The Christian Sun. Fltll)A V, SEPTEM BER J SSO. ( 1). IE .Dunbar,.Proprietor. I Rev. J. Pressley Barrett - - - - Editor, , tit r riusciPLKs. 2._Tlio Lord Jwus Christ is the only Head o! ' tl m Cbm eh. • I The name Christian, to the exclusion ol all party, < r sectarian names. ‘ Tile Holy I'ilde, or the Scriptures of the j O. land New Tt. taineni a Rulficient rule of faith and practice. A,—Christian character, or vital piety, the \ k Only test uf fellowship, or church membership. j ;K_The right of private judgement and the | liherlv of conscience, the privilege and duty ot all.* * < EDITORIAL NOTES. (Jin' brother, Kev. I). 1’. .Tones is press: t g hard to win souls to the fold of the Saviour. Where is our good brother, Kev. A. O. Andctson 1 Send ussome good hews.lrom your field, l!ro. Anderson. Ui v. \V. W. Staley l-ejiorts a good meeting at Morrisvillo, X. ('. See his letter, llow has tlie O.raham school opened, l>ro. S f Kev. S. 1L Klapp is actively at work for flic .Master wherever oppor tunity presents itsell. e wish him abundant success. < Kev. WS. Kong is one of the most interesting preachers it has been our privilege to hear. We ought to have him pastor of some city ' church. Kev. J. W. Holt, has moved his family to Company Shops, N. U. ILs , correspondents should address him at that place. Let us hear from your lielu, liro. Holt! Kev. J’. T. Klapp's churches arc do ing well and so is Bro. lv. liiuisell. . Your missionary societies no doubt liavc done good work in quickening tiic life 01 your chinches. ■Kev. Allied Apple, one of our most aged and beloved ministers has been hard at work this summer in protract ed meetings. He is one of our best men. May God bless his last, efforts for the salvation of souls. Kev. Solomon Apple is serving the church at Lebanon, Caswell county, A. c. This good brother lias borne many of life’s heavy burdens, but is still engaged in the Master’s cause. May his last days in tlio Lord’s \ ine yurd on earth be his happiest days. ■—*.Utp. LafferTy,’ of the Richmond Christian Advocate, is good on a joke. Boon alter the Editor .of the Southern Churchman wrote what Kro. Lafferty styles “bad things of the Methodists,’’ lie left for the “Sweet Springs,” and 15ro. Itafferty says “he needed that water.” liuv. M. L. Harley is most actively engaged in the missionary work. He lias one or two mission appointments •stable of his regular charge, and his prospects are most encouraging. We think every minister ought to have as additional work each year, at least one new place toi preaching and Sun day-school work. “Wo never heard of a member reg ularly reading the Advocate wlio went off to another church.”—Richmond ClinUiau Advocate. Brethren, do you see how important it is to have every one of our members read the Sun ? Do put yourself to work. The Sun needs your help and you need tllC.SuN's help. Work together and the benefits will be mutual. We are glad to know there stands in the city of lialeigh, X. so staunch a delender of the right as the Jialeiyh Christian Advocate. It says with an independent manliness that seems to indicate “no backing”: “hot every man in -North Carolina discour age and liown upon the habit which i, some candidates have of treating to liquor in order to get votes, b row n down the custom.” Good men—men true to their country’s good, every where, ought,to frown it down. Co on Bro. Advocate. Wo stand with you i;i this great question. “Our system does not need-mend-, iiig—it only needs working.”—1:1a IcijtJt Christian Advocate. Ah! yes, that, is the secret with weak systems in most of the denominations. They need workiny rather than mending. We are quite sure that is the case in our church. A good deal is said about mending our system. He it re membered t^al those thus talking un derstand tiifTr physical natures, ft is much easier to sit and talk of mend irty a system than it is to get out of the easy' arm-chair and noil: a sys tem. We believe this is the secret of ■“so much talk about the defects of our system of church work. It is a sort of an excuse lor one’s own idleness. It is sought to make it appear that t.. the slow progress of our cliurcb is due if to the defective system under which 11 . wo are working, whereas, in our1; judgment, our snail-like progress is L * due to “love of ease” on the part of I & our workmen. If anybody’s toe is JSteinehed lot them pul! of the shoe, and j s ud eiv will tiud relief. ‘ 1 flM'ftl Ik PEERING PARAGRAPHS. i — Loss. There is a great loss to - mr cause by t he failure of our pastors j generally to do as much pastoral work is they ought, or as much as is abso- , ntcly necessary. With the nccessa- | y pastoral work well done, our pas