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W E KNOW NuT WHY.
'lolloveth whom "Te '.'h iateue.it. O weary heart be
still!
L-t evnry murmur. n thought be iiu he aad sink
i ;t'r His Will
M.y ilils bent uu i a Uca.ou b uhrouga life's
ev utiul ftiv.
VTiieii j i4d witii r seate ba,ns, or Korio.'"
Soiuo s.mg Tha ma :e Ui uur fcouie, tings it
laa; sun aiii di ;
Some beautiuus fluer we cherUrM well, witJb
fc.i.ute t cbli; - lies:
So ins taupe, briUt w til om iicre, U.ie like the
And Home hlet ci cle yinlJs the Ud t dtt&th'a
J.ir wuy tlm bird of rarest shoiii
t'f e to S1U;J
Wiiy lnTg!i:e". vision lio;- Jlsd aa, giow dim
riving yt jr.-.
And loTt i sweat uiiie pom ou.t tu Je til :Uul i o:-x
tailing t'-sr.
W know n Jt way but dimly sr c; till Uod's ureat
l-vt-, we kuou .
t"nfol.Is us .u ii - -i-le i-.librae ; iiowe'er li!t' taT-
VoilTri flow
To W tic on h ormy surye we drift, yet God
t-ter al miw'ht
Still bfir us o- Td His h.lU that it't tfceir tower
z'.i endle' iUi
We know not wfcy; thought fold her wings, power
less to pieri-e thr- vail,
I tke s me tired iulL-r.n uf the tky when turm
darfc cIoaU .n-aii.
A'e know not uy ir I -Io n fa'I, and eirth-born
hopes grow dim;
But thiK we know, viod rulet i well from flower to
ibraputin
Coi loreth w.iom He chsstenetli. O trust Infinite
skill
X" guide thy way mid storm and calm, through
opupjng riwtai! siill !
O Pilot of crle-Ual uioul l, speak: whem the wig
are Ulh
" Lo! it iB i: be not aaid'" and tempeit winds
bhiiU die.
rvv. H. tt Wari-wul, in 7.vn'$ lltrild.
(3 o m ..tunicate t).
For the Advocate.
11 VISION nl" TIIKX. ('. 'ONW.K
F.N V. I. A VMAX, A-. .
Mi;. I'l'iniu: "L'hf in'vl li vision
.t'.uir ( 'wi.'.'.'iiiici' ti.:i serious a mat
ter t U' li-htlv treat. '.1. ami tlw iater
.t involve! lo.ijiiiv w- -li..ul.l -ari'tiil-!v
woiirli tin' matter iiet'uri' final
action ot'oiir aj.i.ioai-liini; (ifiieral 'oii
foieuce. In or.lrr that our Monition may
not le coiiM.lerc.l eiiivin;al, we imihesi
tatin.irlv i.-iy that for the juvsetit, va are
.h"' l--l -,m.m1 to ,iiv itha:jtf, C
lifviii mat the ..oiiuiii!Kition ot hnicli
an event wouhlhe eliou-iy juejudifial
t . hoth li.Mlie-. What are really the
iaet- in the ease ?
tr. It i a well known lact. that iu
the eailv history ot the X. C 'ul.fer-eie-o,
l. 'caitM' ot the j.aneilv cl tiumhors,
an 1 the men j.ernes of her financial nif
inviT'ites in her annual rej'orts, tlioy
elicite.l frotii a uili eecleiasti-al digni
hiv in the church, the undesirable
M.l lini'irKl" of heiilr "T1IK TAIL KM
or Comkiiks. k '. Thi-i we In ire with
vatieut uoiuiioii tor we really felt
then we wrc small in the meantime
vv..:;in' on i:id workinvr i f. t'.ntil. hy
,'e-rei . we now
iiit '
anv
-treiigth and effect iveness, e.Ual
t ..iu sifter i '.inferences, and are
i.-peered b-.th at home and abroad.
I': fact, presenting a solid . front, anil
.( il Ii our
accompli
!. ..ai- i i i-ut slretith. caicitiateu to
i niiicii for the future welfare
in t pr..peiTi
y of our beloved .ion, and
.-yen now evincing a wonderful capacity
f..r the achievement of great
,.fl,.i- w.-.K exhibiting a
goo. 1 . In
wonderful
Iron, J
And now. what are the
ci-
facts in the case ? Why,
'hat in the midst of almost this
ed success, and commanding
r increased usefulness, we are
ked to disliandC '!) for that is
j-ue weaken our strength
ing our forces, and afford,
..i .
more room lor ine eueni v 10 a
ontposts, becatl-e we will not
ffici. nt numbers to spare, in or
ave them well guarded',
i there's the interests of both
itioiial and Periodical enter-
prist s' to oe riniM'i' ioi. r,---
i
i t r
are struggling, and our organ, hardy,
I with our present strength supporting
" itself, an; to be possibly weakened, and
1 in a measurable degree left to linger on,
land long enduring the ills induced by
I the chronic malady of indifference, or
I .W-i-tioii. bv some wlio formerly were
1 their true and tried friends
It -er- strange ihat such a sudden
change si
hoiild have come over our es
I tern friends, whom we
have known well
i i i"-. -..v.lil v in former years, ami wiio
ii it i in i .j u
f then weiv averse to t he proposed change.
