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ORGANOTHE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
ulSHED IN 1S55.
RALEIGH, N. C, DECEMBER 6, 1899.
ADVOCATE,
the North Carolina Conference.
W'kkkxy at Raleigh, N. C.
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them at Con-1
11C ldL)ors 111 the glare of civilian- lament
lion: vet- Hp ff . p '
, gout to iace dim-land cool head
cuiues as great as those which confronted
our fathers. There
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ss matter in the post-office at Raleigh.
IVKY, D. P.,
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ation of the heroic element. We still
1 have heroes among us.
Editor. ! As ve acoki- ; .
w Tcnv Ditot-x, . at 111 Historic nome
WAlbO.N, Business Manager. 'r vti, , . ,
iof Methodism, in this hospitable little
city on the Pamlico, let us, as we press
iRS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
St.50. I Six Months, - .75 j onward to the glowing future, look bad
; across the waste of years, and seei no-
Cash in Advance.
a:;
of the gospel and wives of deceased
But with firm hand
he straightened out the
tangled threads, saving himself and doing
full justice to the measure and all con
cerned.
year ! sHow we will miss
During the war between the States, th
ference ! Yet we will have them withus j town of Washington was nearly burnt
not only in spirit, but in the influence of j down, and the Methodist church and par-
their 1 ives and labors. Then, Bro. W. H.
Bishop Hendrix has those social i Branson, for so long a useful member of
graces which stamp him as the true gen- j the Conference, left us in the late winter, j But, as soon as peace was restored the
ueman and always make lnm a favorite ' His was a rich and useful life. Then church got together, a preacher was sent
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sonage were burnt, and the membership
of the church was reduced to poverty.
in all circles. He is easily approachable j we have lost useful laymen all over the
and the preachers find in him the spirit ! Conference. They are now in the upper
of sympathy and companionship. courts. Our memorial service should
The Bishop is in the full flush of his ! have full time and attention. It is one of
to them, and after worshiping for some
time in the Masonic Hall, steps were
taken to rebuild. This was done after a
great struggle, and the old brick church
hoi. It shows the date up to which
...p. has been paid. Change in label
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nuuucuui inmgs wnicii Lrod has manhood. We trust that he mav be i the most imnnrtsnt spnpc f ti UiWI W nri,. i..
wrniio-hr frr fofU.Vt., 1 1 tt:.. e . . . . ! J fe ' V
; LMctuK nun ior; spared to the M. H. Church, South, for j ierence. Let us enter upon it with give place to the beautiful edifice a cu
iJZrZ I itLv hi i 7 ?f "r111"11 A -extend to him a j the most earnest prayer; and while we,! of which accompanies this short and im-
,mes may be girded with new strength, j true North Carolina greeting. : figuratively, drop a flower upon the graves j perfect sketch of one of the oldest
i of our departed brethren, may we receive i churches of our State, of which it would
i a fresh supply of grace in order that we require much more space than can be
jmay finish our course with joy, and join j given in these pages, to give but an out
! our brethren above. ; line of its history.
' rTr The next session of the Noith Caro-
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE METHODIST lina Annual Conference will be held in
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is ordered changed, both old and
... :::;ist be given.
;onev, be sure to state whether it is
,r .. subscription.
' iters and make all checks and money
.v .' to the
RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
CHURCH IN WASHINGTON, N. C
BY REV. L. L. NASH, D. D.
EDITORIAL.
1838 1899.
The North Carolina Conference was j
::on : from the Virginia Conference in!
Jr. Its first session was held at Greens- j
oro. X. C in January, 1838, Bishop!
1 f T T 1"1 v T
V presiding, ana tiezekian Kj. JUeign i
jc.:::t as Secretary. For this year and j
next ve have no statistics. The j
-V. Year tor which we have statistics is j
iSio. when the Conference was held at
M:cksville, X. C, Bishop Morris presid
es, and S. S. Bryant acting as Secre-
I; is a long chain which stretches from
lip to 1900, and the word "change" is
eraved on everv link. Of those who
ccsposed the Conference of 1840, not a
t.i-x. one, as far as we know, is alive.
the five who were admitted into the
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i The early Methodist preachers coin-
menced their labors in North Carolina
before the Revolutionary WTar, and they
this church, at which time it is hoped
this new church building can be dedi
cated to the worship of God. The Con
ference will convene here on the 7th day
of next December. Fifty-four years, and
much historical data lie between the last
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found a fruitful field, in which thev ! Annual Conference that assembled here,
reaped many sheaves for the Master. ! a"d the aPProachl"R session. Not a sin-
North Carolina first aooeared in the min- Flc" W11 mei ere m 1545 will
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BISHOP E. R. HENDRIX.
BISHOP HENDRIX.
