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VOL. II.
RALEIGH, FRIHAY, APRIL 4, 1802.
(Calcntiar.
APRIL.
A oril Sunday in Lent.
.April 13- Sunday before Ea-slur.
t p:-ii l?i—Go-kI Friday.
April iiU—Faater Day.
.Auril 27—First Sunday after Easter.
.-VlaY
M A Y.
-St. Phil, and St. .lohn.
—Second Sunday after Easter.
—Third Sunday after Easuu-.
- -Fourt'n Sunday after E.v^'tcr.
— Fifth Sunday .after Ka-^tor.
—K')gation Day.
—li-iigatiou Day.
--Donation D.ay.
• A.sc;,u.=iou Day.
4'
TUU W-^iSTE OF W.^iiSa* ••
(rive me the good that H'ar has ctif.t,
V. Before Uiis poace-cxp'oTiiding day ;
The wa-ited skill, the-labor lost—
The mental ii-oasure thrown a\vay ;
And 1 will buy each rood of soil
In every yet diacoverod land ;—
Where hante.re roam, where peasants toil,
Where iiiany-peopled cities ^tand.
i',i --’Lvthe eaeh shivering wretch on earth,
In needful; nay, in brave altir ; j
V- f-turc beiiitiiig banquet narib,
Wiiich king might envy and admire;
f'Vtti'v vale, on every plain,
.V school shall glad tin* gazer's .sight ;
Where every poormanfs child may gain
Pure knowledge, free a.s air and light.
I’ll build a.-eylumsfor the poor,
Bv age or ailment made ftudorr; ;
um.-’ snail tiu'ust froa; the door,
Or sting w'ith looks and w»n-ds of scorn.
Pd link each aUeii hemisplicre :
Help honest meu to conquer wrong ;
..Arc, Science, Labor, nerve and cheer ;
Reward the Poet for his song .
In t very crowded town shall rirc
HalLs Academic, amply graced ; —
Wh-. re Ignorance may soon be wijie,
And Coar.sen.'ss k-arn b''th art and taste.
To every province shall belong
CuUrgiate structures, and nut few—
I'ili'd with a truth-exploring throng,
.And Umchersof the good and true.
In everv free and peopled clime
A vast WaUiaU.a hall .sha.U st.uei :
Am.aible eelilice .sublime,
For the. illustrious of the land :
..A P.’ntiieoa ibr th'Yrtdy great.
The w ise, b'.meficent, andj>i-t ;
A place of wide and lofty state
To honor or to hold their dust.
A t-rfipD to attract, and it-.cch
Shall lift its.-pire'm tverv bill,
AViici-e pious men -hall feci r..n>' inns-ch
I'ca-'c, mercy, tolerance, guod-will ;
.Ku.slc of bells Oil Sabbath days.
Round the whole earth .=hall gladly rise ;
f ad ono great Christian song of praise
Stream sweetly upward to the skies I
arises, wliai i.s to be done ? Shall the standard t>f qnaUy ■
fication for Orders be let down so as to adtnit of bring- .
ing into the ministry a greater nnmber than have hcret-.m ,
f(<re been oftering tbeinsolves ? Few, his Lordship be- ;
lieved, would ho w'illing to take that ground. The stau- ,
(lard is low.ouongh already, ard cou-'.-.R bo rrkluc.'.l w^u-
out tdibcting -injuriously the eiiicieuuy of thost.* who are j
admitted to the ministry. Another plan sul.'mitt(;d, and j
eritcrtained with some favor, was that men—ol iuiorior ;
qualilicatujns, wc presume—-should b(! admitted to the
Diaconato fur five years. }5ut that.would be tantamount ,
to the .same thing—,a lowe’ing of the qualilioatiuns ut the ;
clcrg3'—beoaus.3, afu.'r those five years, any man so ad- |
mitted Would bo eligible to the priesthood. The only '
resort that suggests itself, or seems''to be left, is that'of ;
I the appointment of Scripture Roiulers—an agency to
1 which, it is admitted, the Chur.:h is much indebte.d. ^
Yet tills is open to'two objections. Borne, wlio have no ;
strong impressions of Church Order and authonty, might be /
emboldened to go so far as to infringe upon the ministerial |
ofiice, wnile others of antagonistic views and principles ,
would fear to act at all from the consciousness of nfTuaal
(lisqualificaiion. Yet it is a .serious question whether
some means might not be devised by which the Church
might avail licrsclf of the servic-.'s of pious and influential I
men, who could be employed in such kind of work as ;
the priniitlve Metlnodist preachers were em}doyed in, and i
wl?o did ‘%mu-:h for the propagation of that system, i
'I'he question v.-as whether such men might n4f. be an- ^
thorixed by the (dnurefn to visit the sick ; to hold short ;
Berwoe.s; to catechize, and to take part in the charitable |
trust of their pavislics. * •-!
