are parable strictly In terly lor ah advertisements by the year. I ntsl aarerttoements to be Inserted as reading Matter, will be charged for at th< rata «flO cents per line. ( Marring* and death notices of eight; wards and under free.' All over eight; wards wfll be charged for at the rate of ont seat per word. Count your words and sent eaah with manuscript. Correspondents are responsible fo the views expressed by them. Anonymon artieles will receire no attention. All money should he remitted by regiptc d latter, poet-offlee order, draft or heck. Address all communications and letters ,t • O THIS CHRISTIAN'SUN, Raleigh, S. 9. TIJUR^DAY, APRIL 16, 1896 “The dale of . the General Convention —ask the Execu tive Committee. “When will our General Con vention meet ?” js the question asked us on all sides. Gur peo ple want'to know, in order that they may arrange to attend. If fr~ rft m K; Wf Every man should feel that bv exerting all his powef-s he will be' able to accomplish his work But we pity that man who thinks success will come to him’ with out an effort on his part. , There is no use, in any manV trying' to stay the tide ot educa tton, and enlightenment that is sjweepipg in ppon us. He who does may expect to be thrown down, and carried out b\ the underrtow.; The masses are demanding an educated leader ship; a,nd, in turn, the leader. are demanding an educated fol lowing. Progress is the watch word, and it can come only in tfre wake oif enlightenment. A voice Jhowling in the dark hi poly heard and pitied. He who is ashamdd of tin work hebs doing is unworthy ;of his work. He is a clog to his ow,n< progress, and need not be surprised it. he moves but slowly This, applies . to the church as well a? to the world. If a man is ashamed of, his church, he, is unworthy of membership in that church, and is a stumbling block to others. Any church would be better off without . him. Ii you are such a man you can bless your church by getting but of it at once. Only where a mao’s, love and enthusiasm are can he be of. service to himself or,to humanity. . When we built Elon College we “touched the button”, that set all the machinery of our church a-going. This , is what ■we* know, and what everybody else knows. Last week a prom inent Episcopalian, we believe, sold'to us: “I have just been to 'Elon College, and I was sur prised?—It is one of the highest and most thorough institutions j in the State. You ought to let people know-what you are doing there. I don’t believe there is a higher curriculum in North Carolina.’'1 A Baptist, promin ent in educational circles, the next day said: “Elon College is going to give your church a phenominal growth in the next few years.” Let us realize it, and turn every obstacle out of the way of success. . A celebrated French writer has said : “Minds ot moderate calibre ordinarily condemn ev ery thing which is bpyond their range.”; Shakespeare says: “There's not one wise man among twenty will praise him self”; “Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works” ; and “Who knows himself a braggart; Let him fear this; for it wfll come to pans That every braggart shall be found, an ass.’' A study of these words of wis dom and a practical personal application of them would not be out of place with some peo ple. From the man who is wise in his own eyes, good Lord de liver us I He'cannot teach, and will not be taught. He cannot lead and will not be led. ative Committee -has- not— fixed... ttai y<et). If we are to judge,, however, from the little that ha- been said about them through the correspondence col umns of our church f>£$er, we must conclude that not much interest has been awakened. A> a people,' c ur gheht' 'fEfult has been—and ndeed, we are not rid of it yet—that we are toe slow to take hold of any new progressive enterprise, not be cause it is progressive,7 but be cause it is new. Not a halt ; dozen men have even so mucl as mentioned publicly any thing .that they expect the Convention to do. We sincerely trust ther< has befen 'a great deal more thinking than talking-^if not, the Convention ought not to do* anything. We don’t believe in jumping at conclusions; anc yet that iSjust what a great ma jority of us do. A few men may Carefully and1 prayerfully studj a question for a whole yuar, fin ally come to some decision as to what is best to be done, anc present it to the general bodj for ratification, only to see i killed by those who have, per haps, never thought of it before.' and