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Beulah Laml.
Thou Beulah land! such peace within,
A glorious rest from inbred sin ;
A rest thatmughl my soul can move,
Centered and fixed in Jesus' love.
Thou Beulah land ! in thee I live,
And from thy treasures I receive
All needful blessings, full and free,
Thou art the choseu land for me !
Th'.u Beulah land ! so rich thy store.
Enough for all forevermore ;
Enough for each, none need despair,
Thy love so free the world may share.
The Beulah land that lies before
From Pisgah's top I now explore
My hope is anchored in that elinie
"' XiUj 'f-Lmrrc" iBd
mine.
And in that home I soon shall rest,
Its earnest here I now possess ;
This Beulah land, this earnest given,
Is peace on earth and rest in heaven.
Rev. C. F. Window.
Communications.
"V. N. C. METHODIST, JUNE
11, 18U1.
Its Motto Franklin Letter Re
formation !Neclel Amid
the Carolina Hills Dr.
Steele and the Saloons
Dr. AViley Philos
ophizes. BY REV. W. M. rROTTSMAX, H. P.
The motto of the railroad and
tceleraph lines is, onward and
well it may be, for as wo shorten
distances we dfstroy differences.
And differences of views make the
obstacles to success. This senti
ment is nowhere more? apparent
than in the increase, of the press.
And it is now a question, which
is the greatest civil izer, the meet
ing house, the press, or the rail
road depot. We will not discuss
ihia question, but simply d -cide
in favor of the instrumentality
which shortens most distances,
for w are sure that will destroy
most differences; and these out
of the way, we would be well on
the way to truth. -.,
The multiplication of our church
papers is success on the line of
spreading scriptural holiness, the
cita.1 snirit of Methodism. It is
. r c
much to the credit of Methodism
tha its great need "of the press has
ever been to set forth its doctrines,
but never, to apologize for them
The . little thumb-papers now
springing up so abundantly in our
districts and circuits, like Buckers
in our corn fields, are giving our
standard papers and conference
organs aome trouble; and some
publishing committees and super
visors of the, press have set to
pulling them up by District Con
ference resolutions. Ihe man in
the chair of a District Conference
who can find authority in the or
game act of a district conference
to consider, discuss, or resolve on
the subject of church papers, large
fT small, conference organ or hand
organ, ought to be immediately
gent to join the army who are
seeking " for the remains of Sir
John Franklin.
The speediest, way to get rid of
these vealli and monthly little
euckers is to stop their own uni
versal slobber of flatterey, praise,
pomatum and musk they so pro
fusely shower from their ink bat
teries, and the occupation of their
smaller imitators will fail.
We acknowledge ourself indebt
ed, to the editorial , staff of the
Methodist for daring a review of
it from so distant a stand point
as the seat of government of Mis-
bouri, for the distance is too great
.for us to do justice in judgment.
We know the rule in relation to
-population and locality on the
line of success in the work cf pub
lication. The Methodist is an
eight-column paper; and this de
termines what should be the size
of its patronizing locality, for an
eight-column paper cannot be
published in a four-column place.
'The motto of the Methodist is a
ivery charm-string of which it may
be religiously proud: "In the
Name of our God we will set up
our Banners!"
The name is all right, but th
righteousness of the banners can
not always be inferred from the
character of the name. It is cer
tainly a very great glory to the
Good One to point to the banners
Tt5a name nnrl SftV to the
, u .vjr, tft Vnow
'".. uftl, f the "Christian's
Cod- "Would you know my char- we received from Dr. B.T. Kavan-jyour tent," said Noah to his great church at Bryson City. We visi
ts ter, you will finU it in the char- augh, who as an itinerant preach-1 grand-father, Methuselah, "audi to. I the MiriHomsr office and
acfer of those who seVup their
banners in my name, fot as they
are, so am I." Those phjis people
are now very far away it the past
of whom it is said: "Gfd was not
ashamed lo be called! their God."
We doubt not, however, this may
be said of ihe Methodist; but it
is a little bit dangerous tor a free
grace paper to float such a motto.
Better leave it to those who can't
fall.
