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e.' GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY TO ALL PEOPLE, (,''; H7.. TOWAIU) MES: VOL. 2. STATESVILLE, N, MAY 1887. NO. 20. PEACE. : f i ,7 I 18, z3k : " r ft r' ti ll 3. V: ' runmn itut winmiuT bi 'REV. JAMES WILLSON, "Xprox oft Piopanrou. BZV. M. H. ItOOBK, -. CORMSPOITDIHG EDITOR. TKBM3: CAW 1 ADVAXCB. One Copy, pa yew, ...... One Cony, six months, One Copy, three months,-, ti.oe .... 75 40 Ar.wii... - i." . 1 'KMnERIAQ GOD icoDMrain to UilnriSjon the Lord ; 'And 'wldrt of f tiling props and stays. To trust His word. ' Wen winds and waves in tempest toss, " -And, leave but emptiness and fain; Who turn through weary, bitter loss, 1 . To Him for gain. Wild; when the star of hops Is low, " And all is dark and troubled night, With faltering, painful groplngs go To Him for light . But happier they. In manhood's glow, Kre heart grows faint, or eyes grow dim ; Who In their life's full flush and flow Remember Him. , Who In the golden prime of power, On summer earth's most pleasant road, And In the day's most sunny hour, Mill walk with God. Alex, lirovm, in Chrvtian Leader. PAGINAL pOMHUNICATIONS. For the Advocate. God, An Indispensable Portion. BY REV. M. C. THOMAS. A an indispensable portion God presents Himself to us His intelli gent, rational, responsible creat ures. He only can satisfy the wants of every living soul. Repentance, faith in Christ, the pardon of sin, the witness of the spirit, and complete renovation of soal are all necessarily implied in one's bein$ able to sayJ'The Lord is my portion." , "The soul was made for God, and fcln the possession of Him alone can shut up to the necessity of accept- nna ua Happiness."- we - L .41" W- P. 4' -. : .-W.' i' lie has made for the sours happi l ness and salvation, or to the neces sity of rejecting Him, and thus perishing forever. It admits of no disputing that we make n mistake seriously fatal to our well-beingj in this world ; a mistake which will prove, beyond all that we have any power to ad equately conceive of, utterly ruin ous to soul and body in the world to come, by refusing, or by neglect ing, to avail ourselves of the pro vision which God, in His wisdom and goodness, has made lor our happinessandsalvation. The word of God is, "See that ye refuse not Him" (the Lord Jesus) "that speak eth. For if they escaped not who relused him" ( Moses) "that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape" (escape what ? Whatever is implied in God's being a con suming fire) "if we turn away from llim"(the Lord Jesus) "that speak eth from heaven." 0 the hereaf ter, the terrible hereafter, that dreadful something just beyond the valley of the shadow of death, which is to be experienced and en dured by those that reject the Gos peJ of their salvation, and God as then portion in this world 1 Mostassuredly. God can do with out us;' tut we cannot do, at all, without God. His happiness does not all depend upon any ot His creatures men or angels render ing to Him the homage and service He requires of them ; but their hap pi ness depends ' upon an entire conformity to His will. Oar wills ,.- mast be wholly given up to God'B wiiLia order that we may be per- 4 1 Thy will be done, . 7 -.111 KamIm If wnM fcn , "l UV ITM v, IMVH J V FT , i prayer prayed by us. . when the late Rev. Dr. turner was suffering ex- r from a surgical operation, resulted fatally, on account of -ma age and infirmities, his will was so fully and so sweetly sunk into t the Divine will, that he uttered,' as his Qwn experience, these strong :-. expressions : "There can be no hell to one where will, is lost in God's will, If he suffered a thousand torments, heis happy, because -it Is God's will.' Sucn is the inex- . pressibly - blessed experience at ... which every believer in Christ Je- ' bus should aim; the experience ' which every believer thanks be to God for His grace may attain to, aided by the Comforter, the