ors would be much better supported, . md our dcnoininational enterprises ( rould be sustained as never before, virile there are good reasons for be- j ieving that the number of sinuers inmially converted would far exceed inythiug ever known among us. The ; ruth is, tin fear the work is not half lone, and of course the fruits are in i roportion to the same. A move iu i his direction would greatly accelerate ] mr progress iu Christian work. We ■ vould be glad to have the views of ) mr pastors on the subject. Will ' lev. M. I!. Barrett lead oil' in the dis- i ussion t i — liidiotic as Arguihent. We have teen much surprised at seeing so nany who claim to be men of reason :esort to ridicule when they wish to ■ai ry a point against another. With the masses ridicule is regarded as ar gument, and for this reason design ing persons often use it when their side of the question has neither merit nor argument. We submit that this is a cow ardly course. We have felt its lorce upon those around us, when some one w ho had no more principle than to do such a thing, finding their cause weak, used tiiis method of de fense. This is not only so of private individuals, but of representatives of the people—and most generally the people accept it as genuine faithful work. Public men, and reformers especially, are often subjected to the trial of ridicule by those who oppose them and who have no argument on their side. Sometimes this method succeeds in carrying the masses against him who has the truth. Ri dicule can make a show after this maimer, but like the flower of the held under a heavy frost—it soon dies and its influence is gone. A parrot w ill ridicule the sweet music of the mocking bird, but the mocking-bird cares nothing lor the ridicule of the parrot, and accordingly goes oil sing ing more sweetly thau before. Let the pallets of error go on with their ridicule, but the brave disciples of truth w ill not regard what his coarse and jealous rivals say, they will con cern themselves for the advancement of Tucth regaidless of the parrots of ridicule. —.1 Strange Question. Some per son has thought to ask: "Is the Christian life still feasible V The au thor half way apologizes for asking such a question by arguing that this day is so crowded and involved iu conflicting claims that he (wishes) to doubt that Christianity has in it that adaptability and flexibility necessary to satisfy our wants as a guide iu these matters. We at first felt sur prised upon reading the question, a second thought, however, soon sug gested that the conception had its origin in a weak heart, living under the influence.of sin. Evidently a de sire lurks iu the hearts of many to find and expose to the world a weak ness in Christianity. The reasons for the existence of such a ilesire are many. Seine are too proud to have for their leader the meek and lowly Saviour who died on the cross. Some have systems of their own to teachT and they fancy that if Christianity* was .out of the way, they could suc ceed wonderfully. Some meet Chris tianity in the secular field where gree dy gain is rampant. To gratify this | greed for gain they have entered some dirty and shameful work which Christianity will not tolerate. Hence the influence of this great power is against them—making them the avowed enemy of our holy religion, and for this reason they go about from place to place and in tlie public prints asking : -‘Is the Christian life still feasible 1” is it a competent guide in the conflicting claims of eur day t ilis reason lor making such preten sion-may be found in Acts 19: 25, last clause. Head it. —The Law of tlic Lord. State laws and National laws are discussed by hundreds and thousands of profess ing Christians, and wc doubt not of ten at the expense and neglect of the law of the Lord. Most of our laws in many important respects are not worth reading and there can he no doubt that both our State and National governments would he vast ly superior in true 'moral and civil worth if the law of the Lord could** hut have a fair and impartial reading and hearing. This is a great afflic tion to the good of any country—this putting away the law of the Lord from the hearts of the people and en deavoring to draw their attention to the laws of tho country which were : born in selfishness and sin. These ; aws necessarily feud'to corrupt the i icarts ofthe people. The law of the I bord, however, is very different.— t Livid a man after God’s own heart, 1 ml a statesman, too, said : “The law I f the Lord is pcrfcel, converting the i>ul: the testimony of the Lord is ire making wise the simp Id.”