications in New York alone !
Of 123 daily secular papers iu the
South, oiilv seven have circulations nvi'iyit directness their duty of consecra-
lo,(i oo-J.ut two oyer 20.00;t.
Tl,-.r
-
two New York dailies, whose circiila-
tioii, it is reported, surpasses the coin-
biued circulation of all the dailies in the
South.
Let us compare the circulation of lour
of the ieading A ivor.vn:s of our own
Church with f-mr of the Church North.
NVe leave off the names, hut they are
leading papers, published in the midst
of strong Methodist communities. And
two of the four have as large circulation
as have .-tiv Southern jethodist papers,
j The four have a circulation of 2K, OHO ,
; averaging 7. 000 each. Take the four
st longest of the Northern Methodist At-
I vm ati:s.
What circulation-. have thev?
The four reach J 1 1 ,000 averaging each
27,750 only 250 less than the combin
ed circulation of our four strongest !
The lour strongest Baptist papers in
! the South count up only 24.500; w hile
: one iaptist paper in New York reaches
i ... ...... "
t ,
The A i-oi.oins r, published in Cincin
nati, for the German Methodists of the
M .!. Church, counts 15,000 subscribers
nearly twice as many as our strongest
Apvoi atf.s can show.
Some of our defenders are w ont to
bring forward the colored population as
a set oil, when we begin these compari
sons. Hut this won't answer in this is-
sue. The N. Y. Cmhistiax Advocatk i
... .
has reac-hed recently ;i circulation of ;
((0,000. 'I hese are taken, presumably,!
' 1
hv white people. Our four strongest.'
11 i
count 2S,000; limited to white people- j
' . . ... ;
As s:nlileiiintr cotima ii soil s mie-ht be i
1 "
;.-,,., f.,i-a full column more.
' ' " ' '. ' ' . ,
wonder we liav. in our Chuveh ;
.... ...
but one endowed institution
and that
ciiuoweu ov .Mii iut-ru iiione . -oi o nim-
.. 1 ... . 1 1 V.-...1
Xo won-
i i ... ..,- toi-,.
iler we iie oui i iei i niioii i iiji v...
our iropor pf- -e,in the g.-ept i:s:s.si
moveineiit of our times. No wonder our
pastors are poorly supported.
P.ut the figures given above tell but j
part of the sad tale. There is ineontro- j
vertiblo evidence for saving that in the ;
i
sale of books we are as far i.ohind as we ,
are in the circulation of religious papers. ;
Witness : the annual "exhibits" during i
the last ten years by our "House" in,
Nashville and by the "Concern" in New ;
York, Cincinnati, Chicago, San Fran- I
cisco and Atlanta. Their book-sales ;
areKxoitiot s. We cannot escape by
pointing to the books sold by friendly
or alliliated book merchants in St. Louis, ,
New Orleans, Atlanta or liielmiond. Wo ;
know sonic thing of the business l.y i
these establishments. Their sales do
not help us to a vindication. Moreover,
our Northern hrcthreti have twenty times ,
as many such stores as we have. Can j
I! .1 li...
We can- i
we contra. uci i uese ug.in-s
not aflirm, of our ow n knowledge, w hat
the
ciroulation of these Northern An-
but wc have no reason
VOIATI-:
w hatever to doubt what their publish-
.... ti- i . .. l...
ers alllllil. 0 nave overv n-asou io m-
lieve them. We do know how small is
the circulation of some of our strongest;
we know how small a book trade is car-
rie.l on in our Church. Can we explain
these figures ?
Where is the fault ? In
publishers, editors, preachers, people,
.1 .i mm : 1 1.1 .....
Ill- 111 all . lie IIIVOSI Igai ion smnini isi
on, and to the bottom. It is of unspoak-
ible importance. It concerns the whole
Church, and not for this generation only.
It is not a question of "personalities;" it
is a ouestion of facts and conclusions;
of admitted evils and remedies. No
publisher, editor, agent, or other person,
or official has any right to bo "sensi
tive." Where is the trouble? We
mi st vixp oft. Then we must ascer
tain the remedy Then we must take
measures.
No class has so groat interest in this
matter as Methodist itinerant preachers.
We belong to that honorable company,
and feel distressed in considering facts
that can no longer be concealed facts
that are portentious in view of future
tests and competitions in this country.
