North Carolina Newspapers

The- Chris FRIDAY HBCEMgEli 10,1880. Proprietor. - - Editor. B. Danlt&r, — y. J. Pressley Barrett ' ' Y OVR PniSCIPLKS. ' 5 .\ThJ Lord Jffii' yftrlst ii the only Hcaa of ^Church. ’ /, L-The n*m»Cbt i^tinn. to the exclusion of rty, or sectJiriato names. . -The Holy Bible, or the Scriptuie3 of the and New Tes'ftinent a sufficient rule of faith _ practice. l.^-ChristhiQ character, or vital piety, the tly test of ftilotrship, or church membership. C.—The vigujt of private judgement and the liberty of conscience, the privilege and duty of wx THE HYMN BOOKS Aic .ready for delivery ro purcoas ers. Send in your orders at once.— The Committee has ordered only one thousand copies printed. Prices: Bound in cloth 75 cents. In sprink led sheep 90 cents. In fine binding §i.25. When ordered to be sent by ®ail add 5 cents for postage. Names of churches or individuals pat on books for 25 cents extra. Pastors are requested to act as ageuts. Address: J. PRESSLEY Barrett, Publishing Agent, Suffolk, Va. NOTICE. Franklin, Va., \ Dec. C, 1880. j | The members of the Home Missiou ( Committee will meet in Suffolk the 13th Dec., (Court day) as important busiucss demands their attention. The members of this Committee are: Rev. E. W. Beale, Bros. P. H- Lee, T. J. Clements, I. W. Duck, and my self. _ , J. T. Kitchen, Chairman. , \ EDITORIAL NOTES. Rev. Dr. Smith, of Georgia, bas | been quite sick of late. We leel jjnx ions for his restoration to health. Rev. M. B. Barrett has accepted -;the pastoral charge pADre church at ^Spring Hill, and will preach there on r next Sunday at 11 o’clock,Province The. Richmond Christian Advocate recently appeared in a new dress— ► every type being new. We congrat ulate our neighbor upon his suqoswS. \ It is a most readable journal'“a^wal8 welcome. ^' We extend****™* young brother, K(v. H. Hr'frati&^iastor of the Berk ley Christian Obiireb, oar hearty con gr..tulatious. He was married Dec.l to Mrs. Helen S. Oarr, the veuera ble Eev. S. S. Barrett officiating. \ip received a short time ago a fraternal letter written jointly by 'Eer% E. VV. Humphreys and A. W. Coan.of Yellow Springs, Ohio. These brethren have promised to write for the SUN occasionally. Let us hear from you, brethren. Bev. M. B. Barrett is Soliciting Agent-for the ministerial students ■‘-'frjc tllis Conference year. Look for him, and when he comes give liberal ly for this purpose. Let the church es-hav4 what was pledged at Confer once reiady. Bead his letter. Eev. B. W. Nash, a Baptist of La GrangepN. U., recently preached iu Georgia for nearly two hours on the subject bf opeu coumiuuiou, advocat ing it. Though it wast in aclose com munion Section, when he concluded, the people called out to him, “Go on, goon." !So says the Baptist Bev lew. Bev. Tlos. Holmes, D. D., CbjQpa, Mich., saptfu writing to us of the ar ticles he i proposes to write for the Bun on TRUTH : “They will be thor oughly practical—neither theological nor speculative.” He will begin-id a lew weeks, and onr readers may ex pect a series of papers worthy of their closest attention. Eev. NY. Clements,of Morrisville, N. C., has been appointed by the North Carolina Conference to raise lauds to build a huuse of worship iu the city ol Ualeigk ley the use of the Christian denomination. Iu auotber column Bro.'Clemeuts speaks to his people about this very desirable en terprise. A church iu Ualeigh foi ls a necessity and we hope to the call once, be LOOK AFTER THE CHILDREN. We doubtless lose much as a peo vie by neglecting our children. A aeople wbo believe that they have an ^ ui port ant mission to the world can not afford to lose sight of the chil dren in their work. Soon the grown up people of today will be in their j graves and the children of today will occupy our places. If we have cared ' for them and looked after them prop erly, they will staud in and fill our | places worthily and the mission we have labored for will find in these children strong soppofters. But if we neglect the training of the chil- ^ dreu of our church,who,who will take our plaees when we are gone t Who, friends 1 Can we expect that our et forts to establish the Christian Church will result in a permaueut success if we neglect to train the ^ children in the ways and works ol our organization T Surely not, tor in a short while we must vacate our places aud if we have made no pro vision to supply our places by train ing out* children to walk in the ways of our cbnrch, then it will be from the ueccessity of the case ol short duration, the church would ‘Mas* at least to be uselul and progressive. We must not neglect our children. To avoid this, it will be necessary to cultivate a reading spirit among our people. 1. The pastors must culti vate this spirit amoug the heads ol families aud grown up people. 