1 What's the matter ? Who, indeed,
I i i. ;it work trving to effect the
s alleged spirit that now seems to pos
J sess them ? Somebody will have to
answer, 1 honestly believe, for this bad
J btateof things. Here we have been
i ...if,- endeavoring to bring the East
i 1 t. West, iii closer and more inti
IH'l l ll' .-- -
f I ma'e alliance, havinf? an ey? to the well
L-i fare of our beloved State, as well as the
'1 church, ami ju.st as we began to feel
v 3 "... . 1
thev were one in interest anu aiieciion,
we "are called upon to dispel the charm,
break up the union, and subject each
section to their original isolation, as in
former vcars. Ood forlml : "Whom
He hath joined together let no man put
asunder !" Xo! no! we love the peo
ple of the West they have helped to
make us what we are, ami we want
them to remain w ith us, to give ns their
heart v co-operation in every "good
v.. id and work," until such time, as in
REV. .1. IV BOBBITT. I). 1)., Ki.m.n axi Publisher.
V ol. XXIII.
deed, iu "truth and verity," will require
the division. I fear the eltect ot the
proposed division upon the hody polirie.
The fact is, this division of sentiment in
the past, is what has retarded the pro
gress and prosperitv of the State.
Political science tcacheH us a lesson
of wisdom in this regard, and it be
hooves us to improve by it and be wise.
'Tn union there is strength," and in the
asrcirate of In rue numbers there is im
mensity of power ' Wln ever heard of
a well established u"Veniment providing
for its own disintegration ? The
friends who an- so anxious for this en
terprise should consider recent events i.
history. The t.oliev of Hanoi's i'i !...-
wonderful aje, involves the increase ot
numbers, and why ? because iu it there
is to be found ureat power. The Pro
testant Kpisopal Church, in this State,
entertained this policy of division, and
after mature and
earnest discussion, !
i
abandoned it as unwise and inexpedient. !
Respectability has a great deal to do j
with church position these days, and I i
c.ilifess to the weakness of liking to be J
connected with a body large and strong, j
In reference to "Fa vman,'' ! would say, ;
that I can and do t.istiiy. trom personal :
knowledge, he i i-ertainlv correct in his (
statements couceriiiiig the liariotte uai as wen as in the .Nation, an.l oy an
Iistrict ( 'oufereiice, and Its people gen- j alvsis. we also learn the three stages of
erallv. 'oncerning his last ;irticle I in Natioii's History: 1. Wandering. II.
would sav, in my humble judgment, it j
is in keeping with his first. I think l!
know him, and if so, do not hesitate iu
pronouncing him a christian gentleman
of liberal culture and enlarged spiritual
vision, and who not onlv loves but is j
devoted to Methodism. '
And now permit me to say, that in j
uiv simplicity, I had been led tu the j -belief
that the wish and desire of our j are
brethren in the Conference was to pro- J old.
mote the temporal as well as the spirit
ual interests of the 'ood Old North
State, "by wiping out sectional lines and ,
causing our people to feel, that so tar as j
numbers were concerned, we, lik
ie
waves of the sea, though many compar
atively in numbers, are ovk in nature.
,. .1,- - , , .
I 'us policy ot "1'ivisioii proposes to
......
etlect mi' vei v oiiiiosite ot this. l,et us
Kee. in the event id' its consummation,
we will then have
f
w (. .inference
bv the name, no doubt, of Western X. :
-,'..- i - i - .i
1 ( nnterenee. thus in its verv lill'th.
, , .. . ,. :
t he eiement ot sectioealiiu .,
' . . ,. - i . t . ;
to it. I fear with "Layman '
' - '
having
clinging
that this whole scheme of
has originated in the- fact
' PlVlSloll
,
that more
than one has.iiiile ., an
"axe to gruiil.
I 1'iti.tli.ii-iii.ivii l...K..i'. lion- :u I ill. I KV
1 llllllll lllll'H i.wi. -,.. - ... . -
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Ciai CU li;i', lllcli I'll 1.1.
rise men of our Conference, is a mis- :
taken one. and if matters had have been
differently managed, the result now
would be so also.
The advocates for division tell ns they
will do noble things, and while I believe
them to be "good men and true." yet in
this matter, while I do not doubt their
intentions, I am unwilling to risk the
serious consequences I honestly believe
will follow in the event of the territorial
partition. Some say, already, it's a
foregone conclusion. I hope not, and
mv humble prayer is. trod maintain the
right.
JlTMiliAXT.
i.,..t i... ,t,-. t,.
' " -',...,.,.
Of.au Bi:o. Boi-.ritt: I was somewhat
suriirisctt io lean i ne n iiicisins in vmir
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able and interesting correspondent, "P,"
'
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March Uinli upon the International Sun-
i
lav-School lessons; still more was I
surprised to hear a man urge the objee-
tions of "P," if he is the thorough-going
Sundav-scltool worker, I take him to
be. I think that where a teacher in. or
Superintenilaiit of, a live Sabbath-
School, fails t.i see anything in the les-
soiis. sav for the past three months, but
"wars and lightings," he or she certaii.lv
has failed to "study to know i.-d's
,
word.
,.i .. .i i. ..i-i.. :.. .1...
"i . s.gn.ncanin asKs, ,,ai is ,e
general verdict . . ome luother "I ,
and "let us reason together," before f
render mv verdict: I am well aware that
i- .x . -. t iv
we can teach our primary classes com-
parativily little of the history of these
ancient times, but the lessons to be
learned from the lives of good and bad
men may be stamped upon little hearts.
That we may do this effectively we need,
by faithful rrrov and thoi i:ht ami 11t.1v-
Eit, to take these lessons into tn ii owx
hearts. Then, with the i'icti ui: of a
life to bring before a class, the faithful
teacher can win the little minds and
hearts to their own views.
