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i , . V 7 1 : ry , 11 r. 7 A O v ies4 "iVTN ;i-L:'!,t' ! A J. mm Iff If. Reading Rcol. t - Trinity Col. Pari jroiDiJiorii IN THE INTEREST OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONK7i&CE. ..?:L6r::zjfil:sr. ASHEVIIXE, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1S93. Vol. 1, p. 14. Price. $2 a Year. . 711 l i t i H ! I 1 1 i ft i i : i it lit I :i ."'v";;' jHTf -"I;'!'-'" i The Western Carolina Advocate A rtL'ioa r.ewsr, I.-aei weekly ftt Asheyllle, lzrrr. of Subscription . a fo!lovr : For cn rar 2; for Ix months fl: f&r : r w mciutii W ccati. To vreacbers and widow of ache r$ half price.. Our Agents . . re 11 traveling and local preacfcT. la (rood atandlr.gr ' i tae jlrtnoclat tj'iMroil CLurcb, ?octh y A Commission of 2 ir cent, on tew abcrllcrj.'and 12', i-er cent, on renewal i t allowed tuti. No coramUiJon i allowed Oa preacocr r ::. - Postage Is Prepaid br the r-uMUher for all abcrIrtlon In the rnict 5tau. Canada and Mexico. ; Vox all ,ct!ier.eauntrlea in the f ostal L'nlou add fi cent for pouge. 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Bemittaiiceashoald be Order, Pot oCice money nrHfV,?n?pre" It 12V. P. L. GK003IE, Aslieville, X. C. SPEAK, THAr THEY GO FORWARD. We then that are stronz ousrht to bear the infirmities of the weak. Horn. xv:l. ' "Let uh inakfl a very broad application of this -ecripture We as a people are a -stroirg.. "We have- behind us unlimited Tesources, both developed and. undevel- -oped. We can produce enough to sup- port the inhabitants of the world, or oearly so. Wo have the . best , govern- mem iwrnatis oi anv counirv. e nave ujeui jwiuhjjs auj UUUU,V' e uave the ballot, which, while not free from -all evil is the best method of selecting, tf.ppnslAtivA anrl Kxpr.iif iv nffirra ' W bave trial by jury,' certainly the fairest) of all methods of dispensing justice Our governments has the .three depart- inents, Legislative, Judicial and Execu tive, ea separated as to conserve liberty ,ir md maintain law.,K ;'J.J .,.,: . , Ve have the Sabbath day for rest and -worthip as no other country., except Great Britian. We have the greatest desirable liberty of conecienQe..a8 -to what forms of worship we will -adopt, or trhat creeds we will believe and teach. Above all things we have the home as no other people on earth, have homes, rkh and poor alike have homes, for. the cultivation of domestic affection,?the pa rental and filial ties. Where one family meets, one father and mother with their children, where advice and counsel and fSympathy are given and received. The home is the Asylum where the tir--ed laborer repairs after a day of. toil to Jose a sense of his fatigue in the affect ion of his innocent children who run to meet him and divert his weary mind, and may be aching heart, by recitals of little hiBtorie3 they have made through the day ; the wife buoys." up his spirits ' and reanimate8-his wasted hopes. It is the place where his benevolent instincts .are kept ever active, and his social na ture finds its complement. Home is where tho fountains of patri- 1 otism well up and are fed. , Here child Tiood nestles, like a bird at rest, from the unknown cares of life ; hither it may flee . from the temptations and perils of the world. For young, for old, for rich or poor, the home joys are the freshest, full est, freest, best. . - This refuge is ours On its perpetuity is based the permanence of our govern ment. Nor is there any iron-clad, sys tem nor.c3te to arrest the development " -of our ever progressive civilization. Thete are . things which render us strong people and bring upon us the ob ligation spoken of by Paul.. Wo are indebted to the gospel of -Christ for these inestimable blessings. j There are those who are weak for want of the&i thing3. Tho gospel of Jesus would . give them to all people sooner or later. To enable us to arrive at some idea of the coadition of many millions' of our race let us try to fancy our Sabbaths abolished, allour courts presided- over by mercenary and venal- judges, that witnesses gave testimony without being .sworn or without feeling any moral obli gation to testify truthfully; let us'fancy -overy office filled by men who could pay able : i 1 . Tre simple rule, the Ood old plan, That he may take, who has the power, And he may keep who can." Fancy this condition