North Carolina Newspapers

1 Thc (Hmotian (Ivacatc. OFFICE lorncr of Dawson and Ilai-grtt St. THE OKGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF THE M. K. CHURCH, SOUTH. or SUBSCRIPTION : l-OB OSB IKAB IS ADTASCK. POHTA PAID. SIX MONTHS, If payment be d-j! avert 'it months. 1.33 i.0 - A run. 17' .'n, i.-sufis (23k) Mark is to re mind t.n that your subscription ha L.,ire7. Jf you (rant the paer con tinued, renew promptly . I III'. RELATION F T1IK PAsToR to tin: sinday school. hi el., we h.fve 1.. I in- j.; ddlnc .1 in-- ..nr articles n this siil.ject. reserved ..tie article in reference si.u-'r. relation to it. The Dis lines verv clearlv tlie duty each pastor to this institution. It says: "Let Sunday schools be formed in all uv coin; legati. His where ten children ..... I..- collected. Let the schools be it. i-i.-r the control ..1" our own church: oiii it is recommended t hat our j-uhli-. -aiions U used. Atl-lit shall he the -;. ciai ilutv ot preachers hating cliarge j '. T -.1.1 ! : circuit - an I M:iU.jii ami wiiuiiic :' i U- other preachers, to v-.' that this I..- d-.:ic: to engage the co-operatiol. : is many of ..in- members as they can: i . visit !! s.-hooN as often as practi.-a-i-;.-: t-. ji.-a.-h .-n ti..- subject of Snmlay s, ii .o!s :! r liiiioiis instruction in each congregation: to lay before the Ouartei 1 ( 'onfei.-nce. at each .iiarterly meet ing to k- eiiler.' 1 on its journal, a writ ten statement the liuiuher aii'l state t!f- Sir.: !:iV ho..- within th.-ir sratioiis. an.! to their ie- fo I-v- ..-I ie eir.-u a r. port its a,,, of the s; a At -'I oiiferen. sum up the Let lis siUil 1 1 1 the social points .,! ii siruetioii given here. (1)1 he "igan-i;.:!l.-i of schools put them, when f-.nue.l. uii.ier Methodist control ( : ) it-.- Merh.li-t 'literature (4) enlist the c .-....e.-ltiol! ot the liLelilhcls (Til -. js.I ii..' school in pei-s. ,u ( t' ) preach sj.e.-ial; -i :u ..is ..ii its value (7) make reports .:' iii-oirress. A primary .lutv among i tl.es.- iii-iiis is to form a school in each .-igicgatioii where ten children cati be . .'!. ct.- l. To this point let us spk t. w v.oi'.ls. X..W, we sippoe tht is ,; ! ..lie - ijiiare congregation in all our ,i u lie I. hildrcu cannot 1. ete.'i. c met Hot flic tor. -I. I!..-U 's to tin.l ten chihiren iu any .hi.oilioo.l wheie a church is locate.l. ibis iaii.l. ir.jiii the ea-l.oat.l to the Mitaiii top. s-.vaiiiis with - iiiblren. . i I- .'.I! '. "!. V..ii can t J .- ' 't:. but twenty, tiftv. .- i-u.i'hv.i. in "in an. I cities. ioiiiriv scl,-".is are toiuie.l accor.lini; to i ii. iiie. ti..us of the 1 isciplilic, bin in our circuit n orL. there are scores au.l bii'eli. ,is ,.f ch.tiches having not a ves-iiL-e !' a school. In the Minutes, we li-ivc 7o" oi c'lni.t' l churches, but only '.'Ji; Mm la schools are reportc.l as liniiiu be, 'i lonii-'il leavine; 11: eiillri 'lfs .iestitlltc of schools. llOM- f.i i'; ii is we an- not able to say. I'.itt ii i- cvMeiu thai the pastors or people : tli.- ciinieeatioiis are not .loine f'lir.hity in the important work of -ol-hctini; t he ciiiblren aiel teachitiLr th'-iu :i:e Wo.! of i nl. How many children may in tlie-e places having jjo Sim !.. school pri ilexes, we ha ve no iiivaus f knowiuu. but we do know that of the i : u hil" children iu X. C, there a".' !'", 771 of them not gathered into t'..-i. cii pastures of the Sunday sch..... Ail the .leiiominatious .'oiuhiued hae 'lot upon th.-ir rolls onk hi.f of the children in th" State. An-1 while the yl- thodists arc ir in advance of others. ei we are ii..; doimr our whole .luty in thi- matter. Think of ..ne hundred liio.isand children- havinv; immortal u.'i iiis w ithin tiiciii. capable of yrow ine' up into trees of jiehteoiistiess To hies-. :;!. i . iilicli society, and then of bein; I I.'i.s..l:ili'- ,1 .. t .,. b--ttl'!-clilil.. of hea ven to blocin in eternal beauty n.am ii L: about aiml -s-ly in our midst, with H" kind hand to iead them to the School ! .'hrist. I.'eiiiember, to.., that thev rue not cln'Mi'.-ii born of heathen parents, l reading' the li..t .sands of dark Africa, hilt chihiren horn in "n christian land, many of t!i"in in christian families in our own native State under the shadow f christian churches. s there not w lul d. liii,Uein.-y somewhere '.' On w hose shoulders is this fearful blame to he laid, ministers .r laymen or both ? The harvest is truly ureat. hut the laborers ai.- few. How many preachers are ii.. round and round, j.reachin-- and la i.oriim in bch.o: 'of the adult population, im: doiiiu' iio'hin-; effectively for the children's spj,;,,,a welfare. Manx- jo--i. net's i iiink m;sio!i is to th thai th.-ir whole eom- shc'-p. 'J' I ley to rye t 1 m..' ... oma.i.i ..1 ( nisi I'l ei! inv l:l:.l!s Is . o 1 1 1 . 1 i fe i my siiecp. h.i i iu'ess as a ' .ii I. in. liny with the one 1 Me pi-er:clie- is to be . ami w isi: as s.'l- pent. What sort of wisdom ,b,es the! liiiliister need " 11 ' ii... II eiia oil's hiia P. w in most souls p, Christ. Who are most easily won children or harden ed adult sinners ? s ;t ,,, jninitelv e. -isier to gather the Iambs standing ar ..tin. I the .loot of the fob! when thev are yelille and I lanayeabie than to wait in til they are yrown uj.. wandered avvav upon the mountains of sin, formed hab its of w ihlness. and become hard heart ed, and then go out to hunt them up j. reach yourself hoarse to persuade them t.. start back to the point they left when young .'nil a iter all is done that ,..in I..-done, only a few in a hundred an converted, and not manv of the few b i.-.