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Ealeigh, X 0., Wednesday, Dec. 11th, 1878.
Number 48.
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Advocate.
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1- ..a Kaiire Sauoiitijatu-n
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aaxiotis mind. And I
v. i'.r." A I'V.m ti: to ask
i:iiut Icar a oout vim
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toiuivi- my mistake,
ce-.-e thanks lor tke
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i- there is a preacher.
A"i't ai i-n r :
.a inc. I a-a
a far a- y u
tirieati-'a
life ..f V?i.,
is vu it at all, to hon
hi 'hlv honore'.l, ana 111
1 i it, to promote its sane-
ct, m will breathe the
vim M.'ih.'dim again into
i ' : . 1 ...
i;- iiiimcn -c u
v, now injuring miuei
,.;.:iai -li-ii.-nioii. Ami iu as tar as
v -u i" It i-j ...'.p the ihibiishing House,
v .a iuert-a'- tin t rou u tli oi our con-ll.-cti.ciai
eeiiieut.
In ic-;.'i to tnis entire jjanetitieation
rt rii. Iv, 1 am torcibiy reminded of the
an.-i-ii; po "i ot Jerusalem, called in tl.e
iaii'i.He r.etlieda. I; seems,
its brief history, that it was effica
o'a'.v when it i waters were stirred
it
t Mercy, bo with
vi p.. .1 .a' Sanctifientioti. As loi.g as
it is let alone, no healing is heard ol
but a.- vjjIi as its waters get into live-
iv motion, its real patients begin to btep
in, aad to be satii'Hetorily liealed.
I wro'.e i his Special Essay to stir up
this -am-t.tieation pool. It is stirred
;.. I will not say directly by my Ei
sav. for it wa-, beginning to boil up, all
:,!. .or before mv Kssay was seen. But
f..,iu ev.'i vwhcie, where it has been Feeri,
I am assured it is doing great good.
t would never have been written if
the General (Conference had not askid
lor my viewb on this subject, if I wai
aide, to preach to them, as they had in
vited me to do. 1 was n )t able to
preach it to them. But my mind be
came impressed with tlu belief it was
a pr.
iviilciitia; call and that to write
i i ir
it, was
ol.jecl aim UK end. iieiice
dihoii
h I need ail it Would
j! in
t mine, 1 could not consent to
111!:
;e ..ii - dollar out of it, and de
nitied to give all it would bring,
a1) ve it- co-t.
to the Publishing House,
wh ic
!i 111 Its gross, wouiu iifivu oeen
, .11 1 1
t'l-hi 01 nine nunareu uouhis, mm
L.odcstlv a-ked brethren to sell it im
mediately, on account of its religious
object, and it- needed help. I could do
this gracefully, as I had no pecuniary
interest in it. it will be a comfort,
mlial t" me, if my native State Con
fceueo ill lead in this glorious enter
prise. Affectionately,
L. Pierce.
. Eor the Advocate.
LETTER FROM A LAYMA.N.
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Ms-:si;s Entrous: To-day the N.
Conference op'.'ns its annual session. . I
h ivo bjen thinking of the preacliws
as tiicy wend their way to Charlotte.
Thev come uo from the North and the
S iiith, from the Etst and the West;
soir.o on horseback, some on the tram.
S.'e them as they come up from charges
r'rr.ote from the TUilroadsi At the de
pot the cars stop and they get on by
twos, by fours, by sixes then the
whistle blows and onward to the next
depot, where wo find more, till at last
they are all gathered together, a band
of brothers, that have come up to ren
der an account of their stewardship.
