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II NOV. 13. 1S84. W. S. BLACK D.D. ) Editoks FRANK L. REID, S U. T. HUDSON, D. D., Contributing Editor. Subscription Rates : Vnc year, in advance, -Six months, in advance, -Three mouths, in advance, 1.00 50 To ministers at half rates. Advertising rates furnished on applicat All the traveling and local miuistere in me Con--erence are our authorized agents. Send money by Check, P. O. Money Order, or by Registered Letter, or hand to your pastor. The date opposite your name on the yellow la 1 which we pnste on your paper each week, is b e time when your subscription to the Advocate aspires. Address all letters to BLACK & REID, Raleigh, N. C. Remember! Remember!! If your subscription to this paper ftas expired, or will expire any time between now and Dee. 1st, 1884, send your renewal by your pastor to Con ference. If you do not your paper ml be discontinued immediately af ter Conference. Lool- at the date on your paper, on the label opposite your name, and see when your subscription eypired. If it has expired or tcill oon expire, be sure to send renewal by mail at once, or by your preacher to Conference. Do not neglect this. We learn that the orphans at the Oxford Orphan Asylum are in need of money, food and clothing. It is only necessary to make this state ment to North Carolinians. Send all contributions to Dr. 13. F. Dixon, Oxford, X. C. Bishop Paiikeu, of Xew Or leans, (not Bishop Parkas the types made us say last week) will preside atonr Conference at Wilmington, to convene Nov. 20th. He is known personally to but few of our preach ers or laymen; but we are all anx ious to have him with us and will welcome him most cordially. Davidson College is having some tumble with a few of its stu dents. They have been guilty of h az i u g, i n te m perance and di sordei 1 y conduct. The faculty lias expelled five of them, and they are hunting up testimony against others, and it is thought several more will be ex pelled. The faculty is serving the unruly boys right. Make them be have or send them home. We com mend the faculty for its firmness. lornEB Convention pf United Presbyterians is to be held to con sider the "present state of the ques tion of instrumental music in wor ship." The call regards the pres ent state of the question, allowing the use of instruments, "as a chas tisement from the Lord on the Uni ted Presbyterian Church." With Evolution in the Southern Presby terian Church, and "the use of mu sical instruments" in the United Presbyterian Church, our usually quiet Presbyterian brethren are be coming wonderfully agitated. The stewards are now making a wonderful effort to get up all the money due their pastors. Here is a word from the llolston Methodist that may help out a little: Sometimes wdien a steward ap proaches a money-making and money-loving Methodist and asks him for his part, of his preacher's pay, he answers, "I am in debt and I can't -give much this year." This is a proposition to make his preacher help pay for the last farm he bought to enrich himself and his children out of the honest loil of his preach er. Why didn't he make the same answer when his merchant and his physician presented their bills, and refuse to pay, thus compelling them to contribute their part toward the increase of his wealth? He could do so with equal justice and pro priety. -By act of the Pacific Conference, the Pacific Methodist has become the personal property of Mr. Wick. B. Parsons, the present efficient ed itor. If the enterprise prove a fi nancial success, it will be to the ad vantage of the proprietor; if there are losses, he will bear them. The Pacific Methodist is but repeating the history of the other Conference orgaus in the Southern Methodist Ghurch. They have tried for a long time to run the paper as the proper ty of the Conference and it has lan guished. Despairing of ever suc ceeding in that way, they have now turned it over to Bro. Parsons. We wish it great success. It now occu pies the same relation, pretty much, that the other conference papers do. . m A great deal is being said as to the needs of the church of to day. The truth is, we need more of the right sort of religion. The Bishop of Bedford never said truer or more welcome words than the following, which were spoken at the working men's meeting in connection with the Carlisle Church Congress : "Now, one great thing the church has to do is certainly to hold up be fore the people the best, and truest, and purest ideal of religion. It is religion which purifies, and hallows and ennobles all life. But then it must be religion of the right sort; not a religion all noise and excite ment; not a religion put on now and then like a Sunday coat; but a good, strong, brave, manly religion--a thing which will stand