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The Christian Sun FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1880. D. B. Dunbar, - «■ --- Proprietor. Rev. J. Pressley Barrett-Editor. OUR PRINCIPLES. 1 ..—The Lord Jesus Christ is the only IleAa ol ll e Church. L—The nnmc Christian, to the exclusiom ol alt party, or sectarian names. —The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of the 0. iand Ne?v Testament a sufficient rule of faith aud practice. ^ 4.—Christian character, or vital piety, the only test of fellowship, or church membership. 5.—The vight of private judgement and the liberty of conscience, the privilege and duty ol all. THE HYMN BOOKS Aie ready for delivery to purchas ' eira. Send in your orders at once.— The Committee has ordered only one thousand ' copies printed. Prices: Bound in cloth 75 cents. In sprint led sheep 90 cents. In fine binding $1.25. When ordered to be sent l>\ mail add 10 cents for postage. Names of churches or individuals put on books for 25 cents extra. Pastors are requested to act as agents. Address : J. Pressley Barrett, Publishing Agent, Suffolk, Va. THE EASTERN VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. The next session of this body will be held with the church at Bethany, Southampton county, Va., beginning on Wednesday before the first Sun day in November. Delegates from Norfolk and Suffolk and sections con tiguous to the same,going by rail will go by Seaboard and Koanoke Kail road to Franklin, Va., on the day oi meeting. All who wish to be met at Franklin will write to Bro. .1. Walter , Magee, South Quay, Va., at once Delegates from the upper part of the Conference, and wherever convenient will do well to go on private convey ance. Bethany is located on the Blackwater river, five railed,south oi Franklin. J. Pressley Barrett, Secretary. EDITORIAL NOTES, The new Hymn Book is ready. Send iu your orders. Rev. M. L. Hurley expects to or ize another new church soon in Pastorate No. 2. His most interest ing communication is crowded out this week, with others. Our delegates to Conference from Antioch are as follows : Juo. H. Bea ton, T. J. Clements, N. B. Munford and Deacon VV. H. Gay. Alternates: Stephen G. Barrett and Jno. C. Thom as.—T. J. Clement*. ltev. D. A. Long, A. M., of the Gra ham High School, N. C., preached in the Christian Church in Suffolk, Iasi Sabhath, morning and evening. Wt had the pleasure of hearing him in the morning. Our people were much pleased with his visit-aud sermons. They were tine efforts and were high y appreciated by the people. Bru. Long itas many admirers in Suffolk. Come again, Bro. L. We were pleased to hear through iRev. D. A. Long, that our Brother ^Newman is doing well at the Uuiver l**sity of North Carolina. President •“Batt'e pronounces him a flue young Tymau. By the way, this University taseews to be taking hold of the young L ujen in Eastern Virginia. Siuce Bro E. Jones, son oi °“N. entered, Mr. It. mawr, \y. jj. Jones, of Nausemond, has wans0 entered this school. It is a grow ling institution and we heartily wish as4t success. I l! mo I met your Holy Neck baptizing ap mutointment at Cross’ mill yesterday you ■renty seveu condidates presented it. ymselves. I administered the ordi thatjmce to 2(1 by immersion and one by usiou. Two young ladies united h the church, making 30 since r protracted meeting commenced, lood congregation assembled to ness the soleihn and impressive be writt ue. Bro. J. T. Ball was there, but writi e yourself, he has not yet entirely "overed from the effects of chills.— kelpi. jj. Holland. Many thanks, Bro. ed for yonr kindness. When mg to sjck er well we shall bo glad we will , ' . ot service to you. Uncle would si j.[0]y yfuck meeting was full of that I inaf Between fifty and sixty ter. Uuc professed faith in Jesus and Conference .. united with the church, eee you ',eryeijuej.(}ay of this week,Bro. y°ur -jtizecl twenty-seven per JcAtpo sick to ad in in is Dear Johnnie^iuce. It was a come to Confer!^. Rev. Bros, lials couid not do so. lid most of the work, steamboats don’t leached on Thursday, noting. Uncle vvUollaml on the Sab ha''wtieve. Mayesfr brethren we de ir heartfelt thauks ndered. Holy EUjyn numbers, in 8eTLi with IL Bun on the Pa t he may feel disp9 to favor our re&P^P productions of his - *!jiie. I a and I i ii. mm ralitv. May God THE INDIAN’S VIEW OF IT. Some people of respectable religi >us standing have on various occa bons endeavored to make the im pression that we have mistaken our mission—that in reality, there is nothing very practicable or even de sirable in onr purpose—love for one another among all of God’s people.