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inic Christian advocate. UtTiTli I'ornrr of Dawson and Hargett SU. T 11 E OKGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF THE m. i:. ci i UK r.n, south. rsATts or stBs;nii'B'i : . ,. use VEAH IS ADVANCE. POSTAliE TAIO !i payment lfi lelavtd "ix months 1.35 l.ioli, X. '., Si:ir. 1 S 1 The Cross (J&L) Mark is to re mind you that your subscription has , .rired. If yon rant the paier con i n ued, renew jirompthj . MAKING EXCPSES. Ail in. mi foci the iii.r:i! obligation to i,,,,,,,,- :1 servo iod. But to break the f.,;ee of this moral sense ami keen the mind in some tolerable degree of iptict n -ss in the career ot iniquity, the in .t common ami most effective expe dient, is tliat of making excuses. Ev ery dinner living in rlie broail and clear light of the Gospel has a long list of pretexts, excuses, palliations an.l apolo ;io thrown up a a kind of justification !. tween him an-l the power of the (;,,s;m-I. The art of excusing began with Adam and Eve. And having , .mmem-cd o early and being adopted . universally, it cems t- be a sort of iafinot of fallen humanity. When .Vbm was brought up he had not the manfuhu to face his shi, ,s to confess his g lilt, but said: "The woman, whom tip. u -a vot to bo with mo. a he gave me of the tivc and I did eat." And the .man excused herself by laying the lca-.uo upon .s..motliing outside of her.self. " rite erpo:it beguilc.l, and I did eat." V'.d thi'.s the disposition has been trans mitted to all of their children. It is a standing excuse with men, when urged ,.. embrace religion, to say: "It is a v re liar I thiugto be a christian." Man i ".. constituted that he must have some f to serve. Xow the above excuse i- uiiies that it is easier to serve the l il than ' 'o That Satan is a better e; than the loving God. W hat alj- s. i lhyl Such falsehood could be born ., ,k- ,,u; of the dark pit of hell. It is tj. war of the transgressor that is hard, bfticwh, miserable, not the way of re bjoii. whose ways are peace and pleas-a:it;..-s-. To come to Christ is to have all your -bis bb.ited out. l"cs a pardon sent to : man K ing in a prison make him g' .ohiv ? loes coining out of a dark c ive int.. the radiant light of a beautiful d ay make a mar. sad? Is a rich feast s -.read befoie a starving beggar a glooniy t i i i 1 1 -c ? He not deceived in this matter. ' u ist s.t s : -My yoke is easy and my it rdeit is light." Another .av.: "I would seek religion if i had feeling enough." What is the n- of feeling ? Its end is to break a man ..ff from a wrong career and turn him ia: . the right way. 1 low much feeling doos a man need ? J list enough to make him .! right. An engineer wants steam enough to run his train, and no more. The miller wants water enough to turn lii. wheel, and no more. Too much wa ter Lacks on his wheel and stops it. d oe sailor wants wind enough to sail hi- ship. A storm of wind is destrne ti The amount of feeling a man I- is just enough to make him entire I .- f..rake all evil practices, and perform the duties of Christian life. Feelings, high or low. are a failure, if they do not h i I men into healthful actions. Men .should respond readily to the call of the blessed Saviour. Who are the nobler ot children, those who reciprocate parental affections readily, or those who have to be dragged and scourged into filial duty? The less feelin; it take to lead a man t" Christ, the more nohle he is, and the inti-f it requires, the meaner and car ., is his nature. Think on that. Another person says: "I am good ui-:iyi." Thus the excuse of the mor al man or woman. Morality is good as far as it goes, but the trouble is it does not go far enough. Here is a ship, out on the ocean, freighted with a hundred precious lives. The dark storm is com - i ;g. The only chance to save it is by anchoring it fast to the bottom of the sea. The vessel is in water forty feet deep, the cable of the anchor is only twenty feet long. The cable of the i -.ichor is good enough as far as it goes, but what it lacks makes ii worth precisely nothing in sav ing the storm-driven ship. So the hope of the worldliest does not anchor in i he cross, and wh-'ii the tempest ot death strikes him, he will go down. Tic barren tig tree was good as far as it went. Its roots were good its trunk was good its leaves were good, but it lacked fruit, the very end and design of its cieatioii. The whole design of thr tree, root and branch, was to get fruit, and hence its barrenness makes every thing about it a total failure. That tig tree i the clearest illustration of the moralist, its fate is prophetic of his. What a bright specimen of morality was Xieodemus, yet the Saviour said to him: -'Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again." And here comes the reason: "That which is born oi the liesli is flesh; and that winch is born of the spirit is spirit." .Spiritual life must eiine out of a spiritual birth l liat love to - m)ii winch keeps Ins com mands is the same pledge of heaven. The St. Louis Advocate bring. the sad intelligence of the death of Mis Julia Ii. McAnally, wife of Dr. I). It MeAnally, editor of the St. Louis Ad 'ti-nte. c extend our sympathy to j ii brother in his yreat affliction. STAND 15 V Yol H COLORS. When man joins a church be is ex pected to stand by it. defend its doc trines, and labor with zeal to advance its interests. ais he will do if lie is soundly converted and has the love of bis church at heart. We have no sym pathy with church cowards with those who would desert their colors and go with what is called the popular cur rent. "What is a soldier good for, says Jon's Herald, who drops out of the ranks, or skulks, or runs, the moment the cause is in peril? What, is a church member worth who becomes invisible just when his services could be of some value ? If you are in a larger church where the workers arc abundant, you