A glance at the Methodist re
veals the fact that however promi
nent the publisher "sets up" the
motto as the exponent of religious
thought he stands by Bishop
Soule's motto as the exponent of
financial sentiment "Owe no man
an v thiiia;'a iid
to owe-you any more man you can
afford to lose." Success to the
financial department. The press
makes the world go round ; but
money makes the press go.
THE FRANKLIN LETTER.
Dr. Barnett's letter is full of
pice, a qualify which would take
two-thirds of the read-is entirely
through one-half of the presiding
elder's communications from heir
districts, and through not a tew
editorials, even in conference or
gans. The good Doe tor was sur
prised to find reason, ogic, an
female lx-auty among the hem
lock, buckeye. Hud. laurel an .
in the valley through xvhien
he passed. The school-house trav,
els, notwithstanding Pope L'"-
scowls. The yousij; lady was a
good judge of human desire when
she said to her father, "if the i. c
wagon came along he would bin
a block." Does pot Ihe Psalr;?
or some essayist say, "-r
drautrht we drink or this worldV
pleasures is like drinking at t
Salt Lake it only increases th"
thirst for more." So far as Suit
Lake is concerned we can bear
testimony that tins is true, m
our almanac we I ave a picture we
expect to present to ihe V. S. de
partment of tl e Wo d's hair at
Chicago. It isasatoM in which
a ragged drunkard is leaning upon
Uta counter in a-ixioug expecta
tion of a dram, o wl-.tn th- bar
keeper says, "you hav had too
much already!" "May be has,"
responds Hie ragged c jie, "b t I
know I ha'.n hl enough!" We
would send this national picti re
to the ecumenical : t Washington
by our (Southwest "i toun) dele
gate, Dr. David yMor on,sf il werej
not for the indelicacy of esj osing!
our national weakness to ihe Ki, -lish.
Yes; the younsr ia !v was right.
(Jive a man the Misgii-sippi river
to-day and lie will a?k for the
Missouri to-morrow, Pile Ihe
Rockies upon one of his shoulders
and he will ask for the And' s on
the other for equalization's sake.
A It E i'O R M AT I OS NEEDED.
This is a sad picture of intem
perance. Good Brother Hunter
expects reformation to reform it.
So the philanthropists have
thought since the days of Noah ;
but the reformation is still need
ed. Prohibition is the only wise
thing to try, and prohibition1 will
not always prohibit. A n- w cra-
fure "created anew in Chrif-t
Jesus" is the only hope of the
drunkard.
"God hath spoken once; yea,
twice have I heard this, that pmrer
bchngcth unto Go'l
In the work of reformation and
regeneration, an error in the ap
plication of an agent that affects
the source of power is always fa
tal. Only the power which made
nature can change nature.
AMID THE OAKOT.1XA I1II.I.S P,Y THE
KKHOIt.
IIer we are glad to be brought
face to face with the editor and
the hilisof North Carolina. With
the editor we ire familiar; but
we have two histories, or rather
legends, of North Carolina which
are somewhat conflicting. One is
the mockasin track, the print of
the female slipper, ;he faithful
dog track, and the print of Adam's
cotton umbrella as its point stuck
in the mud, as he and his faithful
Eve were climbing the mountain,
over which they crossed as they
journeyed from the Garden of
Eden to North Carolina, the next
best place on earth. Tradition
sayB these tracks, now petriliel in
the solid rock, have been seen and
identified. From this we infer
that the State is rich in soil and
all manner of products.
all manner of products.
The other account of the State
er traveled in Illinois as well as
Kentucky. Riding along that ex
ceedingly rich port i em ( .III. nois
lying just opposite. St. Louis, he
says he' met a weather-beaten look
ing one-horse, iwo-wheeed cart,
laden with household traps and
trumpery, on the seat
sat a woman driving,
in the case, boys, girls,
h rough t up the refr.
of which
The man
and dogs
As they
were journeying east quite con
trary to the course of pioneers in
that early day he stopped them
and inquired of the madam, who
seemed to be in charge, where
they were going? "Back to Korth
Calina!" was the prompt answer.
"What," said Kayanaugh, "leav-
North Carolina?"
Stranger," said she,
ve haint
seen a simnioh since we left Norlh
Caliny!" .
If both these accounts are true
we think they might be harmo
nized. But the vouchers are the
wanting quantity.