Alas! for the Church that does not
read !
We mi st do better, no matter whoso
head,
or how many
heads
goes into
the basket." We close by asking
what each one should ask '-What can
I do '? !.:. 1Iayi;oop in St. Lor is Am-
YofATF..
Mf.s think lightly of sin, and imagine
that thev can easily break away from it,
when they please. Wo never know the
p,wer of the current until wo attempt
to stop it. And we can not understand
how much mankind love sin, until we
undertake to persuade them to abandon j
it. and 'urn to holiness.
To doiitjustieeis more to bo avoid
ed than to suffer injustice: and the reali
ty
and II. il l lie appeai.ni.e o. i....i,
. .i '..:....
. . ii ... i .i
11 things, as well
( to no lollowoo aoon- .i
I in publi.: as in private life IN... to
PHI VAT K liLVIVALS.
Preaching is good, prave? meetings
are good; hut the best iiillucncc is exert -ud
personally an.l privately, and it is a
great deal bettor lo exert it in a more
private place than in an iinpu'r -meet ing.
Ii the young, especially, are faithfully
shown how to be Christians, thev will
most generally begin a Christian life.
How many Sunday-school teachers there
are whose hearts would be tilled with
joy at the conversion of their scholars.
but who have not found the courage to
' visit them singly and press upon them
to Cod
d
to kneel with thein
W-jjic in prayer ! The pastor and his
i nearest associates in 'lunch work
j should see thai this is done, that no one
i ,s omitted and that in these interviews
; ila- way of life be made so plain and
I simple that the fool need not err t herein.
I Not every o::; has t he wisdom to do this.
j They thai have the wisdom and the
; i!;:-.vt earnestness should have the sword
j "t 'he Spirit pu
into their hands and
diolll
he sent fort h t
Use it
And their I
work sliouhl he iollowe.l
prayer of all t hose !k.
,!.-
hv the earnest
loe our blessed
lurches wait for
Let them seek
tairli. Let tit .t our
revivals or evangelist
immediate and individual conversions.
I snr.PKSPKXT.
Complaint is made that the pulpit in
j these days is losing its hold upon the
upon
pool
This mav, or may not, he true;
! hut if true, is not the pulpit itself in a
i lijeasnre, to blaiije'1 o are led to ask
i this question b leading from time to
I time reports of sermons in the papers,
! and if some of these represent the aver
.ge popular pulpit teaching, wo are com
pelled to think that the sooner the pulpit
' loses its influence the bettor. To preach
; the Gospel is a momentous matter; to
I preach that which is not the Gospel, in
! its stead, is worse than mockery. It is
said that the lmliiif needs hro.-idoiiin."-
,, . , , . . , .
out. llusiiiav he; hut we think t hat m
' .
luanv respects it uee.it s narrowing down,
... ' . ... ...
at least until it confines usell within
. .....
limits concerning winch it is written,
.. , ' r ... ... ,
" 1 mis sa.th the Lord. We want tie-
- . . . . . . .
1 faith ; "''"X, more, and t he opinions ot
I.. . . ,,
i -V. 'if n "reached less: we want,
. . i
Hi Mini
stead ofguo-sos. The
'd never can grow old
ach this, and its in-
i faith oi
1JV.
I ja
ClU lil IIM AX.
aui
For the Advocate
LINKS.
Written on hearing a senium from I.
.lolin II. 14: "1 have written unto you,
voimg men, because ye are strong.''
Art thou c -llini:. ih.'y F.-thur,
Mi. to .ri- ich Thy f r.-d Truth f
Oik: i-o we.k -lid so unworthv,
At..l in kn;iwli-..i;'.- bjt a yoatti ?
Thi-?e fnlil lip c .n i:L-ver .pi-ak it;
THs i-o.ir l..njr.JO cnu n.-'cr convey
Tii t-ie hi-iirt? el iu.t. i's toic:.i-i;a
How to love and Thee oh. y.
Take this cap, O F l'tier, fr ui me;
But if not, with Vby di-ar S.m
1 et ir.e ray: "O Eight .-oui Father,
Xo my will, bjt Thim- bn done."
B
Nuvembtr IStfi.