In the study of the lesson, brother "P,"
do you r.KAD, sTrnv, and i-ray over the
Bible readings in connection with the
lesson? or do you merely glance over
them, or not read them at all ? If such
lie the case, then I am not surprised that
you see. nothing in them but "wars and
fightings;" the command of Christ was,
"sF.Aiti H Tin: s i!ii'rfiii-:s," not merelv
read them, lt will occupy too mud? j count. Thus God appears 111 a new
space to take up all the lessons for the j light dealing with sin, which neces
past Quarter, and discuss them sf.ria- j sarily brings out another divine attn
T1M; let's be content to take the first ! bute Justice; and with this attribute.
one for January "Rehoboam's Rebel
lion," or "Humbled and Delivered," II
('broil. 1-, 1-12. Israel has been rent
asunder, and the royal line of David
now holds its .scepter over but two of the
twelve tribes. Kehoboam, strong in his
walled cities, rich in the treasures of
Sjolomon, powerful in the loyalty of the
religious element throughout the land.
sinks into in, and his strength is tinn
ed to weakness. Transgression brings
trouble: but penitence obtains pardon,
and the humbled land is delivered from
its adversaries.
Rebellion against 'd includes all
disloyalty to him, whether willful, vol
untary, or only conscious. It may be
manifested in open revolt, in repining at
his providence, in substituting the dic
tates of our own desires, wisdom, or
wi.l, for his commands and instructions,
or indirect disobedience and unbelief..
It is all one; we reject his govern
ment, and hence his protection, and the
pover of sin and darkness, taking 'id-.-tft'.age
imr .lottinH'!'ntmvf.-i, iiiMi in
and despoil us of security, peace, and
tower, and we are subject unto them.
Kut, worst of all, our golden shield, the
shield of faith, is among their spoils
And no half-way repentance, urged by
fear, at all avail
to restore our loss.
I'.-nce the poverty stricken lives, ami
the heavy gravitating faith so common
iu our ( 'hurdles.
I n t he teachings of this lesson, we
learn that dependence upon self leads to
forsaking rod. That humility leads to
tin. leistan. Img tio.l. I hat penitence j
averts the wrath of iod, iu tin- in. livid-
Suffering. III. Returning.
It is practically taught in this les
Soil.
1. iod brings men and nations low
that they may look upward. From the
top of a towel' one looks oti
Jhe earth;
from the bottom of a well one sees th
stars.
T;w much 'power and prosperity
no blessings to either voting or
Repentance restores to favor, but
: does not blot out the results of sin.
4. Sin is financially expensive. od"s
I serviVe eostti less than satanV.
oim neer oik iim.ojics u uru
i other instrument ;;re at hand lo accoiu
! plish his will.
.1.11) IIU'UH I I, ill I'lil.l ijr iiin ;
. ;
i!iiisfr;ite :iiid iiiittress this h'Ssoll Ulion !
1
: the minds and hearts of your school
S(UIlo... HUl -11 .11 OJ tV
11
ill bv
1 '
1. Di
J
painting.
:iw a picture of a prosperous
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reanu its gneu iu me cna pier iieceiunv;
, 9v , . . ' ,.:.,.
iiu'' KiSon U a 1 lei I cities, magnificent
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lin
...... lll.t tl'itlBII I'.IU IiiIII11l: lit,
1 ' .
! '1. Show the dangers o! pros-pent v,
, '. , ,
i .1... . ... .. -i. ..1, it 1...I
1 nice the punishment a tiit .sin,
. . . . .. ..
and show its aplilicatioii to the imtiviitu-
! -1
; al as well as the nation, the boy or girl,
i as well as the grown man or woman.
4. Tell about the rejieiitance of -ludah,
and its lessons concerning ' rod's mercy
to all men.
How does the picture look brother
"P ?" Js there as much "war and light
ing," as you imagined ?
As to whi-thi'T it is right and propel-
to take the lessons lVoiii tli: Old Testa
1 . i , l . i . i -
liient, please read Paul s Second letter
.... .i tn i . j
to I imotliv. III. chapter, commencing
-, , ,,,, . ,i
with verse, 14 : "But. continue thou in '
, . i i .i i.i i il
the things which thou hast earned and
"
, . i r , p t
. hnsf been assured of, knowing of whom
thou hast learned them ;
; .). "And that lroin a child man I
' loiwf I. noun tht. Kerintnres. which are
--(.
! able to make thee
col,..,.;,,,,
, thrnnvh mini which is in . nnsi .icsns.
, c
1 ...... I, i - .
m. "-Ml scripture is given insp,-
- - .
1 rati m i tl, ami is tn-oatable itr doc-
trine, tor repoot, tor correction, tot in-
....
; structioii in righteousness.
' .fin . . i l
J i . 1 hat t no man oii.od mav oe
pellet, thoroughly furnished unto all
I ""1 works." What, "scriptures
! t:l,1Kt ' 1,111 "
I lament ? and if "all scripture," iu verse
; ! not include the books ofChro.ii-
! '!", 1 !,t ;i "" to Know us me.uu.ig.
j Fn.m the nV.i f Rehoboam to the
j eajitivity, Jod's fiercest anger burned
'.xi-iiTlut ;lll iilol.'ltl- Mll.l i.lol ii-ntls. He
..p...... .... . j c-
' chastened his lieonle with a whip of j
. x i
' iii.ii-iiiMiic u- iiiiiint-.n' i MUf k.riiioiii iniiii
.,.1. ...,..-. .........
j often did. War, pestilence,
j famine, the ministers of his wrath, he
; turned loose upon them whenever they
j fell into idolatry. His chastisements
! were at last effectual. And is it not
obligatory tpon us "to declare me wii.ue
counsel of t .od : U hat 11 in me lessons
i f"V the past few months, we have had
j "wars and fightings," does not brother
j "!'," see lying underneath all this,
mnch that is necessary to teach, not
only to th young, but also to the old ?