Di vine Helper. . God did not give us ' being for the sake of His harjm- ' ness, which- is absolute, but He . gave us being to make us the par takers of HisnaDDiness. Our nan piness necessarily proceeds from Uod. . . The measure of our happi- neBs consists in the measure of our likeness to the moral nature of , God i and the measure of our like ness to the moral nature of God - consists in tire measure of our faith A J J in God, and of our obedience to His commandments. "The more we walk after the divine counsel, the more we obtain of (he dhine image: and the more we resemble our. Maker, the more we partake of the divine favor," and the more we partake of the divine favor, the happier are we. There is no true happiness, there can be none, apart from- tloirig the will of God ; and thi is the will of God, that we keep His commandments. . The cooner we are firmly settled in the thorough conviction of this truth t There is nothing that can possibly, in any: measure, conduce to otir well being, which is opposed I. :n a in.' - L tOthe will and purpose of Ilira who mm 1 1 it mlLvhiKJCtil-t Mail ttnnrs and all worlds by the word of His power, the better for ns in time and through all eternity. Tin wisest of men, divinely in spired, declares, "The grave and destruction are never full, so the eyes of man are never satisfied." Or, according to the sense given of this proverb by an eminent com mentator, ''As the grave can never be filled up with bodies, n&i per dition with souls, so the restless desire, tho lust of power, riches and splendor, is never satisfied.'" You may surround a man' with wealth in ever so great abundance: you may raise him tf power ana position the most exalted, and that man is, of necessity wretched man withoufc-Jedaestitute of a sense of thi divine"japprobation and favor. Wis. condition, on the other hanctjipavDe ever so poor nnd humble, artopufof his pover ty and obpcuiity, looking up to Him in whom all fullness dwells, and from whom all blessings flow, that man is, of necessity, a happy man. Happiness true and substantial, and worthy the haIng it should never be forgotten does not con sist in earthly possession, in world ly surroundings. It has been judi ciously said: "Could we unvc'l the history and get a full view of the interior life of one of those magnificent structures which are usually regarded as the abode of greatness, how possible is it that it would rank in peace and happiness below 6ome of the lowliest cots in the land." kSS V slrwiW power for the accomplishment of jBUMw - good, and for supplying its posses sor with life's conveniences and comforts, hath never given happi ness, but has otten hastened mis ery, ihe words ot the poet are in perfect accord with the Divine Vol ume, Were I possessor of the earth, And called the stars my own, Without Thy graces and Thyself, I were a wretch undone." Is it possible to conceive of a bet ter definition of true happiness than this? "It springs from con sciousTectitude ; it is the conscious ness of perfect peace wilh God." that has been well and truly said to be a happy house, a home supremely blest, 'Where the Lord Jesus Christ is entertained As the most welcomed and beloved guest, With true devotion, and with rove unfeign ed ; Where all hearts beat in union with His ; Where eyes grow brighter as they look on Uim; When all are ready, at the slightest sign, To do His will, and do it heartily." How fragrant with the aroma of Heaven the community made up Of such homes! Without contro versy, nothing short of God as an indispensable portion ; the heart of every inmate echoing to the pre cious sentiment of the inspired Psalmist, "whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee." Can we suppose such a community? Reader, it you be the head of a family, let me say to you, do what vou can. by vour examnle and bv your influence, to the making ot vour hottfe ac&hatituenTrof such a i. " . . .. - - community.': ;Qt whatever tour