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THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM. Vol. XXXII.—No. 42. (Driflinal Mother’s iiove and Prayer. BY W. P. RIVERS. When far from home and loved one* there, i<ad mem’ry drop* a tear, One name upon my heart I bear— It is my mother dear; One dove-like thought broods o’er my breast, White-winged consoles my care. With notes of peace from Home's sweet nest— My Mother’t Love and Prayer. My Mary-wlfe.my Wlllle-boy— My Pearl oi Infant-ray, Are roses Fancy’s hands employ. To deck Love’s throne each day; My Father’s nameofsceptered power My Heart enthrone* ,< a fear -11 itoh ! the eufoH ! Yt; trt is Mother's work to revi- Jk-meetings amo' A brother’s nanj- he following ' A Sister’s ne’ elegates to til' Embalmed 1 sj> Sikes, J lle ’ And shai.'. a |t. ( Two Bs.ry-huds are iv g || near. In death they still are lair— But not one bloom of thought so dear As Mother’s Line and Prayer. All loves are stars upon my night. My Mother’s Is my moon. In her sweat smiles my clouds are bright. Till Hope brings back my noon ; With braver hearts I lace the world, Whatever looks It wear— With Virtue's banner still unfurled, For Mother’s Love and Prayer. Her hoary hairs, and age-bent form, Her fond and last embrace, Her farewell kiss of love still warm, Her pallid lips and lace— All— all are clinging to my heart, Like withered lilies fair, But ne’er the fragrance shall depart— Os Mother's Love and Prayer. My Heart still sees her age-dimmed eye— Still there the parting tear. Her benediction in the sigh “ God bless my son” —l hear ; And oh ! that blessing she would bring— Her sou of pious care, Shall oft return on golden wing, For Mother's Love and Prayer. Oh ! sad farewells of Earth and Time ! Sad Echoes of the Past! Sad minor-notes of changeful rhyme— While life's brief nymn shall last! Bat still with constant heart and pure. Life’s changes will I bear, -*- JPer-grTefa of abseaoe And a cure— In Mother’s Love and Prayer. God seud thee. Mother, blessing! down— That Grace t lion wouldst Impart; His Love's Aureole be thy crown. His Peace-dove keep thy heart ! His Augels guide thee day and night, With Spirit hands upbear— Till thou ascend to mansions bright,' By steps of Love and Prayer. Celestial Joys shall compensate, For Earth’s farewells and sighs— In Faith and Patience let us wait. For greetings in the skies : Though long aud sally severed lure, The common woe we’ll share— “ God bless my son”—shall be my cheer, “God bless thee’’—be my Prayer. Do not Blame Me. LINES nV TUB LATK AIRS SARAH E. EVANS. I’ve beeu thinking of iny faults, till iny heart Is like to break, How very maay are the f >ei, how few the friea'ls I make : Aud yet. withlu my hi Idea heart, sincere Ejec tion Ilea, Tj.ua priceless gift of human love, t wall know how to prize. Yet often tho-ie I love the most, have not one thought for me. When looking up for kindly smiles, ludlfl'erence I see | Aui then the pleasant words, that rose upon my lips, have died, Leaving mo mournfully to crush, my sorrow and my pride. I strive that I may not offend, I chock each care less word, And seek to kesp from other’s ears, dark tales my own have heard: I would not, by a thought, add to another’s grlaf, Yet often I have given pain, where I would bring relief. And sometimes when my changeful mood brings feelings wild and gay, When In my eagerness I cease to guard whate’er J say, A word, that in itself was naught, is made to seem unkind. Bright thoughts are changed for evil ones, and tears for smiles I find. I’m lonely, very lonely now, my heart is throb bing fast, And tears are gathering in my eyes, for follies that are past; Yet know 1 that by suffering the spirit is made pure, So I would calmly bear the pain God wills I should endure. Contributions. The Adaptability of Christianity. BY REV. E. J. MEYNARDIE. It is proper to inquire whether the Christian religion is adapted to man in whatever sphere of life he may move; and whether his positiou does not de mand that lie should enjoy and pro fess that religion. Christianity embodies those original and subtime principles whioh'are taught’ln the Gospel, aud which constitute the fouudation of our science, literature, legislation, philosophy, and social and political institutions. It is the opinion of well informed Naturalists, that it is by the introduction of a superior ethnical element iuto a country, that tbe civilization of that country—he the char acter of that civilization what it may—is accomplished most successfully ; aud that such civilization cannot depart from the peculiarities of the predominant race, as in the instances furnished by the history of the Franks and Gauls, the Romans and Britons, and the Normaus and Sax ons. History shows plainly that the great element of civilization which alone reuders permanent the institutions, liber ties aud prosperity of a country is—Chris tianity. The civilizations of ancient and modern times exhibit great imperfection aud inadequacy, in the accomplishment of tbe ends o; man’s creation, wherever this element does not constitute the leaveu Which permeates the mass of society. Admitting the fact that great progress was made in science, iu art, iu literature and in civil government by tbe nations of antiquity; and conceding to all pagan and half civilized moderns, what they way be entitled to in these respects, stilt, what is the character of their social habits and of their morals? The best govern ment they ever had could not be other than a pure despotism, to prevent disin tegration and ruin, where the binding forces of Christianity did uot bring all the national elements of liberty and hap piuess to the exalted standard of the New Testament. The fundamental principles of a pure Christianity, constitute tbe fountain of living waters, whose streams impart health, vigor and beauty to tbe in tellectual, the moral, the political and so cial world, and which are destined to course through every land and enrich and fructify every soil 1 When fallen and de based humanity, applying to every sys tem of ethics invented by tbe fertile genius of mau, has failed utterly to fix upon a plan commensurate with all the demauds of the race, it may safely turn to that which is developed in the Chris tian system. This unfolds to view the grand and sublime ideas of the divine existence —tbe providence of God—the personal character and mission of Christ to earth —special divine influence—the Church of God—the common brother hood of man—the day of sacred rest—the millennium—the resurrection of tbe dead —the last judgmeut aud the heavenly world. These are ideas which have not only the power to absorb tbe thoughts of man. but even to oontrol his destiny and tbs destiny of .empires and dynasties. Santiimi Christian Admatf. Irrefragable as are the evidencies of the divine origin and power of our holy reli gion, and as much as it has done for man, there have been found, iwtwithstanding, those who have enlisted head and heart and bands, in opposition to its progress. This is a sad commentary upon the de pravity and presumption of mau ; and it will always be so, whilst siu exists. To contemn that which is true and good, is the legitimate work of the devil and bis emissaries. Instead of detracting from, Christianity has added lustre to, the char acter of the most distinguished of our race, whose great and sanctified genius will continue to blaze in undying splen dor. when evanescent scintillations of in lidel minds have paled and vauished for ever ! “The great Newton, after expound ing the laws of the material universe, closed the labors of his life in expound ing the chronology of the Book of God. And how many, in every age—the mas ters of art aud eloquence, the laurel crowned princes of science and literature have come like him to tills book, that they might learn their last lessons of ce lestial wisdom at the feet of Jesus? New ton laid not his dying head on his Prin ipia, but on hi-Bible ; Cowper, notou his Cask, hut on his Testament; Hall, not on £is fame, but on his humble hope; Michael Angelo, notou that pencil which alone copied with the Judgment, but on that grace which for him stripped the Judg ment of its terrors; Coleridge, not on his limitless genius, but on the mercy of God. Often must the wanderer, amid dark for ests, iay his head upon a rude log, while above it is the abyss of the stars. Thus the weary, heavy-laden dying Christian, in the close of a life devoted to God, leans upon the rugged and narrow cross, but looks up the while to the beaming canopy of immortal life—to those things which are above.’’ To say nothing of the absolute necessi ty of embracing the Christian religion in order that the will of God might be done in human salvation, we must admit that, any station, calling or pursuit in life, which, by its very nature, precludes the practicability of enjoyment in that reli gion, is dishonorable, immoral, degrad ing, and should be avoided. Shall the moral virtues be bartered for silver and gold, or immolated upon the vain altar of inexorable Fashion aud sensual Pleasure? The most honorable stations in civil society, so far from rendering those who occupy them incapable of a due apprecia tion of the Christian religion muy be ma terially improved by its hallowing influ ence, whilst those who are fortunate enough to All these places, may enjoy the exalted privilege of preparation for that inevitable event in human life, the de parture of the soul for eternity, and for the investiture of higher honors there! Indeed, ones peculiar interests are pro moted by the embraesmeut of Christiani ty, in its vital, practical operations upon heart and life; his personal respectability is enhanced aud his soul saved by it. It may be recommended unhesitatingly, be cause of its wonderful adaptation to every age and every pursuit. Be your intellec tual endowments what they may; it is matter oi small importance what may be your natural dispositions of heart, your circumstances in life, or your peculiar be setments and future prospects, there is in the religion of Christ a world of light aud love and joy, which its divine author de signed for your happiness. It is your only safeguard in temptation; your strong-hold in peril; the “Rock of Ages’’ cleft for you, amid the fiercest storms of earth ami hell! “ The sou I hat on J>sus still leans lor repose; He will not, he will not desert to his toes; That soul, though ail hell should endeavor to shake. He wl 1 never, no never, no NfcVKK lor3ake." A Remarkable Dream and Its Effect. There is a great mystery in dreams. Solomon says, “Adream cometli through the multitude of business;’’ Upham, “They are our mental states, and opera tions while we are asleep, and have an iu timate relationship with our waking thoughts, aud are often caused by our sensations.” These philosophers seem to agree, as to the cause, or origin of dreams ; but the philosophy of dreams, is uot the subject of our inquiry in this paper. I simply propose to relate the substance of a very remarkable dream that occured in nry own history. I was at school, in the classic village of Oxford, at the time, aud the questions of a call to the ministry, and the ministry itself, had long, and most intensely excit ed my mind, until they became all-absorb ing. In Oris pertuhed state of mind, at the usual hours of retiring, I entered my little plainly furnished room, to invoke "tired Nature’s sweefe resiorer, balmy sleep,” aud soon I was in “the land of dreams,” and dreamed this dream, “ whicli was uot ad a dream.” I dreamed that I was in my native city, always to me one of surpassing beauty aud loveliness, sitting by the side of that fond mother, who Hist gave me being, aud theu, like Samuel's, consecrated me to God in early childhood, baptizing me with her prayers aud tears. I was alone, for though our household had been large, consisting of eight children, the changes incident to life, had reduced it to my mother aud son. The husband and sire had long ceased to live, and was quietly sleepiug, side by side, with two of his sweet babes, iu ttie cemetery, awaiting the blast of that trump that shall wake the sleeping dead. Other members of the family had mar ried, and moved toother partsof the State, aud the oldest hud settled iu a city, in the far West. We had been long separated, aud were recounting with mournful plea sure, the many chauges that had come over our once happy family circle. Many were the inquiries made, aud the answers given, as tne names of the different members of the family were called. Fi nally, the name of a much loved daugh ter and sister was mentioned, then resid ing in Savaunah, and we agreed that a visit to tier would be both pleasaut and profitable. Preliminaries being settled, on a beautiful May morning, amid tbe perfume of sweet flowers, and the singing of birds, we proceed to embark on a river boat. Having arrived at tbe wiiarf, I left my mother staudiug on the Dank, and moving rapidly along the gang-way to se cure our passage, met a burly Jew who, without a word, precipitated me head long into the river, aud I was carried at once, by the suction of the boat, to its keel. In a moment, it seamed the boat was inverted, forming an arcli over me, the area of which, was filled with a mel low light, such as the setting sun frequent ly throws on tree-top aud mouutaiu, I was submerged—ail but the head; my mental powers were in full force aud there was a total absence of all pain, only that I was bound to the place, as by fetters of iron. While in this condition, my mind was greatly excited as to what would be the result, and farther from the fact, that iu casting my eye around, I found that I was aloue. It wa< uot long, however, be fore one approached that 1 thought was an angel, though iu human shape. It appeared to be a female of the most ex quisitely sy metrical form and loveliest face 1 had ever seen. She had wings instead of arms, aud they, and her whole body, were covered with a long, soft, silky, down, which was white as the driven snow. Her manner was kind aud gentle, as she said, “that through which you are now passing is death, aud you will soon be summoned into the presence of the great God ” Having given this intelligence, Bhe van ished, leaving me to ponder her words, which thrilled my heart to its profoand est depths. It seemed a very short time when she reappeared, and said, "Come, we must now go, at the same time telling me to lay firm hold on her wings near the body, on doing which we shot direct ly upward through the boat, and were borne higher and higher, until terrestial things quite vanished from vision, and then on and ou we went, with more than lightning speed, through the etherial blue, until suddenly we reached a place, bright er far than my eyes had ever beheld. In the centre there was a mansive throne, purer aud whiter than Pariau marble, un supported by pillar or foundation, and sitting on that throne, in grandeur and awfully overwhelming majesty, was a being that the angel told me was "The Judge of quick aud dead.” A moment more, and I was in His presence. He than addressed me—calling my name, saying:—"You are now to be put on your trial, and that trial has reference to tbe final doom of your soul.” My very soul quivered.