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WHO WILL MKKT ML FIUST
Who will me t me first in heaven.
When that bliHful rcaliu 1 gain;
When the hamla have ceased Iroin tutting.
And tho he-rt hath ceased from iai ;
h-'U it e la, farewell I spoilt n.
Severed th last tender tie,
1 1 know how sweet, h-tW 'oleiuo,
An 1 ho t blet i! ii to die!
A in j b rt gli les oVr th wat;B
Of that cod and silent strettiii,
1 sha 1 -ce h-' tlo-; es f temples
In the di -atit lnighMy bt-a-
Tftupl- o; that bt?uc.u- i'y.
From all yuilt uni surn-w free,
Wb i a.Iown it piden portals
lmt nil! h itt to w lcomo me''
tt ho will ;reo me iir in (.ory"
0ff thM ura tli tat .4 t will rio.
M'i'iiiuii th.:nnXnoMi woud; is
1 that Ik ine 1 eyoii 1 tli skies)
Who wilt he niy heavenly ienioiV
Will ii be some seraph bright.
Or an ai gel Irum the ro nit ties
Myriads of that world ot iiyU!
N, uo' thme. tor they have never
tiladit-ne t 1 ere my mortal view,
it nt llit dear oiieeonc ln-fore mi
Tliev the loved, the tried, the true
1 hey ho wrlkod with m life's pathway.
FtoTii my soul by death wore rivtn,
Tliey who lovo ire best in this world
Will be first to greet in lteavn.
& o in m u n i c a t r D.
Fur tin- Advocate.
i n i'ant wfg kn i:i;a ri n.
F.Xi.WKII.. Tinm ts ami Ankkuson.
These brethren are not alone in their
vifv mi this subject. This heresy
spreading not tii iv among 'tin- people
called Methodists.' hut among other lc
iimninatlons also. Tliat Methodist
Armiuian Theology is perfect, embra
cing all, and nothing but that which is
Inn- in religion, we do not pretend to
MU-, I.iit wo arc not yet sufficiently ad
vanced in the science to have tin doc
trine of 'Original Sin' a taught in our
Articles of Hcligion superseded by tho
nii-criiitmal an-.l uiij-hihojiliieal notion
of i)ilircl, or inborn, or jx.tsl-burtt, in
fant regeneration. 1 the dilVerent
term-: liere italieize.l tor tlie ieaon that
the Imthrcii who have written on tiiis
Mil'jecl have y;ot tliis j.artienlar jioint in
an inexliieal.h' tangle, ami that, toe,
without -eeiiiiii to know it iiow
ojjirininj tlie ni..ral ehaime to lje ill
utrii, then clearly implying it to he
j.mt-lior, while tlie i;eueral drift of
J heir argument absolutely requires it to
! iithrt'f. Now I lo not iroiio.-o to
iMicule the hii-thn-n. how lial.le Sievcr
I liev in iv have reind-re 1 theiii.elves to
Mieh a cnr"' of treatiiieiit, ly attemjit
ing to exjioiuel a ! rt ti no wliieTi of ne-e.-s-itv
Iea.'t t.) a 1 ilieuloiis att itmle,ljut
helieving them to have missed their
wav l.v leaning too liuieh to the human
xi.le of the -uliiret regariiiiig the re
.neiation of man more intently than
tin- righteousiiiss of (old I wish to
t real tlieir iews, or rather themselves
with line n-sjieet, and to make a sugge.
1 1. .ii or two that may he of servk-t to
some who are in doul.t, and perhaps
prevent others from falling into thiH
e Tor. 1 do not much hope to henefit
anv one who ean read what our stand
ard authors have written on this suh
jeet and then, pronouncing their logical
and scriptural conclusions to lie 'egre
gious ahsiirdities,' still hold the doc
trine of innate, or native holiness: hut
the inativ who have not these works, and
perhaps some who, though they have
them, do not reoA them.
The first thing to he done in the dis
cussion of any suhject is, to determine
just what the suhject is. Jn the treat
ment of tho ijuestion before us, it is
neeessarv to define not regeneration on
ly, but the state of nature also. Then,
and not till then, can we determine
whether infants are found in this state
o; in that.
. The natural state of man, as of
everything else, is the state of life into
which the iudi idual is introduced by
the regular operation of natural law, ami
in which it always moves in obedience
to the instincts, appetites, and passions
of its nature. If the nature be such in
its constitution as to move tin: individ
ual to acts of violence and to habits of
vice, it (tlie nature) is said to be in a
state of depravity, and the individual is
of necessity, a depraved being.
Such is the state of all creatures that
are under tlie dominion of that all
pervading power known as the animal
nature with which (alone?) the devil
allies himself both in man and beast,
and through it has filled the world with
corruption. - IV. 1: i-
The difference between this moral
complexion of this state and that of the
regenerate state is, that the one is good,
the other evil; the one .sinful, the other
holy. In the. sinful state of nature
man is begotten (Geu. 5: 3,) conceived,
shapen (Vs. 51: "),) and horn. Jno. 9:
;',4. Man is naturally 'born of the
jlesh' the flesh is sinful. Jiom. : 3.