re- f- lation in lite may be, sacredly and solemnly feel it to be your mission in the world to contribute, in your measure, to the making of such a community. He who spake as never man spake, with positive emphasis de clares, "A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." ' lou remember the startling lan guage of the all-wise God, which we would do eminently well to heed, in reference to a certain rich man, mentioned in the Bible, who was troubled and perplexed about the increase of his goods ; thinking within himself and saying, "What shall 1 do, because I have i.o room to bestow mv fruits "."4Iavinr de termined to mill down his barns and build greater.ifhat he might have room sufficient to hold all his fruits and Aw goods, as he pre Bumptiously regarded them', you remember what this rich man said, Think of it! Is it not the verv cli max of folly T A mah having any knowledge of the Boul, of its nature, its needs, its capacity, and or bo nn certain tenure of life, making such a speech as this) "Soul, thou hast much goodi laid up tor many years; take 'hine ease, eat, diink, pbejTbe sluggard meny." Pioroting, as ou see. bis fruits and b' goods to his soul as toe means ot its happiness .' How supremely preposterous in presuming to satisfy an immortpl spirit with corn, and wheat, and bacon, or with what will purchase these, and such like I " W hat a re ally pitiable portion do we present to our soul in offering to it much goods, as the means of its happi ness 1 and yet those who know not God have no other, and. many of them not even this.; . - . : And now,.wht do we hear com ing down front high heaven to this rich man, who thu thoughts and thus io hinfielf saidl Give atten tion ; fc ihrec ikfee.Ste?;. y re-; Bounced A pon him bjr Uif -eternal, the all-wise Gel: "Thou -fool! this night thy soul shall be requir ed of thee ; then where shall those things be which thou hast provid ed ?" And says the great Teacher, to whom, as the judge of all. every one must give account, in reference to ell that are playing the role of this rich man, be it on a large, or on a smtU, scale and there are thousands of them in the Metho dist Church are you among the unfortunate members, reader f ' &o is he" (a fool) "that layeth up treasure for himgelf, and is not rich toward God" rich in faith and good works ; rich in the hope of that large, immortal 6tore, se cured by grace divine; so is he who, to any extent, or in any sense, substitutes the world for Goil, things temporal for things spirit ual, with a view to happiness and enjoyment. In God's estimation and on God's authority, such a one is a fool. "What a spectacle to men and to angels," it has well been said, ' t a Christian man laying up treasure on earth, as if be had never heard the Master's warning ! Where your treasure is there wi'l your heart be also. In a world, full of hunger and nakedness, Christian men add field to field ; they pile up bonds in iron safes ; clip coupons, pile up more bonds and die." "Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbraricc, if not snare ; More apt to slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aughtrnay nierjW t - -r-M' v mum brancei dear reader tfot it is to you 1 am particularly addressing my self, that "The true enjoyment of l'fe lies not in the abundance of outward good, but rather in a cheer ful and contented spirit ; especially in an humble resignation of our selves to God's all-powetful dispos al, with unwavering faith in liim for the present andlfor the future." Think of it I The only true God, self-existent; by whom and for whom are all things ; through whose gracious power all things are upheld and continued ; the au thor of our being and the unfailing tountain of our supplies pledges to supply all our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus glorious in holiness, good to all ; whos tender mercies are over all his works ; exhaustless in the rich es of His wisdom and