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“RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY, ZEAL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS. VOL. XXIV. SUFFOLK. VA„ FKUQAY, APRIL 7, 1871. NO. W. The Christian Sitiv. Devoted to Roligion, Morality, Temperance. Literature, Nowb, and the support of the princi ples of the Christian Chobcii. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. TERMS I For one year, invariably in advance...$3 00 For six months.... 1 50 REV. W. 13. WELLONS, Editqe. Option on Kilby Stbnnt. Honey sent by mail must be at the risk ofthhse frbo send it The safest way is by a Post office money order made payable to the Editor, or a draft ob some Flank or business-house in Suffolk Norfolk or Petersburg. SELECTIONS. Tactual Succession or no Cbtirt’h. nY IIEV. J. DAVENPORT ULACKWELL, A. M. •‘None but those, whose authority is handed down by Episcopal ordination in an uubroken line from tho Apostles, have a ■right to preach the Gospel or to administer 'the Sacraments of the Churoh ” Several years ago, Mr. Editor, while seated in the midst of one of the leading &pisoopal congregations of the State the ‘dogma mentioned above, was diilv inculca *cated open me by a tealotis yonng minis •ter of the* church. The language, as I •remember, wasevco stronger, requiring that •the minister bo able to trace his succession ■along this line to tho Apostles. If this ‘elaim be just ibis important. If it be Dot ns in our coun try, rit should be abandoned by all fhe friends of troth and charity. “The iuibe •cile cannot reason, the bigot will not reason ■and the slave dire net reason,-” but no hon nat mind dreads the truth, aod all earnest ■minds stand bravely'in the defence of the 'truth. If the dogma '(‘‘none are of the 'Church of Christ hut those who through a ■Certain tactual line are connected with the ■Apostles,) be false, it should be assailed tand driven from the wo*Jd in the interests of truth and eharity. Aud should the ui!uy efforts of the champions of truth be crowned with success, and this error be ■effectually banished from the world, Done would have so great occasion to retjoiee os those wh > have been ensnared in its meshes The friends of truth have nothing to fear from the exposure of error. Coussious of a real love for all the people of God, ever willing te say in regard to ary disciple of the Master, ^‘Behold my brother or my sister,” I shall nevertheless pursue with remorseless purpose this theory, and would rejoice to tear it from the bleeding heart of 'my dearest friends. I am n it your enemy •because I tell yon the truth. In discussing this subject we shall show in the first place that neither Christ nor bi Apostles handed down any particular form of el uroh government as binding on all, aud 'that no such government has since been e»t»!ishe 1 by •competent authority. Gov ernment embraces ‘departments, and the officers for those departments—the Legis lative, Executive and Judiciary. In this ■discussion we shall have to do, chiefly with ■'he officers, their modes of appointment, and their powers. When Jehovah estab lished tho Lcvitioal service df -the Mosaic Institution he pointed out io very precise language, who should be the high priests, —tinr iulj ifbuuro xrc Dt/uacot ll* XTl6tl* office. The individual to be appointed was designated, the garments to be worn, the material for anointing and Uja officer to officiate were all mado kdtSW. If now, ■under the Christian dispensation, tho mode of appoiutieg ministers for the cl»urch and Aho officer by whom they are consecrated, enter into the very essentials of the churoh, would Ch'ist have neglected to give us in foruiation »n those points? But where do we find that information ? In Mark iii. 14, we read : “He ordained twelve, that they should be yrith him,” where the Greek is “poico” “to constitute,” "to make,” * •(,„ appoint,” and in John xvi. 16: * .j [,aTe ■chosen you and ordained yo^ ” whero the original is “tithami,” ‘'t0 set,” "place,” “appoint.” Nothing whatever is Been to indicate or Suggest any form of oonsecra •tion. He sent out his Apostles to preach -the Word and establish his Kingdom ; but .