I" .1 - 4 1 1 V to i J ' : tl'.':l a 't thc( I I f It Hi 1 I $ltc (Shristian gulnnm TKKJIS. Tho Curistivs Auyocatc is I iii-nislied to subscri ber at 00 por annum in advance. If payment bo delayed six months, $-r0; ouo copy, six mouths, $1.23. tAAUl KATES. Tweuty-flve ropies, ouo year, pout paid, Fifty copies, one yoar, post paid. $1.!0 OUR A.'KXTS. .Ml the traveling nd local preachers in the bonnds it tho North Carolina Conference are onr anthorineti ..n U. Any person reading ua ten subscribers, for mi vt-ir. will receivA the paper free. A WEED. l:V i.oI'lNK i llAMU.Ki: Moi'l.ToV. How a liltl.- r oil row. That has no sun ? K'Hiia fall aud north svfmU d'ow, What fhail be don a ? Out coTiif some iUtl. puln li'.tvt At the apriu'a call, V-at the )'ih north winjs t!or Av lla s:ul rains Jail. Wonld'.it try t kti'p it uru. With lUkio breath f Mo must, whu pHVO life, li L'ru of tlcHtlj. Kmh yu torg't tho wh1 Mari'a thought m hrif. j'ln.jujih ch pale l?-al, lili the w-jed lirinK la k to dte On kicib-r sU : sii.-ill a iif- vhh-'i f.tun' n tun Im H-nth lind :d o m m u n u a t c t. For the Advocate. l'ii:-. I"ri:in : Allow t:n' a little space in ti oiiiimi ( tin1 "Raleigh Chris tian Advocate," the acknowledged or gan of the X. C. '.'iilViviii-r, f wh-ch 1 .1111 .lit acknowledged lll'-lnher. In PX- wnat I undei siaml tin- Bible to dearly teach in ivu'.'in! In tin' moral re lation of i i 1 t",t III children I" i r I . I claim the light of private judgment, v I i -! i I readily rnmv K' to others, re- sj tin-- tlii-. and other matters. If a -.h im li 't agree with mo, I do not think any less of him lii'ftn.M of an ll' liirf.Ti-Il'-l' ot t.j 111111111. (toil for- l a .1... i ,!. ,!. i ... i :....i l... iii !i iKiiTow-iimi'l.'ilness. "Tliink ami li'i iliink." is nut: of my mottoes. Tin' linn conviction that Infant !!c ucni'iatioii is tin ti-acliinn' of ii.il'.s w.ml is not. u conclusion to which I have hut recent )v "oine. For Imw maiiv years I , not exactly know, such In- euii mv ilccMeil i.ciief in reference what "we arc taught of ioil to oh- s.-rvr this vit:l!v imiioi'tant point, even in His written won, which is the onlv rule, an-1 the MttUciiMit rule, l.oth .f . ur faith ami practice."' I pioiit'v -.! for His glorious grace, n.-liiii--v :i i-ri.:. atonement f,i onr chil- ll.M i itiiant oliiiilreii as well as lor v.s i,-ir.-nl.s ! n...t tli..- I'ailiei, who t tic ill. race, (J. .4 the Son. throu h wll-'ill "i. i- ,ivc:i. ' t he ! loly Hiost, whom ii is at.i'iie' or -caleil. I tr. hues the Karl!, r of tlie spirits of i'.i tiesh unto Ai'iaham " will ostah lih mv c..ciiant hetivecii me ami thee, 1 tin- ee'l. alter thee, in their genera . . . i tor an evei last mg covenant; to tie 1 unto thee. ainl to thy seeil after Siii'n St. I'eter, i. I'l's ilisiiiivtl ji,.-tle. on tii..- .lay ot i Viilccosl, '-The i .mi i iie u i it of i he I loly in st i net if im: . ic.-iii'r.it nig iiilliienees, i- i von. -mii voMf chiiilieu," (will ;,v l.c so nttiuilxrol a;el s. nii'jni-rlm.-t as f cuciinle that Peter -111 not i,,. !!! infant chil.lren .' ) "am! to all that are a fir oil", even as many as the Lonl ,,!!! o..l -hall call." Tinlv aiel touchingly 'h.cs Dr. Watts -:iv in the iiyinii of our collec- t'nei - -.I. -n- tin-ancient faith outirnis. To "Ur gieai father given; He take- our chiMieii to His arms. Ainl ealls them heirs of heaven." I -hoiiM like to know how they can I..- . aile.l heir-vf heaven without being rcgeneratcl. I must sujijni.se that, onr Sa vior ili'l n it mean to exelmle little chil lreii ia .-aving "Kxeej.t a man be born again,' legenerated, "lie cannot sec the K MILT'lolll of 'oil." Auai'i, "There were brought, unto II i hi little chihlien," (-u small that lie ' t ...k them uj. in His arms), "that lie i: 14 j;ut His ban Is on them ami juay: an i'ti.;" (iiarrow-lnimleil 1 "li.scij.ies lmke 1 them tliose that brouglit them. i r.ut .l.-sus sai.l, SuiVer little chihlien, an.l forhi-l tliem not, to come unto me; for a' such ii the kingiloiii of hen .-en." In i tie chapter just jueceiling I 8th chap. Matt., the iliscij.Ies are rejiresenteil as a-king .l. sus: "Who is the greatest in the l.ing.lom of heaven ? ami Jesus call .1 a little child nnto ilim, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Kxccjit ye be converted, and become, as little children, yc shall not enter into the kingdom of hea ven." Would any one consider us hetero (would von, dear Doctor,) if we v.iae to venture to say that the Master im am to teach Infant. Hegeneration m this Script lire just quoted? If -Sl, I siipj.ose that I, for one, shall have to ic-t uu'lei the grievous charge, com foiiiiiir mvself with the following "Orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is 5y your doxv. 'M "i f Mich" infant children says ft. .Jefcus, "is the kingdom :f heaven;" not udll be; not after, or in, or Just at, or before, ih-ath: but from the earlier pe ril of, and all through, their infancy, ' "qf such is the kingdom of heaven"' in a Instilled state, not i.ardoned, for they ape done nothing to be pardoned for; it .ieat.-d as iust delivered from the ( i of find's law, from 'oil's wrath te'erateilhyrhc IIolv ihost, through ot'iiiemontof (,'hrist, without regard REV. J. P.. ROBBITT, I). I)., Vol. to l.iilh, of course, because they an; in eajiable of exercising it, and, having been "trained nj in the way they should go," as they may be, and ought to be, because a holy od requires it, so soon as they reach the jierioil of making an intelligent choice for themselves, -'of such" will lie or is "the kingdom of Iod" sustaining said relation to (lod by faith, through the atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ. If the foregoing be not the teaching of ( "oil's word, which is truth eternal and unchangeable, touching the moral relation of infant children to liim, I have honestly failed to umleistand what Mis won! docs teach resjiecting this vi tally iinjiortant j.omt. If such be n..t the teaching of lod's word, I do not see (would like for some oiie, eajiable of doing it, to exj.laiu in m) IhW it can be reconciled with yeniiine common ...... : .. i .