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ic Christian 1 Fitifc fo-urr ur Dawson autl llargett Sts. T U E O B G A X OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF THE M. B. CHURCH, MJU1H. :svrrsTor M BSCRS l"IO : V,.:: INK VEiB IS ADVANCE, POSIACF. TAID 1 M'.NTil.S ' ! nvnif-nt be .Ictayeil six months ili.O 1.35 ?..".0 i; vi.i.i.ai, N. c - IVT. 1 rtT", S"; 'he Cross (29) 3irA- is to re ,id iou that your subscription, has . ..-pi red. Jf you -traut the. paper con Ini'iciT, renew j-romptly kpitorial brikfs. I'.Uhop Pierce health, we are jrla.l to icarn. is steadily improving. -Bean Stanly was in Kitlimoiul hist week. II.' is a man of great al.ility as i think-".- anil a writer. We trii-t our friend- will tniciv -ul.srril tion to the Al.v... ir .....mMlv. Brethren who have fund- i !,;.,'! 'for the Al.VM.-ATK Will pica-.' suii. i"or we need the fuiuls to meet t,u,- eilirellt cpc 11 -'.-. W,. an' re-iue-tcd l.y Rev. V. II. W-.tkiii- to-av that the delegate-and vi,';,,i- to the" Sunday School Colifer ,.. ,.. t,. '...' held at Mt. Olive, coiiimcnc j,,,, ,", ,he ISih in-t.. will 1' passed th,- different Railroad- at the n nui reduced rat.-'. i;.-v. .1. Reun v, rites in that the ; e- v ,1 continues with unabated intcre-t i hi- church, at Sali-hi'.ry. work of extraordinary i.ower. It is a Me al -., write- ii- that a revival is in prog . in the Prr-byicrian Church. i;,,v s. .T. 31cl.eod writes us tliat tl. u,.ik of revival continue- on liis eir euit. He report- hfty-two conver-ioiis ;,.l i. .i ty acce-ions to the church since, lie wi-.ile last. We learn from Rev. J. .1. Renn, of Sali-hurv Station, that his chureh is in the midst .-fa gracioii- revival of rclig- . - - i - 1 i. .n. A ivu.'t to anl him in tiug"ou i ..... woik came luiini; our absence imm home. V. ....M. t tn learn that a little ,,;: ..f Uev. i'.. A. Yate- was severely in jure! in Wilmington, 3L.nhiy la-t, l.y falling from a 1. rick wall to the pave mci. t l.- i.jw: a distance of about nine feet. -I'll.- Ohio '.inference of ilio 3leth- .i.li-t F.pi-eopal ('lunch, has declared .,u-aii!.-t tlie use of tobacco, ami has an no'iiice.'i that all applicants for future or-,'iei- l.iu-t be free from the pernicious iia'-ii. i;!:, ..p Tierce .-ays the Kentucky t '.f.fereneo will support Rev. (.'.I', le i.!, the new missionary to China. It ha- ben our opinion for years that these " I" i;il efforts are the surest roan to a i . - . .1.: :,..,.,M.iiit fi,1,l ul'.-i lei -uccess in mm iiiij.'iiui." lev. S. 31. Davis, writing from i lyniouth, YahinKtou District, says : -Tlu Ai.v... ati-: is rapidly growing in l.-tvof with the people oi uus uimhu. Thi- is in harmony with the expressed Miiiment of every District in the C'on-t.-reiice. We were pleased to receive a call from Uev. '. A. t 'unninggitu a few lav- since, lie was en route to Tar i;iver Circuit, to hold a (Quarterly 3Ieet i,lu i',,r lr. Wilson, who has been ex tremely ill, but through a kind Provi dence has pa-sed the crisis and is slowly improving. From all accounts our preachers re winding up their years' work with "Joi-i.ms results. Almost every charge ha- been visited with a gracious revival of religion. The Lord be praised for his gracious visitations ! Dr. 3Icl'errin will accept our thanks for copy of a new tract, 12 mo. li pages, entitled Infant ISaptisni, by Uev. Ueverlv W. I'.on.l of the Ualtimore Conference. The price of the tract is .". cents per copy, or "0 cents per dozen. 1 1 is ju-t what we have long needed to iii-tribiite among our people. Send voiir orders to the Publishing House at Na-hville. We acknowledge our indebtedness to Uev. V. A. Sharpe for a copy of an c-sav on entire sanetip'.cation, by the Uev. Lovie Pierce, D. ) : This is a pamphlet of 72 octavo pages, handsomely printed, covered, and stitched. It is, perhaps, the last work of the author's eventful life, and treats on a subject of vital importance to the Church of Cod. Jt is offered at 2") cunts retail, postage paid. If taken by thr dozen, the usual discount allowed. Semi orders to Uev. V. A. Sharpe, at Ueidsville, N. C. Dr. I'.nein Crissoin has added a po-teript to his late pamphlet on. True and P;ilse Kxperts. It is in reply to what is denominated the stcorul opfn letter, addressed to Dr. Crissom by Dr. Hammond. The jtoatcript may well be denominated a icitherinr re buke, and yet, it is couched in such eleirant lamruaire as to excite general commendation lion. as well as admira- P.vv tus: Pr.Kvi iii.K. The Nashville Adcocale speaks to the point on this subject : "Pay the preacher's claim in full: 1. P. era use "it is an act of simple justice. 2. l'.ecause he needs it. o. Because it will increase his efficiency as a laborer iu the Lord's vineyard. 4. ISeeause it will reflect, credit" on the Church to which you belong. 5. l'.ecause you have promised. i. l'.ecause Cod as a dutv " enjoins it llev. '. A. Willis, writing from Teas- burj: "i r'eent date, savs : ' i a v':; some good meetings Cll t.lis I'.CUlt. GREAT SCHOLARS AN I) BAP T1ST VIEWS.-' hie of our correspondents says: "I am told, by respectable authority, that John Wesley refused to baptize a healthy infant by sprinkling or pouring holding that immersion was the way for all healthy persons how is that '?" We U.itly deny that 3lr. Wesley held that immersion was the only way oi baptism. These are Wesley's senti ments: "I'.aptism is performed by washing, dipping, or sprinkling the peisons 1 say, by irashint, thpping or sprinkling, because it is not determ ined in Scripture in which of these ways it should be done, neither by express precept, by clear example, nor by the word baptize. It cannot be certainly proved that even John's baptism was bv dipping. Uaptizo and baptism do not necessarily require dipping, but are used in other senses in several places. It is highly probable that the Apostles baptized great numbers by washing, sprinkling or pouring water." Ills Itis VorAs, vol. vi, 12, 1:1. 