— salps 19: 7. He again says: “Bles L t P ,ed nre the mi defiled in the way, who i viilk iu the low ol' the Lord.” Psa. 19: 1. Also: “O how love 1 thy law! t is uiy meditation all the day.” 1‘sa. 119: 97. “How sweet are thy words into my taste! Yea, sweeter than loney to my month.” Psa. 119: 103. iVe mention these passages as a sim ile indication of the effect of the law >t the Lord upon the heart of umn then devoted to its teachings. The aw of the Lord is perfect, — Tim Fact* on onr Undi/. -lolIN ?IiOITtrll.ilAN says: “A fellow who iow!s with the wolves aud bleats with lie sheep, gets nobody’s good word, mless it be the devil’s.” There is nnch truth in what Ploughman says, md yet there are a great many peo lie who have sot enough back-bone ‘to face t he music” or to keep from timing the face as often as they meet liircient sides of the question. Out if this habit grows much evil. A pies lion of importance arises. As isual it has two sides. Mr. Weak lack meets one of the parties most ioncerned iu the atl'air. He hears his ride of lhe matter. Mr. Weakback, without, any hesitancy pronounced li is friend’s side to be right. Said he, ■‘1 am surprised that Mr. B.,(the oth er party concerned) should have done such a thing—he is entirely wrong.” lie bids good-bye. He soon meets with the other party who rehearses all the troubles, to all of which Mr. Weukbaek readily assents, and says that lie is utterly astonished—that Mr. 15., is right beyond question, while the man he had so leceutly en dorsed, now is all wrong. This, we should say is all a display of folly.— A course like this, not only makes ono think very little of himself, but it works much harm among others. The man’s own heart has been made a tool, while he provokes each of the offended parties to greater auger, because he has added liis endorsation to each of his neighbors, thereby strengthening their own views of the correct ness of their claims. The truth of the whole matter is, Mr. Weak back’s poor judgment and lack of courage is the greatest wrong in the whole matter. Had he possessed true manliness, he would have been frank and candid with each of his neigh hors, pointing out their inconsisten cies aud wrongs ia the matter, aud it might have been quite different. It is necessary to tell men of their er rors, sometimes, no matter bow much they may wish your approval. We cannot be too careful as to giving onr influence, especially when strife and trouble are at the bottom of the cause which asks the recognition of onr in fluence. The key to all this unnec essary trouble is due to Mr. Weak back. If he were a mail he would not be afraid to expiess the botiest sentiments of his heart, aud thereby show that honesty is best. We beg our readers to cease the dirty work of hcwling with the wolves and bleating with the sheep. Be a woU' or a sheep and stand by your colors. If you area wolf, then bowl; if you are a sheep, blent. Let there be no doubt as to others, you stand—hold up your colors with a steady hand, and be a man. —Non-Growing Men. Rev. Dr. Cuyler says that on one occasion Horace Greely said to him in apeitk. ing of a young mem her oi' Congress ([great promise: ‘‘Mr. B- is an nqncnt man, a very pretty man, but e will never rise any higher, because e don’t study. “The old white-coat ed philosopher’s prediction came true.” In other words, this brilliant young man had cut his high dash iirst—upon that he let go his oars and fell back on them to rest. While ho rested he depended upon the hist strokes of the oar to take him over the sea of time. The trouble was not that he took a rest, that is legitimate in all classes, hilt ratkerthut he did not cease to rest. In this lay the secret of his non-growing character. He made one big effort, then he stop ped to rest, aud so far as we are in formed, he is resting yet ; this gives a key to the otherwise strange words of Horace Greely. He did not study. This has been the secret which has so often shut off the brilliant career of many a promising preacher. How the Church has lamented its loss in this matter, always admitting that they had been disappointed in the talent the young man possessed, whereas they were only disappointed in reality in his willinguess to work. He ceased to study, aud then he ceas ed to be a growing man, aud bis friends felt disappointed. Dr. Cuyler further says : “.No minister can sus tain himself who is not an earnest worker, an industrious delver into Tod’s Word, aud constantly accumu ating fresh and fertilizing thought Vom every quarter. But while you ire to keep your own intellect active, •"oil must remember that your chief >im is not to he directed at the intel eets of your hearers. Nor are you o furnish simply intellectual aliment o your people—much less mere iutel jctual