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For erery oth er change there will be an extra charge of twenty cents an inch. Twenty fire per cent, la deled to the above ratts for ipectal noticea tn the Local col umn. Terms, rash in advance, nnlera otherwlea grecit upon. The above ratm are cheaper than those of any other paper in the South oi the eame character and circulation. Published in the interests of JHcthodim in ivodh Carolina. All tlie triveliu nA loeJ prcuu-Uen lu the bouud ji the North CatoIi u Conference are our authorised Aneiux. Any person n ling us urn HubscnU-r for oue vt-ir. will rtetv th paper fre. Vol. XXIII. Raleigh, N. Q, Aednesday, A.jril 10, 1878. 'XuinbcM 14. Thc Christian Advocate. 1 l! i n i-4 il -T NMASTUAT'JHUU AkX MINi'FcL OF HI i ' Psalui v.ii : 4. i3V" it-. V F KOPIVSOX I '--uo ! the stars nbove iu fcii-ir iiipo'attri rtnts move. -u ur-A al ;iiV hy Thee, Wtat am 7. L oni that Tuou fftould'st be I:i i 1 r.iV v-t-l iiuuieusity, Miiita. me ! Vv'at ii 1 liolioid .Lie uu aria-uisw-ti iii f.ur-H 'iw.irt bekies O e iuit to Thy wi ii TU :u uu :shi;e lor'h at T.jv -iust Tu wi!i !. a i v v s t .v p-jwer -it'-sr. Thy woiiJrou.; skll Ail. Wiiat a -a I V a pek. a rujte. A-vliile iu vaty spae to :loa.t Then Vrtiii-h irvin t- e view Aad will i holt Lent, iroiu i'u uij-a t&roue Aronud which circle worl.is ufcuo u. My oo .r-- pursiw- : Ah wl-t'a I ol-i:iiiIatf Tiio I or d - Gi'd Cr-- t.'i at whose wuri A uav-;.-,' wu tK'ru. 1 sta-l ipOAiie'i Itkst I should he A i ito ii v-rioji tiy th -e A't le:': ;ori-ra '. I i - ii iit t I-: -'o Lift. i fr m above A whin rburn-oi braih u! Juve Ehcn r.T.iu; le.tr to 11 ; Th'-u stan-i t roves,. t-d a Vvnlear To -'iij:n, thu .varies, I am lucre uur Oi w,uiri)s truth to tell ! Wheu :h ;s. Thy-ei:', Thvu 4oat reel What sweet security I fefl Audd these rollirg spht-re. How vast sjiTlt i-pace may be I kaaw My watfhe- me My slightest li sper hears. o in m u ii it at c l. For tiie Advocate. c c(xfki;i:nci:. T.TKK' N. KlMToU i". 'ther: Al-Mi ATI -Pear Mi ami Mneh has been :iid and writ-riiiui;- llii- proposed new Coii As a West'-ni man, as a North KH C'lllC' fereiiv'e. ( aiolhiian. aiei as a Methodist, J feel a three fold interest iu tin's matter. I hope however, that no feelini: of State or sectional pride will overbalance church or christian influence, but that the irreatest nod to the greatest num- t'i.-r all. U'il tne J larani uiiiit feelinu: of Ti ma: i.'s are to control it. this matter, the new ( '. .nil rence will be defeated. Why so ? l'.ecause we ai! have a veamiu' to remain under tlie ;.:is-oial car.-of the same loved minis ters, who for years have ministered to us, and our taile-ys before u. Some of leave .... i..,:,;,..i i I ii, I the bone- of our loved parents and irieiid-. tor- triui marrie 1 u The faithful pas tnd our friends, i that ha; iized our living and buried our dead the nastois who from time iru- lie-nioiial have served u- in holy things. ? All these, or many of these, will lie ie t ) behilil. j poe- the gA if th-.' chnroli a !ar e ; ii -inan I thi- change "? The brethren seem to think ho. 1 o . a certain extent, I have opposed the I new Conference. -'rom the Hol-ton ! -tatidfioint I have not been entirely sat- I i-fied a- to the disjiositioii d" the Kastern brethren to give up a liberal share cf I territory. If, however, the brethren in rhe, astern ia:t ..f the State will sur- I render a ju-t and liberal share of trans S biue-rid.e country, I will not only with- l '!raw ail opposition to the Conference, but will warmlv advocate it. 1 will s jiiender ail personal feelin.irs ami ; urL'e its formation. t seem- certain that both the X. C. i and Hol-tnti. as now formed, are too 11 u-'e. Holstoii cannot jmssibly sv.r ! render more territoiy than is proj.osed. iSnte lines, to -ay nothiti.tr of wonderful jlii iiiiit'iin harriers, clearly mark the line I with us. I'.ut how is it on the eastern side from us the ilivMiii.tr line .' i As I under-taiid the country no dis--thict natural boundary can be chosei: i without comintr to., ka it kast to the L Yadkin river as meiil ioiied. My proposition is to beyin not fr.r , tlier west than the point on the Viririn'a -line between I Sock intrha 1 1 1 and Caswell ? c .unties, and runuintr Eolith with the V-'ist I'1"-' "! c .unties below, say Xatili'ord, Itandolph ami Montgomery, thence eat to the river, or Anson line, .thence with the Yadkin river to the S. C. line. . This line I draw from the Mw, with In I little personal knowledge of the Country, but 1 am pretty well acquaint ed with ipiite a number of counties east ir.f sto'ies :i n 1 other cuimties on that line, and I am candidly ot the opinion ' that the line I speak of is as little as the General Conference will accept. The - line really, to trive us half the State, Bhould not run west of the eastern Lor j i-r of Person. Orautre, Chatham, Moore and probably Richmond counties. i I have njt the honor unl pleasure, I Sir. F. ,;t..r. of an ncmiaintance witl Biauv persons ill the central J. art of the State, hm I know there is an innate feeling 'if