—“l knew thee! I know thy works; I know thy motives; and while thou hast in the main, served me, and served me better than many of my more favored creatures, yet in regard to preach ing my gospel, tbou hast been recreant. I laid the impression deeply and broadly in thy mind, that this was thy appropri ate field ; and called thee often and loud ly, but this impression was ignored, these calls thou didst unkindly aud persistent ly refuse to obey; and now thy probation is ended, and thy doom at band. And though I do not find it iu my heart to damn thee, yet feel thou well assured, that because of thy refusal to do thy duty, thy joy will never be so full and com plete, and thy honor and digDity so great as they would have been hadst tbou hark ened unto my voice.” At this moment I awoke, trembling as a reed shaken by a fierce wind, or as Belshazzar, when he saw the mysterious hand-writing over against the wall; and found it but a dream. Bleep now departed from my eyes, aud slumber from my eyelids, as I thought of the dream and its interpretation and longed for some Joseph or Daniel to say, "This is the dream, and I will tell thee the in terpretation thereof.” It was long before “the stealing god of sleep crept again in slumber o’er my wea ry eyes,” but ou doing so, the dream was repeated with like effect until thrice dur ing that memorable night I passed through the ordeal of this fearful night vision. I do not propose to interpret the dream, nor say as to whether it was occasioned by the same mental agony I had so long ex perienced, or whether it was of God. This however, I did know, that I had of ten felt that it was my duty to preach, aud so oft shook off the conviction, steel ing my heart against it. That I was born to die; must die; that there is a judg ment after death, and to that judgment I must go; that I must meet tbe “Judge of quick and dead,” and if so, it was truest wisdom iu me to enter at once, and fully, ou the work, invoking the ble<siug of God, that I might do it well and wisely, aud have it said in tbe end; "Well done good aud faithful servant enter thou iuto the joy of thy Lord.” Magnolia. The Bev. Robert J. Boyd, M. D. Doctor Robert J. Boyd, of the South Carolina Conference, M. E. Chu.cb, South, was boru in Chester District, South Carolina, November 514th, 1805. His early life was marked by the rigid religious training so general in the Pres byterian Church at this time. His par euts were members of that Church, and this caused him ti*entertain through life a peculiar regard for it, as tiie Church of his fathers. care for the children, the diligence with which they were taught the principles of religion and the creed of their Church, was a feature in its practice which attracted his special notice and commendation. His own experience convinced him of the good results crown ing such instruction. Doctor Boyd was awakened in early life, and at once thought of connecting himself with the denomination under whose ministry he had grown up. This purpose was changed when he came to understand the doctrines of the different churches. After his awakening, a Bap tist friend advised him to act deliberately in his choice, and gave him to read a hook containing the creeds of all Churches. When in the course of his renling he came to the doctrines of the Methodists, such was the force of prejudice, that he concluded it was useless to read them. A second thought, however, induced him to see what they were. As he read, he discovered with surprise that these doc trines were not only different from his preconceived notions about them, but that they accorded perfectly with his own views of Scripture truth, aud when he had finished the book he felt that the Methodist faith was his. This turn iu his views was so different from his formar notions, so opposed to the wishes of hi. family, and so unexpected to himself that he made it a matter of much prayer and thought before coming to a decision. At length, as ttie of mature delibera tion aud earnest supplication for Diviue guidance, the decision was reached, aud he joined the Methodist Church, having heard but oue Methodist preacher previ ous to this act; an act he always regarded as the result of the direction of the Holy Spirit upon his heart aud mind. He had not yet experienced conversion. The writer, and many of the readers of this article, remembers how forcibly he urged the young to join the Church not waiting for conversion, referring them to his own experience as an illustration of the wisdom of such a course. After his uuiou with the church, he embraced eve ry opportunity to secure the prayers of Christians and to manifest his own deep concern about salvatiou. In deep dis tress, he passed through the set vices of a camp-meeting without realizing the bles siug sought. On iiia way home, his mind became more deeply than ever impressed with tbe necessity of the new birth. Iu an agony of spirit he broke out in song, giving utterauce to his anguish in the words of the hymn commencing, “ Jesus my all to Leaven Is gone.” Before the last stanza was sung, his ago ny ceased, his burden was removed, he felt his sins forgiveu. lustead of prayer, his soug was praise. He shouted aloud the praise of God. From that moment through a long life of devotion to God, he never doubted his conversion. The light which then arose upon his path never went out, but shined brighter aud bright er unto the perfect day. Iu love-feast—a place most precious to his heart —he de lighted to bear this testimony to the grace of God ; and often he thrilled the heart’s of God’s people by the simple story of his Christian life, thus begun, and sustained by the grace which had begotten him un to a lively hope of the resurrection by Je9us Christ. About this time, he was impressed with the couviction that he was called to preach the gospel, as au itinerant Methodist preacher. He was however involved to some extent, having made over his prop erty to his widowed mother and maideD sister, and yet graduated as a physician; so he became satisfied as to his inability to enter the itinerancy aud gave himself heartily to tbe practice of medicine. He received license as a local preacher from the Quarterly Conference of the Orauge burg Circuit, January 4th. 1830. His li cense was signed by Wm. Capers, presid ing eider. His practice as a physician became large and remunerative. He became medical and spiritual adviser to his pa tients, and succeeded beyond his most sanguine hopes. On the i7th June. 1830, he was married to Mi-s Rachel Pooser, of Orangeburg District, who lived to cheer aud comfort him, and share with him the toils and privations of the itinerant life, through nearly forty years ; and still lives to cher ish the memory af her departed compan ion. The Church will remember her at the throne of the heavenly grace, and God will be her husband. So soon a9 his practice had rendered him independent, pecuniarily, Dr. Boyd felt that his duty was to enter the itiner ancy. Yielding to his conviction, he was first employed by the sainted Capers, then superintendent of missions in the Con ference, as a missionary on the mission work adjaceut to Walterboro; residing iu WaKerboro. Afterwards, feeiiug that he might be more useful in other work, he asked to be removed, aud in 1839, lie was sent to Marion circuit. He had previous ly been ordained deacon and elder. His firet ordination was at Charleston, South Carolina, February 19th, 1834. by Bishop Emery ; and the latter at the same place, February 14th, 1836, by Bishop Andrew. In 1840 and 1841, he traveled the Black Swamp circuit; iu 1842, the Cokesbury circuit; the next four years he was on the Charleston District. In 1847 and 1848, he traveled the Orangeburg circuit; iu 1849 the Barnwell circuit; in 1850 and 1851, the Union circuit; in 1852 and 1853, the Cokesbury circuit; in 1854, tbe Laurens circuit ; the succeeding four years he Was ? residing elder of the Cokesbury District. n 1859, he was stationed at Camden ; in 1860, at Georgetown ; and the next four years he was presiding elder of theColum bia District. In 1865 and 1866, he was sta tioned at Marion, South Carolina. The Conference met at this place that year, and Doctor Boyd was appointed presiding elder of tbe Marion District. In tbe dis charge of the duties of his office ou this District, he finished his long life of use fulness as a minister, oeaaing at once to work and live. PUBLISHED BY J. W. BURKE & CO., FOR THE M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. Macoli, Ga., Friday, October 15, 1869. During the spriugof this year —1869 his friends saw with painful anxiety that his strength was giving way. He persist ed in his work, entering upon his third round of Quarterly Conferences, and meet ing his appointments when able to do no more than ride in his buggy, and preach with great difficulty on Sunday. At last he could go no more, and after suffering for a few weeks, in great agony, the wheels of life stood