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HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, Publishers. VOL. I. The Methodist Advocate IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, By Hitchcock & Walden, FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, On Broad-street, opposite the Post-Office, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Two Dollars a year, invariably in advance. All traveling preachers of the Methodist Epis copal Church arc authorized agents. TERMS OF advertising: Single insertion, .... 12 sents per line. Any number of lines, 3 months, each insertion, .... 10 cents per line. Any number of lines, 6 months, or longer, each insertion, . . 8 cents per line. B. D. HOLCOMB, Printer. THE ADVOCATE IS WELL KNOWN TO HAVE A MUCH LARGER CIRCULATION THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN ATLANTA. THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED. Grin order to have a few extra papers, we print this week THIRTY‘SiX HUND RED ! Any who wish this number to pre serve or to send to friends, must apply very soon. Thirty-Six Hundred will last but a few days! Every day still adds to our list, and if our agents —the preachers—continue to do as well as in the past few weeks, £sPwe shall have four thousand early in July ! THE METHODIST ADVOCATE FOR ONE DOLLAR! From the first of July to the first of January next—six months—the price of the METHODIST ADVOCATE will be only ONE DOLLAR! This affords an excellent opportunity to extend our circulation, which we hope every agent will make good use of in procuring subscribers for the remainder of the year. We have reached a weekly circulation of OVER THREE THOUSAND IN FOUR MONTHS! and between this time and*the first of July we should have TWO THOUSAND MORE! Let every preacher canvass his charge at once, with the purpose of putting the METHODIST ADVOCATE in every family under his cape. Get the names of subscribers and send them to Hitchcock & Walden, Atlanta, im mediately, and collect and pay over the money at the next session of the Confer ence. We ought to have 5,0 0 0 Subscribers on our books before the first of July. Send in the names as fast as they are obtained. The usual premium will be given, namely, 12 cents on each subscriber for six months, and the few traveling preachers in our Southern work who have not ordered can have the paper on the terms already given— One half of the year FOR HALF A DOLLAR! All subscriptions must close with the year, December 31, 1869. THE METHODIST ADVOCATE has already won for itself the highest com mendations, and has proven to be the paper for the people. The people will support it, if it is fairly presented befoi'e them. This our agents must do, and we believe they will do it cheerfully and vrell. Now, brethren, let there be a united ef fort, and on the first of July put your paper on a self-supporting basis. It can be done, and we believe it will be. Send on the names, and the sum due will be charged to the account of the preacher forwarding them, and the money received at Conference. It must be paid then with out fail. But now, brethren, WK WANT THE NAMES! If money is sent, it must be by post ofhce order, by express, or through the presiding elder. FIVE THOUSAND by the Ist of Julv! THIS IS THE LEAST WE EXPECT. Address Hitchcock & Walden, Atlanta, Ga. Write the names of subscribers, post offices, counties and States very plainly. If there is any failure to receive the pa per in good time, write again. Letters may be lost. We correct all mistakes soon as discovered. Send for a free Specimen Copy of The Methodist Advocate. THBEM THOUSAND SUB SCRIBERS IN' 4 MONTHS! WITH A GOOD PKOSPF.CT OF TWO THOUSAND MORE By the first day of July, 1869! Original. What will You Wear? BY EMILY J. BUGBEE. O, woman! with thy thought intent, Thy little span of life all spent In vanities of outer dress, In all the utter weariness Os changeful style and fashion gay, That with a season pass away; What will you wear, when by and by, You lay your silk and purple by, Your gold and jewels cast aside. With every sign of worldly pride. Your empty hands so pale and chill, Upon your bosom folded still? A simple robe of spotless white, No gold or diamond flashing bright, No powdered hair, or painted face. No costly garniture of lace, A simple flower to fade away Amid the darkness where you lay. What garments will your spirits wear, When standing in his presence there, Whose keen eye knoweth well his own, And sitting on his righteous throne. Shall turn inquiringly to see, If stainless thy soul garments be? If thou hast followed fashion's glare, With all its circumstance of care. And wrought with busy hands to hold Thy place ’mid worshipers of gold; With fever in thy heart and brain. Hast struggled wildly to attain Position by thy gorgeous dress, Without regard to comeliness; Then how amid the white robec’ throng Canst ever lift thy