Ill' UpV and their influence. Brethren this work must be ] ( done; and the aoeher we engage in it tSe better. • A hint is all that is now necessary. More may be called for hereafter. Destitute Churches and Ministers In a former number of the Sun we noticed the scaroity of ministers among us as a denomination. Thoughts then expressed have led us to serious refleotipn upon this subject. There are not only many new fields already ripe unto harvest, inviting dur reapers to enter; but there are many places where Churohos have been established and houses erected, congregations gathered, and an influence ex erted,'now destitute of preaching. They are panting after Christian preaching; they want eP Christian minister to feed and nourish them. When once the free and liberal principles of the Christians have been received and imbibod; they are hard to eradicate g, and most difficult to remove. There are in many places brethren of our order who still hang and hold on to onr pjjnciples and doctrines who rarely ever have an opportunity to hoar them preached or de fended. This destitution in«our Church is growing worse and worse every year. A lack of ministers is experienced more and more every year.- Young men coming into the minfstrindo not more than sup plyathe places made vacantly the deaths of old < ministers, and new fields necessarily draw off some from the old Churches, thus producing constantly greater and greater destitution. Now, the question must arise to every reflecting mind how is a clieok to be put to this destitution ? This leads us to enquire if these destitute Churches really and actually want to bo supplied with preach ing. Many of them tell us they do. We believe it. How ^en shall they be supplied? Let us look round and enquire. Tills is a grave question, and should not be lightly passed over. Upon^ it hangs • much of onr future prosperity and success as a peo ple. If wo enquire wo shall find that although so much destitution is manifest among us; and so much lack of preaching exists, there is still a goodly number of • ministers, unoccupied and unemployed in the minis try.. But/ew of our ministers compared with the whole number reported are actively engage'll. It may in truth be said, that a majority of those wjjo have been ordained to the work of the ministry have left and a»e now pursuing other occupations. Some are farming, some following mechanical pursuits, praticing raSdiffne, teaching School and merchandi ring. Can it be that these brethren have changed their occupation by choice ? Can a man who has onee felt “ wo is unto me if I preach not the gospel” willingly and of choice leave oft’ preaching, and en gage in another occupation? Have they become tirod pf the work ? Such cannot be the case. There must bo a cause for the course they have pursued. What ip that cause? It is bard to believe any man would engago in a labor requiring so much self-de nial as the work of the ministry from impure mo tives. Nevertheless, there may be, and doubtless aro some who do. Such mpy very .conveniently change their occupation ; and the sootier all such do change the better for the Church of Christ. But / we firmly believe that rn&st of those who engaged lu the (Jnnstian Ministry intemieu to pursue it.— They were actuated by pure motives ; and from a deep conviction of duty to God and the world. If this be true Jhe queftion again comes up with re newed force why have they changed their occupa tion! Why have they turned to their farms and counting rooms to teaching and practicing medicine?1 Why is there such a destitution among tho Churches and so many fields of "labor unoccupied? Let nsr enquire into these things. IJy enquiry we shall find that most of those minis ters who have relinquished their calling and enga ged in secular pursuits have been driven to it by Bteru necessity. It has not been' a matter of choice with them. Most of them have families; wives and children near and dear to them. They have failed to receivo a support for them by preaching. Every year they have become poorer and pooFer. And with their povery has .pome an increasing want, and an increase of expense. They have become entangled with debt; and unable to pay; and stern unyielding necessity, has forced them from tho gospel field. These are facts i&owh to our brethren: Hence* the deati tution in our ministerial ranks and the constant cry ■for preaching among our destitute Churches. In the early history of the Christian Church; a war was waged against an hireling ministry. Stated salaries were condemned. This teaching.'was so much in accordance with the feelings of covetous .