may without harm keep modestly in the background: but in case the ranks arc thin, your response should ring out at every roll call. As a Christian soldier, you have enlisted for the war. How can you settle it in the court of con science that you are delinquent in the breach ? Vhat good opinion can you have of yourself, if, when in a large church, yon pros your way to the front ranks and seek promotion, and then when your lot falls among small people who really need your help, you keep your letter in your pocket or pass it over to s.mic other denomination which happens to be larger or more popular than your own ? That course is a sad commentary on your religion. But we fear it is a true history of many a sham pr .lessor. If they are not deserters from the ranks they are .shirks or pre tenders, and as such a source of positive weakness to any body to which they be long. Stand bv your colors. Scorn the verv idea of being called a deserter. Ilea man in religion in your heroic devotion to your church. If you have no positive character in any thing else, see to it that you are not wanting in this essential element in matters ot church relation and religious fervor. Till: YKU.oW FEVER. As we w rite these words our heart sickens. We grow pale. The living man to day is the lifeless corpse of to morrow. The humble man in the vale of poverty the well man m his splen dorthe learned the intellectual giant the beautiful maiden :he brilliant young man the sweet babe tiie loving mother the kind father, are dying dai ly in our sister cities. Some ol our ministerial brethren have fallen at their post. Heroically did they stand ty their (lock in the hour of jiestiletice and death. The following note to the Kich nioii.l Adrocifte from lr. Slater, a pas tor of our church in Memphis, is in point: 'Dkau IbtoriiKi;: Again has a visita tion of wrath come upon the city ol Memphis. The stroke is heavier than in l7o. In a greatly reduced popula tion we average 70 deaths per 'lay. The citv is a huge Necropolis. There is no activity in any business but that which pertains to tiie relief of sickness and suffering and the burial of the dead. More than 1.IMH1 cases id' yellow fever have occtured since the iirst instant. We have many Methodists who are very poor, an-l need immediate relief. All who had money have left. Any contributions can be sent to John A. Holt, lr. I). V. ioo.lyear, or to K. C. St.ATKIt." Memphis, Tenn., August ol, 1S7S. Since the above was w ritten, J)r. Sla ter himself has fallen. He was a prom inent a laitlilul memner ol tne .Hem phis Conference. He went to glory fiom the post of duty; a martyr to lidel- ty. The papers, the secular press espe cially, have published eulogistic tele grams and commendatory accounts ol the faithfulness of Roman Catholic priests in the trying hour, but little has been said of the l'rotestant clergy .- This is to be regretted. Fidelity in this terrible scourge is commendable in a Catholic priest, but no less so in a Methodist or others. 1 Vfioininational- ism should not seek to parade heroic deeds in such times. The call is to en lightened humanity for help for mate rial help for spiritual consolation no church can refuse the call no goot citizen can say no. Help is the cry from New Orleans, Memphis, and other places in the Eolith. Raleigh has just sent .i?r00 to New Orleans ami .f.itMJ to Memphis. Other cities are respondin nobly. Many are dying for want of medical treatment and proper nursing. Ten dollars per day has been offered for nurses, but they cannot be had in suf ficient number to meet the demand. Rut while our humanity our christian sympathy is stirred are we supplicants at a throne of grace ? do we pray for the band of Cod to stay the dreadful scourge? In the public congregation in our closets, around the family altar. let us remember the smitten and fearfully alllicted people of our own dear land. The following is from the poison ed pen of Dr. I'ritchard, in an account given by himself in the Ilildical Re eordcr, of a late union Sunday-school Convention at Charlotte. Read and think and think and read: "Whatever may be true of the evils which arise from the co-operation of the i .apt. sis wan other denominations ot Christians, and they are sometimes nei ther lew nor small.experience has shown that we can meet in such bodies as are here recommended without eompromi iiig the truth." This is a wonderful deliverance. At once the intelligent christian the ear nest Sabbath-school worker, is stirred with leeiings of disgust. Jt smacks strongly of excliisivism and Romanism. A shame it is upon a christian land in the nineteenth century ! Rev. T. R. Reeks writes us from New-b.-rne Sept li'th: "We have had a good revival at Macedonia." SPIRITUAL MANHOOD. Spiritual manhood is what the Church needs to push on the kingdom of Christ. We have physical manhood in great abundance all over the land. A e have a great deal of intellectual manhood too. Rut w hat we need most is not large bodied, nor large-brained, but large hearted men and women. Men w hose spiritual life is so ripe, fruitful and shin inir, that sinners point to them and say, "There goes a man I believe in." o men, whose expressive love perlumes a whole neighborhood like a garden of fra grant flowers. Such persons are the light of the world and the salt of the earth. They do more to draw the world to Christ than a library of books. What a pity there is so many spiritual babes in the Church. Orown in body, but in fantile in spiritual strength. Although they were born twenty years ago, yet they cannot walk alone, they have not grow n in the grace of Christ. As men riup in the image of Christ they shine brighter and brighter. Every thing in the Rible urges men to be strong in spiritual power. "Arise, shine, for thy light is come." The Son of right eousness has come to shine in his light. How beautiful the black clouds become when