still, "the plteher was broken at the fountain;” and he passed away in a moment to his reward. He died at the District Parsonage in Marion, on the 3d September, 1869, nearly 64 years old. His whole system gave way at once. A complication of diseases prostrated body and mind. Yet be was interested to tbe last in the great work to which he bad given his life. Some time his mind wan dered and his speech was incoherent, but he would gather himself again ; and con verse freely upon all that pertained to his work and the interest of his family. On the 3d Sept., indeed, for a few days previ ous to his death he suffered very greatly. About half-past 10 o’clock at night, he had risen from his bed and stood with the arm of his wife around him, when he sank to the floor, and in a moment life was extinct. On Sabbath, the usual sacramental Sun day in the Methodist Church at Marion, an immense throng, white and colored, attended his funeral services. The other Churches of the place were closed out of respect to the one whom all loved ; and the sad faces about his grave told how much he was valued. His funeral servi ces were as nearly in accordance witli his own views of this solemn occasion as cir cumstances would permit. The Impres sive service of our ritual, a song of tri umpn over the fallen hero, a few words expressive of our loss, and we committed him “dust to dust, ashes to ashes,” till the resurrection wake him to immortality. “ Servant of God well-done! Best from thy loved employ: The battle fought—the victory won, Enter thy mother's Joy!” Through his long ministerial life, Doctor Boyd held every position of honor and trust in the gift of bis brethren. In all, he bore himself with that dignity and simplici.y which most adorn the Chris tian character. Whether as a missionary to the uegoes, or pastor, or presiding elder, or delegate to the Geueral Conference, he always met the responsibilities of the oc casion calmly aud courageously, aud al ways proved himself equal to his work. His humility ebone all the more bright ly from his elevated positiou among bis brethren. He did not seem to know the weight of his influence, and tbe great force of his well- poised intellect. He was, in this grace of the Christian character, a li tie child. He could not bear the sem blance of flattery, or any act that seemed to press the claims of the mau instead of the minister. Iu his own manner, the man was lost in the work, the embassa dor forgotten iu tbe contemplation of the claims of the PriDCe, his Master. Hi* dislike for the appearance of flatte ry, did not reuder him insensible to the tokeus of affectionate regard manifested toward him by his people and his breth ren in the ministry. He loved, as all rightly balanced minds iove, the approval of the good and the wise among his breth ren. He valued the affection of his peo ple. He was warm in his own feeliugs, streug in his attachments, and those who depended upon him for counsel aud help found him a valued friend, steady and true as the needle to the pole. In zeal he was worthy of emulation. The love of Christ constrained him He was fervent iu spirit. This fervor found expression in a readiness to work for his Master ut all limes, in the enduring of seif denial aud exposure to hardship, and even danger to meet his appoiutmeuts: aod, more cleurly to the musses, in ear nest. pressing exhortations from the pul pit, and prayers that did indeed ascend as incense before God. Who did not love to hear Doctor Boyd in pruyei-meetings? The fire of iove, the holy zeal of tbe pro phet of God, shoue out so brightly, where two or three were assembled iu Christ’s name! Perhaps the most clearly marked fea in the character of this servant of God, was his lofty trust iu God. Through clouds and sunshine, in prosperity or adversity, though he might uot be able to see how such a result could follow, he never doubted that it would he well. "Ail things work together for good to those that love God,” was more than au an nouncement of God’s word ; to him it was the expression of a sentiment inwrought with every feeling of his soul. He would trust God, though He should slay him. With this confidence in his own heart, it is not a strange thing that he inspired confidence iu others. During the darkest periods of our history as a people, when the Doctor was pastor of Marion etatiou, the people came to church to be lifted out of their gloom aud dispondency, by his cheering words and hopeful DCariug. This faith iu God never failed him, while rea son remained undisturbed. As his body sank under the throes of pain which he suffered, he sometimes grew dispondent— never as to his own spiritual state —but he would Bhake off his fears as ease and rest allowed the mind to regain its composure, and stilt trust iu God. Second only to this trait was his adher ence to priueiple. Daniel was his type of Christian manhood, as far as the trait of character was concerned. He could make no compromise of duty for any gaiu, or for any fear of danger. Daniel, praying three times a day with his window open towards Jerusalem, though watched by his enemies, and notwithstanding the King’s desire to the contrary, was an ex hibition of moral oourage which delight ed his heart, and illustrated his own stea dy adherence to the right, as he receiv ed it. The duties of the pastorate and the pul pit were alike recognized, and each found a place in his work. Faithful as a pastor, he was studious as a preacher, and car ried “beaten oil” into the santuary. The result of his activity in reading and study was seen in hi 9 enlarged views of church and polity, and his conservative course in all that pertaiued to the work of the Church in our couutry. A great man has fallen. Thus all our fathers are passing away. Let the church be awakened to prayer by the death of her ministers, aud restie with God for an increase of laborers, to take the places of the fallen. God grant that the mautle of the fallen prophet may rest ou some Eli sha, who shall lake his place in tbe min isterial host. G. H. YY’ells. Marion, iS. C., Sept. 2 4th, 1869. Conscience.—Brethren, you all possess that mysterious uower called conscience, and iis testimony is always ou the side of truth aud righteousness. In tbe great conflict with sin aud unbelief, conscience is ever on the Lord’s side, notwithstand ing the vain attempts that are made to si lence it. Hence we meet with the troub led conscience, and tbe accusing con science, and the guilty conscience; tbe conscience which cau render the most gay aud attractive scenes miserable aud un bearable, and the conscience which dis„ turbs the bed of down, aod adds so many terrors to the approach of death. Thus conscience ia that spirit in man which is as the candle of the Lord and which searcheth “the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Beware, then, of trifling with conscience. Listeu to its still small voice ; obey its dictates. It wili give you its cheering approval as you bumble your selves for ail your sins, aud seek that re pentance that needetb not to be repented of. It will speak peace to you, as you be lieve in the Lord Jesus Christ, and lake up your cross to follow him. It will ever smile upou you as you seek to walk in the paths of righteousness, and to keep the commandments and ordinances of God blameless.— Nivens. Not to be "Let Alone.”—Ruskin correctly observes that “tbe notion of dis cipline and interference lies at the root of all human progress and power ; that the Met alone’ principle is, in all things that man has to do with, the principle of death; it is ruin, certain and total, if he lets his land alone—if he lets his own soul aloDe. His whole life, on the contrary, must, if it is a healthy life, be continually one of plowing aud pruning; and therefore it is only iu the concession of Borne principle of restraint and interference in national action that we can hope to find tbe secret of protection against national degrada ion.” - Ipadrme anil ©fptrinitt. They also whicli Pierced Him.” BT AXXIK B. C. KKRNK. Not I, lily Lord, not I! How could I pierce, with cruel dart Os angry thought, of ha-d and haughty ory Os pride, that broken heart? Bay not ’twas I. .Sow could I these poor eyes l kat thorn-crowned brow. It, with most keen and sp.d surprise, A look should say, “ ’Twas thou?” Could I arise From pang like that, and straight .