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Bttluigh, 1ST. C, Wednesday, August 21, 1878.
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N".;,-Tii !;o.INA.
To many ot you.
OA - m
-.ichc
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-cie. imciits w in
s, and for w le iin
in aicl in-ist ten-
i.-re may
Wit there
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arc
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in all chi il iaii kiiid
v. t offer a --tate-
i .. i -1 . a;i'l paiticil-
A lll.'hitl-, illt ct
j.:;: iin- in a lal-e
..oa! preacher
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ooiniohs which I
o.-m. - hit.li f do
l.t-l
t..de i
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it p
ill.
hot p- iii:
ps in pub-
and
at i
.ut in smaller
.. tii.it I wis
an
all
I"
iii'i-: --net
preache i
-had
:.'l.'l '
., h i
principal agi-
1 III.
i... :!.,' upon
li ii.;- be.ti discovered
cu. ( who think I ought
. t hat. others are
,,. 1 In from this one
.i !
Ill l.Miol.lliei'
ot
"I ll
:.! initi
al!'; private
live assisted
. advi-'o an 1
;i personal
I
lis
he 11:
I'C el-
w
It I .ii'v: our nave gi.fui
la
T 1 1 .
hiartf-i iv 'onference in
;,, s.,nie Who, in III V
.,-.e... .juaiiiii -1 to preach, and
I ot !; ! -, i' may he, for time
bv beetling them out of the
, . !,:' li 1 1n-y were not called
, ...... i ..
i
ii anv siiapi. or loriii. ic
last t.M.-neral Conffciem-e
ii t!
, ...r.s a bill which passed in
I , v. ; m-rc-i.-.in'j the toimher of lo
pitcher in- th I hody . This
.-... to show, iii part, that I am
I.-- i in tl'- loci! ministry that
, a between ii.deigh and -'har-
e have their bretbii-ii to be-
siti- of the A t-
Ilei ;)i ,( feci
. ttiraigiis tl
: !e j'i-hiiing
hi
ic ieneral 'onfer-
gaihst local preach-
. li.cA ii t hat I offered
law of i rial for local
, o-l
i
ni.'li
:: oi V
ling tie
Thai
i
A i iier sa s, i ne
i jc-i al tin; close oi
uce, and the effects
i x'
.al otiiere
- ,itli.-i.-til 1 y
U.vasseil. .mil,
;( r eil her knew
tins to be talse,
ii-1 not. I f le: ili'l not, be is iy
f of the action had in the matter
. t Uncial onfeietice iind h;is no
... y 7.
,, :e
',, I'
spea
it. II he il M Know
l :...:!.. ..I lltu.ll.
i e ialsc, lie is ".uo. '-"
ro nre. I l" i'' iin for the present
i, c-i- ie-
,i n of that dilemma .
In
l rui h is, I
seined to the Cencral
i.tidiii'iit to the law
el lice ill V
ami
c.-y on ly t!t sei, .after tho or
e.i'o.tiou. It was referred to the
C.-mmittee on Uevisal a large and iu-t-iligent
c mince, upon which also
.1 1 1 .-.eif llel-S. I
tic r
po
well- several 1'Jt.u j ..s
,. theieiilterto go before the
i . .. . ...e i.nr e iews
c uiiliiitlei; ami pics.-m
I i ' .in i iieii i member told me there was no
uc.-essitj for it, as the committee had
pas .1 ft. (as I understood him,) unan
I eslv.evch the local 2reaihcrs vol iny
iff Would lhat we I. a t moie '
, i, j,,,,, wise and iiilbn nlial local
,.: ! ,, in the church: and we think
i 1
C
Il pioll- O
'. :i s ,,e,,'
Ml .-a
pray, that such may O'' al
to 1 he ieneral t 'oiileience.
i
,. i'.,- ..1V..1 n..- licit amen i
, -iit 1, th - law arose iroiii no .-im... ,
t... e, :il'i.i tVolll llO Still'
i-ven-e, nor from any desire to dan.ago ,
iiie loc al ministry: for it will e'.f.ainly
i
lie to the advantage "I every one, -eeil
Itud men ; of which latter class we be
lieve there are no mre, in j r j i timi to
nninbers, in tlie local thai: i'i the itiiu r- !
tin ranks. My oliject was simply ;
wholh that tlie law miuht be nnillci
ami liarmonix.c'l in its pail--, an l le
male ei'lieietit to s -Mi.' pl iiu, sin.j'le
justice in everv case. ithoiit c.n I
Umii I may say that s..me of tli" I ;
leual talent in the (ieneral ( 'onfeieme
agree. t with me in everv point I nrele. j
Let its look at it bridly. The cltar;e !
is male by the aforesaid writer in tlie j
AhVu'MT, that the law outs a local I
preacher oh ttial by those who ale j
his "peel s." The iit-r'n' Matnie ot ! he '.
term
,!i.rs has i!