the sun gets a fair chance to shine upon them. They aie changed into all the gorgeous hues of gold, crimson and purple when sunlit. So does dark hu manity become lovely and beautiful w hen the grace of Christ strikes through the whole soul, illuminating all of its ransomed powers. IN 1)1 VI DC AL RFSI'ONSIRILITY. (Jod speaks t us as individuals. All the commandments arc addressed to man as an individual. "Thou shalt do" so and so. The call to repentance and obedience is addressed to man in his i:i- lividual capacity. So then, says I'aul, "every one must give account of him self to (iod." If we do not work out our own salvation, each one lor himself, the church cannot do it for lis. Church es are eminently useful, but they are not insurance companies guaranteeing eter nal salvation to all of their members. If the church is holy, it is because each member is holy as an individual. If the church be liberal, progressive, soul-saving, it is because its members are such individually. If the church is a light in the world, it is because its members as individuals are letting their light shine in business, in families, in all the walks of life. When we stand before the bar of judgment, our church mem bership w ill amount to nothing in its.'lf. The world w ill not be judged by church es, but the churches will be sifted to get out the individuals, good or bad. Men will then enter heaven, not because they have been members of this or that church, not because they have been bap tized by immersion or pouring; not be cause they believed in Calvinism or Ar minianisiu; but because of personal ho liness. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see bd." PRAYER FOR TDK AFFLICTED. A brother suggests that in all our congregations wherever services are held on next Sabbath, that prayer be offered to iod in behalf of our afflicted, sister cities and towns, so grievously scourged with yellow fever, that if consistent with His divine will, His afflicting hand be stayed and health again restored unto them; also that thanks be returned unto Almighty iod, for the good health vouchsafed to oit. own it-oi-u-:, and abundant crops and prosperity, with which we have been blessed. We cor dially endorse the suggestion, and hope it will be generally carried out by our Preachers, and wherever deemed prudent to do so, that a collection be lifted lor the yellow fever sick and suffering. Since the above was written we no tice that Governor Williams, of Indiana, has appointed a day of fasting and pray er in behalf of the plague-stricken South. We should be glad if Governor Vance would appoint a day for humiliation, fasting and prayer in North Carolina that confessions be made of our own sins as a people, and that prayer be offered in behalf of our sick and dying brethren in the South. Governor Wil liams basset a wort liy example in this respect. EDITO It fAL Blt I KFS. The Cabarrus County Sunday school Convention was held at Concord Sept. Iltb. Jt was an interesting oc casion. We return thanks to J5ro. Cole for an invitation to be present. A'e have received the first num ber of the Southern Jlcthoilisl, pub lished at Louisville, Ky., and edited by A. II. Redford, I). I). It is a good pa per, and will have an extensive circu lation. AVo are pleased to Jcani that the health of Dr. Clews is much improved, and that he will soon be able to resume, bis labors on the District. Rev. J. R. Brooks, of Xcwbern. has lately visited Oxford, where it is said be preached a series of sermons of marked ability. The ladies of Tryon Street Metho dist Church, in Charlotte, recently gave an entertainment, from which they re alized -f:!8!l. Send your job work to this office, where it will be promptly executed at prices to correspond with the times. Dr. Poisal, of Baltimore, who has been extremely ill, is now convales cent. Dr. Hendrix, on account of his election to the Presidency ot Central College, has withdrawn from the Asso ciate Editorship of the St. Louis Advo cate. The Memphis Western Metliodii-t has suspended on account of the preva lence of yellow fever in that city. Its publication will be resumed at the ear liest time, possible. Raleigh. Christian Adcata A destructive cyclone passed through a portion of Wayne county on the morning of the 12th, taking the vi- cinity of Goldsboro in its fearful march. It destroyed everything in its track. Its path seems to have loen about fifty yards wide. Trees torn up by the roots, bouses blown down and hurried off by the furious winds. A number of per sons painfully injured, and one colored man on the Gregory A- Galloway place was instantly killed. The laying of the corner stone of the Methodist Church at Durham was postponed from the 12th to the 13th. Hon. A. S. Merriinon w as introduced to a large audience by J. S. Carr, Esij., in a happy and appropriate address, who for one hour ami a half held the audi ence with rapt attention with his able eloquence. His theme was "The in fluence of Christianity on Mankind." Our people and those friendly to Methodism, at Apex, very much desire a church at thatjdacc. The new Meth odist Church, erected there a few years since, has been destroyed by fire, and we now ha ve no house of worship at that place. Let our friend and brother, Rev. A. X. Letts, J. McO. Ellington, Esij., and others interested, take li ! I of the matter and they will accompli.