How the veil is drawn from over the
face of the past, and (Jod is seen at
work, making all things. He forms
man of the dust, breathes into him the
breath of life, and sets him at the head
of terrestial creations. He places him in
the garden of delights with its beauty
. i r i.:...- 1.,,.. , ,-,t-L
its tr:i.rraiier. and feasting him with
fruits, with only one prohibition. Man
transgresses, and immediately (iod ap
pears upon the scene, calling him to un
we get a faint glimpse of another
Mercy: for says He, "the seed of the
woman shall bruise the serpents head."
In the era of prophecy, the Sun of Mercy
neaivd the horizson. Tvpe and propheey
were doing their work. But in nil these
, . i.ll.. .
years "the lienrts 01 men were niu. m-i
in them to do evil," and God punished
them for it. There is much more that
Xlio Faith, once delivered to the irsRints
ubtiishfa in tJic ntcrwtjs of
Raleigh, N". C, Wednesday, April IT,
might be written in advocacy of the
teaching the Old Testament, in our
Sunday-Schools, but as this letter is al
ready much longer than I expected to
write, 1 will close by asking brother
"P." to read ; arbi-ti.ly Bishop Mar
vin's sermon, '-Hou i thh Old Tkria
ment ScKii-ri KKs, after which I think
he will agree to a verdict of
guilty."
Respectfully,
'Xot
NTK1S NATIONAL.
For the Advocate.
i:!.i:otiox of r.isiiops.
J. . .
It is supposed that the next j!en.
( 'onfereiK'e of our chureli will elect two
or three 1'ishops, and there seems to be
a good deal of interest felt in the selection, j 1 y"f'lt lt' ls m" increase ot
This is natural and will probably be so j '".v f'"ti'gai i.m ai the prayer meeting
as long as the office is so highly h .iior- ', a'"'"' i!i '-i.i- A like result atten.l
abl,. and so many men are supposed to be i 0,1 I'-ct-ues which I delivered on th.;
competent toriii the position. It seems h'ssous luriu- a ..n t of my j-astorate in
to me that certain general principles j ( '''"''I"'11 1 ii ,;,sl .v,,;n- l! appears that
should he considered in this matter, and i where v-r these lessons are adopted,
that while the man is the chief thing j ;"'1 !l 'ifixed to t hem the seal of His
he is nut a!! j approhfion. which no opposition can re-
1. There ought to be a fair leographi - j 1I!"VI' "'deface.
cal distribution. Other things being
eipial u' nearly e.pial, no one Conference
or even section should have more than
.me Bishop. Any claim or tendency to
the contrary, should be firmly resisted as
iiMudicious and unfair.
'2. tliei- thiiiga btiiigeonal, a Confer-
eiice that has never had ,'i ltislnip oughf
to be favori'd. It may be said that fitness
will regulate this: but experience shows
that it will not. IV.wor naturally tends
I to centralism, and there is a visible ten-
deiicy to multiply Bishops in special ' past lie veais.
localities. This should be resltd ;ind l On t ie lirst .i;esiiiin, the dt i!t of juib
overcome as an evil that will damage lie senuncut ; ri $.-- in one direc
tl;e church. ; ti.m flat the ojipositiou to the Intcrna-
. This ii? an ofrice that electioneering tional Lesson si-stem is h s to-dav than
should never touch, and every thing rf ! ever before, les-;, indeed, than the on
the kind should ensure defeat. If any j poshjoD fn tjia Sunday-school itself. Any
jireacher, liowever eminent, should do or i one familiar with the history of the
say anything with the direct purpose ' moveniunt repre.H'tited by these lessons
and intent to secure his own election, will hare no doubt on this point . That
that man is not tit for a, Bishop. If any ! moveiii'iit was not of man. It w;is pe
pieade r or others, not being members ; culiarlj and pre-eiuinetl y (io.l's jilan.
of the ien. i.'tff. slionhl go there, and ; A grovth of interest in Bible study.
lo- ctieni'li or otlieTW ise fi.Hi r.i nr to iii'o-
" . ., . '' r
mote the I'.piscopal interest of .some fa-
, , . i r iA ii
vorne; inai ougnr to nriiig iieieai 10 an
I ne names c mcei lien. l lie . en. r
the parties concerned. The (ieii. Con!',
; liitiftT nor nave a lolmy. I tits pos
. 1
j(v.; w;n,,. Verv closely watched.
issihle
It is
'known in hi.-torv that similar situations
have been greatly damaged by this or- advocapd it. A large majority of the
ganized, outside lobby pressure. It is to ; men inc-c prominent in Sunday-school
be hopi.d that our church, will keep clear ' work eiher actively opposed it, or seri
of this political txtl, lj;ii Mmietinies ' ously ibubted its practicability. An
seeks a place in ecdesiastical bodies;. "irriiSpoisiiili: bod; -: ol Sunday-school
4. The Man. j workeiat Indianapolis, iu 1S72, de-
Mere personal likes or dislikes, popu- j dared it its favor. It was fairly itiau
larity in a Conference, reputation for i gu rated. It encountered no little hostii
preaching or any other one thing, are j ty and c.mtempt. Some denounced its
all small items, worth considering, but j purpose is denominational, Calvinistie,
not sufficient to decide the question. lor Armnian, or pedo-bapt 1st: others
Thel.ishop selected is for the whole looked ltmii it as a sectional movement:
Church, and must be prompt and effi- i still othns, as a chimerical or a purely
::.... :.. ..11 . ! ..li i-
I It'll III il '!! vn dun till M til IV. j 11
1 -
thing ti'-.s ) :t fearful mistake, hence,
' ' , ' '
the proper man for a ltishop must lies
1 ' 1
1. A good man, a man of the Holy
" ' -
! ...
r w n os i .