knowledge ; He it is presents Himself to us as our portion, as indispensable to our happiness and peace and eternal salvation. And especially think ot it! Hear it, ye heavens! be astonished at it, 0 earth ! What blindness, what base stupidity, what vile presumption, what ex treme fool-hardiness, what supreme recklessness evinced by us in our not accepting, acknowledging, re iving upon Him as such ! He nath made us and placed us in the world, and, in mercy, keeps us here, to serve and please Him ; to seek no other good below than that to be had by an entire surrender to His all-wise requirements. , "For this, O God, Thou hast designed, -; And formed ns men for this j To know, and love Thyself, and find In T&M bur M41imi?wTr- Holv spirit, help the reader and this writer to rise to theydignity of the significance of the great God, who made and preserves us, as an indispensable portion. May we in the strength ol grace, through je 8us, by Thee imparted, be, and con tinue to be, settled in the resolu tion, "This God shall be my God forever and ever : He shall be m guide even unto death." . For Tlie Advocate. The ImpoHanoe of Well Spent Tonth. BY fl. F. II. Youth is the most important part of life. As the beauty oftum mer, the fruitfulness of autumn, and the support of winter, depend Upon spnnsr, so the Happiness, wisdom, and piety of middle life, and old ace, depend upon youtn. Youth is the great seed timet of life. If the farmer don't pjougb his land, and commit the precious seed to the trround in the snrinc.it will bittoolate afterwards m if we, while we are young, neglect to f not sowing the seed of knowledge, and virtue, our luture lives win ue iguorantj .Ticioas, and wretched. i'l not eold.7 myth by he viU (rof igh ; reason of the col wm not have a go begging in hawest;. the human heart is rl'flri ren of every thing 1 jn prolific of ;eil. f cl.il, and trees are not Dlanrtdi 4 Are fully cultivated, nettlA anl fam bles will spring up andVhoI Aem down ; and so the mina ft' 1 cul tivated and Btcred3theful knowledge,: will become fv !.S,fren desert or . a thortiv wildllness. When out hrst parents had tied the ground "was cursed '-'So: sake and God said, "TJior heir and thistles also sh ail fth," but this curf s trnmei 0U3. . linemnlnved. who' take a labor an! exertion, and : (ve an ainple reward for al! their As the spring is the i. portant part of the year, m the most important peri Surelv God has a claim to , t im i outh ifl life, ir first and priircipal attention, an J reli gion demands the nioi niiip-bf our days, and the firstse;isii thaapi ing of our lives; before you iiretneum bered with cares and distrKed by atll;clions or engaged fliWdiness. it becomes you to resign yoV som to God. v 1'erliap.i you may live ftini.i' years when you will be hm-py m possessing knowledge antl pie: . and b3 able to do good t;thers, but 'f, just as youth is shf ling its budsandbJossomstheft45Jlou' be snapped from the steBuy the rude band of death, O.Lim portant that it should bp, trans planted from earth, to f o4B3h for ever at the foot of the tre$jthd be side the river of life in hegvon. Shall wetetve Smiteop i'wpos? How few of us reflect belittle it takes to make one happyjur un happy.' A smile, a tear. 4 ;ifrown may do it. It takes bntr'a frlftnent of time, but the result ;of thifisiui'e or frown may shape ,fthe?.10ture course of the one on whom 5 stowed. - ? . 'w -I There, is a little razzed I ng to get an honest living gmau, wares..- vo nopw-' -You inaydr lrown. lie may haveviweori mostO'shearleneii ; oire"iryK.in seems to be whi penila, his ear. and lie approaches yoijjBflwt1 j of a denial. Give him :i64iile, help ipile, ma ''in if po.si'j'e. lor ay oe the tuinio'vpoiut. "i 1 life. On t,ucli a simple rct hni hung the Manv n desiinv of many a c'nl one who has told ca fly or slioe strings at the corner (f-tfeg-treet i i r :. . 