The man thus horn and hrought up in
the sinful state of nature is styled 'the
natural man.' 1 Cor. 2: 14. Paul
affirms that this natural man cannot
know the things of the Spirit of od,
because they are sjnritualli discerned,
while he, heing carnally minded is, and
cannot but he, destitute of the sj iritual
knowledge which is peculiar to the re
generate state. To be carnally minded
is to he in a state of spiritual death.
Jlgm. 8: 0. The dead cannot receive
the things which are revealed to those
who live in the regenerate state.
Now if the natural man is moved by
his own nature and the natural state of
the world about him to 'walk after the
llesh;' 'to mind the things of the ll.-sh.'
of which he is horn, ami thus to linger
in a state of spiritual death, with no
power to discern or disposition to re
ceive the things of the Spirit, by which
alone he can be restored to the state, of
spiritual life and power lost by the fall;
then, indeed, is the natural state of
man an evil, a sinful one one from
which we who have received the first
fruits of the Spirit (regeneration) groan
to be delivered. 'Kveu we,' whose
Kjnril has been already delivered from
the bondage of corruption, 'groan with
in ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body' from
the natural state of depravity, corrup
tion and death, ia which it must con
tinue (because of sin. IJoiu. N: It') un
til ( "mist, by the regeneration of the
phvsical world, shall 'make all things
new. .Matt. r.: liev. -i: j
'or the sake of the thoughtless reader j
allow me to state that this 'natural
man' which Paul declares to be incapa
ble of spiritual knowledge is in an un
regenerate state, the natural state in
which he was born. Jf he was born re
generate, .spiritual and holy, tlien be
has fallen from his natural-born state
and is now in an unnatural, abnormal,
monstrous state, and should be called
the monster man: lor then: can be no
imaginable reason for calling him 'the
natural man.'
'1 liegeneratioii is a spiritual state
a state of holiness into which man is
introduced by jtcryeruatural power the
power of the Holy Spirit. The regen
erate man is spiritual -born, not of
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of iod.' .Ino. I:
lo. The state of the regenerate is in
many respects the opposite of that of the
natural man a state of spiritual en
lightenment as opposed to natural dark
ness of mind (Eph. 4: IS) of freedom
as opposed to bondage (Iiom. S: 21)
of subjection to the law of (iod as op
posed to that in which man neither is,
nor can be, so subject (Pom. S: 7) ot
spiritual life as opposed to spiritual
death (Kom. S: ti) of spiritual knowl
edge as opposed to spiritual ignorance.
1 Cor. 2: 14, l.". Christ died foi the j
natural man when he was an 'enemy'
and -without strength' (Uoin .": i, H) I
in his natural stale. In regeneration J
the spiritual man becomes the J'ricn'l,
the child of iod, ami receives Hremjlli j
to discern spiritual things to 'put off
the old man with his deeds' to reform
his natural life, habits and spirit to
cease to do the evil to which we are
moved by the conditions of our natural
state, and learn how to overcome the
force of that law in our members which,
while we are in our natural state, is
c instantly waning against the lnw of!
our mind and bringing us into captivi
ty to the law of sin which is (born)
in our numbers (IJoin. 7: '-, 2"), and
how to keep under his body and hring
it into subjection.' 1 Cor. 'J: 27. In
regeneration we 'put on the new man.'
This new man is renewed in knowledge
after the image of him that created him,
just as the 'old man' was depraved in
knowledge after the image of him that
begat him. Christ, in whose image
the 'new man' is created, is spiritual.
He knows the things of the spirit, lie
knows how to rule his own spirit, to
love, obey, and please Iod. The 'new
man' led of the spirit, learns how to
'put on Christ' and follow his example
in all these and many more particu
lars None of which things the natural
man can do: because he is 'carnal, sold
under sin.' When he 'would do good
evil is j) resent with him;' for 'the mo
tions of sin which are (excited) by the
law' ate constantly at work in his mem
bers to bring forth fruit unto death.'
Pom. 7: 5. Now let these two states
stand one over against the other, and
then in the light of Cod's word and of
the history of Adam's race ask your
rational self whether the child or the
father who has never learned how to ex
ercise faith in God, is lying, prostrate,
without strength,' in a state of nature,
or statulinff 'upright' in the strength of
Christ, in a regenerate state; 'being
horn again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible. Observe, Regeneration
is a renewal. A renewal in knowledge.
Col. ': 10. This knowledge resj)eets
the things of the Spirit of God spirit
ual things which the natural man can
not know. It is spiritual knowledge.