-is ,n ,,f evil habits can be k.,t in ,e f. .li nil., ii ri.-il salvation. ) eoiu-s,. it is the duty ol prwi.-li.-i--. to l.-il-.r tor th nversionof the worst of miners. l.t it is j-erfectlv clear. tl.:.t .mo tenth of the spiritual work i.e. formed in behalf of the adult ropitlatioii at pn.tract.Hl a,,.', camp-meetings, being done for the conversion. f children, would yield a bur. li. .liV.l.l .....tv fruit. Many a dis- ease. taken in t line, v ields readily f" me.t- icnl treatment. but let alone till the j.oiv.u !' the disease is spread thioueh the system, it then masters the most skillfi 1 treatment. Sin isa disease that can i asily and speedily cured when taken in time. Who .i.-cs not know that hen a stream b.-ins to llow, n can 1-easily turned into anv desired course, but when left 1 H-'' years until il cuts a deep channel, it is altuo-t impossible to turn il hack or in some oth.r direction. Now. childhoo, is th. beyiimiiie' of a sireain hui; .tern ly, and if tuined into the i.an .1.., i . ..i. I it I lie l.rol.cl time, it as s of be- i 1 comes a beautiful river of spiritual lite. ni.. iiiy in a direcl line to the ocean ot elldl. ss blessedness. We Loldly assert that no depamiient of .-lunch work viel Is buyer returns than that bestowed upm: children. To pr..e this .stale men . we w ill .piote .. siatisiies.it the Methodist Church, North, where the Sunday school -v-l.'ii: is worked more iyoroiisly than with Us. In 1 S.V.I, that chiii. h took in 17.7:Hl adults, and J!l..sn children from the Sunday s.-h- os. In lM'.l. i! look in l.'-'-'l adu is. 17. Hv children. In ls(4, the iiicivase from the adult population was d.'.'l'.. while that from the youthful pop liatioii was ls,MfJ. Ami the au tho .'loin whom we .ii.te says: "It sho.ild Im- .stated ill older to comprehend the full lore- ..! lie- ifryuinent that while the report of the meml'i-i -i,i. ,'s full and oi ip'.-te.thc report of conversions, in i),c Su id. iv schools is wholly n.-ylecled iu a lary-- ii'imber f the churches. et in -i:t.' iit'tb- la."! ih-it so many of the ch ir. lies fail t.. leport the con . rsions in tit.- Sunday schools, ti.e yeneral sta tistics show that, duriny the past ciyh t.'eti cat's. s..7:n converted souls li .ye passed from the Sunday schools in to the K. of that church." Here is d nioUsti attoti oi tie- . o!!)'. It is n..t wise th.-n fov the pienchi-i ... sp, i ,u all bis time ami y.eal in laboiiny tor the a ults. He should leyard the children ..r kis circuit as the most fruitful part , t his s,nit:!;fl farm. He should study h.e.v t.. cultivate this f,.J.I; -have special s, rvtces for the children -pr.'J.1j to il ein as if th-v alone eom...s. d his c..n- I i; '. ytio'i procure the healthiest litera- I ii.ve f .i ti,-tt; ' r.-.-i.l J "t every ou- ! y -eyat ion under l.'it c'harye to work in ' the :i!id:iv school, a rid lai.'.i .-.specially t. l.ciny the children nnd.'i' a revival In, ! ii ten. .-. ''In' ; readier must pioneer i . . , ' . , i.i.i tie' work to.' tni- ,...pl.. as a snepneru his tio. k. lie ni'.ist move hrs(-l,v j.er.- siste'it in ids etiorf ciiliyhteii I ( jm'v p.e on the inij.oi ta i'-e of the work and 1... ,-.li means oryani.e schools as direct ed l.v th- lisi.;j,liiie. What the steam i- to the motion of tie- . iru -n. what the vv iiid is t.. the ship -what tlo .stie:.nr ! , water is to the wheel of the mill, that is f ii- iii'liteiice of the pastor to the Sunday s -hoo' ptospei it y. EDITOUIA1. ici?;j;i's. We are decidedly of the opinion i vvouhi 1;.' better for all cories nts of reliyioiis i,uiij.is to write that pom i their own signature. li imtness i 'Vl! i to mch. ;ih'J est fingers may '1. Il 's Hi ea I i h . . the lull ie of yood on i he harp I he small h:v 1n-;. n's sweetest Dr. i'l'lle: thinks if I'.ishop Pierce la 1 staid i.uiyci K.,.th. he Would have ( 'ou in t mu.-li mop- to atmu ci .e.ny trie MeileeJists. I hc Texas ..locale justly culil ilains that the I nl ei nat ioual Sutiday Schoi,! L.-ssoiis do no! meet the wants f yoiiiiy children. Dr. Talmage has been j.tea..-hiiig and le.'tiiiiny in New Orleans f.,i Di. Palmer and others. Iiev. L. L. Nash writes from freeiiville March -?"uh: " 0!lr revival is stil! progressing. A '.'out thirty have been converted, and seventeen have join.- l tiie church." Friday, which is yeneraliv hd.l in snp. fst itioiis ;4 we elsew here, Ts held to be a lucky day in Scotland. We are iudol.te.l to Iiev. .1. .1. LalTer ty. i-'..litor o" the .' moml ( h risf.uil Ai(ri,:-u!r. ',r a picture i tbe .lead of 1S77). l presents to us the familiar faces of the dee. ased Marvin. Duncan. Mitiisev. ISli'iNiii' mill Cue. Tlioiisftmls, no doubt, will buy the picture. Send your orders to Hro. Latlertv . - Moiu.i. Li-.rri.i;. The following from an eeelieiii member of our Church is refreshing t.. th-tired, anxious editor: "Knc'osed y,,n w ill tind the small sum t -f-J,20. ibe sul. sci ipt ion price. ( your iliv.-ib.able paj.er. ('winy to the searcitv ol money and the iieiiiands of a large lamily, I have heeii ttii,.-lde to send it s-oone , but you have be.-li usXj . eliollvh to -.,t liuiie th,. paiei, for which ;u-ceiS my tl . -inks Dope you may never have to erase my n.-iiiie from voiir list. Liv ing, as J ,,, , ,.filjc reach of Methodi.-f preaching or i lillio ji.-e, it is a s.e nee of much com!. rl ai;d jileasitiv. Allow me tos;,v that jt is the best con ducted j.aper 1 ever lead, :ihv.iv-s.. bound ing iu something good and useful, Mav ;, vmi.' minute to bless and preserve A i . 1: meeting . of the Hoard of .a lie Asylum, Dr. appointed second that iiisl il.iitioii. ls of the In- i a ven was assist .nl phvsician of I'r l iven is 'olley.