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,iy T* ■ in'- nfV * The Chill' ll leant many in it any such folly. 'MM is exceedingly tolerant in especially when the force of example may disquiet conscience, and prove the necessity of conformity. It is so much easier, many think, to move along the old ruts of travel, than build new roads, especially if expen sive. Many are religious because it is re - proachful to bo otherwise, and to be so at little cost is an object. Now with these it is the very acmo of business achievements to make religion so light and pleasant that no pressure may be felt at any point, save one. If there be any groaning in that di -rectioa- they console themselves with tho thought “better one suffer than many.” Micah set great store by religion—wanted an image, ephod, teraphim, and priest; got tho last reasonably enough—ten shekels of silver by the year, (a littlo over $5.00,) a suit of apparel, and his victuals—and com fortably thought—“ Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.” But this did not prevent his theft, idolatry, pride, and finally ruin. Men may invent a religion, even make a god—of course like themselves—and the less of service and sacrifice he requires the greater their delight. But the drawback is, it is false, and as different from the true as light is from darkness. Men of this class don't care to look beneath the surface of things, are offended with any standard of liberality exceeding their own, count it a robbery of the poor, and a waste of the ointment when Jesus is anointed, and are never so well pleased as when their priest is as penurious as themselves. They are per fectly willing he should consecrate all else to God and their service—drudge like a slave —and if publicity be avoided, starve, if need be, but don’t let him give, for by it their covetousness is rebuked. Now the religion of Jesus is intended to correct all this; to make the Church boun tiful, and implant in all hearts a benevo lence ns wide-reaching as the universe. Christ’s religion is to make us Christianlike. If our hearts are to be like his, the appoint ed means of making them so must be used, and the dross disappear before the crucial flame. If content with a half-hearted con secration when he requires the whole, we must be content with an experience of shal lows when otherwise “our peace might bo as a river and our righteousness as the waves of the sea;” content likewise with the loss of the crown of life. The sin and selfishness of a diseased nature is intended to be, yea must be, overcome by the charity of the Gospel. Failing here all else is worthless. Tongues of men and angels, gifts of. prophecy, faith removing moun tains, bestowing all to feed the poor—yea martyrdom itself is as nothing. Study its portraiture by St. Paul: it suffereth long and is kind, envietb not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, no unseemly behaviour, no self-seeking, not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but in the truth, beareth, believeth, liopeth, endureth, all things. If your religion takes in this wide sweep of excellency, can it be enjoyed in any less than an entire consecration to God ? Can anything like covetousness survive under its scorching flame ? Can the minister of God fail to rebuke that sin lest some should be offended ? Can he fail to feed the hungry and clothe the naked lest his own exchequer suffer ? Can he fail to inculcate the highest holiness lest men call him a fanatic or fool ? If he can—then man of God—“ How dwel eth the love of God in thee ?” The grand object of Methodism from the beginning was what ? To build up a great civil or ecclesiastical commonwealth, rear cathedrals to be the wonder of ages, en throne a hierarchy bedizzened with gold? Oh no, it was to enthrone Christ —“to spread scriptural holiness over all these lands.” Has this phrase, repeated so often, lost its meaning—become a mere catchword, a rounded period in a speech ? Our fathers meant what it says—do we ? Not a neo phyte in the ministry when taking the vows of God upon him, but responds affirmative ly to the question, “ Are you groaning after it?” Does this cease soon after ordination? If not, why are there so few witnesses to the truth ? Is not this the point where we have oftenest been baffled ? A hesitancy as to what is included in the all to be conse crated ? A shrinking back from the purity, or the sacrifice, an attempt to substitute the blind and the lame for the whole burnt offering required ? So that instead of the white vestments of the saints, our religion is but as a garment of shreds and patches. I have known a ribbon or an ear jewel be wilder a sbul for long seeking pardon, but the sign and symbol of idolatry abandoned, bewilderment and guilt gave place to joy and peace in believing. Now with a faith that will not shrink from this entire conse cration, before the Lord, all the mountains of difficulty become a plain. Lay all upon the altar, and look for the cleansing of the Great High Priest of our profession, and it is done. Lay “all," not in the way of pur chase. God forbid, for never does the soul feel more the worthlessness of its all than when the grace of Jesus is magnified in its salvation. Alas! that so few comparatively are preaching, seeking, enjoying this grace. But shall we be discouraged? God may have yet “seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” A holy Church VJ- "r-'-' be - s ' ! ; ' \' l \ " r on that it was not Slu ‘h committees, so much at present on could not attend to it. Walker objected, and