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1 lif (Christum Aili-ocaw.1 ejs r "" - . . if s i ifliljv liilil IP ;i IILIall I ll:fC I .;L I U I Ml 'F, r--- ' AV I V NvjvNvy lS,,are. f 1 00 w , xv SSiuro,l a 00 . 6 00 ' ' - . ' i I uSuuftms I !i ll r r . 4 00 ! 00 fi 00 1) .Ml I TKRJIS. The Christian Autocatc is furnished to subscri bers at 52. 20 per annum in advance. If payment be delayed aix months $.50; one copy, ail months, SI. 25. CLUB RATES. Ten copies, one year, post paid Kilty copies, one year, post paid. f 2.00 1.' REV. J. B. B0BBITT, D. D., Edjtoraxd Publisher. OUH. AGEM'S All the traveling and local preachers In the bounds ,1 the North Carolina Conference are our authorised I ..iMita. Any person sending us ten subscribers, for . ui yea. iU receive the paper flea. (S o m m u n i c a t c The Faith once delivered to the Saints. EEV. If. T. HFPSON, Coukksi XDINti fCuMishci in tlit interests of. ttrtJw(tism in prtovlli Carolina. Vol. XXIII. Raleigh, JST. C, Wednesday, June 19, 1878. Number 24. TO S For the Advocate. r. coxrad. All persons, who seek admission into Methodist church, .ire required to believe in the Church of God.' To this church belonged Abraham, Daniel, I'aul, Jerome, Huss, Luther, Calvin, e-i-y, i a ivy, ,1 nelson, and all the saints, who are on the earth to-day, without re -rani to their denominational name, and hence, we hold and te.-ieh oers -j. Christ's church. And along this line of exclusiveness, it is lengthening outrts serpentine coils, demanding your withdrawal from all entangling alliances witll other churches. Ecumenical councils of Protestantism, National, and International Conventions, Young Men's Christian Associations, it declares to be deceitful snares, skillfully laid and baited with the morsel of christian fraternity; all to catch the pure and unsuspecting bride of Christ, and soil her garments by the unholy contact. It demands another and different rendering of God's holy word, from the wh.il.. that no body ot organized christians on rtii. ean. in any truth, claim to be Protestailt world, (just what Home has d me; m onler that it might more rapid ly and securely develop its system exclusiveness. 1 Ins leaven of hie-otiv a'ld conceit has changed its name am outer garments, from Rome and Scarlet robes, to organizations, bearing the name of Protestant, weariinr vestment ami water-proofs, but the character an -j.nii is me s.ime iiiioicrant ami per 'I'l.:.. I .-I.... i ocvuiiii. iius iiaiiiiiiiy mso eliee is ri sure presage ot a final and fearful fnl! Bigotry and Christianity are .tutngoii- ms in the moral world, just as dark ness and light are in the physical world Christianity is the child of hea r?''"' '"'"""ch uX ;od.' in the sense, that they only have all the elements of chris nan cimrcii organization; or in the . . i . ii . , r-riie, mat an other organizations c:aum:ig to lie christians, are destitute ,.; the clement essential to the church ot 'linst: and l.euce. aie in fact, not .. - r . t . i. c-iiuici in M'Ctgnmo:i i.y nil! world, as h iving any part or lot iu the church. W e hold that stieh a claim, by any sect .r denomination, is a vain pretension, : ;id merits the condemnation of all good i : - i , men. ana is to oe resistea, as a grievous '.T-'i For it contains the germ li o'.' t'nat intolerant and persecuting spir it. which has developed itself iu the his : ;v oi t ne cnurcn oi Home. lie is :i-wn as the intolerant and persecuting powor.oi evei v other organization claim t'i in' christians, outside of her an inc. iie is Known to tie the most ; :i : a .r.i-l de that, she is n. .t only opposed to all anti li .man Catholic christian life, but she i lay, in her spirit and purpose, the unrelenting' foe of all civil government, "Lieh is n..t the product of her man! another piece in verse for the occasion. Miss Ella and Miss Maggie deported themselves well before such a large au dience. The speeches were mostly orig inal with the principle, which gave the advantage of live and practical thought to the declaimers, and of real interest to the hearers. The young meu seemed to enter into the spirit of what they said. The singing following each speech was, in most instances, specially suited to the subject. For instance: "The Wine Cup," followed by "Yield not to Temptation," "My Mental Pony," by "The Pony h'ide," etc. The choir and Miss 1). J. McAulay, acting as organist, are entitled to the thanks of all for their excellent music throughout the occasion. " True Aristocracy," " Succeed. " "llon't," "(.enerosity," "The Determi nate," were live subjects, well handled by the young men, many of whom the principal announced bad never appeared in public before. When the young people were through, the principal introduced Rev. M. V. Sherrill of the X. C. Conference, who had consented to deliver an address, and it was indeed a feast of reason. His ADDRESS Or Rev. Wm. D. Joiixsox, A. M. One of the Fraternal Deleg ates of the African Methodist Eniseonnl Chineli . . 1 Square, I 2Suare, ' Squares I Siiiare.l Col'mnl hi Col'mnl 1 Column! 