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For every oth er change there will be an extra charge of twrnty centi an inch. Twenty Ave per cent, la added to the above ratis for -fecial soticee in the Local col umn Terms, cash In advance, nnleas othtrwlae agreed upon. The above rates are cheaper than thoas of any other paper in the south ot the same character and circulation. Ail tlie irelis ' local preacher In the bound ,,i t:i- N-rtli Caroliua wuiuttih c are our auiuoriawl fil.at9. Any persua aeading us lea aubacrllmre. for Vol. XXIII. gh, N. (1K Wediicsdiiy, Mny 1st, 1878. lSulnlJeJ IT. BracK. IWF.CK.i 1 Square, f l 00 2 Square. , a on il Squares it On, 4 Square. 4 tK .St Col'mu .-. 001 ii Col'mn 9 U0 1 Column iii U0! HI tU 11 T- 1 '" i .-J f . col. ?r "f :i. o. 1 i rs 01 rv.- . AN' EASTER lOKM. I Wl roWUiy ftW v-a t Mil I Wltil; j A rvp- r riii v.no, t :uv vUil I. . Vj. it to - ' , i 1 '-'h A ivi lutu'tc grow. 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I. fr tln- . ; a '.vr i'c'.ii'v. . ii'i' lll"M' ' Mi: 1 II N A l'V K ATE -at- -iiai'l' roiiunrnt" Upon tilt t:;r,l int.' tlir S.mtlirin l'ul ii i ''aim l'v ;i uuml-rr o; ; ; v.-ii irr" 1- i'orrou : i . '.- V.....I'.. Tlw Kifh- , ,-. itiri-'ii tii' up tlit-' North ; i:.t,. ;;,iu . liiirit ii.at. Wr niv . ,. ,:,.r til" !i-t- to U'foli'l tilt . : Ui.-iiMi A'i flitt i lit' fan take ir. !". i ir l rii- lii- - : .Ir 'i:t in-ill "auivti. 1 1: ; r . - w.. taif it-Mv.- to say thai ; iri- irhavfl in ;i vrry un- :,y. W'r 'i.'ll't illiauilK' tlia ti.:i:i!i u- !"i our opinion; wo ar ; j. f.T ili'tuk-. We frill wt t.iiii rrv lit tit- j; 1: liis lirart 1 ... iiiii.l. itr.l ::uaif.t us "ini-ria-..fthf South. Wr ;uc vi-rv 1 1 ict..r i in iu-li a statr oi :v t !.. r lit- a'oly ;i tsn'ut :iprr a -uv.-av rr;'..!. V. :!:: "i tlir Uirhiii "li'l ititiin.it-,- . iinl-i' tint our I'lll'li.-liili.L ..:rti:it va or t.-ti. fran:iu!'tit' v . .1 lor -u-ii 'pit iirt-), Wil' . ;!.iT.-i !i:il." ''"; : ?..ithwrtMli - ;!. in-w .-ittaok as follows : - a .t tii- ri;-i tiiu.' it has !. n ... ; ; ; pav r 'iliitly for ti at' l -"n. :i Mr. iai k a-k-il fir !, ...iiar- to r-.-t a Soutltrrii '. -j-, avannaii, hr 'it-"l "lliitrr ;" iicii lr. Hani-oil caiiir to . i .i ni.-ii-v t.. !iniii tin- South ii ill Atl-utta, iir-ai'l iir vhii!1 ;. i i.tiir.. to -how our trati-r-S... to.i. Mr. Miti-lirll, wlirii he ! !,i.,iirv for his Trxian school; ... now, piiviuriit of that rlaim is a tr.t. In l-.-'l. wr ran havr ali . :it -i nit v wr air uillili.C to J'iiV - : !, a i-utiitiL.' of tii" i-as l-- vrry it iiiiutio' to thr worthy minister- . -" naia'". Mr. IMwanl- li:is introiluc : ,r,, hi .liatrih-. A- to Tr. Clark's -ir N'..rth; wrknow that many .irrnrr ,li,l ir.oii'l to hi api'rahhrrausi . V i.-. o"llizr.l tlir illtl'ilisic UHTltS Oi - . Mii-r, an. I U-raiw thry w ihnl to - i .'v tlirir fiat initv.' As to Mr. n ri-on's vi.-it .t.. hirago, Mr. Edwanls . Lii't. It i our ot tli'! iiif'-liritirs ol i-ioii. that it oftrii impairs the lunii- Sooti aft.i l.r. Harrison's -it to I'hirauo, tin- Norihwrstrrn i-on-.:,.,! an -lrtrantly wi ittrn ulitorial, -iniiiL; thr fact that Dr. Harrison r.' i.othiiur in t'hiraLCo hy tlio statp nt that h- -li'l not ask for anything, "ur Northvrtrrii statr.l tlir ca-i'. with irnirahh: t.i' t ami ilrlir;iry. J r. H., o;-.i.iiiir to thi paper. li'l not ask for ,.", l.rr.-iiis.. hr wouhl not m.i-iii to he :hi-fiiitrinity; ami Chicago Mrtho " ii f. h itsrlf cstoppr i from giving un '..1. l.t it h" siisprrtrl of trying to ;y fiatrinity ! Why, hist yrar Mr. iwar.K "plain.vl thr la. k of gifts ill .u',... ti..n with polite criticism of Dr. i. for not asking. Hi recent .Irliver i. to ay thr lea-t of it, not a polite I llieiM.l. 1 Wr liopr Mr. IMwanls cannot perpe- ta ti" an uglier inuneiiilo than that con-'0W-i:.. '. :. .1 I.. . .............. ..........I mIiiivp. U1 - Ii- ' l III I lie .-l -io . ii... When the Doctor returns to his at- tl k upon thr rul.lishi.ig House Claim, i- i 1 1 1 .' ii :-n -- . I lear him : The Southern ('lunch. ('nri'.cii li'- his ouilaweil l iiiou men, ai'leil ..., leracv, ami iin, k-I 'he 1'nioli v.. , tnuot do iu.ticc to siuih an as- !i''-r -tiiteuieiit without seeming to i '!ii". It is painful to write the '1 ne word that fitly charac- " We will not. lint we will ' ' 'V, there are other infelici-tijei- hej-'idcs the inability to ';,'i'i!i;i!lv ;ntlv- It. is notori- ;,) 'k' le is tM,t. a single fact of his- ton- to justify such a Ktatenu'iit ns the sentence tnu.tetl ahove contains. Dr. Edwards is not ignorant; we do not be lieve he is a bad man; hut he is n mad man. ." - V lieu an angry man begins to say ugly things he never knoVs" Where he will stoj). -If he is not a preacher, or a good Christian; lie is apt to swear. A brilliant editor ean . do his swearing rhetoric tlly. His vocabulary is .'not limited to the slang of the streets; he can swear undercover of a fiirurc .T.'t'"-li. The Due-tor invents a