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THE CHRISTIAN SUN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, I860. Che Christian Sun AY, JANUARY 2,1880. Dunbar & Barrett.Proprietors. RerV J. Pressley Barrett --Editor. OUR PRINCIPLES. ' lw-Tlia Lord Jesus Christ is the only Heaa of the^lhurcli. jg.—The*name Christian, to the exclusion of all party, or sectarian names. f~ 3.-^-Thc Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament a sufficient rule of faith ^ and practice. 4. —Christian character, or vital piety, the only test of fellowship, or church membership. 5. —The right of private judgement and the liberty of conscience, the privilege And duty of . all. * EDITORIAL NOTES. J1 — J. A. J. Las an interesting article in this issue. 1*. T. K. will write about Sabbatb breakers next week. Rev. P. T. Klapp has been pound ed, and it was nicely done, too. See his letter elsewhere. We yield our editorial space this ! week to Bro. Holland’s most excel lent Essay on “Co-operation in our Chmch Work.” It will pay you to • read it. Rev. Robert Rawls of ljor is one of the oldest members of our Confer ence, but age does not keep him from loving the cause of our church. May the Lord bless him. Han Rice the celebrated circus man ^professed religion in St. Louis |under the direction of Mr. Moody SesTcTwork To a very different Wction. So says an exchange. Hon. David Clark-, a member of the Christbiu Church iu Hartford Con necticut, has giveuto benevolent and denominational works during tbe last twenty five years one hundred thous and dollars. The young ladies of Holy Neck made quite a success of their Festival during the Christmas holidays. Good order was kept and every thing pass ed off very pleasantly. In behalf of the young ladies we return thanks to those who gave them such material aid in the work. Rev. H. B., Hayes of Raleigh,N. 0., and we beli&ve about the oldest mem ber of the ft. C. Conference has an interesting ■''item in this week con cerning the Coincidence to which we alluded some^.weeks ago, referring to the monuments of the lamented O’Kelly and V^ellons. Read it. Rev. Alfred Apple of Red Bank, Va., now for advanced in life, is one of the most ardent lovers of ourcause, and eveiwb his old days can eutei ■ Midi an audience. He is oue of ters in our ministry. May the Lord greatly bless the remainder of his la bors. Itev. W. G. Clements is organizing Missionary Societies, and th«?—^mirit of missions seems to be spriugingSqi in the N. C. Conference as never be fore. Bro. Klapp is pushing the same cause and we hope every mem ber will do so. It is most important. It will be a glorious day for us when missions triumph. We hope every reader of the Sun will read the Essay on ^Co-operation in our Church Work,” by Rev. K..H. Holland. It was read before the iaL !**rgl*il1,? at Fares, and pronounced a fine production. We hope our ministers, deaeous aud sec retaries especially will give it their attention—a careful reading. The ladies at Bethany will hold a least to-night and to morrow night for the benefit of that church. Rev. C. J. Ralston; will lecture on “Meu and Women lor the Times.” We wish them much success. Go aud help them. They are laboring hard lo build up a church in a needy com munity. Give them your presence and assistance at the feast. ^-,‘ife gentlest aud most lovely charac “The Editor of the Advocate never wrote an anonymous communication for liis paper. It is in order for the Junior Editor of the (Religious) Her ald to speak next. Richmond Chris tian Advocate:’ The Editor of the Sun never failed to answer a fair question asked by a contemporary. It is in order for the Editor of the Advocate to speak next. But we have no objection to hearing the Herald speak ior the edification of the Ad vocate. “Mr. Thomas J. Kilbyj will he the next judge of Nansemohd county”— Suffolk Examiner. “He is the son of the late Hon. J. K Kilby aud a ster ling mau and'' Christian A two thirds CO OPERATION IN OUR CHURCH WORK. BY BEY. B. H. HOLLAND. It is a self-evident faot, that no great enterprise, and especially one of vital interest to the many, can be advanced to any great degree of suc cess, by a few individuals, or by di vided or diverging,, efforts. For if a few generous, enterprising spirits as sume the burden and responsibilities that belong to the masses, their ener gies will not only be seriously taxed, the duties too onerous, but in a ma jority of cases at least, it will ulti mately prove suieidial to the very cause they so nobly espouse. They assume too much, their souls are too