The Editor: The latest, una
bridged definition of an editor is
is follows: "The man who moves
he thought thai moves the world;
a creator of public opinion." The
logical conclusion from this defi-
itionis that an editor is a law
nn.ker, for law is the product of
iti!-l:c .opiinoi.. He is certainly
ore poleniial than the general
!' tJi- iirniy, -for the good reaFon
: at he wihls moral force; and
n ;:n era of reason he who sways
,;i ral power must triumph over
mi who ui reels mere material
oice. lie vho'li res a great truth
the world' strikes men's con
ch noes everywhere, conquering
!). ni and leading captive their
wills in spite ot them.
Industry gives us talent, hence
v.- have many "ditors. Birth
vives us genius therefore we have
'.ut few editors. This peculiarity
f qualification for the editorial
chair makes it one of the unsolved
vonders how conferences, compa
nies and corporations can make
editors by nomination and elec
tion. Some have genius, some
havd talent, and some
luck of being self-made.
We have exhausted our space
without reviewing the editorials.
We know the editor will excuse
vis when we mark them as all wool
and double width, and leave him
srreafer space bv passing on.
1K. S. A. STEELE AND THE 8AUIU..
yam Jones said it was not his
bucket, but the mud at the bottom
of 'heir wells that stirred up such a
t'uss at Nashville. One drop of
tilth will nolute a whole bucket of
pure water; but a thousand drops
of pure water will not- purify a
bucket of dirtv water.
The university at Nashville has
been examined only a few times
in conference order of business
under the head of Sunday-schools,
and cannot be expected to be full
grown in the science of theology,
and no doubt the city is some
what uyder the influence of the
doctrine of regeneration by the
reformation by a few drops ot
pure water to the gallon of filth.
Dr. Steele against the saloons !
There may: be no succers in the
result ; but there will be a great
moral grandeur in the fight. The
day of small things is the day of
great men, and good works are im
mortal. Ours being a government of the
saloons, by the saloons, and for
the saloons. Dr. Steele, and every
other earnest w orker in the cause
of religious progress, will find a
true pi 'Mure of their "friends the
enemy," in the heart of the dark
continent of Africa. There the
most enormous serpents pi let hem
gel yes m monuments so interlaced
and entangled that their bodies
form an impervious truncated
cone with their heads sticking out
ou every side. From whatever
direction the enemy approaches,
it is met with forked and hissing
tonerues soittinsr venom; and is
. o X '
struck with angs of deadly poison.
Who wouldn't be prudent before
such an enemy as this! E I'luri
bus Ununi! Vox populi, vox gro-
DU. K. K. U II.KY AMI HIS MOl'SK IX A
HOOM Kt LL.OF WOMKX.
In this eminent review of the
discussion over the arrest of Dr.
D. C. Kelley's character, and his
trial for immorality (?) the case
is represented as a "tempest in
teapot," and an innocent mouse
.the besU ot company. "Repair; a member and steward of my
you may live many years longer."
"Go on s ith your ark," said the
Pokiest n!..: '
there w;il be niuoa t
-y Hon' t flunk
.1 - M.
If von have", an ."ungovernable
imagination, and wan! Mo 'h
circus free gratis ft' "nothing,
fancy a eollege a rri -eiti us !o ki ng
over th" steerage gun wtiky'or oti!
of a port hole of the Ark, aiei
simmering down th" eir.:uiu
stances to a tempest in a teapot
"O, Lord," said the pivplvt, "give
us peace in my day'!"
Solomon, or Tom Carlyle, says
we greatly err when we judge of
the. importance of a matter by its
magnitude. We may make as
irrcat a mistake by .est imaj.bg Uili
l ri.., 'irTCft i n . j'oi t -
euce., JJut no doubt Emory thinks
it bet ter to make a dozen mistakes
lhan never to make anything.
llayesviile Lem
ur EE V. T. f: mark.
The closing exercises of the
Hayesville college embraced tlie
19-21 of May, and 'was highly
creditable to both teachers and
pupils. W. W. Bays, D. D.,
preached the sermon and , deliv
ered the literary address to the
delight of all present.