to remain juntil. all existing Bibles were destroyed, until all old Churches had decayed and all who reruembered the Sabjjath day, and christ ian worship or one"lihe of Holy Script- ure were dead, until tradition ot tneee things had become a myth, and all ,the fouqdation should be remoyed," and you have a picture of heathendom. No laws but such as please th despot, no one to epeas. ior me people, ueuieu iuw privi lege ol speakgfpr j themselves a caste system that forever upnolds the rich and powerful and forever oppresses the weak' and poor, where the modes and spirit of worshifKare framed "wjin reference to the socUlj. political and financial interests of the upper caste instead of the .worship of God or the comforting and aiding of i TTTU , ' ; aa- the DOOf. Where DO 8tat6 tax 18 QVBT jU. ':' .1 !. ' ut I J f . A poor because the tax is", insufficent to I 1 V 1 - meet the requirements of the rich tax gatherer,! where the poor can never?edu cate because after paying exorbitant taxr O , i , mg no education himself he is lhdiffer- ent about educating the children I of his wives. Where there cannot be homes, as we understand that word,' because tbe t sweet influences of christiani known.; , ! are un Now, christian Missions is an organiz- ed effort to carry the benefits of Christ V He command- d it when he left his disciples in charge i ui uis nui&a , ho &uun uc uiu wuiiuauu . ( it because the idea would never have or- igihated with man. 1 Tf ia r.rft r,f th loaf . . I I of his doctrine man will accept at all, and thousands reject the idea still. It is according to divine methods, this giving the gospel j to all rmeri; : , God does not do things bo nalvee. He made the sun to ligni tne;woria ana viviiy it, he girt, it aboutwitlxl'the elastic: atrribs phere, and sends his clouds to water the wholeearth for just and unjust; when God would show how he loved us; He gavQ to.us hiB aSon. j So God's gospel is for all menVas the sunlight,' the - air, thie water. Like the arms of the eea em brace every continent, island and promT ontory, bo his arms of love: would all mankind embrace, j Gbd is no respecter of persons.". His gospel was not only meant for all, it is. suited to all and all need it first above ail other things. Us to what,effectit has upon the races of men, we have only to look at the Negro. Brought to America' only two centuries ago as cannibals, to-day they are free citizens, holding office in the " best of earthly republics. What the . gospel has done for them, it can do for, all others, and it will -do greater things for; all who - , . W , . will abido in:Christ's words and let his words abide in them. As God meant to develop the race byj their imbibing the principles of the gOBpel, so it is necensa ry for all ; for it isnotpossibleto becoma what.God meant the race to become any otherwise. ; ! j ' It is in the divine plan to do this work by mani not that Gjod ' needed to shut himself up! to onl one plan, but because God loves and would honor man very highly, therefore he will accomplish it through human instrumentality. Angels could have been employed and no doubt would gladly have' undertaken to save every lost son and daughter of Adam's race. But God keeps this for us. Let us glance at some of the hindran ces to'Proteslaut Missions:; ! 1. It is probable that the doctrine of election as taught by extreme Calvanists should be includedj when William Carey stood up and proposed that we con8ider tho subject: "The. dSity of the christian Church to give the gospel to the heathen." Dr. Rylance said: "Sit down, young lan, when the Lord wishes to convert the heathen he will do so without you and me." J. & ' .' . 2. In its early history the Protestant Church was poor and few in number! . 3. The navigation of the seas was by small and dangerous ships, propelled, by sails instead of by. steam. . Many foreign ports were closed against christian com merce, which waskactuated more by a the highest price for it, or who was to take it by force, all following (desire to rob and eaiii dominion, than to bless and save. The perils of climate, of beiiip devoured bv cannibals, the diffi- . . 