The week passes aronnd.and then, with
new commissions, they go out again;
Tin; i'A,-' ui
some into new fields, others to cultivate
the old, to w'lter and cause the seed al
ready sown to Mji amr no and ' rioen for
i rious liarvest. How many that
are ival -ing in the ways ol sin to-day
throughout this irrent field will, a vear
from now. be disciples ut Christ
This noble army of worluvs go w her-
evor thev are sent. Njiiiu will doubt
less be removed from the hiirh coiiiiti v
where healthful breezes lloat throngh
the valleys, where winter winds wail
o er ruggea peaks, wiiere iieautitul sun
sets, with their golden gnteway, lead
their thoughts toward the celestial city;
to the seashore
the wonders f
where old ocean chain ii
a God and temis up its
deep-toned voice in the midi of the
storm; wiiere, too, gentle breezes come
iu from, the sea to cool the burning
sands, and tlio night air where they
can look out upon the bosum of the
mighty deep and behold white-winged
coursers, bearing their freight to its des
tination. Yes, they go preaching the
everlasting word. Xmv I se.; them at
their annual gathering, mingling in har
mony, recounting their joys and their
sorrows, joined together in common
sympathy. One purpose I have in
writing at this time, is that now the
new year is to begin, I would impress
upon our church members the impor
tance of taking belter caro of these self
sacrificing and hard worked men. As
a general thing, they arc poorly paid,
and oft times greatly embarrassed in
consequence of our lay brethren not
coming to the full extent of their prom
ise, and to the full extent of what is
tieir duty as christian men and wo
meu. For many let the preacher's ac
couut lie till the last, and lhn. if they
have something to spare as iccl as not,
drop in a mite. They fall back upon
hircl times as an excuse, as though the
preacher should bear all of the bm'dun
consequent thereupon .
Storms come and the crop is cut off,
and the preacher ruu.t go up to 'on
ference with one, two, three and four
hundred dollars short; while if we, as
members of God's church, would study
duty and each one put his hand iu his
p icket and draw out an extra dollar,
how readily could all these short com
ings be done away with.
Now brethren, commence at the be
ginning of the year, and lay aside every
week or every month to much, and 3 on
will see how easily you have paid your
1 .,.,1 i .t-i
preacher. A lit. le every wees, which
you will not. feel, will, at the end of the
vear, make for you a handsome dona
tion. Try it. Don't think that brother so
and so ought to pay so much he thinks
just that of you, and now both of you
think of self and do the best you can in
the light of real duty, and you'll rind a
happy ending.
Another thing, your paper ought to
be fully sustained. Every member of
the church, or every family ought to
take your paper, which would give you
an opportunity to extend it to greater
usefulness, and be of great benefit to
themselves. Methodists of the North
Carolina Conference, you m.tst sustain
your paper; and we ought, also, to stand
s puarely up for our Colleges in order to
make them a success; indeed, rts Meth
odists, we should stand up as men for
every interest connected with our
church.
Truly,
Wilmington, X. C, Nov
P.
th, TS.
For the Advocate.
WHO HEAVEN IS FOR.
Old SI, ia the Atlanta Constitution
"Breddren, mr 'sperieiice is dat it
ain't de peifession of 'ligion, but de
casional pratice of it makes a man 'cep
table up yender. -Wen ycr gits to de
golden gate an' Peter looks yer right in
dceveandyer shows him your long
creed and says, pompous like, dat yer
'longed to a big church, de 'postle '11
shake his head an' say, 'Dat ain't nuff
ter get yer through.' But if ycr takes
all yer bills under yer arm, yer grocer
bills, an' yer rent bills, an' he looks 'em
over an' finds 'em all receipted, he'll
'yer title's clear,' an' unlock de
gate an' let yer pitch yer voice for de
angels' song. But't tain't no use t;r
trabbol along dat narrer path Mess yer
can carry, folded up in yer creed, a good
rec'mendalion from yer creditors. Heb
ben ain' no place for a man who has to
dodge fonn' a corner fur fear ob meetin'
some one who'll ask . foi dat little bill
da't iiebber was paid. "
Messrs Editors While perusing a
paper lately I came across the above
which I clipped for republication in the
columns of the dear old Advocate. Si
should have also included in his list
those, who after working their preacher
hard 11 the year, ofteu sitting in judg
ment and criticism, of his- actions and
labor.send him off to Couference.in con
sequence of their meanness and stingi
ness, with pno third or one half of the
salary promised him at the commence
ment of the year, but with many desires
and petitions for . his return. Desires
and petitions cost nothing.but it requires
money to purchase food and clothing
for the minister and hs family especial
ly iu our State as upon:
"An examination of the salaries of
ministers in Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina,
shows a lower averagelnqvth Carolina
than either of the other SthW.' Geor-
best, Ken
snd South
(. arolma fourth."
ThoK-i who give stintiiigly or grudg
inl v to the Missionnry cause or to what
i called our Conference collection forthe
worn out, disabled anddecased preachers,
tins";- widows and orphnnj-ynight.with be
coming propriety, also be included in (fid
! Si's list, for "God loveth a cheerful
giver," and "those who give to trie poor
lend to the Lord."