{teach out, tear-blind with shame, and cling To that dear, wounded Hand, and wait The healing it can bring. To hear, “ Too late,” Fall sadly down to mo, From Upnoncesmitten dumb with pain ? “To > late! Earth's sorrowing ones to thee, How long, have called In vain. And wearily. “ With hart unhealed, their feet Stlli tread the toilsome way, wherein • No cooling brook, nor blossom sweet, "MSor summer's bird Is seen. The heart to greet. win thy thought to those hose gardens no glad flowers bear, t gently broke one clinging rose From thine, so lull, so mir. But one white rose! “ Thy bosom filled with woe! No room tor any sorer heart To lean and hide Its tears, ah, no! Thou, sullen, sat’st apart. And wonld’st not know “ The voice that tenderly Breathed ever at. thy side, ’Tie I, Sweet soul! Do bat rise up to see! ’l'ls thy Iterd’s hand doth lie, In love, on thee ! , “ Then did’st Ihou pierce me. Then 8111 l closer press the cruel crown Upon my brow, and wound again She hand thou dashedst down In thy wild pain.” S ’Twas I. my Lord ; too late I weep! But when I trembling come, Y And timid, touch the sblnlng gate, And one sweet Presence—one— Kneeling, I wait; There let these eyes on Thine Bat rest, while tears wash white aud fre9 Hrorn every hurt and crimson line, The hand that saveth me! Aly Jesus. mine! From the Baltimore Episcopal Alelhodist. The Sufficiency cf Christ’s Grace ■Oi BY BISBOP WIGHTMAN. "My grace is sufficient for thee ; for my strength is made perfect in weakness ” These are the words of the ascended and glorified Jesus : words spokeu to his faith ful servaut, St Paul, on an occasion mem orable in the history of that eminent man. They are an answer to solemn and repeated prayer made by the Apostle to his Master; and while they are the war rant for our prayers, they show at the same time the unbroken uuity aud identi ty of Christ’s personality. To St. Paul there had been vouchsafed, years before, a very remarkable vision and revelation ; a divine communication ad dressed to the perception, and also to the inuer spirit. Tbe scene of this manifes tation was Paradise, the third heavens, the abode of the God man. Here he beard “unspeakable words which it is not lawful for man to utter.” They were in leuded to instruct and encourage tlie Apos tle alone. It is useless to conjecture of what kind they were. Lei us only mark the profound truth, that a spirit out of the body may see and hear, preserve its con sciousness, hold its faculties in full play, receive impressions, and have institutious bright as tbe light of heaven, aud far be yond the capacities of a spirit in the body. The extraordinary power of such high revelations, put upon this great Apostle, his humility. And now, lest he should be led to think too highly of thimself, and iu order to prevent undue self exaltation, there was given him "a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet him.” What was the precise nature of this mysterious and humiliating infirmity, is left very much to conjecture. It has been supposed that the expression refers to spiritual solicitations of Satan, blasphemous thought, and the like.— Many of the aucieDt commentators inter pret it as opposition from his adversaries, or someone of them in particular. Oth ers think that some grievous bodily pain is meant —headache, nervous disorder, weakness of tbe eyes, and thellke. What ever may have been the character of this thorn in the flesh—this keen, penetrating cause of suffering—it was a form of suffer ing which brought home to him bis in firmity ; imposed a salutary burdeu upou his spirit; was well fitted to hide pride from mau ; aud to prevent the Apostle’s undue self-exaltatiau, his glorying on ac count of the celesti&l manifestations vouch safed him. This painful and humiliating suffering. St. Paul found it hard to bear. Schooled as he had been, in extraordinary tribula tions, distresses, cures; acquainted well with perils, strifes, prisons; with weari ness, painfulness, watchings; accustomed to hunger aud thirst, cold and nakedness ; here was a pressure under which even his heroic spirit quailed. “I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me.” He carries his ease to "the Shep herd and Bishop of souls;” to Him who had gone through the agony of Gethse mane aud the hitter death of the cross. He besought the Lord. How much of en treaty aud earnestness does the word sug gest! "Thrice." Hi.d not his first prayer been heard? And if so, whence the ne cessity of repeated prayer? Let us mark this case, and ponder the important lesson it teaches. “God’s ways are not as our ways; neither are his thoughts as our thoughts.” Why, indeed, has he ordained prayer at all? If it be, as doubtless it is, a salutary exercise of our faith and sub mission, so ought it to be an exerciseof our patience. In the way of earnest suppli cation, but still patiently “waiting for the Lord,” we must pray aud nut faint. An answer is at length given to his im portunate, persevering prayers. Paul, who had takeu lessons in the third heav ens, had a lesson to learn on earth, in res pect to that wisdom aud humble patience which finds it better to have suffering sanctified to us than to have it re moved. This answer of the Lord is, as Beugel expresses it, "benignia aima repul aa, 1 ’ a most tender repulse, of the urgent solicitation that the salutary rod ot dis cipline should be removed. He had asked for one thing ; the answer is quite another thing. Not that which his faithful, suf fering servant so earnestly desired, did the Lord grant, but that which was ade quale to the occasion, and which was best for the sufferer. In tbeauswer given him by Christ, not a word is said about the thorn in the flesh. Far better than the removal of the thorn was the grace to bear it. “My grace is sufficient for thee; for my streugth is made perfect in weakness.” "My Grace;”—this is the tone and style of Him to whom all power in heaven and earth is given ; who holds the keys of death and of hell. In these word3 of Christ are blended power unlimited, love without soundings or shore. There is a fullness inexhaustible in tbeir meaning It is as though the Lord had said—“. E nough for thee that thou hast my favor, loving-kiudness, compassiou : thou art in my keeping; my care shall protect aud sustain thee; on my supporting atm thou shalt lean ; and mighty is that right arm which shall bear thee safe through life and through death For my strength is made perfect in weakness.” This graoe of L'hrist comes into objective mani esta tion, and in form of influence, operates energetically in thespbereof man’s weak ness. Emphatically in the weakness which becomes manifest in the Lee of sore trial and sharp suffering. Nay, it is made perfect, in weakness. In Christ this streugth is absolutely perfect; but as imparted to man to meet his necessities, it is made perfect, brought to its consum mation, aud shows its complete energy, as equal and more than equal, to the em ergency of the weakness. The more sig nally does this victorious power exhibit its perfection, in proportion to man’s extremi ty. Where our lack of strength is most manifest, there the suitableness, adequacy, and majesty of “the power that worketh in us,” become most couspicuous. “As Christ himself,” says Stier, “reached the It is finished in the strength of God, through uttermost weakness upon the cross—and remembers this now speaking from heaven —so through the continual energy of his strength in bis servants a victorious perfection is wrought out, in I the same way of suffering and subjection in weakness. And if it be Satan, or his angel, who causes the weakness aud trib ulation, Christ’s power is victorious over him iu all who receive Christ’s grace, and retain it in faith ; that is, who count that grace sufficient, trust in