Us
Ills
Hers
imi;-;!i!
tiled
f..iv ! l-.uv - -i!y -
1 have lo rliin'i o er hi
ctl iht we n
.!;,!
ilitplldelice lo i
io it.
A m ill's 'peel s' ate hot always con
stituted of those occupying the same of
ficial position. In Kiio'land,
"I'eers
lil'l'eicllt
ot t lie Ucaim are eomiM.sei
it
s. bcloiminu' to some one of the
live dee-fees oj nobility, who were re
garded as equals of the King. In civil
law, :t t iovcrtior is not tried by (toivr
n rxf A .1 iidgo of the supreme or cir
cuit court is not tried by a jury of
tFtt'7;C.. In ecclesiastical law. a l'.i-h-oji
is not tried by a jury of Wshnis.
Hut all the-e are tried really by their
peers. So the law as ir stood, and as it
stands, provides for a local preacher to
be t ; ied bv hi
peers, which are the j
tuartcrly Conference, j
members of tl
The only part out of i..i;it in the old i (he kingdom of heaven. This we think
law, and f ir which there was no neees- i conclusive. And it does seem to me
sit via justice or analogy, was that it) that we are not left it niter darknes
re. j wired a Committee of local preaehcis ' upon this subject.
to investigate reports and see if a trial ' The groat Teacher says, in reierence
was necessary. What reason is these to little children: '' tf such is the king
for local preachers to compose this in- j doin of heaven." And again, when in
ve-stigating committee, uhh
lie is to j
be tried by ;
Clear! v this i
.1'"'.'
d' loc.
leachers
the effect ,
thotigl
i it w a
not the reason and may hot
have bed
intended, viz: the almost impossibility
in some eases of getting local preachers
to travel along distance, be away from
their business, and pay their own ex
penses to do a piece of work that could
really be done better by members of the
chiU' h int. rested, enables a had man to
force the ciiu;-ch '" retain him. m- gives
him time to put himself beyond the
1 S 1 1 I
iC'T-li in legal process
"M v amendment, to the iiw which tt ies
a local, 'leaeh'-r bv his ;s- -tin ;i.r-
1
terly (.'onfcrciice provided that where
local 2'ieachers, to compose the prelimi-
narv committee, could not with reason-
able effort bo obtained, then three mem-
h.'fs of the (Quarterly 'oiileience should
hi appointed, tlur member of which, cn-
duct iug the proseciit ion, of course, would
n it vote. I leave it, therefore, dear
brethren, for volt to say, whether in
jour judgment, an innocent man would
desire liloi'is tlUtU litis-
I deem this pl-aiu staluiueut due to ;
TOU
as liiuch as to myself, and make it :
in ; n christian spirit. You are not in
my way, and I will not be in yours. I
shall probably not deem it necessary to
lij.-.ke anv fart her si ateinenl to you.
I intend'-'! ut the Celcra! 'oh icieiiec
to bear my humlde part in taking car.
of the general interests of the el, inch,
but especially to do two things, y.i
Have iijcori'orated into the I nteruat ioii
al Lessons the distinctive doctrines of
Methodism, and to amend the law as
above. Xjl'd both.
The partiality of my brethren sent
me to the ieneral Conference. I did
not try to get them to send me. I ex
pect to keep on not tryiny. It was a
tiiv.t-ela.ss Cencral Conference. Take it
all in all, I do not Hue how we can have
a better one unless we send the same
men back next time.
I an: not particularly anxious to go.
Hut if I do, I call eaith to witness lii.'il
I shall do what I think is right, the
I'.islioji of the Local Preachers' Colifer-
ehce
ing-
to
the contrary not wil listand-
Yours truly,
Wilmington, Aug.
K. A. Yvn:-.
"lb.
For the Advocate,
INFANT SALVATION.
Diu F.oiaarr: Some tune ago I saw ,11
your paper some articles from Too. I;ag-
welloilthe subject of infant lege a
tioti, or baiviitioii. 1 eiileitiiined a hope
that some one would take up the sub
ject and give it a thorough ventilation.
I have never seen anything fully satis
factory .n the subject. We leach the
universal total depiavity of the human
race. We teach the doctrine of orig
inal sin which involves the whole hu
man family in spiritual corruption.
.Rut there are some things connected
with the subject l do not understand ,
fully-
' . .. .....
1 do not believe uitli the .niinomian ; especially om muics, .0 u.....
that there are "infants in hell not a span I every charge is supplied with a good
Ion.'." lint we sing: 1 parsonage.
0 . .,, i Your committee have had under care-
"Sotuii" from t.ie man whoso ginHj ; . . .. , -
' 1 r.,j t . -1 advisement the ijUcstton of a is-
Corriipts bis race and (aiiils lis all," triirt. I'arsouage. They concur in the
and we believe that they are "conceived j opinion that a well located and comfoi
and born in sin, born unholy and tin- ! table home for the Presiding Flder is a
i... "in 1 rdi-dous point of view. ) ncccssit v in every dist rict, and t he want
I'll 11 r ' .-
Vow if it be true that vvithout. holiness
...... e in see or cnlcr into, tin; king
ii. , ....... - ,
1 lie.-iven. how are tl
clnMivii to
r1 h- saved who die in infancy'. e do
, , , ; t i 1 ar-
uucouditioiial election of all
-
those that shall be saved. Neither do!. and ihliuential laymen to bring this
we believe in the theory or doclrit fi matter pioiiiinently lo the attention of
baptismal regeneration as assumed hv
some iliineH.