— Some intimate that it is better to let the sectarian feeliugs, which are nat urally the outgrowth of denomina tional strife, grow. Say they, it gives asortof competition in ourchurch work,which makes it lively and ofted causes much more to be done than would be done under other circum stances. Competition in business may be all very well, but when it comes to religiou, we say, No. Com petition in business most often gene rates ill feeliugs between neighbors, till bate tills each heart. Competition may exist in ditfereut spheres,but its nature is the same, and being the same, the fruit it bears must necessa rily be the same. If hate is engen dered in business by competition, we may expect the same fruit from com petition in our church work, and hate nas absolutely no place in Religion. A generous rivalry is quite a differ ent thing and doubtless is a valuable auxiliary in spreading the gospel.— Sectarian feelings and tbe strife which must necessarially follow, are incapable of producing and develop ing a true and generous rivalry.— Hence we claim that these.sectarian feelings which so raanj of our church organizations cultivate iu tueir worn, ire to say the least, hurtful, to the cause of God by their tendency to in dueuce and promote division among God’s children. The trouble does not stop with strife and discussion, it must add another evil of a more deadly character—Hate. To change this state of things is a leading purpose of our organization. We wish to discourage strife and di vision among God’s people, and we wish to encourage the cultivation of a generous rivalry iu the great work of spreading the' truth of Jesus Christ in the world-*we wish to provoke each other to good works and so do >ur Master’s will, and at the same lime manifest the spirit of Jesus to ward our fellow creatures—love for one another. If the Christian world is to do its legitimate work for Jesus, then our peculiar mission is of as much importance to others as to ourselves. We plead for sympathy, for love, lor system and order in the ranks and camps of God’s children generally without reference to de nominational lines. Is not this right I We say, yes—others say, w-e-l-l, l-t i s u o t n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y. That is a mis take. Are we not taught in history as well as by observation, that a house divided against itself can not itaudl Do we not know full well that if the heavenly planets should run into each other like many of God’s children do, our world would soon cease to stand at all ? is it not won deifiil that Christianity as a system of religion has stood amid the clash of its many bodies! This could not haye been, had not the omnipotent hand of God held us in existence.— The followers of Christ are coutiuu ally dissatisfied with something their brethren have done—and iu effect, they are going to Jesus and telling what the erratic brethren are doing— “they are not following us,” they say. Is this a crime ! Jesus did not so re gard it w hen he was on earth—His disciples came to him with just such a plea, He repl’ed : “* * * he that is not against us, is on our part.” See Mark 9: 38-41. More than this, the spectacle presented to the world is a sad one, when Christians, chil dren of a loving Father, begin to light each the other. This has a ter rible effect on the world—it drives sinners further into sin, and makes the professed followers of Jesus the victims of their great enemy, the dev il. Besides, this kind of conduct is calculated to make strangers to the Christian religion, the enemy of that religion. Let those who do not think so, read the following statement which we clip from an exchange : Before Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces fled from his rightful home, iu 1877 to fight for his very life, he was asked if be wanted schools on the Wollowa reservation ; he said, “No I” When asked his reason, he replied that “it- would briug churches.” •‘Don’t you want churches ?„ was the next enquiry. “No! no!” he answer ed. “It will teach us to quarrel about God, as the Catholics and Protes tants do. We fight each other, b*ut we don’t want to learn to fight about God.” Can any say that the Chuistian JiiUKCH has uo great mission before it? Be not deceived, brethreu, push your cause aud keep steadily iu view the mission we have chosen. Mean while let our motto hold its place : In Essentials, Unity ; In non-essentials, Liberty; In all things, Charity. Our Antioch Sabbath-school re sumed its labors yesterday with flue prospects. While weJiave taken au intermission of a few Sundays, evad ing the heated days of July and Au gust, we hope we haye done work for :he Master’s cause iu other respects. —Thos.J. Clements. PRETTY HARO ON US. T« The Christian Sun : It is no proof of Christian charity to sup press the truth of God. Paul’s heart was lull of love, and yet he boasted that he had not. shunned to declare the whole counsel of God; and sure ly the ordinances of the gospel are a pait <>f the ••counsel of God;” and are they uot vitally essential to the progress of Christianity in the world!. Besides, brother dearly beloved, how dare you to say anything is unimpor tant that God deems worthy of a si>e cial revelation! Think of these things.