1 ' z1, i. has become famous in 5e Church as well as in the wo Id A ch;'d has broken it poll's head or arm. Spy ap'tyin? prd if you cannot ihen stop to ep a double grief (o the litl r it. it is. me if no is givn. word or look of sy npat the child cou.d escl miiht have said, oh!" in, "lou s a little one did who was tur $ off by a heedless fathe-, Tho 8; help it," when his chil lold him w'.h teavs ot some litti fam. bee that voung eirl, Wthout pa rents or fiiends in the cinr to guide or counsel her. Kindlypiquire af ter her ; see if she atteips church or the Sunday school, flake her to your own place of wi :ship ? in troduce her to the Sum j school class. If she needs suits Je cloth ing, help ber in as delie; e a mau ner as possible, that 6hc way not feel that it is common cl aity that she receives. By so doin ; you may place her feet ii the plthway of eternal nappiDes,s. , . i - Happy and blessed arllhey who dispenseimiles instead $ frowns. Home Guardian ' TL. 1 ,..-.1.1 in his journai :- "I hav- 4ieen gust looking over a, newspaper ; one 01 the most solemn and pailful stud ies in the world? if it ie read thodirhtfullv. So much oasiri, and so much of sufierihg infiei world as are' there displayedf ail no-one seems able to remedy ieiiser.' j Not all read the neWsppers as did this serious-minded nlm. They nurry over: iwm - i ter jpiuj m article after article,' withjht jaug inir to consider their imirt .The pages of a daily secular nfwspaper are indeed of a nitarty44suggest serious reflections to', a serious minded mad. The record at births, of ; marriagerK andjbfdmthv to Hiieh n man; is sole.mnhl BUCCrcs- tive. But we Pass to o-her , and different chapters. Tlse , is the chaDter of accidents and tf catam ities. In one place there las been a railroad disaster, by" "(peans of wmcn ,' many . nave Deen. uruiseu and mangled, and others have been fataUy iniured,a:To hoC many hearts and homes has soi.ow thus come ! In another place, and, in deed, in many places, tlure have been, disastrous fteonfi;!rrati"n8. Thousands and millions of dollars of property' have this t.-on- con J 6Umeo Riches have thm sud itiches have thmsuciaen 3 bo ot- try- tiling - . r 77 , fnimr ly made tlieinsc!v, wm. aixl have flown away. Many famine have thus been snade liouscle ainl homeless, and brought to dcMitu tion. In another ouarter a terrible eartlnual;e city in ruin far and wid And here ter of crime ias laid a prosperous and spread desolat ion worst of all. i-. a chap I'nder this liead we read of rnbberie incendiarism, of of burglaries, of ishonesties, of e dilCiions, ot (lornestir ijuar fightirifrs. of suicides, and r ders. The chapter is often one, and we read it with els, of f inur a long heart- sickening. For the most par we glance only at the headings. irgeon says that tie reads (lie tu leaiu now its the world. Doubtless God is controlling and overruling all things, causing the wickedness and the wrath of man to praise him and restraining the remainder thereof. Iiut oftentimes, as we read, we forget this great truth, and it seems as though the devil, who is styled the "god of this world," had here pretty much his own way. Our heart is sickened by every day's report of wrong and outrage. We are moved to sigh, and to ask ''How long. ( ) Lord, how long shall the wicked triumph?" Blessed be God, it shall not always lie so. We read of a time hasten ing on when Satan shall be bound, and when "I lie righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace." Cli rifitx, i n V?r York Ohxrrrt'i: " Whmorvor." Some years since, as a clergyman was passing through the ward of a hospital on his way to see a child he visited weekly, he noticed a young woman who lay with closed eyes and face as white and hard looking as chiseled marble. Ashe paused for a moment she opened her eves, saving: "Who has sweet peas In his hands he had a few, with some mignonette, for the child he was lo see. 'That is the first thing she has seemed to care for during the week she has been here," remarked the nurse. 