I have just received a letter
from John F. Crowell, D. D., stat
ing that the Trustees of Trinity
College had accepted the property
of the Havegville College. Here
after this instijutiou
wi 11 bo eon-
irolle
hy the Trustees of Trinity
Co!li.e . This school has-' been
doing trood work for Ihe past MH.)
vars. being supported chielly 1 y
the peep!" of Clay county: It is
hoped hy this arrangement to
.. . t ' - t
phii'e it on higher ground anagive j
it an enlarged Held of usefulness.1
This school has many advantages.
There has never been a gallon of
liquor sold legally in Clay county.
I am told there has never been a
murder "trial in the county. No
healthier moral atmosphere can be
found anywhere.
On the first Monday in June
three townships in Clay county
, ' it I voted prohibition, with, if I mis
gave; the a j ' .... n. aantt,i : -Ato
The other townships would have
voted it if there had been an elec
tion held. What a wonderful
work the church is doing in the
way of educat ion ! Only let us be
careful that wo do not make it
tlie chief good. There is danger
of running the church in the in
terest of the school, instead of
running the school in ihe interest
of the church. The school that
does not labor to get its: pupils
converted to God does not deserve
the name of a church scnool, and
should not be tolerated or sup
ported by the church. J do not
mean by "converted" a formal
accentation of the doctrines of
Christianity, but getting religion
in the old Methodist acceptation
of the term.
The Franklin Circuit C inference
will meet at Ilayeeville, July oOth,
and embrace the first Sunday in
August. The brethren will please
send in the names of their dele
gates at once. Note . particularly
those sure to come. A cordial in
vitation is extended to the -editors
of the W. N. C. Methodist, States-
cille Aih-omtp, JialiuiJi ,Atlcocute, and
t6 any other editors who may de
sire to come. We would be- glad
lo have our school men present
Don't be afraid to come, b-et.hren,
we'll make room for yon. If a
brother wants to bring hjs wife
li t him do so, we wilJ.inke-ca're-of-
Ivr wh'Mher we do ot him or not.
Let th" sisters come if they 'want
to.
Hav svMK .Line ltf, 1SML
M r. Ennoit : Tn my last lei ter
I fold you that we were preparing
for "children's day. inis is tne
first time "children's day" had
been observed at Bryson City. It
was something new. The church
was beautifully decorated. We
adppted the motto in the. pro
gramme. "All tne children for
Christ." The pngramuie-' ' pre
pared by the. publishing house,
was carried out with some addi
tional songs and recitations. The
whole d;iv was given to the' child
ren. The collection was $,1.80.
Momlay following '"children's
day" I boarded the train for a' two
weeks visit among, friends - at
Bakersville where - I' spent : last
year so pleasant ly. 1 reached
Asheville at about o p. m.. and in
a j
in j coniiany with Bro. J, A. Brown,
brightened 'if with a few: silver i
dollars, Veil as' our presence, j
At 'he (H- n Rock - hotel I was
r " n g 1 1 1 e-iicd. and .1 e f re s h ':; d w i t i j
(a..go.'if!: mi' s'iiiit i I supper. hi! j
..va i i;; 'fo 'i tin (,', i -i.-lv iv . ;u,
!i- ii" ir,-. .' .v. r.- FhorO-ii ! :.;.
Measant ' ',.l'An;y.'ri!-.t.,io)i ;uie! ..; ;
iiiWV or '-!; Li': ;' 1 1 -Se:rs-e.- J
.v-iUe.-- wh'ij '!'wa.s Witir iny; i'nr the
same; 1 rain .iLirioiv, .w-here ins
family iive lie r pe( , .-u.-.-.-s.-i.t
"J It i!d"!on vi i i'-. re reach'
tvlarsoii aj);8 .a. in. ":" At the yic
Donald hal.: we met Brn. : Mcln-!-.iir
and jiamily of the M. r.
Churchy ; :rtiirned ' , auissjonaries
from JaiiLJhey are. 1 10 w: sji-,
i r r, ana we::e ,olt7
-' ,
had been stationed. , : : .' -.''-,'-' -After
a 35 -miles drive acro-s the
country I found myself back at
lro. Youngs, where I . spent my :
last two " wettks -when I . first came,
to Iiakersville a year and a half
ago. It seems very much like
home to me now. Wednesday
evening Bro. Weaver rode into
town rather iiuexpectedl)". So
early .jin the week, some of the
folks thought it a little, strange
that two preachers, a presiding
elder and a bachelor would meet
up at that time in the week, but
if was the occasion of the quar
terly meeting for the Bakersville
charge. On Saturday and Sunday
I had the pleasure 'of hearing Bro.