- lukewarm professors that they embraced if and run away with it; and soon found themselves far in the other extreme; even forgetting that tho laborer is everywhere esteemed worthy of his hire. Those who preached against preachers receiving regular salaries soon wore themselves out nitd left the Churches to whom they had preached to look out for other ministers or dwindle and die. Some Churches raised up ministers among them who had farms or means by Phich they could sustain them Belves and give {heir service to the Churches. As this class of ministers have gradually sunk in their graves, others have attempted to keep up the chur ches planted by them have ■ failed to get a support, reduced themselves to poverty,and bankimptcy, have become discouraged, and Ugve left the gospel field and engaged in some sejular pursuit, qgsolviug to preach all they Urnld on Sabbaths and at homdl They have soon found their minds divested from the proper channel of preaching, and have gradually ceased their labors even on the Sabbath and atliome. This is a l^hentable: state of things, yet it is so; and it should afford ns no commiseration to know that the same thing is experienced by some other de* aominatious. ' Ip May we not now ask how are our ministers thus cut off from labor in tho gospel vineyard to be drawn out again and our destitute Churohes supplied? ' We answer' remove the causq rfnd the offect will cease. Take the burden off tho ministers shoulders and let them once more stand erect. This the Churohes must do or this destitution ^fill remain. * Onr Ohurqhos need new schooling,their policy needs changing This must bo done, or we shall not stand when We are but beginning gradually to de-‘ ciine. Those Churches now distitute of preach ing who are ablo must make up their minds to engage a minister and support him. This many of them can do if they, are willing. Small churches who are unable to support a preacher alone can unite together forming a small circuit and unitedly support a preacher. Again large and wealthy Chdrches who have regular preaching should con tribute of their funds to assist weaker societies, and thus all may be benefitted. Cur present ac tive ministers should be and must be sustained and kept in the field. The rising ministry must be well provided for, and more allowed to retire from the field from actual and pressing necessity. These remarks are intended to be practical. We are not laboring to build up an useless theory, but to acc&mplish practical good. We have long grieved over the destitution in our ranks ; and are fully convinced thaf-nothing but increased liber ality on the part of our brethren can ever pro duce much amendment to the evils we endure. We cannot longer allow our delicacy to close our mouth and trammel and enslave our pen. Our ministers must be sustained and supported, or our long cherished hopes will eventually be blas ted, Our Churches must learn that they aro not to expect prosperity without complying with the gospel requirement and paying the laborer his hire. They must be taught that it is wrong to “ muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn,” and equally wrong to perish the preacher who minis ters to them the bread of life. They have tried the star ving system long enough to see that it does not work well, and.never can work well. It Is contrary to nature and natures laws oris con tr^j-y to God’s laws, and should be' immediately abandoned. If'we had the means to liwe without anyr aid from the Churches we would not consent? to give our labor to any Church able to pay for it; and it may be propel to add here that we have never exercised the pastoral care over any church that would desire it. If a man’s preaching is worth hearing, it is worth being paid for ; and no strictly pious man would desire to have a minis ter labor for his good from Sabbath to Sabbath and not to remunerate him for his labors. Our young Chinches should be instructed to com mence right to obey the gospel rule at first and give according to the ability God hath given them to the promotion of his cause and the spread of the gospel. These thoughts are submitted to our brethren with a sincere hope that some plan may grow out of thega to aid our destitute Churches and ministers. Let an effort be made, a plan de vised, a rule adopted and there be a system and arrangement in it, ai d we can succeed in calling forth our inactive ministers from their retreats and engage them in the work of the Ltrd. \v. n. w. GLEANINGS. The new Chapel, for the use of Fellowship' Church near Lebanon O., was dedicated on the 3d Sabbath in June. Elder John Phillips preached the dedicatory sermon. ’Elders Maple, Nixon Jmd Fithian participated in the exercises. Elder ■J,. *T. Lyntl is the pastor of the Fellowship Church. * Elder C. A. Morse recently visited the new resting place for the remains of Elder Joseph .Thomas, and sitng Elder Ellis “ White Pilgrim,” and composed another piece about as good as El der Ellis’. We presume our publishing agent will, give it to us. Elder D. Long one of the strong men of the West, advises his brethren to let Slavery and the Fugitive slave law alorfe in jjpir Conferences; and let them be purely religious bodies. There is good sense and sound judgment in such advice. The corner stone of the new house of worship for the Christians at Yellow Springs Ohio was laid recently. The following was the order of the exercises. Reading hymn by Eld. J. G. Reeder; Address by Prof. Doherty; Prayer by Elder II. Siraonlon and the benediction by Elder D. F. Ladley, Pasfor. Elder Doherty’s address is said to^bavoLeen a splendid effort. “ It must be done as I say, or 1 wont help you,” is. clearly manifested in Elder Gardner’s pledge for Antioch College now being published in the Sun. A refractory spirit lias ruined many goon undertakings. Rule or ruin is i he watch woid of some men. $553,have been subscribed in three weeks in New England for the Mission to Africa, We are glad to see our brethren every where excited on the subject of Home aud Foreign Missions. w. b. w. Wksley’s Argument. I beg loavo to propose a shot1!