7 j , ; , cultj' of learning an uuwritten tongue and of overthrowing superstitions of multiplied centuries growth! offered ob stacles too great for ; the faith -of the Church. Some individuals had faith but not funds. So they set"; to work to raise the funds and awake int other breasts the convictions that burned in I i theirs. They prayed God to rembve the barriers that impeded their work. ' A progressive ? civilization under trod s blessing removed them all. They pray ed God. to raise up r men; and : the fire caught from heart to;heart till hundreds ot volunteers have offered themselves. ' i ... Yetj other hindrances still bar thet way of progress v ; " ' , '-, "J . ; ' " i : 1. Ignorance of the plain command of Je8UB,and of its application to themselves to "go" or "send" on the'part of many. ' .2. Ignorance of " the 4 plan worked by ine cnurcn in raising money and suppiy- 3; Ignorance of the widespread desti tution referred to aboveiv Ti i 1 m ,4.- erroneous, aomormai ideas ot our needs inherited from avaricious lahcest- orscultivated by them through - all the I voaro r nViilflhnn 1 fnfitorort hrr o . naffarl 1? ,i A , , v , ii - Iv ; 1 selfish nature anc a . depraved -eociety that places its estimate not 'according to what one is, but according to r what ! one has. So that we say td whatever benev- olence is presented, let; me :jfirst ; consulr ambition, pride, fashion, and if there be enough ior,tnese'and somethin ig more, VI will see ypu agaTnl" ' ' -1 f 5. Misapplied ; use of the gospel. It is used by. too many merely for the comfd rt . . . , , m if nromises its devotees, as i a sedative: I , ill -.i j Ji. iL il ' LiL 117 . 1 F-U J t ' lU'ri U U 7 I I T I L-l f . . M ir.U. I . 1 ton I 1 - . j i : ic. We ask rather how' much will the Church do for me, than how much can ! do through it. : Cixi V-btirio? M We. : do J not look at it as the army of the Lord march i ng to extirpate at! . enemies from ! God' country, and designed to takeUhe world ior unriBt. do Jong as u, is, regaraea ai a stepping stone to , personal; elevation its full ' power cannot be . felt ; for world's elevation-, The , uhiversali the goo is sacrificed to the local and :selfishJ Ye vyait until we can give some thi do not need; we will never give.. : : God gave His Son! Jesus life ! uIf we , not - the Christ we are none of his'-John i i - j. - - - . , ..,.!' I , ! Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoev- er 1 command you. "Uo into all th e world anil ujeach my gospel; to every creature." "freely ye have' received, creature.;' r reeiy ye freelf give." "He that hath my com mandments and' keepeth them he! it is that loveth me." i "The commandment oi the Lord is exceeding broad," "I have heard thy ' voice, 0 Lord, and 1 was afraid." IN CHARLOTTE. More and more are we impressed with the magnitude of bur great Conference as we go from place to place in the! interest of the Advocate. ' ' M l- I ! We soenta couple of days ih Char- otte, which with her beautiful! streets, elegant residences, great factories,' shops and large wholesale, houses is a center of great importance. King Cotton is brought hither from many counties and exchanged for manufactured and im ported goods. The mightyj compress re duces itjto a minimum bulk about the density of white pine wood to remove impediments in shipping. ; Charlotte iis well connected by rail to the whdle coun try having six roads, over which a score of daily trains arrive and depart with the'mails and living freight; ' ! We visited all the Methodist churches in the city, preached for Bro. ;Tyer &t Tryon Street at 11 on Sunday,; made a talk at B Street Sunday-school at 3 p. m., and preached for Bro. Carpenter . at night.!' All these brethren are" justly held in high esteem by their respective charges,' and all . rendered the Ajvocate substantial eerviie. which is heldi grate ful remembrance by! the Editor. , ; The next j session t of our Confererice will be Iheld 1 L in Bro.1 Creasy 's church, to a model of any -we which is nearest -1 know. Ii ts heat ed !by a hot ir furnace, and by an ifagenious device of hie own Spirit of ! h i invention, Broher Creasy can place himself in electrical communication with his ushers or Jiis sexton : , without disturbing his con gregat ion even i n the mid8t ,of a service. The church can be made jwarmer or cooler bv a sign from the leader, aiid every arrabgemenf looks .to comfort of body, and they . wait upon the Lord without distraction. hat a contrast to the old shelters known to all my older readers where we sweltered in fcummer and ehivered in winter, arid our m i.nds