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The Christian Sun. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1-SSO. D. B. Dunbar,.Proprietor. Rev. J. Pressley Barrett-Editor. OUR PRINCIPLES# 1. —Tli« Lord Jesus Christ is the only Heaa of the Chnrcji. , . . 2. —The name Christian, to the exclusion of all party, or iectarian names. 3. —The 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. Tbe truth as it is in Jesus. Tb Rev. W. R. Brown : What is the matter with your pen, brother! raetors, have you organized that Ladies’ Missionary Union in jour church yet ? Rusty pecs! Clean them and write us something real good for the Sun. If yon can do nothing else send us a subscriber—that is always acceptable. I®. W. B. writes to the poiut in his ajrticle in this issue. Yes, draw the line sharply and charitably—it can be done—it must be done. Commence ililOW. Do net forget to go to the District Meeting at Martha’s Chapel in the North Carolina Conference and at Union, in the Eastern Virgin ia Con ference next Saturday and Sunday. The Institute is doing well. The students begin this week the publica tion of a new paper, the Institute Jew | el. We hope they may receive sufii cient encouragement to enable them to make it a good paper. ■ ri'be-frfuliam High School is now 1 passing through sv most prosperous / session. It is highly spoken of by those outside of our denomination. We are anxious to see our education al interests prosper. Have you reported the fuuds you collected for the Superannuated Fund at your December appointments to thg, Treasurer, Col. A. Savage, Nor folk, Va? Say, pastors, wliy are you so long in making this report ? -Let onr bretiircu read the letter from Bro. JInyes under tho head ot “In Affliction.” This aged and infirm brother should have the necessary aid of our people at once. Several have extended the helping baud. Who will be next 1 What has become of liev. C. J. Ralston ? Of late we hear nothing of him and we think our readers have not heard from him in two mouths, or may be more; and where is Bro. Hurley—Ob! where is he? Breth ren, your pens are rusting. Our heartfelt sympathy is tendered to Bro. and Sister M. L. Watkins of the Windsor Church, whose interest ing little sou, Floyd, had the inisfor tune to stick a knife in his eye one day last week. It is hoped, we learn, that the sight will be saved. The last Conference, which was held at Windsor,'Va., appointed Rev. E. W. Beale agent for the land for |^ie education of ministerial students. Hence all funds collected for this pur pose in the February collectious should be sent direct to Kev. E. W. Beale, Suffolk, Va, “f am opposed to saying what we are going to do, but in favor of say ing what we have done.’’—Kev. D. T. Deans, Edom, Va. That is good doc trine for men engaged in church work. Do your work and then let it ho known—do not brag about what you are going to do. The reputation of the goose that laid the golden egg is thrown in the shade—the Ducks of Mt. Carmel are far ahead of her.—Kev. Jno. T. Ball, AgDttxnt' Home Mission Secretary. Bro. Ball says, Mnj. I. W. Duck, Dr. J. J. Duck, and Bro. Mills Britt of Mt. Carmel, deserve special thanks for the liberal aid they gave to the cause of Missions. Last Sabbath we spent at Bethany. The congregation was large and we had a good meeting. The Sunday school will be started the first Sun day in March. In returuiug on .Mon day we met Bro. Ball at the hospita ble home of Itev. It. H. Holland. We could hardly have met two ot nnr ministers together who are more ar dently attached to our church than Bros. Ilollaud and Ball. We spent a while most delightfully with these brethren. Bro. Holland is giving our readers interesting pen sketches ol his early recollections as a minister in the Christian Chnrch, and Bro. Ball is stirring up the people on the grand and all important subject a? ’ Missions. When we reached Suffolk we deposited to the credit of our Treasurer,for Bro. Ball,another hand jgjune amouut which he had collected . A.1 «... at wvrk. DEATH OF REV. DR. JETER. ’ • - Rev. Dr. Jeter, the well known and beloved Baptist divine of /Richmond, Va., has fallen in the hands of death. This will be sad, and to many, unex pected news. The event occurred at his home, in Richmond, on 'Wednes day, February 18, 4 o’clock, in the morning. His was a most useful life. Bed ford was his native county, where ho began his work. Converted at the age of twenty, he entered the minis try shortly thereafter, indeed he made his first public talk as a Christian) standing on the banks of the Otter river, as he came up from his own baptism. He took part in the organ ization of the Baptist General Asso ciation