1 MoH 3 Mom, 6 Moss.. 1 Ye $7 00 $13 00 xii 13 00 20 001: UO0 Hi 00 I 30 04'- to 25 00 M00 0 00 30 00 00 00 ' 75 00 0 0(' 75oo 140 no "i 00 , MOOo. JW 00 oo!i so oou l.t oo . us oo; aven, and I subject was Mind and Matter, or rather comes as an angel of mercy. Ibtt big- j Matter and Mind: and he discussed it otry is the child of the devil and a ! so an audience could understand it. diMiiou of hate disguise it as von may call it by what name yon please - ...1. -A 1 11 i iieiuer iioiiian or i rotetanc. . mo ment's thoughtful consideration of your h!v organized, well disciplined onslaught upon the Methodist churcl I :ll 1 ... ... .1. .. r -. . , potic government on earth; and ueutl UR sI"nl OI ,ts atnor ami First, a view of the world we the sun that warms us, the stars we be hold, in short, the universe of then the smallest worm is to the General Conference, M. E. Church, South, May 22, 1578. Mr. Chairman, Bishops and Brethren in Christ : Let me here state a circumstance which has just now occurred. When in the vestry there we were consulting your committee, aiiung w hom was your illustrous Christian Governor, the Hon. A. H. Colquitt, applause feeling an unusual thirst, and expecting in a few moments to appear before you, thougJit lessly I asked him if there was water to drink. He, looking about the room, answered, "There is none; I will get you some." I insisted not; but presently it was brought by a brother minister, and handed me by the governor, I said. "Governor, you must allow me to denv lnysclfthis distingished favor, as it recalls so vividly the episode of the war rior king of Israel, when with parched lip he cried from the rocky cave of Adullani, 'Oh ! that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethle hem that is at the gate.' And when three of his valiant captains broke through the hosts of the enemy and re turned to him with the water, for which live on, , i,: . .. .i i onging, regarding it as the water of life, 'he would "not drink of it, natter; ; i...t .lin.,.,i u rmr t., ti... r r superior to i ,,i.,ns(i l,;u t,.n..i all this, in that it has the principle of I i i , ii ." , , ... s '""-'I h em ot IHllltV and love troin tlm limnl heart and true cimili'i i.. ii ......l f. .. .i. . mst ume, we nave the high .rivilege of your venerable presence'" and patient hearing, let it be declared we have come of age to-day, and can speak for our selves. Great applause. When in the name of the African M. i.. cnurcn ami 1 .ieelare the true semi- j the name of the Africa meiiis oi thousands, 1 say that for your church and your race we cherish "the kindest feelings that ever found a lodg ment in human bicasi. Applause, j fif this you need not to be told. Let speak your former mission,-!, among us who now hold seats upon this floor, and whose hearts have sooln ,,-,,,.,1 within them as they have seen the word sown by them in such humble soil burst forth int'- .niidaiit-T.' prosperity . Auk the iiun.i-.-,t Tlioiisainl oi our lay-men who I pened" to us sun survive me ,t.;i ,- we COI1K.t,.,l ourselves as tillers ol'the soil, as servants about the duelling, and as common wor shippers at the temple of God. Ask your battle-scarred velerai.s who left their all to the mercy of leleiitless cir cumstance and went in answer to the clarion call of the trumpet to the un natural strife of the second revolution. Ask them who looked alter their inter ests at home; great cheering who rais ed their earth works upon the field; who buried tin- young hero so far away from home, or returned his ashes to the stricken hearts w hicli hung breathless to eye, when the Lord shall bring a-ain t. ion." God speed the plause.) day. must be apparent to you that in com- were, he departs; he is "not for God panson to the work to be done crippled ( took him." But, hark! A voice di and ostracised as we have been, 'perishing ' vides the flame. It is "My Father My hke a root out of the dry ground" I ; Father ! the chariot of Israel, and the say, you must perceive that our strength i horsemen thereof." It is answered by is simply insignificant j the prophetic response rolling upward: Ihen. net o-eii in I lu-is- t.,-,1...- ;.. ! .'ri.,. i n t.-. , 1 " 1 '" " .nciiiiicii si a 11 hit. lin tl.e i-oi.-.i- -M. r... I lurch. : with tile Vol.'.. tn.nl..,. l..,li ; .--4,..i..i. .-.lulu nee fvi i appeal 10 you. l ou Know our condi tion as well, if not better than we can tell you; for I contend that I venture nothing in saying that the white and black men fif the South are better ac quainted with each other than any other two distinct races or portions of races on the face of the globe applause; and is only by the dust raised in the great upheaval that has caused a chan position that "blindness in part both. 'Applause.! I'm I thank God, it has almost subsided with the best consequences to us all. our eyes open much faster than ours (laughter); but 1 assure you that many thousands "blind will receive their sight" by your proceedings to-day. Ap plause Mr. Chairman, I ask: How c.-in il... ;e oi iap- ineii. (Ap- nisiioi' m tvkiiii-'s i;i:si'os-i:. the president ( I'n'shop McTveire): Brethren, this makes us feel like old tunes. Advertisements will be changed once every three months without additional charge. Far every oth er change there will be an extra charge of twenty cent, an inch. Twenty.five per cent. Is added to the above rates for tectal notices In the Local col nmn Tms,cashin advance, unless otherwise greed npon. The above rates are cheaper than When you go about it, you m ill find a new factor a ncr member of the laniily for which we have a special re sponsibilitv. Iis70fnt their request our colored inenibeis were set oirinto an independent organization. The ven erable Senior Bishop J'aine and myself ordained two bishops for them, so'that as tar .-is we could, we jrave them the true .John Wesley succession. (Laugh ler and applause.) A'c gave them"., 11 the church property which we held for them while slaves. M'lieii von come across them, we bespeak for them e are used to hearing tl at "" cst consideration. Tlmv ..... one. w e are nappy to hear such s. n- i,s "irge as vour bod v. lint uiiienis as vim luing to us. oil havi well said and it would be well if the world beyond these walls could take it in that no two races know each other as ours and yours. ( A nnlause. ) V,v the providence of ( bid our history anil fortunes were strangely thrown together ior t hese two hundred years. Our i.i t. .,...... i i 111 i . , -s ii. i ik necii so niennen that vour enemies have been our enemies, and our y, but thev ii ip true Methodists, and it gives us plea-. sure to recommend them to you. Whenever you meet them, we suggest co-operation. Your old friends have heard you with pleasure. This you have seen in their faces. Brethren, we bid you God speed mall your lal,01.s fol. , , , Christ. To on :nul 1.. i......i. i. jv... . IIUII-H v i- wish well. Cod Mess you. :Ulh,list A,tfo;,'(e, Atlanta, Ga. life; then the principle of mind is still f superior to mere life; the vast capaci ties of the human mind, yet how slow in making discoveries; the still ascend ing superiority of angelic mind, and (bid's mind, the highest over all; the v-i.