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ht (Christian grtrocate. Office Coi;. Dawson it 1 1. no kit St n.vrr.s ok aivkiitisini;: "'lit Cum-. w Anvor.M' i- tnr.ii-h 1 ! - :i!.srri Iters at ?'.0l iit annum 111 a v.m. U mciit Ito lt;yoit i iiioutli-, $'2 uiir -i-. six mouths, Sl-Al'E. IWkkk.i 1 Miiif ; 3 Momk.1 C Monh. 1 Year 1 Siuaro, 'is.uai-ea, i Siitarea. 4Siiiar'8. CiiI'lUU la Col'uill 1 Column t 1 ml i 00 3 mi! 4 no s oo '.) no 15 00 1 t lOO $7 00 t IH 00 , $7111 6 no i 1.1 on ; 'JO 00 SI.', no 7 INI H (HI ' ,10 Ml ! ii, 00 '. oo , aft no m no1 ; m oo 12 SO I .10 00 i Mt HO , 7.1 00 2o no I Ml mi ! 7fun 140 oo .15 00,1 7ft 001 140 0V 7.MI Ow :a.ri6 UATKS. IT went v Ave i ipios, uiu) year, rost paid, - - $l..-0 Kitty cipiMS. r. yar. st i-ai-.. ... 1,7.i All tli tr;.vc-ii-ig mn.l local prearhers in the bounds 1 t:i N-irtii iroli;i Ton fere nee are our authorised ..p-nt. Any pern) a tMUtlmg us ta subecribera, for i-ti w.ir. will rweiva th parH-r fre-s. I.'KV. .1. li. llor.lllTT, D. 1., Knin.u am. I'i r.i.isniiK. rPlic- Faitli once delivered to the Suints. i;i:v. ir. t. liriwix, ( i;i;KsriiMiN Ail vurli-onients will be i baneil once every three mouths witliont additional charge. For every otlie or change there will bo an extra charge of twenty ren tt an inch. Twenty Ayo per cent, ia adiluJ to the above ratea for xial notice In the Local col umn. Terms, caah in alTanr, unless otherwlan sgrecl upon. The above rates are cheaper than those of any other paper in the Son th ol the earn character anil rirrulatlon. ubliohcrt in tltc ntcvcc-tei oi (tUibm in ilortli Carolina. Vol. XX I II. EaleigL, K C, Wednesday, Sept, ii Ih, 1878. Nunifjer OO. Tlic (Thvbtian SUrc-tatr. t i1 OCtVM. i in: oi.it ditisr mill. fv VVtli..-.v n.vk.l'HiniHth the li'U. Sr -is .i'i 4i .( a ..I k'';v tin olil yrisl mill, Siniui: inos-. - -:n iw 9!e-p-ool ' yrtiw W hroa i r li.-i r .-ltii.' the willows throw. Tlio pon 1 in ar t.v t- ok-ar an.l iliwp. An ! ratlin' ic- boni. ihe aiders MM'np; Tie- lily iiiU sp.. :i.l j:ay uli.l ruiMl 'I'll.' lilt- s while uii.1 ;4uM botivi-en; Wli'I ;riii.ls tlio mill iith rnmbli-i- smii .1 1'htj v;i mi .!,,; tui-n n.nn.i . u I rutirid. Anion-; In i-o.-.ls t! c must ml .live-; Alii switl ' li !w aib.w h.mi,.vill-.l llh-s;" Tlie robin -It- in --il .rs n,;ar Wlirie W iil.. f.ro.k run. siii't and clp.-u; Ti,e ,-l,il,h..i, ! ;h.- f.-li.Ml U -use play, Wiier.- s;i niln r-'iiji fhaii"'': soilly stray An-i arm hii.I l.o i In Summer hreez V vlii-;-f ri:j 'liro- !Iil- willo.v l.-,v..s: While "rin. Is null i n rumblm;: sonii'1 Tlie. .vatrr-whe.il nru- ri.nnj an, I round 'riii-orieis n-tvv win, t In'!!- southern way; Hi suir-el- !l: lie n n I to, s pi.iv : W,th in. rry -s. Hi?1 tli" i-!n.!'l I'tijs run; Th i:i.'in(tiin hl'i-li 'n--.th ; t-::u:: n siiu . T iir -ram lin y i riuy i.,i v.vii the Hill. J tanner.-. i. i tit "!1 uri-t mill; Mi l tain no i. fir oi Uiil aril .ia e Falls iu tU' iv.r I'n-.tt.raslii-r's Mail. Wluli -jiiml- tliv in i 1 1 Ii ronililmu "miul l'lie iiDtinL t-1 ti.rn r..ii!i'l ami :i.iui.l. I.o- yars ii.af .-iu:it and ras.i a.vv; Hie null -.villi te j-auut an.l cr.y; '1 li. rti-il tl 'V Id mm an 1 -ll ; W illi .-omve!'S liiii -U 'li nal's ar.l L Xi' p :i.l i uv.-ri.:vw:i vt:li v,.-i1k; Tlie niar-.li-wreii hiiiliU aim. in; if r. !: Ilu: niht v.m ls !hr.. tlio v:llow9 rousu i'lie -!ioj! U.i i... ij.'u , tlie i hil.lren yrown; 'Tilt larnu-r sl-i l a li. r Wll .l Tuwers arow Vliu br i:"!'. tb ir -run 5o l..uj; gy, "Viif-ii gi-oiiu i '.!. mill wi'U ruuibling anncil An J ho w .U'r-wlit'trl lurno.l roiu.l an. I roiml. (3 o m m u n teat c D. i'.ii i in AiU ur.iti'. -Kl; A'l l K MK'L'IKHtlSM C t N .1 I I i ilU tl. -A M.-iin -.ii-.-, ;.:..! ; A I'M" vi i: a- tin' t-'X-li-iu in il- iti.iM cxti'U - ih.- ( Myaii uf tlio X. 1 S '. t '..!! i. -it'll. I-. iil it M'-Ial -fliM', it - -: 1 1 . 1 1 . f a i.:.iU.-i : iii.I ifh ivluv t.i . ii i :i: M..ili"lit i'i :t'.iy ..pj-jitiizt-.l Molii.'ii-! e 1 1 1 1 1 v i i . win'lliii- tl:- Ai. , rn; t. b- a mh-i-. " -i a tai'in-. Willi -li-h .-..iitiiii-nt.-. tli-M- i ii" ii''-t-i --ii v t.i r-aoii al in il. it -"lues ..iiii. t" i-ii'i i- M-liiLNl In-art wit li tlio .-...-. ii lii-tliiil. tt.il, II tlii'se tin i!iui- a:- :t my -i!it, au.i t-!.i-i:ia!iy a-.-i-.ii-li-! aii'I a hi-lii I'-i' "l . :i- a M-lh- . M-ili..li-t til- Cnlir-1- in--, u" :i i ! i tin' A i V i .i niak' 't Iiat il- '10-1!'i' i k, a int li-!p il In iic. .li , ii .in Ii. Mil.-., ril.inu to t h- iair- aai 1V 1 ln 1 1 ii 1 1 I i ! 1 1, il tn ulii- -T.- - !v nt !i!UT H. H"t wiUi a vicw ii;-; 1 1 i -- lit-iaiy ii,'-i--t. 1 1 1 1 1 u-l , aini il.iiltic-. Lut llll ne its l-a 1 I ii- - I : .. ; . . 1 :A t '!!' lll'iv j.I-Vi aii-l .ii f'Ml'lil!-' :imiis ..f M-1 11."! i-lll . : 1 1 I till n'-ll-;it, ,.-t- ,.t til' X. ' . 'ii!lf-r-ll--. ;in- ..li tiii- -i i'K'il'l-. 1 Iiai: i-ov-Mi,.s --nt i.. th- A'l ocat-" my ..,:!- on (.-nil nl -ni'j-cts parli-u-il,,.. i.inii! Iil in ! iii.-iili-nit i"ii I'V ,1!- wr'lti'Vv ,,- th- " A'l nCilti-." inv a 1 1 t ' tn any wlio may a--k I am i-a'! tn i-.intf.--t with wri- ;-, il ..!m.-.i-" "ii H!i'"lt.liit , ii.. -ii -,jis itii . i:ii M-l li"ili-iii, "w that . , i -i i I .nil in th. ! -1 -j'ltii'l- "I IH'' aini iii-fU M"i-"'.'-r. I i:ai,ii"t -"ii-eivi: "I" ,..... . ,i more iin Ii.m.i.v -tatf I-.! a M-l lio'lii-t pie.-icher, l li Illlll-S.-, I- t. ,u to iiav tin t ills u-e- , imagine b- has come to that ..,.ii-. I aiii i-a dv, t iiei-lon-. to ilo what I .-an. how iitt soever it m.iv be. 1 his i . 1 . v. I ,'! ..-.--.-I why i have -cut llii com- 1! a;i- " with a the head, which ap- llllli-1' i' .11 to t he :.tl of liir article iin. lei I-. I- '. ii-. ! alive M"tiio'Ii-iu.' ,..-o...i in the i no the 7th of Aug- i i -t Tl.,- article -fts forth seve ts forth several imper taut alterati-'iis ami amendment. .oiniinii ami laws of the ii! the M. K. 'i,iireh. South, which alterations ought t,. have been ma le al the late Ceneral 'oiif.-ieiic-. A- the Conference failed ,,, ,1,, so, the subjects are brought up for consideration, preparatory to the elec tion ol 'delegates t" th- next ieneral Cuiic-re live. As t the importance of the changes .