triumph song? O, woman! born for higher goal, Scorn not thy heritage of soul, Thy priceless dower of loving heart, For rags of fashion in the mart; But turn to pleasant, home-like ways, To thought of prayer, and voice of praise Upon thine age so impest-tossed, So full of gain, so much of loss, Unfold a quiet, loveful life. And heal the bitter waves of strife; Let not the crown from off thy brow, Fall blackened in the tumult now, But take the heaven-appointed right, To shine as stars upon the night, And build through gentle ways again, The peace of home so madly slain. Ministerial Qualifications. REV. E. DAVIES. It has pleased God to call some men to fill the ministerial office. Aaron was taken from among the children of Israel to min ister unto the Lord in the priest’s office, “and no man taketli this honor to himself but he that is called of God as was Aaron.” These heaven-ordained men are made able ministers of ttife New Testament by the sufficiency of Gpd, 11. Cor. iii. 5, 6. They are called: “Ambassadors for Christ,” “Ministers for Christ,” “Stewards of tie mysteries of God,” “Defenders of the faith.” Now it is natural to suppose that God in his holy word would give these minis ters instruction as to the character of men they are required to be, and the nature ol the work they are to perform. We purpose to examine at this time mainly the former part of these instructions. First, What ministers should be. 1. They should be pure. “Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.” They must “hold the mysteries of faith in a pure conscience.” They are to be filled with the Holy Ghost; their powers and propen sities all permeated with the divine pres ence ; and this purity must pertain to body as well as to soul; for they are to be strong, robust. Hence they must be temperate, continent, having control over their pas sions and evil affections. Titus i. 8. How essential is this in their delicate pastoral duties. 2. They should be humble: “Serving the Lord with all humility of mind.” 3. They should be patient. Yea, they are to approve themselves the ministers of God in much patience ; 11. Cor. vi. 4. The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, pa tient,” especially under injuries. How many things there are to try the patience of the minister, and how indispensable that he be a patient man. 4. They are required to be irrepreheusi ble, unblamable, above reproach, so judi cious and circumspect, that even their ene mies shall have no evil to say of them. This is not only desirable but essential; I. Tim. iii. 2. 5. They must be willing, holding them selves in readiness. “Here am I, send me, anywhere, to any people.” They are to take the oversight of the church, not by constraint, but willingly, voluntarily* This is the only acceptable service. 6. They must be disinterested. Paul could say, “I seek not yours, but you,” “nor of "men sought we glory—praise, honor, esteem —neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burden some as the apostles of Christ.” Excel lent grace, may all possess it. 7. “They are to be impartial. “I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.” How often the minister is tempted to care for one and neglect another, to visit the rich and neglect the poor. But how solemn the charge before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to do nothing by partiality. 8. They must be gentle, placid, mild, affectionate, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. So were the apostles among their people. Ministers must be “gentle to all meu, even toward their enemies, and those that oppose themselves ; I. Thes. ii. 7. 9. They must be devoted to their work. Paul could say, “None of these things I move me, neither count I my life dear unto ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1869. myself, so I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received of the Lord Jesus. And again, according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death.” 10. They must be self-denying, ready to tread in the steps of him who though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich,” who, though possessing all things, yet “he had not where to lay his head.” 11. They must be of a sound mind; so ber minded, sedate, modest. How excel lent ! how becoming ! 12. They must be given to hospitality ; kindness to strangers. 13. They are to be so full of knowledge, and the power to communicate, that they will be “apt to teach ;” skillful in teaching. 14. They must give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine, and meditate upon these things, and give themselves wholly to them, that their mental profiting may appear unto all. A minister without study is like a well without water, or a garden without fruit. A just portion of his time must be given to close, persistent study. How can lie teach if he does not take time by study to learn ? 