justice and christian liberality filling the hearts of all true and loya " llethodists. I hope, therefore, that no ! ft'ding of State pride, no local or sr-c- ti.nal -fei liag will dim the vision of you 5 Ifcethreii of the Kast. Remember, we ae all Methodists and all North Can. v liiians. Anv ( olleges or institutions I c liNirniug or church enterprise, thrown of either side, will he the common jslrpertv ot bath I olilerenceK. (iivi- us a. liberal ilivide, :nnl liko ! loyal t:ir licls, w t!11 stii-k toiri'tluT ! in liie unit- of Methodism, although ' ;i:ualed b. (.'oiil'ereiice lines. I !.' n he: r from vmi nnd sm tlier othei bivtKivii aloULT the binder. Trnlv viiurs. V. V. S iniNia iKi.i". WaynesvLlle Ct.. Franklin Pistrict, j son. seemed almost as dead as they; but Hoi-ton Con 'erence. ' hist week he stood up mi his feet, ami spoke, ami spoke, and spoke, for three For the Advocate j hours, and made himself conspicuous. Pl:ai: An.... ah:: Thinking that a What did he say ? What revelations word from rhis far-o'V section might ; came from his lips, what formulated jirove of iuteiesi .ouiaiiv of vmir read- , wisdom from his hoary experience? ers, 1 have, for sonic time, intended to ' Not hing of the kind. He simply at-f-end vmi something for publication: but lacked the Administration in words less vou know the old proverb. 1 'rocrast iua- J direct, and in specifications loss plain, tion. ivc." than the press of his own and the ojipi - The A i.vo. a i i: liiid- its way once a ' site party has done: but then he is a F. week to my it'liee. bearing the glad ; tidings ot great joy" and oringmg news from the bre- ineii of the ministry and laitv many of the names as familiar as household words and well-reme.nbeieii as the old oaken bucket" of our child hood's home. It is now six months since we led North Car.'li la. in that time we have, of course, formed some idea- ot this country and people. To one. coming from Fastern arolina. the great olect f interest ii South-western lYnnsyl- j 1 van;:. ner maieslic niouiitam scene! . No words of mine can express the emo tions one Ieel-wliile gazing on tne gianu Id hill- wh ch tower before him. Along IIF.AI' tilVFli, , i it- - .1!.. 1'. winch crosses tne . a. aim i a. une ist before it empties its waters into the Moiioiigahela. the scenery is so rugged. weird and beautiful that one is lost in admiration m i.enoining tne uie. nessi- indeserihable beauty which nature strows around him. Here indeed i- a mighty touch of the finger of bid in nature. The river is a narrow yet deep and swift stream; its waters dark and :rong. ami m its iieceitiui nosoin niaux a poor man lias i.eeii ciieateit ni ins me. , , , i r i - I : r. Some time since we climbed to the sum mit i. f one of the hills which adorn the "forks of Cheat" and enjoyed the finest view which it lia-ever been our privilege tj behold. We were struck with tin- m o nu:siiyrr.i:lAN iii in ll wlncli is situa :ea on tne summn m n:e hill, and mav be seen for miles and miles .'-round. It is built of boards, and from appearances, has been there many a Jav. There was something unique about the old .ulpit, built, of course, on the old "candl 'stick" plan, and though ail oi tne surroum lings conspueu i make one feel that he was ushered into another age, we were surprised at the old worm-eateu i.ioie ironi wnicii uic inu of (lod had been exiioiinded by his T - t 1 j" 1 .1 1 faithful servants for nearly a hundred veni s I nt al while "i'Vci v tiros; ect pleases, man is vile. j: is iinieeu an I . i 1 .... 1 to contemplate the ignorance, supersti tion and unbel ef which characterize the people of this section. And yet more sa 1, if possible, are the wars which are waged between the? petty divisions of tiie grand army of the Master. Would t.i o.d that christians, of every name and order, after trying for so many years to show mw far apart, they are, would hencefoith trv to see how near tiiey are together. Then indeed would the Ark of the Covenant move forward, and the conversion of the heathen, and the filial compiest of the world tn Chris tianity would be speedily effected. ().. t.olv Christianity has nothing to fear from the attacks of such men as Kobe, i f lngersoll, but when the hureh is corrupt, when the" blessed song ot " I i-ace on earin. goon win in men," is no longer heard amid the clash of sectarian strife, then indeed may the church Viint s one great ciiurcn on earth, comprising his people of every , .11. . name, mourn because of the wolves in sheep's clothing. M;iy we not draw nearer to iod, and thereby to each oth er "? Hut, for the present, we will close. You will see this is pi .st -marked Sha ron, of which lace we will speak at .mother time. Matt. II. Mount:. Sharon, Pa., March lSth, S7. For the Ailvoeate. WASHINGTON FKTTFIi. SkF.Ti IIKS OF ShMK OXSI'H I'lll'S MKN IN Washington Somi: Sfnatohs whom XATt'HF. AMI NoTiU'.IKTV HAVE NOT DAFIlt'.ll WITH FA MK J RKATNKSS NOT KSSKNTIAI, To riiXsl'IITorsNF.SS IlHK A MONKEY N A IM.I.F.. Sm-f.ncf.i:, Ci novf.r, l'.ritNsini:, .Ionf.s ANji JoNF.S MaTTF.IIS looOKAI'HIC, I'hii.osoi