'Probably they remind her of home, maybe a mother's love." "Thay remind me of my father," she replied freely. "I never knew father sat mornings to read the Bible. "I remember the fragrance of them all these years, and fancy I feel the wind coming into the window which lifted the hair above the pale, careworn face. (), if I were only as pure and happy now as I was in those days P '"What lid he read to you out of his Bible on those mornings ?" was asked to change her thoughts, as she was evidently much excited. '"Come unto me all ye that la bor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,' was one text that I remember. But these words were never meant for me. I am the chief of sinners." " 'And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is at hirst come. And whoso ever will, let him take the water of hie Ireely, " the minister slowly repeated. The woman had sunk back now, closing her eyes. Evidently she desired no further 'conversation ; so laying the little boquet upon her pillow, he passed on. The next week when he visited the hospital, as he entered the ward where the woman lay, he was astonished at the change in the hitherto cold, impassive face. Now it was illuminated; glorified would better illustrate it. Reaching out her thin hand, she said : . I am glad to see you' "I see Jesus of Nazareth has passed this way," he answered. . "Yes, and He came so near touched the hem of His garment a was fietJ, Jr-"T" w""r ol';hoioever7oif wjiiclfl CJjuiiued up," she added." - When lie next visitea tne warn another occupied the bM in which the woman had lain. Her "ladder of whosoever" had taken her above the skies. American Messenger. Living Close to God. Conversion is a twofold process-, God seeks the sinner, and then, under " the influence of the Holy Spirit, the sinner seeks God. The shepherd finds the wanderer, and the wanderer Unas .lesus, tne w ay, Jhe Truth and the Life. Once afar Off, he is made nigh by the blood 6f Christ A8 conversion is the re turn of the penitent sod to God, the joy, the sweetness and the ig or of the Christian life depend upon keemne close to God. "Drawnigb unto me, and I will draw nigh unto yon." - If you ask what we gain by liv ing close to God, I vould answer, that we ' gain fresh supplies 01 strength. The strength of yester day will not suffice for to-day, any more than yesterday's food-will sustain me if I neglect to eat my breakfast this morning. God means that we shall be kept in consWnt dependence & therefore he. metes a riii.i.!i.iii '0 mil "-!re: The 111.11, I iiioniiii.' day our d.i ran hv, o r !. I r. , ! N.i . , ;.e..-i, an old years l help th; a pas! e require- illi: !e I I i 1 1 1 b 0 tt .is I ll i n , in. rs:eiic a new and t T )-! I lull "I I he i , d 1 Christian- nf b;i'i have been health; they ceased to live He ''spewed then m outh." Security depend close to .lesus. I'l 'I''' upon llWHL soldier wh keeps the ranks on the inarch, and behind the ramparts during the as sault, is commonly safe ; the strag glers are apt to be picked up by the enemy. To this latter class in our churches belong the casualties and the disgraceful desertioir which so often shock and shame us. Among this class nf baeksli ders are the ready victim-of t lie tempter the men who betray p cuniary trusts. and the weak-kneed time-servers who succumb in lime of hard pressure, and the deserters who slip away from God's worship through broken Sabbat lis, ami all the votaries of self indulgence who keep their names on church rolls and yet are mostly found in the haunts of "Vanity fair." Drifting away from God, they fall into the hands of the adversary. Need a Christian ever slip or stumble? Need he ever walk in the dark, or lose the roll of his assurance '. No ; not if he lives close to Christ, so close that the Shepherd's eve is ever on him, and the light of Christ's countenance illumines his path, and tlie Almight v arm is ever within reach. T .. Vuiler , in the Eritutrl ixt. I). Separniioii