—Relyioax llentld. You ran say these hard things of us, Doctor, but wo menu, by the grace of God, to live so that you will uot believe your own statements—we suspect you do not no.v believe what you have intimated above. However, we have this to say : 1. You can uot prove that we have in a single case attempted to suppress the tTntli of God. 2. Von cannot prove that we have tried to shun the duty of declaring the whole counsel of God. 3. Wo have not said that the ordi nances of the gospel are unimpor tant. 4. We have thought of these tilings and—of you, too. Can it be true, must we believe that you in your heart are willing to misrepresent an honest Christian people, who sincere ly desire the salvation of men and the glory of God f Charity tlnnketh no evil, Doctor. What is it that makes you have so many evil thoiiglits for us and our cause ? IS THAT SO? “Rev. \V. G. Clements, of Morris ville, spent last week in this eit.v se curing subscriptions towards build ing a “Christian” or O’Keliyite church. We thiuk very highly of Bro. Clements, aud certainly mean no reflection in the use of the term “O’Fellyite.” The Cainbellites of the State call themselves “the Christian church,” and under the circumstances the uauie Christian is ueither distinc tive nor appropriate. If Bro. C. will tell us exactly what to call his denom ination so as to distinguish it from all others, we will use the term. We wish him great success iu his underta king.”—Biblical Recorder. I shall make no effort to tecoucile the friendship and kindly feeliugs expressed in the above with the ani mus exhibited. I leave this to others who have more ability iu such mat ters. But with regard to .the name Christian, unless we are not Chris tians, and the Recorder has not of fered one argument to prove that we are not, the statement that the name is uot appropriate is, circumstances or no circumstances, iu the very na ture of things, perhaps not wilfully, but actually false. W. T. Walker. MOT ICE. Persons in nuy locality, especially members of churches,that are willing to contribute ruch articles as flour, ham, butter, eggs, potatoes &e., to the support of Rev. H. B. Hayes aud wife, whose condition is still such that they cannot provide for them selves, may consign to either of the following houses in the city ol Ra leigh : Brown & Sexton, W. B. Man rv, and Pool and Moling, who will take pleasure in seeing all such sup plies safely delivered. Send money in Post-office orders or Registered letters. notTcIT The eleventh Pastorate’s auuual meeting will take place at Zion Sat urday before the first Sunday iu No vember, beginning at 10 o’clock aud continuing the balance of the day. In the afternoon we expect to hold a con vention iu the interest of the Miss ionary work, and including church literature, Sunday-schools, the neces sity of prayer meetings, and why aud when the pastor should be paid. Addresses will be delivered on the above subjects by the following breth ren : Missionary work—Bro. J. B. Wat son and others. Sunday schools—Rev. S. B. Klapp and others. The necessity of a Prayer meeting —Bro. M. S. Stevens and others. Why aud when the Pastor should be paid—Bro. J. P. Deaton and oth ers. Sabbath morning—Sunday school mass meeting. Peter T. Klapp. NEXTJfEAR. Yes, the present Conference year will soon close. And 1 come now to ask, what arraugments are yon mak ing for next year! Have the deacons in the differeut Pastorates iu the N. C. and Va. Christian Conference, held or appointed any meeting to ar range for preaching next year 1 Con ference took no special action impos iug such a duty upon you at its lust auuual session, but from the fact that it did not abolish the Pastorate sys tem, the older of the previous year seems to hold good, and 1 would in sist that the deacons throughout the Conference try to comply with its re quirements. Let arrangements be made by Pastorates whenever it is possible. The plau seems to work well where all parties have tried to comply. Brethren, work fust, Con tereuce will soon be here. J. W. H. TO THE MINISTERS AND LAYMEN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGIN* lA CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE. Brethren :—At the (not nnnunl session of oor Conference I w«e order ed to provide a seal for the use of the body .(See Christian Annual page 81) The seal’ will cost not less than $5,00. Hon. John M. Moring informs me that we ought also to have all < fficial copy of the Act of Inoorporat ion of our Conference, which will cost not less than $5,00. There are no funds in the hands oil lie Treasurer to meet these expenses. 1 have written the chairman oft he Executive Committee of our Conference, asking the Com mittee through him to cull upou the churches for a Conference collection to meet these and other incidental expenses ot the Conference. After waiting .some time for the Committee to act, I have concluded to assume the responsibility of making such a call myself. This 1 do to avoid the confusion andembarrassmeututtend ing such collections during the sit ting of Conference. It will also give all a chance to help bear the burden, if a burden it may be called. 