of Virginia and became its first missionary. What a grand pri vilege, at the end of his life to see the glorious results which have followed his appointment as first missionary for the Baptist of Virginia. He was a missionary man. He had cause to be. He had entered the Baptist ministry at a time when the spirit oi missions ran low. He entered the field as the first standard bearer of missions among the Baptists of Vir ginia. He started almost alone ; but when he finished his work he left the whole Baptist denomination a baud of missionaries. What a victory! He was a successful pastor for many years iu Richmond and also in St. Louis,' Mo. Foi the last several years he has been the able .and accomplished senior Editor of the Religious Herald. As a wiiter he was quite a model— indeed many called him the Addison of America. Iu his life he was con secrated to God, iu his work he was earnest aud a good organizer, with great executive ability. He had wri ten several books of value. As a con troversialist he was fair, was not afraid nor ashamed to owu the truth when he saw his foernau had it on his side. He reached our ideal of a de nominational man—True to the cause he had espoused, respectlul aud geu erous to his opponents, but more than ail,true to the Truth. His last words were,the “Lord reigneth,’’which evin ced in his death the strong faith ex ercised in his life. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT TO THE LATE REV. JNO. N. MANNING. At a meeting of the. Christian Brotherhood held at the Brambletou Hall, Norfolk, Va., Monday night, Feb. 10,1880, the following preamble and resolutions were offered and adopted : Whereas, This body has learned with sorrow aud deepest regret of the death of Rev. Jno. N. Manning, therefore. Resolved, That we hereby record our loss in his death with feelings of sorrow aud that we hereby tender our coudolence to his family and as sociates. Resolved, That a copy of this pre ample and resolution be recorded on our minutes and a copy sent to the Christian Sun for publication. W. H. Gordon, R. S. Bro. Barrett.—In looking over the “Sun” on yesterday, I saw it was draped in mourning. I hurried to open it and ascertain the cause; and my heart was made sad to learn that our beloved brother, and fellow labo rer, Bev. John N. Manning, had fal len. It is true, the brother’s health had been poor for several months, but I had hoped that he would rally, and that he would have been spared for many years to come, to do good in his Master’s cause, in our church, to which he was wedded. But as the Master has ordered otherwise we must bow in humble submission to his will. In the death of Bro. Manning, one important link in our ministerial chain is takeu way, let us who re main, close up,—stand nearer togeth er—and labor more earnestly, and pray fervently, that the mantel of our dear departed brother may fall on some young Elisha, that will do noble work for Jesus. I deeply sympathize with the wi dow, and dear little ones, that are left to mourn the death, of an affec tionate husband, and loving father. But I trust the rich promises of God’s word,may be a solace to their wound ed hearts. Our brother is gone, his weary afflicted body rests in the grave, and his spirit has gone to bask in the smiles of his God, and enjoy the sweets of Paradise. Au able minister, and a'^good man is gone. M. B. Barrett. “News from the Field'’ is rather scarce this week. Bretbien. let us hear from you olteuer. Our people feel anxious to hear from th» “Gos pel Field.” Watchman, what of the night? Head the Scripture quota tion at the head of News from the Field, and maybe you will be moved WA U.\s, we.wca. in your churches. Itev. S. S. Barrett is assisting Sutler in tha field he is occupy t is a large fiekl, by far^ ne i»au. t ^ !ro "SHARP-SHArfMIUGHT THE LINE TO BE DRAWN BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD." v Thus writes another. And I would add by way of comment. S Keep t hem apart. No bbjectiou to theVorld joining tlie church, but a most serious objection should be raised by every lover of Oh l ist against the church joining the world. While the former is done, is it not to be feared that the latter is some times done also? While converts from the world to the church are made, are not couverts from the church to the world made also? I repeat, that there is no objection to the world coining to the church, pro vided it ceases to be the world, and becomes the church. But to come and be yet a part of the wot Id only under a new name, is ruinous to both. There is a necessity for keepiug the two apart and as another iias said, •‘the very moment any church under takes to toy with the pomps and van ities of this wicked world—be it in billiard-rooms, bar-rooms, ball-rooms theatres or in any other Cbrist-dis honcring way or place, that church will soil her white robes, and will cease to be a godly church.” Don’t try to popularize religiou in this way. The purer the metal the brighter it shines. The purer you make the church the brighter she will shiue. No compromise. No mixing. Show your colors. Be either hot or cold. Draw the lino “sharp.” I be lieve the world even detests these compromising church members. A hypocrite, who can admire J Ye can not serve God and mammon. The spirit of the world is opposed to the spirit of Christ. 