uic, ami sah; hi t Titri:. (From our regular Correspondent. I Cooper said, and Carlyle ridiculed him for saying so llat athiiig. that there is a iiiitural tendency in the human race to look at conspicuous individuals. A Mollv Matruire on a scaffold, or a Sena tor in the United States Senate Cham ber, is a cons; icuons individual, and the actions, words the very looks, of cither the Senator or the Molly Maguire, are, for the moment, subject of comment, and maybe in the Tit ure of history. Of how much history, depends. Napoleon thought that bis share in the affairs of the world, at the close f his first Ital ian campaign, would entitle him to half a page, but as lie grew older, he became less modest Just at this moment, the niont oonspicuoiii liifinber of Congn-s.s is irrhii-visHgeit olil Senator Howe of Wiseoit.sin. Tor a loiy tinn; lie had Iimi.Hv been lienrd from: eclipsed by his former more brilliant eolleairue. Malt 'ai Lienter, and lurehed in tlie rapid tide of political events, this old compeer ot Sumner. Hen. Wade, and Henry Wil- S. S S. Senator, and it seems there i- some advantage of eonspicuoiisness iu that fact alone, and since I have proved tha1 a Senator is im:k sk a conspicuous indi vidual. I will abandon Senator Howe, and introduce to the American people some humble Senators whom nature and notoriety have not endowed with tame. The Coiikliiijrs, Thurmans, P.hiines, and i.amars. make themselves heard iVi-iueiitiv eiioniih, and most of them arc loo vain of hearing of themselves. know o!i!v Iv one to whom I think lines would apply: "That man is great, and he alone. Who serves a gieatuess not his own, For neither praise nor pelf. Content to know, and be unknown, Whole in himself." lint I may be prejudiced in his favor, and you may be prejudiced against him, so ftwill not mention his name. It will be difiicult to tell who takes pre cedence among the non-conspicuous Senators, for the men who were never heard of, until inscrutable luck dumped them upon the floor of the Senate, are numerous. Spencer, Conover, .1 ones of Florida, and .Jones of Nevada, Porsey, Mitchell, Ihirnside, Anthony, Butler, Patterson, and Pavis of West Ya., are all petty men. That scientific system which attributes to every human cotni tena.ice a resemblance to the face of an animal, might find another example in that of Senator (eo. K. Spencer of Ala bama, which may be safely compared to the head of a hog. The profound sentiments which animate great men CO not respire from his heavy face; his nar row brow is not furrowed with wrink le., nor contracted like that of an old king full of cares: his small grey eyes do not sparkle with the chastity im posed bv the tvrauny of ideas, or the interior heat of a vast intelligence, but, as Artemus Ward would say: "far dif ferent." Senator Conover of Fla., is not altogether uncoiispicuous, and as 1 approach him, 1 find my work half done, for a newspaper has recently put its hand m its pocket and made him a present of a new hat, and this bright episode of his jmlitical career, has been noticed generally by the press, and has brought his statesmanship to the notice of a grateful nation. While a clerk in a drug store in his native State, New dersev, one of his customers asked him for a bottle of vox i-aiti.i, he replied that he was just out, but would send for some by next mail. If lie had been asked foi- vox Pf.i, the future statesman would have been none the less ready to supply the demand. The two Senators .bmes, one from Florida and the other from Nevada, although representing by their votes opposite political parties, may be described together as gross, fat, fol lowers of beaten tracks, without appre ciation or aspiration for anything be yond an easy life, and a high wheeled carriage with four horses, such as the Nevada Senator drives, and which, since the departure of President Jrant, is the 011I3- one of the kind in Washing ton. Senator Hurtiside was once undistin guished, then he. became distinguished, then he lapsed into non-distinction, like a warrior from Rhode Island in an era of peace, then he lapsed again into the mixed distinction of a Senator from Rhode Island. There is no lack of eonspicuoiisness of a certain kind 111 Senator leneral Durnside; he is tlie noh byest Senator in the Chamber, and the inventor of that style of whiskers called IJurnsides, which he still recommends. He is much admired by the ladies on account of his heroic size, "faultily faultless" clothes, grey skull cap, the vestiges of West Point, that may lie still detected in his THise, and his I'.itrnsides. Ceil. IlurnsMe is inordi nately vain, as may be seen in his ruses to attract attention. No body else in Washington has such a two-wheeled one horse shay as he drives on the Avenue. It is not a comfortable ve hicle for an old man, but then it is so odd and F'renchy, and when the specta tor sees it, lie is reminded that there is a state of P.urnside, and a Senator from Rhode Island. It mav seem invidious to write aliout public men in this way, but maybe I do it from a sense of patriotic duty. If there is an American citizen who can see, without indignation, the little im liudent unoualified men who have in- 1 traded themselves into the councils of his country, and upon the pages of his country's history, so much the worse for lie American citizen, find what is sad der still, so much the worse for Ameri ca. We are righteously indignant against the shyster that r uns a cause, or the ipiack that kills a friend: but we tolerate with inconsistent leniency, is the imminent and infinite all airs of a nation, bold bungling charlatans who are no more tit for the delicate stupend ous work of government, than was the rash boy who attempted to guide the coursers of the sun through the path ways of the Fniverse. (The pulpit. s F. II M ) N . 