- and a a graduate of Trinity mi -.1 the able president. lfev . Dr. I!. ( 'raven EXri'.KI A correspondent of the New York An voi ATK, yives the following interesting experience as a class-leader: "1 have a class of twenty-five members ami one probationer, and nearly allot' them are reynlar in their attendance, and they enjoy the class-meet inys very much. I have been leader of this class about nine months, and duriny that time 1 have never invited any member to attend class orscolded any one for noli- attend ance: hul ende-ivor. w ith the aid of the members who scarcely ever are absent, to make the meetiny so interestiny that all the members will think it a privi leye to attend, and reyret it when they are not able to be present. I haw a lew members who do not attend reyu larlv, and I make il my duty 1 see them, sometime; after public worship, at theirhoHies.and I say to them :" I'.rot h er, of nister, v.m have not been to class mectiny !oi oiie time. 1 don't ask the reason of your absence 1 doli't like excuses; no doiibi you have a cause that has kept y.m away. The object of the class meetiny is forth.' leader and mem bers to understand the reliyioiis stale ot each other. Will yon please tell me how you are proyressiny in your reliy ioiis life, and 1 will report for you next Tuesday eveniny if you cannot be pres ent yourself".'" Soui -tini -s they will j .refer yoiny to speak for themselv es, and if not 1 report for them, so thai the spiritual condition of all the class is known to every member and the lender. I have no particular plan in re.yaid to th" manner of coiiductiny my class, and no two meet inys are held exactly alike. Sometimes I will beyin the meetiny by readiny a portion of Scripunv without comment: sometimes I make a lew ob servation., ui, ;ome of the verses, and some-times after readliiy lie. Scriptures, I juav without sinyiny. At other limes, ! beyin by sinyiny. followed by a short pravei bv tip. leader, and sometimes call up. U ;l biother. sometimes oil a sister, to pray Sometimes, alter speaKiny id part of the members. I call tor a lew verv short prayers ( all in y members will prav when called up n) for the descent of the Holy Spirit. -Sometimes diil iny the pioyii.s:-. ,,f ,1,.. meetiny I call for a season of silent pi ay.-i . As to speakiny to the members. I strive, accoidiny to the phrnseoloyy ot our ( icneral Kule, to yive "those advi ces from time t time which 1 judye most tii.teiti,! f.,i: them." Vet my opin ion in ieyar.1 t. ttii.si. I ... has verv much chanyed. I used to think that I must yive an exhortation to every member alter he had spoken, but now I take the liberty of keepiny still when 1 have notbiiiy k, ;:y; and when somethiny is said that calls for ad v P v ..r -m ex hortation, 1 tind thai 1 .an speak with fr. e.li..., . Ci'"i; "tb good and jifotitaI.lt e whole we tind it ? iii..i-i ..M(.tl(oi in class-meeting. Some of our members come regularly two aud a half miles, and we have times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Dr, Vy. 1, S;t v,Uj;oii. of the Pres byterian Church p, helaiid. ?s no on a visiting tour among the mission stat ions ill China and India. "We quote a re cent letter from him: - I I'-ne been imjiressed by the broad, healthy Chrisiiajj 't of the Church es: bv the enormous work tliev oieicl-i take; bv the freedom with which they t..i.?pt themselves to meet the changing cireumsin.s ..f t he people, and by the noble sj.irit of coiisccirtlKm al, J r.osssioi arv zeal that is characteristic of so mai.yli of the Christian jiciple. Missions occu p i. 4lj larger place in the affections and scrvi-es of 1il Lti'i;.dies than with us. The missionary pr;uer;ine.-tai,e. Jr com mon; numbers of congreyiitioiis, and vomet lines S un.tav lools; sitj.jiort each H v.'ssioiiary: missionary tidings are exjiected from ,i,c inilpit. It is held an honor to go out and join ti..- 4Jf ig.sion yry band, and where a man at home would yip' five shillings altera mission ary sermon he w 1ii l.'re often give five J'.iilllds. I'.ishujii lv't'-.c!- says: "We have ! workers in the Mcifu ("jty Mission, six, exclusive of S,-jbb;tt!j .'lmI teach ers; in the Mexican Holder Mission, !i say in all 1" preachers, fOl members, 14 Sabbath Schools, 2 teachers, :5.V7 chil.lreii, i,U70 persons jireached to, ii houses of vvoi-sh'ij,, VJtl.'.'ed at .tltl.lHH), S Circuitsau.il Stafioi) w.liii-h includes a number of ireaching jylates. All these services and sermons are in the Sjianish tongue, and the congregations are Mexican. Hero is a germ of life which juoiiiises an ample return to the iliurch at home for ali j.vy eal and generosity. rix years ago all tills w;is in the sjiiritand jiersoii of a single Mex ican, Alejo llernaiide.. At a meeting of the District Stewards oflialeigh District, held at Franklin ton, X. ( '.. March 4th, 1S7S, the follow ing ajij.ortioiiments were made for the .resent year. Preachers and Stewards will jdease clij. from the Ai.mh ik and keej. for future lefereiiee: CLASS-LEA DKH'S EXCE. k.h i;x Mts SI 10 00 :to no .Ti eo i.- oo to on s oo no 40 Cet i;.". oo 50 OO no on 0 00 $;.v oo l oo :ro oo iso oo N, ij. D. Wii.sox, P. E. L. P.liANsox, S('en,t;iry, 'I h.-ie are still lemaining manv sub scribers to t in Apvocati: who have not sent in the amount due for the renewal of their subscriptions, hear from these soon. We hoj.e to OXK. HIsUiHM It. IMS pt-xn. Kiixn. uia-i EdentoB .St. SI 10 00 S2".0 .-5."0 00 Pfrsn ' :iooo ." oo i:soo Cr? :;.-, oo lo oo 20 oo s.)!esviil i" oo i :o ::o oo Smittiliel.l i 120 2. Oo Tar Kiver s" 00 2". Ow ;,o 00 V upgvillfl .". 