'Whosoever is a friend of the world is an enemy of God. Keep thyself pure. Keep the church pure. Be not conformed to this world. Make the world conform to the church, instead of the church conform to the world. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their atMietious and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Member of the church, keep thy self unspotted from the world. Let there be no mixing, I repeat. Draw the line “sharp.” E. W. B. IN AFFLICTION. A WORD FROM REV. II. Ii. HAYES. ItALEIOH, N. C., ) Feb. 19th, 1830. } Dear Bro. Barrett:—1 have been conlined to a sick room, some three weeks, and have been uuder treat ment, am but little,or no better of my sickness; and must, I think, grow weaker, at least upon my diet of tea and crackers, toast corn bread and water. Like David, it was once my great delight “to go to the house of God to keep holy day ;” but have never been able to appreciate, so much the value of the inestimable privilege ; until I have been compelled by sickness, to stay in my room, and see from my window, the joyful group of worship pers wending their way to, and from, the house of prayer and praise. But thank God, that kind Christian friends come to my sick chamber, and around the family altar, worship with me and mine. My wife’s and my own grateful acknowledgements are tendered, (additional,) to the Pas tor and Christian friends of Oak Level church. Kev. J. W. Wellons of Fraukliuton, Major Petty of this city, Bro. James Franks and sister Polly Hunter of Catawba Church, for contributions to our necessities, in money and valuable articles. Yours in hope of eternal life. II. B. Hayes. NEWS FROM THE FIELD. 11 Lift up your eye?, and look on the Fields; for they ore white, already to harvest."—St. John 4.*35. Berkley, Va. Feb. 10, 1SS0.— Our Clmrcli, in Berkley, is working well. We have preaching every Sun da v morning and night. We are assisted there, by itev. S. S. Barrett, who is doing much good work tor the Church. We were truly glad to have with us last Sunday night, Itev. J\T. Kitchen, who preached a most excel lent sermon. Our people, in Berk ley, would have Bro. 1C to visit them often. Bro. K. and myself were at school together, therefore, it affords us much pleasure to meet. May God bless him in all his efforts to do good. H. U. B. PlTTSBOROUGII, N. 0., Feb. 21st, 1880.—1 had a good meeting at New Khun at my last appointment—one of the largest communions ever hold at that place. All seemed to feel that it was good to be there. 1 will write you again after the District Meeting at Martha’s, the fifth Sun day—have not time now. J. W. lIOLTi La Grange, N. O., Feb. 23rd, 1880.—I have been holding a meet ing here a little over’a week. The congregation has been good and very attentive all the time. They become more and more interesting all the time. I suppose 30 or 30 came and gave us their hands last night to prevent the meeting from closing. [ hope it caur >2? We have had but few conversions to Oh! how gloomy me feel. Dear ore amoug ELLOkS. PEN SKETCHES OF EARLY RECOLLEC TIONS ! As I have before said, the exten sive preparations, made by the good old people of Holy Neele, to entertain the vast crowd that gathered (here from all directions, at those protrac ted meetings, attracted all classes and grades of character, and whilst there were no doubt many who assem bled themselves ‘here with the pur est motives, there were others, as there is on all similar occasions, who went to see a good time. Hat there was another class, still more objec tionable—the rowdy element from the towns and villages, and the “birds of like feather” in the comity—pests to any large assemblage of persons, and especially one convened for religious service. Vet it has ever been so, it was so in the days of Job. “When the sons of God came to present them selves before the Lord, Satan came also among t hem.” This class was a source of much annoyance at.some of the meetings re(err d to. They would carry liquors with them, concealed about their persons, or have a jog