-i! i-.ii-. and also her bending vassal S:;.. mission to Ibune is the condition of j - ice with Rome. What is the germ life of this power ? Where i- the secret source of her tena-i-i.'Us and all-pervasive spirit? This inn ot pel n g 1 lie " Iiurcti. is ttie :u:c. !I. iroin winch is evolvcl tier won- r:n organism: iroiu n sue receives ferial circulation. t!?,,Se sl"nt,,al llfV' lias fyt ler show him to be a Bigot of the order Loyola. In your assaults upon Methodism, In- covert insinuations, you manifest both y iiir ignorance and vicioiisness; the fact is clearly demonstrated, that you are as destitute of christian life as you that it can pass by the angelic, and live are ignorant of the genius and power of Methodism. Methodism is accepted by the intelli gent christian world as one of the prime of your most honored co-laborer and friend of the human race ever remain as a memorial unto the Lord of the friend ship existing between the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Afri- erm Alcthodisr l-'niscoi.ril Clnn-..l. mint, great honor conferred on human mind, j . .. i , .. f , f ' . ' tins hrst exchange oi lormal fraternal eeting. Apiilause. Jt was not without and learn nearest the eternal throne. The speaker took occasion to prophesy something of the future career of mind, and clearly shoved that what it had In organism; :ve force and a humiliate this dogma ot exclusive i-iiurcliisiii irom her s stem, ami you t ike the heart out of Rome. Her strong limbs would double together and tiual paralysis. Her eyes would go out in eternal night, and her lips would be sealed in the silence of a l-atii that would k.iow no awaken- faetors in the sum of christian labors : done was but the beginning of what for the evangelization of the world. W ith the powerful weapons of an in- way successfully through many it tli.i Pin. 1 i.,.l .... .1,., ..... .... 111.'. l,.l 1IIU per-Hcr ; might be. All this he applied to en courage the vast concourse to move on ward in the cause of education and re- : ligioii. The choir appropriately sang "A ireniii lias grown with her struggles, j Better Day is Coming," and with the Achievement after achievement, grand I doxology and benediction the exercises and glorious, has marked her lav apostolic ; were closed. career. Jler history will lose nothing I iut the eniovment of tin , , ... i . .i l 'i .J i. ,-'. I to llll- '. leiu .mo i-ini;- .-r.ting -pint, whether it is seen in Ro- itianisiu or Protestantism, firmly stands catiioiieit- of Methodist belief and practice. This catholicity is a truth .' .- b.-'ieve to be fundamental to the i ;i,-e of the church, and her speedy con- i'.-st of the world. Xo difference of ffect in the brilliancy of her achievements by comparison with the Acts of the Apostles. Does Paul bear the sign and seal of a divine legation ? Equally clear is the divine signet imp: .i.M,-d upon the com mission nf John Wesley, the apostle of was came re mit over. The basket dinner next, and after that most everybody mained several hours in the cool church grove, p.-issing the time iu social conver sation. The writer had the pleasure, last year, of participating in several in teresting revivals at this place and in truial belief, that does not a itr.al ill. should separate christian communion with the which is his li-arts. . r'glorv iV.ii-vrriitv, a:i I i Iii i.-tia-i world. The Chiu eh of Christ i "Iv, possesses unity, in diversity, and in this particular, is aitabgous to the , ..... - .1 .!...- - v: iiK oi t.iiiist mine material uuieise 1: the physical cosmos is gloiious,much more so is the spiritual. There is no :.reak in the sweet harmony of his vork, whether it be in nature or in grace All things were made by Him and for Him. who is the head over all hings to the church. Christ is not di vided. He is one and indivisible, so ;rlso. is his bodv the church She Ts upon Christ, as the foundation . 1 I tone, and is ooiiu I together uy nun, a he chief corner stone This glorious fpintual temple is built up ot living Itone, (littering in glory as one star dif- Methodism. The Methodist church is ! the neighborhood, and it u-mk i"...l..o.l .. begotten of (iod. She has the true j pleasure to him to meet so many old ac- apostolic succession. Christ is her quaintances in this informal and easy head, aud the life hidden with Christ in j manner. The young people gave a so- God is her power and her glory. She j eiable at night, in the school room, lifts her head above her foes around. j under the eve of tl.u n.-;....:,...i u-i... - ... i'. i ..v. .f.i i. i ne Her theme is Christ crucified in you the i boys and girls eniove.l it folk- ...l. Clint hmiM ui us the hone i1(1I)a fs rr sl. 1 " "5 " X' J ' -av . . . V'i. Ill 1 UI. - . U - I 1 .1. . 