■ays nothing of ordinations or of relative powers. Again and again be rebukes their aspirations, tells them nose on earth meet he Rabbi or .Master over them, that the; are all brethren, and that be who would be greatest must be servant of all ; but not one word about appointing auoocsors to their office, much more is nothing said about the mode of their conseoration. The Apostles are but little, if any, more explicit than their Master. Paul speaks of the gift in Timothy, “wbioh was given by prophecy, .with the layiogti'on of the hands of the presbytery,” and again “by the putting on of my hands.” Here wo are not told whether the hands of the Apostles or those of the presbytery are of most importance in the transaction. Nor are we told wbat the gift is which was imparted,aad no indi oat ion is given that eoaeeeraUso to 4'holy orders” is referred to. We find instances of gifts, miraculous powers being conferred by the laying on of hands, but no case in the New Testament, we think, of ordination, in the sense now applied to that term, by the form of imposition of bands. Certainly there is nothing explioit here. We are not told that Timothy was ordained at all, much less are we told that he was ordained Aby an Apostle, and that none but an Apostle or an officer of superior order to presbyter could ordain him, for in 1st Timothy it is direotly said that tho gift waa bestow ed “with the laying on of the hands -;0f the presbytery.” In Acts, 1st chap ter^ when one is appointed in- plaee of -Tadas, no form of consecration is alluded I to. The ApoBtles prayed that God would show which Ih liad Chosen, cast the lot, and when it fell on Matthias, '‘he was nrm bered -with the eleven.” This is all. Not one wiffd about his consecration. Of Paul and Barnabas It is said, Acts xiv. 23 : "And when they had ordained them elders in every c’haroh, 4o.” Here tho word ren dered “ordain1’is “dheirotOnCo/’ which the best authorities to Tender ‘ ‘dtrCteh Out the hand,” "to bold up the hand as 1ft voting,” “to choose by vote,’" “to appoint.” Th Titus i. 5 : we have, “For this oauso left I thae in Crete that thou sbnuldst, * * and ordain elders in every city, &o,” where the Greek for ordain is “kathistami,” "to set,” “eons'tittite,'” “appoint.’' Manifestly neither of these tuQ/yeil, so far from Heicri binff, they flotiot even suggest airy form of Paul did not preside in the churches refer red to ]and appoint, through the vqfe^of the metnbersbfp, the "brother preferred as their pastor and elder. Such a procedure wonld meet all the demands of these words. These, if not all, are at least the principle places, which speak rf ordination to the ministry. I need not say to the intelligent reader that the appointment Of the descons (Acts 6th,) and the transaction ooocerning Barnabas and Saul in Acts 13th, are nothing to the purpose, livideottly these were not ordina tions to the ministry. So meagre are the accounts given of “ordinations” in the New Testament thatl find myself hear tily endorsing the opinions of the grand old Anglican prelate and his associate bishops. The clergy of the lower house sent up to Archbishop Cranmcr, and the bishops of the.higher house, 'he nuea tion, “Whether in the New Testament's'.y consecration of a bishop or priest is re qmred.’Or is appointment to the office suffi cient ?” The answer, as Still1 igfleet tells us, was, ‘‘In the New Testament, ho that is appointed'to he a bishop or priest neeaeth no consctration by the 'Scriptures, for elec tion or appointing thereto is sufficient Examples of a solemn form of separating men to important missions are given in the Apostolic times; but no examples of ordina tions technically'so-ealled, as wo remember. To such forms there ean be no valid objec tion. The objection urged is against the strung?, claim that a special form of wb i wo have no clear example nr precept fo the New Testament is of the essence of the chinch, that without ordination by a certain peculiar officer we have no ministry and no church. The Eord rf the harvest calls and sends out his laborers. Ordination imparts no qualification for the work. It is simply church, expresses its conviction of the call, and gives its authority t~ the candidate to teach in "its congregations. So aatieb for con'eoration to orders. '**► The number ot distinct orders tfmi*\s. ters in the church and thdr power*. Our object demands but li»‘*le on this point Panl tells us f^rist gave some apostles, and some {•''’jphets and some evan gelists and so^,a pastors and tcaohers.” Again, “A,ud Q0d hath set some in the church i 1st. apostles ; 2ud. prophets; 3rd. tea chers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues ” Besides these we have the name. Bishop, Elders and Deacon; but we have no definite information as to the respective powers cf these, nor as to the number that must remain permanent officers and helps in tbochurch. Whately. Archbishop of Dublin (in King, of Christ.) says : ‘‘The sacred writers do not record even the number of distinct orders of the ministry, or the func tions appropriate to each, or the degree and kind, and mode of control they exercised in the chureh, and we are unavoidably led to the conclusion that they wereappeauwturally withheld from reoordiMrthiSe things."