large for their capacities to perform ; they undertake to do the work of oth ers in addition to their own, and fail ure is the result. In the economy of divine grace this was not so ordered ; God diou&t design that the acalous aud liberal, should do the work ol the slothful or parsimonious, but lias appointed a sphere of active ser vice for all, and the work is graded according to their seveial talents and capacities for usefulness. Aud no true Christian who has the cause of God at heart (which he evidently has) can be satisfied to be at ease in Zion.” The call to every heir of grace is. “go work in my vineyard.” And to the mere hanger-on, who waits lor more apportnue circumstances, aud does not lay himself out, to the divine glQ ry, Christ’s geutie reproof is, “why stand ye all the day idle t” Every truly, Considerate, God-fear ing professor must be seiiously im pressed with his personal responsi bility ; that there is work for him to do which others cnn not perform; that he can employ no substitute to do the service he owes the Master. -To-illustrate this, the great apostle of the Gentiles has said “ye are liv ing stones in a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifi ces acceptable to God by Jesus Christ,” and that *ve are a house hold, built upon th* foundation of the apostles aud prophets, Jesus Christ himself the chief corner-stone, in whom all the building fitly framed together, growetb into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom we are also builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.” We are all then, constituent aud iudespensa ble portious of the great spiritual temple, aud no part however 3inall, can te dispensed with, without mar ing the beauty, or detracting from its strength. If we are Christiaus in deed, we have our burdens to bear, our duties to perform according to the gifts and graces with which God has endowed us. We are then equally interested in our church work ; are “co-workers to gether with God.” Every depart ment of our church work runs in con verging lines and tends to the same poiut. Therefore, as a denomination, concert of action should be the watch word all along the lines; the sentiuel Faithful should guard with sleepless vigilance, the intrusive approach of discord or antagouism. Our efforts should not only be united, but they should point to the same end , there must be mutual aud af fectionate co-opperation, that our several enterprises may be efficient auxiliaries to swell the tide of denom inational success. Every tributary, hotYever small must flow into the same channel, to deepen aud wideu the stream of usefulness. The rip pling brook as well as the larger tri butaries help to make the mighty river. God does not despise the day of small things” For it is I-- - ‘ WSite _ Little graine of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the beautiful land.” The graud and noble Mississippi, which bears on its bosom much of the commerce of the nation, is made great only by its confluence with other streams. Indeed, it would at once sink into insignificance, or its channel would be emptied, cut off from its source of sup plies. It may at first be a tiny spring, starting at the foot of the great mountain, but as it wends its way, the cheerful ripple of other streamlets join it ui its course, whilst another and still another glad stream flow in from the right and the left to increase its magnitude and power, and add rapidity to its speed as it moves majestically to its terminus, and emp ties itself into the waters ol' the great gulf. So with our church enterprises, if they are to be a power for good, they must be made so by mutual co operation of ministers and people; by the influence, labors and means of all, varying according to their sever al abilities, each one willingly conse crating his service to the Lord.” lTho^ sacrifices from every sonrce sh< be laid on the common altar, eve taleut however small i to tt pies. None of them have a repellant, force, but are purely conservative, aud gravitate to the one common cen tre. And though starting from di verse sources, like curving lines, they finally meet at the destined terminus. They are all congenial elements and uuiting links in the chain of denom inational success. They are all off springs of our cheiished aspirations and prayers, they form a unit and are of common, yet of the most ritnl interest. The Educational, Missiona ry and Publishing interests, are each but cou8tituent portions of the total of our church work, and we are all partners iu the denominational