We preach the doctrine that all chi
ilren 1 !rit ilie in infancy, whether b.ip- i
li.etl or imbajiti.e'l, are save'l. I'-nl j
hat is t ho philosophy of their salva- I
lion ? I'poii what roinnl - lo we claim :
lor th'-ni an inheritance in heaeti ?
1. They mi;sl cither yo there in an!
nnievvnerale aim impure slate, as i ney
were born, or they must be cleanse! ami
s.i net ilied by some means before they
- o. Thcv cannol uel to heaven in an
im pnre state, according to the I'lld-,
t h.'of'ie thevmif-t be chans.-il he.,re
I In-y i-each t here.
Th. -- ( it !! l. .i-.'i.ii,;':'v in 'h-- ;
ofdvino', oi I here are some nther means,
provideil for their sain liliea' ion. Tln-re
can be no necessary connection between
death and the sanct ilicat ion of the soul.
I eath is the coiiseipience of kin. "Sin
entered into the world and death by
sin." Therefore it ean neither purify
the soul, nor alone for sin.
o. The m i ns of salvation is cithet
a'iplicaiilc, and docs extend, to till chil
dren alike, or is extended only to those i
that d.e in infancy. It will not do to
say that it extends only to those chil
dren that die; for this would contradict
one of the essential elements of ( bid's
nature that of impartiality.
Therefore if one child is fitted for
hcaen before it dies, all children by
the same agency must be fit subjects I'm
'apernauui on one occasion,
his disciples
asked him who should be the greatest
in the kingdom of heaven. He then
called "a little child ain't set him in the
midst nf them. And said, verily I say
until you, Kxeept ye bo converted and
become as a little child, e shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Xote the fact, that 'he docs not say "As
this little child" in this connection, but
"as a little child," showing that all
childieu of the same class are included
in I his illustration. Thejesson, there
fore, is, that all persons who have es-
t ranged themselves from Cod by actual
- !;i..jv. i. disnhciJieliec. or by vviikcd
-
I works, must be modeled after the true
pattern as set forth in the children as
1 elassilicd by the Savior.
Now permit me to ask a (Olestioii.
' f the children are in a state of salv a-
itioii, ulnit is it that, deprives them oi
that state in after years, or when they
come to years ol iiiscretioii .
Is it not tiossible to keep them in that
slate of salvation as easily as
it would )
be to bring them back into it, and keep!
1 !. !
tliem in that state in years to come i
,AV u,ueh hariiur is it to teach the,!
ciiiblreii right in youth than tor then,
to teach themselves right in riper
years ?
C. M. Am.kiisox.
Newton, X. C, Aug. HTS.
For the Advocate.
FA YLTTI'ATLLL DISTIHCT COA-
FFUFXCF.
The follow ing act ions of this body
deserve iiblic notice, but were left out
of the first article to prevent making it
too long.
UEI'OKT No. '2 of t OMITTKi: ON i rtll lsii
IN'ci ISTKHKsTS.
Your eoiiihiiltce have very earnestly
considered the character, condition .-11111
import a nee of the general literature, and
various papers and publications of our
church, and after mature deliberation
would very respectfully recommend the
following resolutions for tho adoption of
this IHslriet Conference, to-wit:
lles-li:el 1st, That we endorse and
recommend to all our people and Sun
day schools, our own excellent puhliea- i
. - . .,, i, .1 .
ttoiis at .Vishviite, especially me i-0111-daj'
school literature, without which no
Sunday school can be pioporlv sj stcmat
ized or equipped.
I llesolutions Avere also uiiauimoiisly
i adopted endorsing the Ualcigh and the
' Nashville .Ith'OCiUes.
i
i l;i:-ot;T NO. 2 of 'oIMITTKr: ON I lll la II
elioi i'.ii i Y.
I'arsonayes.
There ate in the District niiic par
soiiages. A niihihcr of these are well
located, good houses and com fortably
fuinished. Some of the congregations
deserve honorable mention, and a place
011 the record for the laudable pride and
interest they manifest in keeping com
fortable homes for their preachers. We
' urge all our people everywhere, and
i -ii 1.1:.. ...w. .
j ,," it is butt ful, 411 many ways
to Ha
best inlorcsis of the Ciiurch
llow over,
, ...
; vour ooiiiiiiittt'c un.nimiousjy agree tnat
! ,t would int he expe.ueni ai pieseui 10
I undertake to raise money lor tins luucli
J needed enterprise; but bog our preachers
people, thai, at an early
lie able toaeeompish what we dueply re
urei ottr inability to ilo at once. All of
which i respectfully submitted.