* ^he Rev. Dr. Paley says, ^tbe Apostles had A inteation, at least *no declared design of regulating the appointment, authority or distinotiou of the chslstiun ministry for the future." We are n't* told that Titus be longed to an order higher tbau tint of presbyter, nor are wo told that to S«eh an order alone is committed tho prerogative of ordaining tho ministry. If now a govern ment must include the number of its offi cial departments, the mode of appointment and the prerogative of its offioers, and if, as we have shown, there is nothing definite on these points in the New Testament,'then we conclude that the Scriptures da not establish any tpecial form of ohurah. gov ernment. We have before us the great works of Hooker and Bishop Stillingflbet, and must give the reader a few extracts. Stilling fleet shows that the great divines of the Reformation did never ooneeive one form if ohurch government as necessary. He instaeea three classes, I. Those who be lieve tho government mutable, depending on on the wisdom, of the magistrate and of the church. This he shows to be the opinion of most of the divines of the Church of England from the Reformation to this day. Of this judgment were Arohbishops ICran mer and Wbitgift, Bish. Bridges, Hooker, ChillingsworthgLord Baoou and many other learned meu of England and the Continent, the learned Grotius among them. 2. Those who loot upon equality (»'. believe in one order alone) as the ■primitive form, yet judge Episcopacy lawful fb'ra view was taught by the Augustine Confes sion, Beta, Melanothon, Calvin and the ■Protestant Theologians df the Contraetit. 3- Those who jndge Episcopacy to be the primitive form, yet look uot on if as necessary. Among these art Bishops Jew ■ell. Downam, Bancroft, Morton, Andrews aod many other distinguished churchmen. The judicious Hooker, the greatest cham pion of Episcopacy, states fhat 'the govern ment of the church does oot pertain to the nature and essence, but to the mere exter nals of the churoh Again (vol. 1: 226 held without holding any one certain form to bo necessary in them till.” Contending with those who oppose the Episcopal form of government, he fays, “their months arc stopped when they Wduld plead against all other form? besides their own, seeing the general principles are such as do not partic ularly prescribe any one, but sundry may be equally consonant unto the general axioms of the Scriptures.” Of this great work of Hooker on Ecclesiastical 'Polity, Pope Clement ViEI., fays', ‘ ‘there are in it such seeds' of eternity as will continue ’till the last fire shall devour all learning.” And yet this master intellect 'tells ns that the government or polity of the church is not of the essence of the Church, and that the general axioms of Scripture may equally agree with several forms of church govern ment. ])feaoder, the*great historian, states that “neither Christ nor tho Apostles have given any unchangeable law on this sub ject.” Bishop White, formally senior bishop of the Protestant, Episcopal Church is <j S., “venerated and prefered the Episcopal form of government as most ancient and eligible, but without any idea of divine right in the case ” “This he believed to be the senti ment of the grSgt body of Episcopalians in America, la his day;” “the sense of the Cburc’v of England and the opinion of her most distinguished prelates for piety and abilities.” The second point ■of this general thesis, namely, that no authoritative form of gov ernment, essential to the existence of the church has been established since apostolic days—we will not argue. All tha intelligent know that the eil^s and authority sf apostleship do not orQt;nue in the church, certainly not to extent of authorizing the