IbrV. for the occa sioiu 1 ,iiis : - - i The nation does not ove th;it H vk j om""-'rn sigk wnt, hutf if any cmiivTct into a good ht'mor and come to seei pensation IS to. lie lll.ulf . V.1U '-t iu-ii ..... ,vr .Joint .sheiiir b ve oikt fjaJernal friends an onleY -'on Dives !" (Exclamation point ours.) We regret to see the jii-owing disre spect of several of our Northern Metho- list exchanges for the National Admin istratioii. .Not long ;ip one ol them met a sensational report that I 'resident Hays contemplated resigning, by asking in ;m altogether contemptuous and dis loyal way, "Who cares?" j insults I Ami now the .Northwestern , the distinguished Secretary of the I'nit- ..'1 States Treasury. It would he bad : eiiotigh to make such succestions to an individual, but when they are offered to a Krpublican meniber of a Republican President's Cabinet, it i unbearable. Does the Northwestern mean to intimate that the Secretary of the Treasury has a bank account in that region where Di ve i ? It is incredible that Mr. Sher man should take such risks with the people's money. Forty Herring's safes would not siifiice to protect the precious greenbacks, gold, silver, nickle, and cop per coins. Resides, an order fin Mixes Aoitld do us no milliner of good. We have no dealings with "his set,' and .vf could not, under any circumstances, prevnt the check. We will let the Publishing House go down first. And il we weir 10 present Mi. Sherman's or der we could not collect it. In the first place, our excellent 'overnmeiit has no ciiIi.fTi..i.ni-i. Tni..it- It It li;l.l vi f should be turned off, for we are unknown at that counter, and could not be 'iden tified." A "letter of introduetiaii" from Mr. Edward even, would not answer. The fact is, the Doctor is "making game" of us. Had he been "Col." In gersoll and not Mr. Edwards, instead of this euphemism about .John Sherman's giving us -'an order on Dives," he would have said. "Let .John Sherman tell them to go to ." Rut we don't intend to go. I loctor. Rut the Doctor is not happy after this .variu reference. He is uneasy. He gives expression to hi ,-inxieti. "Our only fear is that the Senate will have demagogues enough to ha rely pass the bill. We hope Northern Legisla tures will table every Senator who thus sacrifices the people's money to pay those without whose aid the rebellion would never have come. The Metho dist Secession of 144 made the icbel lioli of 1 SOU possible." Now, Doctor that is not very polite in an "official journal" aiter C.ti'K May. The Doctor grows more desperate as he neari the conclusion of his editorial. He actually threatens to "bull-doze" the Southern (Jcneral Conference. He says : "We will send down special marked copies of the Northwestern to the Southern ( ieneral . 'oiiference, and if Richmond .asks it will go down, too, and make them a speech in proof that no Methodist "fraternity' is worth hav ing, r living, unless it rests on other than a specie basis." We implore the Doctor to reconsider tli is cruel purpose. Don't send us"special marked copies" to Atlanta. And don't "come down to make us a speech', in the temper of your editorial. If you were to go to talking about "Dives"' in such fashion as you write, you would shock our Ceneral Conference in a very painful manrer. e arc not used to hearing preachers take on so. Ami if Von were to go on in such a fashion, some evangelical and courageous brother might get right up and tell you that you are "in the gall of bitterness,'' and advise you to "go up to be prayed for'" the first opportunity. Rut, if you will come, when you get sweetened into a good "fraternal" humor again, we will be ever so glad to set; you, and will pro mise not to ask you for a single dollar. The Doctor winds up with a war whoop that must strike terror into all Congressmen who meditate the justice of paying the Soutliern Chnrch for the use of projM'rty that was not "contra band of war" and that was never "con fiscated," he cries out : "Shame on the Congress"' "that pas ses such a bill, and shame on the 'mushy Methodist' that favors it. That door once opened, our national debt will be doubled. Treason will never be iii.nl . odious w hile the nation entertains the thought of paying enemies for their re bellion." Dear Dr. Edwards, excuse us for sug gesting that we ask pay for the use of the Publishing House. As to, "pray for our rebellion" you have your ideas slighllv confused. It is we poor South- ; ening all his virtues, until in all prob t riieis who h.vvk i'Aii i tut rr AtitKADV. J ability he would have been equal to the And vou should not seek to induce the .'