stock. That which is loss to one is loss to all, and that which is gain to one is gain to all. And every branch ot our work demands universal sympa thy and support. It is a general, collective work, arid not one of indi vidual responsibility. In our mis sionary work there must be coopera tion in every part of the field, from from the hill country to the sea and from the centre to the extreme bor ders, if we would “hold the lore and spread out into new and inviting “fields, already white unto the liar vest,-' and send out our Calebs and Joshuas to “possess the goodly land.” And then our denominational Sun must shine or, dispelling tlie clouds of ignorance and prejudice, carrying the message of peace and good will” with our heaven born principles into every nook and corner of the land, gladdening our hearts arid cheering our spirits, and inspiring to renewed efforts, by its messages of the success of our cause in various portions of the field.” It is the medium of light and joy, where the thoughts and opin ions upon the leading subjects that most interest us may be discussed, and intelligence readily reach us as to the progress of our work. There fore, such a valuable auxiliary to our cause should meet with a cheerful aud united support. Tne Educational enterprise of our church also demands a generous np preciation. Onr young men must be sent to the school of the prophets. An educated ministry is no longer a question of debate. Its necessity is conceded by nil. Then the means for making our ministers what an en lightened and progressive age de mands, is what more particularly claims our attention. They must have a course of study,—“study to show themselves approved unto God, workmen that upedeth not to be as hamed.” They must have both knowl edge and grace—be as wise as ser pents aud as harmless as doves,” that they may honor Ckri.-.t and the cause they advocate’. And we want true patriots and not mere “hirelings,” we want veterans aud not cowards who will ignobly quit the held. We need bravery as well as intellect, “spunk” as well as brains. We want O’Kelly’s valiaut-keartedness aud intrepidity of spirit to be the true pioneers of our cause. A soul that dues not guail at opposition or adverse winds, but allows these things only to brace them for the conflict and arouse them to more determined effort. But to more thorough co operation and concert of action, we should more fully systematize our work. Our name and principles are founded in eternal truth, and are as unalterable as the laws of the Meads and Per sians; but we can improve upon our plans, for the more successful propa gation of those principles. Wisdom dictates that we adopt the system that ensures the greatest success, and we can safely do this without viola tion oT"‘ Hr8t principles” or departing from the “old land-mark.” I claim that tfre-flarTTS— OhrhriMM, _ a u d the princi ples it involves are truly eclectic. That they combine the good of ail de nominations without accepting any of their objectionable features. There fore, as the bee extracts the houey from every opening flower, so we must gather lessons of usefulness from every available source. As Christian workers, we-should not be so prejudiced against our Methodist brethren as to refuse to adopt a sys tem of co-operative work, because it bears some faint resemblance to theirs; we should not feel so unkind ly towards our Presbyterian breth ren as to reject the best goverment and church polity, because it is simi lar to theirs, or should we refuse to be a missionary people, because our Baptist brethren have adopted a sue cessful missionary plan; neither should we even abandon any good quality simply because it is like the Catholics ; for the Catholic also have good plans aud principles. But let us rather imitate the good that is in all, yet adhere with unyielding tauac ity to our distinctive, fundamental nriuciples. For ^•Truth is truth wherever lound ■ Christian land or heathen ground.” H us then “Earnestly covet the Kifts, yea show the more excel of charity. would urge tuat we be church work. Let fg|g|gAy^i!Kl brut ll(>rly last words of the great and good Wellons, as a departing benediction, was, “Stand together; be uuited.” Better counsel could not well bo em braced in lower words; for united we stand, but divided we fall.” In uni on there is strength, in division there is weakness and failure. Success to our cllofts is inevitable, if we are true to ourselves and stand together.’’ A persecuting world tna.v fiy to os tracise, satan and his cohorts may op pose, but, if we stand together in the hour of trial, and “bo united” iu all our enterprises, our cause is invinci ble, we will “go forward” at God’s command. it has been said “there is a tide in the all'airs of men, or in every man’s life, which if unchecked, runs on to fortune;” and it may as truly lie said of denominations. That tide which runs to fortune is in its onward course, and we need only not to check it, as it glides smoothly and triumph antly oil. Lotus rather give impe tus to its propelling foice. Kvery touch we give it, every pull in the right, direction, every push against the glorious ear of progress, gives ve locity to its motion. Only let there be no neutrality, or cold indifference in the work, or avrerely letting it atom:, but cheerful and a'lfcetiouate co-operation, and a grand achieve ment awaits out efforts in the no dis tant future. PITHY POINTS, —I am pleased to see so'ffiueh ear uestness pervading the ranks of the Christian ministry and laity—urge them to greater efforts.— Rev. I>r.J. G. Sullivan, Brandon-on the James. We thank Dr. Sullivan for these fra ternal words and assure him he has a warm place in the hearts of many of our people. To greater efforts! Yes, Doctor, that is the great aim be fore us. —Several preachers came to see us. They were wild and behaved rudely. —Mrs. T. Kansemond, Co., Va. Ah! brother preacher, you may say our piety is puritanical, but we verily believe that many preachers of the word do as much harm by their silly conduct in the family as they do good by their pulpit efforts. Do be more guarded around the fireside in your pastoral visits. —Some will stand off and growl —there are growlers everywhere, but Christian men and women will come up to the help of the Lord’s work.—Rev. Jno. T. Kitchen, Frank lin, Va. That is truth. When we see a man begin to growl, we feel like be lias no more piety than will be necessary in entering heaven. Don’t growl. Do your part of the real work of the church. Growling is no part of a Christian’s work. —I do not love to go to a brother’s house unless lie takes the church pa per.—Rev. M. li. Barrett, Ivor, l'«. That is business, but we wonder if any body will say: “Stay at home then.” Look out tiro. 1!., a stray, shot of that kind might hit. yon. —Let me give my children every advantage intellectually and spir itually which God has given me p o w e r to do, and I shall die in peace.—Rev. K. IV'. Beale, Suf folk, Va. That is good doctrine—we hope our people will not be slow to adopt Bro. B’s spirit in this matter. Educate your children. —Bro. Ball mast not stay from Mt. Carmel, because we have paid up our Borne Mission dues in full.— /. IT. Duck. No,.for'Mt. Carmel will give more yet, if Bro. Ball will come.— Mills Britt. Now that is the way our people are already talking to Bro. ^all, even where they have paid up every cent of their Home Mission dues. Make a note of this Bro. Ball, and in good time give them your best attention. —The Superanuated Fund is of great importance to our work. When a man has spent his life in .this4-cause we ought to lake care of him when he becomes aged oriiuttrin.—A. L. P. Many other organizations take care of their aged and infirm servants— why should not we as Christians do so, too ? — Truth is onr shield—wear it faithfully, and you will not suf fer by the attacks of error. Truth is mighty and will pievail finally.— Jason. Yes, surely he who wears the shield of truth is wed protected. WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION WHEREWITH YOU ARE CALLED. We presume the word walk, in the language of the Apostle is of a more extensive signification, than most people imagine. It includes, we think all our inward and outward motions, all our thoughts words and actions. It is therefore no small thing to walk in. this sense of the work, worthy of the vocation where with we are called,—to think, speak, and act in every instance in a man ner worthy of our Christian calling. We are called first with all lowliness to have the mind in us, which was in Jesus; to he little, poor, unwor thy, and vile in our own eyes; to know ourselves, as we are known by to whom all hearts are open, inmost spul is thoroughly tinctured therewith it remain* that we be clothed with humility. Let all our actions spring from this fountain; let all our words breath this spirit, that all may know we are endeavor ing to imitate Jesus, who was meek and lowly in heart. ' We must not only be humble, but long suffering, forbearing one another in love, not avenging ourselves, not grieving, not injuring each other, either