yet presume to set up judg ment against it with all the as surance of one who has givei his life-study to it. They sa\ they are not ready for it—the' don’t want to go too fast. j“Ready for it”, indeed; how jean.they be if they can’t be in duced to think? Many a good measure has been killed by ‘votes’ rather than by thought: and we fear that in our Genera Convention we will find th> same thing to be true, unless ; few more of us do some , fast thinking between now and then. BIBLICAL CHAIR. There is the establishment in a Biblical Chair in Elon Colleg. that we will be called upon t< consider. How many have con sidered this question enough to discuss it and vote upon it in telligently ? We have already given our views and suggestion in an editorial; and a tew other? have mentioned it. We believ< that it can be established. Tin need for it becomes more am more patqnt every day, and v want to see it established. W > are not so wedded to our plan of attaining it but that we can and will support somebody elseV plan,if it seems better. Let e\ e.y body be thinking about it. ■ YOUNG LADIES' DORMITORY. An effort- may ilsojje-made, to lay plans for the the building 01 a Young Ladies’ Dormitory hi Elon College—and, indeed, it the Convention could do nothing more it will have done a grea. work. The growth of college makes this an absolute necessity ; and it ought' to be erfefcted at once. We want to' hold out every irtdu'certient possible to get and hold our girls at Elon. We have, it is true, already a good ly number of them there ; but i( we had a dorrrtitory fitted up with all the modern conven iences, nicely furnished, and economically managed, w< could soon double the number of Our youtig lady students. Cer tainly, it will cost us something, blit it will yield Us fUr more. We may not be able to make if as commodious and imposing as we want it now, but We can build so that it can be added to and beautified later on. Wt trust that somebody will sugges1 a plan for its erection. THE ORPHANAGE. Another enterprise that w have been talking about for sev eral years is an Orphanage— and we need that, too. This, we believe, could be established and run at a comparatively small cost. Everybody will con tribute something to such a charitable and merciful work as this. GROUPING OF CHURCHES. Some of our ministers are anxious to have the churches in the various Conferences so grouped that regular pastorates may be established. They want groups of churches to come to gether and call a pastor, just as the members of individual churches do now. The object of this, they claim, is to lessen the traveling expenses of pas tors, to locate the pastor in his immediate field of work, and to give him a better support. This Convention. These are some of the most important quesupns that w&ffvili and personal interest, or indeed indifference; but with clear judgment, unBIaseJ minds, atid ail earnest desire for There is yet timeiof a discus sion of any of them'JffihruglT the coltmrrrs of^the Sw.-^-Let- us hear from you. WEBB THE VEIL MFTED—WHAT! Were the veil lifted from the sacred altar of] your home, what wouldJje revealed there? What kind of a home have .you? Is it one where peace and happiness and love rpign supieme; wheVe hand grasps hand* h.e,art beats 10 heart, and soul responds tp soul in affectionate confidence ? ,If so, blest indeed arp the in mates of that home., Or I,« it ope where turmoil and strife and unkindness hold ^way: where suspicion, and . lack oi confidence and love poison ev: ery word and every act ? If such be, your borap,, miserable, wretched indeed must be youi life. A^id who is the cause of ijhe unhappiness? Is it'father or mother, brother, o,r sister! Wo* be, unto that one upon whom th* gpilt must rest. He has de stroyed rot only .his .own peace, but the peace and joy of fill that home. He has transformed what should be a foretaste of heaven into a draught of hell. Take universal love out of th* borne, qnd it ,shou|d no longei be palled a home—it is a bier*, spectre ot that sapred altar. Let love reigp supreme, and all is joyous—it is, jike unto that,horn* (:hat aw,aits the . Christian in have to meet; man’s duty to meet them, nd ery" to. glory. And,do n®t deceiye your self as,tq what this.lqve really is, Ijt is not that which makes us kind pnd pleasant when all goes well; but that whichi stops the angry word ere it is spoken, and replaces it with a word ot kindness. It is that which makes us bear and forbear, than