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LlRTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
Established in 1855.
RALEIGH, N. C, NOVEMBER 15, 1899.
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
nrrsn cf the North Carolina Conference.
,,;,;! W'KKKLY AT RALEIGH, N. C.
ml-vla i"ter in the post-office at Raleigh.
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New Series. Vol. 1, No. 39.
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MimiDiing blocks only when the brother
is needlessly blind. I this sphere there
is no vocabulary in which the word
"sacrifice" is found unless it he nsprl i a
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rtS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
- St.50. i Six Months,
Cash in Advance.
the relations of the august Sultan of
Sulu to the United States. In all seri
ousness, we ask the following questions :
Has any treaty been made by the
ethereal devotional i.- . i United States with the Sultan of Sulu?
the incense nnr1 r I (2) Has there been made any arrange-
Yon m,Kf " "T" , rSmp' raent by which polygamy and slavery
ou must minister to the wnnniv, w,, Mn,f;n,L u J A
g as he is not in the mud or I in Sulu, or by which Christian mission-1 he wlU Prkably locate his capital. Law
i brother as lon
Course of Events.
The latest news from the Philippines
as received by the War Department is to
the effect that Aguinaldo has retreated
into the mountains to Boambang, where
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MOVEMENT.
All v.
7 , amoilg the thorns. Self must not suffer. ' aries nave been excluded? (3) Has any ar-! ton Yung, and Wheaton have him prac-
"5 But in the course of true develop-1 ranSement whatevei " with the Sultan ever j tically surrounded. He has no communi-
I ment, the ascension, continues The" rr" I f e" officiallr reco"ized by the Presi- cation with the coast, and being in a
deceased lifti i s f utiW f 1 Statemente thaJ are ! country which cannot yield anv supplies,
i i , , pi". aie utilized, j accepted as true by so many ever been L , W1 , ' , VK '
J ? I vwn ,JV-5 111 LUC HC111VJ3 Jl HIS
Avs of the gospel and wives of
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preachers m tne .North Carolina ! signer spnere is entered. ! officially reportec
.iiitho rizeu airents, will receive the -Here WC enter into t1i cPAt-nt,- . f i, t i i trnp nncu'prc tn 1 1i c nnocf ioMf n :ii i pursuers
- - ovv.iv.i3 KJl LUC iUIvi ! uuotn-io v. h'i-ji. iiv. j iiisuja will, ;
General Wheaton landed his
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nd find the swfrt o,r.o; ,.t,:., I we think, nut the mooted matter in a new ! troops at Linjraven last Mondav. The
It shows the date im to whirl, i , . -a.uip uiui.. u
a MIC W T T 1 , - . 1 i ' 1 1 L.
:elahel
; --I ion l:as been paid. Change in lahel
:-,Ceipt.
Here we beoin to "minmplnri
with all the saints what is the breadth and !
is ordered changed, both old and ; and length and depth and height of that!
ORTHODOXY AND NEWSPAPERS.
report is that the country is submerged,
! but that the waters are falling.
:i.-.t oe in veil
:;;o:;oy, be sure to state whether it is
w subscription.
It becomes more apparent with every
passing week that the movement to raise
$500,000 for our schools and colleges is
going to prove a great succes. In those
Conferences that have completed their
organization at a very rapid rate, we
shall be surprised indeed if the final fig
ures do not go beyond the sum indicated
by the General Conference. Some of the
Conferences, it is true, are lagging be
hind. This, however, is not because the
people are unwilling to give, but simply
because proper steps have not been taken
to secure their gifts. That all of them
will fall into line and do their full part,
we cannot doubt.
The money is sorely needed. Our ed
ucational enterprises are all suffering for
the lack of larger means, and the compe
tition which they are called upon to face
love which sent the Son of God from the! While there may be a disposition on ! AT thls wr,t"ig, affairs 111 South Africa
bosom of the Father into a world to be 1 the part of newspapers as a class to criti- i look 111 uch briShter for the British forces j is becoming sharper with each succeed
v..-.-.:-,-' tnri.-fnu riirt-c -.r.,1 i lmtrl onri 7i . ! c i than at this time last week. .TTn to last m.e year.
u.uuv .i.v m,u i.iuv.iiicu, ivt'iiiri(iii i s seen in suiuc uiiascis ui vJdbL-inm on iohoxv. x
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to the
RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
jisas wide as the world. Love threads i pleasing, that some of th
EDITORIAL
The Soul's Rest.
;i tiint nt ither the golden sky,
vid'-t lights that linger on the hill,
i;tn"s wistful blue shall satisfy,
But they shall till
wild unrest and endless longing still,
The s--il whose hope beyond them all must lie.
