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ESI ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. flBUSHED IN 1855. RALEIGH, N. C, SEPTEMBER 20, 1599. RALEIGH CHRIST1A1 Organ of the North Caroli ,m-D WKKKIA AT s New Series. Vol. 1, No. 31. iDYOCATE.lward tiie iference. EIGH, n. c. spiritual domain, it arrives at the threshhold of the temple of the soul to turn its back with foolish excuses criminals in the State are minors. It is ; that the man that has the line is very j pected that women would be in oreat es- well known that to place boys and girls.! frequent in history, and often quite a amonsr older and more hardened crimi-' necessary factor in the conduct of aftairs. teem, or that the object of such worship would offer much scc?pe for the! affec- 1-elass matter in st-office at Raleigh. Kr.v. RF.V. V. upon the open door. Professor Smith, and ! nals is to destroy the moral future of ! Tak the man that has the line of logic. ! tionate nature. Just as the hard mili all other observing ones, must know, it these boys and girls, and to prepare them i Al &J&? Jt h" p.niTnp !. ' " & year ados ; to become greater scourges to society. ; clear and accurate thnncrVir. Hp mnv nnt ! Vi . i..---. - - - . '-I. . r . & 7 : "."tn-viLiii iiiaiviii uvi w aiii M. WATSOX, 1Lox.iess Manager.! . t"""- cAisicuee or me j iiie state must crown lier penal and ; ntmseit be able to write a text book onjand its kindred indignities not only pos X. IVEY, D. P. spiritual man, and that as the Son of charitable work with a Reform School. ! loSic bnt he knows enough practically to TEMRS OF SUBSCRIPTION. j Righteousness climbs higher on the I It has been a oreat blesino- to other think loically and to detect fallacies ;0sare lifted gradually from the land- North Carolina. . ! mfm h.r nf cfv trjii,, Without ! The care that is being bestowed upon i to genuine nrogress. inasmuch as he ex- j - - 1 ' X ' A t3 - ! the soul the Present is meaningless and! the county homes and iailsis a matter of : poses shams and thus clears the way for 'f1 and the gleaming Future noth- encouragement. There is one fact, how-! Jhe more raPid Progress of the abiding Coal!r' & j U1S but a taunting mirage. May we all j ever, which is a reproach to many of our i 1. it shows the date up to xvhich be divinely helped to read the value of i Christian workers, and that is, that there I , 1 T mstonan aif " aman Wlth a S:;h.heetip,a. ouls in the words of that awful j is a large number of county homes andiwlret .,.:,,.v:ers of the gosjiel and wives of deceased scaPes 01 the immortal SOlll. - -,1-.-.ri -I.OO. tew a'. In for olv . . . . I on est ion t "Fnr wlmf cl-ioll it T-rnfit mon i Jiilr t.1- -. i:v.;r. ! . : 1 1 t 1 . 1 , iress is ordered changed, both old and ; , jitic uu lciiuus ivira ic cci : iiuich, collecting ana aiStriDUting Historic niibt be given. if he gain the whole world and lose his held. In the maioritv of cases in which ; data in their appropriate locations, fur- liii.: money, be sure to state whether it is ! OW11 SOlll." r :iew subscription.. letters and make all checks and monev W to the RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. ! religious services are held, thev are only ! nisning the proper perspective for a cor occasional. In the light of all this, the LET THE DISTINCTION REMAIN. rect view of the whole, as related to the rising Temple of faith, and, in the man- sible, but natural; so, though in a less degree, the Pharisaism of Zelotisin of later pre-Christian Judaism were crushing the women of Palestine. Our Lord always takes an attitude of respect towards women, and assumes their fitness for the highest services of the kingdom of God. So far as we can speak of him as learning, we surely may say that he learned this from his wonder ful mother, the historian and poet of the opening chapters of the third Gospel. Mary of Nazareth was a notable woman in every sense. She had lived in the fellowship of prophets and psalmists, un til she had caught their tone of Hebraic devoutness, and acquired their form of EDITORIAL j A question was recently asked in a ; Northern paper: "What is the difference P T-1 1 . 