Weaver preach live very able ser
mons. Four . at the. quarterly
meet ingfi! Snow Creek, and one
at the Sunday-school conference
of the M. E.. Church at Bakers
viile. .
Bro. Shernll is in favor with
1-.;.. rL ,i,l ill R(il-prsci!!p Tber
I ' , !' 1" " ' ' ;
say 'he, is a "rooster. -ims -is ji.
first year, in the conference,' ho it
keeps him busy to get up his ser
mons, and; dt) the pastoral work,
yet he is succeeding finely. He is
a sweet spirited genial unassum
ing Christian' gentleman. lie is
ery popular and his wife is as
popular "as he is. They have not
l.een married but a IVw months,
but th v know how to make a
preacher feei at home. . The Sun-
dav-school at. 'Bakersville have
bought a twenty-five dollar library.
Other schools would do well to go
and do 'likewise.'
The "new church at Red Hill is
. , Ti 'IT -1
progressing nicety, it win oe
ready for dedicating by August
or September. It is the best lo-
nsdfA church in W.N. Carolina.
It is situated on a hill surrounded
1.iyleaufif.ul scenery. It will be
Ihe best church in the county, ex-
cepf our church at jaKersvuie.
The cost will, be ahoiit .f !.";(.
Two or three, faithful men are
bearing the burden of building.
We got: $170,' last fall from the
board of church extention, with
the promise of $30.' more. Hope
this will be paid ; this, fall, and
more I .. sides This is an import
ant field. The M. E. l.m'M'hrcn''.are
building in the same community.
. Time brings many .changes,
many of these are sad; but She
saddest change in life ir death.
Mr. Ilea), sister Martin, "grand
ma." Youug, Eddie Bowman, Char
lie Greene and. Mr. Street, are not
found for God ha taken tin in.
It seems-' that the Holpton .!" 7
od;i, and ihe W. N. C. Mktjioi
ist are not agrted as fo. Rev. .1. .
Bowman's 'occupation. The one
fttrirms iruu ne lias gou" mho me
Law practice at Bakersville, tne
other tl'-diies M. Think lean set
tle the d. is pun B'rtO 'Bowniti-n. is
now
had
located at . .Bakersville. He
to give: up his vvork On the
aecoiiiil of ftiiiinu;
lea i
-1,
e is
not practicing law, but Inns a
brother of th" lyit:.' iniiia'.s .that
is. a lawyer. Bro. Binvman is
thinking of . taking charge of the
m-hool at Bakersville; if not he
will 'move to his farm in Macon
county. ......
How "time Hies when you are
having a good time. My two
weeks is out. Sunday night brings
together a large congregation - to
hear the Word. Monday finds us
on our way back to liryson Cuv.
Wednesday we are at Semi" again.
The next time we write we wiu
tell voir something about, our ow n
work. i - J- B. i Ar.oi;.
Bryson -City, -N. C.,
I ti tie J..
The happiest, swee'
(:
ider-
ost ln,iiirs are not those when
there has been no-sorrow, but tho- i
which have been overshadowed
with grief, ''and where -Christ's
comfort was accepted.. The very
memory of the sorrow is a gentle
bene Bel ion that broods 'ever over
thi-! household,' like the silence
that comes after prayer.
n-irnm m
Li'lSSOX-i
t or .Tilly .5,
P.Y.RKV. J.. C. ROffE.
-r T lie word made ile.sh
s. .
''KS nix t "The. word was
.Toiin
mane
. dwelt, aiiumg lis. Verse 14.
l)ok was written , ast of
Th
i - ;ie
last
vii r gospi
.vr.i i. n
s, and proba!)fy the
tn
of tlie Bible.
Vie pass now from, the sceiies of
war and bioodshod and -sin, over
seVen hundred years to the . cori'i
ing , of . Christ. During the re
mainder uf this year, our lesftous
iy ill be in the book of Mho.- gospel
by John. '. '- We are - to stady
i ii-1 m IT",-
earthly; hi story'
to "1 lis a'seen-to-iT
. The book 'of Genesis and the gos-p-d
of John begin with-.. the same
words : "In the beginning," Unit
i s prior to al I h is tory : "John
begins tlie gospel were Moses : be
gins the law."