lroin thr Worltl. They are dead tish which are carried tlown tlie stream, savs Manton. Living fish may go with the stream at times, but dead lish must always do so. There are plenty of such in all waters : dead souls, so far as the truest life is concerned, and these are always drifting, drifting, drifting as the current takes them. Their first inmiirv is what, is e.uslomarv ? uiry is i rWawk m,but th( God til milan , auefjaftklo thetn, but the unwritten rules o: society have a power over them which they never think ot resist ing. 1 hey stand in awe ol a tool s banter, and ask of their neighbor leave to breathe. Good men have generally been called upon to walk by themselves. We can sin abundantly bv passive ly yielding to the course of this world ; but to be holy and gracious needs many a struggle, many a tear. Come, my heart, canst thou go against stream ? It is the way of Iwe. 1 he opposing waters will but wash and cleanse thee, and thou shalt ascend tj the eternal river- head, and be near and like thy God. O Thou who art Lord of the straight and narrow way, aid me to force a passage to glory and im mortality. bpurgeon. Now Is the Time. Resolutions to reform in the fu- tureamount to nothing. All proper motives to reformation operate in the present and produce immedi ate Iruits. 1 he lact that some lu ture time is fixed upon to begin a better lite, aflords suthcient evi dence that the- mind is not influ enced by proper motive, and that the contemplated reformation will not take place. If you are deter mined to do right, you must begin atones : you must not indulge in anomer sin : you musi noi aeier ii i i i.i.. for another moment sincere and hearty obedience to God. Re member, "now is the accepted time ; behold, now is toe day of salvntjon.'w MtthnitiAt JVrimfr.' Stateavfll JDUtriot-anI Bottnd in part. B, A. WIliJHi P. K., Statesville, N. C j Iredell circuit at Eagle Mills, Mooresville cir. at Wesley Chapel 910 13 H SUtesvllla circuit at Providence, " 1617 Newton clreolt at Upper Marvin, " 23 24 Catawba or. at Catawba, April 30, May 1 Caldwell circuit at Ebenezer, "45 Lenoir circuit at Mansn cnapei, "78 Reddles' River Mission, 9 10 " 1415 " 8122 " 28 29 June 1 2 "45 " 1112 " 18 19 " 19 Bock Spring cr., at Rehobeth, Statesville station. Alexander cr., at Union, Yadkinville cr., at Prospect, Wilkes cr., at Reeves' Chapel, Dobson cr., at Mew Hebron, Mt Airy cr., at Mt. Hermon, Mt. Airy station, Washington District 2d q". m. W. H. MOORE, P. K., Washington, N. Tarboro and Bethel, at Bethel, April 9 10 South Edgecombe, at McKendrce, " 16 17 Greenrille. " 23 24 Wllliamston, Hamilton, April 30 May FlymontM. Columbia, at Columbia. " 14 IB Fairfield, "3122 Swan Onarter. at Swan Quarter. " 38 29 Mattamuskeet. at Amity. June S Hatteras, " 2xn Ocracoke and Portsmouth, " 1S19 Washington, ' S3 2 ..Trliutf OoUegDtetrlot-fldQM: ''yX SHARPS, P'K,.Hii''.?J Jwkion BJUef, Oentsr Apr 30 May . : 1 VSSTlil J Deep Mm cr, at Wesley Cnapev 1 1 t . M., . i l,;l. I A, -l - May l g M ii N ( Mm. r.i Ljn .i - s l.l.-i , 1' E l,iu iokc i in-ii;l. ill I 'alvai v. l; ';ii Teuton circuit, ill .M nr. m " 2li 1'7 l,l.in ami lLilifHX, at M'eldoii, Apr. L' ;i Kidwwav ir at .'"nisnlcm " flu txul. Ncrk Miss.. Williams' Chap. " WIT Ktn.-...tnV -t at Wliitakor's Mill, " 23 24 VaM-m.:- Mi- iit 1 ,,ik's Cliapel, A i.ril 10. May 1 Halifax . nciiit. at hiiniwiMxl. Wilson M'simi, Wan, -ii cin-uit W'.Kmi -Mil"", " Gi-c. t..-b. !lf tricl 2nd q. m. I Ai I NMV.'.IM. i' i: i.i. .-n-lKU iTN. Mar 12 II 111 L'il i i.iiiit.,1.1 H . : i - !m I t'l.-asaiit i.ai.l.-;,. ! K. i , n;i... at I I M,-l,,-s. iit 1'al.iivi i i;.'ii A i i il Mav Unfit.', tit IVtU. lii-iii, i :-ni -t. i : MiUliso.i. at l,. .ik-vill.-Danbuiy. Vim, -ry LI,-. Korsytli. New Borne District- ,1 t it.t;i;is, r k, ; i : " -.'i -j j ' '.VI une 4 r, " 11 1.; 2nd Round. MsImiio, N C Wax in' circuit, at SauN, March M l.i V.I IN ( 'artcn t circuit, at IWlili-ln-iu (inl.lslwirii Client, at Daniels, (e.lilsl, r,i, at St. 1': ul, 'in Mt. ( 'live ct., at l-'aison, !,i-ni,ii- mission, at ion, .lones ot., at Cypress Cre k. New K'-rne stiition. ;i VI VI 11 l'i 17 j ', ' i May 1 7 S 14'.'