ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
Established in 1555.
RALEIGH, N. C, MAY 10, 1899.
New Series. Vol. 1, No. 12.
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EDITORIAL
THE BROKEN WORD.
Talk of happiness; the world is sad enough
Without your woes. No path is wholly rough ;
Look for the places that are smooth and clear,
And speak of those to rest the weary ear
Of earth, so hurt by one continuous strain
'Of human discontent and grief and pain.
(JTalk of faith; the world is better off without
Your morbid ignorance and uttered doubt.
- If you have any faith in God or man or self,
: Say so, if not, push back upon the shelf
Of silence all your thoughts till faith shall
come:
No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.
' Talk health; the dreary, never-ending tale
Of mortal maladies is worn and stale.
You cannot charm or interest or please
By harping on that minor chord, disease.
Say you are well, or all is well with you.
-And God shall hear your words and make
them true.
ElU Wheeler WHco.
When reason speaks, prejudice always
closes its ears.
; WTE need men who, in accepting re
J sponsibility, shrink from it.
Last year the women of America gave
- $3,446,400 to the cause of higher educa
tion. For a number of years Gov. Hoge
? Tyler was the Superintendent at a Meth-
odist Sunday school.
I "He that loseth his life shall find it."
In these words Christ tells us that the
law of all true life is not that of the sur
, vival of the fittest," but the sacrifice of
the fittest.
I Abraham went forward not knowing
where he was going. Christ went for-
ward from shadows knowing that he was
- going into deeper shadows.
Methodism started in Richmond in
. 1899 with one church of 28 members.
: In this city there are now fifteen Method-
ist churches with a membership of 6,458.
I WE are truly glad that very little has
. been said about the incident in which
Joseph Parker is reported to have used
on a recent occasion in London some
, words which are used by the lowest thugs.
- We are glad, because we do not believe
; that such words were used by Dr. Parker.
I It is another case of newspaper gossip in
I which Mr. White has become Mr. Black
I without change of color.
I "The Epworth League," you say,
I uis a hard thing to keep up. ' In the
morning it fiourisheth, and groweth up ; in
the evening it is cut down and wither
eth.' Its sustention saps the enerfrv of
s the nervous pastor who has a hard time
I between the watering-pot and grubbing
) hoe." Well, you ought not to wonder
I and to doubt. We risk the assertion that
5 in the early days it was more difficult to
eep up the Sunday school, and that
I even now it is as difficult to keep up the
1 prayer-meeting. " Be not weary in well
I doing.
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; Organ of the North Carolina Conference.
"MY PEOPLE WOULD NOT STAND IT."
Several weeks before Henry Ward
Beecher died, lie was visited by Dr. L. W.
Munhall, who, at the time, was conduct-
iug evangelistic services in Brooklyn !
Iabernacle.
Mr. Beecher, holding Dr. Munhall'sja
nana m a nnn grasp, saia : i una.ersr.ana
1 l i I It I 1 A . II
; that you are having a great work and
blessing at the Tabernacle. I wish we
could have you in Plymouth church for
a campaign. I would like to see an old
fashioned Holy Ghost revival in this
church before I go hence. But I suppose
it cannot be; my people would not stand
it." While he uttered these words, tears j
ran down his face.
" My people would not stand it." Many
times have these words been uttered in
j sadness by preachers carrying in their
hearts the awful burden of cold and al-
most lifeless churches. With these words
the curtain is drawn over the beautiful
pictures of divine grace, and the soul learns
to look at the golden candlestick among
whose branches there is no warming illu
minating Christ. " My people will not
stand it." This is the motto of the dying
: church.
Why should people object to the Holy
Ghost ? He comes to quicken dead hearts,
to kindle the dull eyes, to loosen the
dumb tongues, to cause the tears to
flow, to put music and momentum
into the spiritual currents, to break
the bonds of formality, to 'forge the
golden links of brotherly love, and to
fasten the shinning chain to the throne
of God. Then why object to the presence
of the Holy Spirit? He is on earth to
point humanity to Jesus, just as Jesus was
on earth to point humanity to the Father.