-.mi. in plated, 1 have nothing to i-ay. Tin ieneral Conference thought it best t.. "let well enough alone," and it is n.,1 niton, though it has sometimes heell, ,l..o h-a,l has held more Wl si loin lhaiiawhole nation d" block -heads; so ; t gla.Uv accept the conclusions in which they ended their labors. I regard the discu-sioii ol these ques tions of change as premature, and as ivl.oeting on the good sense of a ma jority of the (Ieneral Conference. 1 re Mr. I the manner in which the article .pens the- diseu--ioii as offensive to good la-te, iu matter, form and spirit. The .article is so pregnant with figures of -betoiicth.it they leap out in nearly cvery line, and mix up as the fantastic s of a .beam. Hie first sentence , . - una is a sal ire oil the late (ieneral Coiiler- lts classical allusions to the OIlCi "Croat Iron W heel is well calcuiateu to call from their graves the skeletons ,.f two gladiators, who perished in a contest for supremacy in vulgar abuse. We have noi only a metaphor in the ..'.lusio-.!, but an implied comparison of Moth lism to a groat Iron W heel; this : .1.., l.v an imrenius c ocation of terms between which "our enemies are madetto appear, as if for the purpose of dis-uisiii"- the damaging eltcct ol tn ., ,m ,m is,n. AV arc allowed hardly to t-r .. l.. .b before we are treated w ith tilUl' fit-lUC. 1 Je; l-jnscopai J-aw ,s .... . . i i : . luMsniiili-il as a mi-lily giant, wlmsf si ii'ti-iifii nut .inn, likf tlif i-raiif nl a mighty lilting m.-K-liino, as tlio yivat iniii wh-fl reviilvt-s, to take up fvi-ry ua vflintr mailior limn wlifio In- i-., ami 'lav- liiiu wlu-if In- was not, tmltus cnfjw, ;is t" the itiiifiant ami tin; jit'o li ho is takfii iVoni ami ti the j ilo hi- is -ivt'ii t". Su tin- lfv. .Mr. raves was ri-ht wlnn In- Imili his (iivat Irmi hi'i-1. Tu this iniiiu'iliatt-lr Mii-eceils llif toiiiblo 'pnHTii.'-U' an lnil" iiliiiiiiis t ilia! pnihat ion: aiinlluT classical allu sion ami a striking metaphor. X"t he tug a classical scholar 1 was at a loss lor its uicaiiin-, ami cnnclu lfl it wa.. snine sintof an fiinitic ol'tuituiv. Having iin classical ilictiiniary 1 h:nl to look for its lm-aniiiLr in the context; there it is ileseriiieil, ami its luoile of -'ritiig. It is a procrastination lcl where per sons are ilelayeil from miiiistf rial oiili iiatinii as ileacoiis an.l fillers to ure ven. novices from heinij pull'eil lip. It matters not what si.e they are, they must lie on the heil to he stretcheil, if s-mall, ami to he coinprosseil, if large. Ilowthis proerastinatioti hoi is coii neeteil witli the ' reat Iron Wheel, is not given out, mi we are leit to imagine. Then lo ! here comes a little fellow from tii- plow Iriiiilles. He is very soli. 1, hut short ami neeils stretching, so he is nia-Ie to lie ilown ami uml-rgo the tor ture for two ievol iug roltnils of tin-tii-fat iron Wheel. Then he is releaseil ami lU'laiueil "h-aeoii, ami is allowed to g-t marriage lees, of which he has h-en Ifprivcil for two huig years, ami hrootl ing over his loss, he mournfully com plains: Procrastination, il is the thief of time, Year after year it steals away ami leaves M i-mptv pocket-, of my marriage Ices. Tool fellow ! I wish I cot. l.-l h-lp him. lint "as our fathers I i 1 so must w- .1"." The stretching is taken off for awhile, lie ci.ngrat ulati s hinisi If ami takes comfort from th- reflection that hcsiiles his Luin lroil ami fifty dollars, hoard and washing, he can get the Deacon's fees, provided he will put up with his honi--Iv fare among the Methodist. But he wants elders' ordeis, that he may repeat tin; words of consecration at the Lord's Supper. It is tei rilde to think he has to 1 1 -1 ri-t c 1 n , 1 .-i'.iin lor two veals so I he takes the procrastination hed and en dures it for two more long years, lie is oi.l.-iincd elder, and funis at last he was not called to b- a tiaveling preach er, but a permanent pastor. It being a free country, if nobody wants him, he M ities down and goes at some business that suits his e.ipai'if v. So works this "procrustean" bed. lean proceed no further with this caricature of Methodism. My heart is i sick and my ii'-ail tfcls nan to see how "con -erat ism" ami "entire s:, notifica tion is pin poseh,' set ilown in iilxtai o- i sit ion, w it Ii a. vein ol coot jroiiy to , t.i -t i .i .....:! make not.ji liiiieiiioiis ami c.oiuempu- bh and for what purpose ? To induce the next Ieneral Conference to be some .1.;.. .. i....; .........I ;....s -m,! i.. tm-u liegat lolls, Moth -iii t'psy turvv. P.. T. Hl.AKK. For tin Advocate. ALlSl'.l ltY DIS TI.'H'T CoX-FHI.'FXCI-:. Tin: Di,-. P.oi-.ni rr: Your editorial of this body in your last week's issue, precludes the necessity of much more than general statements from me. However, I may here be permitted, 1 trust, to submit some reflections upon facts elicited du ring its session, iu connection with what I may say of the Conference. The Con ference was interesting, lijnnoiiious and successful. All the preachers, except ing three, who wore providentially ab sent, were present. A few local breth ren were there. Only a little over half of the delegati-s elect were in attend ance. It was to be regri-ttial that, every one was not there at his post ot duty. The attendance by tin community and visitors was very large and attentive, even from the very first session. The churches, Methodist and J'rp.sbyterian, with the academy, were full to ovei llow imr on Sunday. The Love Feast was much inleirnpted by the press ,,f the congregation. After the eleven o'clock - ,i ,v . i.,,. r.,i ., ..... services there was the laigcsi commun- , . ,on I ever w itne.SMid, not even excepting tbose of the Annual Confeienecfli. preaching was of a high order, 'not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power." The Holy ( Ihost was pres ent, (lod's people were edified, cheered and strengthened. Sinners were con vinced "of sin and of righteousness and of judgment." On Sunday evening at the 3 o'clock service and also at night, several were converted. Others were at the altar. Services wore continued Monday and Monday night, and longer, we trust, with glorious success. It was -ood to be there. Iteports from the respective charges showed tiik scinrri AL state of the District to be generally healthy. It is unpleasant to note, however, there is trouble iu some charges. May the discordant elements he harmonized, the disturbers corrected or cut off, 1, 1. . tn.ii me peace of the church may be 'as a river," and her "righteousness as the waves of the sea." "Bear and forbeur" is a golden maxim all would do well to coii is'iler and heed, "liehohl liow good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to gether in unity.'' TUB SAIItlATI! SI llool, I AI SK is evidently in a prosperous condition. .Many new schools have been organi.ed and an increase in the average attend ance noted. Many Sunday school schol ars have been converted and ad.led to the church .