Yours truly,
Wilmington. X. .J., Nov.
Will.
2. 1878.
r'or the Advocate.
SOMETHING NEW!
A WANT SCITI.IEO.
Quarterly ?orfrence llecord.
We are glnd to announce that a com
plete anil simple (Quarterly Conference
Book has been prepared by a layman ot
our Ciiureh who has had a long experi
ence as a Quarterly Conference Secre
tary. The copy was examined and ap
proved by the Book Agent and Editor,
and by preachers and laymen noted h i
their systematic views and methods. It
is complete for a period of four years, or.
until the next session of the Genital
Conference, when some alteration may
bo made in the formula of questions.
Convenient blanks are provided for the
official roll, for the Minutes, and all nec
essary statiscal information, and a sup
plement of four rnled pages is inserted
after the minutes of e:;ch session, upon
which n .:y bo recorded pastors
aad trustees reports, and memoirs ef
deceased local jireachers and official
members. The Record also contains a
page of Episcopal decisions upon Quar
terly Conference questions, and two
page? of forms of official papers, extrac-
ted from the Manual of the Discipline by j
the Uook Jvtitor. I Ins book will be a
great help to Presiding Elders and
Quarterly Conference Secretaries, and if
generally adopted will insure to the
Church the benefit of uniform and . er
red records.
Just such a book has always bica
needed, and, considering its simple and
easy methods, it is surprising that one
has never been furnished betore.
The copyright has been donated to
the Publishing House, with the hope
that this Becord Book will reach every
part oi our Connection.
Let every Presiding Elder send for a
copy, and there will be no trouble to in
troduce it. There is scarcely a Quar
terly Conference Secretary iu our
Church but that would cheerfully pay
for it himself for the saving of time and
labor iu keeping the records. Price $1,
postage extra. Send orders to
J. B. McFf.rrix, Agent.
THE MODERN DANCE.
The Modern Dance is one of the
greatest evils of the land. All chris
tians should unite in attempts to check
the evil. In view of the approaching
holidays we copy the following from the
Louisville Christian Observer :
six FACTS.
There are six facts in reference to the
m adern dance that probably will not be
disputed by the candid :
First. It is an amusement that is pe
culiarly liable to be carried to an excess,
and to dissipate faith and repentance
and the love ot God. Croquet playing,
chess playing, picnicing, evening call
ing, wedding parties or walking parties,
are not so liable to end in excess or to
destroy sobriety of thought and godly
living. It a special religious interest
exists in any community, dancing par
ties are the quickest way to dissipate it.
The dancing Church members are not
usually the praying Church members.
The dancers are not called upon by the
serious for spiritual advice. Dancing
is an amusement peculiarly dangerous
to religious living.
Secondly The sober, well-formed
judgment of Christians is opposed to
dancing. All the Churches have pro
nounced asrainst it. Last winter we
published a series of articles by the
Rev. J. N. Crag, D. D., that shovv d
this very cleraly. Two weeks ago v e
published a column of extracts froi.i
various religious papers, proving the
same fact. With very little research
tiiis whole page could be filled with ex
tracts to the same purport. Our own
General Assembly.in twelve years, pass
ed three solemn deliverances, disappro
ving and discountenancing the modern
dance. There is not a Christian Church
or body that does not agree with us.
Roman Catholic Archbishops, Epis-
I copal Bishops, Methodist, Baptist and
Presbyterian divines, are unanimous on
this point, although they differ very
widely on other points. The carefully
considered judgment of Christendom
condemns the modern dance. It is not
classed with promenading or teaparties.
And it is not probable that they all,
lookin"- at this subject from such dif-
ferent standpoints, . with such varied
Dreindices, should be in error on a sub-
1 wliier! has been so freauentlv dis-
j d carcfuU congidered.
; -UH-,-u , . , .