establishment 0f a rigid form of ecclesiastical government, to which all, in every ^u^, uu puu of excision f", om the body of Christ. We m*ght '_asnv show from the requisites and P'vyogatives of apostleship as sketched in Scripture, from the nature and reasonable ness of the case and from high authorities iu the Church of Englaud and elsewhere, that there are no successions to the powers and authority of this office. But why delay here ? Who, among Protestants, claim the requisites and powers of the Apostulate 2 Who hath seen the Lord 2 Who was com missioned directly by him 2 Who bath in spiration ? Who has the power to heal all manner of diseases, to kill and make alive with a word and to communicate the mirac ulous gifts of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands 2 Who feels at liberty to es tablish awl lay down with authority the laws of the kingdom as the Apostles did 2 In no aye of the world has God authorized meu to act authoritatively for him, to give law or to bind the consciences of their fel lows, without at the same time granting them the power of miracles to prove their divine authorization. How trivial, how frivolously, self-deceptive to speak of suc cessors of the Apostles, meaning—if any thing^be meant—successors to the powers and authorities of the Apostles/ oehovab sends none warfaring at his own charge.— If he give the responsibility of an Apostle, ne Will give me prerogaiiTes oi an Apusu«. If any claim the right to establish law and bind the conscience, let him show the signs of an Apostle and prove by luiraele that God is with him. As none among Protestants will attempt this, so none will claim for un inspired uien- the right to establish and make binding any form of church govern ment. We have shown from Scripture that no special form of church government was established by divine authority/that the number of orders of officers, their powers and modes of appointment are not stated, that the great ecclesiastics, from the Re formation and onwards tanght that no par ticular form of government is laid down in the ScriptureB and moreover that the form of government does not relate to the essence but only to the externals of the church. If these positions be oorreot, how strange that uninspired men of this day, sbould’calmly and loftily x-Ky4gseH majority of Pro testant Christendom out of the Church of ChriBt, because of the form of government or mode of appointing its ministry ? How surpassing strange that these good men, wlh>, Intellectually are not worthy to loose the shoes from the feet of such giants of power and marvels of learning as Grotius and Bacon, and ChillingBworth, vaud Hook er, and a host of others, should disown whom God hath not disowned without first refuting these great authors ! But more anon, A Work Tliart 4>ay». It was in the Fultoo street 'Prayer meet ing, some ton years ago/ the room war Crowded; prayer, praise, and exhortation were following each otbeA when a gentle man arose, and said s 0*1 lived. W/hen k boy, in this city. I, %rfca a small ^oy, a very poor boy, an orpllgp. There was one marf'that took no espnJKl interest in me; he took me to his S&dflgjr school class, he clothed me, found me* btMfrdmg ’place.pro cured employment for me, and in dvety way looked after mv best interests both for soul aDd body ; and this he did for years. Above all, he led me to Chris. I cannot tell you, he continued, how much 1 loved' 'him, nor "how grieved I was when obliged to leive Vhe city, *'-* him who bad j__. -o- —- at was many years ag; and l am hdre to day for the first time these many years, the first time in this meeting, of Which I have heard and read so much. ar.d the first time in these years to see tne race ol the fe of whom I tell you, my Sunday So*, t teacher, but he does,hot know me. We met face to face as wc entered this room ; I knew him. No wonder that he d^es not recognize me, far of eoHrse I have greatly changed since we -parted. And laying bin Tight hand on the head of our departed brother, Luc'Us Hart, he said, This is theman. Yes, thank God that I now again see brs 'Face, thank God ] that I may here 'take bis 'hand and thank , him for nil that he did for me. As the main resound his seat (they sat 1 side by side), Mr/TIari rose, in his-quick manner said; / ! too thank God thfrt I uiny see the .face of another of the many that have bhen under my care and instruc tion in-)ny jears ago. Taming round and looking the man in the face, he said, the brother is right, I do not know him ,• but, brethren, I think I shall learn who hois before we leave this place. And then,with glowing words and flowing speech, said: Bless God that this Sunday School work pays. Yes, dear brethren, it pays; not every work we attempt, but this blessed work pays.