wanted someeolbpromiso. J. C. Keener moved to discharge the whole committee. Dr. Myers sat I that a Pastoral Address to the entire Church which does not come from the Chief Pastors of tho Church, is an an omaly. He was willing to yield to the Bish ops, but thought it better to discharge the whole committee. G. Lester moved as a substitute that the Bishops be discharged from the active pre paration of the Address, and that it be sub mitted to them. Dr. Keener thought the committee was a novel thing and that tho Bishops had acted with propriety in asking to be excused. He thought the Bishops were fully competent to prepare their own address, and that tho appointment of that committee was one of those things that dropped in accidentally, without due consideration. He had there fore moved that the committee be discharged. Dr. Mitchell moved to lay the substitute on the table, which motion prevailed. A. W. Wilson moved an amendment to Dr. Keener’s motion to discharge the com mittee and refer the whole matter to the Episcopacy. Dr. Keener accepted the amendment which was put to the Conference and carried. The following reports from the Standing Committees were submitted : Itinerancy, J. E. Edwards, Chairman, Re port No. 2, as follows : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ITINERANCY —NO. 11. The committee has considered the memo rirl “of the official members of Trinity Station,” Richmond, Va., asking “for the abolishment of the office of Presiding Elder, so far as it relates to tho larger towns and and the admission of the lay element to the Bishop's Council, as a part of the appoint ing power of tho Church,” and recommend that the General Conference do not concur in the petition of the memorialists. The paper, also, signed S. T. Moorman, Richmond, Va., praying a change in the number of appointments allowable in a Pre siding Elder’s District, with other changes in relation to administration, has been con sidered, and the committee recommend non concurrence on tho part of the General Con ference. The resolution signed by F. E. Pitts and L. M. Lee, recommending a change, were practicable, in our circuits, so as to embrace four regular appointments with preaching on Saturday as well as Sunday, with Class-meet ings, Love-feasts, etc., has been considered, and the committee recommend that the General Conference do not concur in the resolution. J. E. Edwards, Chrmaian. On motion of L. M. Lee, this Report was laid on the table. W. M. Rush, chairman of the Committee on Books and Periodicals, presented Reports Nos. 5,6, 7,8, 9, of said committee, which were adopted, ns follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE RIODICALS-NO. V. Your committee having had under consid eration that item in the exhibit of the Agent of the Publishing House relating to the New Orleans Depository, would beg leave to re commend that it be continued under the supervision of the Publishing House, so long as it shall be self-sustaining and may be deemed to be useful to the Church by the Book Agent. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. Memphis, May 13, 1870. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE RIODICALS—NO. VI. The committee on Books and Periodicals report that they do not deem it advisable to undertake the publication of a weekly news paper as proposed in the resolution of C. K. Marshall and A. M. Shipp, referred to them. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE RIODICALS —NO. vn. The Committee on Books and Periodicals having had under consideration that portion of the report of the Agent of the Publish ing House relating to the Christian Advocate, and also a resolution of F. W. Earnest and others, suggesting an enlargement of the paper to double its present size, and the election of a corps of not less than three editors, report for adoption the following resolutions: Resolved 1. That the Christian Advocate ought to be enlarged, and that the enlarge ment be made so soon as the Agent may deem it expedient. 2. That the size of the enlarged form be left to the discretion of the Agent, and the editorial management, as heretofore, be un der the charge of one editor. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE RIODICALS —no. vnr. The Committee on Books and Periodicals have had referred to them a memorial from the delegation of the Pacific Conference, in reference to a series of catechisms for the children of the Church, and beg leave to refer the memorial back to the General Con ference, with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Sunday schools. The committee also recommend the refer ence to the Committee on Sunday-schools of so much of the Report of the Agent of the Publishing House as relates to the Sunday school Visitor and the proposed publication of a monthly paper for teachers in Sunday schools, and an eclectic catalogue of Sunday school publications. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE RIODICALS —NO. IX. The Committee on Books and Periodicals, to whom the subject of Church Architecture was referred, have considered the same, and as the result of their deliberations have adopted the following resolutions : Resolved 1. That the Book Agent be in structed to procure, in connection with the Book Editor, the preparation of a manual on Church Architecture, adapted to the wants and character of Southern Methodism, both in city and country, and particularly with the view of improvement in the design and construction of houses of worship, at comparatively small cost. 2. That the Book Agent publish said manual, when procured, in a small cheap volume. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. ... HP of the same com read, and laid present. They are as COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE RIODICALS—NO. X. on Books and Periodicals had before them the recommendation of the Agent of the Publishing House to publish a monthly periodical combining the features of a Review and Magazine; and also a resolution offered by P. A. Peterson end E. H. Myers, proposing a monthly com bining the features of a Religious Magazine and a Theological and Literary Review; and also a paper offered by J. P. Ralls and J. Mathews, recommending the publication of a monthly periodical particularly adapted to the youth of the Church. Upon the whole subject thus referred them, the committee report for adoption the following resolution : Resolved. That the Agent of the Publish ing House be authorized and instructed to publish a monthly Magazine, of high grade, to be called The Home Circle, of which an editor shall be appointed, who shall be elect ed by the General Conference. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. Report No. 11 of the same committee is as follows: love i»iy> giHviit S^Vgirc §K ’rely >0:1 IC pAx' REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE ' RIODICALS—NO. XL Your committee to whom was referred the communication of Prof. A. B. Stark, Editor of the Home Monthly, having'considered the same, would recommend that the proposi tion of Prof. Stark be accepted, and that the Book Agent be authorized to make a fair and equitable arrangement with Prof. Starke for his interest in the Home Monthly. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. J. Hamilton, Chairman of the Committee on Revisal, submitted Report No. 4 of that committee, as follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISAL —NO. IV. The Committee on Revisal beg leave to offer report No 4. Your committee had under consideration a memorial from the Montgomery Confer ence respecting local church organizations, and do not judge any legislation is required upon that subject. They have also considered the resolution referred to them, signed by N. F. Reid, R. W. Moran, and W. M. Barringer, proposing a change in answer 3, to question 4, section 11, chap. 3, page 15, N. A., by striking out the words, “lost filled by him,” and insert ing “in which he resides." In this your com mittee concur. Also, that the word “other,” in same an swer, befor the words “quarterly confer ence,” be stricken ouU A resolution was referred to the commit tee, signed by W. P. Harrison and W. J. Parks, proposing to add the words, “It shall be the duty of all members of the quarter ly conference to attend its sessions, unless providentially hindered,” to chap. 2, sec. 3, and ques. 1. In this recommendation you committee do not concur. The committee had before them a memo rial from the Baltimore Conference, and also one from the Jefferson station, Trinity Conference, proposing a change in the name of the Church, by striking from it the word “South.” Both of these papers are report ed back to the General Conference,- to be considered in Committee of the whole. Also, a paper signed by the Delegation of the North Carolina Conference, proposing that chapter 2, section 5, page Cl, of the Discipline be changed, by inserting after the word “care,” the words, —“or to any other appropriate work, in which he may be useful as a minister of the gospel among us.” This paper is also returned to the General Conference, with the request that it be referred to the Committee on Itiner ancy. Also, a resolution from the Piedmont sta tion, Baltimore Conference, requesting that the right to nominate trustees to fill vacan cies that may occur in Boards, may be vest ed by specific legislation, in the preacher in charge, etc. Your committee are of. the opinion that no further legislation is neces sary—section IC, page 19, being sufficiently explicit. We recommend that the words, “in joint,” be stricken out of answer 5, to question 2, of the same section, (IC.) The paper signed by H. P. Walker and C. W. Miller, proposing a change in answer 2 to question 3, in section 3 of chapter 2, page 61 of the Discipline, is reported back to the General Conference, with the request that it be referred to the Committee on Itin erancy. The resolution signed by D. R. McAn nally and others, requesting that the Cate chism be left out of the Discipline was con curred in. A resolution from the South Carolina Conference, requesting that provision be made for the election of trustees for district parsonages, was before the Aimmittee, and in compliance with it, we recommend the adoption of the following as answer C to question 2 in section 16, page 19, (N. A.): “Trustees of District parsonages shall be appointed by the District Conferences, upon nomination by tho Presiding Elder, and shall be responsible to the quarterly confer ence of the charge within which the proper ty may be located.” All of which is respectfully submitted, J. Hamilton, Chairman. Dr. R. S. Moron moved that so much of the report as recommended reference to the committee be adopted, which motion pre vailed. The rest of the report was laid on the ta ble under rule. S. Bobo, chairman of the Committee on Sunday-schools, submitted report No. 2 of that committee, which was laid on the table under the rule. It is as follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY-SCHOOLS —no. n. Your Committee on Sunday-schools res pectfully submit, as supplementary to re port No. 1, in which a