2. Then the pastors aud parents togeth er, must cultivate the same spirit among the children. In doiug this it will be ueecessary for the pastor to use denominational reading matter with the parents first, and then pas tor aud parents mnst unite in secur ing aud using the same among^the children. The childreu must be taught, but tbeir teachers (their pa rents) must be taught first in our de nominational views, or else they must go without the training aud instruc tions neccessary to make them “the bone and sinew” of the future Chris tian Church. This is a weighty matter,and the pastors have the bur den of this matter upon their should ers. They cannot shift it—and the sopner they realize this fact aud go to work to meet the deinauds of the case, the better it will be for our cause aud the future strength of our A few months ago the Snnda^ School Convention of thp Easte^P Virginia Christian Conj5IAWNj|^re co-?uizi»^'W6 importance of appcpuetl a committee to p“*p Catechism to set forth in a simple mi. "per the leading ideas of the Chris tian Church for the benefit of our children. We have not beard what the committee is doing of late, bp* hope ere the -- 0e -per.iirtted to see introduced in all our Sunday-Schools a Catechism in every way worthy of the purpose in view. Meanwhile we hope the pastors will give attention to this matter. SOON FORGOTTEN. How true ! Our Dames and memo ry are often buried with us. We may be the admired of thousands and our names while we are living be as familiar as household words in the minds and hearts of multitudes; )ut let clods once cover us aud we vill fade as rapidly from the mindi ol those who survive us, as the leal w.tta ers and fades after an autumnal ir»st. As soon as our lrieuds can cease to use us then they forget us. It is a melancholy fact that the friendship ol this world is mostly based on wj^at controls the world (to wit) profit. If I can use you to my advantage aud interest, then my friendship is exceed mgly strong, and you are a most clev er fellow. But if there is nothing to ue gained—no selfish eud to *be pro*, looted, why then, I have but little use for you. 1 Could buy the friendship > I .... if 1m* ol thousands, hut what would it be, worth 1 If my thousands lasted iaj loug as I lasted, then the friendship of my lrieuds w ould last even as lottp fiut if these gave out, theu the ot would fail, and I would be tur, over while living aud after deat^ljo the kiud care those of aeaijf* who had stronger claw UU® “•* lrieuds it would astonish youttSPuow now soon that heart will be terry aaaiu which will be the most sad filler jour departure out of this world Laughing aud siugmg wilf fate place of sighing aud weeping very soon alter you are goue. 7 There is oue way, and oul/ one-way j by which we may live in t* me*dry of those we leave behiu leaving them thousands queathiug to them an Christian work, a godly victorious death. Brecioj Kitrlit q, both God aurl hi ud such a death. ii pie [v. Jno. X. Kitchen o£ 8k iu TO SCHOOL GIRLS. A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT. School girls have ol'teu been made o feel their intellectual inferiority then compared with the minds of the iterner sex. Tliis feeling has been >roduced more by a false sentiment ban by facts known to be true. In nany sections this idea is entertained )y commoff consent, and naturally inough it has resulted in a sort of imposition to neglect the higher ed icatiuu ol girls. While this niisfor une to oar female friends is due to iegleet, rather thau a bad purpose, >u the part of those who may be re iponsible for this state of things, it is' ro less a great evil, and should be :orrccted speedily. Of late years a reform has been itarteii. looking to a change of public rpiuiou, and not without a fair pros rect ol success. A few noble spirits rudertook the work ol reform in this ;ause. Much opposition met their ef forts, aud be it said to the honor of woman that the tirst encouragement these reformers received was from ladies who availed themselves of the advantages afforded aud proved by their owu efforts that a mistake had beeu made in classify ing them as in ferior to man intellectually. This, of course, was the best kind of proof that the reformers were correct, aud therelore its weight in breaking down opposition and prejudice was most ef fective. • In one or our exchanges we see it stated that 41 Women were admitted to the classes in arts, laws aud sciences in University College, Lou U|)u, two years ago. Aud they have done remarkably. In the recent ex aminations, both Latiu prizes aud one or two Greek prizes were award ed to women, aud, as a proof that the required standard is not low, it is stated that the second competitor for the