which causes us to strengthen weaknesses, qnu to remove faults by. ^upplyingnthose graces that make men lovely and 16 V labie ip character ancf life. Solomon never uttered a greater truth ,than when he said : “It is better to dwell in a cornet of the hoqsetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide buti.sr'’—-find it would not have' •st all, its, truth had it been said of apy other member of the family. Blessed are they in whosi,' home ^he goddess of peace sits enthroned! SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTIONS. The ,timc-$^er Sun^.; school eonventkc„ will sooq be here; and we trust that all the conferences will put forth an ef: fort to have better, fuller, and more interesting ones than ever before. That they are a power ful stimulus to the Sunday school work no one will deny. Then, that conference that neg lects them is vitally injuring it self. Heretofore the committees that have had them in charge in some of the conferences, have been slow in the perfprmance of their duties—and, indeed, in some cases have entirely neglect ed them. We trust that thi may not be the case anywhere this year. Let the committees get to work and get out their program on time, keep the mat j ter before the people, and there will be no reason for poor Sun day school conventions. w e want to see every Sunday school represented in conven tion this year; for that wili mean a revival of interest not only in the schools themselves, but in the churches as welL The Sunday school is the great leeder of the church and hence it is that all those denominations that are progressive and grow ing are ardent supporters of this work. Show us a church with out a Sunday school, and Vve will show you a very dead church—yea, if you but listen vou will hear the rattling of its dry bones. These conventions are pecu liarly adapted to drawing out our young people, and setting them to work. The conferences are generally' given up to those ot • maturer years; but in the Sunday school conventions the young people feel free to talk and work. By all means let us keep this door of experience rnd usefulness wide open. Southern General Convention neets in Burlington*, June 5-9.' L i. We \ml give a scholarship Iflfcn C®eg^—fref tu®on$n ite de year _an or young woman who sends us in the largest number Of new yearly subscribers at two dollars each to the Christian SuH between now and August Tr-fr%6» — l ifttTOwo fix ^pirth* fttbscrih ers, at one dollar each, will be "equivalent t6~7ttve~ne'W' yeaily subscriber. . . ./ (..., 3. The cash must -accompany e»ch new name before.it will.be counted on the scholarship. ■ • 4. In cases where the Sun air ready goes into a home, and the subscription is changed, to the name of another member pf the same family, this n,ew. name canr npt be counted on the scholar ship. •• — . , .‘...J 5. AU contestants will be al lowed to retain ten cents o,n ev efy dollar j collected • from new subscribers as remuneration fpi their work whether they get the scholarship or not. * j JWSend ,us your name whet •you decide to. enter the contest. —Mr. W. C. Hammer, edhbi df the Ashebbro Courier, was i> j —-The University of Athens has opened-its doors to women. And thus another convert to eo Ijducation. „ ; ■ .. ■r. 1 i. : .(•. . -rrju. ,t as we are going.to prpss he .official announcement of the !late of the Southern Conveqtioi eceived, naming June 5rc>, 1896. t the date. , , • ! —MiV G. S. Bradshaw, oi Asheboro, N. C., was ib Raleigh one. day last week attending a meeting of tbe State Democrat ic Executive Committee. 1 ■ 1 ' .0.1. —The Greensboro' Christian Advocate presents a changed appearance before the public.' The Advocate is alwayri on fbe the' lobkoutJfbr improvement. We commend1 that spirit. * ! ' • " ■ ... . . . - ■ .. i.-.i —We have 'received.: from John Church & Go., Cincinnati, a copy oi German Fatherland, Waltzes, by Herman Fliege. This company always carry the most choice gems in music. I • • . : i.. r—North Carolina mourns th^ loss of her beloved Ex-Governot, [Thos. M. Holt who died , la^t jSaturday at his home, at. IJaw River. N- P- >We extend om ;sympathy to the bereaved (am !