-inco the l ist session. Thus the paramount object of the Sunday scl 1 is being reached. A noted fact, to which l would especially call the at tention of pastors and superintendents of Sunday schools, is that those schools wherein the l liifoini Lesson System is used, are decidedly the most prosper ous. Hence, the 'iff rencc as we mink, wisely adopted resolutions recom mending and urging the adoption of this system intoall-nur schools where it is at all practicable. t was also recoiu-lii-mlod that all the Sunday schools he organized into missionary societies, that the children may lie trained to syste matic giving'. 'I'lIK MisSloNAIiV r.u si: within the bounds of the district was w-li considered. It was ascertained that there i-truly missionary ground in the district, some sections being almost wholly destitute of the gospel. These found iu portions of the counties of Wilkes, Surry, Alexander and Iredell. The establishment of a mission to be known as the "Jfoaring li'iver Mission" was recommended to the Annual (Con ference. Also the continuance of "II untinLf Creek Mission." Also that the "Little Kiver Circuit," established by the I'. K. since the last (.'onferui.ee, be continued with an appropriation by our Hoard ol Missions. Also the "Pilot Mountain Circuit" cm same condition. A report from our native preacher in China, supported by this district, was received through I'.ro. Lambeth. Also of 1 lie native teacher supported by the Sunday schools of the district. Those were encouraging. The missionary meeting on Saturday nigh', was an in teresting occasion. Interesting address es were made and nearly the full amount, fl !--"', necessary to support the preach er ia China, was raised and pledged. The X. C. Conference is not doing one t"? utle ti what it ought, to do for the cause of missions. This statement is doubtless true of the whole church. Indeed, of almost every other branch of it. Iv.e: y district ought to support a na- I 1 1 ve preai her in some foreign mission, j The Sunday schools of every district, a luative teacher, and the Conference ought to send a missionary as thesnper-Itit-iel-iit of these native forces. Jn this way mainly through the natives China and the world is to be won to ,le sus. Loss than one twentieth of the money, worse than thrown avvav by the church and those favorable thereto by indulgence in tobacco, snuff, and fash ions, would do this -ivtnd and gl iiioiis for iod. ( h ! when vv ill tin lmrch awake to her real obligation to ! carry out t he commission of her Divini i Master and Savior iu good faith! Cod i speci tin iv : 'l lll-. riN.VM VI. ( oMHTION istriet is not what it ought to of th j (.. Some charges have paid half of their assessments. A greater number i one third. So on down to one iev?tti. The cry is "hard times," which means money is scarce. This is true, but by faithful and systematic effort and man-1 agemoiit on the part of the stewards in co oj 'oration with the preachers, a much larger propoit ion of the salaries could have bi-i-u raised in provisions and money. Provision, osibIy, iras I'evcr more plentiful, and yet some- of the pas tors, in the midst of this great alum dance, have been very mcagerly sup posed. (ne difficulty is, some charges have no system fur raising money. Another is, some have, but do not worj, it. Where the assessment plan is work ed, reports show that the greatest suc cess is had. The Conference, there fore, earnestly recommended the adop tion of this plan in all the pastoral charges. The subject of I-.UI ( A Ti.lN received some attention, possibly not w hat it ought to have had. It is a la mentable fact that too many parents neglect the education of their children. A resolution urging both preachers and laymen to press this subject upon the mind-i of i'iio people and stir them to greater effort and zeal in ihit gnat and good work, and requesting the P. K., to bring the subject before every (Quarterly Conference of the District and inaugu rate plans, if possible, for greater effec tivenriss. ( hu- District (Conference school tit Jonosville, iimW tin. jaa.nage- i ment of liev. T. S. Whitttngton. was j especially recommended. i ltc-soiiit ions endorsing the action "i , . , , , ; the Annual Conference as tn the debts , , ..... svlrlll,. i thv for and confidence in tliti intciriitv and Kdliiy of Messrs. Wilson it Sho- her, in then late hiiaiii.i;(f f rouble, grate fully recognizing their liberality, and obligating to greater effort to secure patronage for the ( 'olleges, were adop ted. Kev. J. A. Cunningghii, oiu' Col lege Agent, was with us and addressed the Conference npoii the subject of the resolutions. The Conference pledged sympathy ind co-operation with him in his work, lit considering the subject f HOOKS AND rKUIODIl-At.S it was evident that too few books and papers of the right character are pur chased and read by our people. A pure literature is often displaced by impine and corrupting books and papers to tin great damage of the Church. As an antidote to these, it was resolved that earnest efforts be made to circulate mi i own books and periodicals; especially the Italeigh Ciiiiisti vx Apvocati:, Un adopted organ of our Conference, undei the editorial liianageinen; of Itev. J. H. litlllUlU, 1'. J Vtie aSUVIlie jlirioOKlll . . , ..... .... ,ii.. i, i .1 x- . i n syi. t . m j ' ,j j,' j, an j vom. Sun,lav ), -.,.. tl Athmr.n.tc. e.llteil liv Kev. O. 1. I-it.