Si-ne.l ,. W. xv.'Koi;n,
( 'iiairmnn.
si r.s 1 1 1 1 1 1; M'of ri:i rot; i;i:po):t no.
ol l oMMITTKI-: o I- HI 'CATION'.
Iiili:el, That this District Confer-
j cihv strongly reeoinmeiid to the dilfer
j cut charges id' this District, that they
! establi- h si-hoo'.s wheieyef praelicable,
j under the control of the (Quarterly t'on-
fei..iee. in the following respects : 'l'hat
l he feaehei eiiiiloycl shall be elected by
i the ( i!..rt"ilv ( 'ohference: lhat the
i tin irieriv 'oiiferciu-e assume no finaiiei-
! - '
; al obligaliotis unless thcv choose to, but
i
! that thcv endorse the schools and urge
our people lo patronize them.
That, b'ey. .1. I. Arnold he appointed
to prepare a course of sludy for those
schools, to have reference to the cotirsei
of .lotiesbofo High School, and Trinity
and ' rechsooro t .'olleges.
That this course be obligatory on the
schools, bill that the teacher elected he
allowed to take his own Course in all
other respects in conducting the school.
That the (Quarterly Confercncu also
build ami secure suitable school houses
wherever practicable, under the usual
reiiiiieiueiits of the discipline in regard
to other Church property of the different
charges.
Signed W. . Dot i;.
It would be very pleasant to spealc,at
length of the kind hospitalities enjoyed
by the Conference at the hands of the
people of donesboro. The writer had a
home with Dr. Monroe, a short drive
from the Conference room. The Doctor
opened his doors, his heart and his ar
gumentative faculties for our entertain
ment, and made us feel at home. We
had the pleasure of demolishing ami of
being demolished in two or three intel
lectual tilts, and still left an interesting
subject undiscussed, tin Sabbath and
after, we enjoyed the hospitalities of
liro. X. II. Ilrv an and his accomplished
family in the neighborhood of l!uffalo
( I'resbvterian) Church. At this Church
we met a very interest ing and largely at
tended Sabbath School, and had the
pleasure of worshipping with the large
congregation that usuallj' assembles at
the j. lace. l!e . . S. I. ,icy,t!ic pas
tor, extended to us all proper courtesies.
He has an interesting Held of labor
there ai gst the many young people
of his charge, and there were not want
ing gruy heads to furnish experience
and stability to I he assem.ilj'. Indeed,
we could not but observe the large num
ber of old people engaged in the Sunday
School work, and likewise the good or-
der and excellent singing lor which our
I'resliv lei iaii hret lireii are generally no
-'''
W vt. I',. I lorn,
Secpetary.
irri.svilie, X. ('., August, 178.
A I "C 1ST N( ) X.
Tbe quiet August Bonn has tome
A pliniibrous silence Alls the sky,
UUe (ioltls are still, iiie woods are dumb.
In glassy sloop the waters lio.
Away ! I will not be to day,
The only slavy of toil and care.
Away from desk and dust! away!
I'll bo as idlo as tho air.
William Cnlh.it Ii. j'lnt
why siiifliTaxy max
SWEAR ?
1 can conceiv e of no reason why he
should, but of ten reasons whj' he should
not.
jt is h,ean. A man of high moral
standing would almost as soon steal a
sheep as to swear.
It is vulgar. Altogether too mean
for a decent man.
It is cowardly. Ituphing a fear of
not being believed or obeyed.
It is ungentlemanlj'. A gentleman,
iceording to Webster, is a genttel man,
well-bred, refined. Such a one will 110
more swear than go into tho street to
throw mud with a clodhopper.
It i.s ihde.oent, offensive to delicacy,
and extremclj- unlit for human cars.
It is foolishness. Want of decency is
want o I good common sense.
It is abusive. To the mind which
conceives the oath, to the tongue which
utters it, and to the person at whom it
is aimed.
It is venomous. Showing a man's
heart to he a nest of vipers, and every
t ime he sw cars one of them sticks out
its head.
It is couitetuptilile. Forfeiting the
respect of all the. wise and good.
It is wicked. Violating the divine
law and provoking the displeasure of
him who will not hold him guiltless
who takes his nanie h vain,.
Xviis of c.riicilixiun were driven
I h rough the Saviour's feet. The blood
that issued there had coursed through
the same heart, and was the .same pier:
( ions blood that trickled from His brow
l ite blood in 1 he foot where sandal was
worn, and the blood where the crown of
thorns had pressed, all the same. Let
us remember Christ's lowly ones. The
.servants of t iod may he unknown,
w.-aiy, obscure, unlearned, but still they
are Cod's children. While we recognize
the great ones of the kingdom let us not
overlook tlie poor, Christ is tho one
dear Saviour of all who believe.
the iieotile, thai, at an early dav.wc may
DEV0T1.