I Thirdly- The world claims dancing
j f.,V its own. We cannot abridge the
gia supports her ministers
tueky next, Virginia third,
liberty of the world of thinking as it
chouses. The world claims dancing as
the badge of worhtliness. Just as the
tri-co'or is the Hag of France, and tnc
it! 1. white and blue the flag ot the
United StKtes, so is dancing the badge
of '.via Idincss. We mry deny the right
of France, or the United States, to
choose its colors, but we cannot deny
the fact. The world agrees with the
Church in regarding dancing as an im
propriety in Church members. It has
little respect for dancing Christians. It
claims dancing for itself. ' The Church
and the world are unanimous on this
subject. Is it probable that the world,
as well as the Church, should be unani
mous! v in error, in regard to tlm dance?
luxa tldy. The Church and the world
agree on another point, that dancing is
not a sin in itself, like murder or sland
er, aim that it is not in itself necessarily
a vio'athui of the seventh Command
ment. The assertion that it is, con
demns as "sinners" very many persons
and a large clabs of society. If made
individually and personally, the charge,
in our Southern land, would probably
be answered by a bullet, for our
Southern people are jealous of the honor
and purity of our mothers, sisters and
wives. The Church and the world also
agree that some forms of the fashiona-
ble dance are moie objectionable than
others. If the dance is in itself a gross
violation of the seventh or any other
Commandment, the position of the
General Assemby and of the Synod of
Georgia is certainly worthy of grave
censure. The Church and the world
agree that dancing is not a vfioss im
morality.
Fifthly. There is a like unanimity
on a fifth point, that Church members
are not compelled by any moral obliga
tion to dance. There is no law "Thou
shalt dance;" there is no Church regu-
lat ion compelling them to dance. There
j8 no wx.;a sage that is binding upon
them, that forces them to dance. The
world i willing to accord the liberty
of rei'raining from dancing, and the
Church does not curtail their freedom in
this regard.
fSixtl'ly. Dancing wounds the con
science aud oltends tue great majority
of Christians. If it were a duty to
dance, we should disregard the wishes,
the feeiings nnd the conscience of others.
But it is not a moral duty. Christian
love, the love and affection which we
should have for those who are sharers
of our hopes find joys, with whom we
hope to spend an immortality of bliss
aad glory, suggests that we refrain from
what pains and grieves them. This is
the principle of even common courtesy.
Irritating subjects of conversation, re
marks that may annoy or displease, are
tacitly avoided in good society. Well
bred members of a social gathering
avoid acts that offend each other. And
n.uchjnore is it the law of Christian
love, that we should not needlessly pain
those for whom Christ died. It is the
privilege of all Christians not to dance
In conclusion, a word to parents.
All parents, even those who are ungod
ly, hope that their children may be
godly and religious, and when they be
come so they are expected to give up
dancing-. Is it worth while to labori
ously teach thsui an art which may be a
hinderance to their fulfilling the wishes
ot their parents, and which their parents
wish them to abandon and forgo ?
If the six facts above stated are ac
knowledged, as they will, we hope,
commend themselves to the candid and
u iprejudiced, they settle the question of
dancing for all who wish to live near
their Saviour, and to bo imbued more
and more with his Spirit.
BENEFIT OF LAUGHING.
Dr. Greene, in his "Problem of
Health," says there is not the remotest
corner or little inlet of the minutest
blood-vessel of the human body that
does not feel some wavelet from the
convulsion occasioned by good, hearty
laughter. The life principle, of the
central man, is shaken to the innermost
depths, sending new tides ot life and
strength to the surface, thus materially
tending to insure good health to the
perrons who indulge therein. The
blood moves more rapidly, and conveys
different impression to all the organs
of the body, as it visits uiem on that
articular mystic journey when the man
is laughing, from what it noes at other
1 inies, for this reason every good hearty
langh in which a person indulges tends
t lengthen his life, conveying as it
does, a new and distinct stimulus to the
vital force. Doubtless the time will
come when physicians conceding more
importance than they now dj to the in
fluence of the mind upon the vital forces
of the body, will make their prescrip
tions more with reference to the mind,
and less to drugs for the body; and will
in so doing find the best nnd most ef
fective method of producing the requir
ed effects upon the patient. Presbyte
rian.
'This is a boy's composition on girh:
Girls are the only folks that has their
own way every time. Girls is of several
j thousand kinds, and sometimes one girl
j can belike several thousand girls if she
1 wants to do anything. This is all I know
! about girls, and father says the less I
!, , , , . . , T
, know about them, the better off I
j am,'
THE CLOSING HOURS OF THE
CON FKKF.XCE.