banquets. The preaching liich feeds the head, and starves the i eart, and leaves the conscience nn- I niched, is a solemn sham.” As < reachers, our people come to us for ( natrnction for the mind and for tbe ipplieatiou of practical truth to tbeir jeurts. If we dowot study—if we do lot hold repeated coiumui.wns with )ur liible and books generally, and if we do not hold oftener blessed com munions with Qod for grace to aid in onr work, then us ministers we nre largely a failure. The people expect instruution and a godly example of 11s. If we do not get it ourselves, we minnot with any sincerity hope to benefit those over whom we huve the spiritual oversight, brethren, study to show yourselves workmen that' need not to be ashamed. Ur. James W. Alexander, a godly minister and a most successful preacher of the gos pel, says in advising ministers con ceuiiug their work: “Preach Bible doctrine uitk passion. Avoid ab stractions iu your seruious. Inter sperse anecdotes. Don’t be afraid to say simple things; consider Daniel Webster; thegreatest xuyint/x me situ pie. The Bible is tbe one book of the preacher; study that. The reason we have so little powerful preaching is that we huve so little heart piety. Hod’s Word is the best corrective ef error; preach the Word.” The Bible is the Christian minister’s groat wea pon of warfare. If we know it thor oughly and can use it as a wise sol dier, our conquests for Christ will be many aud glorious. We walk in the midst of a perverse and wicked world. We have need of our weapons at every step taken. If we know it fully we shall be more than conquorers through our Lord Jesus Christ. Study the Bible. Preach its blessed doc tnues. NO! Say No, young man, aud stick to it, when invited to visit tbe bar room, billiard-saloon, teu-pin alley, pool table, card table, or any other place, where if you go, you will walk iu tbe current of the uugodly, stand iu the way of siuuers and sit in the seat of the scornful. Don’t let the example of those older than yourself influence yon iu this directiou. Never mind, if Mr. B., or any one else goes, even if they be members of the Church, don’t you go. There is danger; you may not see it now; the way jnay even seem right, but the end thereof is death. Thousauds have discovered the danger when it was too late to escape the sad consequences. The temptation is strouger to the young aud hence 1 appeal to this class. Aud then the young men of this country are the hope of the country and of the Church. Ruin them, aud every thing is ruined. Prospects of both are blighted, hopes are crushed, and tbe future of our beloved state aud country, w ill be one of uutold misery aud wretchedness. He who helps to do this,.either directly or indirectly, will bring down upon himself and his country the wrath of God. The honest, truthful, sober, virtu ous young men of the laud are its pride. Is there anything in all the universe nobler, grauder, more god like tbau such a young mant On the other baud, there is uutbiug in all the multitudinous life of the world, so sad as the fall ol a noble, generous, kiud bearted young man from the paths of virtue, religiou aud peace. If tbe guardian angels which hover around us for our safety, could ever weep, they would shed sorrowful tears when the young man turns aside from the way of light aud hope aud puts himself under the guidance of tempters that watch for his soul. I pray the Lord that this article may attract the attention of some young man, and be tbe means iu his bauds of saving him from so sad a fate. E. W. B. Several Things.—The Virginia Valley Conference met yesterday. Sickness kept us at home—Kev. M. B. Barrett weut to the District Meet ing at Sharon. His account of it will appear next week.—Bro. J. U. Newman has entered the University of IN’. C. Well pleased. Let ns hear from you,Bro. N.—The Institute will open Monday-week. Get the children ready and send them in that day. Stand by your own school and do your duty. The prospects are en couraging.—Interesting letters left out this week.—No room. Will ap pear next week. Help the Church at New Hill, N. C.—Help the Ministe rial students.—Get us a subscriber, or get five aud get a premium. —Our Evangelist, Eev, J. W. Wel lons, is one of the few men who would leave their home and go to work for the Church without a salary. He not only works without a salary, but be works hard, in a tedious Held wheie the tares are growing thicker than the wheat. Let the prayers of the Church go up to God for His servant. —We have heard nothing of two of our most aged ministers of late—Kev. Robert Bawls, of Ivor, Va., and Rev. 3. 