Latin prize has won an 'Oxford scholarship. In French two prizes out of three wewawarded to women, iu Eqglish four out-of nine, and the only one iu political economy. These lactsrshonld encourage Americau wo iuei| to study. Beully, studying is belrer than liirtiugTor a girl any tj*e.” / Is it any wonTler that such facts as (these coming to light, should gain many new friends to this reforma tion T W* wre not surprised. "Preju dicej^y oft^ir refulb40 y ield to the ^Cl0 UCJ*^Gof the silver-tongu ed orator, but stayborn facts admit no refusal, 4ud soLjthe new reforma tion fofthe highdl education of wo ^nan, uRtuglit fact) instead of elo q^ep4fljj|o fconviice the opponents r[ tmrftuthKif its cause. Its success ?44s been mirked and we cannot bat admit its iitjiueucf to-day in Ameri can education as a powerful factor. Men are begiking to see the mistake of other day sin this matter, aud we suspect the day is now upou us when most men would prefer an educated . ... »r Win <111 1U1 013 IIIO UUUJ^ilUIUU.— Of the two, an educated woman aud tbe flirting miss, hardi.y a uian of common sense could hesitate iu cboosiug betweeu them. A flirt ing miss may pass off time for an ev ening, but it is onlsjpbe true woman whose life has been engaged in a nobler work-in study and faithful efforts to be a woman that is to be depended ii|-.ii!: for a companion albng life’s jo urn ey (For one, we vote for the higher ed ucation of womuijL and we hope no American lady wbo aspires to make lifis useful to herself ami others, Will for a moment hesitate iu deciding how her spare moments shall be spent —iu flirting or stuly. For Heaven’s sake, for your owuffsake, young lady, stop flirting and go to studying aud make yourself a i<4man. THE MANNiNQ MONUMENT. Brethren of the dbristiau Church : We, tbe eo>nu]itt;eef ppointed by the Eastern Virguja (Lristiau Confer ence to attend tv ttIrL matter, appeal to you tj^in'Vrtf'yLeijferpiise, and ro/uelpatonce. Sal in your con t/fihutious now, Elry one can do something, njinistetiand laymen. Do itj0ow} while j ot iave the mat' ter is mind, inclined to gjye—ai ci^tscience—to lfov, lllolk> \ a., or to M '!• A. Savage, Xorf Send sum you feel c)o not stifle V. T. Walker, . A. L. Hill or k, V«. luMMiriltE. be church, and ffMt M!SS|NS. ■Tl,is “ tbe work ol _,_ olle many c arch members If u>l|||lf to engage i i the work.— ‘■O i esire the work o go on, bo . T tw lel1^ a belpiX baud. If w sue the work to pyoTper let us ex f11 '.‘by aiding the cause "!i“f to its support, it ^‘e that the Christi ore in this directioi THE CONFERENCE YEAR OF 1880, Is new gone. Its failures and suc cesses liave beeu recorded. All that has been done either good or bad must stand. No mistake can be cor rected. Now as ministers before we outer fully upon the arduous work of another year, let us stop and reflect for a moment. Have we done our duty iu every particular during the past year f Have we beeu as faith lul in preaching the “word” as we might liave been ! Have we visited the sick, cared for the poor aud nee dy, and looked alter the w ants of the widows and orphans iu our various fields pf labor! Have we divided aright the words of truth, giviug both to suiiit and sinner their portion iu due season! Have wo been as ac tive in |>ushiug forward the various enterpri es of our church as we might have Been! Have we so lived, as ministers during tbe»past year, as to impress favorably the woild with our “high culling of God iu Christ Jesus!’’ These aifl all important questions aud should seriously impress our tuiuds with the many weighty responsibili ties that rest upon us as ministers.— Aud nov dear laymen, what have you acconptished during the past Conference year for the blessed Mas ter and His cause ! Have you done all witbh your power to advance the iutereste of His ehurch iu the world! Have you faithfully and energetically labored,to carry forward the enter prises o» the church ! Has your pas tor’s sultry beeu paid ! Has the real wauis W his family beeu supplied! Did not he, or his family really suf ter for g met king that you had enough ul, aud to spare 1 Did yon not promisij to support him, and to suppor him well! Have you doue it 1 Or did you break a solemn engage rent! Dear brethren, think ou the t things. Now, as ministers aud la; neu,as we begiu the new Con ference 'ear, let us enter the field de teruiin e to labor more earnestly and more e; thusiastically for the advance ment of he various enterprises of the church, ban we have ever done be fore. Aid while it is our duty to preach tiat men anil women every where slould repent, and while Jesus .Christ tie Saviour of the world should occupy i prominent , place in every serutoff, Jet let us not forget to call the attention of our people to educa tion, Sabbath