: .1 KSfS CHRIST
is a compound, personage :com
posed of Deity and humanity.
His Divine nature existed from
all eternity. His human nature
began with His incarnation.
"These two .natures: The God
head and manhood, were joined
together in ore person, never Mo
be divided, "whereof is. one Curist"
( Second art. ) These two natures
joined, or compounded together,
constitute the Ch not. The Di
vinity is not Christ. . The human'-'
iy "is not Christ. lUtt t he two
combined niakt ihe Christ.; Y'"
canpol. sept -rate- these' two natures
for .:in)r piurjiose. "W'iia.t , (iod.
hath joined togei her, ; ' ! :e: man
put asunder." Thin Ms o-ft'eli- at
tempted. .Men explain the his-:
tory of Christ, by saying that His
humanity grew, hungered, ate
wearied, rested, ''slept, suffered and
died. But that it was Ills Divin
ity that worked ..miracles, healed
diseases, raised the dead, calmed
the storm, cast out devils. This
is all fallacious. If. was Jesus the
Christ that hungered, ate, wearied,
rested, slept, wrought miracles,
healed, the sick,"' raised the dead
and at last -'was crucified, ..dead
and buried." The question is of
ten asked : "Did t he Divine na
ture sh fler. in the crucifixion?" It.
is often '-answered: "No. The Di
vine nature withdrew and left the
human to die alone." If this. ho
lme then there was no a'onejie.ut
for the human-nature left to die
alone could not make an atone
ment. Th" truth is, it was not
God.. that- suffered and died,
neither was i! man that " suffered
and died, but it was Jesus the
Christ that. -.'suffered and . died.
AM attempts to separate these two
natures' are futile. - Though it be
done for the ' purpose of ex
plaining the wonders of the life
td Christ. Our second article telh
us thai these- two ''nature were,
joined togflher never to lie divid-
" ii ( ri.-' is neither .(.hid
nor man simp'y. but as a c nip und
being lb' is hot Ii G
, a-v
' o- I
V'i
tit:' li,
must
and
lie
ant
one n'!i ;
hum an i' v
! V
i-ene in i r that Chris
of an order of beings'
is not one
like' a in an
or an "angel. II
ex ip1 s alone ;d
':he only Iteuidien Son oi (iini.
As then is but on
i j hut one Jesus
-God,
i'li-ist,:
t!
" l;,e-
Lke.r,M
11 Mi.
iin
:.iudy
. 1. !
d ;.!. W" may b
the'- divine mini re
leh is- the (.-hrd-ic!
whose history vd a
during the next, six u
us st mlv it - w e j .
This Me sr on . i niro:. 1
;.i.d lod'dlds the wont
Chri
o'f ' 1
' t'S
ri :;r : .
"(in: word vri-i . 's!:.h
'In Miese oiH'tiing Ver
I-M.
did'
'the ii;!.; ure' and traits of i lirist 1h
f,,r He came to the :irih.. With
us life begins at birth, -bat her'.' is
a life 'that existed before it was
born."
1 . A 1 dvme iieuio', ver.. i . i m
word was Cod." '"John makes. the
1-.(ouudiug ehtim that He who w.it
t,..rii iii Reihh'hem 'and cru-citied
on Calvary was th man i led at ion
. f (i- -i."
o. An eternal- B. -iiifi, ver.sC- lf'2,
Mi is not stated thai he was ens
ated 'or that he bewail io be, but
Lie was? in the beginning."
An A I mi
n ; v
li'.'ing, verse ...
il things were
us in his rpis-
lci-ng, v.ersc'.'j.
"By His power
mailt' as 1'au! lo
ties," bpii. ' '
-1 A. iiersonal
1
'SSona- may suppost
referred to here, .is
t hat I tie w'ord
i principle. or
force in nature." 'But no, .John is
SCHOOL
.1
careful to Mel! us that MhiS: word
had life: - ih.d i-, was and is a
living itcriiiiililij.'1 .
o. An enlightening Being, verse
-,, (). "This Being did no! dwell
apart from " Hie .' works, . lie eh-ti-!-"d
in'o relatiem with men, en.
liehienog every ;-,nf and besiore
ing blessings."'