Sunday-school Secre tary was recommended, the following reso lution : Resolved, That each Annual Conference elect a Corresponding Secretary to repre sent the Sunday-school interests of that Con ference to the Sunday-school Secretary, elected by the General Conference. S. Bobo, Chairman. S. Bobo submitted report No. 3, of the same committee, and that portion recom mending reference to the committee was adopted, and the rest, on motion of W. Shapard, was laid on the table. It is as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY-SCHOOLS —NO. in. Your committee submit as their report No. 3, the following : Resolved, That we hail with pleasure the accession to our Sunday-school text-books, of the Rev. Dr. T. O. Summers’s valuable Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, and recommend their use by our teachers in the preparation of their Sunday school lessons. Your committee respectfully return to the General Conference the resolution from the Montgomery Annual Conference, asking that the Discipline prescribe a method for “organizing and relating the Sunday-school to the Church,” with the recommendation that the request be not concurred in by the General Conference. Respectfully submitted, Simpson Bobo, Chairman. Memphis, May 13, 1870. Report 4, of the same committee was sub mitted, and on motion of H. A. C. Walker, was laid on the table. It is as follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY-SCHOOLS —NO. IV. Your committee have considered the vari ous resolutions referred to them as to the expediency of providing for the election of Sunday-school Superintendents by the quar terly conferences, and beg leave to report that in the judgment of your committee, such provision is not at this time expedient. Simpson Bobo, Chairman. May 13th, 1870. R. A. Young then called for the report of the Committee on Itinerancy, which was made the order of the day for 10 o’clock. The Secretary then read the Report No. 1, of the Majority, and also the Minority Report, as previously published. J. E. Edwards presented the original pa per, which was read by the Secretary. R. A. Young moved the adoption of the Minority Report, which motion was rated down; on the ground that tho ,5$ port should be considered first. J. E. Edwards moved to substitute the Minority Report for the Majority, on the ground that the Majority Report referred 'only to one single aspect of the question, while the Minority Report covered the whole subject: which motion prevailed. Dr. Young said: I propose to give the history of this movement at the General Conference held at New Orleans, for the special benefit of the clerical and lay mem bers who were not there, and perhaps did not take the Daily, or have not seen the Jouraal. I propose to give this from memo ry, as well as I can. There was, at that time, a committee appointed on Changes of Economy. A resolution was brought m be fore that committee, recommending an ex tension of the pastorate; that is, that the Bishop be allowed to appoint a preacher one year at a time, so long as he was seen to be the right man in the right place. "We had a discussion on this question at night, and a large majority went for taking out two years and putting in none at all. This is my first point: that after mature deliberation it was by a fine majority that this was carried The next morning we were waked up by the fact that there was great dissatisfaction in this regard on the part of some of the £a perintendents and prominent members ipf the Conference, who were jealous of the very fringes of Methodism, and they sug gested a reconsideration in order to adopt a compromise. I believe it was one of the Virginia delegates, moved that we put four years instead of two; and told us that if we moved a consideration, and allowed this compromise, it would bring us up to this General Conference, and we could then see what further change could be made. I voted for that because I considered it was done in good faith. They encouraged us to reconsider, that we might see tho working of this plan through the coming four years We stand on the threshold of that time and that hour. Is there any one Bishop who will say that this four year rule lias ever hampered him ? If there is a Bishop whom this four years’ rule has ever hampered, let him speak. I have been busying myself to see, to what extent this four years’ rule has been carried out; and, as they allege, has destroyed the Itinerant system. I have found some Conferences in which not a man has gone back four years; some in which but one; and in others two. In Tennessee, where we have men trained for the ministry, men capable of staying fully that length of time, there were only two sent back accord ing to the four years’ rule. And it is so of other Conferences. If I thought it would ever hamper the Bishops, I would vote against it instantly, and I speak sincerely. I think the extension of the Pastorate would have a good effect on the education of our young men. I throw this out as a seed thought, to be developed by men more ca pable of doing it than myself. I think it would have a good effect on our pastoral work, and throw this out as another seed thought. It would have a fine effect on the clerical manners of our younger brethren. It would have a fine effect on us in what we courteously call our studies, and develop the best talent of -our Church. W. A. McCarty said : Dr. Young asked if there was one of the Bishops who could an swer that the four years rule had ever tram melled him. In my Conference it has tram elled them. I know that