00 i ai) i 00 L uisbiirg 10 00 12. lo ;, ',o f)xtor.f (ia 00 1.. OO 25 00 Granville ,l 00 12 50 :;o 00 fKnilersoa 1J0 eO -V, 00 50 Oo Nmhville 40 00 12 oO 2(j AO Raleigh Chxi NOTES KliOM THE P.KETIIUEX. Iiev. .In... X. Andrews, writes from Washington- Mch. 'Jtith. "A yracioiis revival is in jiroyr.'.s.s here. Twelve have joined the Church others convert ed. The good Lord is also bleusin our Presbyterian breth'vn. Yesterday they had S inquirers, and yreat seriousness." l.-v. L. Phillips, writes us from Fair Haven, March. -3. "Six weeks ago or thereabout, 1 took charge, of this office .is Deputy Post Master. At that time there was but one eopy of the Apvocatf. coming to this office, and that was my own. Now we have nine, which number I hope to increase as rapidly as possible. Everybody likes the paper as soon as thev see it. I think the real merits of I he A t : VTK needs only to be pre sented to increase the circulation. It should be read hy every Methodist familv in Xoith Carolina. Iiev. P.. J. Can-away writes from pistol:, Mch. nd. "I do not ask space in yoTir p;'pir to give an extended account ot ;' 'pounding.' but merely to give it a- an item of news, that the good people of Winston gave brother Albea and myself tin. usual attentions in that way, on the P.'th iust. nhx did it in a splendid wny. The church here is still glowing in numbers, and 1 think is doing well. We have a very large congregation, and would, 1 think, have morejiu attendance if our 'uurch was larger. We are crowded too much at times for weak ljcrvcs aud consequently some of our yoo.l members give way on Snnday uiyhts. I have received the lirst num ber ot the C vkoI.ina Ml-.'l Hol'isr. While I do not find any particular fault in the paper. 1 doVeyret the enter. ri-e, as it is preiii-ituie. If the ( '.inference is divided, the new Conference, 1 t hiuk. should ha ve expressed its preference, in she matter before a paper vvas started in its interest. I verv much doubt its success. My notion in leyard to a division of the Conference is not the popular one. We labored twenty years to get a respecta ble Conference and now we are going to destroy our glory. The Western Con ference will be inconvenient and weak. The La stern Conference will be small and feeble. Methodism in the State w ill t. of be b.:iiefjtti;J by th; i,h;inyi,. 1 like the improvements in the Apvo-i-atk very much: I am also pleased to see so manv renewals and new subscri bers announced." KliOM MT. AIIiY. Dr.. IJoiUiiTT: At last we have gotten fairlv under way with our work for 1S7S. We returned to this dace on the 4th Sunday of Dec. last. For nine consecutive Sundays from that day, the wi a i In r w as so exceedingly inclement 1 1 that we diil but bttte h fcy ta-? De.einber, January, and tie njost of February. Our congregations were v orv small when we jireached at all. J5ut duriiig (his month the weather and operations have heeii altogether dirt'er cnt. t ur tongregiitions have been large and attentive. Our 1st Qoip.ily A(fr(:tii;g v as ;,n ot -casioii of iiiuch iuteiest, Hr.p Hrntoii was with us and preached four excellent gospel sermons. Ho is a man "abiin dani in labors" eminently useful in the position he occupies. tjrr Sunday schools arc doing well. Those of them that M.ei.i oil,!., rjnter quarteis" are coming out under favor able j. inspects. We truly hope that ef ficient Sunday schools may he estab lished in L,ii o.,r churches. The maxim, that .March coming hi like M h.hi'i, U'tt.-i out like a lion, is working out true this year. During the first of it, we had verv mild, pleasant weather. Last Sm,ibiv wai Wi (.(. (t it'.ylv boisterous. ' . : ' 1 -. Xovv it is dear, cool, and ratliei itely. My letter j.uldished in the Aovo. atk in X'ovember of last year, and giving the ,: results of the ojieratioiis of our church in this c noi, ;.-r Hint year, causeu . i i quite a stir among our I'ltcml-i i,l iho close com.nunion order. It was intend ed in no offensive sense. Hut the lead ing mhi'stti (,f that communion in this section saw proper to ouimid.vifit i;jon it very bitterly in the Surry' Asitof,iind char.f.'ti.'iize it as "unkind, unfair." He disjiiiten si.aii;i1 statements in it, esjiecially as the ojien-commnuii,.u f ;''"'s of many of his brethren. Put what l stated remain facts, nevertheless. Several letters have been exchanged tjjioi; the subject iu the paper ot this place. l s.mas -the church has no rule" upon the subject of close .com munion, but "it is in the liible !" 1 asked for it in a tangible form, but he has never given it. There are eleven ajjpuiutuieut.s on the circuit at which the sacrament is iidiiiinjKteie.1, At nine of these some, of that communion have communed with us. We have heard of members being discijilined at one jdaee for this Put it does not aj j.ear w1x.re.iu their ..r('miiiality lie;, or by what rule they arc judged. Yours truly, Lvmf.s Wii.i.son. Maidi -lilh.. The !.- is 1 ;,t l-'dent.,.!) Street Church coutiii.:.-:- to glow ill jlt (-rest . tV far: mimber have j.rofessed faith in Cliriist. P.ro. lllack. I he faithful and laborious pastor, received t wenty into the Church on Sabbath. We give praise unto the t i yilier lor lus giecious visitation. A man in a ...i"., ..nee said, "I have no more influence thyn a faittijig rushlight" "Well," was the rej.lv, "a farthing rushlight can do a good deal. It can set ;i hyysiuek on fire; it can hum down a house; yci,,iioi;(j- it .trill enable a poor creature to reaj) a chajit..