Bishop K. R. Hendrix, whose face
inference then John Rich, W. W. Nes-1 looks out from this page, presides for tin
Jeremiah Johnson, W. S. Chaffm,
r.i Nathan Hooker not one is on these
tarthlv shores. Rev. Nathan Hooker
5 the last to embark. In this Confer
::. in our memorial service, we will
0:.r tributes to his memory.
lb Conference, taking in territory from
'"r: Slates, only 16,090 white members.
v thf-rr- ar in tlie .9tnte nearlv or
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:".te 130,000. Then Methodist preacn
wereverv thinlv and irregularly scat-
: over the State. Now there is
LET US SPEAK OUT.
There is no more vital question before
the American people to-day than the
first time over the North Carolina Con-1 seating of Congressman-elect Roberts of
Utah. He was a polygamist before his
election. He is a polygamist now, and
his recognition in Congress means the re
cognition of polygamy by the United
States government. We do not incline
ference. He receives a warm welcome
from all from the youngest Sunday
school pupil to the grayhaired superan
nuate. We trust that he may have such j
a pleasant memory of his stay among us !
utes of Methodism in 1773. Joseph Pil
moor, passing through this State, preached
a few times in the early part of this year,
and Robert Williams visited the State in
the latter part of the same year, and in
the latter part of the Spring of 1774 he
began to organize societies. Some of
again.
: . , 1 . . 1 rn t ip nmnmn rnan ntiffress nas anvntrnr
there were in the North Caro- that it will De a pleasure ior mm locome .
to prevent mm irom taking 111s seat, ont
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t- r,.Mn tj,-;v- ,ac W11 in ! we Deiievetnat congress can unseai mm
Favette Howard County, Missouri, May on several grounds, and that it should be
He united with the Methodist
:h which is not regularly visited by a
-hodi preacher. From the coast to
crags the smoke is ever ascending
- Methodist altars. Methodism ar--'Matein
North Carolina behind the
- principal denominations but, con
"ing the time she has lived here, she
outstripped them all in number.
)er cent, increase in sixty
done at once. For Roberts to take his
seat and perform the functions of a Con
gressman would give to our civilization
a wound which would prove troublesome,
We trust that the North
17, 1847.
Episcopal Church, South, in 1859. He
was received on trial in the Missouri Con-
t f J - 4- 1 1 irn
, c rl trx nttn. i tprpTire in ioq. anu nnu iiui tuunctuun
' a vluuii. llUlll weiaturvv. w i. i.v A , 11
M.rvin on that foreign tour of which j Carolina Confeience will speak with no
uu wrinen so eharmino-lv and i uncertain voice on the question
wi,elv He was elected President of stacks will be thrown in the way we
rllecre in tR77. which DOsitiotl
, , , 1 rtfar1 r:cu k. ! be righted, obstacles cannot be considered
he held until he was elected Bishop by , uc
of 1886.
, TT , if wrkA P3n ! character called the Sultan of Sulu, who
Ticnon Hendrix is what one would can ;
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a "well-rounded" man. In vigor and ro
bustness, his mind has a perfect corre-
T' , . , 1 u u..;ii i,nnJPnrp with his bodw which is an ex-
i;:en we had no splendid cnuieu uunu-
educational institutions. Now
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vt temnles whose beauty typines
erichi;s of Divine blessings, and col-
:?k 1. ,1.. :j f f li . lin e
"ii.en are me pnuc ui lhv..
,iRtcti.,:3. The Church since then has
roarW: in t artivities and her vision,
ir beyond our borders, takes
world."
hodist faith and loyalty have
L We are still preaching free
necessity of repentance, the
one-ration, the witness of the
exalted privilege of the be
inr freed- from all sin, the
necessity of holiness, and the
j)h of the believer. Metho
' ands as the exponent of the
, and still preaches it as the
' m of communion with God.
ions then are different now.
Ker f(. tlie Methodist preacher
!Cfc'Ve appointment to go out to con
, tlt wilderness, to fight wild beasts,
u,i 'H gauntlet of perils ot nood anu
Vef-rnv,,,
"all th
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Chai;.
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tanty ar:
5al triu;
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we
! have no doubt. But when a wrong is to
Much has been said about a certain
. ' is ruler of a little island somewhere in
the great Philippine group. It is said
that we cannot consistently say anything
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cellent specimen of Western manhood. . l"V p c J
ec F t i- ,,f nf made by this Government wuth the S til-
He is a laborious, painstaking student ofIIldue
, a up ;q an analvtical tan of Sulu, and recognizing slavery,
books and men. He is an analytical,
DO .. . ... 1 . j I no vpamv. etc. Now, we will say that
thinker. His thought is ciear cul, auu j r- , 0 -
the first societies formed in this State
were in the Eastern part of the State, and
here Methodism had its greatest strength
in its infancy.
Among the first Methodist families in
North Carolina we find the names of Col.
Taylor and Dempsy Hinton. Dempsy
Hinton and his wife, Sarah Hinton, were
the first Methodists to settle in Wash
ington. They came to the quiet little
village of Washington in 1774, and
opened their house for religious worship.
At that time there was no church in the
place. These good people were perse-;
cuted by the ignorant and vicious people i
of the community; but they were faith-1
ful to their Lord, and succeeded in found- j
ing the church. Bishop Asbury hearing
of the infant Society, just struggling into
life, made his first visit to Washington,
be here in 1899. They have all been
transferred to the Conference of the Blest.
