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The Christian Sun FRIDAY, JANUARY 23,1880. D. B. Dunbar,.Proprietor. Her. J. Pressley Barrett-Editor. Ol7R PRINCIPLES. *1.—Th« Lord Jesus Christ is the only Heaa of the Church. 2. —The name Christian, to the exclusion of all party, or sectarian names. 3. —The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament & sufficient rule of faith and practice. 4. —Christian character, or vital piety, the only lest of fellowship, or church membership. 5. —The right of private judgement and the liberty of conscience, the privilege and duty of all. EDITORIAL NOTES. Remember February is tbe month to take up collections for Ministerial Education. Do yonr best. Rev. Dr. Deems bas established a scholarship at the University of North Carolina. Good thing for a New York D. D., to do. The Central Protestant says that the Hon. Jno. M. Moring is ill with ere sipelas. This is painlnl news to his nmuy friends in Eastern Virgiuia. Somebody wishes to know if Rev. M. B. Barrett has told us of all he likes to see. if so, they think ho does not like many thiugs. How about it, Bro. B » Rev. D. T. Deans seems to be do ing quite well in the Valley. He is conducting a meeting at Liuville. Bro. Deans is a lone sentinel, but he stands to his post well. Rev. H. H. Butler is greatly be loved iu bis field. Tbe cburcb in Berkley is doing well. Bro. Butler bas a bard field, but we hope be may be able to eudure its hardships. It is stated that the Rev. Lovick Pierce, D. D., tbe father of Metho dism in Georgia preached during his long and useful life eleven thousand sermons. Well done, good and faith fill servant. Rev. E. W. Beale believes piety is of great value in church members. Without it they may have the form of usefulness, but they will not show the power thereof. Reader, you can not afford to do withobt piety. The District Meeting for Februa ry will be held at Union, Southamp ton comity, Va., the fifth Sunday and the Saturday previous in Febru ary. We hope that the meeting will be well attended. Programme next week. Rev. W. W. Staley begins this week to write for the Sun. Iu a private note to us he says : “I will try to write once in two week.” We are quite sure our readers will be in terested iu his articles. This week he answers an important question. Do you think he is right 1 The Missionary cause is gaiuiug strength every day. Almost every letter from North Carolina brings us news of new efforts in this direction. Rev. W.G. Clements feels encoura ged we are sure, as well as others. We think our people ought, to begin an effort to build a church in Ral eigh. Last Sabbath we spent at Holy Neck. It was a delightful day and a very large congregation was in at tendance. Holy neck is improving we think, and we look for much work to be done in that vineyard this year. At night we met several people in a prayer meeting near the Quaker church. We had a delightful time there also. The Baptist Review says: “If the Baptists increase in the same ratio they have increased since 1800, and the population of the world increases at its present ratio, in 2100 A. D. everybody in the world will be Bap tists.” And the Christian at Work answers : “If all the trees were bread and cheese, and all the water ink, if all the milk were changed to silk, what would the people drink?” Our Baptist brethren are an ingenious people. That is a nice calculation and would be exactly correct, if it did not have such a big “if” in it. That spoils it. Do you not think so, Dr. Dickinson 1 We believe the Raleigh Christian Advocate is a lover of Christian Uni^n, judging from what it says of the ob servance of the week ot prayer in that city. It says : “The Week of Prayer was observed iu this city last week by the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist Churches. Very irfterestiug union prayer meetings were held iu the Churches of each of the deuomi. nations above mentioned and great good was accomplished. We re joiced much to meet the Christians of " other denominations that we might mingle our songs of praise and lift our hearts in prayer together. If the Christians of this laud would get nearer together and work with more uuity aud charity, the gospel car would roll on much more rapidly.” That suits us exactly. Here is our fraternal |y, Bro. Advocate. THE GOLDEN MILE STONE. A purpose is of prime necessity iu every action. Indeed meu do nothing without a purpose. This is no less true now than when Adam aud Eve partook of the forbidden frnit—they had a purpose; they wished to be come wise. This is a common cliaiv acteristic of the human family—not of individuals only, but of collective bodies also. In short, a purpose