8. Barrett, of Berkley, Va. We jhould be glad to hear from these iged veterans occasionally. — Rev. H. B. Hayes continues very eeble. His love for our cause is no ess than when he was strong physi ially. May God bless his declining lays. GATHERED 8RMNS. —"A shot that hits it hotter than a broadside that misses” —“Dr. R. 8. Storrs is of the opinion that the dry-rot in tho church, rath er than the skepticism outside,is what we have most to fear.” —“During the century of her exis teuce, tho First Church, Richmond, Va., has given to the world about one hundred Baptist ministers.” That is a blessed batch of sheaves to lay at the Masters feet. —“The North Orange Baptist Church, New Jersey, reported 182,000 expended and given away duriug the past year. Fruit! What l'ruit I If an acceptable ottering unto the Lord what a glorious harvest will be reaped from the seed sown. —Rev. Phillips Brooks, D. D., rec tor of Trinity Church, Boston,preach ed before Queen Victoria recently at Windsor, England, aud was the guest of the Queen from Saturday to Mon day. —The hungry rooster that finds a worm doesn’t crow while eating it.— Richmond Advocate. Have you just found that out, Bro. Latterly 1 How ever, we suspect you thought that rooster would not be sufficiently over anxious to eat that worm to step so important a work as crowing just at that time. Well, there is no telling what will happen. —The Sunday-school work has been a great power in the bounds of the Eastern Virginia Conference for the upbuildiug of our cause.—A. Ii. We think that our cause has been greatly strengthened by the Sunday school work. —I think the influence of a good mau, or a good woman, teaching ten or twelve children in it class is an in fluencer, lor this world aud the world to come, that no man can measure, and the responsibility of which no mau can calculate.—John Hrit/ht.— Teaching a class is preaching tho gos pel on si small scale, but we believe it one of t he most effectual ways of doing good—of preaching the gospel. A good .Sunday-school teacher is a good preacher of the gosjiel and should look upon his w ork as such. —The hook to read is not the one which thiuks for you, hut the one whieb makes you think.— James Me Cosh, D.D., LL.l). No book in the world equals the'Bible lor that.— Baptist Teacher. Surely uoue can make you think on a subject of great er moment than the Bible—your soul is depending upon it for freedom from the letters of sin through our Lord Jesus Christ. —It wins a colored preacher who said to bis floes : “We have a collec to make dis morning, and, for de glory ob heaben, whichever of you stole Mr. Joue’s turkeys, don’t put anything on the plate.” One who was there says : “Every blessed nig gab in de cliurcb came down with the rocks.” —Rev.Dr.William L. Breckenridge once said to his mother: "Ma, 1 think you ruled us with too rigid a rod in our boyhood. It would have been better bad yon used geutler methods.” She took a pinch of suuff, and said : “Well, William, when you have rais ed up three as good preachers as I have, then you can talk.” —Spurgeon not only has a Pastor’s College and an Orphanage, but also carries on not fewer than nineteen Sunday-schools, in which are some five hundred teachsrs aud nearly six thousand scholars. He is at the head of a respectably sized army, and has all the generalship that such a posi tion demands.—Bap. Teacher. —The National Sunday School Teacher, on non-attendance of child ren at chnrch, claims that the super intendent and his faithful hand of teachers in the Sunday-school are among the most loyal mcmborson the church-roll, and gives a little nudg ing to the preachers: “It is a fact of which we can assure them,’' it says, “that the ministers who take some special notice of the children in their sermonizing, do not lack, of chiidren hearers.” The Teacher ends up thus philosophically; “In doctoring a disease, it is nor well to give doses to the wrong individual.” And nobody will dispute it.—Bap. teacher. —Here is a sermon in a nutshell. It is the testimony of a faithful wife and mother, and speaks volumes to thousands: “ I devoted myself to the charge of my nursery ; I attended in person to the physical and mental needs of my young children. The work was laborious, but it has repaid me. They are healthy, brave, honest, and frauk; they are cursed with none of the small vices contracted by inti mate intercourse with persons of in ferior intelligence, and they are self sustaining at an early period. Neith er pert nor precocious, they ripen early to judgement and common sense, and I believe that the careful tillugc of my own little held has produced a harvest worth the labor.” Careful training will tell on ages, tell for Hod;—Conference Worker. Bebklsy, Va., Aug. 20, 1880.