The Bishop of Winchester said that Scripture Headers i
had been employed very cxteflsi^eIy in bis Diocese, and i
Ills experien''’e of them was so favorable that if any thing j
could be done to give them furrker authority lie would j
willingly joi;i in it. I
The Bi.shup (if Loud(;u boro tc.stimony to the value of
tiic Scripture Headers in libs Diocese. A very importaiTt ;
change luid been made lately by tiie Scripture Readers'
Society, in admitting persons to employ.Twnt who could ,
give but a small portion of their time to the work. '
The Bishop of St. David’s thought the plan propo?r-d '•
did not go much beyond giving a name to t'no -'XistinL'
agr'nc}'.
The Bishop of St. Asaph would nut ubjoct to t};e Cum- i
mittee, although he tlujuglit that the Bishops, as a body, i
should not make any general regulations. Tiicrc would be ,
some danger of a suspicion of a desire on tlieir part to es- j
tabilsh a new order in the Church. i
The Archbishop of Canterbury highly apprvived of the i
efiuris of Scripture Headt.TS, and did ink at pr'^sent see i
how any sauctio.'i could be given \flncli vym.s n-)t given i
already. '
The motuiu was carried and a Committee appoiiirc'^
after wliich their I-’Ordsuips-adjoUraed. i
^jclr.siunitic'jd ^utcUi g rwc?.
Y 0 R E I G N' .
On looking over our English Papers, wo find tL“’,’ do
:..t contain the procewiings of tl.ie late G uivocation be
yond the close of the first day's ses.sion, and that tiierc is
L c*; little in them on this topic that would ’oc of general
...'crest to our readers, exieq/t, it ran}’ be, a glance at tlie
ground.s 0:i which the Bisluip ul Linculn supported thi.^
Lv'.ititiun lutrodueed by him in reference to lay action
au-l uiflueucc iu the Cli-urch. It appears from the re-
:-.--arks of his Dirdship in connection with tlie propa.s<!d
measure, tnat tlicre has oeen a very rapid increase of the
r cpulatiun of England since tire cornmcucenieat of the
r-'k-sent century; and, the que.stloii with tne' Cnurcli is
.L.iwto meet tlie spiritual wants arising from Tc. In
;H01, the whole population of England was about 0,-
^'0,000. During the next half-century it reached 18,-
000.000. And now, 18G2, it is over 20,000,000. It is
obviou.s, thereiore, that the spiritual provision ought to
l>i greatly enlarg'ed, and that a number of not loss than
three liundred annually, added to the prc.sent list of
necessary to meet the great and growing de
mand. The annual addition of clergy, liowever, by no
means reaches this number, so that the subject is be-
coD'ing one of deep and anxious interest. The que.stion
D 0 M- E STIC.
Bible Society.—A ileeting was held in Augiusta,
(•la., on the i9th iiLst., compuSe'd of dchgates from the
Bible Societies of most of the Confederate Bfatc.s ; the
object of which was to organize a ‘‘ Confederate'’ Bible
Society.
Darnel Ravenol, Esq., of Charleston, S. C., w.as ap-
point-ed permanent Chairman, Kev. W. 0. .I’obn.'-^tun and
Rev. J. Mills and Rev..J. W. Burke, assistant .Bec-
! retarics; Rev. George Woodbridge ami Hev. J. Humple.