1 ... a - T -IT-r- : wsu 01 jonn s aiscipies 10 jesus ana ms :ner of the ano-ePs aiiestion to Ezekiel : utterance, hevrwl nil ntW of W tW reply to their message would make very ''Son of man, hast thou seen this?" call-j In the Magnificat, she appears as one of ; interesting reading. We would suggest i ing the wandering attention of men to a j the last psalmists of Israel. that 110 minister of the gospel can per-: careful consideration of the moral aspects n 1 1 : t i. h.fi o vrti a form his duty, fulfill his mission, and : V 1 , ulu x" a V- MATERIALISM AND IMMORTALITY. I 1 j. ! r 1 m p . 1 t . s11 i r . . , . iar uennuion or me omce 01 tne nisto- tlemau?" The editor answered that ailllll' exalt Lilnst' untli he llas seen that'rian, he appears as a statistician. The Southern gentleman had always been ! tlle Prisoners and ether unfortunate ones i man that has the line is naturally a man Goldwin Smith, in his legitimate ! more noted than his Northern cousin are ininistered unto. The gospel has a ; of notations. He speaks in formuke and a success, and deserves the repu-; for courtesy and deference tovvard ladiesJ verr close and vital relation to azas ai!f J" figures The sign of lire to l-" ' 1 !ATA1 ... 'indthptbiVf mm is a cosine. et he is a useful man, Ulio:: vhich he has achieved. Yet it j 1 he writer was once riding 111 a crowded ; ai "U1C UUCI' . I though his temptation is to tabulate t0 'i that, in his attempt to settle ! Broadway car and overheard the remark! lllere are manT interesting ana en-; things that do not beiong to hil!1 So. V v 1 ne article in the New York Sim I that one could always tell if there were ! courag1Kg facts m the report. We have j ciety needs statistics, dry as they are, for rhlpm of immortnlitv. vrhiHi ! a Southern man in a car by a readiness ! not the time nor sPace to advert to them : either as signs of growth or beacons of UJ- J,"1- J ' j - 1:5 been considered by various corre- j to give a seat to a lady. This is as it -Yonts of this able journal for the last ' should be, and every true Southern man 1 flpmnn. IS PrOlld that. S1irh 15s the P,1!!P. 1 copy CA ; , iiv w ix . - - - - all. We would advise our preachers and j warning, their testimony is necessary in other Christian workers to procure a ! order to the formation of any proper judg- It will turuish them -with much i . L. . )ii of the fact that great men can do ! It is then with a great deal of regret needed data. The Board has done its i The man that has the line is also the i man who believes in orthordoxy, which j ovmnastics- At least it seems thusto our ; gradually becoming less prominent i -.1 ,i .1 -i 1 . . j y,:i.e verv foolish things in intellectual I that we notice that this distinction is ; worK eil aiu ereb uie appreciauon , S practically to be ; defined as right think- ior an our citizens. i mg as to nglit tilings. We all believe ; in seligious liberty. But the other ex- treme of indifferentism as to the question i of false or true teaching is equally inde- Several weeks ago we had occasion to ! fensible. We are not to fling out with it -.tutored mind. i Within the last week we heard a minister j Professor Smith believes in immortal-: say that if he were traveling for a distant j v. lie savs that it is demanded bv the point he would not feel himself called1 OUR CHURCH LITERATURE. responsibility based upon belief in con-; upon to offer his seat to a lady who pos-;writea silort editorial, under the above I conscieiiceles Pilate, What is truth ?" j whichfe orlorified stretlytll nd measur?d There were limits to her understand ing of her Son ; but the home she made at Nazareth, and perhaps afterward in Capernaum, was surely the finest atmos phere earth could have furnished for the divine boy to grow up to manhood amid congenial surroundings. We cannot draw the line between the divinely known and the humanly acquired in his equipment for his work ; but surely we may say of ) any son of such a woman. f "Happy he With such a mother! Faith iu womau dnd Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him." From the very