X")v if it be said that the regenerate
may be in such an undeveloped stage of
life as not to be able to understand spir
itual things, then we say, if he cannot
understand if he does not know how
to use the g'fts of the Spirit how to
believe in Christ how to hold the mas
tery over his animal nature how to
distinguish between good and evil, hut
is habitually following his natural in
stincts to feed, foster and develop the
animal above the spiritual as all the
world knows tho 'natural man' has al
ways done, and continues to do, from
infancy to old age; then, we say, lie
is most certainly not renewed in the
spirit of his mind, and his state is man
ifestly no other than that of the unre
generate. What could he more 'egregiously
absurd, ?' A regenerate person in an
uuregenerate state ! A regenerate per- j many were reached by the spirit at their
son whose animal nature constantly I homes, and influenced to go to the meet
drives him into all manner of excesses : ing, while others were converted at
in search of sell-gratification ! A re
generate person, a child of God, born of
the Spirit, but led of the flesh, the
world and the devil, far away from
iod into the dark ma.es of sin from
which nothing but the power of divine ' t,, pray for him, and that night while
grace can ever recall him ! Such is the '. the Church was engaged in prayer, led
state and such the course of life which ; by l)r. Sherrill, a local preacher, (as
has universally prevailed among men ! nearly as could be ascertained) the old
that are 'naturally engendered of j m ati wits converted on his bed at liome
Adam,' tint imt of those that are born i and nhoiited aloud the praises of God.
of the spirit. j Two other blind persons wort; converted
If the status, privileges and nowers i at this meeting; having never seen the
of the regenerate be w hat they are rep- i beauties of this world, what will be
resented to he in the scriptures, then are i their rapturous delight, when they
ief.uits incapable of entering into 'this siaml where Paul stood the time he
grace wherein we stand and rejoice in made a flying visit tothe third heavens,
hope of the glory of God.' 1 u the pies- ! and se.. u hat Si.-lohn saw while stand
cut state of nature and grace we be- j ing on the isle of Palmos, and how they
come 'the children of God by faith.' ' will wonder thai t Imse of us w ho have
Tiie teaching of Paul is not that Home j e es to se,. in t his world w re so indif
are the children of iod by faith, and ! feren' and ungrateful for the blessing!
.tome bv native grace, but that 'aW are ! Above a!! others it is to bo hoped that,
such bv faith. Gal. 'J: 2'i. j these poor blind persons who have had
If there be another way of salvation ; their spiiituai eyes opened will he stead
in this day of grace, the Spirit has not ; fast, I'm it is only "he that t iidnrHh. to
revealed it. We have no right, or lea- ; tm and srill lnstrcd."
son, or occasion to assume that there is j Another thing noticeable at this meet
another. The facts revealed justify the ling, was that Mr. Ivy requested pious
belief that all who aie incapable of faith men and women to select individuals
are also incapable of regeneration under I whom they would make special objects
the toxjH'l economy : One thing must j of p. aver, many such were converted,
be certain: All who are incapable of! some of which I would like to relate if
faith are incapable of enjoying or im- I I had lime and space. This demon
proving the gifts and graces which .lis- j si rates what St. .lames said, "the '
tinguish the regenerate from the nine- j feet it a I fervent prayer of a riglrleous
generate. If infants are in a regenerate j man availeth much." liev. C. M.
state they might as well not be, for they j Anderson has had some good meetings
are there without a know ledge of the j on this (the Now ton) Circuit; souls
fact, without the capacity to avail them- ! were converted and added tothe Church
selves of its benefits, and without de- al I let hlehem and 1 IopewcH; he preaches
liverance from the dominiim of their ' in power and demonstration of the
lleshly appetites, which is the dominion
of sin, still under all the disabilities of
the fall, without strength and without
hope
'Ivj
;ious absurdities' al
On
God
every other subject we agr
that
gives grace as we need it according to
our ability to receive it, and disposition
to improve it. lleb. 4: lii, duo.
lti: 12, Matt. 2.": 21 1. Infants do not
iced regenerating grace in this life.
They could make no use of it if it were
o fered to them. J say offered because
it cannot be rirei. It cannot be given
because in the infantile state of this
life they 'are not able to bear it.' The
intellectual debasement of man which
deprives him of all religious knowledge
and enjoyment until he can be developed
and indoctrinated by competent teachers
is part of the 'judgment' w hich 'came
on all men' 'by the offence of one.' Of
w hat lower capacities and privileges
(Jod graciously bestows upon them
when he calls them from the 2"esent
state of life to that w hich is higher,
and into which llesh and blood with
its debasing elements cannot enter, the
spirit of revelation has not informed us;
but that ho does grant them capacity
and power to receive and enjoy even
gilt and grace which they may need, 1
am fuily persuaded. J fit be asked, at
what time does the spirit regenerate in
fants that die ? Sy answer is just
when they need it. Whether that be
before, in, immediately after death, or
in the morning of the resurrection, 1
have not learned. Putt how anybody
can lind the evidences of spiritual life
in infants, or what possible use they
could make of spiritual privileges in
their present imbecile slate, is about as
much of a marvel tome as Pro. Pag
well's exposition of Pom. V., which 1
propose to review hereafter.
W. 1. Lkk.
Sept. 21st, 1S7S.
For the Advocate.
Pit. Ioi:i:itt : I have for some time
past been thinking about writing to the
Ldooeate, making the iinjuiry, as to
whether there were not some preachers
iu the X. C. Conference, who do not re
port through our Church paper, revival
meetings, conversions, accessions, etc.,
etc. If this is not so, there must be
many who preach away from year to
year, with no "signs following."
And if it is true that some Mi-.tiio-iiist
preachers have preached fioin year to
year without any conversions on their
work, they have to my mind nii ised their
calling.
Xow that Pro. Ivy, has come out. on
that line, and stated that he has kept
back much that would have been good
news to others, and which ought in my
opinioti to have been made public, is
my reason for going to the Advocate
with the above query just at this time.