2. A man of decided talent.
A thoroughly educated man, fully . nient have been vast and important be
able to meet the intellectual ami literary ! void the h'ghest imagining of the most
i, , , i
demands oi me nurcii ami ine age.
4. A man of executive capacity and
. . . , . .. ,
i Lini-f. ji.Iin imstr.-iti ve n it v. eoimit.teiit.
- - - i
J ,i ii,i.i.fi:ti lil l-tw Ut.l itc uiiiliixtti.ili
w ' "i i ' ,
.
1 :-i A -nifin ot eon! Iwin.l 'iii.l i-5ii-in lii'irr
........ ..v
not an intellectual iceberg, nor a genial j been greater than that of till the the
soul without any -head. j ological smuinaries of the land com-
li. A man of gootl health and sound bine.l. It has been a force unprocedent-
constitution. Xo infirm, or diseased, or
feeble nitjn, ought to be a Bishop.
7. A man that understands Conference
organization and business, knows what
ought to be done and how to do it.
This writer may he obtuse or unfor
tunate, but he cannot see how a suitable
Bishop for this great M. E. Church,
. ijni J)(, jnv th.)u Ur) a,
un.ilvet.it must be admitted that few can
meet such requirements; even approxi
mations are not as abundant as some
suppose.
This is not intended for or against
any man, but for the -hurdi; and most
probably embraces a part, if not all of
the ideas, that will in the end control
the selection.
Alpha.
A seasonable suggestion is that young
pastors ought to qualify themselves to
manage church finances with discretion,
accuracy and success. Several important
vharges have been recently brought to i
our notice as examples of the demand
for past orn possessed of financial skill
j .
, &
- . '
and it is a fact that such pastors are
wanted. Some of our very successful
ministers would fail, thonli they are
gifted preachers, if they could not man
age the finances. The Laymen oronT
to do thin work ; but there are many
cases in which they do not, and some in
which they cannot. The young pastor
who wants to be thoroughly equipped
should study this part of his w"ork.
Xf.w York Mf.tuothst.
, The tie-egia Young Men's Chris-
:.... .-a L.ll'oTl M-lll ln-ll.t L..;,- nilTlllll
u.i "-""i"" "
j Convention in Gainesville about the
i l.r.th of June,
gtctBortism in ovtlt Carolina-
' For 1 In- Advocate.
I. P.oniiiTT : As there seems to le
stillhome lingering hostility in our ,n-
fereipe to the International Sundav
Schi) Lessons, and as many of your
readers would doubtless lil;,. to
morcjlight on the subject, I hereby re
I
pies
volt to publish the
ompa ying
(edit.
1 which I clip from the Scvi.ay
.S H(U. 1 imks. While m this subject
I wij say that, where I have labored
S
j 1 lteltit is an easy matter to infuse a spirit
of ei imsiasm, not only in the Sunday -sch.s,l,ut
also int.. the congregation's,
I '"" rZl I" lh,'s" l-'ssons. 1..'. wevks
oiiinieii'""! :i sei-ii-w i' '
my Wdnodav night praver
nice tin
on thtlcssoii for the next Sunday. I
li;ke ijieiu shout twenty minutes long.
.!. .1. K'knx.
li.-liurv, N. C. M;,r. -JTth 1x7.
'I'M R IXTKI! X AT I OX A I. I.KsSoN la. AX.
Nowtl.at the International Lessons
ire d raving to the close of their first
I series, here is a seeming new interest in
liu. iiilr'i'iU j')!:;!- font inuance, as
there ci-arly is a new interest in the
j discusson of various methods of Rible
; study rhichmay be prel'erable to that
: one wli.-h h;.s worked so well during the
Mini :l -"rowtli ol tin. tooi-it . .1' i 1 li i-i wl I'm
. , , , ,
, unitv, uii.onL' ( hnst ians i;l ei here, led
L i "i i i-
10 , pijmiai .lemaiiu mr a comnioii series
jot Bible lessons a demand which would
' not he'iileiK en or
r
fused.
Xo one de-
nominaioii of Christians led in the
t movemait. Xo great publishing house
, : ..i i. : ...... .t
; si-iii 1 1 1 ii-. . i i 1 1. o . . i .... il iii 'i "ii
...
ward, gaining in reach and momentum,
' ., .
' until, likfe fie-, t-tonu hich as "cut out
:
'without lands." it "became a great
;
i mi... i .1 ..i.
' uioiiiiia i u. a in i ii i h i i i i n. in hi t-a . i ii .