-r iu JoPs book, .. your way, friend' au.l 1 t, your farthing rushlight so shine before men that others, seeing your good works, may glorify your Father which is in heaven." sti an Advocate. '( )X FEHEX :k MINUTES. Our pastor handed us, a day or two since, a copy of the Minutes of the Xorth Carolina Conference for the ses sion held in Salisbury during th week from Xov. -JMth to Decctnher 5th 1877. It is a neatly put uj pamphlet of OS pages exclusive of the advertisements and cover. The mechanical execution is fair, not fir.it clas tin; proof-reading hcing defective in some places and the register not perfect. The ordinary routine business f the Conference, together with the resolutions offered and passed, the reports from the committees, the appointments, and sta tistics, are all given in detail. The year's work shows a gratifying summing uj. The lahors, toils, and self-sacrifices of the preachers were re warded bv a rich harvesting of souls in to the Master's vineyard. Making all allowances for deaths, removals, and imjicrfect statistics from some chargos, there was the cheering increase of 'J, 574 white members and of 78 colored mem bers a decrease of two Local Preachers. These add uji an aggregate, inclusive of Local Preachers of ;',), 057 members in the Conference. Doubtless, if the sta tistics had been sent up accurately to the last figure, we might have counted 60, 000 members within the hounds of the work. The Sunday Schools show an aggregate of i54,!84 pupils and teachers. We are fully jiersuaded if all hail been carefully reported, there would have been many thousands more to the ag gregate. The amount collected for Foreign and Domestic Missions was :5,,.i4(.54, a little over 10 cents to each white mem ber of the Church. The amount of the Conference Collections was $4,.1"2.;$3, "being 70 per cent of the claims," a lit tle over 7 cents per member. There is a discrepancy between answer 2S on jiaye 40 and the first and second columns ,if the Financial exhibit on jiago 66. The former says that the whole amount assessed for the Bishop's fund was 1, 425.50: the latter states it at if l,4X.47 a difference of $62.11". The former states the total amount raised, includ ing the Bishop's traveling exjienses, at if 1,425.50; the latter at $1,48.47 a dif ference of $62. 1)7. The former states tiiat the, n.liolt; am. unit as.tiMd wan raised: the latter shows a deficiency ot $llo. 14. The whole amount assessed for Presiding Elders was $121I0S; the amount collected was 10,5'22.ol, show ing a deficiency of $2,SS5.6'J being something overjlS percent of the assessed amount, Thi; total amount asscsse-d for Pastors was $8M,'1S7; the sum collected foot uj $72,1114.20, being a deficiency of $16,ll)2.is0 that being also something over ISjier cent of the amount assessed. The amount collected for Presiding Elders and Pastors was $82,766.51. This i.-: aii.av (.nfg., if, .i;.j .Jolj,(r. fcirt.:oue i.en.ts and hnu:thing over six mills j?v member. Raleigh District paid one dollar and seventy-four cents and four itki,h per member; Hi'.lsboro District, omjajftollar fifty-jiine cents one mill: Greensboro District, one dollar twelve cents seven mills; Salisbury- District, one ilolbji; ivyeivi; cents seven mills; Shelby District, one dollar one ccti.t three mills: Charlotte District, one dol lar forty-seven cents two mills; Fayette ville District, one dollar thirty cent:; three mills; Wilmington District, one dollar fifty-one cents three mills: Xew- 1,-eri; District, two dollars twelve cents four nulls; and W.aslungfoii District, one dollar forty-nine cents. Including missions and Districts, the average salary of the Preachers was $5 50 8 p.edueuny the amount raised on missions from the fotal salaries rais ed, and also those sent to missions, and the salaries w ill average $506.52. Ad ding amounts jiaid Bishojis, Presiding hldei', Yjjffyrniee collections, Foreign and Domestic Missions, and there will he an average of one dollar sixty-one cents and seven mills to each white memher. Add to this amount the sinus collet, trd for the poor, Sunday Schools, Publishing House, Building and Repair ing Churches and Parsonages, and In cidentals, and there would work out an Overage of Two Dollars Twexty-koI'R Cents ani six Alius for chcIi w hitp memher in the Xorth Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal J 'hurch, South. Quite a cheap gosjiel one might tty Uhl "j.llif .f "Set jjjnpunt of good might he done hy ridding just one dollar and fifty cents to the average jier member. It would pay off all our College debts our proportion of what jf t, ali.cu fijj.' from the Puhlishing House, cheer up the hearts of thw hiiiicnnuu.at ed, and worn out preachers and the widows anil children of those that have died in the work, by a more generous ro vision for their necessities; build and improve many inoio pars;nn,ges ami Churches, and juit the entire Conference on a higher vantage ground for useful ness and position. And how much would it detract from the means of the lDcmhershiji '? It would add the bles sings pronou !;.( hlW ? ! nlver- The Church does not iindcrstjind its power, either in the bestowal of means for good, or in jthe exercise of a living faith in the Son of llj.L Ayere we all np to fh fyll means of our duty, the dark placwa of bin, nii(e jyijoratj.