1IOI.Y YIOI.F.NCF. u:: . r. hf.wit And Compel them to come ill. St. l.uke xiv: I lie plainest people ill our day have luxuries which the kings and ipieeiis oi ..idea times never imagined. I walked up and down the stairs of Holvrood palace a palace that was considered one of t he wonders of t he world and I said: "Can it be possible that this is all that then- was of this woinlei '?" The;e are fruits in Westchester county and on Pong Island farms far better than the pomegranates and apricots of l.iblc tint's. Nevertheless, through all the ages there have been scenes of festivity, and the wealthy man of my text plans a great entertainment, and invites his friends. If one builds a beautiful home, he wants his acquaintances to come and enjoy it: if one buys an exquisite picture, he wants his friends to come and appreci ate it, and it was a laudable thing when the wealthy man of my text, happy him self, wanted to make other people hap py. And so the party invitations went out; hut something went very much wrong. You can imagine the enibaras.s mcnt of anv une who has provided a grand feast, when he funis out that the gite-ts invited do not propose to come. There is nothing that so provokes a banqueter as that. YYell, the people invited to this great banquet of the text made most frivolous excises. The fact was, I suppose, that some of them were offended that this man had succeeded so much better in the world than they had. There are people in all occupations and professions who consider it a wrong to thein that aJV body else is advanced. I suppose these people invited to the. feast said among themselves; "We are not going to ad minister to that man's vanity; he is proud enough now; we won't go; beside that, we emild all give parties if we made our money the way that man makes his." And when the messengers went out with the party invitations there was a unanimous refusal. One man said : "Oh, I have bought a farm, and I must go and look at it." He was a land speculator, and had no business to bnv land until he knew about it. Frivolous excuse. Another man said, "I bought five yoke of oxen." The probability is that he was a speculator in live stock. He ought to have known about the oxen before he bought them. Peside that, if he had been very anxious to get to the feast, he could have hook ed them up and driven them on tlie road there. Frivolous excuse. Another man said : "Oh, 1 have married a wife and can't come;" when if he had said to his wife, "I have an invitation to a splend id dinner; it is highly complimentary to me: I should vciy much like to go: would you go along with me ?" she would have sfid, "Most gladly will I go." Frivolous excuse. The fact was that they did not want to go. "Now," said the great man of the feast, "I will not he defeated in this matter;! have with an honest, purpose provided a banquet, and there are scores of people who would like to come if they were only in vited. Here, my man, here, you go out, when you find a blind man, give him your arm and fetch him in: and when you find a lame man, give, him a crutch and fetch him in; and when you find a poor man, tell him that, there is a plate for him in my mansion; and when you find some one w ho is so ragged and wretched that he has never been invited anvwhere, then, by the kindest tender ness and lovingest invitation any one ever had, compel him to come iu." O my friends, it requires 110 aeuteness on liiv part or on your part, to see iu all this affair that religion is a banquet. Tlie table was set in Palestine a good rnanv years ago, and the disciples gathered around it, and they thought they would have a good time all by theinselves; hut while they sat by this table the leaves began to grow and spread, and one leaf went to the east and another leaf weut to the west, until the whole earth was covered up with them, and the clusters from the heav enly vineyard were piled up 011 the board, and the trumpets and harps of eternity made up the orchestra, and as this wine of God is pressed to the lips of a sinning, bleeding, suffering, dying, (froaning world, a voice breaks from the heavens, saying, Prink, O friends: yea, drink, O beloved." O my Lord Jesus, the best friend 1 ever had, the be tit friend anv man ever had, was ther ever such a table"? Was there ever such a 1... ' oai.M.e-1 T do not want to hear anybody talk .,l.ont velisrioii as thou eh it. were a funeral. T do not wan! unvbodv to whine in the prayer-meeting about the kingdom of God. I do not waul anv man to roll up his eyes, giving me in that way the evidence of his sanctity. The men and women of God whom I happen to know, for the m .st put. find religion a gieat joy. It is exhilaration to the body. It is iuvigorat ion to the mind. It is raptme to the soul. It is balm for all wounds. It is light for all darkness. It is harb .r I'm-all storms, and though God knows that some of thein have trouble enough now. thev ie joice because thev arc 011 the wav to the uongrat uial ions eternal. ! stopped one Bight fall. years ai -Y.