—Sunday School if©rkinglnan. Give What You Have,—It, was said in a quaint way, but there is too-much truth | in it, that we are too apt sing, ere the whole realm of nature -'nine, That were a present far too small, j an<^ yet to give the little that may be j 0UI*, aud which we may be able to give. ' i his truth has its illustration in many in stances in men’s lives. It is often an ex cuse for not giving to religious or benevolent objects, because we have so little to give. Were I worth my thousands or hundreds of thousands, I would give largely, says UUt;. JAUCO IIC JVTV uao p-% - -A Xc few things need to be learned by him.— First, He has not the heart that would give much, if he had it to give. A man who has not benevolence enough to give a dollar, if that is all he can afford to give, has not benevolence enongh to give one hundred, or one thousand dollars, bad he that amount at his disposal. The man, therefore, de ceives himself. Second, The virtue of a gift or donation to religious purposes, and its acoeptablencss before God do not depeud upoe its value in dollars and cents. The amount is an item with us in making up a certain aggregate, bat not with God. As far as the virtue is concerned a man who gives a dollar may give more than he who gives a thousand. The Lord requires true benevolence more than dollars. Cheerfulness .— Dante places iu his low hell those who iu life were melancholy and repfumgwithout a cause, thus profaning and darkening God’s blessed stmshine / and in some of the aueient Christian systems of virtues and vices melancholy is UDholy, and a vice; cheerfulness is holy, aud a virtue. Lord Bacon also makes one of the char acteristics of moral health and goodness to consist iu a constant quick souse of felicity and a noble satisfaction. What moments, hours, days of exquisite felicity must Christ, our Kedeomer, hare had, though it has become too customary to place him before us only iu the attitude of pain and sorrow l Why should he be always crowned with thorns, bleeding with wounds, weeping over the world he was appointed to j heal, to savo, to reconcile with God ? The radiant head of Christ to Raphael's Trans-! figuration should rather he our ideal of him i who came to bind up the broken-hearted, to preaeh the acceptable year of the Lord., Always/ in tie child, i* the maiden, the mother. Religion shine* with * benig nant beauty of it* own, which nothing on earth can inar. Never yet was female oharaoter pprfeot without the steady faith of j piety. Beauty, intellect, wealth ! they are | like pitfall*, dark in the brightest day, an- J loss the divine light, unless Religion throws its soft beam around them to purify and eS alt, making twice glorieus that which seem ed all loveliness btfore. Religion is very beautiful—in healu and sickness, in wealth or in poverty. Wo never visit the sick ! chamber of the good but soft music seems ' to float on the air, and the burden of the ! song is, Lo / peace is here. Hr Efe it -on Bin. ©id you know tbat young Brown bad bo «me ■ Christian? said one business man to mother. Yes, I’ve beard so, and 1 have m'y eye m him to see if he holds out. I want a rusty young man in my business, and if hit is real wfih him be’t just the one I rant, so I'v# been watching him ever since [ heard of it, watching,him closely. -fcs young? Brown went up and lown (he streets, as be mixed with Us old issociates, watohlul Mr. A— had bis eye >n him. He noticed how be bore the enter that sometimes came 'If be stood up man fully for bis neyjttaater.and was not afraid' *.o Bhow his colors. MThen yonng Bfown fiid this. Mr. A— said to bimaelf. T he 11 do, still I’ll watoh a little longec. Though the careless merchant took Sun day rides himself, he was very ^ljd to see that young Brown did not. Although he went t<5 chorch occasionally from custom, «,t„froin the love of it; he was very gjVad to see the youthful Christian joyfully go "up to the bouse of the Lord. T Lds for more than a year aid Mr. A. keep bis eye on the unconscious youth.