1 there fore ask each miuister in this Confer ence to call on each of his churches for an arnouut equal to one cent per member to constitute a Conference fund. Let the arnouut bo forwarded to the Treasurer of the Conference, or seut np in the hands of the delegates to the next session of our Conference. What is not appropriated will be re tained by the Treasurer as the Inci dental Fund of the Conference. Jeremiah VV. Holt, Sect’y of Conference. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. Brethren, much is being done in these days of activity to stop the cur rent of sin, aud to extend the King dom of onr Lord Jesus Christ; but what are we doing, we who are mem bers of the Christian Church, are we doing our part of the work) We hare, thank God, woke up to a certain extent, but i s a whole are we really awake! Look at our mission ary work, what are we doing! The committees tell ns they would like for appropriations to be made for mis sion work at various places; but at present their hands are tied, they can only do a little because their funds are small. As to foreign mis sions, brethren don’t yon blush ; how many Missionaries iu Africa, China, Japan, &c., have we ! The Pastorate system, are we work ing it ns well as we might! For this to work well all should heartily enter iuto it, not only preachers but people also. If this sy sten is properly work ed in a few years, churches, which now think by endorsing this plan, they forfeit their liberty, will find that liberty is their’s still, and that the extra amount ol go d accomplish ed, will amply repay them for any self-denial on their parts. Are we, beloved brethren, doiug wbat we can to support our church paper! I thiuk not. Let us, beloved friends,make one desiterate effort for the coming Conference; and load our good Brother Dunbar with cash that he will be compelled to have assis tance iu order to get home. He tells us he is still in debt and lie thinks if the N. C. and Va. Christian Confer ence will bring him 200 new subscri bers, besides the renewal of the old, with the cash for ond'year; aud that the other Coufeieuces do iu propor tion ; that he will be able to clear the debt next year. Brethren, in the ministry, aud among the laity, come up, shoulder to shoulder, let us send Brother Dunbar home with 300 in stead of 200 new subscribers fo" the Christian Sun. It can be dono if you all will work. Let us all pull togeth er, shoulder to shoulder iu all things. D. J. THE GOSPEL TOJEvIrY CREATURE. Christ is called “The Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throue of his fa ther David. Aud he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever: and of his kingdom there shall be no end.” Luke 1: 32,33. Paul, speaking to the Homans, says iu Rom. 7: 4, “Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.” Verse 6: “But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the old ness of the letter.” ■ Paul to the Galatians in 3rd chap ter aud 13th verse, says: “Christ bath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse lor ns: for it is writteu, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” 1 have sustained my posltiou thus far, and I request that every reader of these letters, iead carefolly Paul to the Romans, to the Galatians, and to the Hebrews, aud the four Evan gelists, taking references from them to oUfet books, aud they will find that I am correct as to the doctrine ol the atonement, and Us proper appli cation We can see bow Christ is the foundation of bis church, both lor Jews auri Gentiles, and bout we are to be justified by faith, iu the name of Christ. Mow, in order that Gentiles may be saved in Christ, they are to believe in him as their Saviour, and accept the invitation given in oar Lord’s parable of the feast. “Go ye into the highways aud hedges, and as many as ye shall find bid thorn to come; for the chosen have refused to accept. All things are read}“Tell the maimed, the halt, the bliud to come, tor all things are ready.” You that have walked indarkuess, (mean ing Gentiles) light is springing up. The day star has arisen, the night is far s(rent, the day is at hand. The snu is rising that will drive the dark ness away and send lloodtides of light to every benighted soul of nrau that walks the face of the earth. The time is come that the Lord’s bouse is es tablished iu the the topsot the moun tains, aud is exalted above the hills; aud all nations are pressing auto it. Out of Zion went the law; aud the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,aud this word is flowing to the former aud hinder seas, making the hills aud vailies vocal with the praises of the Redeemer of Israel, aud for the tree gilt of salvatiou to all the Gentile tribes of earth who would believe on