Newspapers / North Carolina Christian Advocate … / July 2, 1879, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
V am) y ! WW PUBLISHED AS THE ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DONFERENCE OF THE M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. VOL. XXIV. RALEIGH, X. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1879. XO. 2i. t&l I 1 I i K.4 : Sf ftiUdgh (Christian lcUwatc PnlsM Every Wednesday. -o- W ILL A S. IS 1j AC Iv , -riiiinr -o- Subsckiption Kates. One year 2.00 in advance. Six months SI .00 in advance. O u k Agents . Rev. C. M. Pkpper and Rev. J. F. Butt are our Traveling Agents, and all the clerical members of the North Carolina Conference are our Special Agents, to -whom the paper is sent free of charge. To all other ministers the Advocate will be sent for SI. 00 per an num, in advance How to Remit. Send money by post office money order, check, or in a registor ed letter. If sent otherwise it is at the sender's risk. Alicats gice the name and post office ad dress of the person to whom the paper is addressed, or is to be addressed. "Where changes are to be made give the office from which, and the one to which, the pa per is desired to be sent. Address all letters and packages to ULACK fc ieiis, We are glad to bo able to state, to many, who inquire in private lettersthat Mrs. AY. S. Black's health is gradually improving. I low often do we hear the remark from a sinner: "1 am as good as the members of the church." In the first place it is not true. He is not as good as the members of err the church. He mav be as good as some few are, hut we do not ad mit that he is as good as church members generally are. In the next tdaee, ' because church-mem-hers are not as good as thev ought to be, is no reason why a sinner should not be a christian. All such excuses are frivolous and un reasonable. When you get to the judgment bar God will not judge the deeds done in vour neighbor's bodv, but ac cording to the deeds done in your body. THE T ODD-POLLARD CASE. It will be remembered that we gave week before last the hasty re solutions passed by the Bishops of Northern Methodist Church, in re ference to the arrest of two Metho dist preachers in Arkansas. We also gave a true statement of the case bv a minister residing in Brinklcy, the place where the sup posed outrage occurred. The New York Herald has requested the Governor of Arkansas to make a full statement of the case, which he has dono for that paper. His statement confirms the statement we recently published . In speak ing of this account, given by the Governor of Arkansas, the editor of the New York Methodist, who we believe has more religion than all ihe other Northern Methodist editors put together, says : "This account effectually dis poses of the charges made against the people of Brinklcy and the au thorities of the State. The deplora ble facts of the case are clearly set forth, but other facts are related which take away all ground for believing that Mr. Todd was mur dered or that the arrest were made to obstruct the work of ministers of the M. E. Church among colored people. The marshal who made the arrest ia a Noithern man and a Republican, and he had, as de tective, instructions to look for a preacher from Missouri accused of wife murder. These two facts seem, to us, conclusive. The mob existed only in Mr. Todd's imagi nation, which had been extraor- dinarily excited by unknown in fiuenees ; the wound inflicted upon him while attempting to escape did not cause the loss of an ounce of blood and never endangered his life. Both these ministers receiv ed from Brink ey people various acts of kindness, " and Mr. Pollard repaid these courtesies by omitting ah mention of them in his letter an omission which , . color to his report. It is not the habit of Methodist preachers to re- pay kindness with misrepresenta tion ; unfortunately, the two stories about the physician do not agree, and the weight of evidence is against Mr. Pollard, whose state ment does not refer to the cost of the medicines." A little less eagerness on the part of Northern Bishops and Editors to stir up sectional strife would prove salutary in national affairs, and be more in accordance with the Spirit of Christianity. EDITORIAL CORRESPOND ENCE. Dear Advocate: With wife and children and an anxious heart, on last Saturday morning at G o'clock I boarded the train for Goldsboro, finding as Conductor that polite and christian gentleman, Capt. G. N. Waitt. For nearly six months my wife has been in feeble health, and by the advice of her physi cian, and kind and sympatizing j friends, we were induced to try the s ; i ; T , tlie baths, etc., upon the health of suffering one. Cant. Waitt gave us every attention until we reach- ed Goldsboro. There we changed from the N. C. B. Ii., to the Atlan- tic Oc N. C. 11. 