— Then be said, “Yes, he will do. He is a real Christian. I can trust him. I can afford to pay him well.” * Dear young Christian, thus do others watch to see if yon are true. Many have their eyes on you, and are ready to give you places of ti-nst, if you are trustworthy. The world has its cold eye ou you to see if your religion is real. The Master’s loving eye is also upon yea. He sees tot the mis steps alone, but the earnest wish to please him. He also has a place for you when through his strength you have proved your self true. Keep youp eye on Him. He will not then let you wander far from the way. MuTU.iTBD Cdrrency.—Some experi ence ’a? a financial officer of the church has <leveIoped«flfofa»t, that by some mysterious moans a of had money goes into the Lordrwfasury. It was a statute in Israel that neither the blind, nor broken nor maimed, should be offered, and what ever might bo the offering, it shall be per fect to be acceptedshall be no blemish l therein. This law was founded upon a great principle which is universal of appli cation. Honesty and sincerity demanded it. So it is now. When that is given to trod which will not be accepted ty man od accountofits ragged condition, what is it but a deception attempted to be practiced, not only upon the church, but upon its Omniscient Head. Let all funds for the nhureh be'like those weighed . Jo Ephraim and Abraham, current money urwi me mer chant. Home Life.—Even as the sunbeam is composed of millions of minute rajs, the home lire most be constituted of little ten dernesses, kindly looks, sweet laughter, gentle words, loving counsels ; it mast not be like the torch blase of natural excite ment, which is easily quenched, but like the serene, chastened light which burns as safely in the dry east wind, as in the still est atmosphere. “ Let each bear the other’s burden the while—let each cultivate the mutual confidence, which is a gift capable of increase and improvement-'-andjso it will be found that kindness will spring up on every side, displacing constitutional ubsui lability, want of mutual knowledge, even as we have seen sweet violets and prim roses dispelling the gloom of the grey sea reeks: Government of Children.—The follow ing rales, for the government of children, which were first presented iu one of Mr. Jacob Abbott's books, have been of greaf" service to many succtssful teachers : When you consent, onsent cordially. When you refuse, refuse finally. When yon punish,punish good naturedly. Commend often. Never scold. If parents and teachers would bear these simple directions in mind, children would be better and happier. God Works Silently.—Drop a pieoe of wool on the floor. Do you hear it? No It is noiseless. How about the snow ? Docs it make a great shout to tell us it is com ing ? Certainly not. He giveth snow like wool. It is noiseless. And this is al together characteristic of divine operations. The great forces of the universe are mute. The tun never speaks. The atmosphere is mute. Gravitation has no tongue. Gentleness op Spirit.—Thfe soft answer is the lightuing eenduotor that averts dan ger from the building over which it is pla sed. The Roman battering-ram, when it lad nearly effected a breach in walls of solid itone, was often baffled by bags of chaff and jeds of down, spread down to receive its olow. Nobility is nothing unless supported by jooa auttoaa. FARM AND GARDEN. Sandr Sofia and their Management. The character and treatment of sandy soils are in almost every particular the reverse of clay. They do not possess the property of adhesiveness, and they have but little affinity for water, which escapes from them almost as fast as it falls. They have bat a slight hold opon the manures which are diffused through them ; they ate loose in their texture, and may be plowed j it any time with equal advantage, providing the souring or (planting » to follow imir/s diatety.' ' A* dry ions Jure touch benUtted, b-y a mixture at -sand, so likewise wfc sandy tails greatly ^-““—yT yeV in a nmek'nigber degree'; fo; **uoagj, it w&eid never «pay, as a gene- a; ru|e tQ add sand to clay, yet the a^.ltion of , fe, loads of the stiffest cl*' to » light sand, would in almost ev-jry instance much more than compen*'.,^ for the trouble and expense. For tbi* purpose the clay should be thinly Spread in autumn upon sward land previous ly plowed, and the