by word or action, bearing each others bur dens, yea lessening them by every means in our power, sympathizing with them in tiieir sorrow, afflic tions, and infirmatics, supporting them when without help they would sink under thoir burden. Let us have a desire to see all happy pros perous, and good, and let the eon stunt teller of our lives, and conver sation bear witness to this. Let us constantly bear in mind how rich how glorious our future reward will be, and let us eudeavor to be more worthy of it than we are. ^Let us from this very hour forsake what does not become men, and women, professing true religion; what does not spring from the love, and fear of our Heavenly Father and minister thereto. Let our adorning be that which fades not (a way—even right eousness, and true holiness. ‘Costli ness of apparel is destructive of good works. How ofteu could our fellow beings administer to the needy, give more liberally to the church—to all charitable purposes; and gladly would some give, but alas! it is al ready given, not indeed for the ser vice of God, not to the treasury of the temple, but either to please the folly of others, or to feed vanity. Let us all remember that the wealth, the fame, the pleasures of this world are vanity and vexation of spirit, let us set our affections upou things above ; for if we love the world, aud the things of it, we shall uot please our dear Redeemer, whose approba tion is worth everything. It should be our aim to please Him, in all things to love him, wilh all our streugth, to obey all His holy coininauds. We should be pnrlicular to leave nothing undone which lie enjoins. And when He sends afflictions upon us (and His truest servants are not exempt from them) it is our duty to bow in humble submission, for by doing so we honor Him. We have no more just reason to complain when He visits us with adversity than when lie crowns us with plenty : in both he consults his own glory, and our high est good. “The greater rut?’”cross, the brighter will be the crown.” . Let us all watch and pray often, that we may not be tempted by our great adversary—the evil one, the enemy of all righteousness. What pains he takes to destroy or lessen that love, joy,-meekness, long-suffer ing, fidelity, temperance, goodness, patience, humility and peace, where in is tlie very esseuce of religiou. Let us at all times resist our enemy, aud draw near to our faithful friend Jesus, who will succor us in the hour of temptation. If we do all this we shall walk worthy" of the vocation wherewith we are called, and spend a blessed eternity together. S. F. C. Liatcsville, X. 0. THE COINCIDENCE." Recently, iu the Christian Sun, you noticed the remarkable coinci dence of the erection of the monu ments at the graves of the Rev. James O’Kelly and the Rev. W. B. YVellons, D. D.; stating, without de sign, that each transaction occurred on the same mouth (October) and on the loth of that mouth. And I would add, the time intervened, was just 2a years. There are some other matters re lating to the church and “the leading spirits” therein, worthy of particular notice. From the time of O’Kelly’s sepa ration (1194) from the M. K. Church until his death, that a period of time, a little over a fourth of a century, had intervened. He died iu 1825; and was a “leading spirit” while he lived iu the Christian Church. The Rev. Daniel W. Kerr, who was greatly beloved and esteemed for his amiability, learning aud piety, exer cised without any appareut selfish de sign, a great influence over both the clergy and the membership of the church ; aud was a “leading spirit” in the body until his death, which oc curred in 1851. At the time of his death, Dr. W. B. Wellous, who had, but a few years before entered the ministry, began to prove himself to be an able and effi cient worker in the interests of the church ; and soon his talent and great energy enabled him to enter into al most every good word and work, for the good of man aud the glory of God aud placed him in the front ranks, with meu of sterling worth and abil ity. Ho was indeed, a ‘leading spir it” in the church. will be observed as a that the time that intervet* tbe death of Father O was frequently called) twenty-six years; and of time also, interveu deaths of Kerr and first, occurring in 1851, and the latter iu 1877. The writer of this should led very thankful to the Father of mercies, that he was privileged to becotempo rary with three such noble spirits, covering such a considerable space of time. And yet lives (1879) to chron icle these interesting