school religious litera ture, and home missions, enterprises which if carried forward will nveutu ally under the blessing of God bring to our church grand success. Breth ren, let us labor to make the Confer ence year of 1881, the most success ful of any in our history. It can be doue. And if we will uo our duty, it shall be done. M. L. Hukley. THE RALEIGH CHURCH. Having been appointed by the North Carolina and Virginia Chris tiau Conference soliciting agent to collect binds l'or the purpose of build ing a house of worship in the city ol Kaletgb, N, 0., for the Christian de nomination, I want to push the work as fast as possible; and, therefore, avail myself of an opportunity to speak to my brethren and sisters up on this very important subject, tiirough the columns of the Chris tian Sun. To accomplish this work will take no small effort; and, therefore, I call upon every minister, every brother, and every sister in the Christian Church, to use his or her influence aud money in order to make the work a success. We must raise, in the .North Caro lina aud Virginia Conference an amount equal to one dollar per mem ber. If we do this, with what wo can get from others, all will be well.— This may look very large to some. But let us remember that the tobacco aud snuff that are used yearly in this Conference would sell for more money than a dollar per member would amount to. Surely we ought W be willing to give as much to build a church iu Italeigh as the tobacco which we consume is worth. In very nearly every church, there will be some members who are not able to pay a dollar; but there will be .others who are able to pay a hundred, tifty, twenty-live, teu, or flve dollars each. We must have an average of at least one dollar to the member. I.want a local agent iu each church iu the North Carolina aud Virginia Conference to assist me in this work, and trust the pastors will make the appointments, and send me the names of the agents appointed, immediately, with (heir post office,addresses. I have appointed to assist me iu Burley, It, MINISTERIAL STUDENTS. The Eastern Virginia Christian Conference, at its last session at ietbany, appointed the writer agent o collect funds to pay the way of hose young men that are at school itudying for the ministry. Those churches that pledged cer ain amounts last year and have not >aid, will please do so at once, as the noney is now needed. Rev. E. W. deale has the list and those iu ar ears can make payment to him. It will be impossible for me, to visit ill the churches in the Conference, as ill my time will be occupied in my >wn field of laUwr, therefore I will :ake the liberty to appoiut a local igeut iu each chmcb, who will please press this matter upon the members )f their respective churches, get ail they can for this purpose, and report to me, and I will publish the list in the SUN. I hope the pastors will co operate with these agents and aid them in every way they can 5 Antioch—Mrs. M.A. Beaton. Bar rett’s—Mrs. M. A. Boykin. Berkley —Mrs. D. A. Stephens. Bethany— Mrs. A. L. Gardner. Bethlehem— Mrs. V. P. D. Portloek. Berea, Nan semond—Mrs. T. R. Gaskins. Berea, Norfolk—Miss-Whitehurst. Cy press-Miss E. Kate Riddick. Da mascus— G. J. Costen.' Eure’s—Mrs. H. A. Eure. Hebron—Jethro Rai lord. Holy Neok—Mrs. Bettie Joues. Ivor—Miss Laura G. Brittle. John son’s Grove—Mrs. Eugeuia Davis. Liberty Spring—John Byrd. Mt. Carmel—Mrs. J. E. Rawls. Oakland —Mrs. B. C. Kley. Providence—Mrs. Josephine Hodges. Sharon—Mrs. Prentice Duke. Spiiug Hill—Mrs.Dr. Baird. Suffolk—Mrs. Floriue Hines. Union—Mrs. Emma Butler. Union, Surry—Mrs. Rosa Rodfers. Wind sor—Mrs, M. L. Watkius. Il’any of tbe above named caunot act,they will please inform me at once and suggest one who will act. M. B. B.4BRETT, • .Agent. ■ AFFLICTED. The death of Mr. W. It. Brothers, which took place in the town of Sul folk, Va., on the 2T'th uit.; and which was announced in the last issue of ibis paper, was bat a part of the con tents of that bitter cup whicb his wife, his only brother, Mr. Preston Brothers, and other relatives and friends have receutly had pressed to their lips. Only a few weeks since Sister Brothers lost her oldest sister, Miss Annie Joues, and now she is made a widow. For more thau three months, Mr. Preston Brothers’ wife has been greatly afflicted, a great part of which time little hope of her recovery could be eutertaiued. With in this period, her graudmother,Mrs. Jetbro Riddick, Mr. Brothers’ only sister, Mrs. M. O. Brinkley, and her only daughter, Ada Brinkley, Mr. Thomas Brothers and Mr. W. K. Brothers, all the remaining members or his lather’s family except himself, have died. Truly Mrs. W. R. Broth ers and Mr. Preston Brothers, espec ially, have been sorely afflicted. That these afflictions mauy be sanctified to their good is the earnest prayer of the writer, who, together with alarge circle of friends and acquaintances, extend to them heartfelt sym pathy. A Friend. Franklin, Va„ Deo. 6,188a—Last Sunday was my appointment at He bron. We bad present as mauy as we expected. The members will please bear in mind that the appointment has been changed from the 4th to the first Sunday. We dined with sister Whitehead at Carrsville. There we met her only son, and her daughter from Troy, N. Y., whom we fouud to be most pleas aut and entertaining. Our stay with them was short but very delightful. We feerthankful to the family for their easy and kind en tertainment. J. T. Kitchen. Who Wrote It.