I do not agree with Pro. Ivy, that be
cause some retain for themselves and
others what he is pleased to term the
"virgin dip," and "give (iod the scrape"
(a phrase used I suppose by dealers in
turpentine and rosin) that he is justified
in "quitting the whole thing," I think
he "was erring." I think he should
have reported, and I call the attention
of all the preachers to the question
whether they ought not to report ?
What part of the Advocate does the
christian read first on receiving the
paper ? the column with the revival in
telligence of course and why ? because,
the cause is a common one, and they
arc glad to hear of success at anj point,
The revival at Pehobotli in this (Ca-
t4wba) county rcfercd to by Lro. Ivy,
was a very remarkable one in many re-
Kneels; the influence was so great that
home without attending Church;
among this class was John llohlsclaw,
an old blind man over 7" years of age.
lb- was so impressed by the spirit, that
lie sent a reipiest to the people of ( iod
spirit."
The dtli Quarterly Meeting was held
at Hulls ('reek Camp Ground about 2S
conversions, and 2-) accessions. Kev.
.J. S. Xclsoii, P. K., was in attendance.
j preaches as if every sermon might be
the last, showing how deep an interest
betakes in immortal souls, lie was
assited by l.'evs. G. Ivy, C. SI.
Andersoti,.!.C. Ilaitsell, J. C. Crisp,
P. K. W Stamey, P. L Groom and
Ifevs. Thompson, Killiau and .iones
an 1 Pev. Mr. M .Connie of the Presby
terian Church. All labored faithfully,
and many sinners were captured,
and when captured the' took the oath of
allegiance, and immediately enlisted
under t he banner of the cross.
Y hile the preachers ale pleased with
their P. P., well mav ho be proud of
those who labor under him on the "em
pire Pistriet."
1 hope Pro. Ivy, and all others, will
report their revival meetings in the
Advocate in future; they nedl not take
very much space iu their report.
M. . Siir.mui.i..
Xewton, X. C, Oct. 4th, 1S7S.
- - -4-
For the Advocate.
"CONSKI'VATISM AM) AIKTIIO-IH-sM."
Since our last General Conference
"Lampooners and Critics have come in
like a Hood." When, therefore, I had
read in the Ati ot.'ATK, which is the Or
gan of the X. C. Conference, the lirst
article. 1 had seen iu that paper, with
ihe above caption, I gave it a more
careful perusal and concluded that it
was a burlesipie criticism of Methodism
its doctrines and government. Hav
ing suggested this view to the editor, he
gave me full liberty to review the ar
ticle. hen I began to write out my
review I was totally oblivious of the re
lation the writer of the article sustained
to the Methodist Church, nor did his
name recall to my mind a single correct
idea of that relation. Iliad, therelore,
nothing before me but his name, and
the outlines ,f bis picture as they were
drawn by himself. Fearing that there
might be some improper personality in
my criticism of his article, I sought
proper information, and when obtained,
1 eliminated every expression that
would indicate that I knew him to be
a voung man, w ho was on his first
years' probation for admittance into the
X. C. Conference as an itinerant Treach
er. It was a matter of no considera
tion with me, in analyzing his intro
duction, to a grave discussion, whether
it was written by Dr. Summers or the
liev. W. P. McCorkle. I did not re
gard either of these gentlemen as a fair
subject of criticism; the true use of
which is to criticise the productions of
genius, ami not men.
1 am very glad to learn by this week's
Aiivih atk that my criticism has had
the desired effect. My . good brother
MeCorkle says after Josh Pillings:
That a man's hind sight is a great deal
better than his foresight; - then he
makes this candid confession which does
honor to his intellect and his heart, as
follows: "I'have sometimes felt for
cibly the truth of this remark. In re
gard to my essay on 'Conservative
Methodism,' I must confess 1 have re
gretted its form, and, to some extent, its
spirit and its matter." Xow this set
tles the question between us. I am
j perfectly satisfied with this concession.
l!ut there is another sight which we
may very profitably use; that is in-
sight. I therefore leave my young
! brother to his introspection, as well as.
his hind sight, by w hich he may recon
cile to his sense of decency and proprie
ty, his column and a half of injurious
personalities, which are totally imper
tinent to the quest ion which he basso
frankly settled between himself and
P- T. Pl.AKK.
Wake Co., Oct. 4lh, Px7N.
A Wol.'D oT'ADVlCP.
Mr. Editor; I think I can not do you
better service than by giving you some
judicious advice and wholesome counsel,
as to the way you should conduct your
paper. . 1 know you are a modest man,
and a tnaii ol sense, and as J know a
great, deal more about the work vou have
undert 'Ueii than you do, I feel confident
that yoi will most gladly avail yonrsell
of ihe '.suggest ions I throw out, and of
the advice st gives me so great pleasure
to give. i !!.: nth is, I'm fond of giv
ing advice. In this respect I am pe
culiar. 1 suppose this eon ies ofmv
generous nature. If at any time you
are in doubt and perplexity, no matter
what tin! cause, just apply to nm and I
shall certainly give you most, valuable
and timely help.
