She tf htiatiaa yavotr. Office Con. Dawson & Hargktt Sto TKKMS. riw C-na-riAX Advivaw i lurulhe I to fliibscri i t:-rftat :JiOp';r aiiunru iu alvance; 4x roontlis, in atlvaut'G. i :a i-i . - minisTck. ' T 'lUt'is l'r iv.-l'ug ru'niaters of the H. C. Con- HATES OF ADVERTISING: 8rc IWckk.i 1 Ma ; 3 Moaa., 6 Mesa...! I Square, 'Square. Square SiUars, 4 Col'mi! Col'inu t I 00, $3 00 6 00 7 00. 9 00 n .w $ TOO f IS 00,! t0U 13 00 20 00. MM IS UO" MM : 4S 00 33 00,1 SoOl'il Cot KOOO'i 60 00' Tt 00 60 01 l 7 tW 14c . 7 00 1 140 Ou VU a uo mi! u-t: t!i.' p.p-T will be sent f ee - f char??. .ill it,ior iii'iiiintorj it ?t.O) per year, in ad 6 (K 9 Oo V: BLACK A REID, Ivtuious, Pcblisubrs, akd Proi-riktoiis. 'i ho ITaitb once delivered t the 8 dnts. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: W Pun Ann,m, in Aovaxpb. 1 Column 15 Ob; OO'J Je. . I Adveriiaemeuta will be changed oaee every three maltha without additional charge. Fir ev.rT oth er jhange there will he an extra charge of twenty ):' an inch. Twenty five per cent, la added to the above ratm for ipecial coticee in the Lxal col umn Terms, raab in advance, nnlena thr- lf ngraed upon. The above rates are cheaper thaai those of any other paper ia the South ot the eatue character aud clrrnlatlon. will make any children look well-urc-sed ; aud iu their season a dessert of fruit tastes betti'i and docs more gojd fliuii all the pics anil puddings that can be manufactured. Mtke vonr f. Exrs. guMbhcil in tlxt gntcrwls o! u:,joritem in brtlr f aroKna. VI fli trai v-ilcg til IciC preachers tn the bound i Eiu :T..i-;; Cwotiua Ciro.?n:e are our authorised j.-Qta. am u-jy a-a hereby au'hurt' jd to receipt i.r all uin l-i tn Ih I'orwar.Iei to u. Vol. XX TIL Ealeigh, X 0., Wednesday, Dec. 11th, 1878. Number 48. r i'.. r . i I -t A' E ECO ME. L V o. . O. It-r tin- -ki.''l':i far-oil' lfiiid. urt'M ov i i" ngni oi cc;i i in aes mm. We 'c i r-!" ti"-'- Master tiiinl, Vnt the vc! w.H-icn.K - ihnt follow ed ilim. V, . - .."ii i in' i" h.s w-'.-.U sublime i". !,.M'd .l.iw.i titiMiiuii loeasile of time: "o. . "k vi' :;'.! lands li.-ueuh the sun, ad or "0: ch Hiv i Isiiei ti ovcryonc 0:i evi i-i UjIi-iM t iiv me ., ;.!:.. ! i ii i - ii. No It :n iv a ihl id . tiit:iut shore. h";iveu- ?pan, iiur;if vod oVr i.i.l tn rii;iu ! u'.ik Ji. hare. cm. a Hit: A 'i i 1 i- -.'llL'i'l "- 't'' i'-ir. ?m : ;. l tiu- man ir:ty.'i t. fl on hfiiiV -trruid it li id ins h"Iiinir hand. Til 'II V I-., t.' ..ii ii' i:i . to-dM.v ; ! -liiil voire v;iy. ciiuiirt.'. n t i v ' i . ur iti :ii :m t.i ! I ;i4 ;i im fi'i't li; ! 'tt.'.' ; II -.V1IL' it lit' t.. h'.' H'.'t - -in-l iniiiii'-of all. - ,it' jt . ! i -.ii'i'ow's calk ; loik t !i'--i'ui'i i-.'irt". ! iv .!. p.iriMt-" praviT. .V -',' '.,' J?ccrter. '6 o m m u n i c a t c tl . I ill" t!tf i'Ro.u Dir. i'iidi" K. Advocate. LOVICK LKTTKU I.. !.!.. rii:; S re' 'if i ii : -rthv M:..i-ili:s 'iM Mt".Mi;EHS i-'i ".!". Si. K- a ji"i'BO!i:i! - Ii Ai-.' ; lil.'::l : letter to ot v.iiir t iiiiUrt'iice, if. ! c.;'.i'c I my unjust 1- ..a Kaiire Sauoiitijatu-n , iiL'lt-Ctod lieithtT r - -i t. a )i u'.i-i. Ii'-' iW'-d , l. '. .;. who -.vrot-? use a-tii. ilsat :;i v fvurs wt-ie K :iy I ven t: iad Leon ia ven i: ana i i ..: sai! it had been ll'll- i 1 with benefit. It was ay i ' l aaxiotis mind. And I v. i'.r." A I'V.m ti: to ask i:iiut Icar a oout vim i k:ii.iv;i N". ('. M.-tko-t.j aiivtliiug 'f interest :ri i tiio.usin. aim m uur .a 1 l' iiieeil uiv essav. toiuivi- my mistake, ce-.-e thanks lor tke a i I :v.'..'.-p'. airea .1 -o. a ; me, aim keetj on iii. 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. 1, i,i 1 , n 1 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!