-e would soon he lit up hy the gonial beuni of the Sun of Righteousness; the waste places of our languishing Zion would he built uji by a people chosen of the Lord; and the deserts and solitary abodes of darkness would rejoice and blossom as till Cvi, There are many interesting points in .the Minutes to which it might lie pleas-; ant and profitable to call the attention rf your readers; hut your sj.ace and our1 time wili not now admit of it. One thing that strikes us with much force? however, is the late date at which the Minnies were issued. It can he seen by lot-king at the Minutes, that there was ajipoiuted a Secretary upon tin" first day of the Conference, and that he was di rected bv resolutions to prepare the Minutes for publication as soon as pos sible; that Mr. Wolfe, of Monroe, r posed to publish them at his own risk, at ten cents per copy, and that this proffer was accepted by the Conference. It also further apj.ears by the Minutes that, during the session of ihc Confer ence, the Secretary was allowed six competent assistants, and yet the pro ceedings could not be j.repared, trans mitted to the j.rinter, and sent out t the Church within the sj.ace of three months. We do not pretend to locate the blame for the delay, as we do not know uj.oii whom it should fall. It is well known that no man is more capa ble than the Secretary and by the title-page, it can be seen that the Pub lisher employs steam to aid in the ef ficiency of !iis ollicc. If either Secretary or Publisher be so overrun with other work that he cannot attend more promjitly to it, then it ought to be en trusted to others that can do it in less time. At a latitude no higher than Richmond or Baltimore, two weeks would be ample time for issuing a jiam phlet no larger than this one. For some of the enterjirisiiig Dailies a larger quantity of matter that: iu this jiamjihlet is jirej.ared and issued daily. We feel certain that there are offices in Xorth Carolina that could issue many such jiamjilets within the sj.ace of three months. ( IIl'K.OBY SUXDAY SCHOOL. Mr.. Ki.itok: It affords me much pleasure to inform your many readers of the great success which has attended the Sunday School iu the Methodist Ej.is coj.al Church at this jilace during the J.ast twelve mouths. The school had been languishing for several years .the attendance being small and but little interest manifested until at the begin -iugoflast year a young man, Mr. W. A. Bowles, only twenty years of age, was chosen sujierintendent, and he being an active and worthy christian gentle man brought about a jiraiseworthy change. He was careful in the select ion of teachers, got a fijll SHpJily of In termit ioual Lesson Pajiers, and added other attractive features. Considerable interest was at once awakened, the number of jiujiils increased, nul it was only a short time until this was the largest school iu the town. To-day there are over oiii huii'lied children li.niuboi s, which is a very fair showing in a town of only twelve hun dred inhabitants and where there are six different organized denominations. It is quite a treat to all lovers of good Sunday Schools to be present Sunday mornings, for the children ,vi.,d j ounjr i.ijcs ;tid g.(ii(tlnnie-'t aro j.ioinpt ly at their Jilaees at the hour of opening and their lessons are always well studied: but to a visitor the most interesting feature is the singing. This dojiartiuvnt is under the management of another worthy young man, Mr, l. M. Blair, who. is now assistant .sujierintendent. The Amakaxth note book is used, and as a natural result of much j.racticu and good training, the school makes splendid music. The school is thoroughly organized, has a corps of conijietent teachers and is conducted in a very systematic manner. Much praise is due Mr. Bowles, and thosf; v, ho faithfully, idt-.ij hfin, for the efforts nit forth in bringing the school to jts present status. It is now the means of leading many children into the j.ath way of the righteous and disseminating much christian know lodge through tin-, community. Yours truly, T. Hickory, X. C. March. 26th. lS, TEMPERA X( E MI SCELLAX Y. i - Mr. P. T. Barnum last week caus ed quite a sensation in Bridgeport, Conn., hy asserting during ji sjuieeh on t;-;i:j.o,r-ance thaj, the assessors had raised the tax lists of certain jiroj.ertyr owners sole ly because they were temperance men. Ho said he knew trom jiersonal exeri ence that this e.hip"g.; was true,. Dr. Willar.l Parker, in a recent lecture in this city, made a notable statement, "Alcohol," he said, "is generally regarded as ; stinuilant, but it is not. it is sjnijilv an irritant, like a grain of sand in the eye. It may act as a stimulant in this waj-, but only by oyertaxing the nervous system and j.rov jng a j;asti! insteitd of a hc,lji in the end." We commend the statement of this eminent physician to the attention of certain pretentious physicians who have advanced a contrary ojiinion. - It js said that Prince iortchakoli", the Russian Premier, never uses wine or tobacco, and that he is vigorous at the age of seventyeight. Dr. Cuyler said recently, that he. h;ul preached for thirty years, and had only lost two Sab baths during that time by ill health. He attributed tljis to having kejit these, rules : lTse no stimulants, take abundant sleep, never touch a sermon on Saturday night. Edgar Allan Poe was a drunkr aul, and died at tiirty-eight. Lord Byri.ti was a drunkaid, and died at thirty -i,j:. 