('ovcriiment"nt Washington to treat a Church."' as enemies. )urinders must not conclude thai the edit rial we have noticed is a fair represemation of Dr. : Edwards' normal menta&air emotional condition. There must bj-to borrow Huxley's coiioep-tion-ome morbid viscus" that is re sponsible. It is our desire for real fra ternity 'LjHt, has induced the present ar- tick e want to insist that our.rea- tiers" and our brethren of the M. K. Church, Suith, must not do our breths re 11" yonder the injustice of conclud ing that Dr. Ethvards represent their li ui-iuiiT. - mi or i ne i octor niinseil have great h.''es. If he will only ternjtv. And of the Doctor himself Sri . r.-. iri? 'fr f ,-. ,ivi:rA' TiinT A i of'thf frrrnr of his ways, and send him home j lyden with hlessiigs a w iser and a het iter man. Oxford. II. For the Advocate, AM VM AND HIS I'OSTEHITY. ItV HE V. It. T. HI.AKE. In the constitution under which our first parents were placed in the garden f Eden, it wns rl...-...I !;,..! l,..t c . ..... ...... ... h.ng as they maintained their fidelity to ( Jd and l.roon K- n..,l tl ..oowmmt gracioiislv bestowed on them that thev should be perfectly secure in the enjoy ment of life and all the blessings of life; to them and their heirs forever; upon the same condition; and it was expressly deelarcd that for one act of disobedience they would forfeit life and all its bless ings; for Jod said, "In the dav l imit eatcst thereof, thou shah surely die." Nothing therefore was set before them as the penalty of (iod's violated law, hut immediate death, ami no rendering of the words can m.-ike it otherwise, with out a manifest absurdity, to escape an apparent difficulty. "In the day thou eatcst thereof, thou shalt surely die." To arrive at its literal significance, we analyze this sentence as we do in getting at the meaniing' of any other written document,. They are ('oil's words as nearly as can be communica ted to us by any translation. Tliey are plain words addressed to man, who had intelligence enough to apprehend their meaning, and as far as God in tended, they conveyed to his mind-the ideas that were in the mind of God. To a plain understanding the meaning is not doubtful. Rut wise men begin to philosophize. The- say that sntF.i.v dm: means "dying thou shalt die," tem porally, spiritually and eternally. Rut as this is impossible, to take place in one day, or in a thousand years, it must have a different meaning, and they go over to a new constitution, a new dis pensation, and from facts then existing infer that there must have been some thing implied in the penalty, hut not expressed in the first constitution. We know that our first parents did not die physically, on the day thev transgressed, and we know if we believe what is re corded of them after their disobedience, that the- were morally and spiritually diseased the moment they sinned yet we have grounds to hope thev are not now suffering the loss of life and all its blessings forever. Had our first parents been immediately cut off when thev sin ned, the truth and justice of God would have been vindicated. They would have perished, and with them the hu man species. ("oil's designs in their creation would have been frustrated. It would have been an impeachment of his infinite at tributes, his omnipotent power or his wisdom and goodness. Man may make a failure, but God cannot. This would have been the light in which our first parents would have regarded the conse quences of their own voluntary trans gression. They would have been the only conscious sufferers. An impassible gulf would have been placed between them and their posterity. The bridging of this gulf is what has caused so much confusion in a doctrine which lies at the foundation of all true religion and in an especial manner, of Christianity. What wonhl have been the condition of their posterity if our first parents had not sin ned, we know nothing; we can only in fer that it would have been the same, in its general character, as their parents enjoyed. They would have been on trial, involving great difficulty and dm ger, with the penalty of death for their every act of" disobedience. For we know from God's own month that it is the universal and necessary law of his government that "the soul that sinneth it shall die." To dissolve this connec tion would be fatal to the government of God. It wouhl he a contradiction in terms a cause without effect a fire that does not burn, to speak of sin with out moral pollution or what we call spiritual death. Reason and common sense as well as the Rible, assures us that the instant our first parents sinned they corrupted their nature, and in that state thev would transmit their corrupt n.i tnre to their posterity. If anything can ba made plain to the human mind by language we know that man was made upright, that he was made in the image of God, that he was endowed with ac tivity, freedom and intelligence, and a capacity of improvement; for strtdlgfh- angels, being made of tjie dust of the glrtltlld. Hut to learn what an unlawful change came over Adam and Eve we have only toTead what God lias caused to he writ ten of them. After they had sinned they made no discovery of the loss they had sustained- of innocence, of purity, of faith in f rod and love to liim. "They were sensible only of what they regard ed now as a personal defect, and they, set about to correct it by artificial means. They girdled themselves with fig leaves and went forth into the garden to regale themselves with all its fruits, to' 'hear the music of birds, and to feast ;rr eyes on all the beauties of Eden. 