«y»- ’ >■ ■ . —J. W., Petjy, of Pittsborol 1KL.JC., passed through RaU^i^ •Monday on (iisway hwle^frOrn Washington, where lie has jus‘ cotnpleted a course in Veterinary Surgery. He will locate a Burlington. —An extensive’ Eeaster cele bration took plSce at the SufFoll Christian church. The churcl was elaborately decorated With plants and flowers while eager canaries added their mblody t< the interesting occasion. At Easter service entitled “Olivet’ was rendered by the Sunday school —-Rev. A. C. Dixon, ot Brooklyn, N.: Y., has been con ducting a series of meetings ii I the First Baptist church, Ral eigh, N. C. He is a > forcibl. speaker and appeals -to reasoi i rather than to feeling. Large crowds gathered to hear him j and his efforts" will" no doubt bt of lasting good to the people o Raleigh. —Rev. C. V. Strickland, au thor of the most excellent col lection of Strickland’s Anthems, is now ready to offer to our peo ple his new book, “Garland Their Graves No. 4.” This sotfg book is specially suitable lor Decoraction Day and all Memorial Services. For infor mation write C. V. Strickland, Huntington, Ind. —President Staley has been selected by the Program Com mittee of the North Carolina Teachers’ Assembly to deliver one of the leading addresses be fore that body at its next annual session in Asheviile, N. C., jane 16-19. The entire evening Thursday the 18th, is given to him. His subject is “The Acropolis and Greek Culture.” The Assembly will hear some thing fine, especially as the Doc tor has just returned from his European travels; andElonWill 1 be well represented. * m ^ . n society is in commotion—there is a stir almost everywhere. We are facing great upheavals . ij> human thought. The nations are in commotion ; 'parties (po flticaJf * bl-e Jn£aftopsy turvey" condition j.industrial movemom> are unsettled, and unrest, marks the individual. , Everything syems to indicated 4xbmwat%h,%st(>rin of fearful proportions upon "the ocean Pf time.” We are now feelingOnlythe first-faint btoeeees of the coming cyclone. Wc,heai ji- multeriogs ol hive so far seen only a lew'tefeb1» Ifa’shes'tot the lightning,. which presently will be brilliantly blinding. N«t far ahead of us, those who live id see will feel the fury, pt this storm as it breaks with terribh ftitry upon a world which lies In Wickedness. Get ready, peopjo get ready—the day ol the Lori draws nigh—Jesus is coming to complete his work before the dawn of the millennium. Laugh ajt k, dear reader,, but you will 'qo. well to give the:. warning yiour careful and'prayerful atten tion ,and wait and watch for these things. Get ready, get ready, 'all you people, for the tjmedraw8near.il i I have> been reading recently, new book written by the cele rated missionary to South Al ca,: Andrew Murray. .: He is ell knownas a devotional wri r, being theauthor.of ..a large umber of works on the spiritual fife.1 It1 -is called “Have Mercy Upon Me”—an exposition of the fifty-first Psalm* which : is. com jnonly known as the Penitential Psalm, in which.David pleaded : 10 earnestly for the .forgiveness: >f the great? sin of his, l^fe. Mr. Murray is a devotional writer ot jreat force, and this book is well :alcu'lsted'to beget, thought on he part of men who have stray-.. ;d from' the way of truth and lonor and righteousness. As l see iv Mr. ■ Murray i does ,119,1 :oueh 'the'point of all others ithe nost-vital in this confession, ol David, and while this is true and space will' not allow me to ex plain, I yet take pleasure in re commencing this excellent hook to the Sun’s readers, as well cal culated to lead them closer, to God and further from their sins 'If you can spare a dollar, send t A.* D. F. Randolph & > Co., 182., Fifth Avenue, New York City,, and get a copy.:The Randolphs, (are reliable publishers, and so fa?, ja» I 'know never put .their im 1 print on a trashy work. The (picture of Mr. Murray :in the 'book'is not only a picture qf the, Peace. face, seems to shine with the halo- ol peace.' God bjess Andrew Mur ray in his mission to man and may the Holy Spirit, use him rmghtily for the'glory of God iu the salvation of-the people. , We had a terrible affair in our city last Sunday ..night. It was believed by the city authorities that a dangerous den of iniquity was violating the city laws as to selling liquor on Sunday.: A policeman was* sent in citizens' clothes to get ; evidence .with which to> convict these toughs. He wentin, and: ijust as he. se cured the desired evidence he was discovered, and though he was well armedi, the crowd «f fifty or sixty men, drinking, swearing, raving, fell upon the policeman,■. making the attack from the rear, and beat him, kicked him, and cut him, till he was a fearful sight to look upon. He now- bes> in St. Vincent's Hospital with sixteen cuts, nine of which