15. They must be strict in ruling their own houses : “One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection, with all gravity, ruling their children and their own houses well; for if a man know not how to rule his own house how shall he rule the church of God ?” IG. They must be ensamples for the flock : “Be thou an example to the believ ers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” “Neither as Lords over God’s heritage, but as ensam ples to the flock.” If all these qualifications are required of the Gospel minister, then, 1. We may all exclaim, “Who is suffi cient for these things?” Let us ever be mindful that our sufficiency is of God. Still we must use ail possible means. 2. Then let the people pray for, pity, love, encourage, and strengthen these men of God. “’T is not a cause of small import, A pastor's care demands. But what might fill an angel’s heart. And filled a Savior’s hands.” An Evening with the Missionaries. Emerson College is situated on G,. street, in Hie western suburbs of the city of M. This magnificent structure, with its capa cious and well ventilated apartments for teaching, and accommodations for teachers, with portico supported by massive pillars, and shaded front, forms a pleasant and in viting retreat for th*e student. Here it was that I spent the pleasant hours of a Saturday evening with the missionaries, forgetting for the moment that I had ever been a soldier; and so pleasant was the interview that the hours passed away al most unnoticed. Eight o’clock came and all dispersed. I returned to my quarters, only regretting that I should have to meet again my burden from which I had been so relieved by the scenes of Emerson Col lege and its Christian associates. These missionaries, nine in number, have left their quiet and pleasant homes in the East at their Master’s call, and come to the sunny South, to labor in his vineyard. Mr. K., with his companion and seven ladies of much refinement, and excellent religious attainments, have been laboring here during the school year with unswerving zeal, in behalf of the African race, and to instill into their hearts the best of all gifts, “the wisdom that is from above.” It is really wonderful how fast these people learn. Some of them have advanced under the in struction of these excellent ladies, so far as to be able to assist in teaching. For this purpose they are selected from the nor mal class, by the superintendent. Brother K. and his corps of teachers are worthy of high commendations. Their services rendered to these people will ever reflect great honor. It is due to some of the ladies that we credit them with two years incessant labor at this place, and yet they express no ar dent desire to quit the field, even for the summer vacation, and in all probability will remain at their post during the same. Credit is also due to the students for their manifest appreciation of the services ren dered them by these missionaries. Brother K., with part of his corps, will be off’ for the North by the first of July, to spend the vacation. All wish them a safe and pleasant journey, and a happy time among their friends at home. They carry with them honors due<and the best of all, and crowning honor, is, the rich blessings of their heavenly Father. We think that no one else could fill their place here. It is well known to the Christian world that the missionaries have met with great success in the South for the last four years. It is only hoped that their work of love will be continued, and that more be added to their number of laborers. Can we have them? Are there not young men and wo men in the North to whom money is no ob ject, who would willingly devote their time and talents to this blessed work of educa ting this once oppressed and down-trodden people? Not only do these call for our aid, but there are thousands of white chil dren in equal need of instruction. F.O., U.S.A. $1 only for Six Months! Orphans’ Home, St. Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Last evening there came to the Orphans’ Home on the banks of Bayou Tesche, a visitor, which we greeted warmly. It was no less a visitor than the Methodist Ad vocate, published in Atlanta, whose ap pearance is always welcomed at the Home. u L’homme propose et Eieu dispose .” So instead of being in the hot and unhealthy city of New Orleans, in the Normal School, I find myself comfortably settled as Prin cipal of school in Orphans’ Home, in a so beautiful it is called the “Eden of Louisiana.” Perhaps a short account of this institu tion would not be uninteresting to your readers. It was formerly located in New Orleans, and was commenced on a small scale. A few destitute colored children were gath ered in from the streets by the Catholics ; afterward it fell into the hands of the Methodists. It was at first supported by contributions, with some assistance from the government. The necessity was then felt by those interested that it