Jn the first place, dismiss at once from
your iiiind the idea that editing a week
ly religious paper is a difficult work.
Xoihing is easier. I am acquainted
with a large number of persons w ho
quite agree with me. We know just
how to do it, and we think il is a great
deal oasier than preaching or school
teaching easier, even, than raising the
tunes in church regularly on Sundays.
Don't disturb yourself by false and ex
aggerated notions of the difficulty of the
work. Don't magnify your mole-hill
into a mountain. AM you have to do
is, to nit. in tin? paper all that you
ought, and iu the waste-basket, all th?t
you oughtn't to put in the paper. All
that you have to do is to please every
body, and offend nobody. Adapt your
paper to every variety of taste, ami no
tion, and whim. Do just w hat every
body asks you to do. .Make nobody
angry; mortify nobody. I u other words,
let everybody edit your paper, and you
will soon see how nicely 3-011 will get
along. Vou will get aLmg. Vou will
have an easy time, as long as the paper
lives. Southern (Ihristian Advocate.
Tin-; si ;ci; ft.
In Ills pulpit t.o sto'M. H read with c to
From tho luminom Pago of Liht:
Uo led tlie people in f :rvout prayer.
AthI preaohft't witii eminent uiiiit,
'TwaH his ami ho nsi; t tt tlie thriee-bl.'sscit art.
Of touching ami teaching 1 lie limn-m heart.
He tohl ol God's holiuA-s, inliuite, grantl.
Till pcop'e sat breathless ami stilt;
Wita Sin's dark brau 1, aud Death's dd. k laul,
He made the hart-strings thrill,
lie told of God'i love aud Calvarr pain.
Till they wept, an-l bowed, aud were burn again,
v "
From Subba u to Sabbath tho people raiue,
Aud thronged hi pnt4,if 4ruiiud,
Many were named by Mi; (!a.l new name.
And with cords of love v;-re b'juud.
The llidi'ted heart a;id the Killing t. ar
showed tloil'ti owu work accomplished there
But fiod sent a word to Ihe preaehrr'd cm,
Which siddeiiod and tflat'tened his heart,
' Jl all my work a compiished here
Thou hast done hut a little part
In vat u were thy preaeMng wilhout the prayers
Ol M.e poor blind wan ot the pulpit stairs."
Oh. brothreu, who !"i:ind !o proi laim the word
Of 'ruth and temlervBt low,
Kejoico for the people's prnj-ei's, that are heard
In the courts of grace above.
God knows how much of the work is theirs
Who pray from the pews and tho pulpit stairs.
:. r. in.a'w.
MIND TFXSIOX.
The London JmiiccI says: "It is a
common subject of marvel that crim
inals in presence of in'uediate execu
tion are usually self-possessed, and often
exhibit singular composure. The doom
ed creature sleeps through the night be
fore his violent death, and rises compos
ed to pass thi'iugh an ordeal. The ex
ceptions to this rule are few, and there
is no reason to suppose that the individ
uals who display greater emotion, or who
are prostrated by the agonizing prospect
of death, feel their position more acutely
than those who preserve control of their
demeanor. It is a prevalent, but ground
less error to suppose that the state of
mind in which most capital offenders meet
their doom is one of scare and paralyz
ing ainasenient. They retain every
faculty, taste, consideration, and even
fancy. They frequently give tokens of
especial thoughtfulness, and are punctil
liuus in the observance of inles and the
adoption of measures to minimize their
owu pain, and the trouble and sympa
thetic suffering of those by whom they
are surrounded or who w ill be left b"r
dened w ith their memories. Mentally
and physically the criminal, during the
last few hours of his life, iu the immedi
ate presence of a cruel death, is self-possessed
and tranquil. His pulse is even
less disturbed than those of the officials
who are compelled to take part in his
exention. Why is this ? The answer
will be obvious on relleetion. The mind
has reached what may he designated a
'dead point' in its tension. The excite
ment is over, the agony of anticipation,
the trembling doubt between hope and
fear of escape, has exhausted the irrita
bility of the mind, and there is, as it
were, a pause, and an interval of passive
endurance between the end of the strug
gle (or life and the bitterness of remorse
and agony of disappointment which may
begin at death. In this interval the
mind is released from the tension of its
etVort for self-preservation and almost re
bounds with the sense of relief that comes
with certainty, even though the assur
ance be that of impending death."
THOUGHTS.
Constantly choose rather to want less
than to have more. Thomas a Kempis.
Children are unconscious philosophers.
They refuse to pull to pieces their en
joyments to see what they are made of.
Jieecher.
() this itch of the ear that breaks out
at the tongue! Where not curiosity so
over-bus- detraction would soon be
starved to death.
Love is not altogether a delirium, yet
it has many points iu common. I call
it rather a discerning of the Infinite in
the Finite : of '.he Ideal made real.
Sartor Jiesartm.
PAY YOUP PPFACIIKH.
A church calls and settles a pastor.
A positive understanding exists between
the two parties. The pastor has no oth
er source of income but his church.
Carelessness upon the part of the mem
bers will soon bring want into the pas
tor's home. Pay-da-, although it fas
thirty days off, has come around; and
the grocer, bookseller, tailor and land
lord, all want tlieir money, and of course
they all expect "the preacher to be
prompt." The preacher is perplexed
almost ashamed to pass along the street;
because he has pledged himself to pay
his bills to-day; and now he finds it im
possible to io so, because the church has
not fulfilled its part of the agreement.