are.from three to nine inches-long, and it required thir ty-seven stitches in sewing up the same. - Horrible 1^—and I dare say that lawyers who cal) themselves decent men will do everything possible to keep these men from being punished. Alas for-such lawyers. L would not knowingly allow such a law yer to be my boot-black. Then, think of it, on Monday morning another policeman was walking along the streets on duty, when a ruffian, believed to be the ring-leader of Sunday night’s work, suddenly attacked him and knocked him down. And this is the city where objection was re cently made througli the daily papers to my statement that “Norfolk needs Christ and needs him very much”, which I made in.the Sun several weeks ago. If Norfolk does not need Chris # then 1 am in utter ignorance. Surely the devil is on a bold rampage in Norfolk. He is Nor folk’s Most dangerous enemy, and he is using every possible agent to sweep the city from the retorm administration and get it b.ick into his c^n dihty htrfds. Alas for the peo^ft.if tfi| wittced rule. The official rec«ls i Ahis city show facts whhd^ougA to make highway robbers blush, if the records have been correctly reported in our daily papers by those who have a right, and who claim, to know. The grand jury .ms just found true bills of indict* ment against some who are 'Tutrged wifb serToTfsoflehsift. " Last Monday, April 6, 1896. Mr/ Franklin Portlock, one ol the oldest members of Provi dence Christian church, Norfolk county, Virginia, died in his 71st year, after a lingering ill ness.'- He was highly esteemed while living and -his death is deeply lamented by his devoted family and a large circle of ac quaintances. A suitable obitua ry will no doubt be prepared by IJjr. Long, his pastor. The fu neral was very largely attended. ' j •• *f ' « ,>• > ; Deacon R, A* Hy’.slop 01 this city has been cqnfiped to1 his room now for three weeks \yith rheumatism in hip foot. While, We think his.cqndition is not.se rious, yet hip friendp would be much relieved tp:. see him. well ad out again,.J , J . J,.Pressley JJ^rrett..; April to, 1 a_a. Missionary Meeting, -jji. it.: .Fl^ck: Spijona, Johnston Co., n.c, imb: lyiay ^9. 30, 31,. ,, .rf-11 a.m., Sefmon by Key, J. W. Fpquay. 12 m., mmm. pi§p§j Uer, 1 p.m., A paper on foreign missions, by Miss Ajqnjie Bal lentine, folloyved by a sermon l y. Rev. G1 R. Underwoqd. 3 p. n., Miscellaneous business. Ad journ. 1... j, Saturday.—#.30 a. m- rrayer meeting, conducted by Rev. J ,A. Jones, 10 a. m,, Woman’s work, in fthe church, by Miss Elia Johnson., 10.30 a,m., Literature, by Rev. j. L. poster and Prof., E. L- Moffi.tt. 11.30 a. m., Ser iion on home rpissions, by Rev. I. I}. Wicker. J2.39,p. m., Dih ^er,, | .30 p. m.j an addrpss or. fissions, by jfton., j. iL Flem ing,, 2.39 p. m., Christian, edu cation „ by Pro.f*. Herbert Scholz | and, Rey. :W. T. Herndon, 4 p. in „ Miscellaneous business. I Sunday.—9.30 a. m., Sunday jichool mass meeting. 11 a. m., Preaching, by Rev. J. L. Foster. ji2 m. Dinner. 1 p. ml, Preach ing, by Rev. W. C. Wicker. We hope every church in the conference will send at least ode delegate to this meeting.' ‘And iof course every preacher in1 the coriferehce is expected to atfend 'We hope as many from othefr jconlerences As possible will be [with us. - We are expecting Western N. C. S. 8 Convention.' Sunday School Convention will meet with the Christian church at Liberty, Randolph county, N, C., on Friday before the fifth Sunday in May, 1896, at 10 o’clock a. m., and will be in ses sion until the following Sunday night. ., , i This is a little earlier than common; but a fifth Sunday was promised at the conference last fall, in order that the minis ters could attend without miss ing their regular appointments, and it was thought that they would be in revival services by the fifth Sunday in August. - An interesting program is be ing made up, and will appear in the Sun soon. We would be glad if all the ministers and others who are going to attend the convention if possible would notify the Secretary at once by postal. It would aid the com-, mittee greatly in making out the program. By order of the executive com mitte. grand results from this'mfeel pgsjgws*. W. G.' ! The Western N. C. Christian P. T. Way, Sec. Liberty, N. C. From the Field. I have filled all my appoint ments at Bethel since confer ence. New officers were elected for the Sunday school last Sun day. We expect the accom plishment of much good through the eo-operation of officers and pupils during the year. Bethel i* a young, church composed of ettceUeat members. 