Ciifip u Tkadi:. 'J'iie business of the
church is religion, and the salvation of
' the soul. The church at w ork is in-
j tended to be an educational, dynamical
1 force to raise men up from
iii and a-
tan unto God and holmes
To do this,
the strongest
: a.1 l. ...... i- ..i.iw.-il t
imc rumen ..... . . j -1
i niul purest motive
ind call out the
t highest possihiitties .u tue iiuiu.iii s.mi
i . . .-. i i .... ..i
. the very best there is in maiiKind. i
j a mind so developed, the claims ol i ...d
land His cause stand first upon the list.
II he honored with reverence and
and wi
promptitude, to the best possessed abili
ty. A duty based upon clearly defined
and sound principle. But if the stomach
must be loaded with luxuries before the
purse can be lightened of a pittance,
hart
ly enough to pay tor the loo.l
, . .1 .!.
eaten,
ti order to mi t-ngi lieu ...v
finances of the church: or, if a large
amount of fun must be uirni-hod. in or
der' to feed the famished exchequer ol
the society: or, worse still, if resort must
ho 'had to rallies, ring cakes, grab bags,
voting a iipinnv vase to the prelti-.-s girl
eve, in which the difference between
pious and profane gambling can be .!is
cerne.l, then it seems that the intf.npf.p
educational, dynamical forces ot the
church must be pronounced a failure.
Ri-.v. W. H. .Ioiipax. ix '.U.1.I...F. Rki f.u
ToltV. Brook vii ia lv. vhose uusoau.i
has an unpleasant habit ..f railing at
her, has hit upon the plan of calling in
her servants when he begins to let out
his temper, and then turning to hnn and
saving sweetly : --Now my dear, please
go on with your romai k.-s." lb- do. sn t
go on; at least not as he h.-gan.
Wn :x a pi
liieinb -rs ot t In
we have claims
we are led to a
people are allow
ar-iev writes u- that
church against whom
ire entirely worthless.
!.- i in- s.n-h w orthless
.1 to remain as members?
Church mombershi
ought to under-
j write character
! evil times havi
in. 1 when it does not,
come upon the church.
- i Tin: Ckxtiiai. Mftiiopist.
- j ---.-i.
l ;ir :oria .M-vaua is co
,1 .vith
:
snow, and presents a neaiiiiiui appen-
anee to t lie ;vo, -
J
THK WRONG MANT'SClilPT.
A distinguished clergyman of linstoli,
on ascending his pulpit after the conclu
sion of the preliminary service, was seen
suddenly to lay aside the manuscript
he held, to turn. and d-seend to the read- i
ing desk, where he spent a moment ex
amining the leaves of the Bible, llesu
ming the pulfiit, after a moment of only
slightly awkward delay, he proceeded to
deliver an extemporaneous discourse up
on the text : " What must I do to be
saved "?" The discourse is spoken of
as having heeu one of unusual power.
Of this rather singular proceeding the
explanation proved to be that the minis
ter had brought the wrong manuscript
with him to church mid into the pulpit,
and did not discover his mistake until
he lose to its delivery. Jt was then en
tirely too late for the mistake to be rec
tified and the only thing to he done was
to substitute an extemporaneous ser
mon in place of the written one.
This sermon was said to he one ol
the best that the able preacher ever do-
livered ; the riroumstanees of the case
gave new vigor to his mind he had to
sw im or sink and the result was high
ly satisfactory to his hearers. While
the sermon was thus extempore, it was
still the out grow th of previous study
and a well trained mind. Neither this
Boston preacher, nor any other, could
preach with acceptance every Sabbath,
on the spur of the moment. Good ser
mons and good ministers are the result
of hard, prayerful, daily study : there is
no shortcut to success. Bring ye nr.AT
kx oil into the sanctuary ; God honors
such service, and only such. Cox;hf.
uatioxai.ikt. The CmusT'iAN Rf.oistf.u has an edito
rial upon the prevalent, good-natured
dishonesty whioh abounds in our day,
among classes from whom we might ex
pect better things. Ministers give re
commendations to men of w hom thoy
know nothing, to get rid, in a pleasant
way, of a wearisome bore; and, w hat is
more serious, write letters iu commenda
tion of quick medicines upon simply the
testimony of their proprietors. Recom
mendations are given to pieu for otlicial
positions; papers a p? signed in behalf of
charitable solicitors, an.l to secure re
lease from deserved punishment ol con
victed criminals, not from any personal
knowledge of the real merits of the case,
but as an easy way for a good-natured
man to relieve himself from the impor
tunities of an argent solicitor. We once
received a letter, by mail, from a olerg
man, requesting us to give no hood t a
certitioate of character which he h a
given to a man, not wishing, under the
circumstances, to refuse his request for
it. There is too much of this. It is
wrong in itself, and demoralizing in its
results. The truth may be told politely,
but it must be told. One can refuse a
person iu gentlemanly terms, but it
should he done w hen required. This
polite lying is simply as w icked as it is
weak . ', ii ixs 1 1 Kit a i.i .