involuntarily preacher's theme to t wandered from the he crackling fire on the hearth at home. All the organizations necessary to do the churches wqrk are in good condition, To become more thoroughly acquainted with one another, the ladies of the Meth4pray and pay and let ua every one do it, odist churches had recently held an in- formal sociable :in the parlors or Sunday school rooms of Try on Street church. The results were so satisfactory that ' others will follow, f ';'' J : : The' weather was 'Very '! ' inolemeht, but there weredver 100 bunday-school schol-, are out at B Street church in the after noon, and there is vast posfeibility i and promise in that' congregation. t We have promised them another vipit. -'Brother Cafpehteri is 1 doing n well at Church street, where a new church is in demand. liis daughter is organist.- More of his people will read their; church paper hereafter. To the longlist;we had Un.A '.Aa J fill... .nv.nnr. '! T'U r I uciuic, no euiCicu xyitj uovif uauico. auo pastors all'rallied' to r our ' support -and good success attended usJ ; , TTr a. -i.L -r n , i We strolled with JUr. i Creasy through i ; 5 the cemetery, one of the prettiest in the whole j country. One monument is ' es- pecially historical: jilt stands little more and commemorates Alexander Craighead, who ; with the gospe of peace preached I also, the gospel of 6ome even by war. n if it must I We"n6w tdJthe spir- in Mechlenburg and if of the old fathers believe in their Dec Wion of Indepen- dence. They just came short, iu the mat- ter of men, arms and cash 'enough' 1 to t make' historv the most . thrilling. ThevT fc,vere not wanting ! ih'epirit and formal I declaration. ! j ; We went through k it r the great Mechleri- burg Iron Works, v Go's establishnienfi me tfirifty Liddell and elsewhere about! the city; - our a dm iration increasing all the while. tThe Commercial ackson & Day, is doing a, 1 arge j business -ii in its way. . It was crowtled with students from many sections during our visit. We looked through! the large furniture" emporium'of Mr.E. M. Andrews, who sells more funiture probably ! than any other man in North Carojina, and who staunch Methodist! withal, anc. his perity is due to the ;popularity his is a pros i fair dealing and'adhereAce to correct' busi ness principles have' secured for him. J The hospitality ol Charlotte is ?cice. We stopped at the, hotel Buford, but not; 1 lowed to remain, we spent a night wth Bro. Carpenter, one with bur old life- long mend waiter l rem, tne nest Ot ail gOod iellows, around whose renned hre-. side we have alwavs been at home. With the Elder at Charley Tillett'e, t hedify ing Sunday-school leader, we dined, and at Dr. Petree's, a hew addition; to the Charlotte Board of Physicians, than whom we think none has a more promis ing future. Already en rapport iwith'the best people, only a: brilliant success can reward his able services. And if we did not already have -the ; best place to be found, we would go toCharlotte. REMOVING RUBBISH. iDebt isan incubus. We even blame ourselves for the embarrassment brought about by our own! bad expenditures and it is no marvel if i some complaint has been made "at the action of out Mission- ary Board incurring the debt R,,f Vi ott t ci tto ro'm nWflrt' nf fear for the future. Other similar debtB can- Li. U". jJv rrx.' 1 i-Jir,.. III II. Ill-" IIIMIll' lir V - I,1IMIIIL m, Lllll tlUl lilj I ' v v. P-rv, aaaMtvava - w - i " FT X " I lif beyond the limit fixed by the preceding! J f T 1 IT TT 1- is best to have it so. - We have advertised' our poverty of re- sources until the iinspiration generated . i . i t j ' it . I has been that oi disconsoiateness rainer i r' than of buoyant hope. Our people aro barely convicted on tho impject of Foreign Miesions, much h?s conVerted, and a: senpo of our obligation . is at the minimum. ),; The 'church certainlyj -needs a mis sionary conscience and a thorough a wak- ening among those who have' any. Let next week be notable in the his- tory of North Carolina Methodism be wept over the moral and cause we have spiritual poverty of our lost fellowmaij, prayed fervently for the wasted s vine- yard of our God, and according to a, rich liberality have responded ta our lan- guishing denominational honon r What can be said cf the virility of a- church that waited years to liquidate a debt of 10 cents a head I Let us fat and and the debt will pass into history, con- fidence all- round will be restored, and all eyes and feet will be directed to what ia ahead. - . ; . 