II V TKNolaioN
Tiici
a little church on
th
earth, no matter what sect the 'lunch
of Christ -which is one of the most
prosperous' I ever knew. Teciv is but.
little wealth in the society, yet the min
ister is well paid: the h.-ve a lit riran:
their scats are free to all: Iie ir poor are
well siipplicd;there is n i debt, rest ing upon
them, and there is always a little mon
ey in the treasury. Jo 1 s:i-iiis lo smile on
that little church, and I often think lie
gives his angel.-, charge concerning it, l'..r
it js (Host blessed, and iicds its 1 1 i i it -
cirtc -
I! ai-oii in I . I he sec re! I !es
i mem bet'.-, are ( 'in isa ians in
he.-ul
as Well as in name, and their
pockct-
books form as conspicuous a part in
their religion and service, .is the prayer
books in some of the neigh boring church
es. . I differ from many in my ideas I
know, but somehow I do not understand
how a person can be devoted lo Cud and
.His service, as it is necessary for a
Christian to be, and count his money
out uf I he ij'icstion. I do hot c.ihipre-
hend what kind of religion it is that has i
hold of a man, when he doles out his
money for Christ's cause, in the most
doleful sort of a way, and groans about
the amount of money it takes to
run a
church.
I know a man, a iJltriaiiiiiL man, they
say, and of course he must be lot 1 ha ve
heard him speak most elo.iieiilly for
Christ; once, so earnestly did he talk,
he moved me to tears, and the next lav,
want iug some money for "home chari
ties," I went lo him with a glad, free
heart, feeling sure of a welcome and n
bounty; I obtained neither, tho' he was
worth his thousands. I am ptt..led to
know what kind of a christian he was. I
may be very dull however.
Is a Christian's dcvolioti complete
without his pocket book? I o nol mis
uuderstand iny use of the word dev otion.
I lo not mean giving a dollar or two,
now and then, and seeing- how cheap one
!
can get along without appearing mean
in the sight oi inch that is not at all in
accordauee with the term but I mean
real worship, real adoration, llovv can
we worship! mil "in .spirit and in -truth
at
and in the beauty of holiness," and give,
t-v; "i sparing! to say not Inug 01 grudg-
ihg'iy to extend the glory ol 't hat md
How can one lav up his treasure in
Heaven and in earth also? "Where
your treasure is, there will your heart
1'," and it is equally line v, here our
heart is then; will you bestow your
treasure. Now how can voti devote
one and withhold the other? How is it
that you can dcav yourself no luxury.
while senile ol 'oil s little ones .ne cav
ing for bread? I low is that you can
liae (he cheek to pray to Cod to con
vert the world, when you count with a
csty! oils eye. 1 1;. j dolla rs you. iu your
wtahh, gi vc to", a 1 ds t he mspel's dis
pel alion when you Tiet at I he money
j'ot contribute throu.yh $! icitaiioii
that the heathen ma y learn t he power of
Wiiv is it that voil
so jcldom give without being inv ited?
Wl' have to be" asked al all? Are von
mtV-siiiposcd to have Christ's interests
at Airi? Are j'011 not a tlevol-.ut Chris
tian' Are voti a Christian at all unless
yoij are devoted?
I.oesii't it seem stiaiige to you, now
you hi nk of it, that ut are constantly
plaining how little you need give, in
atetd of how much j ou can spare? Isn't
it liiiiost a wonder to jou, when you
recti
that
Voti
Cod'
boiijit with a price the blood, of -le-
siis-f that your
ratitude allow s mi to
lay r 11 oviy money in the
e.'irthlv banks
tljn ia j'our cnlhiisiasai y..n manage
to si e(?) al all? Whence comes "CV
ly jood and perfect gift?" Cannot
you lender to iod the tilings which tire
Coefs Of course you can even to tle
eletijiig of yotir&olf. io.r your devotion,
if it-! Jo true, will consider noihiuga
se'ciie'o that you do for him.
Diiotion devotion I 'votion.. T an1,
not t iking; especially n t hose close-iisted
prohjsors who are so religious on Suu
elaysis to class their money with the
woi'Liy things, and innocently le.avu
their us rses at home, but also to you,
mend" influence, in the church who give
goouiat 11 redly ami liberally in
com-
parisn. What is your
iliihllfl ol
eh:voioii, and lm much of j our pocket
bookloes it include? Taking into eon
sideilioti the blessedness of religion; the
preciitsiiess of Cod", love, which rc
deeint you: ihi iu-igiiilieauce of the
tiling of t his world, compared to the
glory of the u wl : icmcmherihg tor what
jou ;le livih'i', :nd whose kingdom it is
that Jii are daily praying shall come
- ' io "11 ' 1 " ,7,,. ,,.
o vogivelilierallv,and are 011 devottii
to Hi cause in the fullest sense of the j
word,ictf. in tho sight of men, hut in the
sight f Cod, who alone shall judge tho
world Ned according to the world's
ntandrdof generous giving, but in ac-cordai-e
with the value of religion ceun
p:tredo the things of this woild, are
you lieral towards the cause? What
piopo;ioi4 ol your inc-ouie does your de
Yotioilead Jou to sit apart lor Cod?