the rough handling of everyday life." . . fl Beecher, when he gets, mad, seems to be orthodox on the subject of eternal punishment and a judg ment day, if he does preach to the contrary sometimes. "He has had a controversy on a question of ve racity with a noted citizen of Mich igan. He charges him with lying, and says that the lie will "abide forever." Said he: "It will abide with you, follow you home, dwell in your memory, be present in your old age, stand by your coffin, and meet you in God's judgment day! May He, who found a way to for give lying Peter, forgive you, and have mercy on your soul in that awful day V But here he was act ing in the role of a politician. The conclusion then is that, as a politic ian, Beecher believes in a judgment day and in a hell; but, as a preach er, he does not. The fact is he makes a better politician than preacher any way. Dr. N. II. D. Wilson, we regret exceedingly to learn,is still confined to his bed and is very feeble. His many friends in the State have been praying earnestly for his re covery. The following note was re ceived from lie v. L. W. Crawford last Saturday, and we would here state that Bro. Crawford has kindly kept us posted as to the Doctor's condition all the time, for which he has our thanks. Here is Bro. Craw ford's last letter : Dr. N. H. D. Wilson is still con fined to his bed, ami is extremely feeble. While in several particu lars there has been manifest im provement, in some others the pro gress has been very slight, hardly perceptible. At times he suffers greatly, and occasionally has a very bad iii,iht. His appetite is poor, but he takes milk, and now and then other light diet. His physicians, Drs. Hall and Beall, say they can ultimately cure him, but considera ble time will be required to do so, and, meanwhile, he will suffer a good deal. There is no hope of his toeing able to do any work on his district before Conference. Let the church continue in prayer for his timely recovery. Thursday, November the 27th, has been set apart by the President of the United States as Thanksgiv ing Day. A nation of people that has been abundantly blessed is call ed upon to render its thanks to the Giver of every good and perfect gift. Thus God is recognized by the Nation and all men are thus as sured that we recognize the true God in these Uuited States. Let the day be observed everywhere. Our ministers in the N. C. Confer ence will be at Wilmington. Wher ever it can be done let the local preachers and laymen have public services on this day. In this State it has been our custom to take a collection for the Oxford Orphan Asylum o:i Thanksgiving Day. But as our ministers are away from their charges, many of our people are never called on to contribute to this noble charity. We ought to ar range so that a collection for the Orphan Asylum can be taken at some other time. We ought to do our part in sustaining the Asylum. And our people are willing to help. Let this matter be attended to, so that they may have an opportunity RALEIGH CHRISTIAN to help. Every la mly ougut ro mm til have a thanksgiving, service, and every individual ought to make a thank-offering as God has prospered us. Let the day be observed every -wnere. They are getting ready for the great Centenary Conference to be held in Baltimore in December. Bro. Boyle, of the Episcopal Method ist, is preparing to send out a good daily paper, giving a full account of everything and the price is 50 cents for the session. The Commit tee on Entertainment will be able soon to publish its list of homes, schedule of chnrches .for public meetings, and other matters of in formation. Meanwhile it may be stated that special rates on rail roads and at hotels will be secured for all visitors. The terms of travel will likely be what are known as the "Trunk Line rates," namely, full fare one way, and one third return for all persons visiting Baltimore within the specified time. It is hoped rather better rates may be secured for the delegates and offi cial visitors. A very large attend ance on the Conference is anticipa ted. From reports which reach the Committee, and from the large number of visitors out f all parts of the country, which will be enter tained by the people in addition to the delegates, we estimate the num ber by thousands some sober minded men say 10,000, and some even 15,000 to 20,000. Bishop Wil son, of the Church South, who has recently completed a round of Con ferences, says three-fourths of. the preachers in Tennessee and Ken tucky and "all in Missouri" are go ing. Closing the Conference Year. How are the Preacher's Paid? A Minister Speaks. Oui ministers are closing up the Conference year. But few people know how some of them have de nied themselves, economized, and labored in order to Iiv j on their small