1 "l l- the uase line oi .u-uinniMic . ,,.,1,,,., .,, i, ,,... i has crowned her travels. I ler altars are in every land and teeming millions with glad hearts worship the crucified in her simple forms and iu her sweet songs. She is gaining new victories and adding new laurels to her crown every hour. By the grace nf God she has been instrumental in taking rough human ashlers from the quarries of sin by the thousands, fitting and polishing them for the work of the church, and has sent them forth to fill the pulpits, and carry on the enterprises of other de nomination of christians. She has giv en much of her gathered stores to en rich others, and has grown richer by the gifts. "It is more blessed to give than to receive," is a truth grandly illustra ted in the triumphant course of Metho distic history. T. A. Boom:. Moeksville, X. C, Jnne 4th, lisT. '.rs from another star ia glory differ- If I flit ating only the glory. Yi i-ecri "adze the different christian i Cenominations, as integral parts or jiemb'rs of the visible and indivisible thurch of Christ. From within these Uganizations, as well as without them, mis will be traiislat?d, who will con- itnte iii the last dav thai bride of hrist, and jointly with him, will be mie heir of all things. You oppose this Catholic spirit, and inly attempt to ridicule it, by calling "church-branch theology." Why you oppose it ? . Is it not because it amis in the way of yourself, aud a few hers, who are endeavoring to transfer lis leaven of exclusive high-cburchism om Rome to the Anabaptist church ? fvping the Romish priest, you cry "the mple, the temple of the Lord are el" God has not made the Anabaptii-t nirch the custodian of the keys of the iingdom of heaven, any more than the Church of Rome. In vain may you at tempt to foist this immense fabrication Upon the intelligence of this age. Ex clusive high-churchism is a fossil of tie dark ages, and cannot flourish in the ijght of this day. This superstition is djoomed. The earlier the church to hich von belong accepts this truth, id learns to be courteous and fraternal the other christian churches, as her uals in the sisterhood of churches, -Mer will be her prosperity, and the ighter will be her light. This vain perstition has caused you and others turn your backs upon the Holy Eu imt, when celebrated by other mem- n as the grown young people. At an i early hour, all promptly dispersed at ! the ringing of the school bell. J would like, Mr. Editor, to enlarge upon one subject, and that is the young ladies who were there; but to a voung man, a young preacher, a young Meth odist preacher, I am afraid that tubject would prove as exhaustless as Bro. Sherrill found his. Suffice it to say they are good looking, are intelligent, are accomplished, many of them I know are very domestic, and best of all, thev great reluctance that I was hurried away from the quiet of my pastoral work to a position of the highest eminence, in appearing be fore you as a fraternal messenger of the African M. E. church, as you are doubt less aware that certain others had been expected to do this distinguished service; and since we are here, it strikes me that silence to the next quadrennial would be for us the most becoming introduction to your graces. But since the world is waiting for some indication of the real animus ot the two races brought, for once, nice to lace in authoritative as sembly, let me speak, and God grant mo words befitting the occasion. Ainl, Mr. Chairman, your general conference being made up as it is of the best intellects and purest hearts of the land, and seeing we come as the frater nal messengers of a peculiar people, who j sustain peculiar relations with your . selves, coming under jculiar circum stances and at a peculiar time, I can very readily conceive that you are mak ing all allowance for informalities and saying, just state your observations as best you may. First of all, then, iu the name of our six bishops, X, (KM) itinerants and local preachers, our members and congrega tion aggregating nearly a half million souls; and above all, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord we greet you. We rejoice at your triumph and are anxious to assure you of our hearty good will. Applause. I trust I shall here be pardoned for obtruding what might in some way con tribute to more solid judgments unon F X ir.li. i , uueinignieiieii perceive the vicioiisness j enemies your enemies; your friends our oi vice, now can they guard against the i friends, ami our friends your friends. plausible delusions ot popery, whose j mr relations have been changed to u Keen .miner y is turned upon us to-da v? i and ours- to vou. but we me il ,.i l,l.,l Applause. I low stand against the you did not go out of t he house ..f bond- CvRK OK T,,E Children. A church sueeping oeiuge ot liueinperaiice that is j age empty and dowerless. Your fathers without children in its pews, at it ner- uponthe hour. Who ,-, .,,-.,,1 1 1...;,. ! I VI,,.',:, o ."TV ! . . , " . . , "" .''" ' '"'' "s Lord's taU , ,. , i ....... v. ... ...... . i.cin-iiii . oilier- i o n i ne Knowledge oi i lie gospel o , e- n-n-iK rniil l:ti !.. Him, I....... i ... .' :.. ii ,i.: .... . ' . " 1 , ; "'i.i-cs oi ! cine, iii .in mis you can assist us. lea, ns hiist. Applause. You went im oe.isis and the worse ravages of i more, you can tell the unbelievers among out far in advance of what your fathers ......in. ...... ,ne ...iser is returned : your own people, H any there be, that ! weiv, and far in advance of what their Iron, a million heaving bosoms, as a . the African M. E. church and the race j lathers are, who abide in their native in... .... en. oi ccnasiing renieiniii-ance j oi its meniliers are yi.ur friends, and not ! liotne. God's hand was in ii. io me o.