should be made a permanent institution, and it was decided, if possible, to purchase a farm and make it self-supporting. Steps were then taken to raise money to purchase a farm. A gentleman in France offered to donate ten thousand dollars if twenty thou sand could be raised. Dr. Newman then traveled North and raised the twenty thou sand. The plantation, consisting of seventeen hundred acres, was then purchased, and a brick buildiug erected, and this year the Legislature of the State of Louisiana has made an appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars, a part of which is being expended for repairs on the place. The children were moved here in the spring. The institution, as I said is designed as a self-supporting one, but will not be this year, as there has been so much to do in getting settled. We have no society outside of the insti tution, as the same bitter feeling is here that prevails through the South. But we do not miss it for our duties and cares are so numerous. Besides these, we have a pleasant family circle of our own. Major Badenhausen,our Superintendent, and wife, are genial Christian people who have the interest of the orphans at heart. Mrs. Roberts, the Matron, and Mrs. Lester, the Aspirant Matron, are the right woiqen in the rrgrrt praie. We have nearly a hundred children in this establishment, whose ages range from one to seventeen. Last week we lost one of our little boys—a very patient sufferer. We gathered in the school-rodm, listened to an address by our Superintendent, prayed and sang, and followed bis body to the grave, under the grand old trees, on the. banks of the Tesche, and there we sang, “Shall we gather at the river?” It was singularly appropriate; there w'e were gathered on the banks of an earthly river, consigning our little brother to his last resting place. It was fitting that we should look forward to the great gathering by that “river clear as crystal, and pro ceeding from the throne of God. God grant that we may gather there. We have here a great field for usefulness. These little orphans make a loud call upon our sympathies. We teach five hours each day, and out of school the children are employed in do ing the work of the house and farm. Each evening we gather in the school room and listen to the reading of Scrip tures, and prayer with singing. On the Sabbath we have a very interesting Sab bath school. Some of the children from adjoining plantations participate in the exercises. Our Home is indeed a home for the chil dren, and they all seem happy. While 1 am writing I hear their sweet voices sing ing, “I’m climbing up Zion’s Hill.” Pray for us, that we be the means of leading the little ones committed to our care into the pleasant paths of righteous ness. S. A. Smith. Taking our Bearings. How do we stand with respect to the Church South? We were once of the same church, but the South separated from us. History does not permit us to doubt this. They conceived it “necessary to unite in a distinct ecclesiastical organization.” It was not a mutual separation, although ef forts were made by provisional arrange ments, in case of a separation, “to meet the emergency *with Christian kindness, and the strictest equity.” The South left us ; it was a great secession. Having left us, they proposed fraternization, sending to us one whose name and character was held by us in the greatest veneration. We did decline that fraternization. How hol low it would have been, pending our great law suit, and the fierce struggles that at once sprang up along the border, can easily be perceived. How inconsistent it would have been on both sides, is as clear as noon day. If fraternization had been possible, the separation was unpardonable. To have yielded it at that moment would have em barrassed the legal issues that had been raised. We declined the offer, but we treated Dr. Pierce with distinguished cour tesy. We prefer not now to allude to all the details in this respect, although we | think they would appear to our advantage. But they are personal, and we waive them. So matters stood when- the surges of war broke down all partition lines, and made it possible for us to preach the Gospel in the South without putting on a reluctant and tight-fitting gown of tar and feathers, or bands of hemp. We entered by the avenue cleft for us by the sword ; for our divine commission did not allow us to ex cept this sunny part of our own country. The war ceased. The fugitive pastors re turned. The ecclesiastical struggle began. At this time there is, indeed, at all times, there has been a drawing of pure souls in the South toward union. We were of one faith, and there was now no longer a rea son for separate existence. The blacks everywhere hailed “the old John Wesley Church.” An unparalleled prosperity was ours in the South. It became necessary for our Southern brethren to’roll back this tide. Nothing was more effective than