- burg. .Sw itzerland, to !i. . r tie' org. f world- wide celebrity in tha :.!ace. I went in- to the cathedra! .-in nightfall. Ail the accessories were favorable.' one light in ail i !; eai he a faint taper on 1 he aliar into I '1 ' vei..',-.ilre .l;vi,.'.-. slia ! .ws of ce il urn -, an 1 gau awoke. I he cat hedral all t he arches -eeined 1 1 1 awoke, ami it! and o uiver them. That as ilu- music cam.' into. -i instrument did imi seem 1 11 be made out of wood and metal, bin i-i:t "i hearts, so woiiii.erlui did it puis, everv eniot i on : now laughing human j te with like a child, now sobbing !! one moment 1 lie musi a lempest. Al wi 'i; Id die away c: icUei ensrp en i: won!'! roll i i e . 11 . ge 1 1 i he 1 hear I outside i he wa ; ', and up tun il il m chili! as sea .and the clash of an avalanche had struck the organ-pipes ai lie same mo ment. At one lime tiia! night il seemed ;;s if a squadron of spirit.- weeping up from earth had met a squadron ot des cending angels whose glory bent back the woe. I saiil lo myself. "That organ-pipe is the point ai which the har- monies of ear! h meet t he hrsileluiai f heaven."' As 1 stood there and looked at the dim taper on the altar of the cathedral. I said, "How much like many a Christian's iile '. Shadows hover, and sometimes his n .;. is dim, and faint, and flickering, like ; taper on tiie altar, 'hit at what lime God wills, the heavens break forth with music upon his soul, and the air becomes resonant as the angels of God beat it w ith their shining scepters. Oh, the Lord God has many fair and beautiful daughters: but the fairest of them ill is her win .So i way sj, ore 'VaUim-SSL. a?lXA- 1 v'lijiiie o.-iihs are peace. I think often in our icligi.ms instruct ions we compel the people to stay out by our church architecture. People come in and they find things angular and cold and stiff, and thev go away never again to come: when the church ought to be a great home-circle, every body having a hvnin-lsiok giv ing half j of it to tlie one next him. every has a hand to shake hand-. me who diaking hands the the church the people : at home." church arehienne and sUIToUlliiingS Conic in nstead of thai saving to and be , I think ha coin Now, let begin on heart iuess ail these surroundings "i pel the people to stay oiil . us all repent of our sins ami the other track, ami by our of affection and warmth of 11 r ami imploration of the Spirit ol'God. compel the neoole, to come in. How shall we do . 11 we must certainly i cgiu o - 1 . . 1 i .. a holy life: we must be better men, better women before we can compel the people to come into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. There are fine essays being written in this day : about science and religion. I tell y..u the best argu- ment in behalf of our holy thrisi ianity : It is a good man. a good woman, a life all consecrated r.. Christ. No infidel can answer it. Oli, let us by a hnlycx - ample compel the people to come 111. 1 read of a minister of the gospel w ho was very fond of climbing among the Sw iss mountains. One day he was climbing among very dangerous places, and thought himself all alone, when he heard a voice beneath him say : "Father, look out for the safe path, I am follow ing," and he looked back and he saw that he was climbing not only for him self, but climbing for his boy. Oh, let us lie sure and take the sat" path. Our children are follow ing, our partners in business are follow in neighbors are following, a great niul'iir.d' ri"ht fn in ur steps. On, be A- st.'i'iung ure and take the right path. Kxlnbit a 'hi is- tian example, and so by vour godlv walk compel the people to come in. I think there is work also iu tne. way oi iuuni . admonition. 1 do not believe there is a 1 : t , ..:..i,t ,.. It pe.soii in tins n.ni.e 1" m.-.o approached in a genl 'emaiily maimer, would refuse to iis-e,,. II you are re buffed, it is because you l ick in tact and common-sense. Kut on. how much in . . . 1 ii . . i effective work in the way ol Kinniy .in- monitiot:. There are thousands of men all around about you who have never had one personal invitation to the cross. Givethat, .ne invitation and yon would he surprised at the alacrity with which they would accept it. The voice of kindlv admonition. Have y-.u uttered it to-day? Will you utter it to morrow? Will vmi utter it to t ight? Compel them t come in. 1 tlo.,1.- there is a eTe.