'Here is John Vesley's deliberate and pionounced opinion on the mode of bap tism. We hope our l'.aptist friends for the sake of truth and their own reputa tion will cea-e uuoting John Wesley as favoring their system of baptism by im mersion. To do it in the face of the facts is to be guilty of such misrepre sentation as amounts to an immorality. While on this subject, we will correct the misrepresentations of some other Lneat scholars on the question of im mersion. Luther is often ituoted as la voling the P.aptist views ot baptism. 3Iartin Luther d:d not believe with the liapti.sis on the .iie.-tion of immersion. Cod authority says: "He never trans late I baptize in his (ierman I'.ible by Jii, i : plunge, or ininierse, but by a word which in its usage, embraced pouring and sprinkling as a mode of administration. He never translated the prepositions in accordance with dip piinf, but the reverse, as baptize iriti water, irWt the Holy i host, with the cloud. In giving instruction how 'rightly and intelligently" to baptize, he says: "The ersoii baplizingKrs water, and says, 1 bajttizi thee." To represent Luther then as favoring the Uaptist views isa piece of unpardonable ignorance r a willful misrepresentation, which involves guilt. John Calvin is also quoted as favor ing the P.aptist views mi baptism. Cal vilisavs : "Whether the person bap tized is to be wholly immersed and that whethei once or thrice, or whether he is onlg to b. sprinkled with water, is not of th : hast coiisequcnet." Prof. Stu art is quoted as saying : "The classic use of baptize, in all eases and in all places, is to immerse, to dip, to over whelm." The truth is, Professor Stu art declares that, "Uotli the classic and the Septtiagint usage show that washing and copious affusion, are sometimes signified by this word. Consequently, the rite of baptism may have been per formed in one of these ways." Dr. Neander, tne ecclesiastical Histo rian, is quoted as being on the P.aptist side. Neander says ( History, . 107): "Many superstitious persons imagine, from attaching too much importance to externals, that baptism by sprinkling was not valid." This he condemns by a quotation from an early christian wi t ter, and pronounces it to be a "fancy." Dr. Scliatfis so quoted also. P.ut he says (Lange, Uom. vi, 4): "The effi cacy of the sacrament does not depend upon the quantity or quality of the wa ter, nor upon the mole of its applica tion." These ecclesiastical Historians deny that the facts of church history sustain the Uaptist views. Finally, Le.xicogiaphers are quoted as sustaining the P.aptist views. !5ut Dr. Carson, the great champion of immersion, says in his elaborate Work on baptism : "All the lexicons are against us as to the second meaning of baptize. They are as truly against the system in the first meaning as in the second. The asser tion "l.aptize means a definite act, mode, and nothing but mode," has been rejected with singular unanimity centu ry after century by all "great scholars." "There is not a lexicon in the world which gives the P.aptist meaning oi P.aptize.' There are some other ques tions in the letter referred to in the first part of this article, which may be an swered at another time. CHL'UCII STATISTICS. We are requested to "insert in brief figures the actual strength of 3lethodism in numbers in the bounds of North Car olina." Our membership in the North Caro lina Conference, adding the number hav ing joined this year, may be put down in round numbers at Gtt,01)l). There are 2") counties in our State attached to the Holston and Virginia Conferences. The number of 3Iethodists in these counties is put down at 10,000. Protestant 3Ieth- iilists, we have been informed bv one f the preachers, number 10,000. Col ored 3Ietbodists the fruits of the 31. K. Church, South, before the war, number 20,000. The O'Kellevtes, (called chris tians), and those who have joined the 31. E. Church, North, and another small sect called "The 3Iethodists," known as the abolitionist 3Iethodists before the war, are supposed to number l.000. This gives a grand total of 1 15,000 3Iethodist communicants in the State. We are also requested to give the ac tual strength of the 3Iissionary 15aptists in the State. The l'.aptist State Con vention embraces all of the State East of the P.lue Ui-lge, as we have been in to 'iied. The 3linutes of this Conven- tb..-. 1S74, state that "there are 007 cbr:ehes of l4,l0O members." We are not .hie to nive the prejise number of P. ii. lists in the 15 counties Wet of the P.lue Uidgo, an. I the number of colored people, who were gathered into that i church prior to the war. "LET THE STEWARDS BE 31 EX OF SOLID PIETY" DISCIPLINE. It will be seen how the Discipline emphasizes the necessity of solid piety in the Stewards of our church The Discipline requires all of our members to be pious,from the least to the greatest. P.ut there are special reasons why Stew ards should be godly mcn.They are eleva ted to official position iu the church. They are marked men pillars of the church prominent iu managing its business, conspicuous in their examples and influential by reason of their office. For these reasons, the Discipline says, let them be men o f solid piety. "Solid piety" presupposes a sound conversion and a reasonable growth in religion and intelligence. "Solid piety" is religion shining in a pure and consistent exam ple. It is the candle lighted and not hid under a bushel, illuminating the whole house, and throwing bright rays out of the window to guide the foot steps of the benighted traveler. It is the love of Cod making the heart pure, fragrant, peaceful, and keeping the feet walking steadily in the circle of duty. It is faith put to work in the 3Iaster's vineyard. Jt is charity feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. It is faithfulness working in all