seems to be at the bottom of all ac tion. Augustus erected in the Forum a “Golden Mile-stone,” which was the center of a great power. From this mile stone fine roads were construct ed to all parts of the surrounding world—to Cadiz iu Spain, to the Cat aracts of the Nile, to many towns on the river Danube, through Gaul to the cities of Asia, so that the citizens of the Empire could go to the distant frontier on fine roads. This brought together all the na tions of the adjoining countries. An iutimacy and communication sprang up never known before. From the Golden Mile-stone a Roman influence went out over the magnificent roads to the several nations around. Iu a short while Brittain, North Africa, Spain and Ganl became Romanized. The Greek and latin languages were spoken in all parts of the Empire. When Augustus planted this Gold en Mile-stone and constructed those splendid roads to all sections of the country, he had a grand purpose be fore him—it was to Romanize the peo ple of these sections, and bring them under the Roman power. VYe, as a Christian Church, have a great purpose before us. First, the conversion of the world, and second, to teach Christian people to give up their narrow sectarian view's, and with the disciples learn that he that is not against ns is on our side. Such was the teaching of the Master when he walked among them on earth, speaking as never man spake. Is there a necessity for our work in this direction! Undoubtedly a great ne cessity exists. Sectarianism among God’s people is, we believe, as great a barrier to the spread of the Gospel among sinners as the wickeduess of the people itself. It is simply alarm ing to see to what extent this evil prevails in churches claiming to be churches of the Lord Jesus Christ. Iu many cases sectarianism has taken such a bold on the people that they do not hesitate to olaim that members of other churches arA not Christians at all—that they willSrot be saved. Sectarians ofteu claim that members of other churches are not Chistiaus at all, and that because they do not be lieve as they, do there is no hope of Heaven given te them in the Bible. Again we have knowu cases where sectarians would rather their friends would be in the world as sinneis than be iu a church that was not of their “faith and order.” We know of a case not far from where we write, where a sectarian was unwilling for boys, relatives ol theirs, to attend a j Sunday-school, of another denomina tion. They wickedly devised plans to get the boys out of this Sunday school. They succeeded. Those boys now are wild and will not attend auy Suuday-school or church even. Thus it seems a clear case of a prefereuce to have them in the world rather than in a Suuday-school or church holding and teaching views that do not accord with those they them selves hold. To put aud end to this sad and hurtful state of thiugs is one main purpose of the Christiau Church. Instead of those ill sectarian feelings that would rather have people to be sinners than to be Christians in an other church, we wish to spread as a people among all the denominations of the laud and show them by our ex ample aud by the doctrines we teach and practice,that the Bible is opposed to such a barbarous state of thiugs, and that Christian Love is the great bond iu all the churches, which should be exercised by all of whatev er faith aud order, if so be that they are children of GNod at all. This, we repeat, is one main purpose of the Christian Church. Now in order to accomplish this purpose, like Augus tus planting the Golden Mile stone in the Forum, we must plant a Golden Mile stone aud put men and women to work that the ways, the roads to all sectious of the country, may be prepared for the spread of our immor tal principles. Do this. It will put us into communication with the vari ous sections of the country and the many classes of people, who differ from us. If we are industrious in our work, if we are earnest and consecra ted this will give us an influence among the people and thereby we may, under GglJ’s. blessing, like Au-, gustus Romanizing the country gen erally, Christianize the people, at least to such an extent as to induce them to tolerate the right of private judgment. But how shall all this be done! What shall be our “Golden Milestone”! Let us awake to our surroundings. Rome, under the work of Augustus, reached the zenith of its power aud glory. For a long while, we have been dragging our ‘slow length along.” Let us stop and plant our “Golden Mile-stoue,” rr7- 1 and then proceed to open the ways to the countries rouud about. The Mis sionary spirit shall be our “Golden Mile-stone, and instead of erecting it in the Fornm we will plant it