' '\’iec Presidents.
i Yv'e hail with pleasure the meeting and the objects of :
I this society. Gcxl speed it; Godspeed every vrork to- .
! ward the furtherance of the gospel (>1 Christ among u.s. i
! Soutlu-rn Churchman, j
I At a meeting of the Standing Committee held in Pdou- i
I mond, March loth, the necessary papers were signed ■
recommenrlii^g to the Bishop the Kev. G. Ih P. Mur- i
timer to be ordained priest, and Mr.-Btephen M. Bird to |
to ^beorclaioed deacju.—IhU. \
ORDINATION.
Sunday, March I’orli. iii the Monumental Church,
Riohruond, Blsliop Johns admitted to Deacons Orders,
John Biair ihibney, of Campibell county, j-.nd Stephen
M. Bird, uf Petei^burg. Service by the Kev. J. i).
McCabe, who also presv.uted the candidates. Sermon by
the Bishop.—Ibid.
Hev. WiUiaiu Norwood, D. D. h.aviag at preseht no
charge is residing at Oaks, Orange County, N. C., whose
letters and pap-er intended for him may be address.ed.
giace.Siim f utelligriuT.
BISHOP GREEN’S SPRING APPOINTMENTS.
St. John’s (Earlv Grove) April 2
St. Andrew’s ^
Holly Springs •. <1 5 g
O.vf'ord u g
Giisuada
Cai'foihon
u
12
Calvary Ohui-fh .
((
13
Cantoa .
, r
Chapel of the Cross
17
St. Alban’s
u
19
Vick.sbure-
,,
20
Jr;Cr:50Il
24
tf'tuniuuicatians.
THE WOMEN OF-M'im SOIJTID
_ Mu. Editor:—We appeal to your uen.se of jus
tice, au Well as to your chivalroua feOlng, to give a
piRe-e in your valuable columns to tlilu letter aud the
a-vompanymg, in vindication of that much abu.sedi
claus of porsurus, the women of tlie South, who are
helM up to the gaxo of the^world by Mru.' Stov/e as so
many M;iric St, Clareu, or are descrila.H, for so a
1-' y ot Boston recently expressed her opinion of them,
as so ignorant they scarcely know that two land two
make fjur.” ••
A^woman, celebrated for her inteihict, was asked
nj- Napoleon what he should do to regenerate France.
Bile an.^wered—-hxlucate the mothers.” This world-
renowned reply were in truth absurd, and the work
of educating mothers a work of supererogation, if
such men as Maahington, Jefferson, Madison, Mid
dleton, imd tlydr compeers of the olden time : Cal-
m.'un, Elay, Lpshur, of a more recent date ; J.
Davis, btephens. Badger, Maury, K. E. Scott, etc.
ofourown day, can he reared bymothers who hardly
know that two and two make four.
Wc given our sisters of Boston credit for
greater int-ciligenec and cAaiuVy than to suppose
.apuuiumms 01 ^yftom, she admits, in her key, to Un
cle Tom .s Cabin, maybe found in England or in
the Northern Statea of America. MTicro then is the
jusriee ot representing us Southern women only in
such .A eharucfor ?
’ ' -..L'J.J iiWarC'tliat. t—^ llt’JJlT-r' -ryi' \iirr i-Gurtli,
geiir^aliy, are wi:)nt to deck theinselvc.s with a greater
variety ol costly gems than the mothf'rs of Virginia
adorn themselves withal; but these, like Cornelia,
die mother of tlie Gracchi, wli-m asked for tlieir
jeweH-, have over pointed to their ."oms. These 1110-
thors arO' taught in early life the advantages of
edueauon---thoy are well acquaiubxl with the wjrd.s
of the wiue inan. “'Train up a child in the wav h'e
should go, t^c. They rom-nnbur the beautiful lan
guage of Addison, vy'iich tliey read ill limir school
da^s, Mark the elieci ot art ujxni a block of mar
ble, liow the Bfvill of the poh.sher f'tehc.s out the
eolot’H, nutkesi the surface shine, and discover.s overy
oriianiemal eloud, spot or vein that runs through the
body of Wixac seuipture is to a block of marble,
education is to a human .soul.’’ They arc noti<^iio-
rant of the thoughts of Cowper on that subject, and
have e7<perieJi(’cd the truth of tlie line,
Ju.>t a.-; th<- twig j.s bent, ih?- trac'.s incliie-d.’’