weather, im proving all opportunities, to promote the growth of the church and spread the tiospel far and wide over the world. It denies ungodliness and worldly lust, and lives soberly, righteously and godly iu this jircscnt world." When Cod puts men in official positions in His church, He expects them to be c.xempla ry in that church. To all such, He savs: "le thou an example of the be lievers, in word, iu conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." "In all things showing thyself a pattern of good irorks." Secondly. Stewards are not only to be men of solid piety, but men " mho both know and love tha Methodist doc trine and Jiscipliie." They are to be pre-eminently 3ethodistic. Without bigotry or hostility to any other denom ination, they are to cleave to the 3Ieth odist church, her doctrines, usages and polity with an undying attachment. They are expected to be in the front ranks iu laboring, planning, and giving, to advance her cause and institutions. With heartiness they are expected to sing : "For her, my tears shall fall, For her my prayers ascend, Toher, my cares and toils be given, Till toils and cares shall end." Thiidly. They are to be men of "good natural and acquired abilities to transact the temporal business of the church." When a steward fails to transact this business, the burden of which is to collect the preacher's salary, he ought to resign, provided the failure grows out of bis lack of ability, or the lack of energy to apply his ability. The Discipline assumes that mer. put in this office will do its legitimate work, and if they don't do it, there is provis ion made to get rid of these official drones and deadheads. The importance of keeping live men in the steward's of fice will be obvious, when we remember, that the wheels of the (Jospcl Chariot are the itinerant ministers, and the linch pins keeping these wheels from rolling off, arc successful stewards. WORTH ATTENTK X. The following from the Texas Chris tian Adrocatc. is worth the attention of the churches this side of that Mate. Our Northern friends are moving in this matter, and are organizing "l'as tor's Fnion,' or Aid Societies, to help the pastors in this work. We have seen and felt the need of this kind of help in the Church for years. Jf we do not look to it others will take our crown: "How are we to reach these wander ers'? Pastors are diligent, yet they can only find a portion of this multitude. We know one community where an Epis copal Church is growing more rapidly than the other denominations. The pastor is not more active than oth ers, but he has the co-operation of his membership. They seek out all who are inclined to their Church, and en courage their presence in the congrega tion. This warm welcome wins many hearts. Why may not Methodists work in the same way'? If each pastor had a working hand organized, his influence would reach many a circle which, un aided, he can:ioteiiter. When he learns that a 3Iethodist family has come into the community, could he induce the ladies of his charge to call and welcome the strangers, how many might he brought in! If we neglect them, we have no reason to complain if they turn towards a welcome from another quarter. We may excuse ourselves hy saying, if these strangers are true to themselves and their Church, they will make themselves known without this extra effort on the part of the Chureh. We must deal tenderly with the weak ones. There have been times in the history of many of us, when sympathy and help were sorelv needed." TO THE M1XISTEUS OF THE X. C. COXFEUENCE. T have sent 3Iiniatures of a drawing I am getting up to commemorate the Methadist Centennial, to every minister in the State, with a specimen size of a photograph, I wish of themselves, which I design to introduce in the picture. A large majority of the ministers have responded promptly to my request, while some few have failed to let me hear from them. I have spared neither time, pains, or expense in getting up this picture in such a manner as to be in teresting to the cultivated, as well as instructive to the humblest member of the 31. E. Church, in the State, and I hope each minister will at once prompt ly forward his photograph, according to instructions, as I shall complete the picture the last of this month, with the number of photographs that may come to hand by that time. If there should be any member of the Conference who has not received my communication, he will please let me hear from him at once, for the next three weeks. 31y P. O. will be Louisbjirg, N. C. W, H. Frnouusojf. Kaleigh Tii ristiaii Advocate 1! E VI VAL INTELCK i ENCE. I!ev. J. II. Cordon writes Oct. 3rd: "Cod has done groat things for us on !::taiimskeet Circuit, whereof we arc D-'-t i. Fp to j .resent date we hae had eighty-seven conversions, and sixty-nine accessions to the Church and a general revival spirit seems to prevail through out the entire charge. We have organiz ed live class meetings on the Circuit and these are all largely attended by the membership, and much interest is man ifested for the cause of Zioii. Scores of men and women who had lieen ivau dereres from Cod and had lost apparent ly all interest in Church matters, have been gathered again into the sheepfold and their voices are heard in the sanct uary praising Cod for His great loving kindness in "Restoring unto them the joys of His Salvation." Brother's Wat son and Puckett, local preachers onjlie Circuit, have rendered good service and with the exception of the aid they have given, I have been alone. We have some working l?y brethren down here whose whole desires seem to be to pro mote God's Kingdom; they too, have not been backward in pushing forwar I the good work. We will commence on next Sabbath, providence permitting, a series of meet ings at Amity, and trust that God will manifest Himself there in the salvation of many souls. Pray for us." Rev. A. F. Tyer, writing from Ash boro Circuit, says : , "The Lord has blessed us on the Ashboro Circuit this year. It being a new Circuit, formed at the last Confer ence, it had only about :54S members, and 4 Churches. All our ,iiarterly Meetings are past. JJro Wood, our beloved P. E., was present at each and preached with great power. 