-.i i i . aviiav, i;i naiiiioay wnn wiucn I have anxiousl v souglit to interpret it. Ai our late District 'oufcrcuee, I heard otic, ot the honored members ol the N. '. (.'onferenee, while jueaciiiug, stale lis position in regard to the moral ie ation of children, lie is a man whom I esteem as a brother deariy beloved, and a true yoke-fellow in the christian min istry. His position wis (I hope not now is) "children arc in a justified state, not regenerated." I f an v one can ma i.e. theological sense out ot such a j.o- sitioit, I must confess myself utterly un due to do so; nor do I hope ever to be thle to do it. On the Moor of the Con ference, next morning, while making my rejiort, having occasion to sjicak of children, I thought 1 would simplv :tate (having an equal right) what 1 .elieved to be the I5ible j.ositioii, in ref erence to tin; mora! relation c f children, with no motive, not the slightest desire whatever, of provoking controversy. My object was merely to j.ubliely de clare against his position, without being personal. It drew from him the follow ing manifestly irrelvrant question, which I was surprised that a man of his sense should ask: "Do yon (I) endorse the articles of our religion?" I con- i de red this a pretty sweej.ing miction, i " -A :m.1 .is memoirr hthiI 1. 1 ... r- I..,f 1.. ..... I .... . ... . . . ...rtu. inin:, mil HI 111. i modestly say, I wasn't at all frightened. 1 didn't suppose at the time, and do not sujijiose now, that he was there, charged with the authoi ity of ait iu- qui-itor. I am very far from saying l. l r i . . c . i i mis nun anv leeiinii in UU I. Iletiless Tin,. .ri-.... h.w such lo dwell in my heart toward i ...... I .4,t In,-,. -iU.-..,l liim c-ito- ! gi.ricallv. as he asked me, "Do you mean, my brother, all of the articles, or j the first, or the last, or which ones, or ! one do v..u mean ?" My reply to him I was simply, "I challenge any man to call in question my loyalty to my church, and that 1 am trying to be loyal to the Uiblc." I suppose he had reference especially and exclusively to the 7th article, "Of Original or Birth-Sin." Permit me to quote it, as it may not be convenient for those who may read this contribu tion to refer to it. '-Original sin staml eth not in the following of Adam, (is the Pelagians do vainly talk) but it is tlie eorruj.tion of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and of his own nature inclined to evil, and that continually." I endorse this article and all the rest without the slightest mental reservation. I do not wish to make this contribu tion any longer, or I mighl notice this 7th article by way of showing it to he in harmony with Infant Regeneration. I have this to say, in conclusion, if any one will undertake to show how Infant Regeneration is any more in cotillict with the 7th article, or any other article, of our religion than the regeneration of adults is, I'll promise to give him jci tient, unprejudiced attention and con sideration, by reading or by hearing, praying that iod may open my heart to the truth, if I am in error, and the writer or speaker presents the truth. Allow me to say, I had not the slightest intention id' giving my views on the above subject, through the me dium of our Organ, or of any other pu j.er, until being requested to do so, by letter received this morning, from one whom 1 regard as one of the first ami clearest intellects of our Conference. After considering the matter awhile, I concluded to contjily with the request. I have written purely in the interest of our glorious Christianity. I believe what 1 have written to be tin; truth ac cording to the Bible, "the .Religion of Protestants." 1 regard the subject of Infant llegenert ion as of vital impor tance to the Church of Jesus Christ. Would to lod that every parent, who stattds in tlie place of God, to his infant children, solemnly, and prayerfully con sidered their relation as I understand the Bible to teach it, training them up yyith such i view; the Church and the whole country yvould be in a far better state and condition than they are. May the Holy Ghost aj.j.ly the truth to the mind and heart of every reader of this especially every parent, and forgive the writer for wherein he may have failed to write the truth. Yours truly and affectionately, M. O. Thomas. Lexington, N. C, Aug. 17th, 178, Ei.rr.m and Pi7i;lisiikr. For tho Advocate. ouk imsn cm;i-:sroNDi'XT. The microphone may become an en couragement to Sunday laziness, and a hindrance to the clergy, and yet possib ly a help. It may enable them to juvaeh to the sick and aged of their thick who are detained at home on the Sabhath. Mr. Cmssley, of Halifax, has had one placed in the juilj.it of a Dissenting Church ami connected with his residence a mile distant. He heard by that means the entire service cxcej.t a few words which were indistinct lie cause the preacher disturbed the instru ment. The religious world will mourn be cause Samuel Martin, of Westminster, i dead. His fame was not confined to ohe henii qdiere. - lie V.r.s Hctive in all departments of religious ami phiianthr..- 1 i.ie labor, and took a special interest in the young. For nearly four decides he e .ercised a quiet hut j.oiential influence in London. He was one of the foremost clergymen of the Met roj.olis. lie was a K 1 man, an evangelical j. readier, a faithful minister, a watchful pastor, and a rijie c!n istian. Peace to his ashes ! The ie.-loiiiii-d Kj.