'Thus f hov continued until the eol uf the cve- iu'iii Happier without Cnl jr vjjt j HrTfufor he was Hot in all theirTTuTghts. While walking in the garden they heard the voice of God. Their consciences were aroused; and though he called with the tenderness of an injured Fat Iter, the j voice of ( 'od seemed to them now as the j sound of thunder following the Hash of lightning from an angry cloud. They j trembled and fled and absconded. Rut (God followed them and called' again: j "Adam, where art thou ?" Then com ; nieiiced a course of tergivesatiott and in ! solcnce unparalleled in human history. ho can gainsay it when we affirm that here Adam ajipearsin the last state of human degradation. "The woman thou gavest mo to be with me she gave me of the tree audi did eat." Was! there ever greater meanness? to charge his sin on his wife and through her on his Maker. Could a fallen angel do more than this to deserve his fate ? Vet he is spared His forfeited life is re stored to him he is made the second time the head and renresentaf ive ol" thr . . 1 . ... human species, from whom millions in numerable are to be brought into life, ignorant, depraved, inclined to evil con tinually the image of Cod effaced, the moral law blotted out, the mind filled with confusion and the heart with un governable passions, exposed through life to misery and sufferings which, ab stractly considered as a jmnishment for Adam's sin, are infinitely worse than the death threatened under the first law. For if Adam and Eve had been punish ed as thry might very justly have been, they alone would have been conscious of death and its consequences. They were taken from under the curse of the law and thereby have entailed sin and misery and death on all of woman born. To reconcile this order of things to the wisuom ami gooaness oi tod is tne 1 1 1 .1 question that has, in all ages, perplexed thoughtful minds. If its solution can not be found in Christianity, it will never be on this side of another world, i We Til 11 st thru ..-o li!nlr to ohihisoT.ln- ni.l t.iL-.. ,.... .. 1... ..t ,.i.,t..,. ..,.1 ., at all past time, he has been. Wt. 1 know nothing .if any prior condition from which he has fallen. God must have made him as he now is, ami as j (ods infinite attributes are developed i in creation, all his works are perfect M ; . , ..r.. ,7.. . , . i ...i -i- an is perfectly made, and if we see .. . . . . . . some little deviations lrom the rule, thev - are oiuv exceptions, such as l .1. ... .-1 thoughts, adulteries, fornications, mur ders, thefts, covetousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness,' which proceed out of the heart of God's noblest work. To this conclusion we all must come; or accept Thr Christ of history, for there is no other. For the Advocate. W'l LM I N G T( N DISTRICT. Dh. Roiiiirrr: On the morning of April 0th, accompanied by my little son, I left the "loved ones at home," and set out for a brief trip through Rrunswick, Columbus and a part f Rladen. ( hi reaching the Ferry at the foot of Market Street, we were detained an hour. A flat, containing 200 bar rels of turpentine, had been "capsiz'etl" and lay directly in our way. Think of "Roxing" and "Hacking" pine trees, milking 200 barrels, filling them with "Virgin," "Vellow-dip" and "scrape," rowing all to market, and then, in sight of the greenbacks, "spilling" all in the river ! Moral : "Disippoininients sink the heart of man." Across the Cape-Fear, and two miles on the 'cause-way" to Rrunswick river. Along this "narrow way" the grand Union Army attempted to march into Wilmington in Feb. 1S05, but was pre vented from doing so by a few shots from a " Whitworth gun." Over the I'.runswick river, we drove 10 miles to Zion Church, where we found a good congregation and a large num ber of the officials of Smithville Circuit. Rev. H. V. Wiley is now in charge of this Circuit and was at his post. I labored to drill the christian soldiers at this post of duty, in the best, method of successfullv conducting the great campaign of life. Preaching over.the (Quarterly Conference was hold. Wo spent the night at the house of brother Jacob Evans. Sab bath morning April 7th, again in the church at ! a. -m., "Love-Feast," gracious season. Old ind young spoke of God's great goodness to them. At 11a m., held forth the word of life to a largo and attentive audience. Then the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The great. Head of the church was pres ent to own and bless. "I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." Spetif a 'lens:mt night at the house ot E. AV. 