in the Churches that we now have. From these this missionary spirit shall go out orer the oountry and vipen the way,shall construct magniliceut roads for the Heaven-born principles of the Christian Church—so creating a means of communication among the sectarian churches and plauting in their midst, in their doors, the great truth of love for all of God’s children. In this way we may hold up to secta rians the great banner of true chari ty with the right of privatejudgment and the liberty of conscience floating upon its folds, promulgating the doc trine of Christian Union for which Jesus so fervently prayed when on earth. I<rom every direction, m many ol our Coufereuces conies tlie news that the Missionary spirit is spreading— Missionary Unions and societies are being formed, missionary collections are beiug taken, missionary tunds are beiug raised, new churches are bging organized, and our work is preparing perhaps as never before in our histo ry. What does this meant Why, we are planting our Golden Mile-stone, we are preparing the ways to the surrouuding countries by which our cause is to reach the zenith of its usefulness and its success. In short to speak plaiuly, our hope, is under God’s favor, in a wise management of our missionary work. This is our “Golden Mile stone.” Every church must become a missionary organiza tion in itself. Every lover of our cause, who hopes to advance our prin ciples, must become an individual ad vocate of the missionary work. The missionary spirit is the spirit of the gospel—is the Christian spirit. Jesus himself was the first great missiona ry. The New Testament is a book on missions. The world is a mission field—we are the laborers in that field. If we be faithful earnest mis sionary workmen, the field will be well cultivated aud our beloved church will li*re and shine with the glory of success—If we work not, then we die. PROF. STALEY ANSWERS, The men of the world watch in a businesslike manner the interest of their work. Why do not Christians in like mauner watch the interest of the church 1.—-I. V. F. That is rath er a hard question. We refer it to Kev. W. W. Staley of Graham, N. C., with a request to answer the same iu these eoluuis.—Christian Sun, Dev. 5th, 1879. ANSWER. The world may be divided into two main classes. Of course there may be many sub-divisions. The two main classes embrace those who take ail interest in their work, aud those who take little or none. The above state ment is, therefore, true of one class of men, while it excludes many others. Real business men correspond to this statement. They are found in all lines of business aud iu all grades of society. They dignify any business they espouse, and are models for oth ers. Some of these accumulate fortunes, others make a bare living. Some of them, no doubt, have ten business talents, while others have only one or two. They are to be measured by the way they use what they have, rather than by great success. The error is too common in judging the world to take the best men and to make them the standard; when they judge the church, they take her most unworthy and make 'them the standard. Tho two classes of the world, represent two classes iu the church—a working class and an idle class. It must be remembered, too, that all church members are not Christians. There are tramps in the church as well as in the world. Both have their share of those who are unworthy. But the best class of Christians watch the interests of the church as well as the best class of the meu of the world watch their work, i.et the church be judged by her best and the world by her best and then it will appear that the church of Christ, as a church equals the world, panting and throb bing with business. Tho standard of the church is her best and.her truest, i \V. W. Staley. Graham, N. C. PRAYER FOP, THE DEVIL. We have heard of many re quests for prayer, but the one men tioned below is tho strangest we have yet hearR of—perhaps it is something new. “A preaches in London has been struck with a bright idea. He sug gests that special prayer be made for the conversion of the Devil. He thinks if the desired end could be ac complished it would help the preach er in his work wonderfully. Instead of trying to get the devil out of our way we had better direct our efforts and prayers to get ourselves out of his way.”