him. The Gentile tribes are invited to wosn tueir roues ana mane tneui white in the blood ol the Lamb; foi they cannot be cleansed in any other way. To do that, one must seek God by faith in Chrsit., for no one will ever be chosen again as the Israelites were clioseu. All men arc to be saved on the plan of the gospel of Christ—“we are to knock, we are to seek, we are to ask, that we may receive,” other wise, aud wo arc not saved. Think not that we arc the elect of God by birth, that will never be again, for tbe elect have been vast oat as evil, and driveu away from the home of their fathers, ami left to stumble and fall in darkness, because they sinued and put to death the Sod of God whom the Father sent to redeem them. Now all Gentiles should take warning; “for if he spared not the natural branches, (the elect of Ood) take heed lest he spare not thee.” John, in his vision, saw aronud the throue, tbe cberubims aud Sera phims, the four aud twenty elders aud the souls of them that were beheaded for a testimony of Jesus nudei tbe al tar ; but not a Gentile was seeu there; but in the back ground was seen an innumerable compauy, who had washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. They were those who came upthrough great tribulation. Gentiles who he lieved on the Saviour aud were saved by grace through faith. What 1 wish to say is, that tbe blood of CbriBt will do no man any good without faith and rcpeutance, aud that is essential to his salvation'; aud without it he will never see God in peace. By this means the blood of Christ can atone for sins past, and the Holy Ghost is given in evidence of sins pardoned. Christ says: “Go ye into all the world aud preach the gospel to* every creature, he that believeth aud is baptized shall be saved; but be that believeth not shall be damned.” Gos pel means the words of Christ, and this commission was not given until after his resurrectiou irorn the dead The great sacrifice was made for Is rael and He rejected by the Jews, to whom be was seut. Now for tbe first time, be gives the command, Go iuto all the world, aud he that believes and is baptized shall be saved. Well, w bat are they to believe 1 The gos pel. What is the gospel f The words of Christ. Not tbe words of the law, but the- words of him of whom Moses, the Law aud tbe Prophets did write. And these words must be preached to every creature, that every creature may believe it. To preach, we must have a preacher, aud he must be seut; sent by Christ and have the spirit of Christ withiu him. Such are to be seut out into all the world, to teach all nations, that all natious may believe the gospel aud be saved, by the foolishness of preaching. The promise was, that “knowledge should cover the earth as the waters do the great deep ” This was to be accom plished by preaebiug. Tbe heathen were to be eulightened, and made to see the folly ol'their devotions through this channel. Those who were under tbe law had gone into idolatry with tbe heathen, instead of being a light to them, aud blasphemed the name of God among them. He now sends them out on a differ eut plan, and arms them with the Ho ly Ghost, that they may be bold in teaching, yet harmless as doves and wise as serpents. Tbe Heathen world tried long by their Philosophy to find out the great first cause, and for want of wisdom failed to do so, for the world by wis dom knew not God. Nature^ with her vast laboratory was not able to teach man, of God and His ways. Isaiah believed as much wheu he said, “Look uuto me all ye ends of tbe earth and be ye saved, for I am God and beside me there is none else.” Christ had the same view of this subject wheu he said: “Go ye iuto < the high ways and aa many as ye shall Had,” dto. Peter believed the same doctrine on the day of Pentecost when he shuI : “I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but. in ev ery nation, be that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted ol him.”” The same was said at the house of Cornelius. John the Revelator says, Salvation is free for oil, and gives one example which makes our hearts,rejoice when we see it: “The Spirit says come, and the Bride says come, and let him that heareth say come, and let him that will, come and take the water ot life freely.” In this declaration of John, he has authorized every man to proclaim this doctrine of salvation, not only the ministers of Christ, but him that heareth of it, aud him that will. Oh! what a change since the head of the church has assumed the government of it. All men are interested now. All obstructions are moved out of the way, aud all middle walls are moved out of the way, and all men are asked to look and live; nud the iuvitation is to rich and poor, bond ami tree, from land to land, troni sea to sea, Jews and Gentiles, §oine. Old tilings have passed awav, all things have be come new. The gospel of the Son ol ‘toti is being preached to all men— darkness is to tlee away—tight, life and immortality is to be brought to light. Idolatry*'* to be uprooted.