* clear, and strong argument te prove the di vine inspiration otjjie holy Scriptures. The Bible musl^be the invention either of good fnenor anjpls bad men or devils, or of God. It could not be the invention of good men or angels, for they neither would nor could .make a book, and tell lies all the time they were writing it, saying, ‘•Thus saith the Lord,” when it was their own invention. It could not be the Invention of bad men, or devils, for they would not make a book which commands all duty forbids all sin, and con demns their souls to hell to all eternity. I there fore draw this conclusion, that the Bible must have^een given by divhiednspiration: John Wes ley. Adults will be charged 50 cent, and children 25 cents, for admission to the Crystal Palace Ex hibition, A psalm foe the sorrowing BT THOMAS BUCHANAN KB AD. Gray wanderer in a homeless world. Poor pilgrim to a dusty bier: On Time's great cycle darkly hurled From year to year : See in the sky these words unfurled : “ Thy home is here !” Pale mourner, whose quick tears reveal Thy weight of sorrow but begun ; Not long thy burdened soul shall reel Beneath the sun ; A few swift circles ot the wheel, And all is done. , « Though galled with fetters ye hare lain, Tq vulture hopes and fears a prey ; Oh, moan not o’er your ceaseless pain Or slow decay ; For know, the soul thus files its chain Abu breaks away. INTELLECTUAL PREACHING, The two idols of the age, are money and intel lect. The latter is the more powerful, but they both exist at the same time, and work often in the same direction. They-honor and elevate talented men. S.uch men are called for and rewarded.— This is the taste of the age; and ministers are trained under this, and in conformity with it. It all goes to make us think that intellectual men are the great demand of the times. * The preacher would not indulge in4complaints, butt his was a thing that theological professors felt as deeply as any find pastors felt it too,—The results of this tendency of things were, The piety of the churches dies out under intel lectual preaching. They may not know josbwhat it is that ails them, "but they knew that they are failing. The scintillations of genius and intellect have no powes to warm them indo life, any more than the pale cold light of the Aurora Borealis has warm into life afrostbound vegetable king dom. This kind of preaching takes irom us the only peculiar power which ministers possess.—We ha*e a superhuman work to do, but are shorn of the tmly power by which it can be accomplished The preacher w%uld suggest, whether the undue, exacting of the intellect was not one reason of the absence of revivals of religion. The cure of this evil rests in a great measure with the churchas. Let them-inqure for men of piety, good sense and zeal according to knowelege And Ut us who are in the ministry act upon right principles, and cot speak'dtsparagingly of small ministey, as they are termed. Lastly, us have full faith in the power of a preached Gospel- Paul, it would seem, relied too much upon intellect at one time. He made a great speedh at Athens, but it did do good,—no body was moved or convinced. Soon after tins | he. came to Corinth, and remembering his past i failure he said, I determined to know .nothing a ! mong you save Christ and him enfeifiud.—No j more of man’s wisdom—none but Christ,—This is the one thought around which all* preaching ! must centre. The cross—this reveals all we know of God’s plans . Hence, if possessed of a right spirit, we may find rivers in the desert, a rock in a weary land, a hiding place in trouble, salvation for a perishing world. From Europe The American mail steamer Atlantic has arrived at New York with London and Liverpool dates of the 20th of June. M. Qaldb roa l>e la Bauca has received the appointment of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain. It is reported jdrat thb Spanish ports will be opened for the free import of wheat. There is no news from China. The dates from Hong are to the 6th. but bring no reliable intel ligence respecting the rebellion. The dispute between Russia and Turkey was still the engrossing topic of public discussion in I Europe. The general opinion seemed to favor a ! continuance of peace , thoug^fcRussia and Tuikey 1 appeared to be vigorously preparing for war. A special Envoy from Austria arrived at Constantino* pie on tbe 14th of June, who is reported to be charged with conciliatory proposals. We copy several despatches reciting other late ru mors .‘ Pakis, June 2?.