The death of King and Pope within a
month of each other, in Rome. has point
ed the contrast, between their places in
Italian respect and affection. Rome had
never witnessed so vast and sincere a
popular demonstration as that which
marked the funeral of Victor Kniman
uel. Few popes have passed away with
so perfect an absence of popular inter
est as Pius Ninth. The coronations
are contrasted iu the same way. The
Ktoriial City rang with enthusiastic
welcome to King Humbert: Leo Thir
teenth was crow ned on Sunday in pri
, , . i .
vate, because the puhlio wore Know n i
be fold and hostile. The Papal Court
did not wish to have the dumb streets
I"
..claim the death of their empire. It
now- stated that the t riple-crow ned
King of kings will not appoint a Minis
ter of War, but that the rest of a tem
poral Cabinet will be constituted
Wf. cannot afford to ex pose ourselves,
by venturing into forbidden or doubtful
paths. Wo dare not encourage tempta
tion. Our only safety is in constantly
keeping in the "straight paths." We must
avoid the very appearance of evil the
indulgence in anything of doubtful pro
priety. To do that the propriety ot
which we doubt, is to do wrong, and sin
can never be committed with impunity;
for, "He that doubteth is damned if he
(.at." Wl.STF.llX 'lIli.s lTAX Al.Vo. A 1 K.
Piiivatk INtAYF.n. The root that pro
duces the beautiful and ttourishig tree,
w ith all its spreading branches, verdant
loaves, and refreshing fruit that which
gains for it sap, life, vigor an.l fruitful-
,l(.ss is all unseen: and the further and
the deeper the root spreads beneath, the
more the tree expands above. Chris
tians, if voii long to bring forth all the
Spirit, strike your roots deep an.l wide
in private prayer. That faith and sup
port, that strength and grace which y.m
seek of :..d in secret, that they may be
exercised in the hour of n I, God will
;.. .l,.it hour eive volt before men.
Family Tkeasi ky.
Tin-: more y-.u ivad, study and pray
.i n:i 1., I... , i. -j .i l will take
over ine i.n.ie, . ... ...... ,
... i i -. . t
heed to it, as unto a Ugh' that sim.ewi
:.. .. i.l ace. 1 have boon reading
., ii-i i . r.. r. ve.-ii-v: nml .nn but an
tiie nirne io. .
v 1! C scholar in it M-t. It i :-till as
fiesh as ever. lloM MX,
SCI F.NTI FIC.
Thrro aie lew s.-ieiitilie holds that third
more scope lor original and interesting
observation than the bota'nical. There is
hardlv a dav but some student strikes
on a novel feature; and it w ill be uianv
years yet before we shall have discover
ed in it all that is to be known. In an
Knglish paper recei.tly wo have an inter
esting account ol the productiveness ol
bulbs. Some yield an immense number
ol offsets, while others reproduce verv
slowly. In the ease of one variety of
tulip, . -ailed the "Gohlhaui's Marv,"
only one now hull, is made every year.
Many varieties of tulip "think nothing"
ol yielding a dozen or more. Among
the I iladiolus of our gardens the same
was ti m in 1 I o exist. From one variety,
called " I'.reiieliley. iisis," the observer
could get a thousand young bulbs in a
half dozen years; while many w ill uoi
give half a dozen now bulbs a year.
I hero is, ol course, i reason some lav.
governing this productiveness, and
which, when discovered, will throw
light on many other problems; but the
reason has not boon made clear ct.
Fug ishish papier-macho articles are
manufactured by tirst pressing ;i
sheet of very porous but strong paper,
manufactured expressly for the purpose,
upon a metal form greased with tallow.
This is then coated with good Hour
paste, and a second sheet is laid on, and
pressed and rubbed until it takes the
form of the model and adheres firmly.