1 have held a protracted meeting at each Church, and the Lord wonderfully bicss.'d his people. There have been 122 conveisions on this work during the year, and seventy-two of that number joined the Church, anil others will join. 1 began a meeting at Cedar Falls the last for the Circuit Sept. 22ud, which became one of the most remarka ble meetings I ever saw. Fifty-eight professions, and thirty-six accessions to the Church. The spiritual power man ifested was vastly superior to any I ever witnessed; notwithstanding other meet ings near, the people came iu crowds, and the Spirit of the Lord seemed to abide with us. And what was stranger still, it work ed more powerfully upon the aged and hardhearted sinners, who for years be fore had stood the heat of gospel show ers. Sever old men and women were con verted; at least fifteen who were past the age of 40, and some nearly SO. Those who came and those who stayed away, all felt the powerful influence of the Spirit. Some were converted at Church, some a home, and somt in the woods. Having no ministerial help, I was compelled to close after ten days con tinuance, and left with others a very old lady at the altar crying for mercy. 1 have had a hard, and yet, pleasant year, and the good 3Iaster has buili up his Church, and strengthened us spirit ally and numerically. 1 have suffered more than half the year from a failure in my eyes, which was sorely painful, but glad to say they are better now. We are soon to com mence our new Church at Union, and when done, it will be an honor to any connnuntiy." Uev. James Willson writes from 3It. Airy, Oct. 7th : "Recently 1 have held two protracted meetings, of one of which a short notice was made. At these, between twenty five and thirty were converted. Twenty odd have joined the Church, others possibly will. Our 31 issionary l'.aptist brethren have held a meeting in the Presbyterian Church of this place, with good results. Between fifteen and twenty were said to have been converted. I think five have joined that communion. On yesterday 1 baptized two and received six into the Church. Possibly others may join both ( .'hurcbes. Elder A. C. Dixson, now pastor of the Baptist. Church at Chapel Hill, con ducted the services, doing all the preach ing himself. He preached for nine days, morning and night. He is a young man, but a popular and effective speak er. During his stay here, he made several doctrinal talks, setting forth the Baptist views of baptism and commun ion. He is a strict imniersiouist and close communioi.ist. I think his speeches made no change in t he minds of any in the community on the above questions. We remain as we were, as strongly de voted to our Methodist doctrines and usages as ever. At the close of the last service, we grasped hands "as an express ion of Christian affection," with the understanding that each one would stand by his colors until honestly- con vinced to the conrary, and, 1 trust, are brethren forever." Rev. J. 3r Rhodes writes u- from Warreiiton -,. Uio . that his charge ba. been blessed w ith a revival. He says : "AVe have just concluded a series of revival meetings which resulted in much good to the church. There were five accessions to the church and sev eral in a lukewarm state, renewed. The good accomplished and the bene fits received were mosily realized by the church. There was in the coiiure-, gation a very line religious feel'inir, and we think the spirituality of the church has decidedly increased. We were assisted by Bros". Griffith and Da vis." Rev. Ira T. Wyehc writes us of recent date as follows : "The Lord has granted us 'times of refreshing from his presence' at sev eral places on Albemarle Circuit. At Uethel ;;-.) converts, 24 accessions at 0 Miter lo converts, 5 accessions at a '.Juarferly-Mceiing at Randies, If. cou verls. I:', accessions. A large number of penitents still seeking salvation .vlieii these meetings closed. Mav they continue to seek till they find Jesus." " Rev. T. IT. Pegram writes Oct. 4th : "1 am at Alt. Pleasant, Stokes Cir cuit, in the midst of a great revival. Up to date some twenty converts and twenty-three accessions to the Church. The Lord is doing great things for us on the Stokes Circuit. 3Iore than one hundred conversions up to date." Rev. If. II. ( ribbons writes from Box boro : "I have been having interesting meet ings A number of converts and addi tions to the Church." Rev. F. D. Swindell, writes : "Please state, through the paper, that 1 held a meeting at Toisnot, resulting in about ten conversion." Mr. W. P. Ilolland.a worthy citizen of Wayne county, died on Tuesday night. THE EC0NO3IY0F 31ETIIOD1S3I. The economy of 3Iethodism is unique. The spirit of its ministry and mission apostolic. Dr. Fowler has well said that ''its most emphatic word is travel ing." This expression points to the character of its ministry, reveals their life outlook, their work. They are itin erants. This fact places the Church under an obligation to them resting on no other denomination. The idea of itinerancy is that of severance from all secular pursuits, an entire consecration of time, talents ami energies, to that of preaching the gospel. The law forbid ding soldiers to engage iu civil, or se cular avocations, is not. more stringent than are the solemn obligations into which 3Iethodist traveling preachers en ter. They sacredly covenant to give themselves wholly to the work of the min istry. Laying theii talents and their services upon the altar of God and the Church, they place their living into the hands of the Church. Unfaithfulness