carried by some one vile enough, who deposited it where they could have free access to it. And *tlu*y would sometimes drink to intoxication and become riotous, and a source of much disturbance. L!nt the church soon devised means to check this evil to a great extent. It was not only an in variable custom with them, at their quaiterly Conference, which took place Friday before (he 3rd. Sunday, to appoint a Vigilant Committee or Committee of Order, of four to six, whose business it was to keep a con stant look oat for all irregularities and disorder, but they had a justice of the peace, in the person of “Judge Langston” as he was then called, who was a member of the church, who in such cases of disorder or riotous con duct, would issue a warrant and have them sent to jail, which made them shy, or more genteel. But before this precautionary step was taken, winch snly'^QftptJy pat a a end to it, this Vigilant Committee had much to do, and would occasionally come up with the agents of this evil; aud jugs and bottles wore broken, and the owners or agents, made to leave the ground or church precinct. On one occasion a jug was found contain ing liquid, and none of -the commit tee wished to taste, of course, to see what it was. A wicked mail, how ever was near, who loved his dram, and perhaps knew what it contained, but he was “a little dry,” and said to them “let me see what it is.” They consented, and he quickly raised the jug to Ins lips and took a swill; on lowering it they asked, w lint is it 1 lie feigned not.to know exactly, but said “let me taste again and I think I can tell.” He was allowed to take another swill, lowered the jug aud said in a subdued tone, “I believe its brandy.” The jug of course met the fate of its predecessors—was smashed against a trep, or soma other comba tant more solid than itself. Notwithstanding the church was son.etitnes troubled with this dissipa ted, sensual element, it rarely if ever retarded the progress of the meeting, or militated against its success. For they were often characterized by such deep spirituality, and manifestly by such ilivmo power, that those wild and almost incorrigible persons were arrested by the Holy Spirit; they be come the victims perhaps of some “stray shot,” or the arrows of truth from the divine quiver, carried by the Convincer and Con victor of sin, struck deep in the hearts of the King’s enemies, and they became the trophies of saving grace. Many of the best preachers of the Eastern Virginia Christian Confer euce, alternately attended these meet ings. Not indeed all of them ou the same occasion, yet it was almost in variably expected that one! or more at least, besides the local minister or pastor would be there, and often sev eral. And many of those “old time” preachers, had attained a position as pulpit orators, far above mediocrity. They were “mighty in the Scriptures,” and preached as with the “Holy Ghost sent down from heaven,” and the most happy results followed. And as to mind and heart culture and social position they were fully equal to their contemporaries of other denominations. It. II. Holland. THE GRAHAM* HIGH SCHOOL Wo iiad a short interview with Kev. 1). A. Long, of the Graham High School, were in bowing distance of his brother, Kev. W. S. Long in the Court house, and had a shake of the hand witli Prof. Staley as we passed out of the village on the way to the depot. These brethren are still earnestly engaged in the work of Graham High School, and are doing a good part in the interest of higher education. —Ventral Vrotextant. Ero. Mieliaux, Editor of the Protest ant., hud been passing Graham and the foregoiug is what he said of our brethren who are m charge of the Graham High School. We are glad to see that the “Old Graham” is commanding the respect ful attention of its neighbors, hot how 1 could it do otherwise with such eili <txmk, TU& Nocth. G&caUaa. Conference should rally around this [' school and make it a grand success. The success of this school will add '• much to our success as a douomiua 1 tiou in that State. —v MOTHERS—THEIR DUTIES. It is a well established fact that mothers have a more powerful iuliu Dnce over their children, than fathers and it Is to them that the world is to look for the character, which is to be unstamped on each succeeding gener ation. Upon them devolves the care if the first stages of discipline; their lands first twine the tendrils of the leart. It is the duty of all mothers to ‘train up their children in the way hey should go;” and in order to do in, they will need both the wisdom uul power of the Divine Doing. To orm the uiiuds ol the young, the first :hing to be done, is to conquer their will; for by