The whole is then placed in a drying
chamber heated to about one hundred
and four degress; and the operations of
lay ing on and drying are repeated until
the desired thickness is produced, from
twenty to forty sheets being required of
ten for the purpose. The form is then
removed, all the sides are earofullv ad
justed, and the article is hardened by
immersing it in linseed oil and purified
wood tar, and coating it six or eight
times with varnish, allowing it to dry
thoroughly titter each coat. It is linal
ly ground down with pumice stone, and
orn a men ted with bronze, gold or mother-of-pearl.
'heaper articles are manu
factured from a mixtureof paper pulp with
certain proportions of white lead, rosin,
linseed oil and sugar of lead, carefully
kneaded an.l rolled by the aid of steam.
This is pressed into molds and dried.
The most common articles are made ol
pulp and earth colors, with the addition
of some hardening lenient .
l-'l'N AND FACT.
About the most mi. -onitbrtable scat
a man can have in the long run is self
conceit. Mr. Cudgen. "Oh I say. now.
Miss Ad. i you are li-hing for compli
ment." Miss Mc.Vngle. "Oh. ilea r. no;
I novel- tish in shallow Maters."
i Would rather dwell in the dim
fog of -ii p.r-l il ion than in air rarilie.l
to nothing 1 the air pump of unbe
lief in u hi. h tin- panting breast e
pi res. vainly convulsively g.i.-ping for
breath. Kn inF.it.
What is the difference between a
li 1 1 and a pill? One is hard to go: up
and tin- other is hard to get down.
Tell him that verv longing
Is itself an answering cry :
l'hat his prayer. Com.-, (.r.-i.-ion.-lah
!"
Is mv answer, Here nm I."
Al-
Fvory inmost aspiration.
If God's angle iiml.-filed :
And in every " O my Father!"
Slumbers deep a " Hero, my child.'
Tllol.O K.
An Irishman on seeing' a v-ssel
verv heavily laden and scarcely above
the water's edge, exclaimed. "I" pon me
sow I. if the river w as b n a little high
er the ship would goto the bottom.
Who over did a real kindness for an
other without feeling a warm glow of
satisfaction creep into s. me shady .oi
lier of their heart and till it with sweet
ness and peace ? It is like the tying of
a knot of violet and mignonette into the
buttonhole, just where their perfume
may rise delieioii-lv to m r sense all day.
And w hat a pleasure it will he when
the present trouble is over, to rcliieiiibei
even iu the darkest days we found tin:,
and imi liiiation to give to others soim
portion of that tenderness or practical
helpfulness which was the ..verll.ov .
that generous spirit which linally boru
us through it all to a happy and peace
ful ending. "Rejoice wit Ii them that
do rejoice., and weep with them that
weep." Goi.kf.x Rri.K.
A most destructive famine is now
raging in N.ui i.. ni China. Seventy
millions are starving for want of bread.
Tin-calamity can in -oiue measure be
realized if we re fleet that tin people
involved number almost tw ice as many
as the entire population of the I'niteil
States.
-.as.t
( bid is noa vor better pleased than w hen
his pe.. pie importune him in his own
words and urge him with argument-t-iki-n
from his ow n precious prom i si s.
"He that -pared not his own Son, hut de
livered him tip for us all, how shall he
ii,.t with loin also freelv give its all
! .
! t hue's
1
Wf. who w ill not improve two talents
! shall never b(. trusted with 1
I.e.: !,e
i
i who impiov.-s a Intl.--hall be tin-tcd
y.-ith mu. h.
(ChiUlrcn'jJ Column.
THK ''!! P.OY.
A little liny mice went bmne tn Ids
mother and said. "Mother, si-tor and I
wont out into the garden. and we were
calling about, nml there was some boy
mocking ns." "Hnw do you meiui,
.lohimy ?" said his mother. "Why,"
said the child, "I was calling out Ho!
and Ihi- hoy -aid -Ho!' Sol said to
him. 'Wboare yon ?' and be answered,
Who are you ?' I said, 'What i-i your
name?" He said. "What is your name?'
And I said to him, 'Why don't you
show yourself?" He said. 'Show your
self!" And I jumped over the ditch,
and I went into the w nod, and I could
ii il lind him, ami I came back and
said. 'If you don't come out I will
punch your head :' and ! said, 'I will
punch your head." "
o tiis mother said, "A!i, .lolmny, if
you bad said, 'I love youv he would
have -aid, "I love you." If you had
-aid. 'Your voice is sweet," he would
have -aid, Your voice is sweet.'