It was 10 o'clock night before last
when Rev. Dr. C! ,ss, the. father of the
Conference, invoked the divine blessing
upon the ministers In-fore parting, and
there had been a rush f business dur
ing the last day of the session, as there
always is. In consequence of these facts
the report of the peculiarly solemn and
interesting services just before adjourn
ment was necessarily abridged. The
Church was crowded, and the anxiety
which the ministers felt to know where
and with whom their lots were to be
cast, was imparted in a measure to the
vast assemblage, for it was known that
in a few minutes the presiding elders
would announce the appointments for
the next Conference year. It is a singu
lar freak of human natuie that when we
are most anxious we are otten gayest,
but the gayety is usually of such a nerv
ous and unnaturally exuberant character
that it is as easily detected as the inex
pressive laugh of embarrassment. So
the proceedings of the eveuing session,
immediately before the announcements,
were marked by an apparent playful
ness, which the portion of the congre
gation less sensible to the influences of
the nurroundeng circumstances, were
somewhat at a loss to understand. Reso
lutions of thanks, one after another, and
in some instances several sets of resolu
tions t each class, were passed to the
citizens, the ladies, thj reporters, hc
ushers, and finally the cooks, until at
last a rather impudent newspaper man
had the temerity to suggest to a few
surrounding delegates the propriety ot a
resolution declaring that all chickens
which had suffered death during the
week be pronounced martyrs to a good
cause, but for some reason the resolu
tion was not put to the body.'
Theie was uo lack of solemnity, how
ever, when Rev. Dr. Closs entered the
pulpit and asked Dr. Burkhead to make
the closing prayer, and as the minister
prayed for peace and harmony in the
Church, and that grace might be given
the preachers to live as became the ser
vants of Christ, wherever those iu au
thority had said they should go, and to
die as becomes the faithful and the just,
if this should be the lot of any there
bowed down, and when Dr. Closs, in a
voice tremulous with age, spoke of the
possibilities of the coming year, and of
tl dutio4 and piivileges of the uiesscn
gers'of the Truth the genuine feelings
of ths body were everywhere manifest.
In the course of Dr. Closs' remarks
he stated that the present Conference
had been as harmonious and pleasant as
any he had ever known. In this all the
ministers agree. With a single excep
tion there was no minister charged with
conduct unbecoming a preacher of the
Gospel; there were no differences among
the members except a difference of
opinion as to certain practical measures.
The-ministers parted in the Church,
and by -8 o'clock yesterday morning
nearly all had left the city. charlotte
Observer. '
THE SECRET OF POWER FOR
GOD.
A man's power in any work for God
depends wholly on God's use of him.
There are no exceptions to this truth. It
is operative always and in all cases.
God is the only source of power. No
seal, no knowledge, no wisdom, amounts
to anything in the prosecution of God's
work sae as God makes it effective.
Those men who believe this and who
put themselves absolutely and trustfully,
with all that they are aud all that they
possess, with all their faults and all
their lack, into the hands of God, to be
used by him at his pleasure become
men of power, to the honor of God, and
to the good of their fellows; and no other
men are really powerful in God's ser
vice.
A great deal of time is wasted iu dis
cussing the sources of power of this or
that successful evangelist, or pastor, or
lay-worker, because of forgetfulness of
this truth. Men are studying the ways
of the worker that they may become
partakers of bis power, instead of turn
ing to the One who is the source of his
power, that they also may be used ef
fectively in a similar sphere or in an
other, utterly dissimilar, llcariug of
the triumph of a stripling shepherd,
with sling and stones, over a mailed
giant with sword and spear, they b?gin
to ask about the sort of pebbles he nsed,
and the precise pattern of his sling, and
the peculiar swing of his arm in the
final cast, with the thought that if they
could be similarly equipped, and have
that lad's experience in stone-slinging,
they also would be giant-killers; and
the multitude would be sounding their
praises. They depreciate the fact that
the shepherd bey went into that fight as
the Lord's representative, resting wholly
on the Lord for victory. "Thou comest
to me with a sword, and with a spear,
and with a shield; but I come to thee in
the name of the Lord of hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast
defied," was his battle-cry. "And all
this assembly shall know that the Lord
saveth not with sword and spear : for
the battle is the Lord's, and he will give
yon into our hands." If Goliath had
been on the Lord's side, and David had
been mi the other, in that battle, sword
and sjiear would have been more effective
than sling and stone, and the shepherd
b y would have been trampled under the
giant's feet. Indeed, there came a time
when David wanted a weapon, and he
took that very sword of Goliath from
the house of the Lord, saying, "There
is none like that, give it me;" and he
confidently bore it to the battle in the
name of the Lord. And David had no
fer.r when an enemy at easy range "threw
stones at him" during the rebellion of
bsalom It is not the sling, nor yet
the spear, which is always the sure
weapon; nor is it the large man or the
small who can be always certain of vic
tory. It is the man who is on the Lord's
side, and whomthe Lord uses accord
ing to the man's faith and the need of
the hour, who is after God's own hesrt
as a fighter, and who is a complete suc
cess in the work to which God sets him.