to their vows is almost invariably followed by a lack of ef ficiency, a loss of spirituality. The history of the past has been that many of those who have turned aside from their high and holy vocation, to engage in business, with the view of laying up treasures on earth, have become worldly minded, and in some instances have fearfully hackslided. Outside of love to God and the convictions of duty, the many sad lessons taught by the fate of others who having put their hands to the plow, turned back, is enough to deter anv one who has been convinced of his call to the itinerancy from turning aside. And even if they retain their places in the regular work and yet engage in business, it not only has a tendency to localize, it engages so much iff their time and attention that it takes them away from that amount of study and pastoral work as unfits them for taking full oversight of the flock of Christ and feeding them as they other wise could. For this reason the laity of the Church oppose anything of the kind. They are unwilling lor their pastors to engage in aught save the work of the ministry. With their ordination vows upon them, the eyes of the Church ov r t' em, and a general sentiment against their touching anything secular, with an impaired usefulness if they do, they are shut up to the necessity of depend ing for support upon the salaries which the Church is disposed to pay them. With their salaries at best, only enough for comfort, iu many instances, barely sufficient to live on, there is no chance to lay up in store for the time when af fliction, or the infirmities of years draw on, and unfit them for active work. To my mind there is a sublime hero ism in becoming a 3Iethodist traveling preacher. To take ones youth, hopes and energies, and consecrate them to a calling, which even in vigorous life gives only a support and leaves one, when the vigor is gone, dependent, and in penury, is no small test of devotion. To be superannuated, ought to be, a state of rest, to be comfortable, to be honored; but alas ! how different it is; nianv of us who have had charge of the "Conference fund" know. The soldier who has given his life to his country's service is retired in old age upon the pension roll, to be honored and carcil for by the government. Put alas how many battle scarred veterans of the cross, who have borne the heat and burden of gospel work, who have stood hungry and exposed in the front of the conflict until the enemies were conquered, and the kingdom of Christ was planted in sin's wilderness-,, who have watched over the Church with ceaseless vigil, have nourished her with their prayers and tears, until she grew into beauty and strength, and theu when too much worn to work and watch, were left to eke out a hard ex istence on the distributions ot the fourth collection. I wish all the Church could be present once, could see the heart sink ing of these war worn heroes, as we dole out their yearly pittance to them. I think the collections would never be so small again. The people of Athens, when they had finished the temple Hecatompedon, set the beasts of burden free. They become too sacred to labor again. In retired ease they were sup ported by those who worshipped at the temple. It vas a beautiful exhibition of gratitude worthy of imitation. Shall the Church of God do less for its faith ful men who have helped to build the beautiful temple of Christianity in their midst '? If any have a claim upon the Church, they are the '-worn out" preachers. They have helped to plant the Church; they have brought her fol lowers to the living waters; through them many have gone home to glory, our fathers, our mothers and our friends. They have wandered over the mountains rugged and wild, they have penetrated the howling wilderness hunting up souls, to bring them to Christ. They have scattered the gospel seed far and wide, and we have entered info the harvest. What less can the Church do now but to provide for their comfort? Grati tude, justice, brotherly kindness, a flec tion, all demand it. Will the Church arouse herself to duty '? F. J). SwiMir.i.i.. Sept. lSth, 1S7S. THE CHINESE FA3UXE. The London Methodist Recorder publishes the following extract of a let ter from the Rev. F. J. Masters. Wesley ni 3Iissioiiary at Fatshan: "The "pt'o ple are too weak even t) plant their own seed, and so ravenous that. m. one could be trusted to plant it. The gov ernment will have to do it for them. Thousands are perishing daily, and oth ers casting lots as to who shall be eaten first. We feel England is not. doing what it might do. The funds sent ouj here are in safe hands; the missionaries distribute it themselves. Three noble fellows have fallen victims to the 'fam ine fever.' The Emperor has heard of these deaths, and has sent his Prime Minister to get the names of these that they may be eulogized in the J'ekin (razette. This was refused. He was informed however, that if ho did any thing he might encourage that religion which taught men the lessons of sacri fice and mercy. The Emperor's Govctn ment is asking now in what form that patronage shall come Li Hung Chang says there must be something in a relig ion that teaches men to lay down their lives for their fellow-man.'' Dr. A. W. Wilson, Missionary Sec retary, seems to be winning golden opin ions by his tiinely.pointed addresses at the various Conferences in the West. He has the work at heart, and the brain to pbma ml execute. Success must crown his labors Bishop Kavanau;h never ever enjoyed better health, and lie is as lively, sunny, and fresh as when we first knew him. His sermon at the Kentucky Conference was pronounced one of the best efforts of his life. An old-fashioned hallelujah broke th" si lence but did not disconcert the Bishop. - Central Mtthodist. FROM OUR EXCHANGES. A fierce wind sweep, over the lawn in early spring. It smites a trellis to the ground, and bears to the ground with it the vine that clung to its too frail sup port for safety. 