'Taylor,. Sheriff f Brunswick, and an active steward of the church at Zion. Early Monday the Sth, we start ed for "Waeeainaw Mission." in Co lumbus county. Rro. Gilbert Maultz by had met us at Zion to pilot us on our way. , The mad from Sheriff Tay lor's to cove's Ferry, on the Waeea inaw river, is not very interesting to the traveler. There are very few houses on theK Now and then we meet a cart jfoinf; px Wilmington, and see a !iaU chij.puig pine trees. There is, however, io scarcity of sand, mud, swani's. re-gr-iss and pine forests. ViMiAi--.i:u- slowlv alone-. V,. . A" --.. l-e "lOJJs.'s:" hut tm v must nave heeii "asleep or gone on a journey," for our best efforts to lie poetical could not lift us above the level road of sand along which we traveled. Many a road of mud and sand, All through a murkcy, swampy hind, Where grows the t.ill, the white-boxed pine And flow the streams of turpentine. Great mats of grass o't-rsmead the ground, And thickly lay the pine-burrs round: bile in the green and massv hog We heard the native low-land frog. At. this stage of affairs our wixoi.f.ss mind deserted us, and we found our selves in the "overflows" of the Waeca- maw river . I In river is a This river is a small stream with low hanks; but in times of long continued rams overflows its banks and spreads out for two or three miles wide. Across the river at Reeve's Fer ry, we spend the night at .lames Long's, once a Raptist preacher, but now an ex- I bolter in our church Soon after reach ing hrotuer Long s, lu-v. I . .1 l.rown ing, the preacher in charge of the Mis sion, came. Since hist Christmas ihe good people of this neighborhood have erected a neat little church. They "had a mind to work." Tuesday, April ilth, at 11 a. m., we addressed a respectable congre gation for ;in hour, explaining the Doc trines and Discipline of the M. E. Church, South, and hen dedicated the new church to tin w,,iMn ,,f ;,,.! .in,! i named it Rethesila. Here we have nearly 70 members. About .'0 of these have joined our church from the Rap tists. May God bless and prosper the little band, meeting foi worship in this Rethksim. H,e we left Rro. Maultz- I bv. We shall not forget his kindness. 1 rew.a'-'! him "an hundred j Iom ; Vow P.i-o Ih-...! lone- il. i.-.n- Three or four miles from Ret hesda we came to "seven creeKs, and put our- ' Sr'"' S horses and uiggv across, on rune oarge; aim usi oeiore iiignt reacn- -l the house of Rev. .less,. Cox, a l.K,,I j ! . i, l .. ill preacher. Urotlieri ox is a good and true man, and a useful local preacher, lie is the man who gained a signal vie- ton- over a ministc- of the "Hard- j Shell" persuasion. It was on this I 'l-l ..11 1 i 11" 1 . ! . i" ...1 wise i e iiaro-iieii u.-iu sri mriii IN . his lata istic doctrine verv in v:nu " I I.i' ..1 1 1 .. 11.. .1.. ! del i it 1 1 1 1 , ami, as usual, ionium oe nouueed the Methodists. After he closed he insisted that brother Cox should make a talk. Ri ot her ( '. com plied with his request and replied to his sermon; and in conclusion told this an ecdote: "An old negro man went to hear a 'Hard-Shell' preach. When he returned, his master asked him how he liked the sermon. He replied: "Me no like de sarmont at all. M preacher "iiv one Siiv. when ' -od miiKe man, lit; guv oiu half ob de race to Christ and tudder to do devil. And now de preachers, da keeps ii trvin lo git the devil's part from him, and de devil he keeps a trvin to get Christ's part from him, aldo de whole matter was fix afore de lounda- tion ob de work Dun no which de big- gis fool, de preachers or de devil." This "brought down the house," and brother C. was triumphant. April 10th, at 11 a. in., preached at "Pine Log," a poor excuse for a house of worship. We sincerely hope the congregation will build a better church before the end of the year. We Inula profitable meeting at "Pine Log." Several penitents. In the afternoon we drove 12 miles and spent the night at Colin White's. April 11th, at 11 il ia., preached at Lebanon. Here we have ;i respectable house of worship and 7" or SO members. Many of these have joined our church from the Rap tists. The "Waecatiiaw Mission" is in good condition, and we hope in a very few vears to make it self-sustaining. Rro. Browning is a faithful and earnest worker, and is greatly beloved by his people, in the afternoon drove 10 miles to Whiteville and spent a most pleasant ight with Dr. .lackson. Spent April 12th in Whiteville at the pleasant home of Hon. V;in. Richardson the able and popular Representative of Columbus Co., in the last Legislature. Preached at night. Thence April loth, 10 miles to Smith's Church preached held quarterly conference, ami in compaiiv with Rev. .1. T. Lyon and Rev. T. .1. Browning, spent the night at the house of our good brother, White Smith. Sabbath morning 14th, at a. in.. Love-Feast. II a. in., preached dedicated Smii h's Church and adminis tered the Lord's Supper. Riot her Lyon is a faithful man and in great