Does Iseetii to j-oii a great deal to give
or do oil long to make it more? Are
j'ou dtoted to Christ?
Tlnj arc debts upon some churches
that stub! put the members to shame.;
MMNiHMnBvnnHBy"W(Maa
debts of years standing, that could be
cancelled with a single sweep did the
Christians love and duty and devotion
extend olear through their bank accounts.
There are other churches struggling in
poverty that would have a fund to meet
every need did the wealthy of the land
lay till upon the altar -were they .
citcl followers of Chi isl . - mean not
lhat other men be cased, and e burden
ed: but by an equality, that now, at this
i lino your abundance may be a supply
for their want, their abundance may be
also a supply for iout want; that there
may be equality; as it is writlen, he
that gathered much had nothing over;
and he that. Iru1 gathered lilt le had no
lack."
There are individual be n ts a-; well as
church societies that need your aid
your money. Hearts that are suffering
for tangible comfort Cod's poor thai
stretch out their hands lo you; they are
huiigiy; they cannot subsist forever on
smiles and words, they need mon
ey. Oh Christians, Cud cries out to
yon through theni. Sluno your devo
tion, prone your love, and scatter your
money freely, even as you have freely
received.
I low did the wise men of the I '.ast
worshin the infant dcsiis? Not menlv
bj' prostrating themselves before Him,
but giving him of their treasures gold,
frankincense and myrrh.
"So hard torasie liiotiey for Christ!"
Can it lie, Oh, cnit, it he'l And shall
it always be so? Aside from a social en
joyment, shall churches be obllyed to re
soit to festivls, fairs, concerts, suppers,
lectures, tfcc, that the treasury maybe
replenished?
"Hard to raise liioiiej- for Christ?"
Mi, Christians, where is your devotion.
(Mi, give, give! (Hire tlu)t,ljity,
lavishly, cheerfully, heartily don't wait
to be asked, but yioe ever and always.
Cive! Gire It's for Christ, for (Jhrix',
who, "though he was rich, yet for your
sakes He beoame jiooi', that ye through
His poverty might be rich "
TAKTNC TIIKSToNi; AWAY.
j Xovy, it is a remarkable characteristic
jot .lesits that lie never spoke an un-
necessa rj' word
hecessarj- deed.
nor performed an uu
I le never did for an-
other what that, person could do Inl
1 himself. There seemed to be omiiipo-
, tence at His command. lie claimed
j that there was. lie performed acts
which go as far .as acts can go to prove
the possession of limitless power. All
disease was under 1 1 is control. lie could
instantaneously heal lepers, open the
eyes of the blind, unstop the ears of the
deaf, and give tone and health to chronic
paralytics. All nal lire seemed mnlei'
II is command. He could still storms,
and muitiplv- bread a thousand, fold,
even indefinitely, and change water into
wine. He was the master of the grave.
He sent His summons through its gale
into eternity and called bak the spirits
of the long-departed to re-inhabilaie
tlicir former bodies. There is no per
ceptible limit to His power.
And j et lie never performed a miracle
to gratify His own passion or those of
others. He never exerted His great
power for displaj". If .lesiis were a
mere man to whom Almighty Cod had
for a season delegated His alniightiness,
it is inconceivable that He should not
at some time have put forth His hand
to gratify the curiosity of His beloved
friends, ur tei indulge His eiwn desire for
display, or hind the hands of His foes,
or destroy them with His wend of p-w-er.
Hut He never did. I never knew a
nian, never- he.ird of a man, find no re
cord in anv- history of a man, s conti
nent, so gloriously self-controlling', lhat
he would not, at lo;js;t otioe in his life
time, break over the bounds and exert
this delegated power selfishly, desus
never did. Then Cod never does. It
is the merest fanaticism to desire and
pray that Cod will give us a sign, do a
wonder, and set the universe ngapo t
His monstrous power, n never did.
He never will-. D' Hi power seem glori
ous to us, it is because that power is
glorious. All that men see is what
llabakkuk calls "the hiding ut' Mis' pow
er." ( ied doe-s only what (iod cannot
leave undone. I!kv. Hi:. Hkkvis,
( Frank Leslie's Sunday Jujt::ine for
September.
I lv llio Cosoel in'Ai,. 1111 - v-e see t lie t rill
tth
i ' 1"
without ;i veil. lhe doctrine of atoiie-
hieiit is directly taught, for Christ has
actually died Himself, and the fact of
His death is veritable history. It in
acknowledged bv friends and foes. The
love of (toil through Christ .leus we
feel in our souls deeper than the pos
sibility of a mistake, the Holy Spirit
bearing witness with our spirits that we
i are His. Methodist Recorder.