— Our meetiug at Providence is still go ng on. The Lord is truly blessing >ur labors. We have had up to this ;itne 15 converts. Pray for us. H. H.\B. i rHE JEWS SAVED BY FAITH i THE GEN TILES THROUGH FAITH. WHAT 1>R. SMITH HAYS OF IT. Notwithstanding God divorced the Church, his wife, in consequence of her fornication, ho premised them a ileliverer, which shonld come of their )wn family and of I heir own blood, who should take upon himself all their sins, and become a ^vicarious utouemeut for them in the llesh; sat isfyiug the demands of the law, in their room and stead. Not in the room and stead of Gentiles, for it is nowhere said he suffered for them ; or that they were under the law. The promise was to the lost sheep of the houso of Israel, who had committed the unpardonable sin under the law. Thu Gentiles would not commit that siu, for what was sin to a .lew was not sin to a Gentile. Gentiles did not belong to that fold; neither did they have the same shepherd, or be long to the same mother ; or the same lather. The services of the tabernacle and temple were conducted by Israelites, and for their benefit only. None but Jews-were permitted to tako part in the erection of the temple,except one cunning workman, who was selected by the God of heaven ; who was a type of things to come, and was not at its completion when the comple tion was celebrated. II Gentiles were equally interested, why w ere they not circumcised? God caused them all to be circumcised (the Jews) t hat they might know whom they were, for they did not look lor a deliverer from any oi her source, Ilian from I lie cir cumcision. The *!olivc"er of Israel prayed that the cup of deal ii inigli! pass, hut his prayer eouhi not he heard, because, witluipt il, Israel eonld no! ho saved from I lie i o i so of I he law. They were compelled to look to Israel for a King; lor there was no King promised them from among the Gentiles. No Pro phet or Priest or sacrifice was prom ised them from Gentiles; neither did they look tlicic for one. .1 gentile sacrilicj would have 1m cii worthless and heat hellish, In cause they wete idolaters; and without promise of such a deliverer as Messina. John the Baptist u as a Jew, aod he never offered his baptism to Gentiles w hen preparing the way for the Redeemer of Israel. He did not even promise redemption to Gentiles upon any plan. Ilis theme ftasthe kingdom of heaven at hand for his brethren, the Jews; and the Redeemer at hand,who should '‘Baptize them with the Holy Ghost and with tire.” It does not appear that ho ever thought of Gen tile redemption. Christ when he came, as John said, gave iio iiiuts that ho was to grant repentance to any lint his brethren, tiie Jews, and forbid his disciples going in the way of the Gentiles. He performed all bis miracles amongst bis own people, and not one did lie perform among Gentiles, He never preached a s«r moil for them, or instructed bis disci ples that salvation was intended for Gentiles, but suffered crucifixion and burial,and rose from the dead and as cended to heaven without preaching to Gentiles. After which he set apart Paul to preach to Gentiles, that they might he saved through faith. When Christ gave tlie commission to his Apostles they supposed the commis sion meant to the Jews scattered over the world. The Jews therefore look ed fort lie Messiah as a redeemer of Israel, who should redeem Israel,and iiul a redeemer oi mo ueimiea. tuey did not know (lint his blood was to cleanse them from their sins as a sac rifice for sin, but that ho would eouie as a temporal prince to rule over Is rael. But the truth is, he came to his household to die for them that he might reconcile his lather to his wife and children, by his death, the death of the only begotten sou of God —ta king upon himself their sins, satisfy ing the law, thereby making peace between God and his wife, the Church, nailing their sins to his cross, it is proper to say, he tasted death for every man; because every man that believes on him, he will in no wise cast away, whether he he J«w or Gen tile, therefore he can be the God of the Gentile as well as the Jew, for he has offered salvation to Gentiles through faith, aud to the Jew, by faith. Christ was a Jewish sacrifice, made under the law, yet without sin, therefore could atone for'sin by giv ing his life as a sinotl'ering for his brethren. “Greater love hath no man than this,” that a man lay down his life for his brethren, or his friends.” A Jewish sacrilice was not required to atone for the sins of Ueuiiles. Let me give an example just here. What law known to God or man, could claim of a household indemni ty, for the loss of the house of those who never