TIIK IViH.'S INi'AltXATK. "- ;.
v-Thi isMW thefhe 6f "the.'" le.ssoii
from verf'e M( fo yerse 18, "God
wuri 1 1 i :.'.! - !!:'!! ati'.l can", among
nienV'v.-';:. v.v''.-:.'. ': iXv':
1 . He was in the Vorhl verse'lO'.
"Gracious facK: lie .wild madethe
;wr4d:did iiiit'leiivei' t'o work on!
ltsrowr. destiny, Mm! "came;' all u'n-
LA fl""01 I.O l l.si 'Ail
j eopie,
verse11. . "He chose out of all the
nations of the world,, the one
which was best adapted by racial
traits for His purpose ; He trained
it through twenty centuries of dis
cipline, an d then lie; ca me - f h rou gh
thatpeople to the world. There
was no other land save Palestine
in which Christ could have come."
Ml He came in human flesh, ver.
14, "He did not blaze upon men
with His divine glory, nor did lie
come in the form of an angel. He
came as a man, with our likeness
and in our nature."
: !. He came reveal iDg His glory,
verse 11. "-While the" brighter
glory of Christ was veiled, yet He
manifested His; divinity in II is
w ' irks, in His Words and in His
eliaracter.' .
Monroe, -N . .
The Con fcrciK f or ISishop.'
For the convenience of the
Bishops in Annual session, the
facts and aiguments bearing on
the trial at the hu-t session of the
Tennessee conference were -printed'
in a pamphlet. The question of
their further publication was left
in abeyance at the time. Two
reasons have determined t he oiTer
of the pamphlet to. the public.
First the importance ofthe prin
ci pies involved, seperate from all
persona 'gelations' Second, a
iiHitiber of ouipers in the ab
sence of the facts have 'since thp
decision of the Bishops, declared
that the facts of the pamphlet' are
the proper defense of the' Confer
ence.. Orders will be received by
Hunter & Welbum, price 2-5cts.
Proceeds to go to Mho fund for
the Education of daughters of
itinerant preachers..
I). Kki i.kv.
Selections,
. Old men and woman of to-day
are apt to recall some of the trials
of fhtdr school-days when they see
or think of the name of Lindle
Mtirfay. It reminds them of the
h'dirs 'during which they pored
over the puzJ ing J'tiges of "Mur
rav's (t-'-ainmar." Probably many
of ihem think that, he was an En
irli simian-, which is their mistake.
Lindley 'Murray was a 1'ennsyl
vanian. He was born near ' Lan
caster in -17-18, and removed with
his parent? to New '.York City in
i 75".. A fier a very 1 i m , ted m ea s
iirn of education, ho waa idaced in
h;s 'father s count ing-rooni. l.ut
n..! likeiiig the mercantile busi
ness, ho. found his vcay into a sem
inary, where he pursued his stud
ies, until his fa her, yiehiing fo
his wishes to jtefomi). a htwy. r.
plaeed him under a private tutor,
with John Jay as a fellow student.
11. v. a- tlesi admitted to the bar,
nraet ieed:
W awhile with -good
sui-e-equenlly id-cilme
and. acoU.ii-i.-d ;:. haiel-
suei-es5. hu! s
a merchant, a
s' tne i r'i ij ieri '
(. oiiipeded Dv ni
hoaltii to seek a' niihhd- climate, he
went 'to' Kngiand. set t led near the
cif v of York, and, after writ ing sev
eral .'books, died in 1S'2(., having
reached the ripe age of -eighty-one.
It isa curious fact that dining the
first six montns ot ins lite Liudlev
Murrav was "almost'' perpetually
crying." l as this a prophidH'
siioa!hv 'with the .unnumbered
bovs destined to shed tears over
his. gi-auiinar? A young ladies
sriiiiiiiiry being openeil in York,
near tlie place of his Cnglish home,
its te;teh( rs, being 'inexperienced,
met in his house for oral instruc
tion in grammar, o 'pleased were
they w ith his teaching that they
I reii-ttesied li im to write a grammar
I for the us:' . ,.' Ui i i r pup;'-, lie did
t 1 i I . , . -. M 1 1 i-tv . - s ( I rM rem a r
Ill I I ItiS .11 III I ; i V
w hi, h'al ore-1 im" was
s teemed the
hest -English gratumiir' in oxist-
once,
tllie lo He W i ll ten.