I iriou'e that love shall never seem
tne rivers, climbs the mountains, sails the
j seas, pierces the wildernesses, enters the
; furnaces, breathes the air of pesthouses,
soils its hands, muddies its garments,
; lacerates its limbs, and knocks at the
j door of death, in order to follow in the
footsteps of Christ in ministering to the
wants of a sin-stained and dying brother.
In this sphere we are willing to give up
all "meat" in the shape of privileges that
: our brother may not be "offended." We
are thus willing, because we live with
Him whose name is Love, and who
A:;: t:i n-uuaim m.tuu m ki ana nanus SOmided the verv denths of si i fieri nor fbof
will cling ; i &
And thought by silent thought be under- j Poor human souls might scale the shining
-rood. heights of Salvation.
t r.. -1-e that the next ho in will bring : A t i . , , , ,
Tjiat far-oit mood " hasten the time when the church
Tiuir .b.-ivos one like a lonely child to God, ; militant shall dwell in this highest
Who or.iv ees and measures everything. sphere, and, from the heavenly altitude.
v, , r'rct as it ever was to oe,
-sly that inner haunting dream
haeh iieart suall see
II:::tei in every dawn's fresh purity,
Tl.snt 'es!v shadowed in each sunset's gleam.
:h warm mouths Avill kiss and hands
The Witt chin art .
call a ransomed
hisrher."
world to "come
all its radiant beauty. The field of duty ! yet it is a fact, which is both patent and i nday 11 iookecl ver' gloomy for General
ie most stalwart de-ivvnue s Iorces ar aaysmitli. Hie ca
lamity of a few days before, in which a
large number of British prisoners had
been taken by the Boers, together with
the fact that Ladysmith was completely
surrounded, had a very depressing effect
in London. On last Friday, however, the
British made several sorties, severely de
feating the Boers and capturing a great
number of their men. The Boers were
compelled to fall back from Colenso, and
the British were greatly elated. Since
fenders of the faith of 'the "Fathers" are
found among those who occupy the secular
tripods. We are gla to see so many of
our daily papers rebuking the incoherent
mou things of so-called apostles who are
too intellectually progressive to accept
the old doctrines on which the faith of
humanity and the glory of civilization
are based, and on which have been built
the lives whose beautiful afterglow still
plays among the centuries and lights the j
Mafeking, where the Boers are said to be
! disheartened over the unexpected resist-
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way to the eternal home of the soul. The ! LUCil L11C1C lid5 ucc" d utmmc
;f;.i 4 t I news. The situation looks brighter at
on certain theological questions are a
scathing- rebuke to raanv who stand in
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pulpits. All honor to the press which ... 1
naps conceniraiing ineir iorces arouna
Kimberly. This is one of the strategic
points. The report which represented
up j
THE SULTAN OF SULU.
THE THREE SPHERES.
piritual development as viewed
i -.red from the Christian stand- The question anent the Sultan of Sulu
narked bv an ascension through and his harem is forging to the front.
stands true to evangelical truth and stand
on the watchtower when the regularly
annointed watchmen have fieri.
t , -, c i 41 , . . the Boers as firing upon a white flag is
It was ouly a tewT davs ago that the At-1 & r es
lanta Constitution contained an ev
cal editorial in reply to Mrs. Humphrey
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vvaru, w7nois teaenmg coat ine story oi tne i
dhicai splieres. Divers newspapers are full of the reported
by.wst ethical sphere ir. which the misdoings of the said Sultan and the ! Qf atl atonir
..:-ched soul moves is that in which United States
atonement is only a fiction. The Consti-
tutiony like the majority of the great i
According to these re-
dailics, believes in the necessity and fact
iT Saviour. ' It thus sends its
is perhaps not a
A. A.
parting shaft : " This
Inside of the last ten months
about $24,000,000 has been given, in one
form or another, to institutions of learn
ing in different parts of the country. Wc
cannot hope to keep up with the progress
of the age unless we improve our equip
ments and increase our endowments; but
all the conditions are now changed, and
we must take steps to meet them.
But there is also another view of the
subject that ought not to be overlooked.
Nothing better could happen to our peo
ple than that they should be called upon
at this great turning point in the world's
history to part with a portion of their
substance for some worthy cause. Some
of them are very rich, counting their
possessions by the millions; a great many
of them are in perfectly comfortable cir
cumstances. xVll of them are able to do
something. The appeal that is now ad
dressed to their consciences will, if it is
responded to in the right spirit, prove a
great blessing to them in many ways. If
the canvass does not issue in an over
whelming revival of true religion, it will
be because it is prosecuted, not for the
purpose of glorifying God, but simply for
the purpose of securing worldly advan
tage. Against this danger let us be on
our guard. Out of a deep gratitude for
all the favors that we have received from
our heavenly Father in the years that
are gone, and with a sincere desire to ren
der better service to him in the years that
are yet to' come, let us lay down what we
can upon his altar, joyously consecrating
IT cannot be doubted that the United ' our own souls and bodies at the same
nc. Selected.