1 heint'uenee and results ot this move-
! enthusiast ic of its earlier advocates
scarcely it ferior. indeed, to those tlow-
. f , ; , ,i, .
nitr ti'oiu the invent ion ol pi nit ing. t he
. o . - -
. t Ki'nv.iVV U ItliTH'M ill Mil' I'll Vl'ISlllll
, . r v i
nower n-e 1 . tin tilts ol .America has
, v I 1
ed in the creation and extension of a pure
biblical literature. It has impressed a
j generation, ju the direction of the know-
ledge and love ol the word of Ood, to an
extent uiiequaled, in a like period of
time, by any single agency of the past
eighteen centuries. And it has proniot-
ed and illustrated the love and unity ol
the followers ol .lesus mere effectively
than all he pla
'onus and proceedings
of every mere, human soci.-ty or associa
tion formed tor a purpose in that direc
tion. So extensive, indeed, has been the
sweep and reach of this mighty move
ment in Bible stmlv, that it has finally
aroused to action the dormant energies
of well-nigh all the anti-progressionists
ami blind worshipers of the dead pa
t in
most of the denominational bodies ol
j America, to see if something cannot be
j done to turn back the shadow 011 the
i dial, and to restore the "gootl old days"
i when each Sunday-school had its Babel
I
if question books, and the Bible
was bv no means the chief object ot in
terest or subject of study among young
ami old together, there or elsewhere,
Clergymen ami laymen who have less
interest in the Sunday-school than ill
some pet plan of denominational activi
ty, or who have more interest in some
outgrown series of question books and
lesson-notes than in independent Bible
stmlv: or who, again, are sure that .the
work of the church is moving in the j certainty. The fairest are blighted and
wrong direction, anyway, and think that j perish by its touch. The individual,
possibly these I ntcrnatio:ial Lessons are I the family, the church or the nation
tit the bottom of existing troubles, are ; that gives place to sin, is certain to be
now staring up on every side, from their j brought to sorrow aud desolation. The
lcunges, to attend a meeting of their as- j fiery poisonous hreatjh of sin paralyzes
si.rintion or conference or presbytery j all upon which it cduies, changing the
with n formal resolution questioning the ; noblest forms of beanty and strength in
proprictv of a continuance of this system i to shriveled, uncomely bone-fragments
of Bible study with just its present shape ; and hideous skeletons. Mf.thomst Rf-
1 and methods. Like Dame Partington
ItKV. II. T.
1878.
with her broom trying to sweep the At
lantic ocean from the coast of Kngland,
thev imuiiie that thev c:m -it )..-.i tlv
new bounds to the irresistible. Rut their
task is hopeless. There was never so
little hostility to, or so little dissatisfac
tion with, the International Lesson sys
tem, since its inception, as to-day. It
never before had so many intelligent
and enthusiastic supporters and advo
cates. It would be tu easier task to
overthrow the republican system of
government in the I'nited States, than
to abrogate, at this time, the Interna
tioiil J.,-,,,,, ,1. Xo great denomina
ol abandoning them. The question of
the continuance of their series will not
even be deemed worthy of surjoiis discus
sion at the approaching Atlanta Con
vent ion.
Of the different methods of Bible study
which find earnest advocates among
friends of the International Lesson sys
tem, we shall say something next week.
TH F RFLH ( M-'TTosPI TA LIT V.
Wm. M. F. Rut xi(, in S.i-nhay Ai'itiii
xouN for lari h,
True hospitality is a thing that touch
es the heart and never goes beyond the
circle of generous impulses Fntertain
metit with the truly hospitable man
means more than the mere feeding of
the body; it means an interchange of j
soul gifts. Still it should h.vve its laws
as all things good must have law to
govern them.
The obligation to he hospitable is a
sacred one, emphasized by every moral
code known to the world, and a prac
tical outcome of the second great com
mandment. There should never be a guest in the
house whose presence rtupim.s any con
siderable change, iu the domestic econo
my, However lunch the eirciunstaiiees of
business or mutual interests mnv de
mand in entertaining a stranger, he
should never be taken into the family
circle unless lie is known to be wholly
worthy of a place iu that saxcti m san -toiu
m of social life: but when once a
iii.in is admitted to the. home jresde hi
; , ... , ' .. , . , ,
l should ho treated as. it the ldaee liail
place had
been his always.
i iu, iVu t or an invitation gives neither
host or guest the right to he master of
the other's time, ami does not require
even a temporary sacrifice of one's en
tire individuality or pursuits.
A man should never be so much him
self as when he entertains a friend.
To stay at :( frjiind's: h"lisn beyond
the time, for which one is invited is to
perpetrate a social robbery.
To abide uninvited in a friend's
home is as much a misdemeanor as bor
rowing his coat without his permission.
It is debasing' the coin of friendship to
mere dross when a man attempts to make
it pay his hotel bills.
The fact of two men having the same.
occupation and interests j ljf,, gives to
neither a social right to the other's bed
ami board. A traveling minister has
no more right to go uninvited to a fellow-preacher's
house than a traveling
shopkeeper or shoemaker has to go un
invited to the house of his fcllow-cmus
man. Men are orda.iimd to the minis
try as prcadmi's, teachers ami pastors,
and not as private hotel -keepers.
Thev who go into the country in
summer as uninvited guests of their
fanner friends should he rated as
social brigands ami treated according-
These few social maxims are by no
means to be taken as a complete code
of laws. Others quite as important will
spring up out of the personal experience
of every reader of this article, and the
justice and equity of all may be tested
bv that infallible standard of society
the (.olden Utile. There can be 110 true
iu,s,,itai;tv that in practice is a viola-
, tj(lU ,,f t,js ,.,.. ;m, yon l;, v safely
; .f 04:wl,Mi ,j1!ir ,.,, I,.,, iven the
fullest and most perfect measure of en
tertainment to your neighbor if you
have done exactly as you wou'nl be done
by.