-i.scojial movement is growing in Kuglaii.l. The prelates of tlie Established church are alarmed ami several have written pastorals warniiig ehurchincii against it. I'.ishoj. Crcgg hold the lirst anniversary of the Xew Sect in Xewiuan Halls' church :t few days ago. Dr. (j, preached. In his discourse he said "that no ouo was re sponsible hut himself for the principles which he was now going to enunciate. It was now twelve nioiitlis since he readied this country from America, af ter his election as bishop to the newlv Weformed Church, lie had been manV years a vicar in the Church of England", but although the Reformed Eju'seojiaj Church was not the Church of this land, he ventured to think it was what the Established Church ought to be. It was not hostile to it the Reformed Church was Protestant, and friendly to ..ii r....4. -i i . , - .in i. loie.siaiii cuurcne out it was hostile to something. It was hostile to that Roman spirit which had caused in tin- English Church one of tlie most dej.lorable schisms ever known. All r- i-i ii ... r.VHIlgel ICal r.vangei teats, tooKing at tlie juesent state of the Established Church, said something must bi .'tone; if so, some ho.lv must do it. The real cause of a II the sacerdotalism was to be found in certain j.assages in the I-o..k of Com mon Prayer, it had been said, Why not reform from within? History would the attempts lo cheek Ritualism it was still eoiuinij' in like a flood. A Church dignitary had said the Church was lootin-i' the rapids " That was .l..,,,.,-,,,, position for a ship to be in. When he joined it ho thought it was going straight to a I rotestaiit jimt, but he afterwards found I hat the ship had turned its head, had altered its course, and was now bound straight for Rome. For this reason, as he did not want, to go to Rome, lie thought it bst to come out of it. Some jn-opie had asked, "Why not remain in it, and endeavor to alter its course ? Why not try to reform it ?" His answer was that oth eis had tried to do it, :tnd had failed, and therefore he had Come to his jues ent conclusion. After denouncing in strong terms the various suj rrs! it ions tendencies, and the evils of sacerdotal ism, he said that he considered the pres ent Prayer-book was greatly the cause of many of the existing evils. The Re formed Ej.iseopal Chinch had therefore entirely revised it, freed it. from all sacerdotalism, had thoroughly uprooted all its dangerous dogmas; the word "priest" was omitted entirely, and the revised edition now in the press would shortly be issued. Dr. Cregg further spoke of the rise of the Refoimod Ej.is coj.al Church in America. Ilishop Cummins, who, with the oilier bishojis of the American Church, yyas in full communion vvilh the Church of Eng land, in the year 1S7IJ was called to ac count, because he took the Communion in a Presbyterian church, and that was the cause of the origin of the Reformed Ej.iseopal Church, which in England was now entirely free from American government. Their posil ion was this. They had been in existence five years. It took John "Wesley five years to ob tain five preachers. But they had now six bishojis and 100 congregations. In this country they had two bishops, and congregations m nine lunglisli diocese. In conclusion, he heartily thanked the Rev. Newman Hall for granting them the use of his noble building, and he urged that there never was a time yvhen such men as Wyclill'e, Crantner, Luther, Wesley, and others were more needed." Lord James Butler, a prominent member of the Irish Episcopal Church, has just j.ubliely seceded from that com munion. If he joins the .Reformed Movement it will give it a. strong im petus. The Wesleyans and Primitive AYes leyans of Ireland have united. The union was effected at their recent Con ferences which were held a few weeks ago in Dublin. Henceforth t here will be but one Methodist Conference in the Isle of Saints. Two English Metho dist, denominations are represented in Belfast and one or two other places, but these few congregations will most likely cast in their lot with the United church. The Primitive Methodists are not in fa vor of union. In Canada they refused to join the Union Movement there. They believe that Providence raised them uj) to do a distinct work, and that they can best accomplish it. by remain ing as they are. The number of candidates for the ministry offering themselves to the English Wesley a n Conference is ll'li. Of these --J were declined. More than 1I0 yvere accepted. This is a large number, but not too large for the re quirements of the work. July 18th, 1S78. OnsEnvE?,. TllQ F aith. once delivered to thcTaaints. guMbhca w fht interests si KalcigL, Sr. C, Wednes&jy, Sept. 4th, "IDLK WOHDS." "But I . unto you, that, pvory idle word tbat m in pIimII hvi!v, thy .hail give .o.-imut thereof In ihc day of j jil(iiieot." These are solemn, awful words, whose mijiort is loo little impressed upon the minds of men. It is j.robable that the direct j.urjiose of our S iviour in this admonition was toiusiruct tho Pharisees to w honi they were addiv.d, that their scheme of righteousness was insui'licient and defective for the want of spirituali ty. Their religion embraced only the o;r ward acts and external conduct of men. If what was done in fact was not wrong, and that which was omitted to be done in fact was not required by their form u la lies, this was the measure "of the "nghteousiie,s.s of the Scril.es and Pharisees." They reasoned thus; Wuids are i'ldifi'erent if conduct is right. The Saviour says, Xo: what is ii..ht wrong in man, whether lie is srood o- ouo, is urno -ftetermineil bv Ins charac ''"'' words are cxjionents of charac- .ii... i i i' icr as well as oeei s. y on r .!... ..i ....... i may be iiiic.xeej.f ionable, but if your conversation is imjiions and unholy your i haraeter is had "ye. .