—Raleigh Christian Advo cate. Subscribe for the Sun. REMINISCENCES. I Lave already listed some oft bo events that transpired during the time of the ministry of Rev. Richard Gunter in the Haw river section. The reader will understand, that his labors were mostly eoulined to that part of the country, for twenty years or more, though at times they were somewhat extended. Ou one occasion ho attended the Freewill Baptist Conference at Bay river, in the Eastern part of the State, ile sowed the gospel seed in the neighborhoods of the churches of Moore Union, Christian Chapel and Shallow Well, anterior to their or ganization. JIe attended the “Gen eral Meetings” at Pleasant Spring, (now Catawba Spring, in 1831, when and where the “North Carolina Chris tian Conference,” was organized, which, continued its Annual sessions until 1854, the time ot its am alga in a tion with, “tho North Carolina and Virginia Conference, at O’Kellys Chapel. Ho <jbn tinned a mom her at the same until his death. (Note. In “the North Carolina Christian Con ference,” baptism, prior to the amal gamation was uniformly administered to believers only, and by immersion. After the amalgamation Irrespective ly, as at present.) The ministers of the North Carolina Conference that united, are nowall dead, except the writer; and like some lone oak on t lie heath, he stands ready to topple over, when the next storui shall vent its fury, The church at Catauba Spring, we would state, cure known as the Pleasant Spring church (where much of my labor in for many years was spent) organized in 1802, by Rev. Abel Olive. It has “weathered the storm” so far, under many disadvan tageous circumstances; we greatly rejoice, however, that her strength is now being put forth for the glory of God, and she is becoming a praise in the earth. II. B. Hayes. SUFFOLK COLLEGiATE INSTITUTE. Some of our friends at a distance may desire to hear from us again in reference to the condition and future prospects of this School. I am glad to say that every thiug looks hopeful. The present condition is most eucouragiug, and its future prospects are most flattering. We have ou the roll nearly one hundred pupils, and hope to have that num her increased at the beginning of the next half term. Why, the question may be asked, has such unprecedented success at tended this institution of learning. I answer, because it is deserving. The work done, recommends it. The pu pils recommend it.- And the plan upon which the school is conducted recommends it, viz, the system of co education. Sooner or later the truth that boys and girls should be educated together will predominate. They are not se parated in the common schools, why then should they bo in the higher schools?” If the little oues are thu3 educated, why should not the larger ones he thus educated? Why should not young ladies and young gentle men be brought together in the same recitation rooms in the same classes? I have never heard one solid reason why they should uot be. On the oth er hand every argument worth the uame favors co-education. Separate them in tbe schools and you deprive each of that elevating, refining influ ence which one exerts upon the oth er, especially upon the rougher sex. Amt then there is a spirit of rivalry gotten up, where they are brought together in the same classes, that is not seen where they are separated. Where is the young mau of any pride who would not be ashamed to recite a popfly prepared lesson in the presence of a number of young la^ dies? Ami where is the young lady who would not feel mortified in the presence of young gentlemen to do likewise! I need not say more. The Suffolk Collegiate Institute with its faithful teachers with its no ble young men and with its sprightly and charming girls is a success in this community, and will be a bless ing 1 hope under God to hundreds of others in the future. Send your boys and girls to this school and thus (if not already) fully satisfy yourself about the matter. E. TV. Beale. THE FIVE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY. We often hear of the one hun dredth anniversary, but it is very sel dom we hear of anniversaries older than that. The Coveitant of Phila delphia' has the following to say of the five hundredth anniversary of Wiekliffe’s translation of the Bible: The translation of the Bible into English was completed by Wickliffe, in 1380. It is beyond the power of human thought to estimate the in fluence of this groat event. And it is lit aud proper that the Five Hun dredth Anniversary of it, should be appropriately kept, both in Euglaud aud in this country 1 Suhsobibk for the Sun. TAKE YOUR CHURCH PAPER. The readers of the church paper are the best members generally of the church. They are more liberal, more prayerful, more watchful, more punctual, more pious, better Chris tians than those who do not subscribe for and read the paper of their church. If this be so, and it is, should not every family have the church paperT If they would pay more and pray more and work more, by reading the paper, surely