winter’s frost will effec tually separate the particles. It should then be harrowed thoroughly and deeply id the spring, and subsequently plowed if ne cessary. tiuch a dresnng on a light crawling land is more than equivalent to any eqnal quan tity of the best manure, aud will be per manent in its effects. Clay and sand are necessary to each other as they contain qual ties which are essential to a good soil ; and that will always be found the best, which has the proper proportion, of each. Sandy soils are improved by the frequent use of a heavy roller' it cannot be used too often. They require it to be made more compact, and any treat moat that secures this object, wiR be advantageous. Lime by its chemical action on the con stituents of soils, readers sand more adhe sive ; and when cheaply obtained, it is always a profitable dressing for sandy soils, to the full amount that they require. Gyp-1 sum in considerable quantities has an effect similar to the lime, both on elay and sand ; and when added in smaller portions, pro duces a striking increase in the crops of sandy soils. Clay marls, containing either ‘ carbonate, sulphate or phospate of lime, are of great value to sandy soils. Equally ben eficial are ashes leached or unleacbed, peat or vegetable manures of any kind. Some calcareous sands, containing . large propor tion of lime, like those of Egypt and ex tensive regions in the Barbary States, will produce luxuriantly, if supplied with a slight addition of manure and abundance of water. Sandy soils can never be profitably cultivated till they have acquired sufficient vgauywvvirvoo vad ICTTHlXy lu sustain a guui) growth of grass or clover; and when once brought to this condition, they are among the meet valuable. They are at all times easily plowed and worked; they require no drainage; and though light and dTy, are quick and kind ly soils, give an immediate and full return for the labor and manure bestowed upon them. When in condition to produce grass, sheep are admirably adapted to preserve and augment their fertility, and by their incessant migration over it, their sharp hoofs pack the surface closely producing the same effect as the roller. Gravelly soils are in some respects simi lar to sand, but much less desirable, being appropriately termed hungry. They are afro like the latter, peculiarly lcachy but iu an increased degree, permitting the rapid escape of manures, both by evapora tion and drainage. Such as are calcareous or composed of limestone pebbles, are in a great measure not subject to those objec tions; as the disposing affinities of the lime have & tendency to retain the vegeta ble matters, thus compacting the soil, and holding whatever pabulum, or food of plants, may from time to time be given to it for the wants ot future crops. Unless of this lat ter description, gravelly soils should not be subjected to tillage; but appropriated to pasturage, wben sheep will keep them in the best and most profitable condition of which they are capable. Loamy soils, being intermediate between clay and sand, possess characteristics and require a treatment approximating to one or the other, according to the predomi nance of enter quality. They are among the most desirahle soils for the various purposes of agricultre.—— Farmer's Advo cate. " Shawls:-*-A thin shawl may be made warm by folding a newspaper inside of it. The paper is impervious to the wind and cold air from outs^ gORSih?. rapid escape of ti Fashionable ^Uit^hinf: ^tore o it. If you sr . .. STYtfc OF Q°y. fom a ats, and Ties at GENTS’ SCARFS T. H. HINES. stocking ;_ fOU arerfAOOlL—A NEW BRAND OF CHEW , in". Something extra. Call at iudet;p7 , T. H. IIlNESf litir. kooit mats, hamper baskets, an - Rvrd’5 Cart Saddles, for sale Ujr T. W SMITH. The Christian Sun# - ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisambatsnot inconsistent nith tbbchoi^ „ acter of the paper, will be iusrtted at the fb1lo» - ' ing rates : . *0 One square of*te»Hip»; fhwtlftwrfien.$ 1 Off ‘ Foreach snhswffle&t iRaenflou.. NJ Onesquare three months.• 0d One square six month*.-.. 