-H Work also to be done ill the wav of prayer. If we mind. had faith enough to-night, we could go There is a trinity of forces in the lm before God and ask for the salvation of: man soul. First, there is the unknowable oil ,be oeoble here assembled, and they : substance which we call the soul, which " r would all be saved, here and now. with"- except ion men here There may be political men professional here, worldly men here, men who have not heard the gospel for twenty years. pel 101 in riii.i .11'. lis, men who are prejudiced against the j preacher, men who are prejudiced against j the music, men who are prejudiced . against the church.tnetr.vhoare prejudiced against God I do not care they would j come in you would compel them to! come in. Oh, for such an earnest pray- j er. Peojde of God, lay hold the ho; 11s 1 of the altar to-night and supplicate the j salvation of all those who sit in the j same pew with you yea, the redeinp-- j tion of all who now sit in this house. I J stand here to-night and tell vou, m- ! j hearers, of a great salvation. Do you j understand what it is to have a Savior? ' "e took your places. He bore ymir sins. out a sim. here was only j P ' wept your sorrow's. He is here to rn!, ami that j night to save your soul. A soldier, worn 1 ioo!;;d up j out in his country's service, took to the ind saw tl j violin as the mode of earning his living, when the or- ' He was found in the streets of Yictina S playing his violin; but after awhile his ' hand became feeble and tremulous am ! ' ''"uld no more make music. Oiiedav I while ie sat the re weeping, a man pass- j ed along and said. "My friend, y. u are too obi am! too feeble: give me your violin:" and he took the' man's violin and began to discourse most exquisite music, and the people gathered around in larger and larger multitudes, and flic aged man held his bat, and the coin poured iu and poured in until the hat was full. "Now," said the man who was pla ing the violin, "put that coin in your lockets." The coin was put in the old man's pockets. Then he held his hat again, and the violinist played more sweetly than ever, and played un til some of t he people we it. and some shouted. And again the hat was filled with coin. Then the violinist drop ped the instrument and passed off, and the whisper weut : "Who is it? who is it ?' and some one just entering the crowd said, "Why, that is Pitcher, the great violinist, know n all through the renin; ves, that is the great vio- ! linist." The fact was, he had just taken 1 the man's place, and assumed his pover ty, and endured his disgrace, and play ed his music, and earned his livelihood, and made sacrifice for the pour old man. So the Lord .lesus ,'hiist comes down ! :inil lie Hnds n.s in our sniritUHl ttcimrv. -.niL across the l'fkell strings of his own broken heart he strikes a strain of in h'uite music which wins the attention ot earth and heaven. He takes our pover ty. He plavs our music. He weeps our sorrow, lie dies our death. A sacrifice for you. A sacrifice for me. Oh. will vou accept this sacrifice to night ? 1 do not go through the au dience and single out this man and that man, ami this woman and that woman. I say a 11 mav come. The sacrifice is so great, all may be saved. Does it not i seem to vou as if heaven was v.;rv near? .God is near; Christ is near: Spirit is near; ministering i near; your glorified kindred the Holy j angels are ! in heaven ) are near: yur Christian father is near, ', your glorified inothei is near; your de- j parted children are near: your redeinp- J tion is near, thi: holy spun t ' o-i iii- . 1 ne lion Snint is to men morally 1 ; to them physically. The ; what life i ; body is the instrument of life and tin j soul is the instrument of the Holy Spir ; it. How the lile-power handles ami tie- j j velops the body we ca ' tell. No , I man can tell where the inertia of matter j ends and where the activity of life begins j i Neither need we expect to understand j how the Holy Spirit works, , j W alker, iu Ins lloctrine ol the Holy j Spirit ives some excellent discussions. We give his thoughts but not his lan guage. The Holy Spirit is the third person in the I runty, and his agency and oper- at ions are manifest in the kingdoms of Nature, providence and Grace. In TP hie language He is represented as crea- ting and upholding; as speaking and searching ; as striving, reproving, eon ..:.. ;,.r li..loiiir .mSiliii.r t,.si ifvinir. i . 