-re vet in your sins." i f your words are iyifrkeil or idle they show that your heart in sin ful. The root of evil is in you. For a tree cannot yield both good and bad ti uit, lien her can. a fountain pour forth sweet and bitter water. Words are as much the indication of a man's disj.osi fioii, lemjier and spiritual condition as his a. ts. Roth are alike (he fnrft by which the tree is to he judged, J I" you would have the fruit" good you must make the tret; g 1. I f you would have sweet water in the si ream the fountain must he sweet. Sinful words show a sinful heart. If the heart is wiel.,.,1 il. man is wicked. Consequently your Vh'.'le scheme of righteousness is wrong. Such was the imiuedialo i;;r;;ose of the teaching on the occasion yvhen the text was uttered. But, like all the words of our Saviour, these words are suseeji tihle of infinite expansion and an iudc finita enlargement of application. Tak ing their origin in the sources of being, in the most elementary principles of our nature, His truths follow and combine with, and touch uj.oii this nature in all the phases and circumstances of its de velopment and j.ermeate through the web and fuxture of the whole area of our bniiitinity. Words are things. Acts rue Ideas (le vel oj cd in material results. Words are ideas or thoughts developed in language. Both are the expressions, the representa tions of tho mind, the character, the spirit of a man. And not only are they the exjionent of a man's character, but they are effective instruments of good and evil. By a word a reputation may he blasted or a dynasty overthrown. By the word of Cod the world yyas made, ami ny the Morns ot men much rood LVAVj.vriVcr yvhieii they wield over the entile economy of lifu. What are the "idle words" the re sults of which are so portentous ? Is the badinage of society, the playful con versation and t he language of mirth and cheerfulness of the kind here represented as of such alarming inijiort ? We are inclined lo think not. That conversa tion which in the hours of relaxation from toil and labor and fatiguing care is emjiloyed to produce jdeasant and agree able recreation, without harm to others or injury to ourselves may be indulged. Neither are irreveient talking and fool ish jesting, blasjihemy and impious ex jire.ssions meant by the term "idle words." These hitter indicate a higher degree of euljiability than liicrc "idle words." We cannot but conclude that the words here referred to those which, though uttered without malice and not designed to do injury, are from their na ture and the jiecuiiar circumstances and condit ion of t ho object referred to, cal culated to offend against piety or against charily. L is the misehievious word, sj.oken through thoughtlessness. The poisoning of I he mind of others through heedlessness; t he braking down the bar riers and removing the supports of vir tue; the stimulating the jirojieusity to vice and rendering its seductions and its attraelians more jioweriul; the reckless ness of consequences by yvhieh yve through ineonsiderateuess scatter words which become as firebrands in society, destructive of its peace or injurious to the comfort and yvell-being of some of if s members. If this is a tine interpre tation of the meaning of Christ's yvords what, a responsibility have yve in guard ing the fieemingly unimjiorta.nt acts of our lives. But a devout believer one who studies the Serijit tires is aware that there is nothing in the acts of His creatures that is unimportant to Cod. Pacific Jlletftodist. SOCIABILITY. Think how much happiness you con vey to each other by kindly notice and a cheerful conversation. Think how much sunshine such sociability lets back into your own soul. Who does not feel more cheerful and contented for receiving a j.olite bow ami a genial "good morning," with a hearty shake of the hand '? Who does not make himself happier by these little exj.ressions of fellow feeling and good will? Silence, and a stiff, un bending reserve, are essentially selfish and vulgar. The generous and jiolite man has pleasant recognition and cheer ful words for all he meets. He scatters sunbeams wherever he goes. He paves the J.ath of others with smiles. He makes society seem genial, and the world delightful, to those who would else find them cold, sellish and forlorn. And what he gives is hut a tithe of what he receives. Be social yvherever you go, and wiaj.your lightest, words iu tones that are sweet and a sjiirit that is genial. LAi otiTF.it. Take a good laugh w hen you can. It will stretch out the con tracting wrinkles yvhieh gloom has deciened. Ojten up your souls to laugh at whatever will produce the sensation, as women ojicn their yvindows for a good, balmy s immer breeze. How haj.j.y all would he if our fathers and mothers could keep their mirth fulness, and not have laughiiig-eyed hoj.e crushed out of them ! l'resbytcrian. The touchstone by which men try us is most often their oyvn vanity. George Eliot. gtrtforttero xn'ott'h" (E-mWm. OX jl'UL AUt.'TIOX IiL )(.,'K. Ceutlnieii of tlie various chiu-ch commit:?, gather if y,u j .lease, aroiiutliie atictioii-block. V'e have to day a iist-rute lot of .Methodist minis ters, oi'f-firioiis itgesam! abilities, lo be sold fo?a year to the highest bidders. Terms jf i.ayinent eas . ( 'a.-h down is never t-qiiired, tboiieli p,otiij,i pay ment is always accejilalde. Your promM o jmy i I ! be siiilicieui, ami if you (o not kecji y.un- j.romi-cs no matteij Xo legal e"H'oi t will be made to enbrce .ament. A oei-l'ei-tlv v.if.. trail sa I IOII. you ce. Uiivi-rs h.-i ve I in. pnvioge ot keeping the arliclc.- for Ihree !;ars, at (he end of which lime they ltllsl be returned to th confer ences itigood coiultl ion general wear and tea exeepied. N'oyy then, gentlemen, if Voii are all read)) V, e shall begin, Xr:d' .one, oit t he iitta logoe known a- U"f i. illi'.-eiice mules, i eoices ju the iic of losiah Thunder. ...There lie is (buiiit. tin; ' block, sir) there be is a healthy old gent It-man of forty year. Rat her too old ( o uit i he vouii" J.eojile of Ihe congi egaiioii, but in any oilier profession or pursuit his ago would be a reeoiumeinlation. A man of wisdom and i-fevpei-ienec. (Jan (ill any church in tin- land thai is-, lilf it, with his voi.-e pij.si record not i.ril lianl, Im! salisfaetory. Now, whal do I hear bid? "Fne iiu nd red" -loo lit -lie -and lil'ly," thank you. liSi hun dred "--going- "and a donation" 1h-I -ter.