10 Cd One square twelve months..18 fcfT Advertisers changing weeliY, most makt a Special ajpieemexii, ^Yearly advertisers will pay quai-twfr df seirrT-asTn'ua'ly in advance. Trat* lient advertisements to t&'jmid for an isSfertion Job Printing executed w^xth neatirts* anddis- ; patch. v ^ i Farm Laborer*. Like auy other kind of business, iwner or manager of a farm must^'jj', witfc bis hired help, and work with l^em or |,e cannot make farming profitV^ Xbis arise* from the nature of . and tho eases are very rare, or more hired men will acoomplie^ „ work when left to themselve ^ a9 ^hon tj,e PWner of the {arm is wo';^pg ■with them In fitted eases hof nv,'i*f two-thirds as me eh wrfl be dote wnei; ,fefl to themselves • and yet ieAjf I "bney,” probably, btft there are a few min Lutea spent here and a few there, till night Lpproo.i'’jcB. and bat little Work Lj done. ri»ery farmer knntrs how hie helps get -imj when he je net present. They are fifteen minutes later gcttTsg't? work, then one will begin to relate some thing, abd the rest stop to hear, half work- " ing probably, and half listening. Next they stop at the end of the rows, if hoeing crops, look at the etna, rest over their bae bandies trS some laggard has finished hia row, so that "all may begin together.”— Next, ene is sent for water, and manages to spend doable the time he should spend ; then a gathering around the water pail takes ^ place, and no one returns to his cork till all have had a dnnk ; then the sun is ex amined again, with a view to ascertaining how long before dinner, to which they come' with commendable promptness. In brief, the eating* of their meals is about all the' operation ithey perform as if they meant* work. A farmeT who ie easy with his help, and' does not work with them much, gets a gS3d" < oaure. He is a1‘good man to work for,” "a first rate boss,” Ac. Now, such a rep- ° utation is dangerous ; and the quicker one' gets rTd of it the better. We, in our farm' tperations. have never coveted such a rep utation ; but we prefer to hear our help laying, "Mr. Miner is a hard man to work for.” "You can’t fool away your time if you work for him; he’ll give you your walking papers pretty quick, if you ahirk your work,” fee. That is the bestt'roputa tion that a farmer can have;; not that it is commendable to crowd men to do moro than* i is right; but as the tandenrv of help is to’ 1 do as little as possible, string for nothing j but to have their time pass, add to get their' I pav, the farmer who allows his men to do I but two-thirds as much a3 they ought to do’ is culpable—not only doing them iDjury, but laying his own ruin—A’«ref American. Plan tor Raisins Water-Melo.vs A correspondent in the Southern Cultivator, writing from Winnsboro, ,S. C., gives his mode for raising water melons “do^n whetfe' the cotton grows.” Astniii very suCcesful in raising melons I thonght I would send my plan*. The spot of ground that yon expect to plant, prepare early in the spring, by plowing' deep ; the first of April lav off yonr hills' eight feet apart each way, dig out holes two" feet deep, two feet souare j in each hole put half peck rotted cotton seed, half peck of hog-pen manure, and a table-spoon fall of salt; mix well with a hot?, adding seH until you get the hole’ full tip to three inches3 from the surface, then draw on light loose: dirt antil you get it level; do not elevate' it, for by so doing, you cause fhetft'to die* out when summer comes; draw your hoe’ around to form a furrow; plant half-dozen* seed in a hill—soon as up, thin out to four, second hoeing thin to two. Continue to' hoe them every four or five days, and just before the vines start to ran, side with »' plow, first one way, then the other, v>' ont first one way, then the other— cross-plowing. In about tfftrruJ in Oil. another plowing and hoe: tinL. is UK Y t 1 keep the ground looc e*n do without oo case should tie sticks aero the wind fro tbe above^ melons fr weighing lo« pai on of is ri fl. c \ roll Medic* V^*‘ toe Anv tfsrson wis\iifig to'see me profesAonally, and no*. finding me at niv office,if they wHl write I their orttrs on a slate hanging u*> on the left 1 of the door, *K,°u onS.l J<S*t>b P, Webb's DtuS Sti*e. tlwjjrcriMi will be '.-ectieed iid attended to Trill]1" y4 • 1 • ' " a BV’BAKER. fe34-tf _ N ir W Til) i A Tfuelf J I Meet Hoes, flakes, I els, D ll^ndfe i Short H»ndr ings, and ed at ^ tob»4 FAgMING IMPLK k'ceding Koe», l'h«1 Sftort handle Shov id Shovel*, Looms an ; forks, Lartule^fiSrec
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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April 7, 1871, edition 1
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