1 n t he morning gentle bands raise it tenderly, and disentangle it, and endeavor to recover it from its fall, and perhaps succeed. They con sole. So the divine love comes to tins who are smitten to the earth by sorrow, and lifts them up; and recovers them from what seemed to be. the death of all their hope and and life. But a sister vine, trained to a neighboring .lak, God-planted, not hand-made, clings the closer in the blast, and when the morn ing sun breaks through the clouds, and the birds come out to their morning jiraise-meeting, the vine that was com forted by the oak needs no consolation: for its leaves are greener, and its buds more full of hope and promise, and its whole life invigorated by the cleans ing tempest, lllessed is he who .lings to the Holy Comfort ir. 'he time of trouble that the storm is to him hut a new occasion lor verifying the greatness ofthe manifold grace of God, and a new i iterjuetatioti and fullfiliment of His promise. "I will never !eac thee nor forsake thee," He that is comforted of God in His sorrow needs not to be con soled of God after his sorrow. Chris linn Union There is a terrible outcry at the pres ent dav against long sermons, 1 mg prayers, long hymns and readings from "the Scripture. And just Iv so. Nothing is more fatal to a per fect mental reproduction ofthe thought or feeling presented to tin audience than its excessive presentation. But did our readers ever think there is another side to this matter that the sermon, the prayers, the hymns, the reading from the "Scripture, may, quite as easily, be too short as too long? It takes time to secure a perfect mental photograph. No instantaneous process has yet been pa tented there. The preacher must hold bis thought before his bearers not too long; but long enough to secure, by a gradual increase of mental activity, its accurate and complete reproduction, Happy, indeed, is he who knows just when to stop. He has mastered the most difficult department in the art ol saered rhetoric. Esantiucr andChron. i le. Then! is no end of inconsistent peo ple, and s we write they conic troop iugall around us. And this one thing is certain inconsistent people do harm wherever they may go. Their talk is sometimes as the eagle's flight; their walk is on the earth. The more we study them the more puzzled we become. We know some ofthem are good and fry ing to be useful. If they would only see their faults and correct them, how much better and more useful they would be! Methodist. All acts, however small, are sanctilied and enoble.l by a single reference to the glory of God. l.nther. A upeakerj at a late annivers;,ry ofthe London 3lissiouary Society slated that the whole 3LtIayo-Polynesian race had to a great extent become Christian, that heathenism has disappeared from most of the islands in Eastern and initial Polynesia, t hat the youth of these is lands had never seen an idol except as a curiosity a id that t here are about . .in 0 members of the church connected with the Lou. ion, We-levaii, and American missions, representing a population ol between 200,000 and 550U.OOO nominal Cristians. "The Sitmbig tSrtool World'' for October, 1 S7S, published by the Ameri can Sunday School Union, Philadelphia, "contains eight able papers, prepared by as many liiblical scholars, ex pi lining the object and character of the Revis ion ofthe English Bible, now in prog ress." It is one of the most natural things in all the world to imagine that some oth er position than the one we occupy will be more conducive to our comfort. We have a lively apprehension ofthe incon veniences we suffer, and can see only the bright side of our neighbor's condition. Every Chuichh has its ad vantages and its disadvantages. Or dinarily we are the happiest in the cir cle oi our spiritual birth and education WTe look out of our windows, sometimes, as David did, and to the outward vision, oth ers seem entirely saved from the ungrate ful incidents that disturb and fret our life. So foolish are we, and ignorant, that our feet begin to slip, ami we are eager to turn from burdens of which we know and can bear, to those of which we are ignorant and which may crush us. It is safe always to follow the clear 1" .. ! t - .... indications oi i rovidence. lenl trams men for their places; and when they hud positions ol usefulness it is wise for them to accept all the infelicities con nected with them, and to seize all the opportunities for usefulness. God has not made a mistake; we may be assured He has measured the burden to our strength 3Iordecai, in some form, sits at every man's gate: the true philosophy is to raise the hat and treat him like a gentleman, even jf he sulkily sits with his head iui pertinently covered. Zioifs Herald. STATE AND LOCAL. We return thanks to the efficient Secretary for a complimentary ticket to the State Fair. Col. Walter Clark has gone to Greensboro to attend the Federal Court now iu session there. They say now that 3Iaj. W. A. Smith will be the Republican candidate for Congress in this district. Observer. (.'apt. W. 31. Parker has returned from a visit to the western part of the State greatly improved in health. The cotton receipts in Raleigh, Wednesday reached S75 bales the next largest number of bales ever received in this market in one day. The Sec-etary of State has sent the Register of Deeds blank abstracts of the canvass return for the election, of Congressmen in November next. The Goldsboro 7Vansrript-3Ies-sener will be mailed to the subscribers of the Duplin Revnrd, by an arrange ment between the two editors. The Statesville American learns that about 500 hogs have died recently in that portion of Iredell between Gran ite Hill and Sherrill's Ford, of cholera. The Wilmington Star says : Rev U. R. Hall, of the Fifth Street 31. E." Church, will deliver a lecture at Tem perance Hall, opposite the City Hall, on Friday evening next, on the subject of temperance. The Relcigh A'nrs says : i.ugene Morchead, Esq., of Greensboro, has ic moved with his family to Durham. 