favor with his people. Dined at Mrs. Shaw's and spent ihe night at Mrs. McCalls' in the bounds of the Elizabeth circuit. Monday l'uh, preached at Union church. Here 1 was met by the preacher in charge of Eliza beth circuit, Rladen Co., Rev. .1. W. Handle. This is brother Handle's first year on this work. He is making a fine impression, and the outlook for success is hopeful. After preaching, drove ti miles to the house of brother W. A. Savage, and spent the night. Tuesday Kith, preached at Rladen Springs. Left Whitehall at i) p. m. on the steam er Murchison ('apt. Garisoii, and reached home at midnight and fount" all well. Absent 10 days, traveled about l."iO miles, preached 10 times, adminis tered the Lord's Supper '' times, held '1 quarterly conferences and dedicated -churches. I am happy in the work of the Lord. May God bless his work everywhere ! L. S. Rl liKIIKAll. l''or the Advocate. AN ANTI-SPASMODIC WANTED FOR THE ClirRCH. by i;i:v. .1 F. 111.11 MAN. Are you never going to give any one chance to join the church ?" said a oo.l lady to a preacher in charge of a -'"'clut- J lie preacher had heeli on the I circuit tor more than halt it year, hut ! during that time had never opened the doors of the church for (he reception of members. He was waiting for the pro tracted meeting season when he expect ed to launch out with his gospel seiu, and haul in all the sinner fishes at one time. Docs he not represent a class, and a large one too, among the ministers of the day ? Are there not many who preach every Sabbath, mouth after month, without receiving a member, and even without giving any one the op portunity to become a member ? This is not as it should be. Members ought to be received at every service, ami souls converted during the preaching of every ' sermon. I he normal state ol the true i christian church is the revival state: the abnormal state is that of indifferent lukewarmness, with an occasional spas modic display of zeal. In the days of primitive Christianity, preaching and baptizing were closely allied, and were almost constant companions, (it-ncral- ly after the word was preached, the water was poured, and the water was i .. i.i r.i... ii i. . c. - ifoiiicii ii .in eiiii'ieiii oi int.- iioi .-muiii which was poured out upon the people simultaneously with the preaching of i.i i i.. .i i ... .i ... j 1 " "! ''-, m , u..- s,,,- ogiie, in the private chamber, in the t room, in the prison, in the street, ami along the desert highway, the word i.t.......wl tl,.. 1. ....... 1.1-.. .. 1 1 j i"l:'- " l" 'M"; '"' i tll(' -T,rlt h'"He.d like a j the Spirit healed like a balm, and then ; md there the water proclaimed a new J I j "lieciple of the Lord .lesus. Thost i .. .. ! were not the day s tit protracted meet- ; Iinr ..r .-iiinii.it ..1.H....1. ui.'i.iii " i..ovi. . . T'nl" n "v " -""men, ' , , i lent mill liel'leil. IrmMi'.-u elf. .i-t ' P.-.. " i- - ............. ........ . ... tiiicted meetings are sudden, they are more or less violent, and too often are fruitless of good in their immediate or their final results. The religious mus cle relaxes and contracts in proportion as it has been distended, and oh ! what becomes of the church, and what is it doing until the next annual convulsion? What becomes of the penitents left at ! the altar "? where are the converts at ' Christinas ? why does not that shouting i sister attend divine service tor the next I -Nt months to come .' why does not j ! that groaning brother pay something for ( ! the support of the ministry at the first ' quarterly meeting ot his circuit? and ! why does the preacher lay aside for 12 ': months the text, 'Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, or oth ers of ii like import? If is because there is a spasmodic church thereabouts. In this age of many doctors ami medi cines, that spiritual doctor, who seeing the importance of the thing, shall pro duce an ANTi-srAsMoiuc for the church, will be the great benefactor of his age. He will restore power and influence to the church, which is losing its vitality by its violent periodic convulsions. .lOSlAH'S EARLV PIETY". The outlook was ominous. Idolatry i rii i i nascM'iNi.e,r icgii.mi. .in- ....... .is ; .,, ,,,. ,.ople. Ihe societies dotted over with "high places." The J xvhioh abide by this plan, reap theadvan gods of I'henicia and Moaband Anion- j tage. moii had become the accepted deities of, "s" V Fl T F I Y the people. The Temple stood in j ruins : the mere relic of a departed age I How near and how lovely a friend is and of a faith no longer respected. Its j ( 'hrist '. Man needs such a friend. The sacred vessels have been removed, and heart is formed for sympathy. In its its shrine had suffered repeated des- , jovs, in its sorrows, in it afflictions, it ecratioiis. On the soutliern heights of I ivtires ever to the innermost circle, and Olivet still stood the three idol sand- : there in the dear companionship of one uaries, built