— Peace aud good will is to mark the pathway of faith and grace. T_—_. .. Il«r,niTT ■ ' Richland, Oa. y NEWS FROM_THE FIELD. ltT,ift up your ryes, and look on the Fields; for they are while, alreodu to harvest—St, John 4.-3r>. _X,was at Hoi.Y Neck tIio two last days of tin* meet tng--Sai mday and Sunday. Theio ' as a large until her of converts on S,it tirdny—supposed to lie between 15 ami -0 , and that there was 5(» in all '.luring the eight days of the meeting's continuance. Bio. lJalston received 22 into the fel lowship of the church on Saturday, and I received 12 more on Sunday, making 34 in all. According to your request, 1 pleached for you, and con ducted the meeting on Sunday. There was a large congregation ; we had an interesting meeting—one or two pro fessing, and two penitents only being left at ihe alter. Others will unite with the church there, at some future time. It. II. Holland. Antioch.—A meeting continuing for eight days at this dear old moth er of churches, closed last Friday. Twenty seven professed conversiou aud twenty three united with the church. Bev. M. B. Barrett was with the pastor through the meeting and by earnest efforts from day to day, glori lied God aud greatly endeared him self to the dear people. Antioch is one of our largest church es, until be ring at one time six hun dred members or more. The church es at Mt. Carmel aud Windsor were organized mostly from members of Autioch. May the Mother raise up other children w ho u<ay call tier bles sed. Next Wednesday I he Lord wil ling I will meet candidates for bap tisrn at Ballard’s Milt and attend to this sacrament. E. W. B. Oakland.—A large congregation on Sabbath last, aud alter the ser vice closed at the church, I met at the water and buried live happy converts with Christ iu baptism.— One of the number was the sou ol our dear afflicted brother Thos. J. Saunders, who had been suffering ol paralysis for mouths. Another was a dear young man, the sou of brother B. C. Eley, who Las just started out in life and who has thus solemnly consecrated himself to Christ. The third was one of three brothers, one of whom is iu the ministry of the Methodist Church, the other prepar mg lor tiie ministry of the Episcopul Church, and the thirl it is intimated will prepare lor the ministry in the Christiau Church. Success to them ail. E. W>. B. Fbanklin, Va., Sept. 29,1880.— My meeting at Union continued sev eu days. We had a very profitable waiting upon the Lord. Bev. M. B. Barieit was with me all the time, uearl.v. He preached better tlmu 1 ever heard him—aud 1 have heard him deliver some very eloqueut and instructive discourses. Kev. T. L. Williams preached us two splendid sermons. He is a Holy Ghost pleach er. One of the best, if not the best, in the M. E. Conference of Virgiuia. i love him for his modest and unas suming character. Bros. Bail aud Kalston passed by aud preached once each. Eighteen were converted'nine teen joined the church, and liiteeu were baptised aud when 1 say baptiz ed I mean they were immersed. Dur ing the tour yeprs of my ministry at Union, 1 have received one hundred aud one members into the church.— At Cy press last Sunday* I received three new members into the church. We praise the Lord fur his gooduess, aud for His wouderful works to the children of men. J. T. Kitchen. Baleigh, N. C., Sept. 27,1880.— i met the church at New Hill last Saturday. After preaching to a large crowd 1 opened the doors of the church. Four united with as. We now have 25 members, with several others expected. We met again on Sunday morning at Bro. Gardner’s fish pond. I baptized the lour we had received the day before. We then returned to church for preach ing, where the crowd was so larga we had to occupy the shelter uuder which we held our protracted meet ing. Sermon from Acts 10 : 34,35. We had a pleasant season around Tie Lord’s table alter the serrnou. fhis was the first communion evert ■eld at this place. May Cod bless us, j indseud us help to complete our house if worship. We are progressing.— | The lumber is siweit anci muon oi it [gin plane. Our sister churches liavo tailed to help ns se far, except Bro. Holt’s Held. Our members feel that our people in this Conference cure very little for our success. The church is small, but bids fair to do well. I think we could uot. help in a better cause, and 1 earnestly beg our breth ren in the ministry to make known to their congregations the necessities of *he Christian Church at New Hi 1. If this is done, surely they will help us some. Bro. Bollius asked for one dollar from each church. I do not know why they could not easily do more tliau that, bat 5 cents would bo better than nothing. The bouse will be erected as scon as the funds can he raised. The doors of the church will be opened at our next appoint ment. W. H. Franks. We hope our brethren in the North Carolina Conference will give this little church some assistance. The strong ought to help the week. What church will be the tirst to help New Hill f—Kd. Pounded Again.