- i pai-ors published .it Nashville. It was also a not-d fact that . K.VMH.V I'KAYKK was much neglected in many parts of mi-ion. Comparatively few heads of families have erected and keep tip the home altar. Many, very many chil dren, in this professedly Christian land of ours, are born and it a red in homes where its sacred file never burns. One of the eai liest and most pleasing recol leetioiis of the home of my youth, is that, when a little boy, I knelt at the home altar with the family led iu prayer bv a Christian, but now I trust, sainted father. Xo one can fully estimate the spiritual advantage to the family of such tin in stitution. May every father whose eyes may, perchance, trace these lilies, be in spired by the Divine Spirit with the sentiment of Joshua, "but as forme uiulttnj hovx', wc vilIl scree the Lord," and. if he has not done so, resolve that, from henceforth, the morning and even ing sacriiice if thank sm-i ! 1 j : shall ascend from the home altar in sweet accent to the infinite Father. I!ev. II. I . LeeQuoiix, .J. I!. Connelly, Y. Woods and l'. Panioll weie elec ted delegates to the ensuing Annual Conference; and I!ov. A. Carson, .1. W. Maiin-y, il Itaily and IJ.' li. Ci a vvford alternates. The next session of tliu Conference will be held at St atesville. Tin- usual resolutions of thanks for hospitable entertainment, ami favors shown, were adopted. Four days in Mooresville made a vcrv favorable impression, we believe, both of the Conference and people. (In last Monday, the 'Jlith, we left the growing little town, with very many pleasant recollections of its kind and hospitable peojde Ju this connection it mav be lilt ing for me to say that i!ev. D. U. lirutoii, our Presiding Kldcr, is now clos ing his constitutional term of service as Presiding FJder of this di triet rind must, therefore, by statutory limitation, sever his present relation to the District al the Coming session ol the Annual Conference. Inhini we recognize an able and faith ful ev angelical minister and presiding office:-, eminently ijiialilied for the duties of th's high, holy and responsible oflice, and wiio, in our judgment, has looked well and faithfully to the intoiests of 1 he Churchill the District. The Confer ence, on motion of the writer, expressed ils high appreciation of tin' courteous and gonial manner in which he had pre sided over its delibei-itioiss. 1 ha ve endeavored to incorporate sub stantially the resolutions of the Confer ence on the leading points, in connection with what reflections, I have submitted, so as not to necessitate their publication iu full. I .vvr.s Win. son, Scc'v. Mt. Airv.X. C, Aug. oiHh, IsTS. -4.'B--- For the Advocate. Mi:cKLKXi:ri-;i s. s. cixyi:x- TJUX. The lii-sl j-Miiiil.-i y-Si-bool Convention for Mecklenburg count y, X. ('., wa 5 held in Trvoii Street M. E. Church, South, Aug. l.ird, IMS. The Convent inn w as called to order by Dr. T. O. Smith, on whose motion (en. It. D. Johnston was elected teln pory President, ami liev. .1. F. Jiutf temporary Secretary. The w riter thou delivered I lie address , t of welcome, and was followed by tioli. It 1). Johnston iu an interesting ad dress subject, "Why Are We Here," after which the names of delegates wore enrolled. This revealed the pleasant fact that quite a number of schools were represented, composed of Presbyterian-, Lutherans, Associate Iteleimed 1 'res by lerjaus, Haptjst.s and Methodists. From the-se ii"-Jo: members weie re ported a very respectable number, and yet several schools in the county were not lepreseiited. A permanent organization was effect ed by adopting a constitution, appoint ing an Kxecutive Committee, and elect ing the following oflii-ers : (Ion. It. D. Johnsloi:, president; ('apt. If. D. (Ira ham, Yiee-President: Dr. T. C !Miiith, Se.-retary; and II. Klou ppelberg, Treas urer. Addresses were delivered by Dr. AY. II. r.obbitt, Presiding Elder of the 'har lot to District, Dr. '. Fritehard, of It.-ih igh, ( leu. It. D. Johnston, of this city, ami th- writer. These addresses were good, very good, the writer excepted, of course. A free conference was also held on miscellaneous subjects, participated in bv l!ev. V.. II. Harding, Dr. Whitolield and othoio. The utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed during the three sessions of the Convention, Delegates representing the denominations mentioned above met to gether in the spirit of the Master, to look alter I lis interest in this depart ment of tin work, and not simply to labor for. denominational aggrandize ment. It was- it practical illustration of christian unitv. This is one of the glorious results of the Sunday-school workit is to bring the various denominations into a more intimate association and communion with one another. The Convention, in my opinion, has given n Ires li impetus to the cause m this section of the State. Xext year the attcmlaiiee will he larger ami more schools will be represented. There should be an organization in every comity in the State, an I a grand State Convention at some central pi.int next year. It is time that the good people of this land were becoming thoroughly alive to the incomparable importance of training the young fur Christ and His Church. This is the great object of the Sunday School work, and therefore it should re ceive the eon.siih.'ation and support o all sincere h.v i i s ,l .ion. Ill co'li b-Mo Poll lo ni:c fact 1 would direct atten tained fr m t in' reports of olii Ptrsbv t-i i.-in broth : Tui 'l i- -tri)ia'e their children. For this they deserve commendation. As they have embraced the theological vMi'iii of John Calvin, they do well to teach it diligently to their children. And I, for one, hav al v ay- advocated tin- i-.m- of our Caicchishis largely in all our schools and thcieJ '10 hail with plea--uie t !i - appears i ico . .f the "Supplemental Lesson." Let us be c.lielli! to tea-h : '. il. 1... ..... o .-.,. i . , a .1 . .1. . "Ill -IIIIUll-i III- . I ill in.-oi . ... , . . , ... . ... , i.