had a known interest in it, or who ever knew of a man being compelled to pay for the sins of others but Christ. Is there any sense in saying that Gentiles woro sinners with the Jews,pr that the sins of the Jews were chargablo to them in auy sense. Justice would blush at such a inclusion. If Gentiles weressinuers with the Jews, the world would have . jeon destroyed ere this, for the sins | if the Jews have cost the life of the ion of God tot save them from dent b, Mul they will not believe; And, but lor Gentile fnitli, we would not be believed on in the world to-day. Sup pose Jrws and Gentiles were both under the law and jin the same stato of unbelief, cannot any man see that both would bo to*day in the same condition before (Ju7. John Haxfoi;d, N. C., Ang. AT, 1880.— The second Sunday, notwithstanding ir was an inclement day, 1 commenced a meeting at Monre’Union that con tinued for 7 days, with au increasing interest from day to (lay till the close. I think it was, undoubtedly, the best meeting that 1 ever saw in my life. The citizens of the community and mein tiers at ties ptpro say the church is in better.condition now than they ever saw it. Betweeu 20 and 20 pro lesscd faith in Christ, and 11 acces sions to the church. The ago of the penitents varied from 10 to SO years: conceits limn 11 to (10. 1 will attend to the ordinance of Baptism the 2nd Sunday in next, mouth near the above mentioned church. Some hearts wen- reached hero that neighbors and I fiends had given up for ha.,;. J will receive others into the el.urch here at my next appointment. On the 3rd Sunday j met one of the largest congregations that I ever saw on an occasion like this, at Christian Chapel, jlev. Bros. Cotton and S. B. Kla;,p paeaehed for me on Sun day. ltev. .1. W. Hole came to my assistance on Monday ami remained till the close (Friday ). Here we had another glorious revival. Bro. ll. won many friends here ; lie preached line sermons every day. About 25 were, happily converted, 111 accessions to t4m church. The church was very unieli revived. Bast Sunday 1 met my congrega tion at Shallow Well (though quite sick) and tried to preach, alter which 1 administered the Sacrament of the •Lord’s Supper to a goodly number of columnuieants, and then administered tluhirdi nance of baptise! to 13 per sons. At 4 o’clock in the. evening 1 met my congregation at Poplar Branch null continued t'.il (Tuesday ovening. The Lord’s children were much reviv ed and strengthened. One soul was happily converted. Owing to sur roundings we discontinued the meet ing for the present, and will hold a meeting lor them in October it Prov idence permits. Two of my chifrehes are .so lunch in terested in the salvation of souls that they have petitioned for another pro tracted meeting this fall, if my physi cal .strength holds out. I will conduct auother meeting lor them if leau pos sibly do so. In a few days I shall go to Bro. tlolt’s field id' labor to assist him in his meeting. “Bless the Lord O my soul,and forget not all his bette lits.” Pet kb T. Klapjp. UtALKIGH, ft. Allg. L';>, 1SS0.— I have received the lolloping contri butions : F. O. Moriug,$il.oO. It. K. Petty, $1.00. Dr. Herndon, $150. Kev. 1). F. Joiies, $1 00. 1 n my, arti cle on the Superanuated Fund, the phrase: No gathering when I come, should have lead,Go before until you, and iuake up before hand your boun ty. Our colored lirfetlireu of this state had a eonveutiouj in this city last week. II. B, Havks. BlOIILAND, (Ja., Aug. 25, 1880.— I have just closed my protracted meeting at lied liiil. 1 baptized 7 happy converts last Sunday. The cdfcgregatioii wliifeh attended the cer emony was the lalgesf. I ever Saw at such a place. Wo hart 8 additions to the church—one by letter from the Missionary Baptist Church. This makes 9 additions this year to this church. I preached twice a day, ex cept two days—15 sermons iu all. A Baptist brother preaohed twice for me. Congregations largo all the tune. There afij others who I trust will unite with the church of their Oir cause is gaining Stine of the Baptist and M. K. meiubtrs nre taking to my letters. Juhii.ek 'Smith. * clioiee soon, ground here. G'BAITAM, N. C., Aug. 20, 1S90.— The protracted meeting at Morrrsvillo continned tunc days, and resulted in twenty four cotiversions. It was, in every respeck a good meeting and the sbureh is elifouraged to press on in their work. Bov. 1). F. Jones was with me, dit| faithful, elUoient work tad made many friends. The hou.-A has been plastered and s now enhiploto except painting vliieh will ho done this fall. This :liuroll pays lot preaching ami igo of $8 |»r au-nibor, beside# f iberally luotfcor purposes. * fjjflP W. W. Si mm?