He is the conveyor of the merits of the
shed blood to human hearts. He is the
foundation of all spiritual life. Then
why object to his presence ?
God speed the day when no congrega
tion will be ashamed to welcome the Heav
enly Guest, when no shepherd of the flock
shall have occasion to say, " My sheep will
not stand it," when an "old-fashioned
Holy Ghost revival" will receive in every
church the welcome which the ark receiv
ed when after its wanderings it found a
resting place among the chosen people.
BE SURE OF THE TREASURE.
You heard the preacher preach a ser
mon from the text, " But we have this
treasure in earthen vessels." You pro
nounced it an excellent sermon. You
received much comfort from it. At the
close vour mental comment was, " I am
not so bad after all. After all we have
the treasures in earthen vessels." You
began at once to transfer open sins to the
"infirmity column." The outbreak of
temper took on a rosy hue. The sud
den falling into temptation was not such
a great moral descent after all. Really,
those iniquities were not so flagrant.
Thus you argue, and Satan has a com
placent smirk on his face. He has sub
sidized the pulpit and quoted Scripture
more successfully than in the wilderness.
Now, my narcotized hearer, you have
forgotten that you have no right to use
that text as a salve for your lacerated
moral and spiritual nature unless you
have a "treasure" in the "earthen
vessel." There cannot be much of a
treasure there when your thoughts
are evil, your feelings malevolent, your
service scant, your life marked with
those things wnicn tne good uook con
demns. When you think of earthen ves
sels, see if a sure enough treasure from
the store house of the skies is there.
Then you have forgotten the words fol
lowing the statement that we have this
treasure in earthen vessels. They are,
"that the excellency of the power may be
of God, and not of us." This means that
we are not to break these vessels and let
the treasure spill out as when we lose
our temper, use ugly words, shirk duty,
and burn incense to the world and Satan.
There is to be an excellency of divine
power in keeping the treasure intact in
weak perishable vessels.
A PROTEST FROM AN UNEXPECTED
SOURCE.
The notion is prevalent in some quar-
ters that the Protestant Episcopal Church
is a city of refuge for all expatriated and
nersecnted heretics. That this nnrinn had I
legitimate birth no intelligent person I
can doubt Yet we are not so sure that
the day has not dawned which will wit
ness the closing of the gates of the afore
mentioned city. Much has been said of
Bishop Potter's notice that on the 14th j
day of May he would ordain Rev. Dr. ;
Briggs as Presbyter at St. Peter's Church,
Westchester. Dr. Briggs, as is well
known, is the man who grew so wise in
Biblical knowledge that the Presbyterian
Church, of which he was a minister, felt
that it could dispense not only with such i
wisdom but the prophet himself. Dr.
Briggs felt that he knew where to go.
Were not the gates open?
But would you believe it? The rector
of St. Peters has protested against the
reception of the wise Doctor. He closes
his protest with these words : " For some
two hundred years this venerable parish
has stood by the Holy Scriptures, as this
Church hath received the same." I have
no right to involve its record. Lastly,
Reverend Father in God, until he has
renounced his errors, I solemnly protest
against Charles Augustus Briggs, Doctor
in Divinity, being ordained anywhere by
our Bishop to the priesthood of the Catho-
III. VH
We would be glad to look on this pro
testing rector. We would go as far to see
him as to see the President.
LIGHT ON A POINT OF HISTORY.
It has been known by a few persons
for years that, at the time of John Wilkes
Booth's death, there were found on his
body private papers proving that his mo
tive in assassinating Lincoln was of a
private nature. It is a significant fact
that the United States Government never
allowed the publication of Booth's diary.