-iill! ( Long - goinggone. ('one to (I'l-i't-o Rrook-i-h-cuif for six hundred and a donation. Water, smilig hi, niid braving breezes furiii.s!i-d : the preach er in 'inliniiled qii.'iutities,and withou! any charge v, hajei or. X i'-iiilier two is a i lerieal financier. A in. .derate jo'eai-lier and j.astor. but tneiihecanrai.se i he money . Just the man to build you a new church, or pa v ihe debt wll'an old one. Beg! gentle men, he san beg the teeth out of yotir head.s j.roxided ihe (colli are false ones, .lust Ihe man you need for these hard times. Now. then, what do I hear Kill.' JSlglll ill'lnll-ed is the Olllv bid I hear. Knocked down to I be . bun h at j increases the taste "of children to read, Kdei. yvfi.eh has a debt of lei, ibo.is- j ,mt ;t aso cal,8 tli,. attention t.. ku!, iiml dollars on j.roi.erfv which yyoii d , i i i i ti u .1 i- be dear al six Ihoiisami "uls w1,,"rh k'ai1 t,1'm y" c",,s" 1 t,P X umber three is the best jiastoi' in I anil become regular readers ol it. the Central Conference. A man 0j-! I;at it may be wild by some that few ot great spirituality. lias a revival j their children have any taste for read yvherever be goes, and w ms more men by in's conversation than other j.rcach ers yyiu by their pulpil eloquence. His J'reaching talent. Is moderate. "Seven hundred dollars'' arc bid. His wife, gentlemen, is a firsi-rnle as.-isiant pas tor, "Eight hundred,'" thank you. Says that be would iike to have "a city ap pointment mi as to educate his children. H'nuls for once in his life lo dwell in an earthly city before be lakes his de- J.arf lire lor the celestial one. Sold for even hundred dollar-to Wc-h-v Chan el on the Hill. Number four is a star of Hie lirst magnitude a silver trumpet of the clearest, loudest, tone. Spirituality good, of course, though not remark able. Bllt, Uleil be eln t.i..v.I-, -.-,- liiai.es oo eltoi t in Hint ilireeiion. i.ui. then, be can .-reai h ! You should hear liim soar a mid the azure blue of the ethereal expanse, and then gracefully descending to sublunary things, draw sublime moral i ruths from every burst ing' boiler .'ind from every cily confla gration! du-.t Ihe man to draw tho crowd, and force the delighted trustees to bring' iu a hundred camp-slools. Centleuien. I his is one of 1 he kind of reachers l hat yve always consult be fore a -"i le is (inaliy made. Ordinary j.reacliers are sold without previous consultation. Wait a moment, gentle men. He says that be sold himself six month.-ago, without wailing for Hie day of 1 he gra ml am I ion. The ( 'hisi'ch of the lothic Sleeple. ouijuaiiiy Kill, bought him for three thousand dol lars! Number live is a Christian, a scholar and a gent leman. Not hin sensational about liim. Not remarkably popular, but good and safe. wear.-, well, and the longer he stays the more he is liked, lias just finished his term as a Presid ing Eider, bid don't let (hat fact 0M-ite prejudice against him. He has not for gotten how to do asf,ora I work. Only one bid too bad ! Limestone has him for one thousand dollars. Number six is a great preacher, lie has three big sermons : one on Ti niper ance, one on Siimluy-school work, and one on Holiness. You must not expect, hi in to preach much except on I he t liree subjects, lie yyill serve his church faithfully yvhen be has nothing else to do. But there is so much let ler writing, and so many eonv eul ions ! You intisf not expect a man to be ill home when duly calls him lo be a way I wo-! birds of the year. Some churches are so un reasonable! Xoy, then, whfi! do T hear bid ? The town of V.-ioify Fair takes liim for nine hundred dollars. ientlenien, it is now twelve o'clock, a ml we wil I ad joiirn tin- sale u n! i ! a Her dinner. It may be that then you yyill bid more briskly ! The McUiinlist. PRAYER ANSWERED. Only a few years ago iu the City of I'bilailelj.hi:!, ihere yvas a mother who had two sons. They yyere just going as fast as they could (o ruin. They were breaking her iiearl, and she went into a j.rayer-meeting and got uj) and presented them for j.rayir. They had been on ;i drunken sjiree or had just rot started in Ihat way, a id she knew that their end would be i. drunkard's grave, and she went among these Christians and said, "Won't you cry to Codforniy boys ?" The next morn inu" those tw o boys had made an ap j.oinlment to meet each other on the corner of" Market and Thirteenth si roots though not that they knew anything about our meeting and while one oflhcm was I here at the cor ner, waiting for his brother to come, he followed Ihej.eojile who yyere liooil ing into the depot building, and the Spirit of the Lord met him, and hoyvas wounded and found his way lo Christ. Aflerhis brother came be found the place too crowded to enter, so he went curiously into another meeting and found Christ, and yyent home ha ppy ; and when he got home he told his mother w hat the Lord had done for him : and Ihe second son eanie with the same tidings. I beard one of them get uj. afterwards to tell his exjierience in llic young converts' meeting, and he had no sooner told the story than the other got up and said, ' ant that brother, and there is not a haj.pier home in Philadelphia than we have o.it. Muuihl- "What's the matter, sonny '?" said a man to a youngster, yyho yyas tearfully nibbing his pantaloons as he yvalked a Ion?. "What's the matter? Cot on the yvrong track?" "Yes," yyas the reply. "Cucss I did, way the old man switched me off jes now." REV. II. T. 187a 1 1 . " TAKE YOL'It CHUnClI PAPHIJ. Some families can not, as the j.arents honestly think, all'ord to take and j.ay for a religious paper. It may bo that there are such families in our own church. To all such we commend the following from an exchange: Let us look at the case. It would cost them little over a half cent each day to have tho weekly visits of our church paiier. Is it possible that m a f from three to seven there could not easily be saved ol that winch is exjieml ed for little or no benefit ten times I his daily amount at least this amount ? Again, how many families suffer to go to waste those things which would read ily bring ten times the cost of the j.aj.er. But. where is the family which could not earn, yyith little effort, ten times the cost of ihc j.ajier, additional