neglecting it, children are apt to contract a stubbornness, which is hardly ever to be conquer ed. Self-will is the root of sin, and misery ; so whatever cherishes this u the young, ensures their after wretchedness, and irreligion; and whatever checks it promotes their future happiness and piety. This is still more evident, if we consider re ligion is nothing else but doing the will of the Master and not our own, and that self-will being the grand impediment to our temporal and eternal happiness. So dear mothers, if you love, if you take an interest in the future welfare of your little ones, begin betimes to subdue their will, flic next evil you are to oppose in them is pride; so never commend them to their face, for their beauty, goodness, or sense. Lovingly show them their faults, when no one is present save y ourselves and them. If they have bad tempers, especially your little girls, use evo'y effort in your power to make them good by rea son, education and principle. It is so injurious to society and so odious in it self,especially iu the female character. Shame aloue, one would think, would be sufficient to preserve a lady from it. We know disappointments, sor row, worldly cares, may corrupt aud imbitterthe tines; dispositions,if they are not counteracted by religion aud reason, ll'youoiify knew dear moth ers, how much the happiness of your families depends on your temper, you would see that the greatest good or evil? which you may ever have in your power to do, may arise from correcting or indulging its infirmi ties. Endeavor never to show your temper before your childreu—ever set a good example; read Sacred History to them ; teach their little tongues to lisp in prayer; see that they sanctify the Sabbath, and com pel them to attehd religious meetings on that holy day. Catechise them in the principles of religion ; teaclPthem to be truthful, kind aud respectful to all, especially to the aged. Guard them against idolatry, against the love of the world in all its branches. Dress them plaiuly, but neatly. We cannot approve of the modern prac tice of dressing little girl’s in exact accordance with the prevailing fash ion. Extreme simplicity of attire, aud a dress sacred to themselves only, are most fitted to these fresh human buds. Will there not be suf ficient time from sixteen to seven teen for ornamenting, or disfiguring their persons; for checking laughter, and forcing smiles; for reducing all varieties of intellect, all gradations of feeling'to one uniform tint? Oh! mothers, leave the dear children as tuey .Tie, to relieve try tneir lie.sii ness, our elegant insipidity, leave their hair loosely flowing, anil robes as free, te refresh the eyes that love simplicity; and leave their unreflect ing sincerity, their unschooled ex pressions of joy, or regret to amuse and delight us. Be sure to teach them thbe modest, and gentle. One of the chief beauties of the female chartfcler we think, is that modest reserve—that retiring delicacy, which avoids the public eye, and is discon certed at the gaze of admiration. When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of beauty. Do not bring up your daugh ters iu idleness. It is well to instruct them how to perform house hold bus iness; they should have the care of something; to understand the value of things, and their uses. Accustom them never to suffer any thing about them to be in disorder ; lead them to notice the slightest derangement in a house. This may seem trifling, yet it leads to important consequences. S. F. O. Fuanklin, Va., Feb. 2o, 1S80.— Dear Brother Barrett: Last Friday I left home for ray appointment Sat urday and Sunday at Cypress Chapel. At night I stopped with one of your good members of Holy Keck, Bro. Henry Bawls. Saturday morning I started for the church through the hail and rain—reached there iu due time—found some brethren there and then we, after religious services, pro ceeded to business. This done, I went to the comfortable home of Dea con .T. K Biddick. He is one of the best men I know ; an earnest Chris tian, and an energetic workman in the church. I am very much devoted to the peo ple at Cypress. Many noble-hearted Jhristians compose its membership. Vlay the Lord bless all of them abund mtly and make them fruitful in good ivorks. We feel that the church s now iu a good condition. I earn estly pray that the members will live lear the cross, and that they will de cote themselves to the cause of jhrfst. Sunday was a most delightful day md we had, as usual, a large congre gation to hear the gospel. J. T. Kitchen. THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. CHArEL Hill, N. 0., i Feb. 10, 1880.) Mr. Editor: The lecture I re- 1 port this' time outlie Evidences of ( Christianity is i Miscellaneous Tuoof. < 1. 