1 used to observe t hat what was called "natural fruit" in my grand father's orchard was poor stuff', fit onlv for swine. The valuable fruit was from grafted limbs. To the natural fruit of the human heart is sinful and worthless; it requires the ingrafting of a new prin cij.le by divine grace to yield the frnits of the Sj.irit. W"h6ever jin-fi rs to live without Cod, and to follow the devices and desires of his own heart, will have his teeth set on edge by and by when he has to nat nhat he has been growing and, storing up,- T. L. C vt rn. HOOKS AND PERIODICALS. The April number of " .!"; nzine has been received. It is an ably conducted Magazine and is deservcdly jiopiilnr. The table of contents w at tractive to the literarv eve. CoN.'K.ssn.NS OK LlKKIt VI.ISTS Til Oimho- imixv. by D'li.tel Dorchester. I). D. D. Eothroi A Co.. Publishers. Bos ton. The ronccjitioii of the work is a bap py one : the analysis of the suiijce's coinjirehensi ve and clear; the conces sions pertinent, and wide enough in the range of authors to give them great cogency. The plan and execution are alike admiral.!.'. 12 mo. cloth $1.25 RrssKi.i, Muim'iin : A Story of l.'eal Lif.i By Timothy Trinum r, author of 'Fr.Ml Breuning." Published at the Xasbville Publishing Hon-.. of the M. Iv Church. South. c have received from Rev. V. A. Sharjie a beautifully bound copy of this charming little volume. It is es pecially designed for Sunday Schools and the young jieode. As we have on a former occasion noticed this j.ublica- tion, we j)!iriosc now simply to call attention to it. and to comm.-ml it most heartily. Scud your orders to Rev. V. A. Sharjie. Reidsville. X. C. Tiik Pkka. in ns' Win; By A. 11. Red ford. I). I).. Nashville. Trim. This isa volume of thrilling interest. It is dedicated to the wives of ihc traveling jueacbers of the Methodist Kiiscojal Church. South, by the au thor. Of course every j.reacbers" w if. will haveeiifiositv enough to read it. ind we are sure that its perusal w ill afford them unusual inter. 't. A re view was given of the l.ook soon after it was issued from the jiress. "c com mended it then we do so now. Rev. V. A. Sharjie. ReidsviHe. X. ('.. w ill take jileasure iu tilling your orders. llllVlll.KI ' I A i . Iniikx A 1 1 a 1). 1-Bi .ok ot Texts, Themes and Authors For tb use of Preachers, and Bible Scholars generally: by .1. II. Peitingin. A. M. with introduction by Oeo. . Day. D. D. Xew York: I). Appl.ton Co. This volume sujijilies a greiit, want in the jireiiebers lil,r;ir . It w ill save labor ijn.d lime in jnvjinring for the juiljdt and in tin- study of the Scriji t ti res. It will also contribute largely to our literature of boiniletics. Tin; Si xow M AOA.iM'.. The April number of this jiojmlar Magazine, is be fore us. If is jirofusc.lv illustrated, and the todde. ii cou'tc.nts is unusually attrac tive. This number contains the jiicturc of our Sjiinted .M.-.i-' in and an ap projiriate sketch ..i the Bishoji's life am. ministry. Liri'ixcoTT's Maoa.ixk. Lipjiiu cott's Magazine for A pi il is full ..!' at tractive and readable, niitl..r. U. A. Mc- WV-tts gi'Hjdiioally of the Italian i Lakw ( jar,ta, ( 'omo.' Maggi.-re, etc., -and Olive Logan gives a sjiarkliug il.'serijition of scencrv and manners in Xorvvav. Both j .a iters arc iiiofuselv illustrated, and j. resent togethei .. vivio notice of the contrast betv-cij northeiii and southern F;ri.je. "The Home i the .!.vguar," by Dr. Felix L. Oswald. brings tis to one of the most striking r gious on our own coin i neni , me painless swami.s and thickets of Yucatan, where the king if Alnei iean beasts has his lair; the author is well acquainted with the groun.i, ami gives many anec.lotes il lustrative ot the strength and ferocity ol the .Jaguar, etc. Litiki.i.'s Livixo Aoi:. The mimbers of Littell's Living .Vge, t'.a the weeks ending Mindi 2:d and .0th, resiiective- l v, liave the following valuable contents: Precious Stones, British tJnarferly: The Telejihone, Westminister Review; How the Turks Rule Armenia, by Dr. Hum ph ivy- Sanwith, of Kars, Xiiieteeiith Century; Within the. Pie. mots by Mrs. Oiijihmii, ii-oiii advance sheets; Quevedo, Jentleman's Magazine; Benedict de Spinoza, Xiiieteeiith Century. A lew volume begins with the lirst number of Ajiril. For fifty-two num bers, of sixty-four hog, pages each (oi luore than, liOOU pages' a year), the sub scription jjriee ($8j is low; or $10.50; any one of the American $4 motithliei or weeklies is sent with The Living Age for a year, both jiostj.aid, Li'tell it iav, Boston, are the publrshers. Winn Awakk, for Aj.ril, has, a X..; ural History Sujiplenient of sixteen il lustrated pages, containing "Tom an. Others," by Mrs, Sv its'unlme. a very exciting and droll account of her own experience with her husband's pet w ild animals; "Australian Opossums,' bv Miss Prigg; and a striking jnoof of the "Vitality of the Shark," witnessed by the author, Dr. Payne. These Suj.ple ments m ill interest the children in Xat ural History, and three are to be given .luring the year. $2. Edited by Flla Farman, I). Lothrop A- Co., Publishers, Boston. Si uiiiNMi, tor. Aj.ril, has good illustrat ed articles on Deer-hunting on the An Sable How Lead Pencils are Made by the way, we wish thev would make them better than those with which we are w riting snap, , ihey go ! There is oiiu, too, on the telejihone. C. B. Warring makes another unsuccessful ef fort to reconcile "the Mosaic Creation and Modern Science" on the wrong track, the Xebular hypothesis too ne bulous. Yirchow, the great (Jeruian scien tist, says that "f a niau. is determined to have a theory of the universe, and equally determined not to accept any theory of which sujiposes a Creator, he is forced to surrender himself to a thor-ongh-go.ing theory- of develoj.mcnt, of which, t Ti'iUst he, acknowledged, no proof has yet been furnished-" It is said a wealthy merchant, of Scotland has subscribed $25,000 toward a fund to defray the legal exjienses of a suit to prevent the jirojiosed estab lishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland. The man who is honest w hen hon esty is the best policy is not really an honest man. Ionesty is not swerving policy, but stable principal. An honest man is honest from hissonl. nor deigns to stoop to meanness, though great re sults hang on the jiett fraud. RF.SHLI lidNS Di:. -I " NY. Mi L'ki . Wiir.i;i:.vs, Di.diio. Y. Me. ;e,; ,,,. merly a resident of Magnolia, Diiplj,, Co.. X C, and a mem her ..I t Ii is, (i,-,,. terlv Conference, has removed iin.1 ,.,. t leil in Hie city of Raleigh: thus di'.,,,,,. ing his con ne,-1 i. .n wit h t liis body. 