-r i V esicv. Dial t nev mav ma an,n from the ( 'huroh of their fathers. j Respectfully, ! . A A. Uuu.vlU-.., . For (lie Advoeafe. STATI S OF CI1IL- iu:x. I.'HLIGIOUS The point 1 wish to make in the dis cussion of this subject, is, that the sys tem of religious training of children is. very defective, in fact, it is almost en tirely neglected in many instances among our people. Is this not, to a great ex tent, in consequence of a misconception of this important subject ? Mr, W atson, in his examination of the total depravity of mankind, speaks of a "work of (iod, in the spirit of an infant," which is out of our reach. What is this "work oft iod iu the spirit of a child?" It must be that work of divine grace in the s,.ul ofthe child, not that which produces the non -iin out at ion of oi:-,-iial sin. because that is done for the c M, but the work by which "many -.is.. .,. - ... -. Paul, ftoiil. ."), ID. Mr. Watson says, that the "infant is not capable of a vol untary acceptance of the benelit ot the 'free gill ;" and yet wo admit that they are ineluded in this co eiiant of grace, and partakers of the "free gift" in so far as to give them a sine title for the kingdom of heaven. Xou , if they are in tins state oi non-imputation ol sin,. and are brou.iflit into a state of right eousness through the counteracting in fluence ol the atonement of our Lord Je sus Christ by a "work of (Iod, in the spiiit of the infant;" hy what means, 1 would ask, are they reduce.! into a state of condemnation and death ? Again, if they are iu this state of jus tification and salvation, not by, inherent righteounioss, but through the "free gift" effected by the universality ofthe atonement ol 'in;.,!, ,ind produced by the "work nl tin spirit in the soul ofthe infant." Permit me to ask again, can this state of justification by any means he perpet uated, as much so at least, as the adult believer can "keep himself unspotted from the world" alter he had been con verted? Is it possible, by religious in .Ntructioii. I'V the exclusion of wicked associations, and bv the assistance of divine grace, to secure a continued state of salvation as iu the infancy of the child ? Or at least, as much so as the adult believer. Mr. Wesley says, that it is impossible for any to do good with out the assistance of divine grace. That, is very evident, but does not every one have that assistance at aM times voiiohstiled unto them, in casethev will accept it? In his .sermon on original sin, Mr. Wesley speaks of but one sin gle exception among t lie man v t lioiisaiius i of the . -mt idiliiviau world. "Xoaii found j favor with (iod." "lie alone (perhaps j including a part of ,"s household) wis j a. u exception from the universal wicl.cd- I ne.s, which, by flu ja-l udgnienl of; tioil, in a short time alter brought on universal ilnstnietiou, lieu this ta vor to X'oah began, he does not sav: It is possible from his infancy. "Xoah villi a just man and perfect in his gener ations." Now this is admitting a great deal. If one case can bo found w hich is satis factorily clear, it shows the possibility if the thing. What has been may be again umler similar circumstances. Solomon says, "there is nothing new under the sni." lint there is oil- more ease still more C dear t" my mind. Samuel is a clear case. After Samuel was born "Klk.t- nah, (his father) and all his house went. up to oiler unto the Lord the early sac- ilice, and his vow. Hut Hannah "(Samuel's mother)" went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go Up, until the child be vonncd. and then I will hrjiig htm, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide forever. And F.lkaiiah, her husband, said unto her, "Do what seemeth thee good," 1 Sam. I, -1, -o. Hero is the ring of pure metal in (he lathe;', the mother and the child, ami show s us the effect of true piety in the religious training of chil dren. Would that the world were full of Flkanalrs and Hannah's, who would bring their children from their arms, and from the breast, and present them before the Lord and cause t hem to "abide there forever." "Train up the child in the way he should go," and it i- positively aflirnted ('w hen he is old" (the age of responsibility) "he will not depart from it." " C. M. A Mii:i:soN. Newton X. C, Aug. 1st., INT. poisoxofs i:i:adix; foi; thi: YOFXd. t lue ot 1 he liio w tcked practices in .,,,.,1 .i. UN iii'.it, i,i. !-. ,, .,.. 'uinivn it .. r tl..; . .1,. f.... i. ,- lit .,...(,... . l. 11, 'il nil., ii,iii, nil.,, i " " " is in-iiioi.iiiziiig me vom it oi our ooiimry ple, as a class, are too negiigeiir about what their children read, content if they only see them engaged with some book. A glance at our periodical stands will shovy vyhaj. kjiul of jito.rary food a large portion of the leading youth are fattening upon. Thieves, burglars and prize lighters are made the. heroes of ex citing tales. Crime is invested with the hah) of romance, and the worst teaching-; of lust and licentiousness are incul cated. Let Christian parents keep a close watch over the stories and narra tives which their children arc reading. The danger of their being poisoned in the mind and heart must be great in deed when even a secular paper like the New York Time, in a long article on '1'ank Literature for the Young,' says: The boys of New York are furnished every week w ith as vile and diigr.iding a supply of 'flash' and corrupting litera ture as unscrupulous men can buy and publish, or greedy news-venders spread broadcast I hiougboiit the city. There are published in the city of New ork every week not less than ten newspa pers whose titles denote that tlny are in tended exclusively for ho s .in. 1 young men, and as many monthly magazines, all filled with -Uiil ni.it.ler as in. boy. and no voimg man. can lea without tilling his mind wiih piopo-tomus bo.-h : trash fata! to the storingup of anything useful or true; stories iu which the out cast, the desperado, and the criminal ali-av- figure in glow ing colors, autd the decent person i- overthrown and thor oughly vaii.Ui-hed. K.rchatHje. ---- ----- . Wo do not plea.-..- ( od more l;y eat- in- hitter a loo- than lv eai in- honev .; A clotl.lv, f'og-y. rainy day is not. more ' hcav liv than a d;iv of -un-hiiie. A Initeral march is not -o much like the niii-ic of angel- as the sung of births on a. Miy nl. ;:'"if . TO TIIK C l Kll Tl) Its AND i itiKXDs of Tin: pi i;l!siii(; IIOFSK OF TIIK MKIIIOIilST KPISCOPAL CIIl'UCIl. SOI T1I. At a meeting ofthe Hook ( Nuiiinittee. Aug. 1"), IS7X. the follow ing preamble ami resolutions were adopted, viz. : Whereas, we have ascertained that the indebtedness of ihc Methodist Pub lishing I louse is about .f.iiNMMNl : and j ii ini i - i .