11. with the accomo- dating and pleasant Capt. J. ii- Richardson as Conductor. At Goldsboro we had the pleasure of meeting our friend Cant. Henry, and that enterprising buisness man and devoted Methodist, AY. F. Kornegay, with Bros. Bagwell, McCorkle and Jurney. Bro. Jur ney is prosecuting his work as Agent for Trinity College. Bro. McCorkle was returning to his charge at Beaufort after an ab sence of a few weeks, greatly im proved in health and reconsecrat ed to the Master's work. Major Hughes, the successful President of the Atlantic and North Carolina R. R. keeps his Road and rolling stock in good condition, and is making an effort to establish a line of Steamers be tween Morehead City and Balti more, in connection with his Road. If this can be accomplished, the outlook for Beaufort and More head City is bright and promis ing. At 41- o'clock we reached Morehead City, and though much fatigued, not so much exhausted as we had feared. Soon we were safely seated in the "AYade Hamp ton, a handsome, fast sailing ooat, whose gentlemanly Commander Saunders,in a short time landed us at Beaufort. Here we are de lightfully situated at the boarding house of Miss Sarah A. Davis, who is said to keep the best House in the place. AYe commend it to all who jiropose spending any time in this town. The table is provided with the best the mar ket can afford the rooms are comfortable and well kept, and the servants more than ordnarilv at tentive. The House i also con veniently located. We had the pleasureof preach ing to a large and inteligent con- gregation at 11 o'clock A. M. on the Sabbath; and Bo. M. C. Thomas, who with hisdaughter is ! siPinl i ii o- n clinrf fimp lii-to ivith j relatives and friends, give us at 8 P. M. a sermon whiclnve enjoyed, and which we believe vill do good. This is the place of Bp. T.'s na tivity, and many of Its relatives sleep in the Cemetery, which is in the rear of the Methodst Church. Yesterday afternoon joining a group of mourners, afhr listening to words of comfort to tie bereaved by the pastor of the Methodist Church, we saw laid among her kindred dead, the moral remains of Mrs. Fannie Farderv a devoted wife and mother, who 'fell asleep in Christ" upon the ildv Sabbath. A stroll, with seveiv friends, through this "silent citv of the ; dead," brought to light some facts I which I deem mav be ?f interest j to our readers. Here ropose the I remains of Jacob Sheoard, the grand-father of Commodore Biddle, who gallantly served his country ! against Great Brittian. A brother of Commodore Bibble wa: dent of the U. S. Bank Jackson's Admiivitrat io.i. an excitement in '.nc; d was occasioned at that Tic i resi during Quite circles Veto paHL u)Hii-Ji. ;! a Bill in the interest of bank, Here a handsome unient, to the erected bv loving friends j memory of C. Wulif, a Captain in j the Danish Navy, who while trav eling with his sister, was attacked with yellow fever, and stopping at this place, died in a few days. This devoted sister promised him to pay an annual visit to his grave in the carrying out of which promise, she left her home, Copen hagan, Den., the following year, and perished with four or five hundred other passengers upon the ill fated Austria. While in the Methodist Church we noticed a neat tablet placed there in memory of the Sabbath School teachers and scholars, who died with vellow fever in 1864. I have had the pleasure of meeting Bro. J. It. 'Bumlev, a worthy local minister, who for over twenty years has been "Register of Deeds" for this county, thus showing the great confidence reposed in him by his neighbors and friends. His brother, James Burnley, has held the position of County Court, ; and Superior Court CJerk for 30 vears in succession! A Yh ere can such another record be found ? A lore anon. Editorial Breviary. "Paul, in the goodness of his heart never dreamed of Presbvteri anism. All the churches were Baptist churches in those davs, vv - qijiC japfisis are d0ing wore to-day for the salvation of the world than any people I know" The Bib lical Recorder publishes the above in quotations and the editor's com ment on it is: "Certainly." It is so ridiculous that it is amusing. It makes quite a difference whether a public prayer is intend ed for the ear of God, or the ear of the congregation. The prayer in tended for the ear of the congrega tion is sometimes . admired by the congregation, but never heard bv God. It is said that Wilmot, the infidel, when dying, laid his trembling, emaciated hand upon the Bible and exclaimed solemnly and with unwonted energy. ''Tlie only objection against this book is a bad life." Infidelity will not do to die bv. "I have been a member of vour church for thirty years," said an elderly Christian to his pastor, "and when I was laid by with sickness for a week or two, only one or two came to visit me. I was shamefully neglected." "My friend," said the pastor, "in all. those thirty years how many sick have vou visited ?" -'Oh," he re- I plied, "it never struck me in that light. I thought only of the rela tion of others to me, and not of my relation to them." We put this in for your benefit. The ratio of divorce to marriage has been as follows during the last few years in four New England States : Vermont, 1 to 10 ; Massachusetts, 1 to 23 ; Bhode Island, 1, to 13 ; Connecticut 1 to 10. If New Hampshire and Maine have a like divorce record, the number of couples in the New England States who make a shipwreck of of matrimony is about 1,800 an nually. New England had better look after her '(7Y.7 .'if JoiL'x 111- ) i 11 Oil 1 1 1 J so rnuci! aooiii A lew editorials iiegroc? i from