Only those who knew the contents of
that diary knew why the diary was sup
pressessed. The reason has been made public
.A.
through the publication of some private
papers of Dr. Foote, a worthy physician
of Warrenton, who recently died. In
these papers it is learned that Booth had
a very dear friend by the name of Beall,
who was a prisoner in Fort Columbus
Booth plead for the life of his friend, and
received the promise from the President
that Beall would be respited or pardoned.
That night the unfortunate prisoner was
executed by the order of the President.
The execution took place within thirty
yards of the window of the cell in which
Dr. Foote was imprisoned. Booth went
to New York the next day, and began to
make his plans for the assassination of
Lincoln and Seward.
The above information, which is con
tained in the April number of the Wake
Forest Student, is interesting in that it
throws light on- the real animus of Booth
in the perpetration of a crime which
astounded two hemispheres.
The report of the Comptroller of Cur
rency shows that the National Banks in j
our State are in a most healthy condi
tion. This fact speaks eloquently for
the prosperity of the State. This year
there are 29 National Banks. Last year
there were 27. Loans and discounts last
year were $6,744,843, as against $7,630,
013 this year. The capital stock paid in
has growTn from $2,671,000 to $2,907,
300. The average reserve fund now held
is 27.55 per cent.
While we are sighing for life's gardens
it would well for us to remember that it
was a garden which Christ entered when
he went to his betrayal.
Do not despise the day of small things,
nor be content with small things.
Course of Events.
Much is being said about the Peace
Conference at the Hague. Representa
tives from the United States are already
on their wav to the Conference, thnno-h
it is difficult to see what this Government
has to do in a meeting in which disarma
ment is to be discussed. It must be re
membered that the United States, as
j compared with the other powers, has not
what might be called an armament. The
Conference will meet, and it will be like
"marching up the hill and down again."
The whole thing, in our opinion, will be
a fiasco, pure and simple. It seems to us
incredible that in the face of what has
been going on in the domain of the Bear,
that the Czar's manifesto should be seri
ously accepted. The partition of China
is still going on.
The Dreyfus case will not down. After
his degradation and deportation to Devil's
Island a little over four years ago, it was
thought that the matter was closed. This,
however, was a mistake. Dreyfus left
behind him a true wife, a few faithful
friends, and the irrepressible spirit of
justice. The matter was not allowed to
die. After a succession of criminations
and recriminations, exposures, protests,
and suicides, the question was submitted
for reconsideration. This was made nec
essary by the power of outraged and in
j dignant public opinion The War Court?
fortunately for justice, did not try the
case. It was taken to the Civil Court
the Court of Cassation. The trial, for
months, has dragged along. The out
come is yet to be seen. It is seen, how
ever, that the strong arm of Army influ
ence is being felt. This fact leads us to
suppose that poor Dreyfus has little
chance of vindication. Indeed, it is said
that he has lost all interest in his case, and
that it is necessary to watch him con
stantly lest he commit suicide. The
Dreyfus affair has in it sufficient dyna
mite to cause an explosion which will
change the whole international land
scape. Let us hope that the French Gov
ernment will be true to the interests of
justice, and right.
It is a little peculiar that immediately
after the newspapers had been filled with
news to the effect that ioo,oco men would
have to go to the rescue of Gen. Otis be
fore the wTar in the Philippines could be
brought to a successful termination, came
the news that the representatives of Gen
eral Luna were asking General Otis for a
cessation of hostilities until the Filipino
Congress could be assembled. The latter
piece of news was warmly welcomed.
While the majority of the people of the
United States, we believe, see that the
present trouble in the Philippines could
not have been avoided, and that every true!
interest demands that we meet the issue
wTith the most heroic appliances, yet there
is no true man who does not deprecate
the whole trouble. The Filipino am-
bassadors, wanted time, they said for their!
Congress to assemble. Onlv this Congress j
j could authorize them to surrender. The
proposition was flatly declined by General
Otis. He would be satisfied with noth
ing less than unconditional and immed
iate surrender. After several interviews,
the ambassadors said that they represen
ted Aguinaldo and not General Luna.