-.iei oieuce oi i ne colored race in i your iocs. Ann ause. 1 on enn n.mv ..;i i nmvn v ..f..i.i; til . . ....... ( , v- . - ...IK ,1.11 l Aim llll- III 1.1 1 ica. Immense ami ,-mse. A mC unou the ti-ouhlcil rit,.i-; ,.r these are tnevwho greet you to-da y 1 and strife among our people. You can through their chief organization, the '. protect them iu'all those high privileges African M. E. Church of t he Tinted ! you have so generously accorded them. States ot America. Loud and continu- i Above and beyond all, vou can educate ed applause. j them. Ignorant, they love vou: but ed- Aiidnovv, though the yoke which ! ucated they will love you more. Great bound the master and slave to- ; applause I getner in such close and mutual resoon -1 hat we nov hereaf- sibility has been shock of war, we ihivereil hy the find ourselves rude sti J his general conference cai: form a grand galaxy of states around the great empire state of Georgia, that has done standing bv vour side m; leiti,,-..! .. 1 1 v.i 11. .1.1 C... ,..l r i i .... t i i... i.: i o . t - ............ ..I .in n' j ,i ".j ." ii... v'i.ii .iii.iii iii ..i i colore' i i 'm ie.il ii i ng .1 negii i I m V ot III v against an uuirieinlly Avmld. An- i citizens, so that thev will even vie with ' the a 1,1:1 1, et I I her in lighting the undving flame of in- is uutol know not now we shall tcr. 1 haiqiened to he 111 the chair fo-dav, and to receive vou: this is not mv turn in presiding. Perhaps it is well Ai.,......- 11 n . 1 ...... ,,,, . oiu-.iues, itn 01 Wilom have iieen devoted to the religious edu cation of your race, I sav of myself, Iiit. I aul, that, in that matter I was 1101 be hind the clnelest of them. The first r ... 1 1 1 , .i.iiil-1 in ;i nonar 1 ever made 1 got lathe aughter. ) Anion. the first sermons 1 preached was to tV; col'ired j jile. 1 say what many of the plause. I Al .. I . I : . f , nr .1 . 1 11 ... -.1.1. v11. in 1:1,111, 11 was as one ol the ! leingence mat snail illuminate conti nations included in our Lord's inheri- I uents and worlds when it shall burst tance, that we were sent to 3-011 over j forth in its glory upon the Christian two hundred years ago for instruction iu j firmament. Then I ask you, brethren, the government of the Prince of Peace : beloved iu Christ, will you not do it"? applause that the little leaven might ' Applause. he hidden within the true and trnstv' One other rcmiest. :iml I .-nl. 1,.. hearts of the choson rejireseiitatives of and let it be written ujionthi! eternal a mighty race; and right well have you rocks. Mr. Chairman and brethren, performed your duty. And, if you did will you not see to it, that the great scold a little sometimes applause it ! honor -ou have to-da j- bestowed npon '. people. ....... .... 4......1 1 i- . 1 l . . ii 1, 1 .1 i an .is .i iiuciici inni a li'ieini. cilice 1 me iasi luuei hois 01 neaven lor all 11a- m this assem it was through you we learned of ( hrist, ) nous Klialf he there 111 permitting us ; men who have preached on negro mi ana to-day graduated Irom the highest into one ot the highest ecclesiastical - sions m the cotton fields tl,. le, is practi cally a contradiction in terms, 'flu best, strongest, most growing and most useful churches are those which arc con stantly nurturing children iu the fear and knowledge of the Lord, receiving tliem into their fellowship, and training tliem up as young Christians to pious living and holy activity. I this pro cess the pulpit woikIoi, ,.ff:...ll 1 1 " ',.,i 11. in us ssential functions. No church can 1'iosper which neglects its children ami youth. Christian Intkli.ioln. kh. An exchange says : Dr. John, of tl... Texas AnvocATK, is dealing with the Jol lt., ok C.iniii,, . ..( c.... . - ..v-k. ui iii.tt oia.e about right. It is time Methodism had respect enough for herself to make others This paper moke in .im- lirethien will sav if in the -,t I respect her .1 1 , ' e are practically iutei iiiiuished. ested 111 your spiritual welfare. YVe i l ... ...1 1 1 , n. ne iiesioweu mucii lalmr uiioi; vmi e .are glad to hear you speak of it t - nay, ami to learn that it is gratefully remembered and recognized anion" ibly of ministers I see as "Bible Pounders." Hc finds thev can pound other things besides Bibles. If he does not need nursing, he will, be fore Doctor John is done with him. Let no man presume that, lie can see prospectively into the ways of Providence. His part is to t-.mt.im. cane l.lrll.i ll.m.i tl... .... .1.1, .1 i -.on in tut; iiiisL iiini TriisT. tii. mi lenartments of the eoii.in.iii i,.ili, i courts of the i-..il.l cleill I". .1.,,.. I - fields .....1 -1... 1 .1 f... ii... L ..... ....... .., , .... ....,., .,.,.(,. ...i. 1 .-1,111.1 , ... .111,1 in -it in. illinium,.- .iii.i i ,,, i i.ii int. iniiii-e' ,.nr l'.. ... instructed in the arts, the science, the ' as the criterion for all lesser and inl'ei-i- '. ministry aiming tin. -l,;t.. ., 1 1 ' . ' I . .. 1 1 , J 'e.-icnen uu- jj ct euce. i ue us i.itr ui nei 1011 ior .-in lesser and nileri- . liiinisrry among the w ot.. 1.......1.. ...... ..1 . . . iiV.-etv., ', tlie religion and the morality i or places where we ought to be. I never coin., let,. id tl,..,. ..1... 1 .1. . . 1 " """""n 01 numan pru- of this age of light, we only await the -Mr. Chairman, we declare our heart j Gospel to vou also. Applause.! I'.v '"te' ,llroi,td by religious principles. command ot the chief shepherd and to A-ou. as a bodv wo desire to reverse the news l.i-in.r tl...i 1 '.. 1 ''r ottiei. . . . - . 1 - . ........ , . 1 IK I l 1 1 'II IM-I-II I Iiishop of souls We :now his voice. I the principles ot the Arab of the desert ! t be old doctrines, we reioici- '1.. I.-....... and as we have learned the much covet- whose "liand is against every man and 'that we have not run in vnin neitl,... evert- Hum's lirm.l ,i.r.ii,.-t 1.,,,. ....1 I-. 1 .. ,-... 1 '1-1. . . ....... .. ,,.,ii,..L iii iii. .mil in , ,iiii. . ii.. iriei it; i.