Sunday School Times.
SPEAK TO THAT MAN.
BY 6. L. HAMILTON.
He quick, :'.-r he's in danger! His
soul is in peri: ! The danger is lmmi
nent. He is a sinner against (iod and
death is on his track. The grave
yawns to receive him. The mouth of
hell opens to admit him, and devils,
with fiendish exultations, rejoice at
prospect of his coming. This day a
voice may divide the sky which will
summon him to the judgment, cr you
to your account, and should the voice
fall on his ear or yours, the opportuni
ty oft he hour will be gone forever.
Should he die in his sins, and you live,
guilt will be on your soul, beaause you
failoit to warn him of his danger and
invite him to the only Savior. Should
you dio and he live, having beforv.
your dying, spoken the word, warned
him, invited him, plead with, him, won
him to Christ, von might carry the
news to heaven of a soul saved from
death and hell, and thus cause the an
gels to rejoice by the glad intelligence.
which you convey to fhem, for there is
iov in heaven among the angels of God
over one sinner who repenteth, and an
added star would sparkle in the crown
of your rejoicing brother, if through
your i!Strunie'itality,the repentant one
was brought into the fellowship of the
divine.
Oh then, for the sake of Christ, who
died forthe perishing, and who yearns
over them with a pitying tendernc-s,
begotten of His sufferings and
Pis love. for the sakj of
the perishing themselves, who sleep
carnally, while dangers gather thick
and dark about them, for the strength
which would come to your own soul
as you help others, and because the
claims which humanity unsaved lias on
humanity saved, speak to men that
man! Do it now. Do not put it off
till to-morrow. The chances are if you
put it off tiil to-morrow, you will not
do it to-morrow. Now is God s time
Speak now. Exchange.
A WORD OF WARNING.
What, a virtue is candor ! It is a
rare endowment, and yet when possess
ed and practised it makes a life beauti
ful indeed. Men sometimes talk sun
shine to your face-, and growl thunder
behind your back. When you meet
them vour are led to believe, from their
polite attentions, that they are true
friends that your interest, your repu
tation, your scil's peace and your joy,
are all safe in their keeping. Be not
too confident. Sometimes the smooth
talker is a rough neighbor. Uf course
you have your faults, your infirmities
every one has. But you prefer that
when these weaknesses are mentioned
at all, it shall bo to yourself, and not to
another. You little dream, sometimes,
how readily the least deflection from the
line of a lettered regularity, your mere
playful concession, a half-said apology
for a wrong you inwardly prayed for
righting, has been caught up, repeated
and torn into a grave moral delinquency
Beware of your confidirgs even among
believers. The hawks are on the wing.
Buzzards swoop the air of heaven.
Methodist Recorder.
THE OVER-TIMID.
There are members of all our Church
es who aie afraid to undertake to be
useful. They say, and are doubtless
honest in their disbelief of themselves,
that they are not qualified. Yet here
in they are mistaken. All qualification
of whatever sort anywhere is the result
of effort, and of persistent effort. Make
a bocinninsr. Be not simply a hearer
of the word, but take its directions,
trusting in Him who has said, "My
grace is sufficient fo.i you."' Do not be
afraid of failure or of crritiscism. Do
the best you ean, and you shall find that
faith will beget experience, and cxper
ience faith, and ere long you will won
der why you waited to enter upon some
pathway of Christian work. And then
you shall have joy in discipleship. The
unhappy, the discontented, the irritable,
fault-finding, and censorious members
of activeand aggressive Churches are
commonly found to be those who sit still
and decline to share with others in the
service whereunto they are called. A
united Church can never be where thei-e
is room for many who are too timid to
undertake tasks for Christ, and yet bold
enough to sit in judgment upon the
ways, methods, and manners of others,
Christian Intelligencer,
VOI R NAME.