I
A name on a church register with its
owner alwaj-s, or nearly always absent,
or worshiping here and there, and yon
der, anywhere, everywhere or nowhere,
is a positive hindrance. Fifty prompt,
praying, faithful, working Christians in
a church are a stronger organization
than live hundred diverted, inditfcretit
and undetermined. Proper discipline
will both work and weed the garden ed
the Lord.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; j'ou must hammer and forge
yourself one. Froudc,
MY ilODKL MIXISTKIL
1 would cali no man master. 1 would
set up no man as a model in all particu
lars. No man i.s without his imperfec
tions. AYe have hut tine perfect model,
and lie was born sinless.
Rut if I must choose from aniongs
men, if ! must make choice of some one
l'mm amongst the living or the dead, to
be m- model as a minister, I think that
my choice would fall em the late Wil
liam Jay, of Rath, Fiiglainl. After a
recent re-perusal of his Autobiography,
il seems lo me that no minister ol whom
i have read, or with whom 1 have been
personally acquainted, possessed so
many excellencies, and had so few
blemishes, asy man and a.miuister.as I r.
day. He had faults, no doubt; but these,
whatever tiny maj- have been, were so
overshadowed bv' his virtues that they
hardly appear. They were like spots em
the sun, scarcely perceptible.
First and foremost, amongst the excel
lencies of Mr. day, stands bin unaffected
piety. He was iimpiest ioii.-ihly a good
man. He was not simply a moral man,
without a stain on his character, but he
was possessed of and controlled by genu
ine love to Cod and to man. This was
conspicuous in all his life. It pervaded
all his thoughts and feelings and words
and acts. He was a man of godlj' sin
cerity. lie was a large-hearted man. He
was a lover of mankind. He was kindly
disposed towards those of every nation,
of all ranks and of till denominations,
lie was no seetaii.in or bigot. He had
his preferences, his likes and dislikes;
but every human being had in him a
friend. His benevolence flowed in deep
and broad channels. His was the spirit
oi' lite good Samaritan. The needs of
iioee appealed to him in vain.
lie was characterized lor good, round
about common sense. He knew men,
and he knew how to deal with them.
He "had understanding of (he times to
know what Israel ought to do." lie
made no serious mistakes. During his
long pastorate he pursued a course ;hat
commended itself to the good judgment
of his people, so that thej' had an in
creasing respect for him,
lie was sound in doctrine. He prov
ed all tilings and held fast that which
is g 1. At the commencement of his
ministry he end rae-ed all the great fuinla
mentals of the evangelical faith, and
clung to them 10 the end. His trumpet
gave forth 110 uncertain sound. He never
sought to feed his llock with chaff. II
gave them the sincere milk of the Word,
that thej- might grow therein'. He de
termined to know nothing amongst his
people btit.lesus Christ, and him cruci
fied; and he held fast to his determina
tion.
He was a Riblieal preacher. He took
all his texts from the Rible, and he
preached his texts. His .sermons were
saturated with liible tiufh. He well
knew the llolj- Scriptures, and he taught
them to his people, and nothing else. He
never sought to amuse them with secular
and sensational themes. He preached to
them the truth, tho whole truth, and
nothing but tho truth, seeking rightly
io divide it.
Mr. day's whole demeanor in the pul
pit was such as to honor ami dignify it.
His peisoital appearance was prepos
sessing, his voice was charming, his
m inner was grave and easj-; and all
parts of the service, the reading of the
hymns and rei ipttire, the prayers and
lhe pleaching, were in beautiful har
nioiij'. It was a delight to listen to this
holy man of Cod. His sermons were
unwritten, but not unstudied. He re
garded preaching as his great work, and
his best hours and energies were given
to preparation for the sacred elesk. He
would not insult his Maker ley presum
ing to oiler to him that which cost him
nothing. He brought beaten oil into
the sanctuary. His thoughts were al
ways presented in a plain and simple
manner, and the coiuiuuii people, and all
the people, heard him gladly.
As a writer, Mr. Jaj' was easy and
simple, instructive and edifying, as all
readers of his. "Morning and Evening
Exercises' well know. In all his inter
course with men he was gonial ;o.l tl'i
ble. He was a model husband and
father, a model neighbor and citizen,
and a model pastor in all his interviews
with his people. On the whole, we are
chained with the man, and were we to
begin anew our ministry, and to make
choice of a model, we think thai model
would be William day, for more than
si.vtj- years the honored and useful min
ister of Rath. H. S.
ZVo York Ohaeroer.
-.
Mr. Samuel Khoads lost nearly
luo of his hogs; after trying every cure
he he.ird of, which did no good; he final
ly boiled some coin in lime water, and
from the first feed noticed an improve
ment in his stock. Those that were
sick recovered and none others took the
disease. He firmly believes that it will
cure hogs in the worst stages of cholera.
While Mr. li. undoubtedly claims
too much for the foregoing preventive
and remedial agent, it may prove ser
viceable to sonic reader.
Yot: may lose heaven by neutrality,
as well as by hostility. You may fail
by wanting oil, as surely as by drinking
poison. An unprofitable servant shall
as much be punished as a prodigal son.