to that which the- now earn, and this often by simply rendering utility the strength or skill of some of its members wh-i are the worse off for want of labor? But if yve look at the value of a religions newsj.a -j.er, the absence of it from a Christ iau lauiily is the more to be wonderi d at and deplored. Such h family is inform ed afi to th-0 alfajrs of the church in gen eral, and even concerning jk.h1 ions of it quite near him. Some of the most im portant events in all t he Christ iau world events yvhieh iill all heaven with joy or eommisseration are transjiiring, and this Christian family care nothing about it, and of course know nothing about it. Revivals occur, not only in places (.1 which the members of the family had no know lodge, but aisn iu places which they have known well, and they ku-.w nothing about it. But some say it is better to read the Bible. We would not have a family read the Bible less, but more; and it is a fact that those who do not take a religious newsj.aj.er do read the Bible less than such as take such a j.aj.er. llnsis especially true ol I hi! children 'I'lie l-elbiloll leo.er not ..lilv ing. Well, has one ol them a taste tor it, and if so, will it not pay, for ft is sake alone, to take that which is food t his mind and heart? But why have some no taste for reading"? Js "t be cause sudi taste has been uncultivated in consequence of want of a uewsj.aj.er iu the house, or by the careless example of the j.arents as to the reading ? Is it not time to do all that can he done to remedy this want of a taste lor reading ? Is it ii taste which grows with daily food? (Jive yourselves and children current religious reading, which you can find nowhere so well as in your own church pajier. Tho following is an extract from one of Dr. Tabnage's sermons on Isa. xxviii. '11 , 2H : "My subject, in the first place, teaches us that it is no compliment to us if tee escape great trial The filches and the cumin on one threshing lloor might look over to the corn on an other threshing lloor and say : 'Look at the. poor, miserable, bruised corn. We have only been a little j.oiinded, hut that has almost destroyed.' Well the corn, if it had lij.s, yvould answer and say: 'Do you know the reason you have not been so much pounded as I have ? It is because you are not of so much worth as I am; if you were, you would he as severely run over.' Yet there are men who suppose they arc the Lord's favorites, simply because their barns are full, and their bank account is flush, ami there are no funerals in the house. It may be because they' are fitches and cumin; while down at the end of the lane the j.oor widow may be the Lord's corn. You are bul little jioumlcd be cause you arj but little worth, and she bruised and ground because she is the best part of t he harvest. The heft of threshing machine is according to the value of the grain. Jf you have not been much threshed iu life, j.arhajis there is not much to thresh! If" you have not been much shaken of trouble, j.erhaj.s it, is because there is going to be a very small yield. When then; are jdenfy of blackberries, the gatherers go out. with large baskets; but yvhen the drought has almost consnineii lie fruit, then a quart -measure yviii do as yvdl. It to-.k the venomous snake on Paul's hand, and the pounding of hi'u with stones until he was taken uj. for dead, and the jamming against hint of prison gates, ami the l'"jdiesian vociferation, and skinned aukles of the painful stocks, and the foundering of the Alexandrian Corn ship, and tho hclieading stroke of the Roman sheriff, to bring Paul to his proper development. It was not because Robert MotTatt, and Lady Rachel Rus sell, and Frederick Oberlin, yyere worse than other people that they had to suf fer: it yvas because they yvere better, and Cod yvanted to make them best. By the carefulness of the threshing, you may always conclude the value of the grain." Christians can best fight against in fidelity by consistent lives, and by patient, earnest and continuous devotion to truth for its own sake; by the true conception of ( Jod which is an cxj.eri erce that works by love and overcomes the world; by a sincere desire to out shine the little lower lights of skepticism by the light, which, in a consecrated life, shines more and more to the j.erfect day. If infidelity has a laiuji, don't blow it out by epithets, let it burn. Lamp-light is better than utter dark ness. Don't trij an infidel for the sake of seeing him fall. Rather seek him where he is; show him, by means of his senses, the better way; convince his judgment yvhile you seek to save his soul. Prove to him by your own loving, radiant sjiirit, that there is .salvation in Jesus Christ. Methodist liecorder. Early ix tin: Moitxixo. A little child once sai.l: "The people whom Cod sent with his messages always get uj. early." Of Abraham, Joshua, Job, and many others in the Bible, it is written : "He rose up early in the morning;" and of the holy Jesus himself we read : "In the morning, rising up a great yvhile be fore day, he went out, and departed intif a solitary place, and there prayed " Better for us if we copied his example in this, as in all else. lU'DSOX, foisnKMx.si.isn Ki.m.n. ISTt 11 tiber 34-. Sl'l'POWT OK THE lMJKACUKi;. Are you supj.orling your preacher ? "Yes. bis salary is fully jiaid ii.; we don't owe him a dollar." That doesn't fully answer the ques tion. II takes something mure than money and provisions lo suj.j.ort a reacher. lie does not live by bread alone: be requires moral sup. oil. '"'""' '; 'fic jrctirii'r means that be shall be made lofeel that on extend to 1 1 1 in a geiiuiiieaud lender inpalliv j His work is one of peculiar iii!lieultic and trials, ope that imposes a constant tax upon his sensibilities. He needs intelligent and a Heel innate Christian syinjiathy. Don't .