No outcome has yet followed the protract
ed negotiations. It is thought by those
best fitted for knowing the truth that the
insurgents supported only by the island of
Luzon, must surrender,and that Aguinaldo
is seeking the best possible terms. Others
however, say thatAguinaldo is not sin
cere, and that he is ever seeking to gain
time and strengthen his forces. There
has been very little fighting since Calum
pit was taken by the American forces.
San Tomas has been stormed and taken.
High praise is being given to Colonel
Funstan and his Kansans in charging the
enemy across the Rio Grande in the face
of a galling fire. This charge is one
which will live in history.
From Other Tripods.
CHILDREN'S TEETH ARE SET ON EDGE.
Baptist Standard.
We once knew a man who boasted of
his ability to take three straight drinks
of liquor a day never any more, never
any less. The old man is living yet, but
two of his sons died drunkards, and the
third one is keeping a barroom. He
sowed his "moderate drinking" and has
reaped the ruin of his sons.
Spiritual Death Kale.
Midland Methodist.
The death rate from spiritual famine is
appalling. The minimum will be reach-
ed when writers and publishers professing
faith in Christ shall be found walking in
his steps and challenging mercenary fears
with the question : " What would Jesus
do?"
Chronic Grumblers Incurable.
Richmond Christian Advocate.
Ill starting out to work for Christ, it is
well to have a clear understanding as to
the work one is not called to do. We
are not called, for instance, to undertake
the cure of a chronic grumbler. We can
no more get him to cheer up than we
can get him to shut up. This kind
cometh not out but by a miracle, in which
human instrumentality is at a discount.
Better Law-Makers.
Arkansas Methodist.
The people of our State approve the ac
tion by which a million dollars are given
to build a new Capitol. Seventy thousand
dollars invested in Christian schools will
bring larger benefit. The State desires a
better building for the use of her law-makers.
We shall get them by strengthen
ing Christian sentiment and Christian
schools.
On Shouting Ground.
Texas Christian Advocate.
We once heard a Presbyterian thinker
say that the outward demonstration of the
Holy Ghost decreased in proportion to the
incerease of intellectuality. In the his
tory of the Wesleyan movement there has
doubtless been a great deal of mechanical
shouting. Those who sigh for primitive
days can well leave this out. There is a
field of demonstrative emotion unoccupied
by the Holy Spirit. Shouting is valid
only when the Spirit dominates the whole
realm of the soul's physical agencies.
We must be on shouting ground.
Lord of Self Master of Circumstances.
Pacific Methodist Advocate.
Lord of ourselves, we are master of our
circumstances. The davs errow long
and the nights even longer, when our
hearts's desire tarries; but the glad and
1 p-lorions tninlment dawns at last m an
t r .1.
unclouded sky. "In the sweat of the
brow" is God's ordinance, and a blessed
oue it is ! "Take my yoke upon you"
is the onl v road to rest and reward. Then
the cross is transfigured into a crown,
and the road to Mt. Calvary leads to Mt.
Olivet. A difficult road the
via aoio-
1 1
rosa but the only one that
heaven.
leads to
A Rebukeland a Concession.
Western Christian Advocate.
Palmetto leads, Galena follows. Georgia
sets the pace, and Kansas keeps it. Race
prejudice in the North has nothing to
excuse it. It is pure, sheer depravity.
The sins of border warfare exact a fearful
retribution. Kansas may not escape.
Her goodness and greatness are obscured
by one such cowardly murder as that of
Charles Williams. He was imprisoned
on mere suspicion of having murdered
his mistress. There was no evidence
against him, except that he had loved
her. But it gave a chance to play the
fiend and "kill a nigger." And brave,
manly men, fifty of them, broke into his
prison, and because he did not applaud
their declaration of purpose to lynch
him, they shot him to death! Decorate
them with the Palmetto badge: they be
long to the same low, brutal crowd.