to tell the people they were the friends of union and we not, pointing to the rejection of the proposals of Dr. Pierce, in 1848, as proof of the affirmation. The case was prima facie against us, and the Southern mind was not disposed to investigate the details. It was not easy to make the mat ter assume to them its true aspect, and, to say the least, it was an embarrassment in our work at the South. Within the past few months, all over the South, there was a call for the reunion of the divided church. Reasons, patriotic and spiritual, seemed to put on anew ur gency in demanding it of both parties. At the South it could readily be said that the initiative must come from the North. If there had been an absence of cordiality on our part, if we had made no response, we would have been put at still greater disad vantage in the South. It would have seemed to sincere ones in the South as if our bish ops, or some one, should have stepped out with a kindly word. The absence of formal authority in the premises would not have been sufficient to have excused our utter silence. Silence would have been the mis take, if not the sin of the hour. Fresh battalions of difficulties would have sprung from their ambush upon our dear suffering brethren in Southern fields. But our bishops resolved to meet the emergency. They sent to St. Louis an olive branch, borne by one whom the South themselves had assisted to elect to his high office, for whom they profess a special re who has siqctL been against the late rebellion. The kTndwords and the invitation to union were the har monious expression of all. No reference was made by this deputation to any of our wrongs or difficulties. They proceeded upon the principle of burying the past, and going to the very limit of possibility, they opened the way for union. But how was this kindly approach met? By a recital of the past, by raising issues that can never be settled between us, but must be buried and forgotten if we are ever to be one. We re-affirm the discourtesy of the response. It. ill became great and noble Christian minds. But more than this, although the matter is referred to the General Conference of the Church South, yet it is with such declarations and the raising of such barriers as at once banish from the Northern heart any expectation of happy results. The whole thing is com plete, and we must only push on to do our work as best we can. The effect of this in the South will be to change the disadvantage to Southern shoulders. It will now be seen who is most anxious for union, and who it is who is cherishing the bitterness and animosities that should be dead beyond the power of reviviscenoe. Hollow pretensions of love and kindness will disappear before the patent facts connected with this St. Louis deputation. We gain immensely at the South, and lose nothing at the North. The views of the New York Advocate will not extensively prevail, and if they should, they will be inert as to mischief. The hand has been out-reached and refused. There will be a general feeling of satisfac tion that the offer was made. We all know it was made in terms worthy of our great church. We are not humiliated by having been lectured and sent away, and the South is welcome to all it will gain by doing so. As we take our bearings, then, we are better off than before. The onus rests upon the South. Whatever is henceforth done to initiate union must be done by them. In the meantime the whole world is before us, let us do our best to take it for Christ, South and North, East and West. The day of Methodistic unity tar ries, but it will surely come. —[Northwest- ern Christian Advocate. Romanism Again. It appears that in my recent letter to the Advocate on “Romanism Exposed,” I ap prehended the true position and intent of the Romish Church, which discovery has terrified the politico Romish organ printed in Augusta, and to counteract the discov ery, it sets up a miserable whine about Know-nothingism, and popular sympathy for the “down trodden South.” Roman Catholic priests anathematize and defy Protestants and Protestant Chris tianity ; Protestants accept the challenge and expose Catholicism. What then ? Rome cries out, “persecution ! persecution !!” and dodging behind the “down trodden South,” makes long speeches and writes several columns on the “lost cause,” the “Confederate dead,” etc. All this is sand for Southern eyes and sauce for Southern HEY. E. a FULLER, Editor. palates, to blind and please the “down trodden South,” while Popery advances to the accomplishment of its vile and artful purpose to get possession of this great country. Rome cares no more for the South than for the North. She looks at both through the same eye, and has but one object in view with regard to both, that is, their submission to Romish supremacy. Popery in the South is sugar-coating its deadly poison with pretensions of great sympathy for the “rebelsPopery in