—We have a let ter from some person telling us of the prosperity of his (or her) church. It says they hope to keep up the Sun day school through the winter—that the pastor of that church iB a mission ary man—that one lady has given for herself and two children 275 pounds of seed cotton for the missionary cause. These and other things are said, but the writer signed name as I. 3. Y., did cot give the name of the church or the name of £iis post office, and of course wecouTd uot publish it. When the real uame ol'th#! writer of a letter is withheld we do not publish. Correspondents should always give their post office address and uame, if they wish any attention. Bear Ibis in mind when you are writing to a DECEMBER. Our Confer*nee has wisely set apart ;he time for Mix important colleetioni luring the Conference year. This is i uew feature in our work, but we be lieve it can be made a most effectual »oe in accomplishing good. We may not realize as much as we ought, iu the commencement of this work, but by being prudent, prompt, industri ous aud energetic, success will be at tained. The first collection in this Confer ence year will be taken in December for the Superannuated Fund. Money at this time, wbeu people are selling their produce, will be as plentiful as at any other time, and we, therefore, hope that each minister in his charge will see that this matter has bis per sonal and interested attention, aud that if at the time the collection should be taken the day is rainy, be will see to it next time. We feel, we believe, that the churches will respond promptly and lilierally to this call. Our experience last year was, that this collection was the largest of any other. Our object in collecting this. Fond is to place means at our command to help aged, infirm ministers and their lamilies whenever we can. There are reasons, good teasons why we should do this. Here is Bro. A- for ex ample, who has spent the primeof bis liie in serving the church. He has engaged iu no business that would iucrease his menus, but has given his streugth of body aud rniud to the church. His best thoughts, his ener gy, his enterprise, all have been con tributed to her. But soon the time comes when he is old or infirm, una ble to preach, he hits to live out his last days on earth in indigent circum stances. The churches to which he preached, with “thoughts that breathed, aud words that burned, ’ uii}xJ>e., a little sorry for him, but that sorrow is uot the kiud that giv eih. 1 say it with shame, but let me say it: ' We as a church have ueglecl ed some of our most worthy ministers. A few of the aged, dying aud dead have been noticed, but some, “Where hcurcs the turt in many a mouldering ' heap/1 were negIected"'wIuiC-frn ed in the grave. “I’erbaps in these neglected spots are /otne beasts once psegoaut with celestial fi but they died out for tbe want oi teution. We may not have any minister Mw living iu our Conference who will need any help which this Fund might gifre, but there may be some iu years to come who might need it. My brem reu, “As we have therefore, opportu nity, let us do good unto all men, Es pecially unto them who are of the household of faith. i laid . xv mimotci ui mo hi orujer to be successful, must be couseeratfil to the work of saving souls—this must be bis first work, but if the Loul should bless him with meaus, he bits as much right, it is bis duty, to tap care of those meaus as auy oue else. The study of the Bible first—then |ie ought to know how to manage liis business—many ministers have loht inttueuce because they did not know how to use the meaus they had.