Southern mother.s train tlioir sons by Sir Mdliiam
t one s laca of what con.siitutos a State, — ‘ ‘ Hear a no
ble offspring.”
“ Mva who th 'Ir dutl-s know,”
But know th.'irrighU, au'i kr.o-.ving, diro maintain.”
VvM desire tu show by thi.-j letter to Mr 'Webster,
that before a V andykeorllapluud enlightened North
ern ladies and genrlemen with "AiJible view of
Siavei}, or eve-n before Mrs. Stowe appeared, a
parnehon, to illumine tin; world wntli the rav’s of Acr
understanding on the subject, the women of Virginia,
like the Ih-rcau ChrlsthuiH, had searched the
scriptures to see whether tlie.se thing.s were so.”
/limy eame to the conclusion that there are portions
of ^- Ciiptiua'^whi'.'h cannot be comprehended in their
tallest meanuig where the institution of slaverv doys
nut exist, for instance, il^'ah cxxiii: 2. Luke xvii:
7--10 inclu.-ive. The passage in Isaiah liii : quoted
by ot. Peter i Bpist. ii: ”4. cannot be felt in ita full
torc*^ except by a .^iave-lioldcu', ora slave him.^^elf.
Oh, glorou.s Hcdecmer I M'ho can so keenly feel the
dt'ptb.s of thy nuiuilation as a Sautheni C'liristain
mdster who is compelled to correct a servant with
stripes, who will not be corrected by w'ords, as thou
thyself hast conimamDcl, Prov xxix ; =M9, and Luke
xii: 47f. See also the passage, “ He took upon him-
seit the form,^of a .servant”-—why of a servant more
than oi^any oBicr man unles.® on account of the
stripes no received and the price feu' wliich he was bc-
traycd--the very price of a slave—thirty peices of
.silver! Exo. xxi: 82 J—“ thirty iw;ier,s or silvlk.”
M'e,in these huly wudting.M, learn that the aliisc of
a thing is no argument against the use of it f for,
* .:?a,id a JVisAo^i must not be (/iven to w-me,
1 dim. V : 28 : y{-t the .same Apostle advises the
same individual, ordained the first ISishojj of the
church ot the Ephesians, to use a littk wine; so
for a real or an imaginary iR'gree, to inflict, in
Mrs.^Stowes beautiful language, “the cussedest
ever gave a nigger,” is no reason that
ii€ ho knew uo sin, should not maJee a scourge of
. NO. 10.8.
small cords, and drive out of Ills Father’s house
those who were making a house of merchandise of
It, .John, u; 14—16 inclusive. If a slave of the
King ot Uatiomey were to escape to us. we would
not deliver him for a cannibal .sacrifice, bccaiLse
I tnc ,.ews w.-rc Commanded, “Thou .shalt not de-
j liver unto his master a servant who lia.s escaped
I from hu master unto thee.” This comm.and is
given to the whole nation, and could not there-
tore, be supiMisixi to mean thou shall not deliver
unto Ills master the servant that ba.s esciiped from
one ot your tribes to another : it is strictly in the
sin,^ular number and was intended for the nation, as
their only mode Of carrying on missionary work \
fugitive thiis settling in Palestine would become a'c-
quainted with the trim God; but if their religion were
taken into a heathen country, miracles ’must be
wrougiit so frequently for their dcliverancea-as in
the case of Daniel, Shadrach, Mcsliech and Ibed-
nego—that tney would lose their effect. When our
Northern bretliren can prove us heathen, they may
keep our tugitive slaves and cliristianize them And
though our servant were dear to us as a riviit eye
or necessary to u.s as aright hand, we wifi pluck
out the one unJ cue oft the othar, and prefer to
enter into litc maimed, rather than to dDobey the
sacred injunction. Boyle remarks, “ To neglect that
supreme rc.spmndcncy that shines in God.lbr tho.se
aim representations of it that we so dote on in the
creature were as absurd as for a Persian to offer