-, iioiii nil- ixperifiicf vv e have had iu operating the lloii-e. we are satisfied tint the House is self-sustaining, and that we ran, by t he application of" strict business principles, make a profit annually the amount we are not prepared to slate; ami whereas, we are satisfied I hut vv-cannot pay tin interest on Ibis debl at ils present rait, and pay any pari oftiie principal, wilb or out of the present business o' t ho House, but ilo believe that wo could meet the iiileri-sl on I he a bov e a nioin.l if lixedat four per cent, per annum, in aituttloil to me .iniiua, irAjii.usc.--oi in, House; and whereas, we have request ed the creditors of the House to post pone their debt for a period of twelve months from the first of July, ls7S. ami vvc have responses from -o maiiv as to leave no reasonable doubt as lo the ac tion of t he remainder of I he creditors : am! w heroas, we d" not belie ve I hat we shall be able. at the maturity of this pa lter, to pay one dollar of I he princi pa 1 of said indebtedness, but shall bo driven to Ihc necessity, when it falls duo. of asking another exteii-ion. and so on in ilefiuilely, llll lil the patience of our creditors shall have become exhausted by a succession of broken promises: and w hereas, we believe that the in evitable result of this policy will be certain ruin and bankruptcy, if persis ted in. iu which event, wo believe that the properly of the establishment will be saeriliocd, to the injury of i he I louse ind creditors ;aml whereas, we believe that if this debt is to be paid by the Publishing House, it can only bo done bv degrees, at the end of many years of successful operation, a ml in order to do this we are satisfied ofthe neces sity of extending' the d 'bl for a term of years, at a low rate of interest ; and whereas, we believe that the present property, and till that the Publishing House may acquire in the. future, should be pledged to the security of all t be credilors ol t he House, equa ,iy and alike, which they would not have if we should now close; therefore, be it ,'rsnri (, That in t he opinion ofthi.- oomiiiillce. the only practicable me! hod of dealing with this vast indebtedness is to issue coupon bonds of the ilei.om iiiaiiuns as follows: .."),. I ' H I, f."(K). .fl. (KNI, bearing interest at the rate of I'our por cent, per annum, payable at Xash villc. Tenn., on the first da v of .1 a un ary and July of each succeeding yea!-: t he principal of the bond- to be pay able as follows: oll-hls. ami to Ih se cured by a mortgage to be executed on all ol the properly of the FuMi-hing I louse, both real and personal, and the House ami property kept insured by the Agent, for its value, in f v o or inoro good insurance companies, tor the oen eli t, iu case of its dost rucl ion by li i-o. of the holders of these bonds. lie H furl ln'r rcsiilnul, That the Agent have printed circulars embodying-the. sense of these resolutions, uinl ha ve t he sa me advertised in t he cent nil and sill the loeal papers ofthe Church, inviting tin; friends and creditors of the Chi i eel i a ml 1 1 on so to subscribe to Ibis loan, and thai be have prepared for this purpose subscription paper.-, which be will cause (o be properlv di ti-ibiited and circiiktlcd. asking frintds find credilors to s'.ib.-erihc. on condi tion that Ihc amount subscribed shall iu the aggregate reach the siitn of .r:!H. (K0, the same to be due and payable on the iirst day of May, lsT'.l. at which time the bond is to be delivered. And ! H J rllnr naol red. Thai, in the opinion, of this committee, the Agent, the said J. 15, MeFerriu, should visit, in person, as many ofthe Confer ences, soon to meet, as possible, and to be represented at sii-h tts he cannot at tend in person by some suitable agent, and impress the ollicers and members ofthe di Hi rent Conferences with the fact that, unless ibis . loan meets w ith favorable consideration from the friends of the House ami Church, ami creditors, ihe committee is sati-lied that there will be no alternative left hut to surrender the property to the Trustees umler present mortgages, to be sold by them for the benefit of t he holders of the bonds, and leave the re mainder of (be debt, which will bo large, lo be paid by the Church when and in such maimer as the (Ieneral Conference in its wisdom may pro vide. A ml hr it further r .slre1. That the Agent be in-tructed to have prepn red a form of mortgage and bond, in accor dance with the foregoing resolutions. This plan will make an annual niter. est not exceeding I -2,( K M ). This, wo believe, the House can ami will pay. as well as create a sinking fund with I which to take up the principal -. , - , i On the lofegoing the Agent makes j j j c follow ing stntenients : First, He believes it to be to the in terest of those holding claims against the- Publishing House, in the shape of Notes, Open Accounts, or Second Mortgage lionds, to exchange these for the proposed Pour Per Cent. Mortgage lionds, tor the reasons. (1) That the House, machinery, fixtures, and all that we have, are covered by First .Mortgage lionds and prior liens ; ami if the payment of these be enforced and they will be if some arrangements are not made. it will takeall the prop erty to satisly those claims, leaving nothing for unsecured creditor-. (2) He belivesthat with the change of all the liabilities into a bonded debt, draw ing only four per cent., that the House will be able to pay the interest and create a sinking fund that will finally extinguish the principal. (.) He fears that wilb the present heavy debt, prin cipal and interest, the taller increasing all the time, thai. Ihe House will nev er bo able to meet its liabilities. Four Per Coin, lionds upon reliable -eciiri- j ties is a good investment. Here i- a fair chance lor tl"' crcilitot-s to save themselves, and sustain the Hoii.-e. Seen in. The Agent -llgge-ts that her so i- a g'ooil p i to r . u 1 1 1 1 v lor in ( "huroh and it- friem n ! lev I thein- .,1. ... il'i most ol il 1 1'i'si lilll'ilell. 