-,--, bc object. They are just the men to sue eee I in such an enterprise. Make the effort and the result will be favorable. We must have a church at Apex. "Dn. Ror.r.rrr got so many sub scribers for the Cui'.isTiAx Apvocati:, and the preachers drummed so earnestly for it, at the District Conference, that we have almost concluded to make Tin: ( i a.kt ri: a church paper." The above is from the 1 in:ii:i.i. G. zkttk, published at Mooresvillc, where the late Salisbury District Conference v as hehl. We should regret to see the Gazkttk spoiled by rash changes As long as the Jazetti-: is as good a paper as it has been in the past, the people will and should sustain it. Rev. T. L. Triplett sends us anoth er club of subscribers from his circuit. At. the District Conferei.ee we got fifty throe new subscribers, most of them from his charge, and now he sends us eight new names. Well, if he goes on as he has commenced, the Akvoi atk will soon find its way into every Metho dist family on his circuit. We are al so indebted to Rev. F. A. Rishop for a handsome club since our last. Press the canvass, brethren, in spite of the "hard times." The object in publish ing the paper is to do good - the more extensive the circulation the more good will be accomplished. The following is from the Moore.s ville Gazette, a valued exchange. Rro. McLaughlin, the editor, makes a fair propositi ju. We have often thought that no class of people need a religious paper more than the politician. They have a hard time of it and those who read political papers ought to take a re ligious paper to help them over rough places: "The Raleigh Christian Admcate, the organ of the North Carolina Con ference, is a number one paper. We make this proposition, viz: we will discuss the political questions of the day for the people, and let Dr. Bobbitt discuss religious matters, and we to gether can do them untold good. The people would be better morally, politi cally, and spiritually, if they would take more papers like the Christian AnvocAJi:." A FxivKits.w.isT Chkf.p. The new Cni versalist Church of the Messiah, lately dedicated at New Haven, Ct., has the following expression of its belief in scribed in golden letters upon the wall at the rear of the pulpit : I. We believe that the holy Scrip tures of the Old and New Testaments contain a revelation of the character of God, and of the duty, interest and final destinai ion of mankind. II. We believe that there is one God, whose nature is love, revealed in our Lord, Jesus Christ, by one holy spirit of grace, who w ill restore the whole family of mankind to 'holiness and happi ness. HI. We believe that holiness and true happiness are inseparably connected, and that believers ought to be careful to maintain order and practice good works; for these things are good and profitable unto men. He will restore all who repent ot their sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ unto salvation. Ei. Mit. Epitou : How refreshing it is to read in the Akvocatk of the way that some Methodist folks have of treating their Pastors and their f unilies; for in stance, how lijuch brotherly kindness and real love and concern for their Pastor's interest was manifested by the church people in Goldsboro; for during his ab sence they refurnished the parsonage, putting in new furniture, and filling the larder with an ample store of provisions. First, he was enabled by them to go with his family to their old home, where they were permitted to mingle with friends and loved ones again, spending several weeks of unalloyed pleasure, then re turning with renewed health, and strengt h to their flock, to know that their people had been at work to add to their temporal comfort and happiness. How refreshing all this, and what an example for other congregations to follow. But oh ! my brother, bow different from this the condition of some of the preachers' homes. Old leaky, dilapidated houses, rotti'i), broken down fences. Old fash ioned tottering beiUtijads are fit for nothing but to harbor interminable pests; old chairs with all sorts of bottoms, some made of old carpet, not a suffici ency of bed clothing, a scant supply of table ware, eve, Arc. And worse than all, a very scant living. No wonder the preachers groan within when they a re read out to such places. All tin's might be corrected in many instances if the people felt a sufficient concern for tic welfare of their spiritual teachers. May the time come when all our stations an I circuits will have good, comfortable an I well furnished parsonages. Montfokt. At the anniversary of the Turkish Mission Aid Society in London, which has done much in aiding the American missions in that empire, several speak ers stated that, if terrorism was re iu v d, the Mohammedans in large numbers would embrace Christianity. A MOST IMPRESSIVE SCENE. We clip the following from the Wesleyan Christian Advocate. It is well to note the public acts of such a man as Gov. Colquitt. He is a worthy example for the present and coming gen erations. A sentiment has been manu factured by a certain class would be leaders that a man occupying a place of honor in the gift of the people should not take very much stock in religion. Shame upon any people who would im bibe such a doctrine ! If every State in the Union was honored with .such an executive ofiicei as Gov. Colquitt, the whole country would soon be rid of fraud, corruption and malfeasance in office. Oh for Godly men to govern State and National affairs. Heie is the com ment of Dr. Haygood on Georgia's chris tian Governor, mi the occasion of his late visit to Chautauqua : "The reception which was accorded to the Governor of Georgia, at Chau tauqua, on the loth of August, in many of its aspects, was most unusual and very striking. After the years of bit terness and strife which have been di viding and estranging the North and South, it was a fact well calculated to attract a profound interest, to witness the fraternizing demonstrations which, beginning in Atlanta at the great Sim-dav-school Congress last April, seemed to find the most, energetic expression at Chautauqua on the occasion of Governor Colquitt's recent visit. We cannot re call in the recent years, if ever in our experience, when a public man has met with such a hearty and honoring popu lar demonstration as greeted our beloved Chief .Magistrate on his appearance at Fair Point. Governor Colquitt, on reaching the place