events. lie heard O’Kelly preach in the au tumn of 1821, a few years before his death; and was sometime thereafter, editorially associated with Kerr and Wellons for several years iu ihe pub lication of the Christian Sun. 1 close by adding, it seems that there is not as yet, a “leadiug spirit” manifest to all, that will succeed the lamented Wellons, a.j Joshua succeed ed .Moses, lint the great Head of the Church will no doubt take care of His church, His spiritual Israel aud lead on to conquest aud final vic tory. 11. It. II. WILL DEATH END. PRESENT KNQWL v: EDGE, r - • This is nu important question ; but it is seldom made u subject of serious meditation. Some people think what we learn in this life, will be of no use in the life to come. They think our present knowledge will end with our present life. Are such thoughts in harmony with Bible teaching! I think not. list us consider. The Bible teaches that the soul will live forever—the soul is the thinking power. The power of thought may not be all that is meant by the word soul, but it is a part of the soul. God reasons with meu. lie calls upon them to think. This is proof. Our thinking powers 'will not die. When tLe body dies, shall we think and re member I We shall remember all that we now know, and recollect what is now forgotten. Many will admit the fact that we shall remember all the bad words and deeds of this life. This is Bible teaching as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. The Bible teaches that we shall remember all things done in this life; all things said in this life ; and all things seen in this life. The remembrance of how we live here, will not be blotted out, when we wake up in another world. The Bible represents Abra ham as telling the rich mau iu hell to remember the good things which he enjoyed while living. We shall not only remember how we fare in this life, but we shall remember how our acquaintances live—whether they are rich or poor. Abraham calls the rich man’s attention to the sufferings of poor Lazarus. We believe the rich man remembered seeing Lazarus ly ing at his gate full of sores. We shall remember in the world to come, what sort of folks we leave behind iu this world. The rich" man remembered that ho had five wicked brothers living in the world, and he wanted Lazarus to go and talk to them, that they might not die and go to hell as he had done. We shall, in the world to come, re member,what we read in this world. Abraham tells the rich mau that his brother hud Moses and the Prophets. This means that the rich man and his brother knew something about the Old Testament Scriptuies. Alter death, we shall know all about our opportunities for reading the Bible. We shall remember what tbe Bible says about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We shall remember about Moses and the prophets—about Jesus ~atid Hra disciples.’ Tilings that we have read and forgotten, will be brought to our remembrance. We shall remember what others did in our presence, and what they said hi our hearing. This is taught iu the 2Gth verse of the 13th chapter of Luke. The wicked,-when they shall knock at the door of heaven, will hear the answer, “I know not whence ye are.” Then they will say, “We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught iu our streets.” We shall remember eatiug and drink ing. Shall we not remember other things also! We shall remember who preached to us, and shall we not know what they preached! It is my opinion that all the knowl edge of this life, will go, with us into the life to come. All we learn iu the workshop, on the farm, iu the school room, at tho Sunday-school, and from the pulpit;—at home and abroad ; by reading and by bearing, all, will be remembered in the world to come. People are too apt to think that when we leave this world, we shall never think anything more about it, nor of anything that we learned while iu it. No wonder such people are careless about learning. Some neg lect to increase knowledge, but heap up riches as if they expected to bag up money and carry it with them when they die. Knowledge, of itself, will net save us from hell, but it is sometbing that will go wherever the spirit goes. We Are being educated in this life, as a Inspiration for tho duties of the life Let us learu all we cau, the good we can. J. A. J. NEWS FROMJHE TIELO. “Lift up your eyea, ami lobk'^htlfie Field*; for they are white, already to htrveet."