it trammels the appointing power. Another point: it will induce the reading of sermons. It is easier to read them than to preach them, and because he can’t preach it out he will read it out. It will operate injuriously on the young men of tho Con ferences, who are on the outposts of tho Church, and who are not known about tho great centres. They say they want a man who can stay it out—one who has reputation and capacity to sustain it through an indef inite period of time. This will keep back tho young men, until their energies have died out, and age has dampened the spirit of their youth. This will not only damage but destroy the Itinerancy. Is there a man here who doubts this? [Answer, “Yes.”] Well, I don’t know that I will reason with that man. If man would doubt hi3 own existence would I go into a logical argument to prove it ? When you take away this rule, and allow a man as long as he pleases, and as long as the Church pleases, and as long ns the Bishop pleases, you have Congrega tionalism. It will destroy the Episcopacy. Take an example: Here is a promising man, beloved in his pastoral charge, and bound to a people by ties of relationship and love, and tell me where is the Bishop that would dare to move him ? It would take more than the nerve of a man, more than the nerve of a Bishop. People would say we don’t want that Bishop. They would say it, too, if perchance he should fix a man upon them whom they were not wil ling to receive. I repeat it, Mr. President, it will be subversive of the whole economy. Jos. B. Cottrell said: I deplore the fif teen minutes rale, as it would require over an hour to develop the argument I wish to advance. The Methodist Church is without a pastorate. To speak of an itinerant pas torate is as absurd as to speak of a square circle—that is, when’you mean by itineracy the arbitrary changing of men, swapping of men. Itineracy, in its best sense, is ‘ going about doing good.’ It is intended to sig nify aggression upon the outlying world This aggression is prevented by the fact, that preachers have not time to learn the necessities of a neighborhood or tract of country before they are, by the arbitrary rale of limitation, dislodged from their po sitions, to give place to others. This, too, at an expense which is disastrous, and a most deleterious effect, from the wear and tear of constant moving. A nomadic, ever shifting, changing ministry—‘ passers,’not pastors—lacks essential elements . of con servatism. Men subjected to it do not take the finest mould and polish ; are prevented from receiving the more delicate touches which qualify for the responsible and sacred duties of the pastoral office. It is remarka ble that the exceptions to the rale in the law of the Church are cases of a mere arti ficial character, when the swapping of men would disrupt nothing. For two professors or two editors to swap seats would produce no abrasion of any delicate organism ; but, for two pastors to swap places, calls for a dissolution of ties which may not be form ed in a day. The pastoral functions have reference to elements which mingle in the relationships of neighborhood and home ; they desiderate a knowledge which requires time and diligence. The pastorate is God’s order. It is thought that to conform to it will interfere with our Episcopal arrange ment. We must have it—it is essential to the Church of God. If it be found to be incompatible with our Episcopacy, then, rather than the. Church be without what God ordained, let our Episcopacy slide. I see no incompatibility, however. It has been said, our Bishops will not have the nerve to carry out the system, without the Rule of limitation. If that be the case, I pity them. Men who only have God for a master, can do their duty. It has been said that unless there be a rule of limitation, tho men But of the good appointments would have no chance ever to get the good ones. My observation has been that the men who hold good appointments almost invariably swap with men who have about as good. I have heard a good deal of laudation of ‘ our glorious itinerancy ’ from men who practically ignore it. They manage to have their fam ilies stay in the same town ten, fifteen, twen ty years. After all their protestations, they find their way to the Bishop’s room, and are seen to arm Presiding Elders at the An nual Conferrences, quite in contravention to what they so fervently commend. Out upon such simulation. It is said the chang ing of men is necessary in a frontier coun try. Why so ? What is gained ? If a man can plant himself firmly and watch the suc cessive waves of population as they come, he can set his net wisely and gather in suc cessfully, where a stranger would do little or nothing. The idea of Itinerancy is per verted. If it consists in an arbitrary dis placement of men by an inexorable rule it is not what obtained at the beginning. But this is the notion, and it is the superstition of the Methodist people—the Nehushtan of our Church. Hezekiah, when he became king, found the people worshiping the bra zen serpent. He broke it to pieces, and he called it Nehushtan — a piece of brass. Like immerson among the Baptists and apostoli- Pi^^R!