, , I H IllfliUJ Jtegrff
Current Opinion.
I ) r. Ii uc k Uy t o 1 r 31 end en 1 1 al 1 .
The edi tor of the Review and
the editor of the Chridiaji Advo
cate may, if God designs to chas
I ise the : Met hpdist Episcopal
Church by pormitting His word to
le made of secondary imjiortance
in the development of Methodism,
live to see women in the General '
Conference, If so, unless very
speedily cut off after that event
takes place, both will live to sge
woman in the ministry and will
live to. m, the Methodist Episco
pal Church under the dominion of
iAjiple8lrj)'r'etation which
u.y juiLiFiiitj shoreii
creasing
of 'unbiblical, - progressive, and .,
destructive , criticism, and will
live to see the Church one ofthe . "V
principal means of making the
Christian home and the potent
persuasion of the womanly wife,
mother, sister and daughter to :
become more and more a rem in
iscense or an exceptional persist
ence against an adverse environ-. "
ment.- N. Y. Christian, Advocate.
For Preachers.
Sometimes it is necessary to say
sharp things, but it is not necessary
to he coarse or vulgar. The English
language has abundant resources. '
We saw a controversial article in 1
a political paper, signed b a min
ister, in which were these passages
"If his cheek did not crimson with
the sense of guilt and shame when
he wrote that, it is simply because
brass does not blush." "Had I
not rubbed the salt of truth into
its wicked hide and exposed its
unfairness, its falseness in every
thing but the art of lying." "Only
a vulgar bulldozer would doit."
The characterizations in these
words may, for aught we know,
have been deserved ; but their
style would lead an uninterested
person to sympathize with the
other side. If the description is
complete, disparaging epithets are
superfluous.- N. Y. Christian Ad'
voetite. . v ': '- V ''-
YVORiaus OrOatest Ianyer,
The great element of danger with'
woman's progress before the pub
lic -lies in this fact ; that it takes
women away from home who dlight
to be there and nowhere else. Tho
public platform is no place for a
mother who has either sons or
daughters to educate. If womans'
progress is going to tend in that,
d i rec t i o n , f he n t he soone r t h a t ad
vancement stops the better. The
first thought of a wife or a mother
should be her home ; all things no
matter how important, are secon
dary to that. No matter how ram
pant may become certain public
evils, let her see to it that she
keeps the evils out of her home,
and she performs her greatest duty
to her God, her family, and man-,
kind. Ladies Home Journal,
The Cliildrcii of this World.
It is lamentably true that the
children of this world" are wiser
in their generation than the chil
dren of light. Behold their enter
prise : t he display of energy,indus
try, courage, zeal, perseverance,
self-sacrifiice ! Hard at work,
early and late; they calculate
closely, plan wisely, carry out
their programme with marvelous
ardor ; deprive themselves of nec
ess;i rv - rest and sleep ; think not of
.i.nd.M't, :-u '!(!. in bu-iness is
their goal. All-, energies are in-,
cessant.ly bent on . reaching it.
Uiches and honor and pleasure
a re t hot r 1 1 fe's. ri ver ; , all their en- :
ileavors an- tributaries thereto.
Would thai, in saving souls, we
em u hi t e d the ir madue ning frenzy !
-AMi. Chrialiiai Advocate.
It is wonderful how trouble and
sorrow, if accepted m the right
spirit, give vitality to our prayers.
When things are running smoothly
uul easily, we are often disposed
to be listless and perfunctory; in
our. petitions; but when we are
confronted with perplexing ques
t ions, hard-pnssed by temptations
or overborne by unexpected ca
lamitieswe ery to Cod from the
bottom of our hearts.
lie Mi her tears his fate too much.
Or ln's deserts are small,.
Who will tint put it. tot lie touch
i'li win or lose it all-
Through our
Cod wants to
own personality
speak to others.
.... i . t . . 1 1 i
1 here comes, mere lore, me can io
everyone for personal work for
Christ, for there is a sort of spirit
ual vibration, and the clear-struck'
C hrist iun tone of any life will
awaken a response in some other.
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