Undone duty will undo the soul. Meth
odist Recorder,
Ennui is a malady for which the
only remedy is work ; pleasure is only a
paliation.
A scient-'st says angle worms do
not sutler when uut on the hook.
SOME WOXDFIiFFL FACTS.
Supposing your age to be Hftecn years,
or thereabouts, j-ou can be figured up to
a dot. You have lt hones and f00
muscles; your blood weighs twenty-live
pounds; j-our heart is nearly five inches
in length, and three inches in diameter;
it beats seventj- times per minute. I.TJOO
times per hour, 10.SIMI times er day,
and :i,J'2,ti00 times per year. At each
beat a little over two ounces of blood is
thrown out of it; and each day it receives
and discharges about seven tons of that
wonderful fluid. Your lungs will con
tain a gallon of air, and you inhale '21,
OtlO gallons jht day. The aggregate
surface of the air-cells of your lungs,
supposing theni to spreatl out, exceeds
lit),0t)0 stpiare inches. The weight of
j'our brain i.s three pounds; when jam
are a man it will weigh about eight
ounces more. Your skin is composed of
three layers and varies from one eighth
to one-fourth of an inch in thickness.
I'he area of your skin i.s about 1,700
sijnare inches, and you arc subjected to
in atmospheric pressure of fifteen pounds
to the square inch. Each square inch
of j-our skin contains 3,5(10 sweating
tubes, or perspiratory pores, each of
which maj- be likened to a little drain
ing tile one-fourth of an inch long, mak
ing an aggregate length in the entire
surface of your body of :M1, 16(5 feet, or
1 "tile-ditch for draining (he hody almost
forty miles long.
FUN AX I) FACT.
"Love is an eternal transport !" ex
claimed an enthusiastic poet. "So is a
canal boat," said a practical old forward
ing merchant.
"Oh, she was a jewel of a wife !" said
Pat, mourning over the loss of his bet
ter half; "she alwaj's struck me with the
soft end of the mop."
We live, and they experiment on life
These poets, painters, all whostand aloof
To overlook the farther. Let us he
The thing they look at.
Jlobert Browning.
The following order was recently left
on the slate of a Dover doctor : "Doc,
cum up to the house; the old man has
got Rnaix in his luitcs again, and raisin
kaiu.''
At a funeral in Ireland the clergy
man had not been informed of tlie sex
of the deceased. He accordingly leaned
over to the sexton and said: "Shall I say
'brother or sister here departed ?" "Il'n
neither, sir," whispered the man; "shine
he was only an acquaintance !"
Limit j-our wants; the Must is hard,
and solely by this Mast can wc show
how- it is with ns in our inner man. To
live according to caprice requires 11
peeu liar pi vvcrs. Goetlte.
Here, through tho feeble twilight of this
world
O roping, how many, until wc pass and
reach.
That other, where we see as wo are seen,
Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves
Ry taking true for false, or false for true!
Alfred Tennyson.
DOMESTIC.
PoncKLAix-KiHiEn Tam.r Mats. For
these pretty and tasteful affairs the re
quisites are some stiff pasteboard, scar
let flannel or merino, and a quantity of
the common, white porcelain buttons of
several sizes (which might he purchased
by the gross in assorted sizes.) For a
pitcher and goblets a mat twenty-two
by ten inches is needed, but the six
mats for the centre of the table may h
of sizes similar to those sold in the stores.
The cloth must be cut rather larger
than the pasteboard foundation, to fold
over an inch or so. A straight row of
buttons is now firmly sewed around the
extreme edge with scarlet or white silk
or cotton, taking the stitches thm"tjh
the pasteborad, which holds the cloth
(irmly in place. Next a design is made
with buttons of various sizes, and ac
cording to fancj-, even a prettj', Grecian,
kej' pattern being capable of accomplish
ment by using the tiny variety oulj' one
tenth of an inch in diameter (or the
niallest size made.) 15ut very beautiful
patterns, such as diamonds a star-like
cluster with a central and six surround
ing ones, three perpendicular ami two
on each side the central one, and rows
of three sizes, will all be found pretty;
but thej' may be increased ad in finilum.
When sewed on with, white the appear
ance is a pure, dead white, like carved
ivoiy, but the scarlet imparts a gay,
in illiant look that is very pleasing. Aftr
all the buttons are sewed on, the
mats arc lined with glazed muslin cut to
fit them, and hemmed or stitched neatly
around the extreme edge. If preferred,
a little eelge may be crotcheted with
scarlet zephyr, and sewed round the
border; scarlet, serpentine braid, crochet
ed with white, or white with scarlet,
looks well for this purpose.
It is said that an eucalyptus in the
lx.nl will riel it of mosquitos.
Generating steam power bjr the
raj s of the sun has been successfully
tried in India.
"Women's Mission Hoards nnft
their auxiliaries, in this country alone,
are said to number 0,000,