they should read it. Because all these are necessary to make up the life of a Christian, and a man is not a Chris tian nor cannot be without these. But why coutinue this subject T Who will bo affected by itf In addition to those who are already subscribers how many more could be influenced to do so by lengthening this article. Well, il you who road this, take your church paper, get some oue else to do likewise and if you are a member of the church aud not a subscriber, be ashamed, and do better. It will cost you two dollars a year to enjoy the privilege of being classed among the very best members of the church, besides supplying a necessity which should be felt in every Christian family. Now if these are not worth two dollars, tligu I pity yonr appre ciation of what is really valuable. IS. W. Beale. YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Mv Render, Have you any selfres pect f If so do uot leave it at home when you go to chuch. Have yon beauty f.If so do not spoil it by gig liug, whispering and gazing about in church like a semi-idiot. Have you been brought up by intelligent, res pective parents! If so do not disgrace them by misbehaving in church. Have you ordinary common sense f If so do uot cause people to doubt it by misbehaving in church. Is your name on the church roll ! If so do not forget this fact while in the church, at least do uot forget it so far as to turn round in your seat, gaze up into the gallery, laugh and talk, while the congregation are at prayer. It might be a gooii thing lor certain selfimpor t.ant — \\ isc - iu - their - own - couciet young people to cut this out aud past it up iu a couspieious place iu their rooms where it would be a constant reminder. Senex. AN INTERESTING RELIC. Iu looking over some old papers a few days ago we found a small piece of paper, upon which was a strange hand-writing. Upon examiuatiou wo found it to be the hand-writing of Kev. James O’Kelly, the founder of our church organization. It con tains the date of his birth—March 19, 1741. The birth of his wife, Februa ry 20, 1744. The date of his marriage June 25,1759. The birth of his first son, John O’Kelly, Juue 11th, 1760. Also the birth of his second son, Willian O’Kelly—April 29, 1703. It also records the fact that he was three years older than his wife, save from Feby. 26, to March 19. Upon the back of the paper the follow ing lines appear just as given below : Our Ages. October 1797. JAS. ok—50. ELISAB. OK—53. JNO. OK—37. W. CK—34. We regard this as a most interest ing relic of this great and good man. It is the only thing now in existence from his pen so far as we know. We shall carefully preserve it. THE SUNDAY QUESTION. There is quite a stir in many of our large cities among a certain class of people who wish to use Sunday a^ a day of amusement instead of a day of r^st aud worship. It is astonishing to see how people do pnt the question of making money between them aud the sanctity of the blessed Sabbath. Men ought to learn to reverence the Sabbath, no matter how wicked they may be. The day will come when they will realize that death is upon them. The eud of the journey may be near at haud, even now. Learu to love Sunday. The New York Tribune, in an edi torial “Concerning Sunday,” puts it in this very striking way : “The primal idea of Sunday never grew out of a man’s brain. No hu man intelligence* ever devised the plan of forcing men to stop short at stated times in their ploughing, buy ing, cobbling, all the million ways of earning' food aud clothes, to ask themselves, ‘What is the meaning of it all ? Where did I come from be fore I began this work t Where am I going? What ami to do when the journey is over ?” Kev. W. S. Long is closely enga ged m ttfe Graham High School. He is doing a good work there, but we feel very anxious to have his efforts given at large for the benefit of the. church. He is one of the firs t think ers in our ministry. The lialeigh Christian Advocate will put on a new dress soon, it says. ■ ADVICE TO BOYS. “Youth when deroled to the Lord, I« pleasing In Hie eves : A flower though offered in the bud, I> no vain sacrifice. a ’ Tia easier far if we begin, , To fear the Lord betimes; For sinners who grow old in sin, Are hardened in their crimes.’’ Bear in ini nil boys, now is the spring-time of life with you, and it is i most important period. It is the time to give your hearts to Jesus.