1 ft i 1 I 1 I' I nli. '1 ort- TKKMS. The CiiRisms Akvouatk Is lurnlehed to subscri bers at fi 20 per aunnm in advance. If payment ba tlelayod ix months $'-'h; one copy, six months, !.-.-. LIB UA'iKS. Ten ropies, oiip year, pout paid Kilty epics, or.e year, pot pal. I, J.OO 1.7.-. OLH ACiE.N I S. All tho traveling end local preachers In the bonndy ot the North Carolina Conferonre are out authorised Agiiuta. Any person sending us ten snbocribers. for one year, will receive the paper free. W E KNOW NuT WHY. 'lolloveth whom "Te '.'h iateue.it. O weary heart be still! L-t evnry murmur. n thought be iiu he aad sink i ;t'r His Will M.y ilils bent uu i a Uca.ou b uhrouga life's ev utiul ftiv. VTiieii j i4d witii r seate ba,ns, or Korio.'" Soiuo s.mg Tha ma :e Ui uur fcouie, tings it laa; sun aiii di ; Some beautiuus fluer we cherUrM well, witJb fc.i.ute t cbli; - lies: So ins taupe, briUt w til om iicre, U.ie like the And Home hlet ci cle yinlJs the Ud t dtt&th'a J.ir wuy tlm bird of rarest shoiii t'f e to S1U;J Wiiy lnTg!i:e". vision lio;- Jlsd aa, giow dim riving yt jr.-. And loTt i sweat uiiie pom ou.t tu Je til :Uul i o:-x tailing t'-sr. W know n Jt way but dimly sr c; till Uod's ureat l-vt-, we kuou . t"nfol.Is us .u ii - -i-le i-.librae ; iiowe'er li!t' taT- VoilTri flow To W tic on h ormy surye we drift, yet God t-ter al miw'ht Still bfir us o- Td His h.lU that it't tfceir tower z'.i endle' iUi We know not wfcy; thought fold her wings, power less to pieri-e thr- vail, I tke s me tired iulL-r.n uf the tky when turm darfc cIoaU .n-aii. A'e know not uy ir I -Io n fa'I, and eirth-born hopes grow dim; But thiK we know, viod rulet i well from flower to ibraputin Coi loreth w.iom He chsstenetli. O trust Infinite skill X" guide thy way mid storm and calm, through opupjng riwtai! siill ! O Pilot of crle-Ual uioul l, speak: whem the wig are Ulh " Lo! it iB i: be not aaid'" and tempeit winds bhiiU die. rvv. H. tt Wari-wul, in 7.vn'$ 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. -,.. - ... . - .. , . 1 .... .. ,1..,. .1... .... i.ii- ..I t ! i 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 1 : i . i .1... , able and interesting correspondent, "P," ' .-.f 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 .. i. : -.ti i: reanu its gneu iu me cna pier iieceiunv; , 9v , . . ' ,.:.,. iiu'' KiSon U a 1 lei I cities, magnificent ' - 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.. UATF.S OF ADVKKTISIXo: Br ace. 1 1 Werk.i 1 Moh , J Mom. a u . ... 1 Siaare, 28iuarei, i Square $100 S0O I $ too! $isoo ' .) ! 00 6 00' 13 00 , -JOtki ( 3 00 7 0u: in 00.. iim. ; ,w 4 Square. w I w : IN . oo o oil . as i OOj VIM - ,10 1 Old W Ml col niu H Ool'niD 1 CotnmD oo i as oa . ou 0 60 00 US 15 00 S3 00 ! 75 00 I laOOui; 'V oa AO Ou, l ?& 0l'. 1. 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. I)