Dr. Fowler on the subject of the marriage relation would do more go;d than his profuse writ ing in abuse of the 'South. If he is as era ill:;, however, o.n tlie mar rage relation as he is on the South, he had better not write about it. A young reporter penned a paragraph on a snow fall as fol lows, "tlie angels rustled their wings at an hour when Aurora goes forth to fulfil her mission and the earth was covered with a fleecy mantle of white." He thought it was very nice but the unimagina tive editor dropped it into the waste basket and wrote in its place, "snow fell this morning." AYe commend this incident to some writers of obituaries. Personal Mention. Dr. AY. II. Anderson, President of the Kentucky AYeslevan Uni versify, has resigned for the want of finances to carry on the institu tion properly. The Rev. Francis AYalkcr, formerly a mem ber of the Alabama Conference, died in Hunt county, Texas, May -27. . The. Rev. Samuel Har ris, of St. James' church in Chica go, 111., has been elected Episcopal of Michigan, to succeed AfcCoskr; , resigned. Bishop Atkinson has'abandoned his purpose of go ing to Europe. After taking pas sage and arranging his exchange, lie found that Airs. Atkinson's health was too precarious to justify the fatigue of sea voyage, and so he has gone to Saratoga for per haps a fortnight. Among those converted during the meet ings of Air. Moody in Baltimore wits a Jewish Rabbi, Professor Reider,.who has entered the min istry of the Methodist Protesant Church. He was born in Joppa, educated in London, emigrated to America, and became a Rabbi in Chicago. He attended one of Moody's meetings, and being con verted, became an earnest believer in the Christian doctrine, for saking the faith of his fathers, and is shortly to give a series of lectures before the ministers in Baltimore on, "How and Why he Became a Christian." As Mrs. Homom Lacy was driving from Wilming ton,' Del., to hehome in Chester county, Pa., June 7th, the content of the' carriage, cotton and straw, were ignited by a match, and in stantly the whole interior of the vehicle was in a blaze. The hor ses were frightened and ran away, and before they stopped Mrs. Lacy was roasted alive. Rev. J. M. Steel is writing the history of Methodism in Arkansas. AVashington papers announce that Gen. Charles F. Alanderson, now of Omaha', late of Ohio, is to ho nominated Secretary of AYar, upon the confirmation and retirment of Secretary McCrary. Presi dent Hayes has nominated the Hon. G. AY. McCrary, at present Secretary of AYar, to be Judge of the Eighth United States Judical Circuit, iee the Hon. John F. Dil lon, whose resignation is to take elfect Sept. 1. Rev. Dr.Iioge of Richmond has an invalid daugh ter who has been confined tolur couch for ten years past. A tele phone has been attached to tie pulpit of the Dr.'s church, and by a wire running from the church to the roof and down the ventilator at Dr. Hoge's house, and there connecting with a bell hand tele phone, tlie invalid on a recent Sabbath distinctly heard the -er-won and all the service of prayer and choral praise. Dr. A. ilson lias li.-w been ail hcteU with rheumatism ginia. He is now in ( )ur lnsiiops are at worl as usual. Bishop Doggett laboring in tin bishop. -usfi'rn oar? of Tennesce, working JiKe a young man. Bishop McTyere is inGror- doing gooo service. iu. A. Young is spoiamig a month niiii men L - Tlie Ox "Wc were and engagements. ford Torch Liaht savs pleased to meet our friend, Mr. Gay, in town a few days since. Mr. Gay is a son of Dr. A. AY. Gay, of this county, and wijl be remember ed by our citizens as a former clerk of Messrs. T. D. Crawford Co. He graduated recently at the Ahmderbilt University, and having been admitted into the Ministry of the M. E. Church, South intends to attach himself to the N. C. Confer ence at its next session. AYe are glad to welcome Air. Gay back to the old North State." Key. Ira T. Wvche has been sick. We hope not seriously and we hope that he is out again e'er this. Prof. Lupton, of the A'anderhilt, is on a jaunt to Alexico during vacation. : Master AYillie Lambuth, son of Rev. J. AY. Lambuth, our mission ary to China, is on a visit to this country. He arrived in San Fran ciso about the last of last month. He left his father in Japan. Tlie degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred by Ilampden-Syd.-ney College on Rev. E. 11. Hard ing of Second P. Church, Charlotte, and on Row E.Wood of North Caro lina, and Westminister College conferred the degree upon Rev. AV. AY. Robertson of Fulton, AFo.. in Missouri Presbytery, and upon Rev. Jackson Smith of Armagh, Ireland. 'Bill Arp" (-Mai. Smith), the Southern humorist, has been lecturing in Tennesse. Chancellor Garland, of Yanderbilt University, is on his annual visit to Old "Virginia. AY. H. Pleasants, of Louisburg, N. C.r spent several days with us the past week. He was always pleasant and is still as pleasant as ever; in fact, it was really pleasant to have him with us. Rev. J. AY. Primrose, a brother beloved, of the Presbyterian Church dropped in to see us this week. AYe are always glad to meet him.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 2, 1879, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75