beginnings of our Lord's ministry this faith in woman is shown. His beatitudes are a series of recognitions of the virtues which especially character- bevond the present life; by theisibly was going only to the next station. ; caption crivinfr our vieW&nciselv as to 1 , 10 eavelne. question to ecno ana re-;the forces that o-eneral distribution : rt i K ttt hi terms ot military e geutiu- uisiiiuiuiou j hfe's Pjetonum. We are called upon to J cultivation of character, "since the best A man who is looking for an excuse can j tile neeci Gf a more of character formed by life-long effort easily find one, but we should remember, j 0f tiie church literature published at our i determine some degnite answer to that ami self-denial would, equally with that that in whatever position a man may be j Publishing House at Nashville, Tenn. momentous query. Therefore the man tinned bv life-long crime or sensuality, ! placed, it is always his duty to look after j Having given the subject more thought, i with the line of orthodox measurement come to dust" ; and bv interest in the fu-' the comfort and well being of every lady j we are not inclined to change our opin- j ln1fhl.s hfc.? as he comports him- M 1 . . , -..1 i i 4. 4. I . , . , . r . , , i sell m the dignity and brothermiess ot tare oi our race. i nis is practically ine : wnn uui nc maj m wuiac. 10!1S expressen m uns ionner article, dui ; tjie qj is not to be railed at. It is Proiessors argument. We are impelled uur motners expeci u 01 us; oiu wives to think that he would not be a success-' require it of us, and our manhood de- ful apostle of immortality "in the midst j mands it of us ci a crooked and rjerverse nation.'' Yet i We all rejoice in the prosperi yeni the universe in empire, he proclaims the superior worth of mercy, purity, peace, and sympathy, and discloses the world-snbduing efficacy of meekness. Pie presented thus a new ideal of human character, in which womanliness comes to its rights; and, in justification of it, he disclosed God as no less gracious, ten- f ir.1inc;7fl inorp. fti11v nn-r nnn riVfinnc ii.fi.- i. t f t u UISCIOSCU OUU as HO less graClOUS, iei to emphasize more tuny our convictions. not safe to leer at him, for lie may be, as , r i i f i i i ? i t . . , , . TT '. T . . 1.J . . ' . . 3 ' ider, and helpful than his daughters Although our Publishing House at A ash- in Kzekiels vision, an angel; he maybe! ' , L . c , . m? & & . - ' &. ' . lamonortne elect of humanity. The in- i ville is accessible through the mails, and 1 measuring tor a larger ana rairer lem-, finiteRabb: the aii.knowinff Lawciver, tv of nnr! c ..,,1.. v.i ff n A.,MQy pie, ior wnose oroaaer ana Heavier wans,!., t , ,,r r t i t or oar ; our Sunday schools can, alter a consider- 1 ' a. .. ' i the ail-powerful Warrior of lewish u t .1 j , , , . . , . . . not the flimsy scanoldmgs of a mere hu- i . t , , 1 , . .u i It ot the ; aKie iaDse of time o-et the Sunday school ' i i i. Ai r r i thought, gives place to the Father in !dUiC iipsc ui uiiic, &ti tiiv. vjunurt aiiwi cnppnlfltinn hnl" nnlv t firm fniin- . fc ' & 1 tne evu we are lad that he believes in it. Southland, but if this is "a resu Tf i,A,r0,.0r tt-. n f Prr,f Cr,r cjtm'rlT ! nnsh and enerp-v of a busv aee, let us I litpraturp tbat innv be ordered, still there ! c o.:..i -ua , ...:n a neaven, sliowenng ins gilts upon ' . . . ! - .-. . -11 r. ji a. . .,.,,.,,..1 J' and the ?ood. watchinir the fiip;ht of his es not believe m the immortality ot the! nope tnat tne laeai may ue lar uisiaiu. - are many books puDiisnea tnat Methodists i This, however, needs to be added, Unarr rln u; i;nip feerUncr liic oul. Note as he knocks the prop from Something is indeed wrong with our po- j WOuld like to buy and read, if they could j that the man that has the line cannot, in j ravens but above all carina for his hu mderthe ancient structure: "It is not on ; litical economy if, in order to keep j obtain them. The Publishing House can- j order to be of any great use to mankind, j man children with an unselfish affection i aoe ,.,.. . e r i -i i. .:4.i, 4-1-..