-.. .. I stretching out our bauds first to you and i rather pmud of vmi. I Lamditer -ind ed lesson ot obedience, we shall be found moving as his good providence may direct. Whether it. be that we shall stand with you under the banner of E. P'uribus ("mini in this hind, and hold up the standard of Jc.su to the on-coming millions who seek the fires of our religious liberty, or, whether iu whole or in part, as a people we shall awav to our fathers and our fatherland, God knoweth. So far, we are at sea, sailing tind.er sealed orders, and the only in- is : "Do good unto gUtral and gomfMif. amilv, we desire to ! applause l ou touch our hearts when you ap peal to us as w itnesses to yonr lidelbv in the last, ( speak deliberately, for then to the human join our voices with the united decla ration of Methodism, even-where creak ing out like the sound of many waters, in the immortal words ol'the first founder, our common Wesle-, when he said, "I have a league offensive with every sol dier of Christ." Applause. It has ever been a fact, that great men were horn out ot the demands of , nothing hut kindest feelin the tunes in which thev Jived. e I apphiuseA .Wainst v HINTS FOR "WORKING BUTTER. Do not work too much nor too fast. Work slowly until nil ....H to .- ..... .... . . , ... I. . 1 . . myself and for all these thou. -1, siran- n"""f;hly and evenly absorbed. Oth gers have intermeddled, and have al- 7' Ulst' tllu ''"Per will not be of tint lenated ami misled you as toward us yet towards you as a people are christians. An unconverted j-oung whatever may be advanced by For the Adv6cate. CLOSING EXERCISES OF JIT. GILEAD HIGH SCHOOL. Mr. Editor: I had the pleasure of at tending the closing exercises of the above school on June 4th: and for the encouragement of the cause of educa tion, and the praise of them that do well, I think the occasion is worth- of public notice. I'.ut a few words preliminary: The school is conducted by Mr. II. H. Skccn, of Randolph count3, who, but some three months since, decided to move to Mt. Gilead, Moutgomer3r Co., and permanently locate thcre.as a teach er of onth He was already known to the people of Montgomer3 and though late in the season, secured a good school, a considerable proportion of the pupils coming from a distance. The exercises were held in the Meth odist Church, which was filled to over flowing, the crowd being various' es timated at from five hundred to a thou sand. Your correspondent thinks there were at least six hundred. The exer cises were opened with singing by the Mt. Gilead choir, and with 2"'nyers. Miss M. Ella McAulay read "The Pro gramme," a piece composed in verse for the occasion; after which there were ten declamations of about five minutes lady there was the rare exception. To ni3' knowledge many of them lead prac tical and useful lives at home. Isn't it a dangerous place for the Bishop to send a young man within ten miles of ? The successful business men in and near Mt. Gilead are men of christian in tegrity, and the 3-oung people are fol lowing in their steps. Such is the place, and such the pros pects which Bro. Skeen has for a school. It is .something the people have felt the need of there for some j-ears past, and we venture to predict the3' will not suf iir him to fail for want of patronage, or aid, should he need it. I hope he will aror.se zeal for education in his own neighborhood, and that it will spread out all around until we get much of the benefit in the Pekin Circuit. And while I have the public ear, Mr Editor, let me s.13' we need a pennanant school at Pekin. Mr. Shaw, a joungman, has had a successful one there for five months, but I understand wants to go to college next session, so he can not re:urn. It aii3r young man is willing to begin small and work up, I believe he could do it successful- there. Yours very truly, Wm. B. Dor... Harrisville, X. C, June oth 17.S. No Christian mother ever bore within her bosom as tender a heart as that of Jesus Christ. No one ever showed such immeasurable love for humanit3- as He who died for it on Calvary, and yet where in the whole range of literature can there be found more sol 11 mn and aw ful words of warning than those uttered by this merciful Saviour? If such language as His has a 113' sense, it means that the wildest Wall street gambling is safe and conservative action compar ed with his course who risks his future length each by the young men of the j welfare on the hope that God has no se school, interspersed with music by the j rious controversy with evil and with choir, or by the Mt. Gilead band; Miss S. Maggie McKimon read "The Close," those who cling to it in spite of warn ing and entreaty. Christian Hxnov. humble speaker to-day. Born upon 3-our strong border State of Maiyland, my father a slave and his own father a planter of the royal type, my mother a free woman descended from the African kings, educated in Pennsylvania through the patronage of that great and good man, so justly esteemed in this State, the Hon. Win. E. Dodge, applause and from the further fact that I was raised in our Sabbath school, graduated as a steward, class leader, cxhorter, lo cal preacher, deacon and elder, being for the last ten 3-ears a preacher in Florida and Georgia and a member of our last General Conference; in view of all this, I shall no doubt obtain, if not the ap probation of many, at least the credit of knowing whereof I affirm. There was once a question as to the maternal relation of a certain child, and when the question could not be settled by the parties more immediately inter ested, it was decided at a stroke by the wisest of all judges, when he said : "Di vide the living child." The precarious condition of the living child bears a strong analogy to the history we might rejieat in the hearing of our mother to day. At least you were our mother ve havi . (Great "on as a people, w have nothing to complain of nothing. Renewed applause. There is not a man or a woman here over thirty years uf age who can think ot tin-home uf happy childhood with out thinking pleasantly ami