1 '"' ' . ' .. i, '. : to its mode, we know absolutely 110th bearing, witnesa and working, lie is, . ',..,,,. f 1 ing. and the more we think ol it the gneveil, quencneu, te.oo.,..,, blasphemed, and sinned against. All j this proves im to he a person, 1 ,lvl" j attributes are ascribed to Htm. lie is represented as eternal, omnipotent, mil- ; niscieiit, and omnipresent. Divine works were performed hy Him, divine titles aie .'iven Him, and divine worship is paid Him Therefore He is a divine person. ; He stands corclated with the Father and ; ,..,..,11 j the Son 111 the niil-iiead. j The Church is commanded to baptize n f tlm Fi.tl.ni- nnd the! ill III'- mine- " ....... - . Son and the Holy Ghost." ' The relative place of the Holy Spirit 1 in the economy of the divine mind may be seen by studying the human soul. Man was created in the image of God. Therefore if we rightly study the human soul we shall catch glimpses of the divine mind. Again, all mind is the same, whether finite or infinite, and we rise from what we know to the unknown. Hence we argue by analogy from the known operations of the human mind up to till secret workings of the divine an neither be seen nor understood, and yet which is the basis of all life and ac tivity. It is that "in which are all ! ihilli. of our life. It is the l'ather- : su 1 isi .1 111 e 01 I lie soul. II Is to IIKllI . 1 I 1 - what the Father of the Cod-head is to divinity. In the second place the soul has its thoughts and words by w hich it reveals itself to the world. The soul is known only by its thoughts. These are clothed iu language either spoken or written and given to the world to be read and studied, and by those written and spoken words souls commune w ith and know souls. IVeciseiv so with God. "In the beginning was ihe Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was made tlesh and dwelt among men." "In Him dwell all the fullness of the ( bid-head bodily." The divine Logos, or Christ, incarnated the divine mind and represents il to us just as words spoken or written represent the human mind. There is not hiug more nivsteri- ms in lii e than iu 1 he other. A m ill puts his thoughts in word- and they are printed and carried to the ut most par:-of the earth. Ceitainlv God could a- well incarnate Ins thought s ;m,l character in the man Christ -.lcus. In 'In- third place, the Father 11b stanceof the soul not only has thoughts which may be embodied in language, but we detect another power, nnniclv, that of Spirit. This is not the soiil itself, neither is it thought nor a facultv ol the soul. It is a power which per ceives thought and feeling, and is a knowing personality (fjK. soul. It is to the soul what the observer is to the observed, and sometimes is the age.ii to the instrument. This persoiialit v of t he mind is spoken of iu the I W Pit- under the name of the Spirit; and is also made to Hi ate God's Spirit. ( I Cur. o: In), pirit ( man's spirit) searcheth all S yea, t he deep I hiiigs of God. The thint l or what man noweih the things i.l man save the spirit of man which is in him ? Fven so the things of God kiioweth 110 man but the Spirit of God. Man's spirit is the human power bv which are all things human; God's Spirit is the divine power by which 111 all t hiiigs divine. -". ... TAKi: c.i;k of von: iiaiuts. Horace 1.. t lallin. a prominent mer chant of New York, is as quaint and humorous as he i- keen-witled and rich. They tell tlie following good story about him : )ll the 1.1th of Febrii-ii-y- ni...ni rt 1 e o dock. t'l.iiHn wa- sitting alone in his private eillice. hen a young man. pale and care-worn, timidly knocked and entered. "M r. Cla 11 in." said lie. "I bare been unable to meet certain payments because certain parties have not done aslhey agreed by me. and I would like to ha ve ."i-I'M NM. I conn' to on because you were a friend, io my fal her. and might be a friend to inc.", Come in." -aid Clalliu, vo.iie in. and hav e a glass of ine." No," said the ouug man. 'I don't a ciga r. t hen ';' 'No : I drink." "Have never smoke." I Well,' said the joker. "I Would like to accommodate you. but I don't think I can." 'N't'i-y well. "said tlie young 111:111. as he was aboil! to leave the room, "I thought perhaps you might. Gooil dav.sir." 'Hold on." said Mr. ( lallin : i "you don't drink?" No." 'Nor smoke, I nor gamble, nor anything of the kind ?" No. sir : I am superintendent of (be ) Sunday-school.' j Yell,' said Clallin. v ith tear-in hi 1 voice and hi- eyes. loo. 'you shall have ! it. and three times (be amount, if you wish. Your father let lm- ha ve $.",KH j ouce. ami ashed me t be -a me quest ions. j No thanks : I ow e it tn you for your I father's 1111-1." j On the Mystery oflbe Trinity we clip the following from an article in the !( Wi i h lji : "The prnfoiinil esl of all religious mysteries is involv ed in admitting the existence tif a su preme being. Iu subscribing to this doctrine, we acknowledge a truth bt -voml all finite comprehension. "No man hath seen God at any time;' and w hen He is declared to be a Spirit, and we are instructed to adore Him a "the . ivin,,-meriial. immortal, invisible, W j ',.,. tlistt il i- by faith alone that v.'e ; etui apprehend God. True, we may j form some conception f ihe Divinv ! character from the km.'.vldgc given us - , in the Scriptures of His moral attribn -but of the nature of His being. ;i ";,.:, illvolvwUii mvsterv ami the more are we tilled with wonder. The i ;,,,.,. f Gml. as revealed in Ills e- , .,,1;., attribute, j, no less mysterious. j than the tloct rim- of the I )i vine Trinity, j acknowledging Him to be omuip- ..tent, omniscient, autl omnipresent. w ; assent to wlutl is entirely heyontl linite omproheiisioii. ami subscribe to whal nnly be a.prebe.,.led by a simple act. ol taiih. Yfl.eiAi: i.lil.s. A distinguished autlioy at s : "I resolved, when I was a child, never to u-e a word which! could not pronounce be to re my mo ther without offeniUlig her." He kept his resolution, ami became a pure minded, noble, honored gentleman. His rule ami example are worthy i f imii.