-. i nr itto VI iter" a: ' be simolv a man of loic. statistics. OiU rOUllU that tiie dOCtrilie Or a 1U- ! aUICUbl Willi LUC UlllC?, nciuuauaiiuuiiiijot ailUm ID liCUU UUt WLdlUgUCS IU UJUl- i 11 p Ulal siup snuii ai nuiuiu .uy kiKj. i ....... n t . i . . ..... . iiormmre. nut must aiso oe a man 01 SDir-:i,:. r. i.: 1 T:,- H,-. icnii ennvr-rS trariuinns nt the nasi. LPtivirlinlc w in tnirrhf wish tr hfi- n hnnl- ; ' . ... . . . . . i lillil. lulcucu ue biLaincu. x.iiiup mu-; .. . -,-0 " & j "J itual sensibility and broad outlook upon ler, who has said in the most effective us all hope that there may be no occa-1 and the individual cannot afford the ex- j the thingS 0f Qod and men. He must wav all that there wns to be said from his i sion for regrets in this line. The best ; pense of postage on these works. The j not be simply analytical, but must also 1. 1 point of vW nrcrnec that the soul or. as ' motto we can give our young men and ! best plan which presents itself to the : be sympathetic, constructive, inspiring , .& i . . . ! . " . . i i- -i. ji i.i.ji ,r i itti-ilj, ; it the "conscious beiuo-,, isindi- boys is the one given thousands ot years writer of this article, is tor the Publish- :in V d nieinoub 01 vxuik. vvc ;in h ' " 0 ' ! .... -. 1 f.i . 1 , ! need the man of cousmes. or the account- i rdiscernHhle and therefore pre-! ago : "lie strong, quit yourselves hkc ; incr House to estaonsii a orancn store m . ' . . . ;savi( , .wUiscerp.iDie, ana uieiciuic, pic ; &, x j & ...... i ant who can eive us a result to within a ' , visible strmabl the maflected by the dissolution of j men." body. But we have now learned to believe that there is nothing in us which !s not the outcome of our general frame, 2,-k1( presumably, liable with our general frame to dissolution at death." We cannot reconcile the foregoing statement with Prof. Smith's doctrine, that there is a future for man beyond this 1 We, and with the admission that there is a "voice within us which tells us that in the sum of things it will be well with v"tue, and that the effort and self-denial upended in the promotion of a good and beautiful character will not have been upended in vain." According to the Pro fesor, there will be the death of the man, an4 then at some future time the re-crea-Uon cf the man. This must be through UlS volition and energy of some infinite ntual force, which, no matter what the P- f i0k'ssor chooses to call it, we choose call Gxl. We cannot understand why ae learned Professor, who admits the ex lbtuice of a spiritual creator, cannot ad jut the existence of a spiritual created lnS, in other words, the soul. . ttis position only proves to what fool sh lengths materialism goes in striving J preserve its ancient landmarks. Forced eP by step during the centuries, to- THE BOARD OF PUBLIC CHARITIES. Through the courtesy of Capt. C. B. Denson, Secretary, we have come into the possession of a copy of the Biennial Report of the Board of Public Charities of North Carolina, iSo-'o. It is a valuable and interesting document, and deserves a wider and more appreciative readino- than it now enjoys. It shows j without delay. what the great State of North Carolina is doing for her criminal and helpless ones. If the work done for these classes be a test of Christian civilization, then North Carolina in a modest way may claim a large share. The penal and charitable institutions are adapted in character, with one exception, to fcthe va rious demands of humanity. The equip ments may not be so large and elaborate as in other States, yet they are reason ably adequate, and there seems to be but little trouble in securing appropriations when needed. We are glad that the Board of Public Charities speaks in no uncertain words of the pressing need of a State Reform School. Some significant statistics are criven, showing what a large number of ill M A i- 1 A 1 ; ;tne largest, most cemrau iowicucu 111 j tenth of one per cent., but we need aiso each Conference, and keep a complete ! the man with the poet's soul, whose as ! stock of literature on hand at all times, j piration springs out along the leaping 'suitable for