: the At-1 ' -r-
,. i probably incorrect. G(
vangeh-i1 3 .
. i while a strong fighter, is
tmphrey 1 . 5 ' .
eneral Joubert,
a humane man,
and would not allow such conduct. None
of the troop ships have arrived at Cape
Town. It is thought that General Buller
can begin his march northward by No-
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f bc-.K -i-.1i- ii ito rplofinnciiin i no-tc onr oTvernnifMit has mp.de a trentv r j:i.. a,. j.ii i
l Hiv.ii wui; in hj iv.u.nuuo.jiin'1..., t" j . buojeci iui a. uuiiv newspaper 10 uwcii i . . 1 .
T. . ..1 . . 1 r . : ...,.4- c.,l4. ic i . I States is watchino- with keen and iealnns til
it is oniv a bom ioigieu, put:-; wilu uic dujjuM ouiwh ia ; upon ; but witn iinggs, pounclmg away a J j
:gtrneci; and guided by God land, the southernmost of the Philippine ! at the Bible on this side, and Mrs. Ward j e'cs its trade relatious in China' U was I
lis eternal Spirit. Its function group, has a population of something j 0ffering baptism to uubelievers on that, it
is time for some one to rise and make re
vive and to eniov, while as a bene-: more than the comoined population ot
t is only to render certain duties Raleigh and Charlotte and this treaty sarc- marks." Good for the Constitution
as an object of love and praise. ; tions slavery and polygamy, and excludes
in this sphere, religion is only I Christian Missionaries all for the ac-
LET US WIPE-OUT THE REPROACH.
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abstract and negative something fit only i knowledgment by the Sultan of thesover
for the cloister and the temple, inuring j eignty of the United States.
tbo unfif r,f Clf frlino- nnmi i It is said that the bvnod ot iortn taro-
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....j ii.:.. t bnc rfiicprl tntnkeact on in the case ! gncs. nlbuannUuay umui uu- ueiween vieai jiuian, v.nina, anu luc
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The. North Carolina Conference has no
' enviable record in the matter of Epworth
not until sometime ago that the United
States could be recognized as having an
equal chance with England, Russia, Ger
many and France. But now it is differ
ent. The "open door" is to be main
tained. The following dispatch has been
published in London : Negotiations in
London have resulted in an agreement
THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION.
UY W. ROBERTSON NIOObL.
blessing,
the ultimate croal. It goes with- i of Roberts, the polygamous Congressman ;
! ference in the Connection. So savsRe v. H.B.
Living that in this
h action ' Anderson, the Secretary of the Conference
1 nnp i nf TTtah on the p-rouiid that such a
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1 . .. . ' rr.itii'iiftaA ah h munrr h I rnmic I hp
iik cf religion is seen, and its full mean-; and silence on the Sulu question cio not L,
a . , , I 11 I Mexican Mission Conference is ahead of
is h-t faint v compreliencied. . moiany qtiauiatt. 1
t 1 .1 nc Vith nn v c nnr members ir has
t:.i.,.. 1 . ..f, ti,Qi-e i A Xnrth raro ina c all v paper ciieers tne i " -! o
. .. . . ....-j a 4. coo,w time ipiiversimore leagues than ours with 65,000
1 smr tual evolution under grace, auouier ; aynou umiaL uiv wmv, v.v.
and higher sphere is
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entered.
The full I itself:
a
We have no sympathy with
members. Knowing our preachers and
laymen as we do, we feel safe in asserting
that while we recognize the situation we
meauin-of relioion is apprehended. It j polygamy anywhere, and betore it re-
1 in Sulu. the tin-:
monies luii-oroed to tne view. 11 is nuL j - 7" ' I do not accept it in the sense of folding
rdv1Wnt;,0Kfn.;h,P Tt is not onlv! seating of Roberts seemed to be tne proper 1 , . .
abstrccTbut concrete. It demands not course. How can we now unseat a man
onlv nimre heart bnt an outward expres-; with two wives, Ve tliougnt ne nau
sion of that purity. It involves not only
Ood as a Father but man as a brother.
It encircles a self which expanding
more, when our flag gives protection and
approval to a Sultan who has a harem."
The discussion has fire in it, and we
the
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tr.lirh nil cnnlc Tt TfrOCrniZeS ' dO nOt WISH LU diwui v, x.v.