kindly of struetion we have all men. especially unto them ho arc j bave ever affirmed, and I believe it to of the household of faith." Gal. (i, 10. da-, that if the colored people of this Applause. I j country are ever elevated, and that thev Mr. Chairman, we must be pardoned j must be, it could only be done through if we sometimes show a decided wish for ! their own personal efforts, sanctioned development, laughter since progress ! and encouraged bv the white people nf is a law of life, and as an illustration of the laud. And I believe further. -Air. the inherent principle, we are told that i Chairman, that the strong advocate of j colored people? Applause, j Yin 111 the lce-lioiind I'clts of Liberia, where . All lean -Methodism and the Aiinan -taccsiiinl memories mingle with the the entire summer consists of but a few ; race, the "arms ot whose hands shall be daj-s, the vegetation juay almost be made strong bv- the hands of the Mighty detected in the acts of grow ing. A j-I od of Jacob," that advocate, 1 be plause. I lieve is v-et to arise out of the assembly . . . t ,....... :,- ;,...n(.. .,,,.1 . 1 1; c understand that the different 11a- i ' .c....ess moiai (, . .... i lim-oiiL' it'lii-. t. .1 l-inr rim ljin.l 1 . ...... ' tions make up the household of our lath- j " . " " ' , . . l"' "-"' " lu"" e.-i,. I,..:, ten in.t ,s ,1 Mr..,-...,! ..!, ;i, i ,-,. i -scieiitious Christian men of your hon- make no the 'household of the natural i,al,1,; body men who have ever been : her it : you touched tin- hearts of these a , ..i , :i i: i 11 .1 Urns the elder are sent to in- . "'.1?'" 11 '"v ' "u ulc" an ; pcopie wiien you spoke it we left not scenes. Whyjimes were with me., and i dare say with us all, when it was bard to tell whether we loved the w hile ; mother or the black mammy more. liter and applause.) In the trying tim, we will rciueni- for the ri speed the hers may surpass even the figures before indicated, with our million dollars of property, the wolf never cares how many the sheep may be: besides when we look when we left the grand old mansion of I out on t he fields already white unto parent. struct the younger until the father sets off these also into a separate house. I Hence we conceive it now to be our i duty to gather all the scattered bands' of the colored Methodist family into one household for better protection and in struction till in his wisdom Jesus shall otherwise indicate. Applause. Mr. Chairman, we can never forget, the magnanimity of your organization to us iu the dark days succeeding the close of the war, how your ministers re cognized our divine commission, in main- cases turning over to us the pro perty as well as the people, with their pravt-i s and benediction. Applause. A Ye remember, also, how helpful have been the kind words 3-oii have spoken to us both in our pastorates and annual sessions. I low also you have so cordi ally thrown open the doors of your met ropolitan churches to our bishops and preachers, thus declaring in the midst ! Wiglitinan, the Rev. Drs Pierce and ofdoubtsaiidfear,no whit behind the 1 Fvans, Godfrey, J. W. Burke, and a chieiest, that character and ability and ! host of others of their former pastors and not the mere accidents of color and clime ' guides. Applause. entitle mankind to respect. And to-day ' God bless the church and general you have set the seal upon it. i conference, and increase it more abun- A ml although your labor of love has ; dautly. ( Aniens.) And if ever there ! l'bnise.) It is one of the most pleasing added greatly to our instrumentality as is to be an organic unification of all the thoughtsof my life that the first book an organization, although our vast mi. u- , Methodist bodies 3-011 may depend upon : I had the honor of being author of. ..i...ii i. l . : 1 .i ; , ... . it we .snail not 00 101111.1 uciiiiuig.i jaiigii- was on the "l ut ics oi Christian .Mas lit. Great applause. God day of his coming! Let him arise, rfciiowud applause. Let his voice be heard for the poor and the oppressed! God give h:s speech the wings of the lightning and the pow er of the earthquake to proclaim "peace on earth and good will to men." Ap plause. Now, Mr. Chairman, 1 must have done. ("Goon, goon.") But let me assure 3rou that the religious truth which was planted b- your missionaries among us, in the days long ago, h.as ever been guarded with all the vigilance of the sacred fire. The same "hviiins and only helils ami herds 111 your care, but wives and children. You were faith ful to the great trust. (Great and con tinued applause.) Xo wounded soldier among our sons was ever lifted with a tenderer band than your.(Voices)'That is so. (Great cheering and much ten derness.) No sentinel ever stood guard over our homes and helpless families more faithfully than you did. Applause. I repeat it whatever strangers may have done, and friends, falsly so-called we bave no eau.-e of complaint In spiritual songs," which stirred the dep- against you. (Applause.) ths ot those days, are still to be heard in all our sanctuaries. And there are those among us who still speak with the most affectionate regard of v our lioly and de voted ministers, Bishops Capers and this presence, and speaking to these men. you feel easy to-day. I think you bad "liberty, "as we .Methodist say. (Laughter and applause.) You felt like j 011 were among real friends. Ap plause. There is 110 doubt about it. (Continued applause.) You bave referred to thedavs of b.nidage. and asked us if 3011 wen faithful then. ('Yes. yes," and ap American Methodism many years ago. We have never forgotten those tender years, nor the deep concern of our mo ther. But we return to-day with our sheaves of rejociiig, to tell only to con fiding ears our deep regard for you, and to state some little part of out exper ience. Bishops and brethren, the African people of the Fnited States, long silent themselves, being confounded, like Job and his friends, by the deep suffering and untowardness of our situation, pre senting, as we have done and do to-da v harvest, how many are thev vet to be ter aud applause,) even Tf we are to be ters."' (Applause.) The book has gone .i 1 , ,-.i - 1 ... . the mot 01 t ie gian.i autonomy, since to 01t ot pl i,lt, (great laughter.) but it did some of us the toot is the principal fea- , . . .. , 1.1 ,. , . x 1 -1 . . good work 111 its dav, uikI Mauds as a tii re of beauty, (great laughter,) and is . , ..mietmies sno-.i-estive of the highest use testimony of the past. form color. Working it too fast will destroy the rrn in. .