His honor, as a man ami minister, has
gone to prote.it, and that, too, when he
was doing all within his power to avoid
it. He must go and make an explana
tion of the matter; but this does not pay
the accumulated bills that are now due.
In some instances this need not produce
any special feeling; but in other cases
the man of business will be disap
pointed, and iu some instances will
discuss, in his own mind, if not
with intimate friends, whether these
statements are true or not. The pastor's
standing is lowered, and it. will require
months, and perhaps years, to reinstate
himself iu the confidence of the business
men in his town. This is sad, very sad!
The pastor tinder such circumstances,
cannot study or do any work well, be
cause his unpaid bills haunt him by day
and night. He begins to feel that the
church is not satisfied with him as a
pastor; and he, too, is disappointed in
his expectations. His woid is too sac
red to him to lie sacrificed in this way.
He feels grieved and hurt. The church
has disappointed him. Soon a watchful
deacon or some good sister makes a sad
discovery. The pastor does not preach
as well as he did. They are mortified
at the terrible luilure he made last Sab
bath, because"Coloncl Prowu and lady,"
and Major Smith, were all there by
special request of J)eacon .Iones to hear
"our new pastor," who had been quite
popular until within a few weeks. Jn
a tew days the deacons have a special
meeting, the pastor is discussed, and
the conclusion reached is, "we have
been imposed upon by a man of few ser
mons." Soon arrangements are made,
and the jiastor finds it necessary to re
sign. 'Ihe church, at. a full business
meeting (because the members will at
tend on such occasions,) passes a series
of resolutions, highly commending the
pastor for his course while "iu their
midst;" and strongly recommending him
to some good church that may he look
ing for a good jiastor, w hich has just
disposed of a good patient man under
similar circumstances. And if the mov
ing pastor leaves a dollar unpaid, or
does not refund the money borrow ed to
in vc away with, as soon as expected,
he is referred to as being very slow, it
not absolutely dishonest, and the church
is not at all surprised thai such men
have to move often. Put the church
assumes the debt, because a good part
of the 2astor's salary is unpaid, you
will remember, and appoints a commit
tee to report "nothing done" at the next
meeting. The pastor waits a few
months, or years which is not unusual
and if he itbks for tho balance due
him, the conclusion reached by the
church is, that he was preaching for
money, and not to win aud build up
souls in Christ. We cannot too strong
ly emphasize the very great importance
of pastors meeting 2u'oniptly their financi
al obligations; but alongside with it,
and with equal force, we would urge the
great reasonableness and necessity of the
church being equally prompt in t4ie pay
ment, of obligations to the pastor. Fail
ure upon the part of the church must
always result disastrously to the pastor
and his work. "Owe no man any thing,
but love one another." (Romans J2, S.)
New York World.
TJIF MOST PPFCIOPS STONFS.
"A nobleman who had been showing
his costly cabinet filled with valuable
rings and rare and beautiful precious
stones, to a friend, told him thai, their
value was inestimable, but they did not
return any income to him. His friend
replied that he had only two stones,
which cost him ten florins each, but
they yielded him two hundred llorins a
year. n expressing his surprise the
nobleman was conducted to the mill and
shown the mill-stones."
The most precious stones, it seems,
are mill-stones; and some may be sur
prised to know that the most pecioiis
metal in the world is iron. Xo other
known metal is one-tenth part so useful.
The diamonds and gems might be sunk
in the bottom of the sea, and very few
people would sutler in consequence of it,
but if the mill-stones were taken from
us, our lot would be extremely unpleas
ant. So gold, and silver, ami other
precious metals might be taken from us,
and we should feel the loss far less than
if wa were called to part with iron.
And if mill-stones are more precious
than diamonds, and iron more preeious
than cold, so also the most precious men
are not the elegant and ornamental
aristocrats who shine in wealth and
splendor, hut the toiling laborers whose
horny hands win bread from the sterile
soil. The king himself is served by the
field; and he who plows, and plants,
and hoes, and reaps, is furnishing bread,
without which the hautiest and the
proudest would suffer, starve, and die.
Let us give honor to the precious
things; let us honor the mill-stones
above the diamonds, the iron above the
gold, and the honest, hardworking man
above those who shine and glitter, but
who are less useful, than tlieir humbler
brethren. The Christian.
A little girl who was somewhat out
of sorts, but whose exact ailment no one
had been able to discover, amended her
evening prayer of "God bless papa and
mamma," by adding, "and cure me if
there's anything the matter with me."
Sam, you are not honest. Why do
you put the good peaches on top of the
measure and the little ones below ?"
"Same reason, sah, dat makes de front
oh your house all marble, and de back
chiefly slop bar'l, sah." St. Louis
Spirit.
THK FIUTTS OF SORROW.
Afllictioiis are designed to produce
glorious results. "For we know that
all things shall work together for good
to thentlhat love (iod." The ills we
sillier here are but the seeds ol future
bliss They may be sown in this life
amid many tears and sighs and heart
pangs, but they will blossom gloriously
iu the world w hich is to cmne, and bear
much fruit for our eternal enjoyment.