—St. John 4.35. Rev. W. G. dementi writes IVom Old Shop, N. Pec. 24, 1879, as fol lows : I was nt O’Kelly’s Chapel last Sat urday and Sunday. On Saturday the congregation was rather small; but it was very good Suuday for the in clement weather. After preaching, on Sunday, be tween thirty and forty names were obtained for the Children’s Mission ary Society. Many of the brethren and sisters are strong advocates for the mission work. Tire brethren are keeping up a Bi ble Class through the winter, and'^he young men are keeping up a youJ^T men’s prayer meeting. I spent Saturday night with Jlro. Monroe Carlton’s family. Bro. Carl ton lias been greatly afflicted with rheumatism for four or live years.— He is not able to get oiroron the bed without assistance; but he bears his affliction wiili the patience of Job, apparently. Added to this affliction is the sad accident wnicli happened a lew weeks ago to Bro. Carlton’s sou, Franklin. The horses ran away with the wagon, throwing him out and breaking Ins thigh ; so the estimable wife and daughter of Bro. Carlton are all that are left to take the oversight of the busiuess, and wait on the fa ther and sou ; but they do it with a Christian patience that is worthy the j imitation of any lover of Jesus. Kev. Peter T. Klai>i> Situ ford, N. C. Dee. 22, lows : writes! 1879, | Last Thursday I attended the fa- ' neral of brother G. U. Ellington who was found dead in liis turkey blind 4 last Tuesday morning the 16th inst; he had been absent, from the house, but a few hours when his two young est sons, Willie and Jimmie, found him lifeless and cold. He has left behind a wife, 4 daughters and 3 sons to mourn his loss, but their loss, (we hope) is his eternal gain, more can be said of this family than many others they are all followers of the true God and members of the Chris tian Church. May i the g»od Lyrd bless and comfojflTvVB bereaved fam ily. iL\ Last Saini'la^Mrr.lia^Lix^niet - my congregatiol Owing to the weather the eoi largo as usual, was """Wy full, organize a Mis. may say it is cburcues uav» thanks giving' day, ami try tcflel saiy of our Lo Christ in a prq Lord help us , o on Christmas urate the anuiver* jd Saviour Jesus ile way. May the do. lfev. P. T. Sanford as foil] On Christma congregation at Mr. Judd of the with mo. We a. ive audience npc ner t hat Jesus’ ted at Bethlel preached t tie fi Black who hat more than (ive 40 years old, a and a has baud, fay the Lord brimr them to \',<sx»fkffn;ctiohs t upou their souls and save them at last in Heaven for Ohriu’s sake. lapj writes again from I was with my allow Well. j{ev. ' |)tist Church was messed the attent and man uday was celebra On yesterday I ral of Mrs. Polly e" a sufferer for |rs. She wag about leaves 3 children Lev. J. T. Kitchen writes from Franklin Dec. 23, 1870. Last Sunday according to previous announcement,! preached at Liberty, Norfolk county. The church there has been without a pastor for more than a year. The Conference at its last session appropriated a small amount to aid the church, andre* quested me to preach there/w^e have a good house there, in the midst of a thickly settled community, ana I ieel that if it is properly managed good can ret be accomplished. This’ church will/God’s help, shall receive my prayerful and earnest attention. At nigh! I preached at Berkley. Bro. Butler is greatly beloved by bis members, jnd is doing a good work. 1 have tjlken up collections for Su peraunatd Fund at my churches, and did rifht well. Let us m^ke this collectioni permanent one. The menbers of Ivor church will please a end the quarterly confer ence the irst Saturday in January 1880. Sanfobd, N. 0., > Dec. 27,1879. f Bro. Barrett:—I want to Ray to Bro’a Deans, Anderson and Walker that tbey are not the only ones who have receutly been pounded. Last Wednesday evening (the 24th) onr hearts were made exceedingly glad. A mini her of the warm hearted Chris tians of the Shallow Well congrega tion came to my house on-conveyau ces loaded with good things, viz: For our little daughter Minnie they brought a nice dress, and dandies of various kinds, and for us all, they brought nice hams, sausages, pies, cakes, cheese, coffee, sugar, some money, and the prettiest butter duck that I ever saw. Now how .can we help loving such friends as these are f It seems to me that it would be as natural for us to love them, as for water to run down hill. Fwill men tion the names of the loading spirits iu this pounding visit, viz : Mr. A. A, hove, Joseph Cantor, Mrs. A. Love, Erieline Gastor and Miss Can dace Love. May thaMMid Lord bless them with iu this life un _ _ «vet Tastirig iife : hui tlliDKS,
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