the North ministers the same infection by com placently submitting to to the “best govern ment in the world,” while Popery North and South,East and West, teach that the Pope is Universal King ; that he is “prince over all kingdoms and nations ; that he has power to pluck up, destroy, scatter, ruin, plant, and build, and that every human creature should be obedient to him,” and she fur ther swears “to persecute and combat, to the last extremity, heretics, schismatics, and all who will not pay the Sovereign Pontiff’ all the obedience which he shall re quire.” And this is the charity which the Roman Catholic Church “ever teaches and prac tices,” and which the editor of the above named paper professes to exercise toward me. The Lord deliver me from such charity ! Thanks to the influence of Protestant Christianity, the editor leaves me to my conscience and my God. This would be incomprehensible to a Roman Catholic. He would understand better a priestly de cree consigning him for foi'ty-eight hours, kneeling on his bare knees, to a thin wafer and cold water. But I apprehend its meaning, as I have both a conscience and a God. Had my offense however been committed in Rome or where Popery gov erns, my personal liberty, if not my head, would pay the penalty. Not long since a little Presbyterian boy attended in the afternoon with his grand mother, who is a Catholic, the exhibitions of her church. At the tea-table, the art less little fellow delivered himself as fol lows: “Mamma, I loves grandmother’s church better than 1 do yours, because, at her church they do so circus like.” Here is one reason of my opposition to Protest ant Christians attending the Romish Church. I do not believe in going to circuses, race courses, gambling saloons, etc.; and as the ceremonies of this so called church are “so circus-like,” I counsel all who serve the Lord Jesus in tU rrvi’iTffifffifiS Tb - tention to the Romish editor’s disgusting review of my letter. Just allow me to say, in conclusion,that I do believe Roman Cath olics, especially Roman Catholic priests, intend to be —assuredly will be—faithful to their firm and characteristic purpose, that is universal poliiicai supremacy. The genius of their religion is undisputed Power ; and they will use any means, and adapt themselves to any circumstances, to succeed, and if successful, they will “pros ecute and combat, to the last extremity, heretics and schismatics,” by which they mean all who do not believe with them. Therefore I have not the slightest confidence in their professed kindly feeling and regard for me, your paper, or anybody or anything that is not Roman Catholic. 1 tell you, sir, I am afraid of Catholicism in power; for I believe if it ever gets the ascendency in this country, it will cost our children something to worship God according to the teachings of their fathers and the dic tates of their consciences. And therefore, I believe that Methodists, Baptists, Pres byterians, Episcopalians and all Protest ants of every name and everywhere through out these United States, through the press, secular and religious, from the pulpit, at the school, in the social circle, around the fireside, amid business life —everywhere and at all times, ought to combine against and unitedly oppose it, not with fire and sword (which this editor pretends to think I threatened him with, because his church has always used such means,) but with argu ments drawn from the Bible, and by fidelity to Christianity and Protestant interests. The Protestant who reads Roman Cath olic productions, who hears Romish priests, and patronizes Romish enterprises and in stitutions is erecting the dungeon to incar cerate ; is driving the stake and kindling the fire to burn; is sharpening the sword to pierce the heart of his own son and son’s son. Let Protestants everywhere touch not, taste not, and handle not the unclean thing —for it is insinuating and seductive ; but let them by word, deed, and spirit, by faith, prayer, and holy living, expose, put down, and wipe out —if God is willing for a great evil to be utterly extinguished be fore time shall end—this master-piece of sin and Satan. 1 interpret the future in the light of the bloody past. Let the peo ple of the South beware. —[G. H. Pattillo in Southern Christian'Advocate. A correspondent of an exchange says he keeps the bugs away from his melon, squash, and cucumber vines in this wise: “Take sticks four inches long and half an inch in diameter —pine is the best; wrap one inch of one end in a piece of cotton or linen; dip this in turpentine and stick one or two in each hill, leaving only the wrapped part above ground.” The best gardeners look out for the tur nip fly about as soon as they sow their tur nip seed. They use lime, tobacco dust, or soot mixed with road dust or leached ashes, which they scatter over the turnip beds, morning and evening, for the first week after sowing the seed. NO. 26.