— Surely He has a claim to eur first and principal attention, and religion ilemauds the morning of our days, before ive are encumbered with caret and engaged with business. It is net »nly the time to seek the pearl of great price-religion, but it is the time to store your minds with knowl edge. Bear in mind that learuing is favorable to goodness and happiness; the refinements of literature adds lus tre to the devotion of piety; grace of mauners receives a higher polish from the discipline of schools, and sheds a cheeriug light over domestic duties: its very sparkle, like those of the dia mond, at once attest its purity and power. Wheu knowledge is com bined with industry, it is power. It unfolds the laws of physical, mental and moral health ; fills up leisure mo ments with refined enjoyments;— delves the mines; explores the deep; economizes,accumulates wealth : com mauds inlluence and respect; indefi nite!,)' multiplies the conveniences and comforts of life; steams over conti nents and oceans; dashes intelligence around the globe. But to relate all that it performs would be too tedi ous. Let ns implore \ou, boys, to culti vate the love of labor. If you would brave the storms of life’s troubled ocean be industrious, be h-ugal. Nev er taste of ardent- spirits, unless ad ministered as medicine. “It bites like an adder anil stings like a ser pent.” If you acquire the habit of drinking in your boyhood, )ou will drink in your manhood. Do not learn to smoke : this is another bad habit. Be discieetly generous. Be kind to all, especially the loved ones at home; honor your parents in all things.— Make yourself useful at home; ever be willing to assist your fathers or mothers in their labors. Be respect ful to the aged, sympathize with them in their infirmities. Forbear scoffiug at the condition or natural delects of any person. Never utter any profane language. Let your words be few, when in the presence of your superi ors, lest you betray your own weak ness. Never interrupt one when he is speaking—hear him out: this is a mark of true politeness. Never wound any person’s feelings, because it will leave a lasting impression. No mat ter how poor, how destitute one is of personal attractions, how ignorant, be polite if uot intimate with him. By doing so you win his admiration and esteem. Again, after you grow up to manhood, take your places in society, gain all you can without defrauding anyone, then save all you can, and give as much as you can afford to charitable purposes. Aud “it will be given back, pressed down, shaken to gether, running over.” And be per fectly honest. We do not use this word “honest” in the narrow sense; for the commom pride of young gen tlemen would constrain you to be so. We use it in this sense of discharging ail your duties, both public aud pri vate, with the most scrupulous heav en-attesting integrity, which drives from the bosom, all little crooked, de basing considerations of self, aud sub stitutes iu their place a nobler, Loftier, bolder spirit—one which will dispose you to consider yourselves as uot so much born for yourselves as others and your country. Qatetville, N. C. S. F. C. LABOR IN THE VINEYARD. How many of the members of our ehurches seem to live as if they thought to have their names on the church-roll is sufficient to ensnre sal vation. This is a n.istake. The Sa viour said : -‘Go ye also into the vine yard and whatsoever is right I will give you.” ludeed we believe that no one ought to be admitted into the church till he has made up his tnind to go into the church, as a man going into a vineyard, to work and to work hard for the Master’s cause. We be lieve this because we arp told that when he had agreed with the labor ers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. For this reason we believe that there should be an agreement to work before we admit members into the church. The Cov enant says : “The Christian Advocate will have it, that Chnrch-membership must be “made to mean, personal la bor in the vineyard.” “Doubtless the Advocate is right. It ought to mean that. In the miud of the Master, it does mean that. Some where, in every church-fleld, there is a place for every one of its members_ a work with which he is to be speci ally connected. The Church is un like a Ship in this, that all on board make up the crew. There are no pas tenders—tor all hands are needed for ;he perfect working of the ship! news fromjthe field. « T.n «a aiar tytt, and look on tko Fitldi; for Ikryart “U, drUy lokaro„l."-Sl. John 4.-3S. BALLlti«rINK's HrtM, N. 0., Jan. Utb 1*0—E *as ttt Mt- Eler®an last featbulay mid Sunday. On Sun dav a very large congregation was present. After preaching tweuty seven names were receive for th« Children’s Missionary Society. The brethren are keeping up the Snuday schooi t It rough the winter. The Lord is blessing us tills year, aud in the Lord will we trust., J. A. Jones. Linvili Bi A k-i Jan. 12th, 1880.