of this unique gathering which, be it known, was at a spot called Fair Point, on a lakelet called Chautauqua, near lake Erie in Western New York was w elcomed by several thousands of people from a number of the neighbor ing States, and he was with a solemn, if not imposing ceremony, received with hearty greetings from Dr. Vincent, Ex Governor Patterson, and Rishop Foster. To this distinguished reception Gover nor Colquitt responded in a speech of some length, and from its immediate impression upon the thousands who lis tened to it, it must have been a speech of signal if not unusual power. Those who heard it speak of that address as one of surpassing inqiressiveiiess. We have read that response of the Governor with tin; highest gratification, and we trust a pride, not disallowablc. But in all this, there was something of that premeditation and pre-sirrangement, that prepares the mind for formality and ell'ort, which of themselves are not usu ally regarded as enhancing our pleasure in listening to a public speaker. When however it was announced, after certain exercises had been concluded, that, in a few hours Governor Colquitt would ter minate his visit to the delightful grounds of Fair Point, return to his distant home, the sudden thought occurred to the good friends who had so generously received him, to extemporize an address of fare well. How beautifully and feelingly this was done the address ofltev. Mr. Peltz abundantly proves. But it must not lie deemed individiousorasoffendingagainst propriety when we say that the response of Gov. Colquitt was rarely approached in eloquence and pathos. Let tha Christian people of these States and the praying men of Georgia especially, re joice and give thanks, that a Governor of a great State makes confession of the Lord Jesus Christ before the world, and with the meekness of a little child in vokes the prayers of his follow ers in the heal ing of the whole country. O, here is hope, here is extrication, and the promise of that better day which the humble believer has so long sighed for and prayed for, when we see the mul titude paying the tribute of respect and honor to the devout Christian, and he in his turn uiGbkly lu ii(jf his honors at the feet of the Saviour! The example of this most unusual demonstration must make its impression, and with telling effect. It is more than a set-off to all the audacious ravings of the Ingersols, and is worth more than all the nostrums of the political quacks who pretend to heal the body politic by party tricks and selfish schemes." Dkau Bito. BoJiiirri : I dusjro to an nounce through the columns f the Ai vocate that the 4th Annual Meeting of the X'ewb'.'in District Sunday School Confc'-ence will be held at Mt. Olive, beginning Friday before the iird Sunda' in October next. The Conference is composed of the ministers in the District, traveling and local, four delegates from each school on stations and two from each school on. circuits. The public are invited to attend. J very good citi zen is interested in the religious instruc tion of the children. I would be obliged to the preachers in the bounds of the District to give publicity to the appointment and see that each of their schools are well rep resented by at least one or two delegates. Superintendents ought, by all means, to be there. Conference will open at 9 A. M. W. F. Koiineoav, Pros. Goldsboro, X, C, Aug. JHst, 1878. The Rev. J. F. Butt of Calvary Mis sion Church, Charlotte, X. C, and who had been at Mt Pleasant two days, oc cupied the pulpit of the Methodist Church last Sunday morning and n:gbt. In the morning his subjuct was Prayer, from the Lord's Prayer, Arc, in Luke. It was an earnest, practical and persuasive discourse, abounding in rich thought, timely suggestions and striking illustra tions and must have produced good im pressions. His Sunday School address in the evening seemed to be pleasing to the children, au, from the 'way they say he talked of the manner of organiz ing and governing Sunday Schools in other places, it must have been interest ing also. Rockinyhain Jiee, Sept, 7. In order that the pulpit may reach all classes with Us iulluencp, the preaching should be Biblical. Thp Bible is the only absolutely nonpartisan, non-sectarian book in the yorld. Philosophical pleaching reaches one class, rhetorical address pie ises another, the hortatory method suits a third: bitt the pure Gos pel, expounded with simplicity, beaufy and force, has charms for every ear, in struction for every mind, a. id inspiration for every heart. This preaching will exhibit to the world, as the model life, Jcmis Christ, who, by offering Himself once for all, forever abolished caste, and established a religion suited to all the wants'of all classes in all ages. Tne Methodist. The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Catechism have been translated into Chinese, ami ore how in process of revision. 1 1 E I V A L I X T K L L I i 1 : N C E. Rev. J. W. Handle writes from Eliz abelbtow n Sept. '.Mb : "We nave bad one of the best ineet ingsat Elizabef blow n that has ever been bold at this place. Our aged men say tbev do not remember a meeting of so much power. During the meeting three lawyers and tw o bar keepers were at tiie altar at. one time. The best ofallislhat lour law vers w ere con verted with one of the bar keepers. About thirty were i on verted ami tw en- Iv-fivc added to the chiii-cii. Wo have had, also.ti meeting of ' eoii.