ins .sacrifice to a paruelion iitstcad of adoring the
true sun. W iiile all tiie world were adoring this
mock eun. >irs. fttowe, the women of the Sonth
caring little for that or anyothcr fitful “ jVorthern
f! ' r"'' ‘l® ttnelouded beams
ot the fcun or Righteousness, .enjoying
■Kc soal’3 calm sunshine, and the heartfelt jov,
W hloh nothing tianhly give.s or can dostixly "
The circumstances under which the following
I letter to Mr. Webster was written were these:
■ ^pn March, 18o0, a p.arty of intimate friends who
’ /Trb\ --'uaveDed at a rural
I estab nshmeat ■ ‘ remote from cities,” and having
heard ot Mr Webster's speech, the only gleam ol’
, sunshme in tliat stormy session, anxiou.sly .awaited
; tlie arrival of tiie po.st-boy, as that day’s mail would
j bring the journal containing the speech. When it,
; eaine, it w;is seen to be impos.sible tliat thov could
I road It consecutively, so tli.-y unanimou.slv nmuested
: then- hostess saould read it for the whole The
I muitrOES ot a t irgmia mansion n.ever loses an oppor-
; tun.ty to serve hergmests ; so “the sofa was wheeled,
I tlie curt.airis drawn," the “cup wliich cheers but not
, inebriates,' passed round, and they sat to hear the
I wora.« ot the great-man. As the speech was road
I commer.te were made especially on that part which
I asserted that tne tlieocratic government of the Jewe
. imide no positive injunction again.st slavery, and at.
I ^e ctoee there was a burst of applause and thank-
tulnees to the great .statesman, which all of th.-
I company Oesired to convey to Mr. W., iu a letter,
I and to direct his particular attention to the .^crip-
I tural grounds tor tnelrconscientioiisno-ss. JVitli "reat
I reluctance .and distrust of her ability to perf0rm°suc}i
I a tasK, at the urgent request of the company, and at
j tliesahnoBt command of her liege lord, the letter vk
^ by a lady of trie company and taken to
I W ashinglcn by a gciitieman of the number and
1 read to Mr, -Vi eb,s;er, who expressed his gratifica-
I tiOD, etc.
Firj^tnza, March, I8d0.
Hon, Das'ill M ebstlr Having arisen from the
pcru-sal of yuur great speech on the Slavery question
profoundly impressed with its charitable and highly pa
triotic spirit, we feel an irrepressible de.sire to congratu
late you ou tnf;succes,s of that noble effort, and to express
our gnuitudf' .^or cue justice you have done tu us, slave-
holder^, by saving that many of us ara “■ cousoieutious.”
Our only regret in regard to that speech arises from tijc
fact that you give us, from Holy Scripture, only a neg
ative right to hold suives, while we are convinced that
the relation of master and slave i.s not onlv connived at,
but positively enjoined by the , word of God ; nay, wfi
have hi.s own bupht’o: testimony that it i.s cumpatibD
\\iLh hohne,is. \uu say the tlieocratic government of
the Jews made no injunction againsEslavery, If yoti
will look at Leviticus, xxv: 44-46 verses hiciuive.
you will dud a positive iniunction given to that peopl-e
to imv Iwnd-men and bonfl-maids of the heathen round
about them, and to take them as aii inheritance for their
children after tjiem, to be their bond-mm forever; wliile
tlif-ir brethren, the children of Israel, were to serve only
till the year f l jubiice, as we k;irn_ from the 39-4S v. of
the same cha])ter. How often throughout that Book of
Ixiv. are these people exharte<l to holiness, by the same
juet Being, Who cast out the Canaanites from their
goodly landk/e'’au.?c of iheir sins, placed the Israelites
there, to be a light to the surrounding na(io7is, and com-
nnttO'.l to them ” the Oracles of God” I In the 19th