by Solomon and dedicated 1 tried friend, unbosoms itself and gives to A start, Chemosh and Moloch. They j to its emotions their utmost play. had survived the various kingly and j Without such a recourse the heart is popular reformations, and their cruel and obscene rits were eagerly engaged in by a people who had long ago forgot ten and forsaken the pure and elevating ritual of the Temple worship. Philips Brooks says : "Every ser mon must ha ve solid rest on Scripture, and the pointedness w hich comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought aigninent. and the warmth that proceed from earnest STATISTICS OF THE M. E. CnrRCH, SOUTH. Till': (iEXI IiAI. MI.MTES I'llli 1S"7. Mi ch regret has been expressed that the Rook Agent has not been able to publish the General Minutes for the last two years. We share that regret . We prepared, with great care and vexatious labor, the Minutes of 187(5 for the press they await the printer. We have done the same with the Minutes of 1S77 they also bide their time. We want ed to make a special collection for their publication: but that was pronounced inexpedient. We have made out a Re capitulation of the Minutes of 1S77, ;iml, bating errors winch may lie detect ed in passing them through the press, we find the grand totals stand thus: Traveling preachers, "),4o!; superannu ated, liS-; local preachers, .",(iS4, while members, 7")f,'2l(i; colored members, 1, 4U!: Indian members, 4.(i"i"2; total min isters and members, 774,742. The transferred preachers are reckoned with those of the Conferences to which they now belong. The preachers who were discontinued hist year ( o.)), iiml those who were located (01), arc not counted; those who were admitted on trial (M'.i'2), and those who were readmitted (;M), j aiv counted a ig the traveling preach ers, though uianv of them are also reck oiii-d with the local preachers. The colored members, for the most part, hae left our Connection for the Color ed Methodist Episcopal Church in America, organized by our Ri-.hops un der the authority of the General Confer ence they are reported in their own Minutes hence the apparent decrease in that department. Infants baptized, 2"), 710; adults baptized, 4J,:4'; Sunday schools, (i,.")ii7; teachers, .: ;"4li; schol ars, .'!.., 1 (io; collected for ( 'oiifcreiice claimants, ifGi.'JO."') 54; for Missions, Foreign and Domestic, .f 121,111 7.". The Minutes of 17") (those for 1S70 not published nor recapitulated) show trav eling preachers, ",271 increase in two years, ItiS; superannuated preachers, 2."li increase, 2:5: local preachers .", 402 -increase, 222; white members, 715, '.'.r)1 increase, 4-',205. colored mem bers, 2,0S.-i decrease, 584; Indian mem bers, 4,'!:5 increase, 27. Total in crease, ministers and members, 4:J,:!1 . .... . Ali f i i.o eais. . ..e i j sl,mv infants baptized, 22,(i0:j in 1S77 j there were :J,1 07 more than in that year; ': in 1 S75. adults baptized, :S,!M.S; in : - . - - Sj i tilt welt1 .',4o i more than in that j ;" '"" ,W ere 7,57 S Sun- dav-sehool decrease, ItSI; in I S j there were 40.7!7 teachers decrease. "5,545; in 1S75 there were 4ti,75,,t scholars increase, 0,404. Is this dis parity to be accounted for by atteli'Ieiiey t report the number of Sunday-scholars, without reporting the number of schools and teachers ? We call attention to this. We have reported all the figures sent us from every Coiereiiee. In 175 we reported .t04,o20 IS for Conference claiinants decrease, $2,120 04. In 1S75 we reported .t120,12S : for Mis sions increase, 44. This includes both Foreign and Domestic Missions but in neither case does it include any contributions not reported by the An nual Conferences. Hence there is dis parity between these figures and those of the Treasurer of the Board of Mis sions. Nash. A PMh ATF.. In all denomination with a settled ministry, the selection of a pastor has proved a most delicate and difficult task. The attempt creates parties and founds. With certain men for him. the candi date, is sure to have certain others against him. If so fortunate as to ob tain a majority in favor of a call, he has, i in all probability, insured a partv of op position which will work persistently until he js dismissed from his charge. From all such disagreeable frictions our svstem is free. In our plan of appoint ments, the general and average sense of the society is taked informally, and a man put in charge who is not the selec tion of a party in the Church. He comes bv an authority of the Church has established outside of the local leaders, with all the faculties for seeming an adaptation. In nothing were the fa thers so wise as in this plan of appoint ments, which has resulted in almost uni- ! versal harmony in regard to their pas- i tors among our people. l.melv and wretched indeed. How blessed then is that presentation of Christ which places him within that innermost circle, which enshrines him in the very heart