Good people, please be cartful what
you put your names to. Read a peti
tion before you sin it. Try an article
and test it well before you write a glow
ing eulogy upon it. Avoid giving a
written recouimwidaliou to a stranger
because he asks you and you want to
get rid of him as easily as possible.
Some of you have done too much harm
already by your thoughtlessness, and
by your exceeding great good nature
Your names are hawked about the
country too freely. Von arc made to
praise ail sorts of things pianos, sau
sage choppers, books, clothes-lines, pat
ent pills, sewing machines, steel pens,
washing machines, insurance companies,
railroad coiporations and the 'celebra
tad matchless compound soe.p !" Have
a care, good people, and do not, even if
you receive a present uow ain't then, in
dulge in the ignoble act of pulling.
Your iiHine carries some weight with it.
Use the greatest caution iu lending it,
lest you push a worthless man or a
worthless article into notice. Mrtho-
dint.
QUA R H K L 1 N . C 1 1 R ! ST I A N S.
( Anonymous)
No man will grow as a Christian who
lives in a state of quarrel. In enmity
against God. he is, of course, not a
Christian at all ; but reconciled to him
he must remain a dwarf, unless he se
cures pef.ee with those around him.
Fighting the brethren, lighting angrily
in behalf of reform, contending with
bitter words and hard strife for even
the best doctrine, he will stunt the
growth of a divine life within him.
Even fighting against sin is not to be
done i. a quarrelsome way, but iu a
spirit of honoring God, hile abhorring
the sin and pitying the sinner. We are
to conduct a warfare, hut our ligntis
to be a '"good" one, which means that
it is to be directed against w ong and
in favor of right, and also that it is to
be waged so that in the darkest d."y of
defeat we may be able to say, '' Father,
forgive them, for they know not what
they do."'
DEPENDENCE.
(Prof. JBialUie.)
Even of perfect manhood the sense of
dependenco is one of the most charac
teristic features. It is not a mark o
human nature in a fallen state only, but
even initsstatts of greatest complete
ness. Man was made to depend on God
as really as the new-born infant depends
on its mother, or as the vine depends on
the stake that supports it. And Jesus,
it appears, was pleased to assume lux
manitv with this as really as any nth
-
cr feature. He had a man's sense
dependence, a man's feeling of want
of
of want to be supplied only from the
divine storcs.and for the supply of which
tnese stores must be asked in prayer. He
had a man's feel in-' that his soul was
not a fountain, but a cistern; and that
for all that was needed for his daily
life, labors, trials, aud graces, he must
a-ndv to his Father. The fountain from
which he drew was the same as ours.
THE TRI E WIFE.
The true wife is often tin fashionable,
in loving her husband, and him only
in not caring to attract idle admiration
or the homage of the more serious ador
er. When she marrieu it was for love
pure and simple; and she did not look to
her wifehood as to her papers ot release
from control and her charter for unlimi
ted freedom. She has 110 v ery decided
opinions on politics, woman's rights, or
the doctrine of fate and fret-will She
slips insensibly and by the liiitual train
ing of love into the grooves of thought
where her husbaud finds himself, and
holds his position to be the best of all
because it is his. She is more content
with his fame than she would be with her
own; indeed she find hers in his, and
would not care to be a icrsonage on her
own aceoiint. She desires for herself,
for her honor, supreme personal happi
ness, only his love, only his health and
propcrity, and so long as he is safe, her
star is without a cloud to veil its bright
ness. Ex.
REST.
Many a woman w ho can not, afford
plenty of help wears herself out when
she need not do so, by adding u.nieccs
sary work. I like pretty things ; tucks,
rutlles and embroidery are great addi
tions f o garments, anil so arc pics, pud
dings and preserves to the table ; hut if
the day is fully occupied in making
plain garments and preparing plain
meals ; hours that arc needed for re-t
should not be encroached ipon bj
the useless trimmings of the dress, ni.d
often unwholesome extras of the repast.