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r.t i.. .1 c f,'r, a nin.; blaze, but a great big sad eyed wonder
kss spiritual escutcheon but of visiting
the "widows and fatherless in their afflic
tion." In this sphere we see for the first
time the thing which St. Paul calls the
neatest thinr in the world love. But
the exercise of the love has its limitation6.
Jt nu-.,t do no violence to self. It goes
as far as it can without causing an
abridgment of the privileges of self in
Wt without causing self to suffer. It
cannot understand the meaning of Paul
when ho said " Wherefore if meat make
niY brother to offend, I will eat no flesh
hile the world standeth. It lives, but it
Uust eat its "meat." In this sphere are
fund those who say that they are not re
sponsible for the narrow views of a
brother. They cannot give up innocent
Pleasures because these pleasures are
fills our mind and Heart wnen we uuuk
of the inconsistencies of which the Chris-
! tian church inNorth Carolina was guilty of
all the years when it condemned polyg
amy and other evils when our govern
ment was sanctioning polygamy in Utah.
Thpn too. we are bothered with these
trivial questions: How can we refuse to
do one duty because we neglect another?
Is there not a slight difference, to use the
words of another, between "asserting
Christian authority over a polygamous
country and establishing polygamous au
thority over a Christian country?"
In the lirht of the fact that just now
there is much "wild talk" on the Eastern
question, we must be excused, until fur
nished with proof, from swallowing some
of the published statements concerning
our arms and giving up the struggl
The difficulty is not in the conditions
characterizing our Conference. The
Western North Carolina Conference with
practically the -same conditions as ours is
doing good work ' with its Epworth
Leagues. The Conferences are well
attended and enthusiastic. The report at
Concord, we have no doubt, will be highly
gratifying.
Prominence should be given at our
approaching Conference at Washington
to the Epworth League question. A de
termined effort should be made to bring
this institution of the church before our
preachers and laymen in such a light that
there will be next year a great advance in
our Epworth League interest. The under
current of prejudice or skepticism must
be dried up, and the demands of duty
must be recognized. It has been clearly
demonstrated that there is hardly a work
in the Conference which cannot support
an Epworth League. Let us pray and
work to the end that our reproach may be
wiped out.
United States to maintain their " open
door " in China, which power will under
take to develop both British and Ameri
can trade. It is understood that Germany
and probably Russia will give the United
States written assurances as to the main
tenance of the "open door."
Last Tuesday's elections brought satis
faction to all political parties. The re
sults mav may thus be summed up:
Massachusetts went Republican; New
Jersey went Republican by an increased
majority over last election; New7 York,
Democratic in the Tammany district,
Republican elsewhere; Kansas, victory for
the Republicans; South Dakota, Republi
can; Maryland Democratic; Kentucky,
both parties claiming the victory; Ohio,
Republican, Mississippi and Virginia,
Democratic.
Judge Simonton has ruled that the
Corporation Commission of North Caro
lina lias no authority to levy the taxes
which have been placed on the railroads
in the State. It is thought by some that
this ruling will deprive the Public Schools
funds of the special appropriation of
$100,000 made by the last legislature.
Treasurer Worth thinks that the appro
priation will be paid, though it may be
somewhat delayed. There has been some
talk about another meeting of the legisla
ture to deal with the matter involved in
Judge Simonton's decision.
In the first place, like every revival of
religion that the church lias known, the
next revival will make Christ and liim
crucified to shine before the souls of men.
The preaching of the next revival will be
the preaching of the Cross, the preach
ing of mere mercy, but of the mercy of
God in Christ reconciling the wTorld to
himself, not imputin to men their tres
passes. The glory of the cross must be
preached in the power of the Holy Ghost
who alone can reveal it to souls. I say
that no other gospel has been preached to
the reviving of the church. In the midst
of his labors Wesley was challenged with
a demand for his secret, and he answered,
in the words of the hymn.
"Now I have found the ground wherein'
Sure my soul's anchor remain,
The wounds of Jesus, tor my sin
Before the world's foundation slain."7
Is this theology ? Yes, but it is the
ology that may be sung. Must every
preacher be familiar with dogma and be
able to state the orthodox doctrine of the
Atonement ? There is no theology that
the soul really needs but the theology
that may be sung. All the theology of
the Cross has been fused into the lan
guage of intense simplicity and passion,
in the lines :
"Not the labors of my hands
Can fulfill thy law's demands ;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone ;
Thou must save, and thou alone. "
This is the gospel of all the great evan
gelists, the gospel to which Wesley es
caped from the moonlight gospel of
William Law. This is the only gospel
for the soul under condemnation which,
sees its guilt taken away by Christ, the
dying substitute. This is the gospel by
which we live and die, which gives the
death wound to spiritual confidence and
expresses completely our ruin, our misery
and our hope. To bring sinners to the
sin-bearer is the first wTork of the revived,
church.