-hiorablo in terest at i'urdies Ciiiiri b where w e bad about? conversions and i accessions. Bro. Henrv Gray was wit ii me at bold places and did a noble w ork in the cause ol'tbc Master. Bro. McF.nlyan. of the Presbyterian Church, was with us ami preached for us several times. Bro. Sandford fell in uitli iisoneday and night and prea.h-d once. The Lord bath done great tilings for us whereof w e are glad. Pray for us." Rev. F. A. Bishop sends us a good list of subscribers and adds the follow ing revival intelligence: "I received eight members at Par ker's Grove Rev. D. I . McBride preached dor us once 1 hope gootl w as done I closed last week at St. Aiidrowsand received eight into the church there, and am now carrying on a good meeting at the Camp J round. We have now about seventeen peni tents at the altar, ail ileoplv interested. There wen- eight converted within fif teen minutes all bright one bad been seeking for six years. It was good to be there. Rest assured. I am a friend of yours and also the Aia oc.vit., and whoever takes the paper is more devo ted to Christ and the Church." Since the above was received Bro. Bishop sends us the following additional intelligence : "I closed my meeting at Camp Ground Wednesday received seventeen accessions There was great power and the Church much revived." In a b iter from Rev. W. S. Creasy from Dobson, Sepl. 7, be writes: "Please slate for the benefit of the lovers of Zion. that the Lord bus been pleased to revive us on the Surry cir cuit. e have held lour protracted meetings w hich resulted in the conver sion of about (i.'i precious souls and Mi accessions to t be church. The member ship has been very much revived. We. are biiih.nig two splendid bouses ol worship on the Circuit, beside finish ing some others. Finances are very close up here, but the good people on the Circuit have not let their preachers sutler. May (iod bless them for llieir kindness. We are in the midst of our protracted meetings, working and praying for a great outpouring of the Holy piril. Brethren, pray lor us. Rev. C. M. Gentry, the junior preach or. was with Bro. Creasy in this good work of grace. TO THK AKFLICTKD PARENTS OF LITTI.K noil EUT ORAV BiRBEK, WINSTON, X. C. Foml .trickeu hearts ! So ileoply lioweil 'Ne tli Uocl'a afllictlng roil ! Lift yor.r tearful oye. l'.ejoDd the skies. To where Gry dwells with Gocl. CouHiiitr what a happy change T your dear child la given. For each oarthly woo Chri-t'a teachings show. Ho hag gniti'd the Dliaa of Hoav'n No childish care now mars his lii'o -No p -iu dldtarbH hU rent. With plaoid brow lie sa'elv m.w Itevlities on Jojii breast. With kln.lre.l soiiIh, who, from j our uiIiIki, liavt loti inc passed away, lie perhaps will slug. Ah Ouir fclarf h.luus riu Throu. h ralns .f t'ljdl. a day. Thoro U now another chain To draw your hcartt above; And one 1. ea here. Where all's so drear. And nuthiug Ias-a w- love. Then, father ylve your dar i . up. Mother, tio's j utt jj.ue lu me : At heaven's gate, lie will Rian-t and wait 1 ill y n ami Pap- come. A Fiiiksd. SCR I PT IRAIj PR FA C H ! X j . If a lawyer, conducting a case involv ing fortune, character or life, .should at tempt to do so with very .slight use of legal authority, it would be symptomatic of a bad case, or a weak and inefficient counsel. The strength of the lawyer is the law. If he has no law he has no case, and must fail. So a physician, no matter how fine his address, or how well he talks, if he shows no clear knowledge of physiology, anatomy, and the chemi cal character and power of remedial agents, he can not succeed as a doctor. These attainments are essential. The preacher's authority for preach ing is the inspired Scripture. His mat ter must be drawn from the Bible. No matter how deep in science, how polish ed in belles-lettres, how rich in imagina tion, copious in vocabulary, graceful in action, or sweet iu inclination, if his sermon shows a want of Scripture it shows a radical defect, which nothing else can supply. The Church must be fed with the' "sincere miik of the word, that it may grow thereby." Man, as a moral and spirtual being, docs not "live by bread alone, but by every wo "d of God. 1 he overwhelming majority ot those who hear the preacher believe that the Bible is the word of (rod." It car ries more authority and exerts more in tluence than any other teaching. It is the "sword of the Spirit." God says of His word : "It shall not return unto mo void, but it shall accomplish that which 1 please, and it isliall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." The psalmist says that the "entrance of God's word giveth light.'" It is a light to the understanding in the things of salvation far brighter than any of the poets or philosophers. When we read the prophets we find them ipioting and adducing the law. When we read the inspired biographies of Christ we fjnd them constantly ijiiot ing the Bible, and no other written book. In his memorable and tremend ous conllict with satan, lie meets that great fallen archangel Intellect with no appeal to science or human learning, with nothing less and nothing else than, "Thus it is written." No blade but one of heavenly temper keen could have pierced his shield or given the mortal thrust. Human science and poetry would have been thrown away on him who could "turn himself into an anTcl oflight." " Amono the Babylonian tablets coin prised in the Fgibi series, in London, is one lately discovered, which will be of interest to all students of Greco-Persian history. It is dated in the twenty fourth year of Darius Hystaspis, p.. c 51(1, and contains a long inventory of ariiia,storcx, and other vynr niatei'ials lejosited in the temple of the w ar god Nergal, in Babylon. This is about'"the period when Darius would have been preparing for his expedition to Greece, RELIGIOUS BREVITIES, 'ri,.. i.i..iir.rti' il IVineetoii Thc- !.' j ' - -1 . . - - . obcical Seminary miW amounts toI. OtiCJU.'UO. The real estate is valued at 1!274,(XH). The Friends in Great Rritain are verv influential. am! vol the Society has onlv U.bOO members. Last year 2N' members were received from the world by " conviin eiiii nl." This was apart from t hose becoming members by birth right. The Widow s' and Orphans Fund oftbo Free t:bniob of Scot I.mmI now has a capital ol f l.l7MfK. and increase at the rate