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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,
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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."
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