salaries. But few know how the preacher's wives have toiled, patched old clothes, and denied themselves the actual necessaries of life, in some cases, that they might not get in debt. These no ble men and women deserve better things of the Church. Let every member of the Church look into this matter. Inquire of your preach er if his salary is all paid. Find out if he has enough to pay all he owes, and to get him a nice suit for Conference. It is your business to know these things. Find out if the preacher's wife and the children have enough warm, comfortable clothing for the winter. Do not let them surfer while you have plenty and to spare. Look into this mat ter right away, and do not let your preacher leave for Conference with a heavy heart, and leave his wife with a great burden of care simply because they are pressed for what you can and ought to give them. But here are some sensible words clipped from au exchange. Head them carefully and prayerfully. Take them as personal to you, if they ap ly to your charge or your pastor : The reason I venture a few words on the subject of ministers' salaries, is that the people do not have much opportunity to study it from the minister's point of view, and are. therefore, ignorant of some impor tant facts which they ought to know. It is true, however, that the minis try is somewhat to blame for this. For instance, in a public meeting of presbytery I have heard a minister ask a brother minister, applying for aid from the Board of Home Miss ions, "On how little can you live V1 That question, according to my own way of thinkiug, is simply outrage ous. The proper question to ask would be, "How much do you abso lutely need in order to do effective work ?" To give any minister less than that, is to waste money. I can make myself best understood In stating a few facts. That they con cern other persons besides myself, is the reason why I do not subscribe my name. My church pays me $800 a year, but I must rent my own house.That is not sufficient to enable me to do effective work, and I can prove it by a very simple "sum" in addition: House rent, $1.50; girl's wages,$130; girl's board, fuel and light included, $100; $1.50 a day, for a family of three, for food, clothing, fuel (three stoves; kitchen, sitting-room and study), light, and all little extras, certainly is not extravagant. That is $517 more. Total, $927. Well, A D VO GATE, N OV. J 2, 1 884. thA honks do not balance. How is the problem to be solved f This is the way we solve it: We. don't keep a giri; that saves at least $200 a year, but 1 help my wife do the washing. That spoils Monday, which otherwise might be made very useful in pastoral visiting. I can not afford co hire a man to cut my wood, so I saw and split it my self. That spoils, in winter, at least nine working hours per week, equal to one day. Two days of the week gone. Then there are enough little chores, that are too hard for the wife to do, to break the remaining four days into fragments. When one thinks of these things, it spoils his appetite for work for the time that he does have at his command, for a man must be unusually stupid who does uot see that such a state of things not only cuts off every chance for advancement, but must eveutually shrivel his heart, rob him of courage and energy, and so grind him, that in a few years neith er spirit nor hope will be left. And yet lie must endure this or he must run into debt, which would kill him outright as a minister. So much for the minister himself. What of the church 1 Of course it suffers all the time, and sutlers severely. The minister knows it, and it grieves his heart; but what can he do ? He can choose between three things : Kill his wife, kill his church, or run into debt. The instinct of self preservation saves him from debt. Love and it seems to me one needs to be a home missionary awhile in order to lave his wife thoroughly;love for his wife saves her, and so the church suffers. The people demand that the pastor shall visit them in their homes. A just demand, but his meager salary compels him, when he ought to be doing this, to lift washtubs, turn the clothes wringer, or to saw wood. The peo ple demand two sermons every Sun day, good and fresh, but the preach er's salary is so small that he can not possibly get the periodicals and books he needs in order to keep "abreast with the time." In not a few instances the salary is not large enough to save the preacher from retrogression. His sermons are not so thoughtful and brilliant as they were a year or two ago, the congre gation is not so large, the interest not so hearty, and the minister gets all the blame, when the fact is that $200 added to his salary would have proved a most powerful pre ventive of these evils. The Presbyterians are still agi tated