^7riß7o. cal succession among Episcopalians, we must have our glorious something to flaunt —and without considering what we'mean, we say. our glorious Itinerancy. The Methodist Church is made by the limitation rale, the least aggressive of any of the Churches. The Methodist tree needs a tap root. Its lateral roots are fine. Institute a pastorate and you have it. It had a provis ional one in the class-leader and in the local ministry of former days. They built up the Church. When they dropped out, we need ed a heaven-ordained pastorate. You can not bring to life things worn out. Do not try to put new wine into old bottles. You must come ultimately to a proper pastorate. Dr. A. R. Winfield said : My first propo sition is this: First, Itinerancy is at the foun dation of our government. It is the stand point from which to contemplate every im portant change in our economy. Our Church is founded upon this. From the earliest times, that has ever been its leading idea. If Congregationalism had been superior to Methodism, Wesley would never have bro ken loose from the shackles of the Estab lished Church, poverty-stricken, to found this glorious system which we aro living to perpetuate. Religion had been shut up in those cells until its life-blood had left it, and it had grown pale and sickly. The min istry of the Methodist Church is an itiner ant ministry, and her Itinerancy is the life of her religion. 2. This removal of all restrictions, what ever the theory, practically abolishes Itiner ancy. To my mind, it is clear .that wo can not reconcile an extended pastorate with an Itinerancy. The only question is this : Is Congregationalism better than Itinerancy ? I will not take it upon myself to decide, but I will say, that by the help of God, we have set the world on fire. The camp fires of a holy Christianity which have gleamed all along our extended borders, have been fit by the hands of the Itinerant Ministry. Had it not been for this grand system, Andrew Monroe and those who have gone before him, had never carried the standard of Methodism into this, our wide-extended West. We have ever been the pioneer Church, We do not wait for the feather beds and pillorws to revel in luxurious ease. The Methodist Itinerant hears the command of his Saviour “ Go,” and he goes. You talk about the Bishop removing men. I tell you, sir, he will not do it. The preacher may be spunky and the people may back him. Then what are you going to do ? He brings you up by challenging your right to do it. Will you tell him that his good brotlier yonder lias fared badly, and that he must go and take his place V No, the Bishop will not, cannot do it. I have been a Presiding El der a long time, and have seen the danger of putting men back. 3. My third proposition : It robs the Episcopacy of one of its chief functions—the appointing power—and thus degrades the of fice, making tho Bishop a mere notary for others. They say, “we only appoint for one year, and then the Bishop can send them wherever he pleases.” He cannot do it. I might refer to a certain Southern city of which an exception has been made, for an illustration of this. I tell you, sir, they will never consent to lie tom up from their nests and thrown out on the rolling waves of an Itineracy, when you build such fort resses, behind which they may rest secure.* 4. It localizes the talent of the ministry, for the benefit of the few, to the damage of all the rest. Now, there are men of talent, like Dr. "Young, who should go through the country. Is it right to give McKendree church all the benefit of his talent, when other churches are calling for it ? Method ism must be regarded as one great system, and its great system and its ministers must be common to ajl. H I should follow out my feelings, I would offer here a resolution to place ourselves completely in the hands of our Bishops. Has it not sent the blush to our cheek to read of our fathers, in tho Histories of Methodism in Kentucky and Tennessee, which liavc just beon published —their sacrifices and sufferings, and their devotion to the cause of Christ. Where now is the fire that once burned on tho altar of their hearts ? Where is that fire of zeal that made them cut loose from all their so cial and domestic ties, and all the relations of life ? Ho that would have the honors and wealth of this world, is not worthy to serve in his Savior’s cause. 5. It is a disguised Congregationalism, and tends to subvert our whole econo my. Our Church has never demanded it. You kno w Arkansas has the true spirit of the Itinerancy. But Dr. Young was terribly ag grieved by being taken up ruthlessly and carried across the river from Tulip street to McKendree. Truly, that was a terrible af fliction ! 6. This plan teaches our people to rely upon the acquaintance with confidence in, aud affection for, the Preacher, aud the so cial influence growing out of a long pastoral relation, instead of the Holy Ghost. That was a dark night in Methodism when that four years’ rule was passed. I was willing to accept it then as a compromise, but I am happy to say that we can get a two-thirds vote on our side at this time. Brother Cot trell talked loud and long, and spoke of the expense which the Itinerant system devolv ed upon the Church. When such vital in terests are at stake, such notions should not be considered. Twenty years ago I went to Arkansas a poor houseless wanderer to preach the gospel of our blessed Lord. They told me I would starve, that I could never live. But I did live, and lam living still, and, blessed be God, I am here to con tend for this great system to which I have devoted my life. The venerable Dr. Pierce then arose and said : All that I would have said has been said on this subject. I will simply state I look upon this as a grand crisis in the on ward march of Methodism. I was the first delegate to the first General Conference ever assembled, and I have been in every one since. By the mercy of God