'I he Bible stauils aloue, as a history, for many centuries, and has ( beeu confirmed by the casual devel opment of profane history. It stands the test of change and progress. 2. The Bible alone gives such ac count of the origin of the world and the rest of the Universe as commends , itselt to rational minds. It presents to the mind the idea of the great First Cause—Eternal and Almighty God. nationalism and Science seem really to present the utterly irration al and uuseientifie theory of every thing from nothing or of infinite De sign from chance. / 3. The Bible, with its multitude of authors of different countries, ages, callings and conditions, reveals such unity of purpose and such harmony ol Spirit as are not to be found in any collection of works on any other sub ject in the literature of the world. 4. It is truer to human nature than any other book. 5. It presents the most consistent and rational idea of God ever writ ten. 0. It teaches mau what ho could learn nowhere else, and still, what he must need know. 7. It prcscuts in Jesus Cueist everything that we can conceive to belong to a perfect character, w ithout a solitary shadow of any vico; and yet this character is not found in auy other work of my ago—being itself the Universal model—funned without any earthly parallel or model—pre sented in a dark, violent age in sig nal contrast with ail contemporane ous character—yet sustained in com plete consistency through the most eventful caieer from the pauper’s cradle—by the victim's cross—to the victory of the liesurrectioii and the glory of the Ascension, and to this and all past ages, it is the only fault less character. 8. The Bible harmonizes essen tially with the advanced education of this ago. It is the only ancient book on auy great subject that is thus sus tained. Its teachings about man’s nature, freewill, responsibilities, ne cessities, dangers, temptations, ca pacities—all find a place in its pages —as nowhere else—in such form as is approved by the advanced Mental Science, the sell-consciousness, the experience and observation of this boastful age. llow different with an cient books on all other subjects even from the w isest of tlie Philosophers. Tt teaches purer and grander truth— higher love—a loftier standard of vir tue—and a more sublime theory as to our duty to God. Head tlie Bible. Head it a thous and times for “A thousand times read it is over i.ew, Paradise itself is not mote beautiful—heaven no more true.’’ It. E. Pouter. Note. Kcv. \V. IS. Muiiscy wrote a lecture on the Bible, which is very interesting and should be read by all. It is published in a volume w ith some of his sermons. The book is worth .$1 30 ami can be obtained by address ing the Methodist Publishing House. Nashville Term. Send for it. You will like it. It. E. P. THEN AND NOW. We t;ilk about early triumphs-af Ohsisav.vv.'As,. Ar " , ri * r« the church pale in the ligh t df~wiiat is taking place before onr eyes. The number of couveris in Madagascar alone within thirty-five jears proba bly exceeds the number of converts in the Roman Empire for the first three centuries of the Christian era. —Traveler. Yes, we believe this is about true. There are a great many people who, everlooking on the dark side, are rea d.v to claim that the world is more wicked at this time than at any for mer period in her history. What a grand mistake. The gospel car is going on the wheels of time more rap idly than ever before. May the Lord ever thus continue to spread His glo rious truth. Hush, brother, sister, we are marching boldly on towards the Pro mise Land. Courage, do not stumble —God himself will open the pathway for the onward march of the gospel of His dear son. St. Nicholas for March is up to the times. It contains Tennyson’s “Child Song, Minnie and Winnie,” ‘•The Disadvantage of City Boys,” “Kite Time,” “Chy Lung,” an illus trated tale about a Chinese fisher lad’s curious adventures, “Tack and Jill,” “Among the Lakes,” “Gathering of Oaoutfebone in Nicaragua,” Longitude 180 degrees, explains how travelers lose a day going to China from San Francisco and gain a day on the re turn voyage. One of the striking il lustrations is a portrait of Babie Stu art, the infant daughter of Charles I. i ft afso has a very in teres ting depart- i ment for “Very Little Folks,” “Jack iu-the Pulpit,”“YoungContributors,” i Letter-Box and Kiddle-Box. Send to : Scribner & Co. EDIT UK o BUUK I n D L t, To Publishers: In sending books nark clearly the prices of the work uid bo save onr readers mncb trouble. Ml hooks sent to tlie Editor of the Christian Sun will receive