—A private letter from Jassy, in Moldavia, dated thro 17tli June. saysthatan ex traordinary courier ftorn St. Petersburg]! passed the day previously, on his way to Constantinople with another ultimaturii, accompanied by a notice to the Sultan, that if it was not accepted in eight says, a Russian army would immediately cross the frontier and commence hostilities. A division of the Russian army. 40,000 strong, is already’within Two leagues of Jassy. The following despatches bring news of a ter-» rible earthquake, by which one of the principal ! cities of Persia has been destroyed, with immense loss of life : • Smyrna, June 15 —The city of /Shiraz,in Persia was totally destroyed by an earthquake on the night of the 1st of May. Krz^roum, Juxf 3. We juive news of an ex traodinary earthquake in Persia, which killed 12, 000 persons during one night. A plague had at isen from their unburied corpses. - . LATEST FROM CHINA. [Per Steamer Illinois,’which’a'-rived at New York, on Tuesday.] , The ship Pathfinder had arrived with Hong Kong (China) dates of Aprtl 27th, and Shanghai dates of April.l5tlr. ' The capture of Nankin and subsequent defeat of the rebels is fully confirmed The Hong Kong Herald gives the details of of var ious cruelties practiced by the insurgents. They were making an . indiscriminate slaughter of the Buddlpst Priests, as well as of the ManchoWs At Nankin they enticed 700 Manchow women in to one building, and then set fire ta it, reducing the whole to ashes. They also pressed tve-ry Chinese between the ages of 15 and 45 into the army, killing the children as useless,Rind making the women cooks and scullions. At Nankin I the leader of the rebels had been crowned Em peror. Fears were entertained atXjanton that the rab ble would rise on learning till success ot the reb I els. The Register advises foreigners to prep are .(nr any emergency. The expo?tation ef rice had been prohibited in some districts. A letter from Hong Kong, April 24th, states that Commodore Perry was about to proceed to Japan at»*once with the Mississippi and Saratoga. This had caused some uneasiness among the Am ericans as it would leave them comparative!/ un-: protected; He would not wait for the rest of thej squadron. i The policy of this move is considered questiona ble, as it will be contra y to the expectation of the Japanese, who arefuKy advised of all our movements and will, in all probability, result in the total fail ure of the expedition. Arrival of the Arabia THREE DATS LATER FROM EUROPE. New York, July 18.-r- The steamer Arabia ar rived here to-day, with three days later advices from Europe. The London Times has private advices from the East which state that the Emperor of Russia had given, orders for his troops to cross the liver Pruth immediately, which should they attempt to do the English and French fleets would enter the Dar 1 danelles. The Russians had sunk severl boat loads of I stones in the Danube to obstruct the passage of vessels The English and French fleets, it was under stood. had been ordered to lend their aid in behalf of Turkey promptly, m case Russia commenced open hostilities. It is slated that Turkey has formally called upon the four great powers for their armed inter vention. The latest accounts from the East ars less fa vorable to peace. The French Government had offered Turkey 00,000 muskets. England was quiet, Nothing of moment in! Parliament, A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF EE1>ER OE1VER BARR Over the front door of Antioch College, there is being built a niche suitable for a Statue. It ba been’the expectation of the committee that sai niche would remain vacant for the presen from * various causes among which are, 1st, i seemed proper that if filled at all it should be by the Statue ftf a denominational man: 2d, there did not seem to be any name which the Christian as a people could designate without seming in vidious Toward others. 3d, the committee do not suppose they have any funds in their hands which they can properly apply to that object. Friends of the late Elder Oliver Barr, shall I ask the committee in your behalf the use of said niche fbr the purpose of placing therein a Marble Statue of our friend. make this public avowal of my own desire, hoping to have a full expres sion of the feeling of others before the next meet ing of the committee, which will take place in a few weeks. He has ceased from among the living. He was a denomination al man. He died in the immediate employ of the College. I cannot think wl«n the circumstances attending his death are consid ered, any, one will suppose the claim )f their per ' sonal friends equal to ours. My first thoughts I were to apply personally to a few of the more I wealthy of his friends for the funds necessary to ! execute the design, but taking counsel of my own feelings, lam fully convinced that there are] many who would feel deeply grieved if they were; not permitted to share with others in the memory j of one so dearly loved, and whose memory is so ; fondly efierished. Do aqj ask why move for ward in this matter? 