it absolutely aud humbly, aud wait confidently for its full demonstration of its power.” The result in the Apostle’s case, of Buf fering not removed but sanctified—of infirmity testing the sufficiency of Christ’s grace—of uttermost weakness triumphing In the very perfection of strength, furnish es a grand lesson to us. This result was cot merely patience which hears without a murmur the burdens laid upon tbespirit; not merely submission to God’s good will, though the conquest of self is one of the noblest of victories ; it reached to joy aud glorying in bis infirmities, that the power of mind which exulted in all forms of tribulation, iu all extremes of weakness which only made more manifest in him the sufficiency of Christ’s grace, the per fection of Christ’s power to sustain, to cheer, to bring good out of evil; to train in the path of abnegation aud uuder the burdens of sorrow, the spirit of the Cbiis tian for its ultimate destiny in immortali ty. Aud iu all this he is for us a pattern. Iu his election as an Apostle ; iu his special endowments for his office; in supernatural gifts and manifestations, this eminent servaut of Christ stands apart. But iu his infirmities, sufferings, despon dency, lie is our fellow. Here are claims kindred with him. Have we trials? Bo had he. And if a diviue grace and strength were offered him, then why should we despair? All! to have the power of Ctirist to rest upou us ; to have his light pierce and irritate our deepest darkness; to have the blessed experience which the grace-sustained endurance of sore trial aloue furnishes—the dross consumed, the gold refined; to kuow that God is true aod faithful, and his promises to be relied ou in all outward conditions; to have the refreshment of bis love sited abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, a solace wide as auxiety, deeper than the sorrows of life, outflying the pinions of fear, sup plying the emptinessof want, daring with the victorious majesty of Christ’s strength the very darts of death ; this is to have the Apostle’s grace ; far better, shall we say, than the Apostle’s gifts. Such is affliction sanctified. Without Christ, "the sorrow of the world worketh death.” To consider ourselves rich and increased in goods and in need of noth ing, when, iu reality, we Mre all emptiness within ; and then to iiave the sorrow of the world turned loose upou us! Toim agiue fondly that we are firmly rooted, and to find our mistake when the beat and storm come suddenly ! There is the man of the world. Irreligion is no shield ugaiust mislortuue. A dark day comes upon him. Borne crushing disappoint ment iu love, iu business, in ambition, sweepsover him. The world liesaghastly ruin at bis feet. What now, are his re sources when the paroxysms of agony shake his pious spirit aud crumble his heart into ashes? Alas! what is getting to be more common in such cases, than suicide. Remorse and shame put an end to his humiliation, iu self murder. Be cause mau’s moral and spiritual capabili ties are boundless, thecrushiugof earthly idols, tbe disappointment of bis hopes, is to him so tragic. With no grace and strength iu Christ, tbe Divine mau, as his resource, his woe is sublimely, terribly insatiable inconsolable ; and life becomes a dark, wild, sobbing tragedy—a ruin how magnificently terrible! From tbe Richmond Christian Advocate. Take Heed to tbe Flock. The revivals that have blessed our churches durlngtbls year will briugheavy responsibilities upon our ministers and older mem tiers. Hundreds ot young per sons of both sexes have been brought in the fold, who will need the most careful training to make them valuable members. Tbe revival meeting, with its dally ex citements, will soon pass away, ami the young converts be left to their own reflec tions aud the assaults of Satan. This is the period in whicli they will need the special attention of more experienced Christians. The young believer is ex posed to many, aud to him in his timidi ty and inexperience, very severe trials. He may resist them, and fight his way througU doubts aud fears aud fiery temp tations to a strong aud victorious faith, but tiie chances are against him unless he has the best help from the church of which he is a member. Other denominations may be able to train up very good and useful Christians by their peculiar methods, but In our Church we can only succeed in making earnest and useful members by employing tiie means peculiar to our economy. Among the foremost of these we name the class meeting. The value of this so cial meeting to Methodism cud not he overestimated. In earlier times it was the training school for class leaders, ex holders and preachers. Os tbe older preachers among us we may say, almost without ail exception, that their first step toward the ministry was taken in the class room. It is a significant fact, to which we would call the attention of our more thoughtful members, that in the days wheuallouryoung members were brought into the class-room as soon as they joined the Church, the candidates for the minis try were five, nay, ten fold more than we now have at our Annual Conferences. The reasou for this Is at hand. The young men were brought under tiie eye of an experienced leader, who very soon dis covered what peculiar talents they pos sessed for the work of the Church. By him they were tenderly led out to exercise themselves iu the class room and In prayer meeting, and very soon they begau to feel the movings of the Holy Spirit toward the work of the ministry, or the leader ship, or the work of exhorting, or the Sunday school work, or toward whatever department they seemed hest adapted to serve in. The young convert looked forward with deep interest to the day or night of his class meeting. It was to him a spiritual least. To the cheering words of the elder brethren he listened eagerly ; and though he might have come in with a heavy heart, oppressed with doubts and fears, he usual ly went out with a relieved and joyous spirit. Methodism never had, and never caD have, a better sobool for traiuiug lier members than theclass meeting. Besides contributing to give a yearly supply of mioisters to fill up our wasted ranks, it keeps ui> the standard of piety in the Church." After all that has been so flip pantly said against class meetings, no spiritually minded person will deny that such meetiugs have been of very great benefit to himself. Everything iu a well conducted class meeting tends to develop and strengthen faith and love. The sing ing; the prayers, short and hearty; tiie inward searchings; the comparing expe riences; the earnest, pointed, affeetiouate and well adapted advice of a pious leader -all contribute to make these little social gatherings a feast of fat things to the believing soul. And not only to the believer. It wa« the custom to take the penitents to the class meeting, and often, amid the rejoic ings of tiie brethren and sisters, the bur dened seeker found rest ami peace.. To all •mch there was ever afterward no place like the class room. It was a place where tiie Lord commanded his blessing, and where the soul rejoiced with joy unspeak able and full of glory. There was great power in those happy days in a well conducted class meeting, and there will be power iu them again if our people will go to work in good earnest to restore them. Since class meetings fell into general disuse, we have been able to find nothing to supply tbeir place. We want them restored with all their love and fervor aud fire. A well attended, lively class meeting held once a week is a centre of po*-er in a Church; and the more of them we estab lish the more life and power we shall have. The general complaint is that a great many of our converts soon fall away ; the reason is that we neglect to watch over and train them. There is perhaps no young men’s prayer meeting for them to go to ; there is no class to assign them to ; there is no special oversight of these ten der iambs by the shepherd or his assis tants. The preacher goes off for weeks together, and there is no goodly leader to meet