. '21 ' Show Hill ct., Jerusalem, April l,a(iiani;i' ct., Hi Miaron May Ciax-i-n rt . at llcirli (.rove, K inston station. 1'aiiilk'o i't., at Mt. llcrnion, ' Niusc niiisinn. at Ninth ltini, " .Mon lu'.id sliitiiin, .linn- Straits, (Jo Sinnul, lieaufm t stiitiiiu, liu H (Jiildsl iini, lioiiiulary Street, Durham District 2nd Q M. W S IU.ACK, P E, lialciRh, N C lrf-aslmrj, at I.oasbury;, Mar l'erson at Kiixboro, Alaiiianci'. Company Simps, fi fi " n 1:1 " 111 ! " 211 27 April 2 ti " !I10 " l(i 17 " 23 24 Di'ihani. at 1 runty, Cliapt-1 Hill, Orange Chun Haw Kiver, Etioncz.er, Hillsborn, atNoxvBotln'l Durham, at Main I",, rluuu t Carr'- Mac l aaui eiremt aw "i skt ... - I.easburfr, ' V ' ' S12S Person, -- " 2S29 PittslKM-o, June 4 ,1 Alamance, " h U Salisbury District 2d q. m. W.il. 1IOH1J1TT, P. E., Salisbury , N. C. Concord Statii n. Enoclivillo circuit, at Shiloli Cencoril circuit, at. Mt. Olivet, Anr. 2 3 l 1(1 " 1017 " 2n 21 Mocksx-illc cl., at Uak t.rox'e, Farniington ct., at Wesley Chapel April :M) May Allx-mavle ct., at Stony Hill, " Mt. Pleasant ct., at Gold Hill, llowan ct., at Harris' Chapel, " " 14 15 10 " 28 20 June 11 12 " 18 10 " 25 26 Mt. .-on Station. Salisbury ct., at South Kiver, Stanleycireuit, Big Lick Mission, Fayottevllle District 2d q. m. S. U. AHA1IS, P. E., Carthage, N. C. Rockingham cr, Mt Pleasant, April 2 .- Cape Fear, Cool Spring, " 9 10 Carthage, at Smyrna, " IS 17 Lillington, at Spring Hill, " ii 24 Lnnilierton, atSnMth's, April 30 May 1 Fayette.ville station, " 7 s Campbleton, " 7 S Cumberland, Sidy drove, " 1112 Hobeson, Bethesda, " 14 15 St. John's, Gibson st.ition, " l 22 Manly Miss., Tabernacle, " 2122 Shoe Heel, Shady Groe, " 24 25 Fayetteville S. S. Conference, " 27 20 Lauringburg, Caledonia, Jnnc 4 5 Joucsboro, Saulord, " 11 12 Charlotte District 2d CL M. P J CARKAWAY, P E, Charlotte, TiTon St station, April 3, 11 a m Charlotte. Church St station. April n in Monroe station, April 9 10 Pineville cr, at Marvit, 16 1 1 Monroe cr, at Trinity, " 23 24 Pleasant Grove cr, at Rehobeth April 30 May 1 Charlotte cr, at Prospect, " 7 S Matthew's cr, at sanoy mage, -v i io I. 1 M ' - Ansonvme cr, at xjoncora, zi a Clear Creek cr. at Mill Grove, 28 29 Wadesboro station, . jane Wadesboro circuit, - ftjt . 1? LiiesviUs circuit, v.',"t mmm Wilmimrttu" kti ict--ail q. lu. T. W. GUTHRIE, T. JL, BoekUighaw, a U , WhiteTllle circuit, at WhttevUte, Apr. 1 Brunswick circuit, at Bethel, " " 9i0 Fifth Street Stat'on, " J81T Brooklyn miss'on, "1817 Elizabeth cr, at Sinplelary 23 M First Clinrch steUon, May 1 2 - Onslow cr, at Gum Branch " 6 Duplin cr, at Richland, " t 8 Carvers Creek cr, Carvers Creek, . " 1415 Magnolia cr, at uupiin noaos, ju - SmithvUle station, ' . 41 88 29 ' Cokesbury cr, at Cokesbury June 4 6 Clinton cr, at Bethel. " Bladen cr, at Anuoon, TopsaU circuit, ' 18J - WhiteviUe circuit, " 28 i Waocamaw circuit, - - Brunswick circuit, ' July District Stewards will meet if Wilmlnft-' ton at Dr. Yates' study, Friday, Uw l?th t ' April, at lOo ciocK. Raleigh TJl8trlct.-2d q. N. H. D. WILSON, P. E.,Gteensboro, Backhom, at Buckhorn, : Earpsboro, at Zton, .. Oxford station, Baleinh. Brooklyn. Aw. . 2 l , S 19 , ' " VXT IS ' 20 . 21 a May 1 " U15 ' 31 2i , 28 2Q i June 4 S Raleigh, Person au, Oxford circuit, Morrows, Henderson station, Raleigh, Edeoton St., . ' Rolesville er.j Andrew tihapel, Smlthfield. at Princeton. Tar River, Grove Hill,' jr YonngvUle, at Cook's, ' - f Tmiialiniv utatlon. Clayton, atClayton, ' " ?5 Nawtnn Grave Mlwx..KewronG. July ,2 3 Bnckhorn er. at Pleasant Plains,, 9 10 Cary, at Hollands , - IB IT Earpsboro Mi Peacock's Chap.. " 16 " . -4 ; .i-- -x. 1 8 -'J3P-;'1 " 1112 . ' 18 11 ' - in 20 - ..:-i,,.---.c .-. .'Jf. : ;:- - : V.-;4i ?fZ3 ji-.. V f.'iy-i. 4 V;