of from lifty ! -ity thousand dollars a yea r. Th average salary of the minis ters of the Irish Presbyterian Cbiirob last year was $'.27t. Di addition In Ibis a large majority of Chun ho furnish manse and glebe. "Women are not allowed to vole in the election of a pastor in the Lutheran Church The iiestioii was put to test at a recent convention and the decision continued Ibis custom. The bronze statue to the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, recently unveiled iu Ed inburgh, Scotland, is twelve feet, in height, and represents him in the-dress of a moderator of the General Assem bly, with an open Bible in bis band, as if giving an exposition. The Right Rev. Bishop Samuel Allen McCroskcy, Rishop of the Dio cese of Michigan, has been formerly deposed from I be ministry of the Church by the College of Bishops nf the. Episcopal Church, now in session iu New York. The new Catholic Bishop of Vin cenues, I ml., fresh from Rome. ha com menced a tirade against our public diools. On a recent Sunday, at India napolis, lie warned Catholics of the dangerous tendencies of these schools, and took the strongest grounds against them. On bis arrival in England. Mr Sankey will almost immediately begin religion meetings, with the assistance ot man) English ministers of different denominations. Before returning be will probably visit the whole island. ijterTtfrf. Amono the awards oftbo Deparliuclit of Education at the Paris Exposition is a bronze medal to the Nein Kmjlund, Journal of Education . Thus the highest award given to the educational journalism of any country comes to an American publication Tin: Standard of t'ie Cross says : We see it stated that seventy sermons were recently stolen from a theological .student in a seminary at Rochester, N. V. A theological student who has seventy sermons on Hand had better lose them before begets into the ministry. Tin--. Rev. Isaac Taylor is preparing a book, in England, on the various, alphabets, beginning wilh the Aramaic character of the papyri and I he Phoenici an of the Moabife inscript ioii,and coining down to the present time. There will also be a chapter on the history of the numerals. lNll.lt the'title of "New- Greece," Messrs. Casscll, Peller A" Galpin will shortly issue a volume by Mr. Lewis Sargeaiit, which will comprise a survey of tiie actual condition of (J recce at the present day, and its history during the past few years. The work will be il lustrated by two maps. Will wi-: ii.wK to a Noiitii ? The I'ittshury Ch isfian Adrocate marshals the arguments that demand of Not thorn Methodism a permanent occupal ion in the South. lie gives the sixth and last and clinching argument thus : "The presence of Methodist Episco palians at the South is a guaranty for loyalty ami correct notions of National authority as extensive as her spread is wide, and as intense as her influence is great," This is a new way of putting the case; we prefer the old. The business of Methodism we supposed to be "to spread Scriptural holiness over these lands." This conceit of nation-saving is a great folly, It is not the business oftbo Church to guarantee loyalty, to save nations, but to save souls. If our Pittsburg brother fairly represents his Church we are nearly leady to believe that Southern Methodism must move northward to "guaranty" Methodism. Wesleyan Advocate. Manv - Siiu-.D. Christianity is as many-sided , "is humanity. It touches us like the atmosphere at every point. It feeds the simple and defines the specula tions of the learned. On one side it is all divine; on another it is all human. Here it moves upon the voluntary power with the strength of a great purpose; there it settles upon the affections with the gentleness of the dew. Now it warms in the embrace of the intuitions with the ease of an instinct; then it towers above the conscience, gripping the convictions with (he omnipotence pf obligation. Again it has the breath and billow of emotion; next it awes and masters the mind with the cold serenity of the intellections. One moment it moves with a vigor that expects to gain by all activity; the next moment it sub mits with the meekness of one w ho hopes for all ptu ity through all suffer ing. Christianity is as many sided as its subject and as its author. It most perfectly realizes the idea of the Infinite, who alone is greatest in all directions. Christian A dvocate. .fl.o.. The most important ecclesiastical measure enacted by Parliament was the Bishoprics Bill, whereby four new Sees have been created, at New castle-oii-T vne, Wakefield, Liverpool and Southwell re spectively. This was passed not w ith out active opposition, and on one nf the last days of the session, its upholders, rather than prolong debate, preferring to bear theat(ack of the other side in silence. For nearly five hours the opponents of the bill had the field to themselves and were enabled to put before the country a strong array of facts in opposition, not only to the proposed measure, but to the Establishment itself. Italy. The 1'ope Breaking his Chains. Late cable advices state that Cardinal Monaco La Valletta will go to Perugia to represent the Pope at the consecration of a church at Canoscio. The whole Pontifical choir will be sent expressly by the Pope, to render the ceremony as imposing as possible, and will follow the Cardinal. The "Osser vator Romano" draws attention to the fact that this will be the first time the singers of the Pontifical choir will have left Rome. The "Times" correspondent at Rome remarks that the significance of this delegation, as what may be consider ed the first step toward breaking, at least in spirit, the famous imprisonment is evident. ' Subscribe for the Advocate, Price, $2.0J per anuuni. STATE AND LOCAL Vo learn that "ho I' s' O lielu Hmm city wib be moved loli. it le-w quarters oil tlio20tb. r Five hundred ton . of wteel i d h for the Iluleigh & iusli-li l;..ilii ti.:e been received, .Hid are In inn phio d n the truck near Weldon. Tbo Republicans bV- noiiiiunted Hon. Josiah Turner lor Congress li..