'J'bei ... fore, be il Ri:soi.vKi, That in our judgeine-it, . combines in an eminent degree, nil it,,. eleineiitstli.il constitute the chiisti.i,. the nun, and the gentleman. Rr.s.u. . i:i. That wo regret the nee, ., siiy of his removal, lecling that In; j, great loss to all the interests ..f () Church, and th mmunity at l.nyi., Ul which he formerly lived. Pk-oi v i:i, That we u ill ev.-r ele!;.ji an abiding interest I'm the wellnie oi '.;;il self ; an. 1 tamilv. aiid do, most lii anii, recommend I hem lo the c..:i!iicm , i esteem of the Chinch and g I citicn. of Raleigh. Ri:so.vi:;., "I'll -i t a coj.y of these ii-.,,. lutiolis be forwarded to the iJal.-i!, CuitisTins Aovo.'in: for juiblicatioi,. and also that they be Kjuead uj.on t. minutes of he Conference. T. P. Rii Ai n, 1 1 u i . . L. N'n lioi.xiN, .. I) i F. I . KimM i;, i t ' LOCAL A N I ) STATU XKW.s. -The Wijls'oii Sitti,t I s.-Ms; ( M. L. Mcdrkle is -jd.ken of ji ,, c in. li.l.ile forjudge in the tenth triei. Two old i!i(, of Person dea l. L'iiiuh O' Brienl. aged ,s . .,,) Win. R. ! la mlelt. aged 7C. Charlotte i'lmirnr: C.d. I". ; Long. Sjiecial Agent of the Posi-jit,,,. Iei)arinii in. ariesied at Mertfonl, ,. ihc 21st iiisianl. Charles V. Su, ,, p,.M. master, upon ihechnrge .(f inoiicy order fund-. The ';'. Lit hi; Wort ha iii is w riling a villi- county." says Col,,.,,-: hisiorj of (of,, n. Tb.- uiiMinou.i i!iii rrr.- i;,iiiro:i,i C)!illaiiy lias sub-eril.ed .,25.1 H K I ,,, ;. Leakville Xari-ow t.u.-ige I:,ii!r,,;,,i. and the ly.le sieam-hiji Lin.- j. pected to subseribe liberallv . AViNoii .l,t-,e, ; iur lai nii r. are going to j. hint chut,-., quite ei. . sivel v this year, jiu'ing IV the qii..,,,. tity of seed l'eei. 'l, ed.. It. inteis.,.ii' i!le ( unriir: On I.-im rbiiisdav. Bnillis.. Lv da. of Ciea r ( n.-k in this entiitv. was ibrown from h -l-se. ami as be fcil his head r, a tree standing near the road ami i,i. t u ed his skull. Rocky M...i,t Unit: We lean, chat the -ji'irit of iiii.roveineni Im. .akeii new iiiijietiis ai Seliua :;in, 1 :!Mi:ibcrof new ami valuable im:... v. . menl- are In contemplation. . , saw a letter front Dej-Ttity ..,.; ,p y j,,,.,.. cock, of Halifax, to Mr. S. p. 1 1 il li.i r.. tnd he states !,at a uiimber r ,.,. i:id l en siol.-ii in tiie -mil in-rn j.n ,,i Halifax and in Warren. Ra'h'igh Xt t1H- secrelan ..f the X. C. St;. i. Agriciiliura! A .- -i-ition ri. ports sbe pro. peels ,r . next l':iir as boing exceedinylv gow: Very many liberal donations hm.,-already been ni-nle from all sc. ;ii.j ,, the country iVoiu M i-si Lir.,.n. (ieorgia. Ther.' is no dm, In that tin -pi -.ilium list thi- eir will I... fiili,.,-. and muro valuable than anv ever of fered. Charlotte ,. vo.; l i m re pond. -uf iiifornis us th-.i ttl. j,.,,,, .,,) stables of Mr. Ae. ylleii. living m ar Denver. Lip.mln. county, w ere I. urn! ir Siuulaj night, the 17ili iiist. M , yfl.-n .aved bis ilnee bor-es w hich were in ibe siabl... but lo-t everything el-e. It is supposed thai the t;v was caused In -in incendiary. Milton !,,,! i'-ii ,- i,eai- thai "'aj-tt. P.roa.bliis. who -v e.oriny a -ailroad route from thf- point io :.,- born, is very nt'oial'lv ilil.res-e,. a;,.! thinks the mad can be graded in.m .lore to the mouth of llyeo.fov .",.M a .nile. We can't exactly -alie tli.it .ve have a railroad to M,iU'.n. altl -Ii .ve've rode over U and tried .,tn level lies! tn. settle .low ii on it a- a .I .'act. .Newborn cii're.jioui,.l(i ;.-, jeiel, yens: tuite an industry ha-.level, p. .1 in the cutting and s,ippjn ,,t u ),.,, j. inowniu all jiarls of thv -tai. :i 'holly." This timber is, ingre.-.t .l.-i,,ii.i Vorih for jnano key and ei.yiav.i- blocks. Almost every .teamer earrie a freight of the log, of ibi, timber. A rcjirescntative i.fau laigli-h ti tin i here for the jiiirpos,. c!'procuriiiyi(oi wood'' timber, which is taken aw.n. converted into handles for cheap cti!- ierv. t.oiiiuns. ami other like eiii;: ises, and then sold "ack to us. . !.;,,. nent of ninety cords of dogwood tini Uer was mad.' this week, fmni a ooini ust below tiie city, where the mniv. tpon oath w ould have sworn thai tlm . .Vii s not as many feet to be found iu nil he county around. The price ! the jieojde who cut and delivered iV- od on the rail mail is siv .1.,' per cord. Stej.s have been to induce the govcrtnneut to juir.-lui e the" Weinstein Building for a Iiir States Court House. Custom 1 1 oii-cam1 Posiotli. e. The building is oneoftl.. most coin), lete firc-in'oof brick buiai- llgs iu the State. eot .fiC.IKNI toe...'. in lStiO. and is now offered for .l" n"'1. Less than $l(l.(NiO will r.:dapt ii to ti ' i)iir).)ses of goveninu i,! re.ii'reiueiit. Alidw hei) sM a na nged vv ill be. to intents and pnroses, as ..(,od n- il" building at Raleigh, w,,eh cost . !.. .KJO. XOl'.X To X KW A I.V :iiTisi:vii. i N'oiice R. C. Manly, Mayri. The Magic Coin Box. llu'. l. i' son .V Co. Xew Spring stv,. ,,f H its, ,v, I. S. Waitt .V lb.,. See the advertisement of the al Conference in May in another . ' T. Soldiers ,.f YiU of Cl and their Widows. .J M. !.' fayetteville, . . t, 7:.1olt'ct''-, -Magazii.e.-.!:. I.'. Publisher.