Then shall we realize that what we now
call "afllictioiis" were only blessings iu
disguise. Instead of being injured by
trials, we shall find that we have been
benefitted; that our loving Father has
turned the curse into a blessing.
My brother, though (iod may alllict
you sore, yet he does not mean to des
troy you. Though you are called to
pass through the deep waters of afflic
tion and the liory trials of earthly sor
row, yet He has promised that "When
thou passest through the waters 1 will
be with thee: aud through the livers,
they shall not overflow thee. When
thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt
not. be burned; neither shall the llame
be kindled upon thee."
"When through the deep waters I call
t hee to go,
The rivers ol'woe shall not thee overflow,
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to
bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When through fiery trials thy pathwav
sball lie,
Mv grace all-sufficient Bhall be thy sup
ply; ' he llame shall not hurt thee; I only
design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold (o
refine."
Pdessed is the man who comes out of
the lires of alllict ion refined, mellowed
and purified; who can look up lovingly
to the ne who has sent the trials, and
kiss the rod as it smites him. The Lord
has said : "As many as I love, 1 rebuke
and chasten."
Put to believers afllictioiis are tran
sient, and will soon cease. The end of
this mortal life w ill be the end of all
their sorrows. The night of alllict ion
may apjtear long, but a morning of joy
will follow it which will be really long
long as eternity. How short then
this night compared with the day that
succeeds it ! It is a night of inournfu'
sighing be fort a day of endless singing.
Then murmur not, afflicted one, at ( iod's
dealings with you, and think not your
sorrow is heavier than you deserve or
can bear. If any otht r discipline would
have .sufficed, depend upon it, He would
have given you the lighter and withheld
the heavier, for God is love.
And would you find comfort and solace
in your alllict ion ? Go tothe fountain
of all consolation, where alone it can be
found the mercy seat. "Is any alllict
ed, let li ii il pray." "Call upon me in
the day of trouble, and I will deliver
thee." In all afllictioiis, plead this
promise; iu all trouble, flee to this re
fuge. Iow submissively to all (iod's
dealings with you, and think not your
self forsaken, although the Lord has
sent tribulation upon you, fo'- this is the
way to the kingdom of heaven. Christ
bore many alllictioiis for your sake; bear
all vour afllictioiis for Christ's sake !
XO SAPP.ATJIS.
J'.ishop Wightiuan writing from
Denver, Colorado, August i!'t, contri
butes an interesting letter to Mr. Cole
man of the Southern Christian Advo
cate. Jt comes iu his way to give our
city a word of admonition. He says :
To what size one of these Western
cities that is, indeed, a railroad and
river centre in this Xew West, may
grow in the next half century, may well
bailie conjecture. And what with the
naural grow th of population and the in
flow of foreign swarms; the universal
cultivation of the magnificent prairies,;
with soil inexhaustible; the indefinite
multiplication of the means ot material
and mental gratification; the gradual,
possible wearing away in the popular
mind of the old restraints of moral and
religious ideas of obligation; with no
Sabbaths for the masses beyond the
gala-days of recreation and sports of
drinking, dancing, and the like; the
iniinl may well pause when thoughts of
this sort pass before it? glance. Fvcn
now, what are the facts ? Just a Sun
day or two before the yellow fever made
its appearance in Xew Orleans, six
thousand people went to Lake Pouchar
train, on pleasure excursions. Sunday
pleasure excursions are advertised in the
papers and placarded on the fences of
the streets, iu how many American cit
ies '? Where there is no Sunday for the
worship of (iod, there can be little or no
of
idigious obligation. When
tile, belief of religious obligation is swept
from the popular mind by sensuous
gratification, inilitt'erentisni, unbelief,
then moral obligation nods to its speedy
fall. How easy then for labor to look
on capital with jaundiced, evil and
watchful eye. How easy for Commun
ism to gather up its sturdy, unwashed
hosts. Then they fly to the black flag,
and cry the war-sh'jiit of the old French
Revolution no God but pleasure; no
hell but in the imagination of priests;
no heaven beyond the sparkle of the
wine-cup, the revelry of German Can
Can; and the flashing glance of beauty;
up, men! seize the m nicy of the rich;
rifle, burn, enjoy.
xked or six.tTh; Tnvxni:n.
(iod deliver the country from a fate at
all like this! One thing is undeniable
the not very remote Future calls upon
all of us who love our country, anil de
sire, with the deep longing patrioism to
see the undecaying perpetuity of free
instutions, and the firm bulwark of mor
al principles protecting those institu
tions, to cheri.di and spread and intensi
fy the power and influence of a spiritual,
Leart-reiiovating Christianity. The
preaching for the times must n-t be of
the dulcet sound of flutes on the waters,
ministering delectation to a-stetic tastes,
but the shout of an army, w ith banners
flying; the pulput not the place for spec
ulation and cavil, on points which Di
vine testimony lias settled once and for
ever, but 'the secret place 'if thunder."
W. M. WllillTMAX.
Denver, Colorado, August 5'J, 17S.
A WIIOLF FAMILY IN HFAYKX.