about Prof. Woodrow's views and teaching on the subject of Evo iution. Several other synods and presbyteries have discussed the matter at length, and seem to be greatly divided in opinion as to what course is best to pursue. Of course we have no other interest in this matter save our interest in Christianity generally and what is prompted by our love for the Pres byterians in particular. It seems to us that the matter ought to be settled either by silencing Prof. Woodrow on this subject, or by eompelling him to vacate his chair. If Prof. Woodrow had a proper sense of honor he would not remain in a chair in a Presbyterian Theo logical Seminary, or m a Presbyte rian pulpit, and teach doctrines not in accord with the teachings of that Church and of the Word of God. If he hasn't sense of honor enough to quit teaching Evolution, or get out of his chair and out of the Pies byteriau pulpit voluntarily, then they ought to compel him to get out. Dr. Thomas, of Chicago, tried the Methodist Church on this line, and was soon put out of it. It is time that Heber Newton, of the Episcopal Church; Newman, of the Methodist Church; Beecher, of the Congregational Church; and Wood row, of the Presbyterian Church, were taught better manners, if they cannot be taught better doctrine. Vanderbilt University had a case of this kind and dismissed the erratic professor. No man, of a proper sense of honor, will re main in the pulpit or theolog ical chair of a church and at the same time try to subvert the scrip tural teachings of that church. The ex-Empress Eugenie has recently so far laid aside her Iio manism, her nationality and her ex clusivism as to invite the Wesleyan Suuday-school at Aldershot to hold its annual picnic on her grounds. She also contributed fifty dollars towards the expenses. As Method ism grows more powerful it is more popular with worldly people. , "Calamity, water" is what a "whisky drummer" said kie was sell ing, and the Xew Orleans Advocate thinks the name very appropriate and suggestive. An Hour With Other Editors. The Nashville Advocate has a circulation f 25,000. j We rejoice in its well merited prosperity. A monthly magazine is soon to be issued in New York: devoted ex clusively to the care of infants and children, and to the general inter ests of the nursery. It is to be call ed Babyhood. The Old Path Guide, a Camp bellite paper of Kentucky, has fail ed with liabilities of about sixteen thousand dollars. It is not as easy as some people think to run a paper successfully. The forthcoming number of Christian Thought, Rev. Dr. Deems, Editor, will contain important pa pers by Prof. Davis, of he Univer sity of Va., and Prof. Beecher, of Auburn Theological Seminary. It will reproduce the famous lecture bv the late Professor Faraday on "Education," and give the proceed ings of the American Institute of Christian Philosophy. The Holston Methodist Publish ing Co. has re-organized with J. W. Paulett as President. Kev. R. N. Price was elected editor, with Thos. A. Lewis as local editor and mana ger. The paper has a circulation of nearly two thousand, not near what it ought to be. In July 1885 Bro. Price is to take entire, charge of the paper and move it j to Morris town. Snccess to it. ! The Wesleyan Advocate point edly says: "The German, the round dance, the moonlight rides, with blind and deaf women fori matrons, might not be dangerous to sure enough angels, but to human boys and girls well, we once saw a wo man enter the cage of ajlion; our very bones ached with fear for her, but she came out unharmed. She did the same thing at the next place of exhibition; but the morning pa per, about a week later,; brought the news that the lion had torn her to pieces." The Central Methodist says: " A case, the like of which-fewj have ev er heard, we suppose, transpired re cently. At the session of the Wes tern Virginia Conference, at Green up, the name of a brother ;was pre sented for re-adm;ssion, arid his ap plication was unanimously reject ed. To make his election sure he also applied to the West 'Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, which met just one week earlier, and was admitted! Neith er Conference knew of thejactionot the other, or had imy certain infor mation of his purpose in tliat direc tion. Suppose both had received him, what then V ' The X York Advocate com ments thus on a prevalent , fashion among ladies: "Fashion has scarce ly ever decreed a more unfit thing than when she directed that the skins of birds should be worn as part of the trimming of ladies' hats. God has uot provided any other agency" competent to project us from that multiplication, of ; insects which is one of the most serious perils which the gardener, the fruit raiser, and the farmer have to take into account. Only old birds have