-mil tlm 1. ..(..... l. . - J ...... ' V V. , . 1 nines salvy and lard like iu its texture. Let it stand or put it away in the trav for twenty-four hours. Then work it enough to remove all the buttermilk or iirplus brine, so that the butter mav become dry or like a piece of cheese. Mould into.rolls, and set these a way for twenty four hours, or until they hc eome. hard and firm. The cloth should now be put on, so as to cover one end, while the. other is left open for the stamp. The. cloth should bo cut in pieces ofexact size and dipped in brine, and the butter rolled when the cloth is wet. Butter should never come in con tact with the bare hand. When iu bulk it can easily be handled with a ladle and a flat paddle. brought to the Master ! And while we j yea even double honor, especially wheie W,! aro '"'PP.v to bear of youreduca- nave six eminently noi- men who go about in labors night and day; while we count in the ranks of our ministers D. Ds. and LL.Ds. laughter with 3-oung men who are heroically struggling after knowledge, we point to our book concern laughter, about at par with others 011 the score of difficulties great laughter j su." Apiilause. to our ably edited weekly newspaper, to ; Here, time depend our effective university and lesser schools, either carried lorward or projected: and the exercise of great strength and rapid j tional enterprises and your taithtul locoinotioti is required. (Renewed ness to the old doctrines you received laughter.) Already by its aid, being ; from us and the traditions. We would "shod with the preparation of the gos pel of peace," has brought us up, through great tribulation, to sit with 3-011 in one of the "heavenly places in Christ Je- uiion a fleeting breath! W"o must pass but too soon from vour victories upon the Asiatic the great problem of the nineteenth ' 'shmd of Havti, sustained by the nob! hist, but not least, we point to one reg- j plains and the halls of Montezumas, ulaily educated young missionary, with j We can give but a glance to the con his brave young wife, battling against I tending hosts to the far away isles of the the most fearful odds in the war-stricken ! sea.and the cloven tongues of fire sitting century, often misjudged by our foes and misrepresented by those unauthoriz ed to speak, or unacquainted with our women of our Church apiilause, and to one other of our missions 011 the Baha ma isle. Now, Mr. Chairman, after all this it in grandeur npon the eternal citv. Worlds of light sweep the path of vis ion; and there, j-our sainted Bishop Marvin flashes around the earth, a gold en band of fire; and in an intaut, as it like to help you, but the fact is (as you have alluded to it.) since you left us we feel hardly in a tix to help ourselves. (Laughter.) However, we are both adjusting ourselves to the situation, and getting adapted to it, in spite cf the little f-.iction here and there. AVc shall regard it a pleasure and Christian duty to afford -you all the help in our power. Between 3011 aud us let there be 110 enmity. You have spoken of the prospective and projected unification of the color ed Methodists of this country. Go form. 10. wpe.-t i 1, if it b.ppnible. Imi'uovim. Corn. Iu our corn fields are often large, numbers of Blen der stalks bearing no ears, or very small ears. These stalks have tassels ; and they scatter pollen and are very apt to scatter some on the ears of the best stalks, on the very ears which we shall select for seed. The different kernels on the same ear may have twenty or more different male parent. Now theory and analogy at least, tell us, if we wish to improve our corn to the greatest extent, we must pay some attention to the pollen used. A much better wa3- would be to plant a piece of corn by itself 011 good soil, and treat it well, giving the stalks plenty of room. Bofore shedding pollen, cut out entire ly or remove the tassels of all the poor est, stalks. In this way, we not onlj select seed from good females, but also from those fertilized 113- good males. Prof, lienl in Jfvht'yan J'c port. In tanning raw hide, spread it w hen tikcn from the ;;;iii.i.d, llc-h side: then tike two parts of salt, t.vo parts of saltpeter and alum combined ; make the mixture tine, sprinkle it evenlv over the surface, roll it up, let it alone a few days until dissolved, then take ofl what lle.-h remains and nail the skin to the side of a barn, in the sun : -tretch tight; to make it soft like har ness leather, put neatsfoot oil on it ; fasten it up in the -1111 again ; then rub out all th; oil you can with a wedge shaped stick, and it is tanned with tint hair 011. CWkkk Stains. If you desire to have your table linen tree from cof fee stains after being washed, the stains must be soaped before putting in to water: this will make them disap pear. - - - - -- Housekeepers may be glad to know that a tablcspooiiful of ammonia in one gallon of warm w ater will restorn the color-i of carpet.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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