—On Friday the ltJth inst, our hearts were made very glad indeed by the dear brethren and sisters of Zion Church. Such a pound ing as we did get, the good things.the good things we did receive: they are too numerous to mention, hut we’ll say, that the quality of these articles is good, and the quantity flattering. 1 nave uau a specuii Iimricai III elm roll and a special love for it lor the past live years, and this act of kindness by the members (as well as others) had a tendency to increase my interest in it and my love for it. flow cau we help loving such a people. They brought us just such articles of food, etc , as we needed. We loved them before, but now we love them more. I will give the names of those who were inter ested in i his pounding, viz.: Sisters Hanna Gunter, M. W. Adams, Sarah .1. Wicker, Wary 15. Wicker, Ellea Kelly, Wary Heaton, William John son and U J. Booker, Bros. J. A. Kelly, Win. Johnson, J. W. Adams, J. it. Gunter, J. Spivey, J. D. Wick er and family, James P. Deaton, H. J. Booker, G. W. Kllington and Gal vin Gunter. Dear friends, receive our sincere thanks for the above mentioned pres ents, and may the good Lord bless i you with abundant success in this world, and in the world to come bless you with eternal life. PETER T. KLAVP. Louisbubg, N. 0. Sept. 23d, 1880. Last Saturday .week my heart was made glad when I arrived at Liberty Church, (Franklin Co.) on seeing the new house of worship in a condition ready to meet in ou the morrow ; the house is not finished, though we ex pect to keep working on till it is. On Suuday we commenced a pro tracted meeting which lasted 9 days; the largest congregations throughout the meeting that ever met at Liberty protracted meetings before. Above all the Lord was with us, his love was enjoyed, his power felt; Chris tians were strengthened and revived; siuuers were convicted ; and to our own knowledge 12 precious souls pro fessed conversion, besides others among the congregation restored. We teel very thankful to God,though we still ask our brethren to remem ber us in their prayers totlod, in as umch us we have many iu our midst w ho are still posting the road that leads to destruction. Brethren from the following church es assisted me, Revs. Smith, Ooghill,^^ Brim, and Holden of the M. E. Church, and Revs. Barrett and Horner of the Baptist Church. This meeting re minded me of heaven where alt will be one, ail denominational distinc tions were buried and tbe ministers aud brethren worked like Christians. D. F. Jones. REIDSVILLE, N. 0., Sept. 24, 1830. —I have gotten through with my protracted meetings. We commencd one meeting at Mt. bethel in July, aided by Bros. Anderson and Geo. W. Piunix. The meeting resulted in the conviction and happv conversion of two excellent young ladies who joined the ehurcb. We trust they muv be burning lights in the church. Here 1 have failed to get the brethren to take hold of the Sunday-school. It is very painful indeed to make this statement I am going again to stir them upon this matier. From Mt. Bethel we went to Salem Chapel.— The congregation was the largest that was ever seen at this place. The extreme wet weaiher canned us to close our meeting ut this place sooner than we would otherwise have done. Uue soul was converted to God at this meetiug. The meeting was uuu suully pleasant and delightful. The Holy Spirit seemed to pervade the entire congregation from the begin ning to tbe close. The church was made alive in the love of God. Be tween 14 and 20 souls were made hap py iu the Lord Jesus Christ. Neuily all of these converts united with the churcli. This church is now iu a most flourishing condition. Our meeting ut Liberty was a good ouo. The church was greatly revived. Old and joiiug praised the Saviour’s wor thy name. Three young ladies were converted aud joined our ehureh at this place. We think much good can be dBne. May God bless us. We were glad to find that the neighbor hood aii§ the church still love tneir former pastor. Bro. Deans is highly esteemed nil around Liberty. 1 also held a uieetiug at Piney Grove, near Friendship. Our cause was strength ened, aud by request we gave them a history of the Uhristlau Church, its principles, &o. My health has been very teeble this year. Sometimes I just barely could get to my meetings. What a grand blessing it is to be iu good bealtb. I start next Suuday to help Bro. Anderson at Concord. May God bless us in our meetiugs. 1 am goiug to stir up my ohurcUes again ou the enterprises of our churuU. We trust the churches will send cueir fee lers by their pastors or delegates the tirst day of Conference, so cunt the 3uuda\-school Committee may make . lull report. Gome to Conference. J. W. PiNNIX,
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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