plumage that will serve this abom inable purpose, and their destruc tion by the hundred thousand in this vicinity means the death by starvation of perhaps a greater number of their tender young. Will not our ladies rebel against this cruel mandate of fashion, and so protect our feathered friends V The Christhm at Work cites the following striking illustration: "Often God chooses the humlest in struments. All history teaches the same truth. Moses was the son of a poor Levite; Gideon was a thresh er; David was a shepherd boy; Amos was a herdsman; the Apostles were ignorant and unlearned; Zwingli was a sphepherd; Melancthon, the great theologian of the Reforma tion, was an armorer; Luther was the child of a poor miner; Fuller was a farm servant; Carey, the origina tor of the plan of translating the Bible into the language of the mil lions of Hindoostan, was a shoemak er; Morrison, who translated the Bible into the Chinese language, was a lastmaker; Dr. Milne was a herdboy; Adam Clarke was the son of an Irish cotter; John Foster was a weaver; Jay, of Bath,was a herdsman." Comments on Currently Vicksburf. ATioc $2,001.25 as a centPnn.. Jli r ri ' "CIS . i j r - and Carrolton, Miss., $124! additional offirin. m, nan gave this last amount. h1 The New Orleanx A(1 says that Bishop Parker pi lt an able sermon in CaronalT'? Church in that city on Sabb-it , ? fore last. lltlih The Herald and ire i mourns that there is a ro?' laxity in some Presbyteriao gations in the study of the Sh0f i 1 ti. 11 ti . . 1 uh is uetter tuau involution. There are ninety-three nv,o iu 111 WHICH Ho whjj. saloons are found. Georgia is of the most prosperous oHhe South ern States, materially and spirit,,!' ly. The two statements go Wej t; gether. " The Virginia Conference m. u Lynchburg to-day, November 1, Bishop Keener is to preside. y regret mac we cannot do ouiselv(! the pleasure of meeting with tint grand old Conference again this year. A minister up Korth m. stricken with paralysis while attend, ing a theatre. He had 110 businesi being there. The Rev. Dr. Charles Hall one said: "I will never enter a place of entertainment or amuse. ment in which I ought to be asharr. ed to die." A "Winter Chatauqua" for Florida is the talk now. It was jr. augurated last summer nn u grounds of the Chatawpia Assein. bly; New York. The meetings be. ginFeb.l0th,and last a month; they will be held at a point inidwaj be tween Jacksonville and Xew 0:. leans. The New Orleans Exposi. tiouan l the "Winter Cbatauqua,'' in one trip, will be splendid. The French war in China is giving the foreign missionaries troc ble. The French Catholic priests are the sufferers so far, except that at Kite Young a mob destroyed not only the liomau Catholic places of worship, but also tliose belonging to the English, Presbyterian and other missions. The Vee,ui 1 Chapel at Chun Tsuug, a Luye (la ding mart, a few hours' journey from Canton, was destroyed by a mob on September 14th. Two New York ladies w ho died recently made- large bequests to the Society for the Prevention of Cruel ty to Animals Miss Atbla Asmii? leaving to it 825,000, and Miss Wei ton 8200,000. The annual income of the Society is now 21,000, and its expenses about $1S,0M. Mr. Henry Bergh is its President-its heart as well as its head its inspi ration and guide. The Society lias accomplished a great deal, audits future is bright with promise. A Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church said tI1.1t lie would not appoint a 111:111 t.j the presiding eldership who was over fifty years of age, whercupan Alfred Wheeler enters a solemn la test in the Northern Christian Ad vocate. There are a great mWJ men over and a great 111 uiy under fifty years that would good presiding elders, and vke sa. We are surprised tint an Bishop should take such an absuid position. We have received and vrd with a great deal of interest and pleasure a copy of Maj. IJoht. liu'e ham's address on "The Xew South.' This address was delivered in ington, D. C, Feb. 1884, before the Superintendent's department of ti e National Educational Association and repeated before the Xationa' Educational Association at Madi son, Wisconsin, in July 1SS1. tKJ a strong paper in favor of Xatioiw aid to education and has given tie author quite a reputation It will be seen from 011 r South ern Methodist items that lluv. W J. W. Wightman, a brother of IlJ' op Wightman, has left the Mo ists and gone to the Presbyterian He gave as his reason for so dom 4-u,4- v. .v;o-iif sppnro a more 1)C' m able anent pastorate than wasa- with us. We mignt im- eil mm a very eima....w , it in China, or Mexico or tin permanency was what he uaiu The papers ail speak highly 01 1 and he left us in the highest . ..,,.iaTit n;isi'""--
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