and enoourage the converts in hie absenco. We have many other means of training our young members, and they are ail good, but we call special attention to tbe class meeting, because we believe that many in tbe Church are convinced that we have lost ground spiritually by allowing it to fall iuto decay; and being so convinced, we tru9t that they are wil ling and indeed auxious to return to tbe old paths of Methodism. We differ with some highly respected brethren ou this subject. We believe class meetings cau be restored vety generally In all our churches. If the preachers will take hold of the matter in earnest, aud by preaching and talking on tile subject create an inter est in these meetings among tbe members, a great aud happy change will be the result. There are many excellent and wholehearted Methodists who will gladly join their ministers in an effort to restore class meetings. We are not writing at random; we know whereof we affirm, for we have been among the churches, and we know that our people are waking up on this subject. The tendency to for malism, which is very great, must he ar rested ; and they see that what arrested it iu the days of Wesley will he equally powerful to arrest it now. More inward spiritual power we must have. It is an absolute necessity. The Church cannot meet the demands of this age without it. How shall we secure it ? By living nearer to God, by more frequent and more earn est praying, by greater selfdenial for Christ’s sake, by watching over each oth er in iove, by more direct and heart search preaching, by punctual attendance on all tiie means of grace by whicli our hearts may he brought iu immediate con tact with tbe truth. Let us discard nothing from Methodism that lias spiritual poweriu it. Thesystem may be modified to adapt it to the alter ed couditions of society, but we should never consent to lose from it any feature that bears the stamp of divine approval. This stamp Iras been upon the class meet ing in all the history of Methodism. Borne say to hold to the class system makes us peculiar and exclusive. We reply, God’s people must be a peculiar people; they are so called by himself. They must also be exclusive in the sense of keeping the world out of their hearts while they keep themselves iu the world. The social privileges of the class meeting are designed exclusively for believers and for penitents who desire to be saved—not for tbe members of other churches—not for tiie thoughtless and worldly. We cannot but hope that oui ministers will give their attention to this matter. It is surely worthy of notice. Let us make the class room a place for Christian reunion in tiie sense of the prophet when he said, they that feared the Lord spake from one to another. Bpake to each other about what? Why, about his gracious dealings with theirsouls ; about theirowu trials and hopes and fears iu His service, and the blessed fruits of a holy life and the assurance of eternal life. Surely such a place should be attractive to the child of God. He is there among his father’s children, and they are talking as members of the same family. Brethren, are class meetings almost or quite dead among you ? Try and revive them. It can lie done with a little patience and selfdeuial. Talk with some of the older members, male a.d female, on the subject; make an appointment for a class meeting, aud pray fora blessing on your effort. Then come together in the spirit of faith and love; let the hymn be suita ble, the prayers brief out fervent, a id the speaking earnestand to the point, and you may rest assured that when you go out of the room you will bless God for having attended. Our members do really need such a season of letirement from the busy and harrassing work of life. They may here wait upou the Lord aud renew their strength, Tiie attendance may be small at first, but tbe numbers will grow. Make tbe members feel that in slaying away they are really suffering loss. Aud it wiil uot do to be discouraged in the work. Keep a good heart; eo to tiie place at the time ap pointed and begin ; if there are but twoor three, you have enough to claim tiie bless ing. Boon you will see an increase in the attendance, aud the privilege of the class meeting will beappreciated in the church. Who wiil join in the work of restoring to tiie Methodist Church the blessed class meeting? From many we may trust the response will be, "I will.” From the New Orleans Christian Advocate. Supply and Demand. Not of cotton, hut of preachers. Our standpoint may not he the best to judge of the relation there is between the pul pits of the Boutli aud the men there are on hand to fill them. But it is evident that the war has driven a considerable number of valuable ministers from the itineranoy to various local employments, who liave uot reappeared since the peace. They are still struggling with the debts and financial complications whicli that event superinduced. Tiie same trouble which drove men out of the pulpit kept young men from entering it; so that the usual supply was cut off during tiie years of actual war aud those which immedia tely succeeded. Tiie poverty of the peo ple was or seemed to be so deep as to put the maintenance of churches out of the question. The result of all which is that now, when our crops promise an abun dant support for this vital iuterest, there is a scarcity of men fitted for the work of preaching. We may at least speak for Louisiana. A great change has come over her so far as ability to support preachers Is cou cerned. Circuits which last year would or could do nothing in the way of sup port, are this year asking earnestly for a preacher. We know of some single ap pointments on such works which now of fer to maintain a man. Our Bishops would do well to note this. We want several transfers for both the sugar and the cotton regions of this Conference. We hear of no young men whoare coming up. They have beeu driven to the farm and tbe counting room, until thezeal for God’s work has been chilled in them. A dearth of preachers is a calamity as great as auy we have yet suffered. Every support which cau resist those influences which are viciously at work breaking down society is now doubly important, and should tie strengthened. We used to think tiie judiciary oue of the great bul warks of the country; nut it is so no longer, If we may oredit the testimony ot those who seek justice at the courts. With the disregard of the Constitution there seems to he a general giving way among all classes of public men. If we would flud honest men we mustsearoh for them among those who ask for no of flee or favor from ihe government or the State. Wherever the “salt” of this peo ple is, it is surely not in office. In this state of affairs we canuot spare one church, oue Sabbath-scuooi or one minis ter —no person who either reads or teach es or obeys the Ten Commandments. Our own btdief is, that as a class no uien have done more to uphold the laws of bouesty, of purity, aud of obedience to God and man, tiiau the itinerant Methodist miuis try. They have been present at the lay ing of the foundations of society all through the South and West, aud they have ever placed the Bible at the bottom of the structure. They are still the un flinching advocates of the truth as it is in Jesuit. No class of men have been freer from extravagances of theory or action, or truer as patriots to tiie fortunes of the people among whom they were bred aud boru. No class of men havedone so much work at so slight a cost as they. After a century of labor they show no fortunes amassed or incorporations that threaten the welfare of the community by the weight and power of their accumulations. Without vows of poverty, they encoun ter the world literally as their Master did oefoie them, seeking not the goods but the souls of men. Every oue who wishes well to hl9 coun try cannol, therefore, look with indiffer ence upon any falling off in the supply ni these godly servants of Christ. Much more do we, who believe that by them, to a very great degree, is tiie kingdom ot Christ to be advanced, look