1 answer; he was my! friejid ;at my solicitation fee entered upou the la bor in which ne lost liis life. To the'friends of the late Elder Oliver Barr . • A. M. Meruifield. To tlie Friends snaeea oi ibuocu i oi Icgei It is now certain that there is needed Thirty TuousANb Dollars more than is subscribed tt> complete the buildings of Antioch College The | writer (Whose name "is first to this) proposed the | following plan to a few personal friends and, ! brethren who reqnested its publication, namely : That sixty responsible men pledge themselves to donate or raise otherwise, $500 each—to be paid to the Treasure!1 on or'before the first day - Jrmuarv-nexl-without arvyqwr-eent tougents We feel the nect^ of an institution oi' learning not to give a creed (neither oral nor written) to the Christian denomination, but for general etliica tion. We, the undersigned, therefore, pledge and bin ourselves, each tcf donate $500,(as above) to corad ■ plete the buildings 8f Antioch College, ou the fol~ j lowing terms and conditions. 1st". Provided the $30,000, as aforesaid, is ! pledged. 1 Provided the $30,000,. will free the Col i clgc from debt or nearly so—we agree, that sub serrptiona. of 50 or $100 be taken. 3rd, Provided (he manager? of the College will allow the donors to examine its affairs’ and they are found satisfactory Dqpr brethen and friends lias not the time come 1 for calm and deliberate action. Are there not the | required number of ministers and brethren in the I whole Christian d*nom in ttion, whcS,with what they i can giye themselves can each get donated $500 '? j Let ns try. And mav we do.all for the glory God ; and not the pftiise of men. Matthew TJardner $50C^aud 2 scholarships. ii ari.es idgwav 500, and 2 scholarships. 4 fi B. Gardner 500, and/2 scholarship?. 1 Ripley, Drown county,'O. June 2,1853* NOTICE. A Campmcetiug will he held by divine permis sion, at Apple’s Chapel Guilford county N. Ci, conini£s«cing-on Saturday before the first Surnfav n August. Also a Campmeeting will be held at Bethle hem Church, Alamance county N. com mencing. on Saturday before the first Sunday in September. Ministering brethren are respectfully invited to attend the aforesaid meetings. June 1853. * WK& '' - ■ Alfred Iselet. Divine Providence permitting a protracted meeting will commence at Cypress Chapel, Nan semond connty Va., on Saturday before the fith Sunday in July.' By Divine permission a protracted meeting wilt commence at Bethlehem Nansemond county Va on Saturday before the 2d Sunday in August. Also at Damascus, Gates connty N. C., on Sat urday before the I,st tsunday in August. BUINESS BPARTMENT Directions to Correrspondent's. 1. Never write on but ene side of a sheet when you write for publication. 2. Be sure to number your pages. 3. Never omit marking your pieces—if for this Sun: write “For the Christian Sun.” If intend ed only for the Publisher’s eye, write the word Private.” t 4. Never intermix your business articles with those intended for the Sun, write each on seperate sheets. A strict observance of the foregoing simple rules will save us a vast deal of trouble. JfcgrWe think it would be an excellent plgn for each subscriber of the Sun to file away the num her that contains his receipt. It would save both trouble, and expense. - ‘ . * Back numbers of the last half of the curren'i volume, can be furnished new subscribers t<5 the Sun for To cents ; winch will embrace thd whole of the series (jMiscourses on Heaven, by Eld. James Maple. • Receipts for the Sun. Those whose names are inserted' without any sum attached have paid up in full. „Vol. 10—W N Bragg, John G Kin* Dr. E F War son $1 do ®3. for James Faucette and George Faucette Receipts for Books. - WN Bragg 50c. for 2 copie. of Freese’s Church History. E!d. W B Wellons SI tor Summerbeil’s History. We have several volume3 of the same work on hand, neatly bound, for sale.^ Letters Received, Eld. W B Wellons, Eld M B Barre tJEld. Geo. Mah; Chester. Dr. E F Watson. W N Bragg, Eld. J Elliot Eld J Maple. ELD. R. H. HOLLAND’S APPONTMENT8, OS 1UE EASTERN VA. CIRCUIT FOP. 1853. Spring Hill, ■ 1st-Sunday in each mouth Union, Antioch, Cypress, Damascus, Jerusalem, Providence, Barrett’s, Bethlehem, Holy Neck-, 2d do. “ “ “ Tuesday after, Wednesday u ' Thursday, “ Tuesday night after 3il Sunday Wednesday, 4th Sunday, .Tuesday after. Wednesday, The third and fifth Sundays will be spent alternat ly with the Churches ofi my week-day appointments But it will be understood, that when I preach at a Church on- Sabbath, that I shall not be there at my' regular week-day appointment in the same* month The 3d Sunday In January if no preventing pfovi dence I shall be at Damascus, and the 5th at Antioch The brethren will duly obsSfvS'fliis ftotice, as these will be my regular appointments for the year, com mencing with January. Tl. II. Holland. THE NEWBERN MISSION. 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THE SUBSCRIBER takes this method, to tender hi# thank* to his customers, and the public general! v, for the liberal patronage he has received at their hands; ank begs leave to inform them, that he still keeps on hand- a great variety of articles, in the wav ot DRY G OODS, GROCERIES, HARD. STONE, and CROC KERY ware. Also, GUANO, and THOMPSON & WASHING TON LIME upon as good Terms as can be bought iu this city. Highest price paid for Rroa. July 20th 1853. CALVIN JORDAN. 29—6 in. ty Blank Deeds and Warrants with Execution* ft” j sale at the “ Christian Sun Office."