* Let us, as ministers, use economy, prn dence, and industry. By doing these we may have euough to support us iu old age. Let us make this Fund, with all the others, a success. I hope the breth reu, sisters and frieuds of the Eas tern Virginia Conference will lay by some of their means to give to the Superannuated Fund when called upou to do so. Kemember that the time to give for this purpose is all through the present mouth—Decem ber. J. T. K. TO THE MINISTERS OF THE NORTH CAR OLINA AND VlhGiNIA CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE. Please send me at once the names of persons to act as agents for the Sun. Give the pout office of each per son. Bros. D. F. Jones and J. Y/,( Pinuiz gave the names of nersons in be appointed, but failed office. ■ Give this matter junueuiaie attention. We must raise 200 sub scribers by the last oi Jauuary, 1881. >ONO. astor, you should not forget the ry important work of introducing itable reading matter into your con gregations. When your people come a reading people you will hd gained it, big victory in your life’s w J litre.' If yog want our denominatio. al readiug blatter send to Bev. V\£l Walker, Chairman of the CpmiuiMe^ on Keligioua Literature, Suffolk, after this matter, bretbr Va! ReV. fll 20: “Behold I stand I oor and knock ; if any man I oice and open tbe door,I wilt i o bim.aud Will sup with bin, nth me.” Tbe first wo -points to a spectacle of mkrvelons uterest—tbe world’s loving Saviour itandiug and knocking and waiting tt the door of a sinful heart. It is no irdinary personage that knocks and vaits admittance. It is tbe King of tings. 1st. Tbe text presents bite as a (nocking Saviour. Tbe door is man’s ieart. He knocks at the hearts of lukewarm Christians. The te*t is a message from tbe absent Saviour to tbe Church of the Laodiceana. He bad condemned this churfih for its lukewarmness. Many Christians are iu tbe same spiritual condition.' They have not opened tbe heart full and wide. He knocks, too, at tbe door of tbe sinner’s beart. 2d. He is also presented in the text as a speaking Saviour. He not ouly knocks—He speaks. A voice is beard in tbe text, ‘'Behold 1 stand at the door and knock; if any man bear my voice I will come in.” Be would win admission by sweet persuasion. 3d. He is presented as a standing Saviour. He not only knocks and speaks—He waits. “Behold I stand.” He Is often presented as a waiting, a standing Saviour, a service giving Sa viour. Even at tbe right hand of tbe Father tbe martyred Stephen saw Him standing. Let us see in what way He baa knocked and now kuocks at tbe door of your heart. First there are gentle knocking*. The voice df conscience, and still small voice of the Spirit speak to yout heart. He epeaks by tbe commands and invitations and promia^p of His word. God kuouka' hi tbe voices of tbe ministers who de clare His truth, iu His providences, iu premonitions of decaying health, iu tbe death of neighbors, waruiog us tbat soon death must come to our door. If these gentle knocks are not enouglxthen be gives alarm knocks. Some (^expected ctash of advetj comes Afjgf^^^Pei hap comes 1 , or lathy, or some of yjp he me with otfe o! Is, aud yet jon “God speajetk man perceitetk P . e call. yea twice, yet it not.” Though Cbiist sometimes knocks with teriible blows they are always kuocks of love, and His en treating voice may always be beard, “If any man keur my voice and open the door I will cUtie in and sup with him and he with,me.” He knocks by tbe promises of His forgiveness, by the plenitude of His mercy, by the greatness of his love. He knocks once Imore, He speaks once more. He speaks to-day. He speaks now 'Tty' 't^ie os pel tbatj is preached to yon, by the message that be sends through me. But.He will hot always knock. Adhjit. Him now, and He will not re fuse you at the gate of heaven.—Rev. Samel Colcord. HEAVEN. cai aw soon we shall get there no one tell. The stars of this very uigbt urn) light our way to that beantiful home. Or wfeUbay monut up on the light of the next dewy morning, or tread on the golden clouds of tn^ morrow’s quiet eve. We may spread ou pinion cumin the Spjriug, wi hi n the sbiveiriug winds of "uter, or rise to Heaven auce of the blooming pows. But life sion reach our l end, q _ «ne. How we shall go is quite a mistery. Np one has come back to tell the sto ry;-- We may be ^ferried across the dirk river or led through a shadowy valley. Dazzled with a blaze of dis tant glory, and guided by its down I'ajliug light, we may rise up through trackless space aloue, or we may be rue aloft on the shiuing wings of bty angels, or on flaming chariots ot hie. It doesn’t matter. We shall go by the fountain of blood; by the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. This much we know, and God will provide for our ascension. How we shall feel is yet unknown. When washiug the sleep from our eyes iu the rivef of life, and lifting our faces up towards the throne of God, the light of Heaven bursts in upon our souls; when we are filled and thrilled with the taelody of an gel harps; when we are surrounded by an atmosphere of love and a boundless sea of glory; when with pte royal Jllguity of -redeemed man hood wm come i: company of t ^ to the pres