Whatever you said to him, he would
have -aid back to you." Ami the
mother said, Now. Johnny, when you
grow and get to be a man, whatever
you will say to others they will by-and-bv
say back to you ;" anil hi
mother took him to that obi text iu the
Scripture, "With what measure yc
mote it shall he measured unto you
again." Tiik Pueshytkhi an.
LTHH'KTTK FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS.
Nothing can be a greater mark ofil
maimers than to remain sitting while
your older is standing before you talk
ing to you. Rise ami offer your soitt
or another at once, and never lounge on
the sofa or take the easiest chair, while
there are those iu the room w hose nge
gives them abetter claim to them. And
always be polite, respectful and modest
in your demeanor to every one, (-specially
to your superiors, remembering
also that there is nothing more disuni
ting than to see young people assume
an air of self-importanc ai.d disrespect
toward any one.
Never stare people in the face. If
you are t:"-;"g -i. any one, it is
proper to look at them eye to eye
with a cheerful, dignified a-snra.r-e ;
but to stare at any one, as though you
saw something peculiar about him. is
exceedingly nnlc and impolite.
l)n not cultivate r' -wrd-hor tno'i':- .
eyi.-.'i manners. We lave seen rude
boys, and even girls, who seemed to
take pride iu antic gesture, foolish
je-tiiig buffoonery, or what is styled
"drollery," and who took great delight
in using odd expressions, thinking that
it made them appear interesting to the
lookers on. Such behavior may excite
the laughter of the fooli-h. a- the wise
men tell us ;
For the mouth of fool, fecdotli on fo.iIi.ibneu;''
but every sensible person regards such
conduct gith disgust and abhorrence.
And every youth who thus acts the
buffoon low. rs himself iu the opinion
of those with whom he desires to stand
high. Be genii. ami qui. I iu your
movement-.
11 you area young Lia.i ju-t com
mencing a business career, good man
ners will be i in li -1 n-ii-i I . Ii- to your suc
cess. Appear to feci an interest iii your
work : let your eyes light up at
overv command, ami let your feet
In- nimble to perform it. There tire
boys who look so dull a; d heavy, and
and w alk so slowly, and appear so lazy,
that no bu-iness maiiw ill employ Ih.-in.
lie i-nergel ie, prqiupt. indu-trious and
careful. Attend fo your bu-iness in
quiet, polite milliner, equally reim vob
from familiarity and hauliiie--. It'jou
exhibit good manners your-elf you
will rarely have cause to complain of
rudeness. And if our young friends
w ould only remember what lear said
while hanging over Cordelia's dead
body it would help tin in to put far
from them loud and boisterous man.
iiers :
"Her Toice wa ewcet,
Gen'ie and low aa xjellent thing in woman . '
Hkatiif.x Cim'f.i.tv. O.-ie evening a
missionary and his wife were walking
l.y a riverside, when they saw two re
spectable natives carrying a woman in
their arms. They inquire I what they
were going to do with her, and were
answered, without the slightest sign of
fooling. "We are going to put her into
the water that her smil m go to hea
ven, for sh" is our mother." "I- she
ill, then ?" asked the mi.--!..ii.iiy 's wife,
"She is not very .d," tin s.iid, "but
she is old, and has no tectn. and what
is the use of her living?" "Will you
drown her because she is old ? Will
you imt have compassion oi. your mo
ther ?" asked the lady. But t hoy
would not hood what she said. They
threw their poor old mother into the
dark..and muddy stream. Mission tir
Nf.ws.
Litti.i: Johnny has M-culi.ir views an
to original sin. One day he was about
to be punished for some misdemeanor,
when he pleaded, "It was n't me, ma
in;' dear it was the bad li I'll." "Well,
Johnny, I'm going to whip the bad
man out f y..n." "Ah, yes, but that'll
hurt me a precious lot more than tin
bad man !"
The Boston W.vri nix says this very
true thing: "The young man who
starts to climb the ladder ..I fame with
the smell liqu-n- on hi.- breath sel
dom reaches tin- topmost louliil. Th,
drink sot Ids hi i 1 v hilling and don u
he tumbles,"
i-3SS1