"Work is good for every healthy per
son, but rest is good also ; aud we have
minds as well as bodies. Yo may make
slaves of ourselves, and that is no more
ri"-ht than to make slaves of others. To
be clean nnd whole is a duty; but I
should like to preach to sonic women I
have known until they really felt (hat
the body is more than raiment ; to keep
strong eyes, and a straight hack, and a
,wect'tciniier,is better for one who is a
mother than to have her children clad
inelaborate garments which it takes
hours to iron and llnte. Good muterif
al perfect cleanliness in plain hems or
straight flat trimmings of some kiudt
w ork as easy as is consistent with utter
Icituliuess nnd tidiness, and save some
hours for walking with your children,
lor reading, for talking with your
husbaud, and even for sitting utterly
lie in the twilight of a summer's day.
or before the lire of a winter's evening
Mrs. S i It le .
PARAGRAPHIC.
If we would be as diligent in sttidv-
ing the blessings and comforU placed
ithin our reach, as we are iu contem
plating the sorrows and calamities of
life, how much happier we could bo.
The glory of the good is in their
conscience, and not in the tongues of
men. x lie gimluess ot the Hist is of
eS
God, and in God; and their joy is of the
truth.
There is more of the Christ-spirit in
carrying a basket of provision to
the afflicted poor when no person knows
of it, than iu some quarter hour pray
ers that cim be heard lour or five squares
around.
God loves to give, ami he loves to
have his people give. He does not like
to have them covetous; he does not like
to see them hoard; so, when we learu to
give and love to give, we become like
him .
Whoever sincerely endeavors tirdo all
the good hecan will probably do much,
more than he imagines, or will over
know to the day if iudirinent. when
the secrets of all hearts shall he made
manifest.
Tasso, being urged to avenge him
self upon a man who had done Inn
many injuries, said, "I wish to tak
from him neither his property, nor his
life, liorhis honors, but only his ill will
toward inc."
The real security of Christianity is
to be found in its benevolent morality;
111 its exquisite adaptation to the hu
man h"rt; in the facility with which
its scheme accommodates itself to the
capacity of every human intellect; iu
the consolat ion which it bears to every
house of mourning; in the light with
which it brightens the great mystery of
the grave.
"Mr. President," said a delegate in a
recent convention, "I think we should
adjourn till to-morrow, as 1 notice that
there arc fifteen delegates in this conven
tion here who are absent."
Doting mother: "Yes, 1 shall be hap
py to give yon tnc wages you ask; but 1
shall expect you to love the dear chil
dren." Nurse: "1 shall be very happy to
do so, ma'am; but, of course that
would be anexrra."
Conscientious Greek professor, re
monstrating with sophomore for creat
ing disturbance iu the cldss-room, lays
his hand insinuatingly upon the refrac
tory, one's shoulder, and says: "My
dear young man, the devil lias hold npou
yon!" Nassau JAterary Magazine.
Two things characterize every Oliurcli
that is in the highest condition of spirit
ual health. The one is that they all
worship, the other that they all work.
The first appertains more directly to the
heart; the second appertains as well to
the heart, the hands and purse. The
fullest combination of the two would
almost realize the ideal of Church life
in its highest form. Theodore L.
Cuyler.
Jll-ttmjiered medico "Madam, if
women were admitted to Paradise, their
tongues would make it a purgatory!'
Imjxitient jiaticnt "And some physii
cians, if allowed to practicctherc, would
make it a desert!"
A little girl suffering from rheuma
tism was crying piteously, when lar
father, thinking to divert her mind
from the pain. saiJ: "Mamie. I have
just Itccn to sec your little cousin Joe,
and he has the measles." She at once
cried out, "Why didn't he send me
I will govern my life ami thoughts as
if the whole world were to sec the one
and to read the other, for what does it
signify to mr.kc anything a secret to my
neighbor.when to God( who is the search
er of our heaits) all our privacies arc
open?
The happiness of life is made up of
minute fractions the little, soon forgot
ten, chartics of a kiss, a smile, a kind
look, a heartfelt compliment in the dis
guiscjof a playful raillery.and the count
less other infinitesimals of pleasant
thought and feeling.
The wise man has his follies 110 lets
than the fool; but it has been said that
herein lies the difference the follies of
the fool arc known to the world, but are
hidden from himself; the follies of the
wise man are known to himself, but hid
den from the world;
Words are little things, but they
strike hard. Wc utter them so easily
that we are apt to forget their hidden
power. Fitly spoken, they act like tho
sunshine, the dew and and tho fertilizing;
rain, hut when unfilthy, like the frost,
tho hail, and devastating tcmpC!