-i. this ) strict. What womb r take pi;i, e in tin- course of a lew years! Sheriff Nathan VcDaniel, ol Joins county, died on Monday ut his ni dclice. The mail service be I ween Lutiet..ii and Brickleyville, in Ilalifaxeounl.v, wilt le increased to tri-weekly ul'tr October 1st. It. is now nonii-e kly. - Gov. Hampton, of South Curobiui, bus made a reiiirsition on Gov. Vance for . I itnies Robinson, charged with bin glmy and robbery in that btutc, ami n.. lying iu jail at Monroe, Union couiny. --Concord Begetter; The Log cUohm is becoming alarming in Mecklenburg. Johu Davidson, Esq , and others, hate lout a large number. Mr Park. lost ali be bad, about lifty. Mokk Aio. At then inciting on Tuesday evt 'iii g Manieo L. dg-t N,.. h, I. O. O F., di reeled l hen hcculaiy, Mi. J. C Birdsong, to semi $10 to their liro thera iu Mempbiij The following new post oliices weio established in Noitii Carotin in August: Barrett s Mountain, Alexnudoi county; Pamlico, Pamlico count t ; Roe Bay, Uyde county; White Marsh, itsliu gtoij county. Charlotte Oliseiver: A citizen of Wilmington gives 101) to the yellow iv ver fund, but did not give bis name. Tbeie's a mull for you. No advcrlising job there, but a genuine, noble impu. so to aid siiffci iiig buuiiinity. Dr. ilappoldl, of Moigiiiitoli, bau tendered bis service. to the Vicksburg sufferers. Three gentlemen have ell, or aro ubotit to Icavo Wilmington for the infected cities, to serve as muses. Charlotte Observer bays.- Captain James O. Moore, Chief Engineer, and three assistants, have gone to MooreswlJu and begun the work of bin vc.ying the roil e for the proposed Winston, Mucin Jt Mooresviilo Ra blond. Goldsboro Messcngei; Tie Dime Party of hist week was a most pleasant affair, and thanks to the belies, !10.'t whs realized and t'oi tt aided to the ycllotv 1 -ver tsulTcrers at Holly Springs, Miss. We understand the ladies pmpose gi lling up another festival i-o"ii for the same jeet. The Cballode Democrat sayi--; 11m health of the city was never better, at though the month just closed was one ol tho hottest ever know n in these party. There were only four interments iu Elm mod Cemetery during the month three adults and one child. Iho Concord Sun states that .1. M. Red wine, Seuut r elect from Stanly uiij Cabarrus, is ineligible, having been ut the time and is yet I'iei k of the Superior Court of Stanley. The. fcuu adds, with considerable force: It would bo fuuuy if a few more iueligiblcs would turn up. TLey would thou be iu the majority, and would have it iu their potter t turn nil tho other members out to graae. Gov. Vance has made re.iuieitiou upon Gov. .lames D. Porter, of Tennes see, for Thoiuus Boone, who in Juno last murdered S--.ni Butner, iu Yancey coun ty. The muu wanted for this crime new lies in jail at Chattanooga, Tenn. The Newborn Nut Shell Buys; A largo Lumber of colored men will lenvu our city this morning for Rocky Poitd, N. C where they will be employed by the U, S government in getting out stone to be put in !cw luJu. Mi. Juo, C. Thomas, of this eiiy, has obtained employment us one of the overseers, and also leaves for Rocky Point Ibis morning. We arc gratified to oo from our Wilmington :m.I New borne exchange that the sloim on Tbursda) did but comparatively filtle damage on the coast. But I he news from ; rati villi - coun ty, near Rill roll -, is o' a different char acter. The rcporl i that great dam age ha. lueii done; bridge and mill dams and fence washed away and great injury done to the grow ing crops. It i to bo hoped that the report is ex aggerated. I ri ri i; Mr. George C. Kellcy.of Wilming ton, w ho ha for a number of t i ai -past been coimceicd wilh the Auditor's office of the W iv W Railroad. 'ha gone to Montgomery. Alabama, w here bo is 10 engage iu biiiiie. Vkm.c.w Fi vki: i Ouam.k Coi -rv. 'I lie iMirliani 't'ttlmcm I'hui'., of Wednesday, say under the aboc cap tion : "The physician report a ca-e ofte!- Iow fever in ll octhern part ,,f tv. ange. near Cedar i rot o. Jasper llaih. a resident of Memphis, loll there alii-r the yellow jack commenced hi ra 'age and came lo Orange count) w here be bad relatives. Alter be bad been iu Orange about a week be was taken siek and the physician have pronounced it a case of yellow fever; When la-l beard from ho wa eon tab oei:t. and 11 vas i.,, i though; Micro was ant' dan ger of il sj, reading. There were seyenil indictment.-, and convictions last week in court for viol.it ing the law against selling li.pior. .ludg ment w-a prayed in ny ,,tie case, tiTt Solicitor, however, giving notice that hereafter he would pray judgment on every conviction. (,', , ,,lioro 'atrial. The schedule on the Raleigh mm ' Gaston and i.'alcigii and Augusta A i. Line liailmad t , m-: m::..s ,;is .,.,, changed as follows : llid: iijl,. and (liisloa Railroad. -Mail train hate Raleigh at lM;:;o a. in.; arrive at .-ld..ii at : p. m. Lease Weldon at !"':tn p. , .,, .,,1, Raleigh at ."cl.'i p. m. Acommodat i tram leave Raleigh at '..;;,, ,( . .m;, atWeldon at a. 'm. Leave Wchh-n 'd:oi p. in.; arrive at Raleigh at ." a. in. Raieiyh and . I i:,,Ui Ruil, Mail train leave Raleigh at Ii a. m.; ar rive at Hamlet at 1:4." p. m. Leaf Hamlet at p. ,.; :miVl! ;lt j..,-.; d, :40 p. in. Connect ion made with tf. Carolina Central Railroad both wav. lor Wilmington and Charlotte. '-.- e have :i i-irenit in !... -;.. Conference. M.at oii.o of the "hot-'' can tiie" call pasture : because we nd the young ones there, verv l'retioiii i , to break them in. This sau i'"i:' lias furnished more preacher woh wive than any in the Conf-rei 1 OII t all s Heal, -it . . 1 ' "ite'lir ..' ' Atcuitoiul AdcwtU,
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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