0 Lord) visit and awaken thy . people . grift, at thought. THE SINS OF SOCIETY. Fortnightly Review., ; 'Ay risk 'of rousing tile censure of my readers, I I confess that I lage liberty in jwould leave to society a very the1 matter of its morality or immorality, if it; would only justify its exiit ence by any originality, any grace, any true light and loveliness. In the face pi its foes ll'li l 'I r Ij. fL : 1 1 lytiij grjuny ju wait ior it wiiu explosives in their "pockets, society should justify its own existence bj ita own heauty.l delicacy and ex- cellence of choice arigl taste. ItrshouloYas i' v TT -L t ' i i Auberon Herbert has said, be a centre whence light should radiate upon' the rest of he World, But as it has nc clear light -or real joy within . "self, it cannot diffuse; them and; probably never will, ,"i ne bouls t iao,.we know, strive, in f nil n vnoMo'n f Jnf.ltiflAno oi1 f r n t a rfuith r am ,t .. ' nra too few in numbers and .too tightly. caught' in the great existing machinery to be able to do much towards jtjhis end. "After all, a society . epreeent tlie temper of the age in our ;iime are the faults o that, time itself, Thy re it8 gnobbishness,!its greed, its haste. is slavish adoratioiaof, a royalty, which is whol ly out oi time ana keeping with it, and 01 a freat;" wn. asks neither the origin nor ih he soliditv. and which it far content onlv to burrow and bask in as pigs in mad. ' ov er-teating, ,o4r-8moking, ,and the poisoned atmosphere of Jc rowded rooms Beauty is al ways inspiration. There is nothing in a soft seat, a fragrant aTmospbere;! a well-regulated temperature, a delicate dinner, to banish high thought : on the contrary, the more refined and the place the happier.and more produc- ought "to be tjhe mindii ;I do not think the enjoy beauxyWne whit more than the poor day. .Thpyare in (too great a hurry, is no artistic enjoyment without reposje. REAL AND IDEAL IN POLITICS. XTransl ted by Literary Digest . The ideal ha always been, and will always not only thje refuge and comfort of elect misfortunes of life, but the amid the which attracts and illuminates the high- in tellects ; the indispensable condition of the) progress oij the world in every kind of hu man activity :rfhe flame that warms the heartt that keeps alive -the nefves. of the intellect,. that animates and ; impels the choice spirits of every -people; and which, by drawing to it the multitude, re-creates nations which appear. to be dead. Without the ideal of an Italy to be made again, after so many centuries, independent, free, and one, in opposition to the Bourbons and the Duchies, to the Papacy and the Em pire, to Austria and Francp herself, would we ever have been able to have ttie martyrs and heroes, who from 1704 on, sacrificed for theirr country youth, wealth, liberty, life,every thing most dear to men? 1 . i , i The opponents, of negro slavery in the sec ond half of the last century spoke of justice and humanity, in a manner which appeared absurd to their contemporaries. Still these . opponents of .slavery had a high ideal, which kept alive the sacred fire in the breast of the lovers of justice and of the moral and civil pro- . gress of the humonrace. ! ; : - COMMUNE AND POLICE. .';' f . i - ': i, . , ! , - i Jule Simon. 1 i.r.:.; :-TV ' 1 - I agree with you as to the necessity of a dis armament, but I do not think that a proposi- tion to disarm can be made by those. who were ' : - . j . vanmiLshed inlthe last war. I am nersuaded that if the proposition w'ere made by some ereat State, France would j rj.i r u s :i - l. l . . . sqnu; it eagenjr. M - vtAiH tf V n m ra ty n liirA w rt A Ann nrn have to protect ourselves against the Com- i. suffice. Moreover, the- Commune is dreaming of coming into power by the ballot-boxJ It is taking, however, the wrong road to reach such "nnsitinn. The attap.ks. of which we are the witnesses, far from facilitating the accession Af tho r!nmmiifnfl trill nrrdnft vptt nrobablv : "tv ' 'Z;:t fT,. 11X1 ItUC CICVIUliU LfVUJT UiUIClUCUli KJA lUulM IV what is called a stroDg. government, ii I : ' - ' ' ' 1 1 ' '' r ;.:.. -..t . I i ! t t V A,- - ' ' 1) ' ' I I i i ' it
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