lam pre served to be present at anew order of a General Conference, where there are assem bled an equal number of lay and clerical members. I have perceived that the ques tion under discussion was the leading ques tion of the Church, and my impression is that the change proposed would stand a much better chance to be adopted if there were no laymen present. While I mean no imputation of impurity to any one, I will say, that I have never seen a purer set of men than the Methodist preachers of the post. Strange to tell, this movement has been slowly growing and growing, until it lias culminated here. If it could be proved to be tho best measure for the Church— even though I could not see so far into the future as those who advocate this measure, it would be my prayer that it might prevail. My philosophy, my logic, and my experi ence teach me that the very day you break up this system, you disembowel Methodism. The Itinerancy belongs to the elements of Wesleyan Methodism. The moment you take out this you destroy its identity. You can’t pass this law without that following. As I speak to you to-day, if this ever pre vails, the peace and harmony between the Bishops and ministers will be broken up. Every man who is favorably received into a circuit and station, and gets this fixed into his mind, will think hard of it unless the Bishop signs this bill made up in his mind and in the minds of the people, and it will be heard whispered around: “I know that man needs that place no more than I.” Let there be a terminus as well as this peculiar privilege. I only wish to say that I have been working under the old rule, of six months to two years, for sixty-six years, and I have done more good than if I had been stationed all that time in one of the churches in the city of Memphis. The object of Methodism is not to accommodate, but it is the universal good. The argument of my friend from Alabama, though I believe he was sincere, was a very specious one, but that of my brother from the Little Rock Conference is the ground which should be taken. You cannot adapt this change pro posed, equally to the rights and claims of every one. To call this an Itinerant minis try would be a miserable nominalitv. Dr. J. E. Edwards said : That Minority Report covers all that is contemplated in the change, and does not refer, as does tho Majority Report, to a single aspect of the question. But lam no lawyer to pick flaws in the indictment of a Commonwealth at torney. I confess that I approach this with no small degree of embarrassment, mainly because I am conscious of my inability in the hurry of a speech, to discuss, fully, the merits of this question. I also feel embar rassed in following the Jeremy Taylor of our Church, whose opinions, with some, aro al most oracular ; and yet, I would beg leave to put in a demurrer to what has been said by some of my brethren on that side of the question. I, too, am old in the pastorate. I have been thirty-five years in tho Itineran cy—in the hands of tho Bishops—never hav ing given them occasion to consider thirty five minutes as to where to send me. What is proposed by the change now before this Conference, is the lifting of an arbitrary limitation, without any ulterior design to strike a death-blow at the root of the Itiner ant system. Let us look at the negative as pect of this question. 1. It does not encroach, by any organic law or usage of the Church, on the Episco pacy. It only intends to lift a proviso that shackles it. So far from encroaching upon their authority, it goes to remove the tram mels, that they might use men to the great est advantage of the Church. We have been careful to maintain this point. There is no encroachment on their authority. It does not invade their rights to ordain men, or to preside in Conferences, and I maintain, in view of this, that it does not encroach on the Episcopacy. 2. Nor does it encroach on the Methodist Itinerancy. “What,’’says one,does the Chairman of Committee on Itinerancy pro pose to abolish the system ?’’ Never, never —so help me heavon. 1 would knock off every trammel and chain and leave the min istry wholly in the hands of the Bishops, to send them wherever, in their opinion, they would best subserve the interests of the Church. What is tho Itinerancy ? It is that principle or feature by which members of Annnal Conferences are subject to continu al change, under the authority of the Epis copacy vested in their hands by tho General Conference. It does not necessarily follow that a man must be frequently changed in order to constitute him an Itinerant minis ter. If this is so, you violate this in your military posts, in your editors’ chairs, in your Agencies, and in your Presidents of Colleges. These still retain the technicality of Itinerant preachers, involving a liability to change. That is just where this proposes to place us. Another negative aspect: It does not con template a settled pastorate. What is meant by a settled pastorate ? A minister takes charge of a church by contract, and remains until they wish him removed, or until he gets some call which he deems more desira ble. Nothing of that sort is intended. The appointment of a preacher year after year only resembles this by a bare possibility. It is not our intention to fix a settled pastor ate. On motion of Dr. Marshall, Dr. Edwards was allowed fifteen minutes more to fiuish his speech. Dr. Edwards continued : I am obliged to the Conference for tho courtesy which they have extended to me, but I see that there is a disposition to throttle mo on the part of some from whom I did not expect it. I can do nothing more than merely state my ar guments, which amount to nothing in this body. My fourth proposition was, that it did not look to a settled pastorate. 