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Vol. XXIII.
Raleigh, N. Q, Aednesday, A.jril 10, 1878.
'XuinbcM 14.
Thc Christian Advocate.
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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.