Sundav schools, and such curves of a quickened imagination, the iPtfll literature ns the Methodists in ! "ypoDOias 01 me spiritual me. a ue man ...w. each Conference might desire. Our Lord's life fits his doctrine in this respect as in every other. Nothing in it is more beautiful than his dealings with women. The worst of them found im a refuge from men's scorn and a iour from their living death of sin. The best of them rejoiced in his sym pathy with their sorrows, his guardian ship of their purity, his honor for their excellence of character, and his accept ance of them as members of the kingdom on eaual terms with men. It has often , . i.1 1" " 1 tl I uui n.j mg viki These lT u T a X V ' een remarked that he never found an whose heart God hath touched, so that 1 r i..- KonMi tir.iic-c liavino- been established ! 1 -i 4.1 vj , enemv among tne women 01 jus time, brancii nouses naing Deen estaDiisneu, , while measuring- exactly, as did the an- i , u . & " . . . ::A , 4l , ; ana tnat no woman s voice was ever 11 1 -i.i. 1 ,ir tliey couici advertise witnm tne oounus 01 ; gei in tne vision, tne cudi s or an eartniy m -n r roach of him. The sup. the Conference in which the house is linear extension, he is able to speak in-1 d m o of their substance thev situated, and then all who may wish a ! telligibiy and interpretatively of myste-i ered round his cross they hastened j .1.- 1. i J H i.1 1 1 ,1 X11 WUliU iiw v-iv.; , , 11 11 i. 1 . i. a ries wiiicn transcenu an uie aigcuias anu ; - ,. i.,u fi-,r ixom fircf book or books could get what is wanted . . , . , .n fi,.t to his tomb, and they were tne tirst uuu o ; ocfrntinmicc onri fr onnr nor 11c tr that i ... . ;tAW17 7.1 T 7 7V T- i preachers of his resurrection. a norm all historic tendencies are to be The Man that Has the Line. j measured, and toward which, as a centre, . Icl-iall tlip o-ntrierino- nf the believincr na- jimii wv w - O ' - - In the inspired record of the remark-; tions be. Of such spiritual measurings le vision of Ezekiel, in which the we cannot have too many. New York able prophet was shown the rill of water that j Observer. trickled from under the threshold of the j temple, and thereafter expanded itself j Into a broad, spreading river of salvation, I mention is made of an angel interpreter, j who is described as the man that had the j line. Through the mazes of his mysti cal dreaming, there walked by the proph et's side this mysterious instructor, a kind of spiritual surveyor, who measured the distances traveled from the Temple of God and the depth of the increasing watars, while giving to the whole its proper spiritual interpretation. Iu this case the man with the line was an angel, or a superior being. General izing the phrase, however, we may say Women Who Grind at the Mill. Sunday School Times. Our Lord beheld with especial sympa thy the hard lot of the women of his time. That it was . a hard lot was especi ally due to the ideas of legalism in con nection with God's dealings with his children which then constituted orthor doxy. -When men thought of God chiefly as a great exactor, an infinite for bidder, whose pity they were to move by "binding the burden of the law upon their shoulders," it was not to be ex- One feature of his dealings with them is especially noteworthy. As compared with man, woman is naturally more spon taneous and unconventional, and yet very easily ensnared by convention and rou tine. She attaches an undue weight to man's censures, and accepts his light no tions of what is fitting and proper as though it were a social. In our Lord's time, these laws of social convention were arranged to "keep woman in her place," and to subject her actions to mas culine judgment. She must not intrude upon male society when grave matters were in hand. She must ask men's judg ments before doing anything the least out of the common. In a word, she was treated like a grown-up child, and bidden to keep out of the way of those who had the grave business of life to attend to, and required to act upon their judgments in all things.
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