( him starve for lack of it. S"''oi' ;' iriiiclur means I ha I you shall cheer him by your presence ;il the i.ublic services of ihe church. It is not supporting the preacher to ab sent on rsel f from preaching, from ihe j.rayer meeting or other service of die sanctuary. When, on ascending Ihe j.ulj.it and looking around for bis con gregation, your preacher sees only euijitv pews, be does nut feel that he is supported. If sickness or any oilier actual disability kept his jieopie away, it would be a dill'ereiit I hiiig ; but yvheu he sees on .Monday the very same j.er sons who were loo min-h relaxed by the heal, or oppressed w ith Sunday sick;. ,'ss," to attend church the day Jirevious. at I heir jihices of business, and full of energy iu pursuit of moucv. he i.-forced to draw conclusion, that are by no means encouraging ho is forced Ui feel that he is llo( supported us he ought lo be, Xi'('"i't " tin o'cocAe,. me:i us thaf you shall be ready on j.roj.er occasion lo defend hi in a gain-1 eapf ions crit ici-m ami uiiju-t complaint. Iu every con gregation there are I hose captious crit ics ami chronic coinplaiuers. The most absolute ministerial fidelity gives no exemption from Iheir buffets and stings. To listen to these cavils in si lence, or to yield a j.olitie half-way sort of assent lo IhciHi is no) sujiporting your preacher. The relation you hold to your astor makes you a guardian and defender of bis good name as a minister of Jesus ( 'hrist. lie is set for the de lc use n tin- iritth, and it is your duly to defend him. '""'""' aj' Ihc iri'iirhcr incaiis all (bis. and more. It means Ihat you sha II lake him with all his in lirinil ies and limiiat'aus, and make the best of him, and do the best you can for him, while he is with you. If means that yon shall esteem him very highly in love for hi w ork's sake, an.l that this esteem shall exhibit itself not only by milking due (.roy'ision lor his temporal support, bul also in all Ihe ollices of Christian friendship, and in hearty co operation with him iu his w ork and la bor of love for the church. Aashric i'lirixl in a f il rnriic. PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER. Prayer is not a consultation with the highest wisdom which thin wnriA angel or a sjiirit made jierlcct. But it is an apj. roach to the living Cod. It is access to the High and Holy One who inhabiteth eternity. It is detailing in the earofdivine symj.athy every sorrow. It is consulting with divine wisdom on every difficulty. It is asking from di vine resources the suj.jily of every want. And this not once in a life-time or for a few moments on a stated day of each year, but at any moment, at every time of need. Whatever be the day of your distress, it it; a day when jirayer is al lowable. Whatever be the time of your calamity, it is a time when j.rayer is available. However early iu the morn ing you seek the gale of access, you find it already open; and however deej. the midnight, moment yvhen you find your self in the sudden anus of death, the winged jirayer can bring an instant Sa viour near. And this wherever you are. It needs not that, you should ascend some sjiecial Pisgah or Moriah. It needs not that you should enter some awful shrine, or juit off your shoes on some holy ground. Could a memento he reared on every sju.t from which an acceptable j.rayer has j.assed away, and on which a j.ronipl answer has come down, yve should find Jcliooah-alnim-nMr '-"the Lord hath been here," in scribed on many a cottage hearth and many a dungeon lloor. We should find it not only iu Jerusalem's juoud temj.le and David's cedar galleries, but iu the fisherman's cottage by the brink of Cenncsaret anil iu the n j.j.er chamber where Pentecost began. Hamilton. Christ died for sinners, rich and poor, the same. He "tasted death for every man." "For if, by one man's offence, death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Olot." Ve, ;t gitt it is ! The soul's salvation is a gift, and more. It is a gift ami a use of the gilt. Religion an endowment and a juocess. It is anew creation, and a busy, luij.j.y life. When men give gifts, some favorite is the first recijiient; or else, to gain the lopular jnaise, a j.oor object is found ami the gift bestowed, it, is, too often, in motive, about three parts in aid to tin; needy to ten parts in self-glorification in the newsj.ajiers. But the divine favor can not bo bought. Cods mercy can not be diverted or hindered, or in any wise influenced, by all this world's united powers. Christ came to save sinners. He preached and toiled to save sinners. He suffered and died to save sinners. "This man receiveth sinners" was spoken of Him in doubt, if not in derision; and yet no grander tribute yvas ever ascribed to His character. -All may of Christ partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which, by His blood and for His sake, Will not grow bright and clean." Waitiso. Just at the present, and in fact for the last fifty years, philoso phy and theology have been very quiet. But neither j.hilosoj.hy nor theology is dead. They are only in a stage of in ner ferment. They are waiting until the noisy prattle of scientism shall have wearied itselt out. Meantime it is to be hoped that they arc studying the sjieetacle, and that ere long they will be ready to shoot lortli trcslt totiage ami to iut on their beautiful garments. Then at last the world will enjoy the fair Mice tacle of Logic and Science, Reason and Truth, Theology and Philosophy, har moniously joining their hands, and ful filling their missions in a way iu yvhieh they have thus far failed to do it, Southern Jieview. Office Unit. Dawson A Haiii;f.tt Sis IIATF.S OF A I.VKKTISI Sli Sri, K. IWkkk.i 1 Mom I Moss., ii Monk. I Yeah $ 7 oo 1 1:1 tH.i $.i eo kiihc -jo on' ir.no is ini' an He. 4. on !.' 00 i iU INI' ! Ml 00 ilO 00 6(1 IH) ' 7. no COOo: 7 .Mm HO oo 75 001 140 On, -rl 00 1 Siuaro. 2 Squares, il Square). 