Of the labors of the many faithful min
isters and laymen who have toiled and.
rejoiced here, we would delight to write,
but we have not space. Their record is
on high, and their works follow them
here. This new church (as may be seen
from the cut here presented) is a beauti
ful structure, and reflects great credit
upon the taste and skill of the architect,
Mr. C. E. Hartge, and does honor to Rev.
J. E. Underwood, under whose ministry
the church was known, and to the building
committee who brought the enterprise to
a successful completion. There are ten
beautiful memorial windows in the
church, a description of which would
consume too much time and space. Suf
fice it to say the church is a thing of
j beauty, and may it be a joy forever.
SCIENCE NOTES.
The Appeal Court of England holds
that a reporter has no copyright of the
report of speeches giving not only ideas,
but words by which the ideas are ex-
and strengthened these early disciples of j pressed. A lower court decided that the
Christ, and of Wesley. James Hinton, j London Times had copyright in repoits
r TT- . . 1 .1 ' of speeches. The Times will take the
a son of Dempsy Hinton, entered the i XJ c T ,
r J ; case to the House 01 Lord.
ministry of the M. E. Church in 1783.;
So we see that the Church in Washing- i ,
1 nere win ue a mouei .vineiican post
office at the Paris Exposition. Arrange
ments have been made with the French
is
lacking
somewhat in
nrartical. It
that warmth which comes from proximity
to the emotional furnace. It may always
find, however, a congenial place around
the hearthstone of the heart. Bishop
Hendrix has shown wonderful versatility
oc o writer. His leueis, as
c j
the religious press, are
oic,nre of style, compendious arra)
facts and practical treatment of subjects j ainY
interesting to the religious public, as a
preacher, Bishop Hendrix is regarded as
strong, rather than brilliant. His ser
mons ever evangelical, have the plain steel
color of the Damascus blade rather than
the flash of the Kimberly diamond. We
have .-ever seen a better parliamentarian
than Bishop Hendrix. He is master of
parliamentary law. We have seen him
apparently enmeshed in obstructive par-
we have no idea that such a trtaty has
ever been made. When was it ever be
fore Congress? When did President
McKinley ever sanction any treaty or
arrangement with the Sultan recognizing
the aforementioned evils? No, we be
lieve this is all talk. Even if it were
characterized by true, it should not hush the cry of our
ay of !PeoPe against the black crime 01 poiyg-
at our doors.
Let our resolutions at Conference be
clear and ringing. The cause of de
cency demands instant and decisive action.
ton gave a minister to the cause of Meth
odism in the beginning of its history.
Bishop Asbury visited Washington
again in 1784, and organized a church
here now just 115 years ago. So this
church has existed as an organized church
for that number of years. In 1792 there
was a glorious revival of religion in this
church, the first in its history, or in the! Serious apprehensions are felt that the
history of the town. As the result of ! drought now prevalent throughout the
that revival, some of the most influential ! United States will prove a serious injury
people of the place united with the j to the paper trade. There is great dim-
J. A. A.
postal authorities whereby mails for
Americans in Paris will be sent directly to
this office instead of going through the
regular channels. The postoffice will be
fitted up with all of the modern postal
appliances.
OUR DEAD.
Death has reaped a large harvest in
our Conference field this year. Cuning
gim, Reeks, Hooker, Troy, Herman,'Hol
den and Abernethy all gone in one short
church. The Society continued to wor
ship in private houses until the year
1800, when the first house of worship was
erected on Market street, through the
efforts of Ralph Potts, who joined the
church during the great revival in 1792.
The building was of wood, thirty feet
square, and was painted red, the seats
were common benches, without backs;
but it was the first church ever erected
in town, and was used by the Society
until 18.31, just thirty-one years. In that
year (1831) there was a new house built
on Second Street, the site on which the
present beautiful structure, just com
pleted, stands. In 1845, the church
building was greatly improved. In 1840,
there was a great revival of religion in
this church, under the pastorate of Rev.
Ira T. Wyche, and some of the fruit of
that great revival still remains. In 1845,
the Annual Conference was held in this
chnrch, presided ovei by Bishop James
0. Andrew.
culty in filling orders. In Maine, par
ticularly, the water supply has not ruu as
low as at the present for nearly forty
years. Mills which run by water power
are seriously crippled in most cases.
A prize of $100 has been offered by Dr.
Louis L. Seaman for the best thesis on
the following subject: "The Ideal Ration
for an Army in the Tropics." The com
petition is open to all commissioned med
ical officers of the United States army
and navy. It is ordered through the Mil
itary Service Institution of the United
States, and the competition will close on
March 1, 1900.
It is said that silkworms are very sen
sitive to the action of light of different
colors, and according to experiments re
cently described by Flammarion, before
the French Academy of Science, silk
worms were kept in boxes covered with
glass of different shades. The silkworms
all received thn same food, but they gave
different results as to the quantity of silk
and eggs, and also in the proportionality
of the sexes.
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