3Ir. Morchead lias been appointed United States Deputy Internal Revenue Collec tor, by Colonel I. J. Young, of the fourth" collection district. Charlotte Obsrrr: A j.ost office employee says that four hundred dollars per month is sent away from Charlotte for tickets in some of the many lottery companies that hold out their gilded promises to the public. This is awful to contemplate. Oxford Torchlight: A new mail route has recently been opened from Black Walnut, Va., via Buchanan to this place 'There was already a line from Oxford to Buchanan, and under the new order of things two mail drivers travel over the same route the next day. Jt is reported that diptheria is again raging near Knapp of Reeds, when-a short while ago it proved fatal to so nuiny little ones in the community. Lincoln county has three paper mills. A correspondent of the Raleigh ( !si:rrer says : The Lincol nton M il Is. located on thr south fork ofthe Cataw ba river; the Long Shoal Mills, a mile and a half below, on the same stream; and the Buffalo 31 il N, on Buffalo creek, in Cleaveland county, about four miles from Shelby. The first two were built many years ago, ami pas-ed through several hands before coining info possession ot the present owner. (iKXKIiAh NEWS. Cyrille Dion, the skilled billiard player, died in .Montreal, Canada, la-l week. 'flu? Railroad Brakcnieu's Union are threatening a strike. The Ameer of Cabul is making ac tive preparations for war. Friday lat was the tifl v ixl h an niversary of the l.ilih of l're.-ideiit Hayes. The Colorado election last week resulted in the success of the Republi can ticket. On Saturday, a cricket match be tween the Australians and Phihnlel phians resulted iu a "draw." The French have devised a grand lottery scheme for selling many valua ble articles at. the Exposition. --The canal tolis thus tar Ibis year show a gain of .I22..".oI over la-( year to I he same dale. There bus been no change during the week in the general situation in Bosnia n affairs. The complete, ulti mate t ri ii in i li ofthe Au-triaus :ce:us to bo assured. The City of Glasgow Bank failed last week (Oct. 2) with liabilities esli mated at toO,l'f),(00. Il was the for eign srus-ilion of the week. Thr pan icky" feeling, ho-.vever, subsided by Saturday. A Waterford (Canada) six-year-old daughter of William Roger, of Warwick To uship, who w as bitten by a cat which bail previously received a bite from a mail dog. died on Saturday last with all the symptoms of hydro phobia. At a meeting of wealthy New York citizens, held al the Fifth avenue Hotel on Saturday evening la-t. a reso ution was adopted to press for nomi nation for the 3Iayoraltv one ofthe five followiuif persons: Samuel I). Bab'-ock. Charles M. Fry. William . tirace. John Wheeler, or AiiiiM-iii-Sehell. Chas I uustoii. formerly Yarboro II .use Bariier, has lately moved into the neat basement of the Andrews Biiihliut'. Charles j a good Barber. -4 Im.kx to Nr.w A nvi-.itrisKMKMs. Seethe advertisement ofll.Mah- ler. 3Ir. P.. II. Tyson, of Wilson, . C, advertises a splendid lot of new bug gies for sale very cheap. Read his card. We invite special attention to the new advertisonic'it of 31. Grausman. He has a choice and full line of family groceries. .1. 31. Rosenbaum il vert iseliielit 1 1 is stock ol appears in to-oays paper. clot lung and gents luriiishing goods is not surpassed by any in the city. We invito attention to the adver tisement of J. C. Blake. Esq. He of fers for sale, on Wednesday, Nov. loth, a vcrv valuable plantation, at Little ton, N. C. J. C. Brewser, Bard ware Mer chant, advertises in the Ai.voc atk to day a new and attractive stock of goods. Give him a call. Attention is called to the card of our esteemed townsman, W. I. Hutch ings, Esq. Persons atfendiug the State Fair, in want of harness, saddles, A-c,, will find it to their interest to give him a call. His stock is new and the best in the city. We invite special attention to the new and attractive advertisement of 3Irs. 31. A.lfardie, the popular dealer in elegant and fashionable millinery goods. The ladies all wish to know where to find beautiful Bonnets and bewitching Hats. Go then, to 31rs Hardies. Our advice to ladies visiting the X. C. State Fair and such as are iu nerd of 3Iillinery. Ladies fancy furnish ing and needle goods, would be, to call on Isaac (Ettenger, an old and reliable house and we may say the largest in this Sate, they will find' that our advice is good. Give him a call. Wecall the attention of our readers to the card of Col. S. P. lloiton which can be found in another column. The Col. has recently moved to our cit y and opened a commission business on 3Iar tin St. .Ship your produce to him and receive prompt returns. He makes the sale of cotton a specialty. I). 8. Wraitt and Bro., announce fresh arrivals of clothing, boots, shoes, ladies dress goods and various other ar ticles. We commend this house to all who may be in attendance upon the State Fair this week. Call and 'satisfy yourself that it is the place to buy your goods. " ' Ill Caswrll r-rtn - t)m,,11iS' Mr- Chnt" Rrowing and 3Iiss Dilly Smith. i Ilt VX C,UUt-V' SePt' 19tll "V Rev. R. A. W ill is. Mr v:it: i i ti ii T V,. a J-errew, ot Caswell, ami APuu X'..:n , , ' r Ar ' . , V- oaugnter of 3Irs. I Jizabeth Yealach. Il,:hT! cit'' on tllJ 2nd inst., hy Rev W . C. Norman Al.- A' w t.i : ,.. ... i. u tie vand Miss b lorence Renfrow, both of Raleigh. On the Gth of Ont km by Lev James 3Iinish, Mr. 31. C allien ami At;rt. I1 ... . . -- aveuecca i-w it all of Surry Co., 2f, C. ' ' aU At the residence of the bride's fath'T, iu Stokes county, Sept. 