itself, nearer than the nearest earthly friend, ami which keeps him there unchained, in nil the fullness and tenderness ofhumati sympathy, and with all the strength and cotisohd ion of , divine grace. When mat .....cm.., ; clc is uii.de vacant, and ihe heart finds 1 no .mi ward support f..r its u.m and ' bh'din-j tendrils. .1. P. Th-ah"-.. EUX AND FACT. In life's earnest battle, Thoj- only prevail Who daily inarch onward. And never say fail! What is the difference between a school-boy studying his lessons and a far mer watching his cows? One is stocking his mind, and the other minding his stock. hen the announcement wa made to Dr. Duff, the venerable mission ary, that he could not get well, he said, "Yes, 1 have had a glimmering of that for some time, but I am in my Father's hands. In my own mind 1 see the whole scheme of redemption front eteruily more clear and glorious than I ever did." "Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they! Tennison. An outside passenger by a coach had bis hat blown over a bridge, and carried away by the stream. 'Is it not very singular, said he to a gentleman who was seated beside him, 'that hat ha taken that direction?' 'Not at all,' re plied the latter. 'It is natural that a beaver should take to the Wilier.' An incident mentioned by Dean Ramsey exhibits the familiar bearing of the older class of the ministers in the pulpit. A young man sitting opposite to the clergyman, in the front of the gal lery, had been up kite on the previous night; and had stuffed the pack of cards with which he had bt?en occupied into his coat pocket. Forgetting the circum stances, he pulled out his handkerchief and the cards flew about the church. Tin? minister looked at him and remark ed, 'Eh, man, your psalm huik has been ill bund.' 'Ma! did you know corn could walk?' 'No my boy I never heard of such a thing.' 'You didn't? Well corn stalks.' 'Nurse, give .lohiiuy some medi cine, and put him to bed.' The night is mother of the day, The winter of the spring. And even upon old decay, The greenest mosses cling. Behind the cloud the starlight lurks, Through showers the sunbeams fall, For God, who lovcth all His works, Has left His hope with 'all. Whittier. William L. Dayton, while at col lege, could not pronounce his H's. One day he told his professor that the stu dents on the campus were having a wow. 'A what?' asked the prolessor. A wiot,' said Dayton. A what?' said the professor. '( f, a wiiuipus,' exclaim Daytoii, as he stalked away. Each day's work comes to us wrap ped in mystery which no human wisdom can explain or toll w h.tt in its complete ness it will be when finished. There is, then, something brave and noble in tlm very act of hopefully accepting it, with whatever it brings of toil or pleasure, of light duties or burdens heavy to In; borne, believing that according to the day so shall our strength be. Ad vance. - ... . THE SIMPLICITY OF CONVER SION. I asked her the other day respecting her conversion. Somehow she had lit tle to say respecting it. She had been a thoughtless girl like the rest, saw her self a sinner, belie ved in Christ, gave herself to the Church, and went on her way rejoicing. God had been graeions to her all her days. She had seen his hand all the way through. She thought it best to trust in him. She took him at his word. It was wicked to doubt, to cavil, to distrust. Ho was the All good, the All-perfect, the All merciful; and surely that was enough. She had all she wanted for this world, a little house, quiet home, plain food and clothes, good health, and, she thanked God an unclouded mind. And beside all this, ( iod Wits her friend, and heaven was to be her eternal home. Life Pic- Til! ES. No man docs deceive or bribe the Lord, however hard he tries to do so. Whatever temporary gain there may seem to he from wrong-doing, the Lord gives no honor to the man who dishon ors Him. A man may get honor from other men through swindling his credi tors, or embezzling trust funds, and giv ing large donations to worthy charities; through hypocritical pretences of piety; through neglecting his own business, and making a show of doing some fine's else; hut he gets no honor from the Lord in any such way. "Bo not deceived; God is not mocked." If you want hon or from the Lord you must do as the Lord com ma n.ls. S. '. Times. (iitKE.v Coax PrniiiNO. One dozen ears of tender corn, wkidi however, must lit: fully ripe, grated from the cob; or, if cut, take the pains to pass the knife through the grains lefore begin ning to slice them from the cob. Then with the point of your knife scrape the cob clear, for the sweetest part of the grain may adhere to it. Now beat up very well three eggs, and add to them a pint of sweet milk, half a cupful of but ter, one spoonful tif sugar, pepper and salt. Cake in a well heated oven. In winter this dish can be T.i.Tiarr.1 from dried coin, but is. of couihc, not ro gooal at. w hen ma if of the fresh vegetable.