1 Have filled all my appoint ments at Concord but one since conference. Concord is at work. Concord h‘*s purchased a new organ* and Miss Nannie Pinnix, fhe organist, makes good music for $>e church, Concof,d ha$,> I. think will bring up imenta. Strowd. Wini>soiH-I believe all of my rches aj|making some prog ss in sAtual growth. We _ ve from JHpe to time taken in some real good members, broth ers and sisters, who seem deter mined, by the help of God, to give their lives Urtfeafervedly to his service. I am always glad Charge:' The church at Barrett’s is rpovirig steadily forward! Werd ; some of the brethren who have not visited this church in several years were to pass there now, I do not suppose they would rec ognize it as old Barrett’s. The church has been nicely painted on the . outside.» The lumber ip, on the yard to build a recess pul pit, ana some time during this season we expect to have the church plastered. We ha ve quite ah interesting and , prosperous Ladies.’ Aid Society,; and, hy the way, that society bought the lumber for our recess pulpit and phid for it-—cash.- There is a brighter day for Barrett’s just ahead if the members will only trust God and do their duty. ,, The church at Johnson’s Grove is in many respects a mostpleas ant churchato^nvexf.'Many of its members are deeply interest ed in the work of the church. The old house of worship hah become too small to accommo date the large' congregations that assemble from' time to-time to hear the Word ot Life.' We afe now in the midst-of budding a much larger and-more comfort a lie hou&e ih which to worship t od. 1 We do hot thean to beg, h at We are very much in need of theana, and if there is a brother in Bisici (iiij wficrc in me vuudus of our church who would like to a?d a worthy cause, we would be more than glad to receive their help, ' Now: if any one >haf a dol lar he would like to contribute to this church let him send > it .to Bro. J. W. Johnson, Vieksville* Southampton county, Va;, and .it .1 will be thankfully received, Re ember we only want free will: fferings,- as only, such can .» lease the Lord. We desire to lease, .him 1 above, everything lse. i God loveth the cheerful . giver. t i .... , j The church.at New..Lebanon.. i hope is moving forward fairly.; Well. We, ha\je some noble- . hearted Christian brothers and. Sisters in this membership. Some.. !>f the sweetest Christian expe iences of my life I have enjoyedi, n this church. We held, .a most ^leaqant service there last 3rd Sunday. Our next quarterly Conference convenes on Saturday before the next, 3rd Sunday at. !: o’clock in th,e afternoon. We rust all the,members will be •resent on time, and that we ■shall have-a most profitable, tin^ together. , ‘ , The church at Uniqu, Surry county, Va., is in a very,prosper ous condition. They look well after their finances’.;, I have never, served a church where my services seemed to be more ap preciated than at Union. They believe in providing > far their pastor . in so far as they realize their ability. I believe a deep spiritual work is going on, not only ip this, but in all my church es. The darkest hopr js said to be just before day-break,,and 11 believe I can see the, gray streaks now. I am working and; ipraying that.ere long.the B.un of Righteousness .will arise and shine in all his brightness in ev ery heart in each of my church es. That the above may be seen and frit I am willing to make any sacrifice that God Ju his wisdom shall see fit to require at my hands. J. W. Barrett. Jonesboro.—r-Not having writ ten tor some time I feel it my duty to do so. The work in my field I think is doing fairly well at present. I wish to return thanks to the brethren and sisters of Graces Chapel for a nice suit of clothes presented by the tailor of Jones boro, Bro. W, AvKelly, who is a member of Shallow Well Christian church. Many thank's to you, brethren, for assistance along this line ot duty. I have not words to express my gratis tudp, but my heart is made to leap for joy to see the spirit that does now exist among some of ♦he professed Christians. May the good Lord continue to in crease our love one for the oth er. Also I wish to thank the breth ren and sisters ot Cumnock gratefully Tor a nice box found in the warehouse at Jonesboro marked to me containing a pounding. It is pleasant indeed

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