most earnest ly in the direction of the revival meetings now progressing for a fresh supply oi young men who snail be called to tile work of the ministry. It should be a specific object kept in view by all who partake of thoae glorious outpourings ot the Spirit to pray that the Lord would send forth more laborera into His vine yard. E. H. MYERS, D. D., EDITOR Whole dumber 1773 Missouri Conference Appointin nts. St Chahi.ks Dist —Andrew Monroe, P E; Bt Charles and Point Grove Station, W M Leftwich, P M Pinckard, supernu merary; Cottlevillect, RG Loving; Wenlz ville ct, C Doggett; Wright City ct P L> Vandeventer; Jonesburg ct, J S Alien; New Florence ct, J Button; Ashley ct, George Smith; Louisiana and Prairieviile st, W A Tarwater;C'iarksville and I'aynes villest, T BKing; Auburn ct, A Spencer; Montgomery City ct, H H Craig; Port land ct, G Penn. Fayette District— W A Mayhew, P E; Fayette ct, B F Johnson, II P Bond; Glasgow st, T J Gooch; Howard ct, J W Pinckard; Roacheportct, DH Root; Stur geon ct, G W Rich; Columbia st, M B Chapman; Centralia ct, W M Button, T DeMoss, supernumerary; Mexico Station, H A Bourland; Fulton ct, W W Jones, A Albright, supernumerary; New Bloom field ct, B L Woody; Ashland ct, W Bar tor; F X Forster, Principal of Classical Seminary, Fayette; C W Pritchett, Prin cipal of Pritchett Institute, Glasgow. Hannibal Dist—B H Speueer, PE; Hannibal st, W G Miller; Hydesburg ct, R W T Holliday; Palmyra st, J W Cun ningham; Lagrange ct, E Carlisle; Monti cello ct, A P Linn; Alexandria ct, Thomp son Penn, J Penn, supernumerary; Wil liamstowu ct, G Tanquary; New Ark ct, GW Hilias; Shelby ville ct, W W McMur ry; Sharpsburg ct, W F Bell; Florida ct, H W James; Santa Fe mis, C W Collett; Marshall Mcllheny, Principal Palmyra Seminary; J W Atkisson, Principal Shel by High School. Macon Dist —W Toole, P E; Macon City st, J I) Vincil; BlootniugUm ct, W M Wood; Bucklin mis, M Richardson; La Plata mis, D C Blackwell; Memphis ct, W P Caples; Edina mis, E Buck; Clar ence Mission, L Rush; Paris mis, W War ren; Middle Grove mis, J It Taylor; Huntsville mis, J P Nolan. Chillicothe Dist— W Penn, P E; Chillicothe st, W M Newland; Chilli cothe ct, A Keirgan; R H Jordau, super* uumerary; Millville ct, J W Jordan; Richmond st, D C O’Howell; Miles’ Point ct, D Penny; Carrollton ct, R A Austin; Brunswick ct, Tyson Dines; Keytesville ct, L Alexander H Brown, supernumera ry; Linneus ct, W Perkins; Milan ct, K B Harden; Liueville ct, W F Thrasher; Spring Hill ct, J Y Blakey; S J Huft'aker, President of Richmond College. Plattsburg Dist—B W Cope, PE; Plattsburg ct, D R Shackleford; Liberty ct, J Bird, G H Newton, supernumerary; Camden ct, D F Boue; Hay ties ville ct, W P Wilsou; Lathrop e;is, J Metcalf; Breck enridge ct, W L Blackwell; Gallaiio st, C Babcock; Pattonsburg ct, KH G Keerau; Albany ct, J A Heider; Cameron, mis, J B Jewell; Stewnrtsville, mis, C \V Band ford. Bt. Joseph District—W E Dockery, P E; St. Joseph Slation, C I Vanderveu ter; Rusbvillect, J M Stokes; New Mar ket ct, J C C Davis, T Hurst, supernume rary; Platte City ct. J Devlin; Wes ton 8 ation, J H Pritchett; Leaven worth Miss., Eugene It Hendrix; Leaven worth ct, Joseph King; Wyandotte Miss., W Barnett; Wyandotte ct, Thus (’. D iwiis; Agent for Central College, W M Rush; YV H Lewis, President Weslon College. Savannah District— J F Shores, P E; Savanuah ct, J A Mumpowder; Mary ville ct, H A DaVis; Forest Cily ct, 8 \V Atterbury; Ruck port ct, J B Ranker; Ne braska City Station, J 8 Smith; Rock Bluff Miss., A V Bailey; Atchison Sra tiou, H W Curran; Holton Miss., J Mo- Eweu; Irviug Miss., G Warren and E J Stanley; Okaloosa ct, VV A Hanna Montana District— L B Btatler, PE; Helena, Virginia City, Gallaiin Vultey, Gallatin City, Diamond City, Deer Lindge, Willow Creek, all to be supplied; Henry Frazee, transferred to Memphis Confer ence. D M Procter, transferred to Trinity Conference. Adouijali Williams, transferred to Bt. Louis Confereuce and appointed |(o I‘aola Circuit. Geo. Bright, transferred to St. Louis Conference aud appointed to Indepen dence Circuit. Mis-ouri (Colored) District, to be sup plied by Moses White, as P. E. From the Richmond Christian Advocate. Western Virginia Conference. The Western Virginia Conference con vened in Point Pleasant, on the 15tli of September, and closed the 22d, after a loi g and laborious session Tiie Confereuce was well represented by the clerical and lay members. Much business was transac ted ; some of which was perplexing in its character. The session, however, was re garded harmonious from the beginning to tiie final close—abating occasional little breezes, such as are common in delibera tive b dies. By reason of personal afflic tions Bishop Kavanaugh failed to ulleud. Rev. S. K. Vaught was duly elected Chairman, accordiug to the disciplinary provisions in such cases, who presided, we believe, to the general satisfaction of the body. Rev. 6. K. Vaught and S. T. Mallory were elected delegatesio the next Getter i Conference, aud Rev. 8. H. Mullan, ve> serve. Brother Ireland and Dr. McCullough, lay delegates ; aud Dr. J. L. Carr, reserve. Tiie next Annual session is to convene in Catlettshurg, Ky. The preachers were stationed according to the following list of APPOINTMENTS. Manninqton Dist— W Kennedy, PE; Marion, T M Williams; Monongalia, J D Holstead; Greene, W P Chambers; Mid dlebourue and New Martinsville, E Ken dall; Phillippi and Buchannou, J H Burns; Bt. George, J W Lambert; Bever ly, R L R Upton. Clarksburg Dist— B HMu Han, PE; Clarksburg, T 8 Wade; Weston and Mil ford, J A Crowder; Jacksonville, J K Hedges; Braxton, J 8 Pullin; Webster, J Philips; Glennville, J S Jenkins; Cal houn, G W Young; Birch Mission, A U Ellison, a supply. Parkersburg Dist— B K Vaught, P E; Parkersburg, F B Carroll; Little Kana wha, J E Williamson; R&veuswood, J M Lauck; Hpencer, W Douutain; Ripley, W 8 May; Point Pleasant, 8 T Mallory. Charleston Dist—W Briscoe. P E; Charleston Circuit, W G Miller; 8 ssou viile, W C Lead); Brownstown and Ce dar Grove; J T Johnson, Newport and Lo gan, G W Garrettson, a supply; Fayetie ville and Raleigh, R C Wiseman; Fayetie Circuit, 8 Black; Coal’s Meoth, W F Claugbton, R Bias, supernumerary. Guydandottb Dist— U Fox, P E; Guy danvotte and Barboursville J U Crooks; Wayne, 8 F Burgess, B Spurlock, su|>er numerary; Paintsvill, J Maitin; Louisa, W Hhearer; Catlettsburg and Ashland, J G Conner; Big Sandy, H Moore; Greeu upsburg aud Liberty, N 8 Williams; Grayson, C F Crooks. Border Dist— J C Tinsley, P E; Mor gan aud Caves of Carter, H Crawford, a supply; Kinney miss, N T Burchett, a supply; Bufflcgton and Quincy, J Farmer, a supply; Lick Run, 8 P Cummins, su uumerary. A New Trick. —Adexterous confidence man has been at work in this city and lias victimized several of the Principals of our schools. His role of roguery is as follows : He proposes to place a brother or sister at school and wishes to pay in advance He offers to pay with drafts of other parties or banks which are for an amount larger than the tuition fee. The amount in change Is his profit in the transaoiion. We need not say, of course, that the drafts are forgeries or otherwise spurious. He pos’s himself thoroughly concerning the acquaintanceship aud other peculiar his tory of the intended victim, ami is oitier wise furnished for a successful imposition. He is described to us as about thirty five years of age, small stature, thin visage, dark complexion, sprightly oountenauce, iron gray hair, and withal a fluent tongue. Pass him around, and if you can, pick him up.— St. Louis Advocate. Live in the Sight of God —This is what heaven will be—the eternal pres ence of God. Do nothing you will not like God to see. Bay nothing you would □ot like him to hear. Write nothiug you would not like him to read. Go to no place where you would Dot like God to find you. Bead no books of which you would not like God to say, “Bhow it me.” Never spend your time In such a way you would not like God to say, “What art thou doing?” Satan, as a Master is bad; his work i muoh worse; his wages worst of all.