'Jliih, by T. II. Pe-ram, -Mr. Samuel Blackburn of Ccr maiitown to Miss Nannie Vaughn. On the nd of Oct., 17, by Rev. .Ino. X. Andrews, 31 r. Martin Fiilcher and Mrs. Wa 'oiiklin, all of Washing ton, N. (J. In Wilmington. N. C. n the eveu i,,., -of the 2.-lh f Sept.. at the resi dence of the bride's parents, by Rev. 15. i;. Hall. 3Ir. .lohn .1. LrGwin to Miss Lizzie P. Hardy. In Wilmington. N.C.. on the veiling oftho2."lh of Sept.. iit the r sidrner of the bride's father, by Rev. P. If. Ilall. Mr. Edward Lorkainy to Mis Mary .lacksoii. In Center Town-hip. Stanly Count v. Oct. !Mh. bv Rev. W. II. Bobbin. Mr. I.. A. Leiils. and Miss Eugenia II. Sbanklc jgSfi )t iuiiiry notice o. 'will. lin. inrtH.i XTIttl Oil "ris i'ile X S In v-r twnt ioie- ol K our Kurds is el, .iv ii the rate of 10 u -ins p.-r line (-on n.e liu. i lid alio KiO'ir wxrd- to tin One, In "us wy j.'.i in y -it v ken U.- .iii enit fnjlose. lies.. 1. 1 in"!' el r ;:! re it.n-c to tilt! .tmt- rule "Vs. Iii Washington, N. (-'., Oct.. 2A, !s7 uu Elizi. little daughter of Benjamin and Chirasa Poitescue, aged about three years. Mrs." J-'i-iinoes C. Fortescuo died, in Washington, X. C, Oct. Oth, 1H7M. after many years of patient wailing for the Muster's call. he had pence to the end. Aged about lifty-two years. At the home of her parents, iu Cicuve laud county, X. 0 , Sept. 17ih, 1S7S, Mittie .lane Tisdale, aged 1 years and M mouths. She was intelligent, loveIy,und too pure for earthly assooiatioas. She belonged to the kingdom of heaven, au I .lesut said - "Siili'el'' her to leave the happy family circ.'.!, and "come uu to rue " The parent looked up through tears of sorrow, and replied Thy will, not ours aed the spirit of the child went to dwell forever w'th the family above. Sho cannot return to us but we eiin go to Jive with her in endless day. S. M. Davis. At Centre .Guilford eoii'ity.X. C, Sept. 2'J!h, 1S78, Boysie Anuti, daughter of Dr. Wm. uud Laioyru Areh. r, uged .bout If. years. She was a lovely girl, and while she bad l;evcr made an rpcii profession of Christ, "we sorrow not us hose who have no hope." Her though' und conversa tion bad been on religion for some week before she was s rickeu down, and she was eagerly looking forward t brother Betts' protracted meeting as the tiun when she would openly .-nek the Saviour; but, alas ! ere that meeting bad closed she had ero-isi d the river. A few hours before she died, she asked her mother not to grieve after her, us bhe was ready and willing to go. God bless the stricken family and pre pare them father, mother, brothers aud sisters to lacct her in heaven. E. A. Wii.so.s. Mrp. Bliza Steel was born in Fayolte vilie, N. C, in 1791, mid was the daugh ter of Isham aud Mary Blake. Shu was united in marriage to Samuel Steel iu 1st)'.), and died September 18th, 1878, ia the 87th year of her age. Sister Steel professed i eligioo while yet a girl and connected herself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, aud at the time of her death was the oldest communicant iu the Fajettevillo congregation. She was a Methodist from principal and all through life was strongly attached to tho -t fines, nsag' s and ordinances of her church. Her place was seldom vacant in tho clues room, at tho prayer meeting or in the gretit congregation on the Lord's day. For sixty years she led a consistent christian life, und thr u-,h most of those years she was :m active, ns"ful diseiplo of the Lord Jesus. When the infirmi ties of age came upon bur she was divine ly supported, and always said; The will of the Lord be done. For me to live is Christ to die would be gain. When the last conllict came she wail not alarmed, but ready waiting calmly the issue, s'lyiug: "Though I walk through the valley and the sbudow of death, 1 will tear no evd." Finally she said to the writer: "Tell sister Yates I go before her to heaven."' Afterward she fell asleep iu Christ, soon to aw-iko and behold his face in right-eoiisiie-s and be satisfied, bearing his likeness. Sister Steel was the mother of the la mented A- vV. Steel, a prominent banker of Fayettevi le. and one of tho first lay men iu the Methodist Chureh, South, Also tho grand mother of the Uev. S. A. Steel, pastor of Broad Street Chureh, Richmond, Va. She leaves one sou an 1 two daughters to niouin her loss. 31 ay they follow her as she followed Christ, aud eventually be reueited in Heaven. L. V. CiJAwroRD. I-iasmueh as Almighty God, in his wiso providcuce, has removed from earth Wm. II. B.iilcy, a m ward at WsVy Chapel an honest, houorab.e man for a uu labor of yeni-j iv consistent member of the Chinch who departed this life in lively hope of tho life everlasting. TLcre-1-jie, ,YW,-( il Ixl, That we, the (Quarterly Coiittrriico ot Daviiisou circuit, iu our 4th l lurterlv. Conference assembled, ear nestly sympathize with the family aud eoL'iumaity of the deceased iu tho loss which they have been culled to sustain by his nniovu.1, praying itiat his txeia plaiy .ite aud mippy death may be sauc tirieu to their good here and hereafter. iV'.voc ' .'(, that u copy ot this bo handed to Jus. widow, nod tlmt one bo ntut to me Ualeign Cuustiaii Auvocato for puoliditiou. il. C. liioM vs. After a brief soj nirii of o months and I day, with his earthly parents, at la vids.m College, N. ('.", little Willie, in fant son of R. ,1. and M. A. Stoiigh. ic turned, on the l'dth of Sept., to his home in the skies. So fades from oarih a lov ely tb.wcr, Flail .-.niling solace of an hour, "Ho soon our transient comfort- fly'. And pleasure only blooms to die." W. P. IL . A iurce and well nssortf.l uto. U. of la dies sieevi.i. j .c.wvt,. .vool coats, hoods. UUblas. lllieu cuius a. i.l entl' nu: bows auaaeck wear at D. o. Waii: .t Buos. -.-... 11 of cot vnnr 1.11:1,1 ui.,1 L-u.,.. f.,f j ... . . i . a. v v . i j vi.,. . v. v dry by wo ring Stetson's nie hats aud Evan s celebrated auatomicul boots and shoes, for sale by D- S. Waui & Baos,