—I received this morning, through Col. Sipe the Annuals of 1879 for dietri* button hrtoug. the chnrcKes of this Conference. 1 And on page 60, my name was handed to the Executive Committee for uot submitting my ministerial report for last year. I want to say througli the Sun to those whom it may concern that 1 did sub mit my report in writing, stating that I had received and accepted a call from the Virginia Valley Chris tian Conference. I mailed this re port iu due time to the Standing Sec retary of the North Caroliua and Virginia Christian Conference. As it failed to reach its destination, it was no fault of mine. I have been a member of Conference twenty two years, ami I have never failed to represent myself either in person or by letter. The “week of prayer” was observed by the church at Liuville. I am continuing the meeting with fair prospects of a revival. Will let yon hear the result. D. T. Deans. Berkley, Va., Jan. 19th, 1830.— Last Saturday and Sunday morning I spent very pleasantly, with the brethren at Berea church, Norfolk county, Va. We hud a very good meeting on Saturday. Transacted much business, which we hope, will result in great good for the church, I also had the pleasure of meeting with the dear young brethren iu their prayer meetiug on Saturday uight. These meeting^ arc kept up iu the church every Saturday night. We are looking forward for a revival of religion to commence in these meet ings. May God bless the efforts of these dear young men! Sunday morning, Bro. N. Onley was ordain ed to the oliice of a Deacon iu the church. May God help him to dis charge faithfully tho duties of this oilice. I preached to a largo congregation, after which, we gathered around the Lord’s table, ate aud drank in re membrance of Him who died that we might live. I presented the claims of our church paper. Got live new sub- « scribers. Preached at Providence in the afternoon, aud iu Berkley at night. Had a good congregation at each church. 4 H. H. Butler . FRAUKLINTON, N. C., Jikfl. 19th, 1SS).—I have just returned from a little trip to Granville and Warren counties. During the trip I spent a night with Rev. P. W. Allen aud his pleasant little family. I hope from this sprightly family of children that we may in'the future get one or two preachers. 1 also spent one night with Rev. Chastiue Allen am) his kind family. lie is now about St) years of age, bat in fair health. As I passed Henderson,I noticed the salesof tobac co in the various ware houses. Sales were good. Tobacco brings a large amount of money to this community. There are three ware houses aud the fourth is building. 1 spent last Sat urday and Sunday in the pastoral ! charge of Rev. M. L. Hurley. The congregation was large and attentive on Sunday. All were in good spirits about the interest of their church, and their pastor is much beloved. As he is a modest man, and may not tell you, I would say I accidentally saw several of his mem bets pound him first on one side, and then on the other, with such articles as a new bouse keeper very much needs, and I learn that there was more to follow. Here 1 met many dear friends to whom I have often preached in days gone by, having been their pastor for 10 years. There are two new places in liro. Hurley’s Hold. I hope to hear favorable reports trom them this year. Jlay the Lord abundantly bless his labors during tbe year. J. W. Wellons. THE BELL-CLAPPER. The Herald and Presbyter wants to know if ‘‘there isn’t somebody in your church that is always talking about the coldness of the brethren, the divisious that abound, and the very low state of piety there.” ^ Now we are acquainted with that person—we have met him on several occasions and find the party to be troublesome—he does iuucb%barm to the cause of the Master—discoura ge? many weak and faltering ones and prompts Madam Kumor to say much against the cause- of God. Upon the whole, we fear the result of such a party. The Herald and Pret byter further says: “Tell such grumblers the fable of ‘Bell-Clapper. The bell in whioh it was hung was cracked, and the clapper was always complaiuing of its sad fate in being hung in such a bell. A good mauy unsophisticated people pitied the clapper, and condoled with its sad.* lot. At length the spirit of Dioge nes, the old cynic, who could not en dure shams of any kind, came along. He beard of the clapper’s complaint and said : ‘Before yon make any more fuss nbout the bell, remember two things. First, yon cracked it; and, second, nobody would know that it was cracked if yon did not tell them/ the moral is obvieus, but those who teed to ponder it will be the last to fee it.”
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 23, 1880, edition 1
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