The following eloquent passage is
from the pen of Albert Parties : A
whole family in heaven ! Who can
picture or describe the everlasting joy ?
No one absent. Xor father, nor mother,
nor son, nor daughter, away. Jn the
world they were united iu faith, and
love, and peace, and joy. In the morn
ing of the resurrection they ascended to
gether. Pefore the throne they bow
together in united adoration. On the
banks of the river of life they walk
hand in hand, and as a family they have
commenced a career of glory which shall
be everlasting. Iu their hereafter is to
lie no separation iu that family. No
one is to lie down on ahed of pain; no
one to sink iu the anus of death. Nev
er, iu heaven, is that family to move
along in the slow procession, clad in the
habiliments of woe, to consign one of its
members to the tomb. (Jod grant that
iu his inliuite mercy every family may
be thus united !
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R FY FLAT ION AND SC1KXCK.
We are deeply interested in two class
es of facts, namely : The facts of na
ture. The first classified makes up tlie
body of what we can theology. The
second classified makes up what we call
science. Adhering to either is always
safe. Speculating or philosophizing
concerning either is always delusive
and vain. Jt is painful to see men great
in science, prejudicing and betraying
science by weak philosophizing. Jt is
equally painful to see men, great in tho
knowledge of revelation, neutralizing
tlieir teachings, by vain speculations.
God's word never returns void. Phil
osophy always returns void. When
scientists adhere to science, and theolo
gians adhere toathc woid.wc shall not be
troubled with skepticism iu discovery
nor with weakness in spiritual teaching.
A crop of little Moodics is less danger
ous than a crop of little Cooks. For a.
much smaller man can receive what
(Jod tells him than is required to find
out in advance what ( Jod ought to tell
him. Let us now have n decade of
scientists and preachers who do not
philosophize, and we shall have a de
cade of discovery in nature and of re
vival in religion. Christian Advo
cate. TDK CHILD MISSIONARY.
One Sabbath, on an island in the In
dian Ocean, a Missionary va-. studying
a sermon to preach iu the language of
the people. A little boy, about half
clad came in find said :
" (, I do so love my .lesiis? May 1
do something for bis House?'
" And what cnii you do!"' said the
M issionary.
Plushingaiiil stammering !ls if afraid
to say anything be replied :
" I will be always there ; I will do it
loud. IMcase let me ring the boll.'
While lie was a boy be rang the bell
that invited the people to church, ami
when be became a man !ie preached to
his people the same glad news that he
commenced (ailing the people to bear
when be rang the Sabbath bell.
Little boys, begin while you are
young to call the people by bell, or
mouth, or tract, or inviting children to
a Sabbath School ;and.iisyou grow up
you will be trained servants and sold
iers to serve Christ anywhere. X. J'.
( 'rixfiiiti Advocate.
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PLANTING TPFFK.
The season for fall planting will soon
be upon us, and a few timely hints will
not be out of dace now. After the
land has been selected ami prepared, the
lirst thing to be done is to make your
selection of varieties. This can be done
to the best advantage by consulting the
markets and seeing which kinds are iu
best demand t the best prices. Having
made your selection, then go to some repu
table nurseryman (there are lots of honest
men among them ), the nearer home the
better, tell li i tit what you want, and see
that they are properly taken up and
lacked. Py all means, avoid sending to
a distance for stock, for in ninety per
cent, of cases you cannot only do just as
well nearer home, but are much more
certain of the trees making a vigorous
growth from the very start.
When the trees arrivc.go yourself with
a man and a good stout boy.and go about
it in a business way. Pc'ore the roots
are put into the hole, dip them into
mud made of the rich surface mold;
this will cause the earth to adhere 1.0 all
their parts. This done, place the trees
gently up and down, which will have a
tendency to settle the earth around the
roots close. Do not attempt to hold tho
tree with one hand while you serajie in
the dirt with the other, but have one
nan hold the tree ia its projier position
while another shovels in the dirt. Fill
up the hole level with the surface, tread
it down with the feet, adding more dirt
as it sinks down; when the plant ings is
completed have a little mound with the
tree in the centre. Set all the trees a
little deeier, if any thing than they were
before taken.
It has been said that to insure a
healthy growth the trees should bo
planted in the orchard in the same re
lative position to the points of the com
pass as they stood in the nursery. . Our
opinion is that this is one of the old no
tions; however, if it does no good "it
cannot do harm; hence it would be well
enough, if thought best, to murk each
tree when taken up, and plant it in the
same position, our ideas to the contrary
notwithstanding.
At this season of the year it is an ex
cellent plan to pile up the earth ten in
ches or a foot high and three or four
feet broad, which will not only protect
the tender roots, but act as a protection
from the winds and frost, as well as
keeping vermin from the bark. This
little mound can easily le removed in
the Spring when the tree commences to
grow, which will not often lie until af
ter the ground has become well settled.
Trim H trees before planting. All
the leading shoots should be shortened
back one-half or two-thirds of this year's
growth; if the roots have been much in
jured by taking up the principal branch
es will bear still greater pruning. In
any event, do the woik" intelligently,
and then if your trees die the nursery
man can be blamed some.
Dean Stanley made a pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon while visiting the Capital,