such no ,ices ivs the Editor’s judgment may leem suitable. The Christian Union, New York, Dhis is a large weekly, too well known ;o need a word of praiso or caution rout us. The Sunday-School Times, Phil., Pa. This is one of the most prosper ity Sunday-school papers ever pub ished, we suppose, and one of the jest. The Baptist Teacher, American Baptist Publication Society, Phil. Pa. Price 75c. yearly. This periodical is published for Baptists and wo know no magazine which will serve them better. It is well gotten up and ably edited. The National Sunday-School Teacher, edited by M. C. Hazard, and published by the Adams, Black mer & Lyon Publishing Company, Chicago, is one of the best works of the kind. The Teacher is good au thority and is worthy of patronage. In ndvauce $1.25 a year. It is a cheap monthly. The British Quarterly Re view. The Leonard Scott Publish ing Compp.uy, N. YP, The contents of the number for January 1880, are: 1. The Lords of Andres. 2. Glimpses of tlie New Gold and Silver Mines/ 3. Modern Greece. 4. Practical ^Esthetics. 5. Why is Sootlaud Radical. 0. The Chiistiau Idea of God. 7. Eai ly Nonconform ist Psalmody. 8. Mr. Gladstone and the Nation, with Contemporary Liter tit ore, History, Biography, Politics, Science, Ait, Belles Lett res, Poetry, &c. Terms $4. Messrs. D. Appleton & Co., of New York City, have just issued DiCary, a new. American Novel, which posses ses an cspeeialBrtpfest to Virginians, as the plot jrfthe story is laid in Vir ginia. The price of the uovel is 75 cents. Its interest in the main con sists iu the contrast of its past with the present, as also iu the marriage of its heroine with a Northern man, wiio, by his energy, gave impulse and prosperity to the country fifty miles around him. It is written by M. Jacqueline Thornton. Scribner for March opens bril liantly with the long expectod article pn^Tbe Tile Club Afloat.!’ Eugene Seuyler’s historical serial, “Peter the Great,” grows iu interest as he de scribes so graphically the People and Government of Russia down to the time of the abolishment of Prece dence. Mr. Richard Whiting writes of Cham, the late French caricaturist itt which there are about twenty illus trations. E. P. Roe writes of “Suc cess With Small Fruits.” Mrs. Bur nett continues her story. “Tw» Views of Napolean” will claim the at tention of many, while many others are equally deserving, which include the fine poetry of the number and Dr. Holland’s department. Scribner is a great favorite. We have from the popular publish ing house of I. K. Funk & Co., No. I, of (he Standard series, which con sists of John Ploughman’s Talk, by Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, and On the Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle. This is a most interesting work and is published at the very low price of $ cents.. dr Vf&in Advice to Plain People, fcffr.' Spurgeon makes some capital hits.— He writes among other things, to the Idle, to Religious Grumblers, On the Preacher’s Appearance, On Patience, On Gossips, On Keeping One’s Eyes Open, Faults, Debt, A Good Word to WivojjJEhings I would not Choose, Monuments, &c. Then) Carlyle’s ad dress on The Choice of Books is good so far as we have examined. This house is doing a good work and we bespeak for them the patronage of our people in their line. Address the firm at 21 & 23 Barclay Sr., N. Y. The following are the contents of The Preacher and Homiletic Monthly for February: Sermonic —“Preaching,” by O. H. Tiffany,.D. D., “The First Note of my dong,” by Her. C. H. Spurgeon; “Without Fruit,” by ltev. Henry Ward Beech er ; “The Best-Told Story,” by D. H. Wheeler, D.D.; “A Solace for Anx ious Thoughts,” by John Hall, D.D.; “The Fruitless Fig Tree,” by Rev.JH. B. Hitching , “The Love ot God,” by Joseph Parker, D.D.; “Christian Watchfulness,” by Rov. Frederick Courtney; Dedicatory Service : “Per sonal Consecration,” by Rev. Prof. E. P. Thwing; Children’s Service: “The Great Light,” by Rev. J. H. Goodell; “The Visit of the Shepherds,” by George Lausing Taylor, D.D.; “Hin drances,” by Rev. John Richardson. These are followed by a number of “Hiuts at the Meaniug of Texts.”— Many of the sermons are very |able. The first three are given entire. Drs. Duyler’s, Deems’, and Taylor’s able papers are couliuued. We have much jCtuterest in the way of “Sermonic Jriticism,” “Preachers Exchanging Fiews,” “Prayer-meeting Service,” ito* This Monthly is of great val le to clergymen, and all students of he, Bible. It grows coutiuually in merest. $2.50 A’er year; 25 cents angle number. . I. K. Funk & Co.| tfew York.
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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