4 S.juari'K, i Out 'iu u .'a Col'iun 1 Column $ 1 UI) J IH. ;i i. 4 no: r. m i '.l IK.1 15 00' $1 ID ti 00 7 Oil '.. IH) 12 .".ll M Oil, :is ou, Ailvoriixuments will be i-liangeil once every tUn e months without ailditional cbargo. For erery otli or clianyo there will be an extra charge of twnty rent, an inch. Twonty Are per cent, la adji.it to tht atuvd rates for ,pe-tal ooticoa in tlie Local col li "in Terma, caeh in advance, tinleaa otln-rwlno acroc-d upon. Tin above rate are cheaper Ihau tliOHn of any other paper in the South ol the aui charat-ti-r anil circulation. A MINISTER'S FAMILY. The Rev. John Newton relates that many proofs passed under his immedi ate notice of the faithfulness of Cod iu ansyyeiiiig the j. layers of jmroiitH who had left behind them young and helj. less child reii. He especially mentions a friend of his, a laborious Chri-ti.iu minister in the West of England, in yvhos.. family the divine J.roini-e yyas fu I til led. This good man, when dying, w as al vised to make bis will, but be replied. "I have nothing lo leave but my wife and children, and I leave them to Ihe care of mv gracious Cod,' and soon after died happily. No j.ri.Kpecl iiea red for I he support ol bis lamilv : but the Lord disposed a man, who had always despised bis j. reaching, to feel lor his destitute family, and by this mi'iuis i'kl'ilK) was raided for theiii ; and Ihe clergy of Exeter, who never coun tenanced his 'n'nistrv, irave his widow i house and garden tor lite, so thai she lived in greater ease and plenty than in the life-time of her husband. TiikHaity Max. The happy man was born in the city of Regeneration, in the j.aiish of Repentance unto Life, lie was educated at the sehiMil of Obe dience, and now lives in Perseverance. Me works at the factory of Diligence, ami is noted for his large estate iu the county Christian Contentment, and docs not a little business of Self-Denial. He weais the jdain attire of Humility; hut goes to the Court of the great King "the holies of all" in a garment called the Robe of Christ's Righteousness. e ofieit, at the close of the day, is found in the valley of Self-A basement as ho reviews its occurrences; and iuvariably clinil.s afterward the bright-visioiied mountains of Sjiiritunl-Mindoiliiess; hn breakfasts every morning on Spiritual Prayer, and sitj.s every evening on the same; has meat to eat, the world knows not of, and his drink is the Sincere Milk of the Word. SCIENTIFIC. A safety botlle-sfopjier, of India rubber, is being made. It lakes Ihc place of a cork und glass, can be "drawn" without a cork-screw, and does not require to be tied. A liller, adapted to the most j.re eise quantitative estimate of prccipi fates, has been lately mailt; of it felt jirejia red from the libers of anhydrous asbestos, treated with hydrochloric acid. Sir Thomas "Wiifson, in Ihe.Ywr Iciulh, Century, advocates compulsory vaccination, and the frequent, recur rence to the original source of Ihc vac cine lymph, which he believes to dete riorate while j.ussing through the hu man system. Microscoj.ie examination of oleo margarine pronounces it unsafe for any oilier use than iu cooking. As the fat issues it! e not destroyed", but. may bo transferred to the human system. The London Chemical AYv gives il careful review of Ihe constitution of malt liquors, and their iiilluein e upon digestion and nutrition. Their sup posed food value is, by a careful series of most exact ex perinionts, referred entirely to the malt extract, a j.riiii;i.le which has escaped fermentation or sub sequent i on vci i-iou into alcohol ; if is independent of Hit; amount of alcohol iu the ale. porter or beer, and lessened by its ii-( seiice. Careful exj.eriiitentation, physic-aland eheiiiie.il, hjh.h the diamond, suggests its origin as due not, to the action of heat, but lo some obscuie organic pro cess. A coinjiaiisou of the J'lancH of cleavage in the Kohinoor, the Orion1' and the Persian, and the reproduction of their forms, renders it j.robable that they are the fragineiits of one immense gem, the original ".Mountain of Light," said in Indian tradition to have been worn by the hero Kami, live thou sand years ago. In order to show the various forms of foldings, contortions and ruptures found on the ci list of the earth, Mr. Danbrec aj.jilied some adhesive matter to the sur face of a distended balloon of vulcaniz ed rubber. When some of the air is j.erinittcd to escajie the coating forms jirotiibcrane.es, with regular and parallel wrinkles, in certain directions, like those seen on the earth. This is an easy way of showing in the. class room the j.he nomena produced by the contraction of the mass of our planet. UN AS SORT I'D ITiiMS. How little of that road, my soul, How little hast thou jyo J Tke Heart, and let the thought of Jod Allure thee farther on. Faiu:k. The minister who divides his dis course into too many heads, will find it. ilillicult to procure attentive ears for all of them. John Wksi.ky says: "(Jet all you can without hurting your soul, body or neighbor; save all you can, and give all you can; being glad to give, and ready to distribute. If we would be sanctified from the world when Christ comes, we must be found not strijij.ing the ornaments from our tongues and the selfishness from our hearts. A brother writes that he has failed to get us a single subscriber on his circuit, lb; adds that he is jiraying for a revival. We don't know when we ever lelt more like saying Amen. The Texas Advocate gives the case of two preachers there the one a great j.rcacher, the other a great j.astor ami says of the first, "lie failed; he preached that Church to death;' and of the se cond, "lie prayed that dead Church to life." It was customary with religions men in former times to make a rule of taking every morning some text or aphorism for their occasional meditation during the day, and thus to fill nji the intervals of their attention to business. A young gentleman who knew of Sid ney Smith's jocular rej.utalion, famili arly addressed him by his surname, at the same time remarking that he would have occasion that evening to call on the Archbishop of Canterbury, ami for the first time. "Well," said" the RcvJ Smith, pathetically, "don't call hini , Howlcy." I

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