1 lie .i... i .o.t i. ,1... Ion.. h i . .. . i. i :, I- i l- i.i l ! ill- il I 1. llll'. I . ....... . ..' aunol b a r t ho oil iiini of bankruptcy ; I m li-rgl' il voni.ot iioiiai i iiii.-i pi i- - j the ( hu -' ii tuli-t mod nor poeunia -y ! i-c-pon-ibilitie-. .Here is ail obligation 1 which b general eon-out i- binding! fiipoii tin"' w hole Chur-h.as ivoo-nied in I j, re-oliltii II ofthe late I .eiieral I 'on for- I en. e. Tb-r- may have l.eeu mi-i.iiiu- J ' .-.gfiiient or prodigrilitv : no in.iti. r. too i i . , . ... " : : r ' r,:-; . iter . he re-po n , v ; " " " oravo -oiii-c.iii ioo-i-.''-"' pro-out embarrassments, and yet b.,vo ; a baudsome income tot in.-io-e, v .imi their lannlies alter them. I lie i.on.i- their lamnies aner iiu-in. in.- ..o,...- Of the HoU-Cpmo.l the footing p.-.'- W.J,,Ui. Ll CiU.il Li inn iViU pec! cent. Iionils in this ciiitnfry. One hun dred ami tvvoniv thou-aml dollars will remove all the first niorgitge 1 ilsnml liens ; andthis a mo tint we propose to raise wit hout delay. Then the creditors exchanging their claims lor four per ft. bonds the work is about done, and the House will go toward without impedi ment and become a great power for good. 'e cannot afford to give up Hie ( jj, ,,'..,( f )inxlnnt Arfennil,-, I he Sinnlav -school urc. our Discipline, llvniii liook and oilier standard works. The pub lishing I louse must not go down. Ncar eight hundred thousand members and a million of I'ri Is cannot slaml bv and see il topple into ruin. Send your iiaine fur ten tboiisaml. one Ihoii-.-iml live hundred, one hundred dollar bond.-' and the work is done. I'mlcr-laml. the bonds will not bo is sued, nor the money expected, till (he amount in fully pledged lo free the in stitution from all its liabilities, and put it fairly on Iheg.-ouml indicated in the V..T'ni,!;e AxxwMumxxmhi"m- friends of sound Christian literature, and of the laboring ela-ses, rally to the standard, and a noble work will bo accomplished. Please send your respin-o lo the undersigned. s:aling- bow many bonds and of what denomination, vou will take. J. I. M FKWIIIX, Aoim, X v-iivi i.i.i:. Ti... Aug. lsTs. now ciiAitACTF.u pj;i:ac!ii:s. ( ;i a bright summer morning, by the side of a oouutrv load running along the Hudson, not many miles from Now l oik, two men stood talking together. hie w as a judge of high social standing and legal distinction, the other was a stone mason, and their conversation was about the building of a new wall near the place where they were standing, to consult about which the judge had sent for the mason on this Sabbath morn ing. Just coming into vght, as he trudged ,iioii the mad on his way to church, was a plain Scotch farmer, well known as a iod-fearing. Sabbath keeping, hon est, hard-working man, neither fearing nor asking favor of the great, or rich. His chief ambit ion seemed to be to laise a large family of children in the fear of (Iod and honorably in the sight of men. which his example was well fitted to do. In the midst of an animated explana tion of what he wauled in a new wall the judge c.iiighl sight of the farmer. Stopping suddenly, he said : " I here comes David Stuarl:it will never do to let him see us talking busi ness on Sabbath morning. We will just slop be hind this bit of wall until he pas.-os." And the judge and the mason crouch ed down behind tin' wall until the plodding fool-tops ofthe farmereehood lain! Iv in the disi.-ince ; ami the good man pa ed from sight, all tineoiiscioii- cf Ihe silent reprool his a ppea ra nee had caused, w hile the judge, with feelings. olio would think, lie I it t ling to his iniiii linoss, crept from his hiding-place to continue his conscious and confessed tieseir:; 'ion ofthe Lonl' ilav. The next morning the incident was related to the farmer by the mason, who was hiiii-elf a Scotchman, though. unhappily, not so conscientious mk his friend. He told the story with so::ie glee, adding : "W ha wad a' Ibocbl, mu tin. t ha f ve had sicb a power in ye as to mak' the judge hide behiut the wall for the fear o" yc I- ind thi.- an illustration of Ihc force and inlliience of a sincere Chri-lian character, though devoid o! the adorn ments in the w orld's sight of oil her po sition, wealth, or learning-' All the.-i together could not rcis! the silent ser mon of the good mans lite, which brought home to the baiigbtv imlgt' the conviction of bis sin. njilisl Weekly. PF.ItFF.CT TIIKOI'CH SFFFF.lt 1XI. Dr. Arnold, ol Itughv. gives, in one of his letters, an account of a saintly sister. For twenty years, through some disease, she was confined to a kind ol a crib; never once coiihl she change her posture lor all that time. "And yet," says Dr. Arnold, and 1 think his words are very beautiful, "I never saw a more perfect instance of tin spirit of lower and love out of a sound mind. Intense love, almost to the anni hilation of selfishness; a daily mart vr dom for twenty 'years, during which she adhered to her earl y-forined resolut ion of neve'- talking about herself; thoughtful a In mt the vcrv pins- and ribbons ol mv wife's dross, about the making of a doll 's - - J X cap tor a child hut otlierseii, save as regarded her improving in all goodness, wholly thoughtless; enjoying every thing lovely, graceful, beautiful, high minded, whether iu (lod's works or man's, with the keenest relish; inherit ing the earth to the very fullness ofthe promise; and preserved through the very Yalley ofthe Shadow of Death from all fear or impatience, or from every cloud of impaired reason which might mar the beauty, of Christ's "spirits glorious work." Mav (Iod grant that i might come but within one hundred degrees of her H eo in glory : A Ni:vsivi'i:u's Yaiatios. While all the rest of mankind who have the opportunity take a summer vacation, newspapers and most of those engaged upon them are strangers to the privi lege. Xow and then an editor may shake off the harness for a short time, but those whom he leaves behind mere ly add his duties to their own, so that lie gets his respite at their cost, unless they take their turns, and exact extra duly from him. There is no way in which a real respite can be given to the whole o-.rps but by having the papor it self suspend its issue. Our respected contemporary, the Standard, of Chi- i ," ... i ........ I this method - . . . ,. . , Week s lS-lbj IS OlllltlO'l. I IPS vtuci. n and ot her r..,i if that pa tier are to do " ... . '..iil,,. nt it Oilier Papers in Chicago to copy the cx- . ; apjuoM-, .in i pi... ample. IV itei,inan. - -- The tribulations ";' children u.j,,l t,, their ummphs; then ', Idiots to their conquest : t' c'- heavy soil.. s to ,.:,. ).,;,.., nlv grac-. When trials j ;..,; c..r,pt 1 ang loosest. i.. .1-,i, 1 t'n -w. ct on i e- f r'h il-: .r .a !"r.. the ....... leaves, best , , 'ijUl hv ,lu. ol . j atn icti-in. enccr. , . ,. ,,. t , ,e r: ,-e'v st'ldied. , .. . .. i. Th 11 nihilities " sight avlmu-t be -livvd lvt, sisriciois PF.OPLF. Fvery now and then we stumble up on nervously KiispjcioiiH people whom we can scarcely approach without giv ing offence in some way. Such people are in a state of chronic affliction, home body is always coming short in treat ment of them. If you look at them it is a stare; if you do hot look Mt them it is a slight. There is no safe way w ith th-ovei sensitive but a plain straight toi ward one. Ifymi try to avoid one corn, you are sure to tread on another. I ho suspiciously exacting person it, one of a line spun ingenuity. He can piece your words into a sense you never d reamed of, he can make circiimstNiit ial evidence stromr enou-li to li:in,r v..u from occurrences the most innocent Almost anything yoa do has a suspicious meaning. Xow the highest sort of a ,'cntleiiian is one w ho can overlook t-iich ' . ' . ' . i ness that staiids ever on the watt h to exact an equal politeness in return is more annoying than a generous rudeness. No man is more uncomfortable than he who not only weighs his own words and gestures, ami measures the exact signi ficance of his smiles and frowns, but who makes you feel that l.o is also weighing and measuring your mot ions. Such a one may think himself a gentle man, but he is only a social collector of customs m a gentleman's- shell. A true gentleman is not careful to keep the balance even. "I DID ST 10 A L 'I'll AT SIIFKP." A wriloriii Ihe I.apfist Weekly tell i story of a circumstance w hich occui- rod :il Oswego, and w hicli illu-t ruled t he praet iciil -brew il ness of an old min i-tor named Ama-a Crown. A member of the church charged mother with stealing a sheep. The culprit denied tint charge. Hot!, were men ol influence. I lie church w asdi vid"d. Tint council was called, and Mr. Crown was there. There was no wit ne-.-es except as lo character. Il wa- the word of one man .a-aiii-l another. One was a slanderer, or Ihe libera thief. Lbler Crown suggo-led i most extraordinary moa-urc to elicit Ihe fact in the ca-e. lie culled the two men to the ro.-l rum before the pulpit, ind directed the man w ho made the barge to engage iu prayer and rc-iiie-ted Ihe councilor and audience to look him iu the line while praying, lie made an earnest prayer. II; appca.ct! to the Lord as one who knew the i harge was true. Then the other was called on to follow, lie made a regular pray er for the church, the pa -tor, etc., and then said : "As touching I Ins matter ol the -beep, O Lord-a-bum-as to touch ing touching thin-ah' when be sprang to Ins Icet, and exclaimed. 'lirethren, I cannot pray. xfnif thnl iiefi.' ' So the matter was set tled. FOOD I'tlli TIIOldHT. A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trilling things, bul cannot receive groat ones. Fancy mlfs over two-thirds ofthe universe, the ast and the future, while, reality is confined in the present. Some t ho if are who gaze intently in to the vvell of truth, hut "idy in hopes of seeing their own imago r-tlecled there. To work out own contentment to should labor lint so much to increase our substance as to moderate our de sires. Failh supplies to its possessor Jesus and the fullness there is in him, and transmutes every conceivable ev il into a blessing. The good things of the saints are not. dispensed out of the basket of common providence, but out of the ark of tlio covenant . We mnsr not speak all that we know, that were folly; but what n man says should be what ho thinks, otherwise it is knavery. When our souls -hall leave this dw oi ling, the glory of one fair ami virtuous action is above till escutcheons on our tomb or silken banners o'er us. Ilcfor pa per came into use, loiters were w ritten on wooden tablets made, from biirnr beech wood, and hence is derived the word book. flood sense is Ihe body of poetic, ge nius ; fancy, its drapery; motion, ils life ; and iiiagiieti-in, the life, that is everywhere, forming all into one grace ful and intelligent w hole. They who are ignorantly devoted to the mere ceremonies of religion are fallen inlo thick darkness ; but .they are in still thicker gloom who are sol. Iv attached to fruit loss speculations. The soul may be compared to a field of battle, whore the armies a re ready at any moment to encounter. Not a single vice but has a more powerful opponent, ami not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices. Ambition is to the mind w bat the cap is to the falcon; it blind-us first, ami then compels us to lower by roa-oii of our bliiiilne-s. Cut, alas! when e are at the summit of a vain ambition, we are .also al the depth of misery. The bi-tory of the world teaches no lesson with more imjires-i ve solemnity than thi-: that.lhe only safeguard of a great intellect i-a pure heart ; that evil no sooner takes possesion ofthe honrl than folly ooiiiineneiw the licl. of Ihe mind. The higher rose the vv a tors of i be deluge, the higher the ark was lifted on their bosom ; ami thus, a- tin; floods of afflict roii rise in the oul that carries Christ, it w ill be liftoi'. buoyantly above I hem nearer heaven and everlasting happiness. It i- far easier to fein rc-j-t whet: w e do not feel it. than to express it when we actually do; for which reason frank, straightfoVw aid people always appear hypocritical to suspicious ones. The very fear of seeming deceitful makes us seem so. A man who receives the truth of 'Iod to 'lee it forth again, is like the se t of Calilee. He is kept clear and sweet by the passage of the stream. He who ab sorbs without giving back is like tins Dead Sea, which is lelt stagnant and. bitter, because it lias, no outlet.