Whkx the valley of drv bones was
shown to h.ekiel, lie saw 111 vision ( a
! form of object teaching) the sad endi-
tioii of the house of Israi
', resulting
from sin. I he terrible
effects ofdiso-
bedience upon the noblest and most
favored people on the face of the earth,
were thus shown to him in a manner
that must have been very suggestive.
Frightful anil dismembered skeletons
thrown about iu wild disorder, taught
him in thrilling tableau, the fearful re
j suits to the
flation ami the church of
, wrong-doing.
I What sin was then, it is now:
and
what it did for the Hebrew Church, it
will do for the Methodist Protestant
Church, or any other. It ruined Israel,
it will ruin us, if indulged. It kills
! everv-where and always with unfailing
oiiocs.
HFDSOX, CoR.tr.m-ox Xli K
Imtor
dumber 15.
CALVINISM AJIX.
Certain Calvinists, p..,ssMe,l , ,
zeal than knowledge, ha ig denied
Calvin's complicity in th. burning of
Servettts, the Rev. Dr. I o. little writes
to the Cmt.bT.AX at Work, ,,ot ,ny
admitting that the facts as s ated are
reliable, but citing authorities and let
ters of Calvin in proof. But he urges
that it is unjust to judge the man or the
act by standards of toleration th;lt .1,M
not exist until two hundred years after
he was .lead; and he defends Clvin ;lt
length, jiTTonly 'acting, in accordance
answer to this, we would say that .Jesus
lived before Calvin, and therefore he
was not without the true standard:
and fm t her. that a truly good man
good enough to become an cx;.mple, or
to give rules of judgment and mcth.ids
ofthought to future generations, ms be
above and ahead of his age.And herein we
see just the d.iiV.-reiice between the Mas
ter (.rid Calvin. The one was good
enough to become a personal ,.ample
ami wise enough tn become a teacher,
tor all time. The other whs ns good as
the best, and as u'se as the wisest, ol
his generation: and that is all that can
be claimed for him. And therefore his
type of character, and hi teachings,
should have been ooiirin.vl to his age.
Inste;id o,f th', his wisdom has been
brought, forward as sufficient for
and
binding upon future generations; ;nl
hence he or his system has been a
bondage to successive generations, ccn
to this. Rut from it, thank lit,,, we a re
at last being delivered, through that
rigid and tinal, but good-natured and
Christian comparison with the theology
ol desns, as hi; i pressed it, to which all
tinman s stems must ultimately be
brought. iol.i-;x RlT.K.
TRAIMXO IN MAXXKRs.
Tn:: Coiixnii.i. M;azixi:.
The training of manners, the discip
line of deportment, the old (plaint cere
monials, the restraints of silence, the de
corums of polite sov.i,ty, the curtsies
and oheisiiiii-es of the humbler classes,
the deference oi,the young towards the
old, the observ.-.m-e of children for their
parents. tlnrfe.jlics...l' l..... 1,
long practice and self-restraint neces
sary to success and full enjoyment even
of the favorite recreation, all imply
training more or less laborious; a neyer
relaxed vigilance in the tcadior tHili
ty, patience, and hdf-i'-ommand in the
learnei. Our survey tends to the con
clusion that at no time have manners
been so left to form themselves as now.
We hear of people forgetting their man
ners, but some of our youth stand in
danger of never learning them. While
so great a point is made of thorough
ness in all other learning, the mete- AW
grounding of manners 2Hateus to be
left Ulit;t;g!a. jt seems supposed that,
given so mm h intellectual culture, bovs
( hs )V ,,K, 1tMl, 1,,.(.!,s ul,v.
j iuji ,,1, ,,. ;llt(J )l(,its .llI1.; i,.,-Mte
j ,,. We .10 not believe it.
Many arts and sciences iv more easily
acquired late in life than a good mail
nor. If people are to behave well, they
must be early taught to behave a prac
tice that demands unceasing sacrifices
of minute personal liking to the general
pleasure ami convenience.
TFMPF.RA.N C I : m1 SO V. L L A XV .
The temperance revival has reach
ed hast port, ami nearly every man tn
the town litis signed the total abstinence
pledge.
The gootl fruits of temperance in
Maine arc shown by the following facts fur
nished bvex-t Jovcrnor I tingley. He right
1 v claims that thev show correctly the ef
fect of the prohibition of the sale ot li
j quors (save by agencies) in that State
! In 1SS0 thirteen distilleries made 1. ",-
! 000 gallons of liquor; now there is not a
! distillery or brewery iu Maine. IiiHo'i
there were sold by two thousand taverns
hotels, and saloons, if 10,000,000 wort I
of liquors, or $-0 to each inhabitant. In
177 the aggregate sales ot one humlrei
anil sixty town agencies were 100,000.
j or fifteen cuts to each inhabitant. In
cluding clandestine sales, the highest
total for the year claimed is $1 .000,000,
or if '2 for each inhabitant. In JSoottie
I deaths from i.F.i.ntirM trkvk.vh were two
hundred; now they are not over titty
annually. Kx- Jovernor Dingley claims,
also, that crime ami pauperism have
been greatlv reduced in the State, but
j does not give tin
xact statistics.
Thf. "Lka.-if. or tub noss.