-ition. Hoys readily learn a das of low. vulgar words and expressions, which art! never beard in respectable circle. The ntiinist care on the part of parent will scarcely prevent il. Of course we cannot think of girl- being so much ex pose tl lo the peril. W'e cannot im agine a decent girl using words she would not give utterance to before her father or moiher. Such vulgarity is thought by ome j boys to be -smart," the "next thing lo sw earing," and yet "not wicked." Hut it is a ha)it which leads to pro fanity, and fills the mind with evil thoughts. It vulgarizes nt:il elegriules tlie soul, and prepare tin- way lor many of the gro-i; ami fearful sin, which now corrvp! 'eietv. Young render, keep our liioulh tree from all iiupruritv, and your "tongue from evil." for "out til' Ihe abundance of the heart the month spcHkcth." JJi'ini A ni mills. GLF.ANINGS. We hold him to be ilea. I iu tv bom shame is dead. What would I give," said Charles Lamb, "to call my dear mother hack to earth for a single day, to ask her pardon. upon my knees, for all those acts by which I grieved her gentle spirit." A good name is best won by good deeds. There is 110 sure way of being well thought ofas by deserving well. "ott have a little word around you," wrote Paliiel Webster In antv.l'ly friend; "fill it with go".! dee'ds, and vou vt ill till il with your own glorv ." Gladstone says: "I submit thai duty is a power w hich rises with us in ihe morning, and goes to rest with tit at night, k is coextensive with thr action of our intelligence. It is the shad ow which cleaves to us, go whore we will, and which only leaves us when we leave the light of life." Herein is the secrel of the Chris tian faith. All that it has, al! that il offers, is laid up in person. 'c have not merely deliverance, but 11 Pclivcrcr; not merely redemption, but a Hedeenier, ever saying, " Receive tne I am thr way," Said M'Cheyne, "For one look at yourself take ten looks unto .lesus." FFN AND FACT. It is a most impressive thought the first overture is always oil God' part. No sorrow will your heart betide, Without a comfort hy its side; The sun may sleep in his sea-bed, I In t yem have starlight overhead. ' ,,-,(,;. it. j...-.,tt. An old salt, sitting on a wharf the other day, very soberly remarked: "I began the wot! ' ''' "hing, and I have held my own ever since." I'.iidget. "Wot's the most gen teel thing for a lady, as N 11 lady, to carry iu the street, Nora?" Cook "Sure, thi:!, some prefers a three-volume book; hut I prefers a roll of music iiieself quite careless and aisy like." The man who lives right and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. Char actei is like bells which ring out sweet music, and which, when touched acci dentally even, resound with exquisite inch nly. Kill. "I say, Mary, run and ask .lute to come and play with lis." Mary. "You know, Kill, mot her says you ain't, to call him .lule his name's Ju lius." Kill. "Well, what does she call me Kill for, I hen ? I sliHii't call him Jul-ius until she calP ine Kill ioiis." An Irish gentleman, hearing of a friend having a stone coffin made for himself, exclaimed : "Py me semi, an that's a g I idea ! Sure, an' a stone eofliin 'nd last a man hisjif time." Then! is a burden of care in getting riches fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow in losing them, ami a burden !' aenotint at last to he given up couceiir.ii; them. Matiiew Hlsiiy. Four young Mcthodi-t mini-lers left London Fell. '2 I'm" the South Aus I ra I'm 11 Conference as recruits for the work there. At a farewell inert ing, on the eve id' their departure, Dr P1111 shon, Pev-. Marniaduke C. Oshorn, J. Kickford. and others partici pated. Swinf. in Tilt: Sot-rit. The New Orleans Price Current, of October '20, says : 'llog-raiing in the South bus. dur ing the present year, increased to an extent which will shortly enable a largo minority of the Southern farmer- to become iinlcpcnt of the "estcni packer. A law ami order have once l ime he come the rule lim.ltghout the South, the security of farm steck I nun tli'n V ing laborers havcn.iich in -fci --!. ai d we do not now continually hear the form' rly frequent complaint that it was no use to raise hogs, as none were allowed to come to maturity. In a great many instances now. the labor er take an active interest iu the rais ing of hog, sheep ami poultry, a tbev begin to appreciate that their own ration are greatly improved by a variety of homeraiscd food. A well-to-do fanner, of Kentucky, savs that he owed hi success an a far mer to the hint ami suggestions he ha gleaned from newspapers. To get thi information he ha math il a prac tice to appropriate Ihe product of ono acre to the purchase of reading matter f .r 1 iinsclfnhd family.