Among the last acts of Pope Pins IX.
was to grant his apostolic blessing aud
also certain indulgences to the Catholic
Total Abstinence Association known as
"The League of the 'ross." The peti
tion of the League asking for the bene
diction was accompanied by a statement
to the effect that in Kngland the vice of
intemperance has increased to such a
degree that in every year 1)0,000 persons
die" of excessive drinking; that according
to the testimony of the magistrates
drink is the source, directly or indirect
ly, of To per cent, of the crimes com
mitted; Mini that this vice extends to
every class of society, causing the disas
trous ruin of families, and, in the lower
classes especially, destroying domestic
life, together with the practice of religion
and iiu- Christ'uoi .-ducat ion ot the
children. The League claims to have
l.v.niirlit about in five veaiv' wotl; niati'.-
beneficial results.
ghc Christian dvodc.
Offich Cor. Davhon A- Harokttt..
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Advertisriusnts will be changed once erery tin
months without axlaltlonal charge. For Tery til
er change there will be an extra charge of twaty
ceut. an inch. Twenty fire per ctat. Is a4dd to
the alwve ratts for (octal tot!" Jn the I.ol o
umn Terms, cash In aTioce, unleas oth.rwtae
greert upon The above r .te are cheaper than
those ot any other rrr the South ol the same
rhararur and circulation.
THF. ILL-HF.ALTH OF LADIES.
FiiAMKs Powr.R Coiuir, in Contkmpo-
IMRY R-.VIKW.
hat are the causes of the valetudin
arianism of ladies ?
I irst, of course, there is a consider
able class of inherited mischief, feeble
constitutions, congenial temleneiiM to
chronic troubles, gout, ilysH'psi.i, and
so on, due to the errors of either parent,
ortoTHKii: evil heritage of the snnie.
All that need be said her- " "-. '
. , ,.-Miini-l necessarily, g"
is that n. ..
i.- 1 . .0 inON'' n unit li
on tinLUuihW. .:,.; nn .done penults
them to transmit a healthy condition to
their children.
Xext t.i hereditary i ki i if. sax if, we
come to cases where the habits of the
siiftrrers themselves are the cause of the
mischief; ami these are of two kinds
one resulting from what is gootl and 1111
eltish, ami one from what is bad and
frivolous, in the disposition of wo
men. Women are generally prudent enough
about their money; that is, of their own
money, not that of their husbands. I
have heard an observant man remark
that he never knew a well-conducted
woman who, of her on u fault, became
bankrupt. But as regards their health
the very best of women have a propensi
ty to i.ivk on thfii! i 'A err al. Their
nervous energy, stimulated either by
conscicnce or affection or intellectual in
terests, suffices to enable them to post
pone perpetually the calls of their bod
ies for food, sleep or exercise. They
draw large drafts 011 their physical
strength, ami fail to lodge corresponding
sums of restoring rest ami nutriment.
Their physical instincts are not inqieri-
011s, like those of men; ami they habit
ually disregard them when thev makt
themselves felt, till poor nature, contin
ually snubbed when she makes her mod
est requests, ceases to press tor daily
settlement of her little bill, ami reserve's
herself to put in an exesion by-and-by.
The vegetative ami the spiritual part of
these women flourish well enough; but
(as Kingslev's Old Sands sas) "There
is a lack of ., .iiiii .. !:..::'.:-!" between
the two. They seem to consider them
selves as fireflies iss,ij oiif f a rose.
n;ni.ff iiiitici''..rtiii Untile;"" brighjfeu
the world, not creatures of flesh and
blood, needing to go to bed and eat roast
mutton.
scn:x( k.
- A galvanic pile, of which carbon is
the active elect roue. Ids been invented
bv .labloebkoir.
The petrified remains of sharp, and
ithcr interesting fossils, have been
found in a quarry in Stockton, Kan
sas.
The waters from the warm springs
of Asinamishaiiseii contain the very
large proportion of'H.Oi'TS parts of bi
carbonate of lithium in
Scientific circles aie discussing
the interesting question: "Was (ralileo
subjected to torture by the Inquisition?"
rhe burden of evidence goes to support
the opinion that he was.
The effect ol the telephone is said
to be improved bv placing one or more
vibrating plates about one millimeter in
front of the ordinary telephone. The
supplementary plates are perforated at
the center.
A new mineral substance found in
the salt deposits at Stassfurt, has been
called Bischofite. It contains 11. MO per
cent, of magnetism, :,:5.01 of ehloriiif
ami fio.lO of water.
To remedy the dull tone produced
when some alloys of tin, hardened by
antimony, copper, etc., arc struck. plunge
the alloys for a minute into a parafliiic
or oil bath heated to 50 degrees Centi
grade below the boiling point; allow the
alloys to cool slowly.
Tin; supposition that, tubes con
veying hot water for healing building
can become so hot a to set the building
on tire implies that the pipes can stand
the pressure which water can exert
when raised to a tempera; w of say !t.0
degrees of 1 .000 degrees. Wood-M ork,
however, near ordinary 1.. ating-pics
may be so heaid ami irie,l to b me
highly inflammable.
An interesting addition has lately
been made to the geological division of
the American Museum of Xatuial Ilis
l..iv, iu the shape of some
immense slabs of red sandstone, showing;
plainly the footsteps left by the gigantic
bird-like animals which inhabited tl
swampy lands of Connecticut ami Mas
saehusettsTmg ages ago. The slabs
are from a quarry at Tunier's Falls,
Mass., and date back to the Triassic
Period.
Dr. Xiehols, who has made a cc-
ries of dietetic exjieriments on himself,
has arrived at the conclusions that if
the stomach is allowed to rest, any case
of dyspepsia may be cured; that the diet
question was at the root of all diseases;
that inre bl I can only be made from
our,, bh v...'., and ihat if the drink of a
nation were pure tin. I free from stimula
ting qualities, and tb f'd was also
pure, 1 lie result w..uld ! pore hu.llth.
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