5. It docs not contemplate a longer term of pastorate than under the four years’ rule, and the average term would be shorter. 6. It does not invade any divine right. Surely they cannot claim this. These are the negative aspects of the question, but they go very far in favor of the proposed measure. I will refer to some objections : 1. They say thatit tends to Congregation alism. It is an utter impossibility that it could tend to this. 2. They say it would operate to the dis advantage of a largo class of meu in our Church. God made men with certain pecu liar talents, and it is within the observation of all that a man is drifted about from year to year until a place which he fits exactly is found. He should fill that place, aud should not bo put off by any arbitrary law. 3. It is objected, that tho Bishops would not have the nerve to act. I have never found them wanting in nerve, but they will exercise their honest conviction so as to give the greatest good to the greatest number.— The operation of this restriction law lias in some places nearly killed the Church. Con structively a man could claim his right to stay, and the object of this measure is just as often to keep him from staying as to send him back. A few arguments in its favor. 1. It will give all the advantage of a settled Pastorate without any of its disadvantages. Here is apian that will accomplish this by having a flexible joint in the machine. 2. By this you furnish an additional stim ulus to the preacher. Success and demand will determine tho position he is to fill, and thus determining, it would give au impetus to his efforts. 3. It will give permanency to the work of the pastor, which, by the old rule, is fre quently left incomplete, 4. It will more firmly attach the preacher to his people. There are men upon whose hearts the coal of prophecy has been laid; yet, while they believe the Methodist doc trine, they hesitate to enter a pastorate in which they see so little prospect of accom plishing the result of their efforts. 6. This measure is suited to every part of our country. I intend only to say that I have no end to gain by this measnre, bat I have prayed that God would grant that I might live, just to allow me to enter some field in which I might accomplish the greatest amount of good in my declining years. We want a law to protect us, that will not trammel the Episcopal authority. Dr. Bond said : I have listened to these speeches with not only gratification, but with interest, as a learner of the minds of the Church and the condition of its institu tions. When I heard the able speech of my friend from Alabama, all the instincts of my nature we aroused ; for when I see a brave man withstanding the popular tide and con fronting the opinions of those with whom it is his interest to agree, saying, m reference to old established rules, ‘These be not the gods that brought ye up from the land of Egypt,’ I honor him. When I see that man, it is with pain that I am not converted to his views. I endeavored to find out what was the pro position before the house. At length I caught the idea, and I will give the Confer ence the benefit of my discovery. There are three systems which fix the relation of ministers to churches. One is the Congre gational system, in which the congregation makes an agreement with the pastor. The other two systems are those in which minis ters are assigned by Episcopal authority.— One of these is the Methodist, the other the Roman Catholic. Both are good, and work well, to the end proposed. The question is now, which shall we prefer. I prefer our own. The result of the proposed measure would be to constitute the Bishop a tho rough Pope, and he will be assailed on all sides, and there will be a quarrel every time he assigns a man. , , ... A. S. Andrews said : “I do not think that any subject is so fraught with weal or wo as this I bear my testimony against the reso lution. It will sap the foundation of our Itineranoy. According to our present sys tem the poor have the gospel preached to them, and as the scream of tho panther dies out on our borders the song of the Methodist circuit preacher is heard in its place. Again. It tends to destroy the great spiritual ele ment in our Church by opening a field for the gratification of worldly ambition and the enjoyment of worldly pleasure. This scheme throws around the preacher the en chanting witcheries of worldly interest which would set a bad example to the people; and O, I pray you, guard the piety of your peo- Sle. It will break into the unity of our hurch. My brethren have laughed at me for my earnestness in the matter. It springs from my love to Methodism. To Method ism I owe all that I hope for here, aud all that I hope for hereafter.” Dr. Rush opposed the measure by a few emphatio remarks, directed against the use of the expression “swapping off,” by J. B. Cottrell, to designate the Itinerancy, which he eulogized in a most eloquent and earnest style. A dispatch expressing fratfarnatodhtiments was received from the Sonth Sunday School Convention, in sessfoMfidhl ties ton, 7tjttb and the Secretary was instructed to forward a suitable answer. . J. C. Deming asked and obtained leave of absence. L. C. Garland was recognized 83 having the floor, and Conference adjourned with the Doxology and Benediction by the Bishop. General Conrercnce. REMOVAL OF THE PUBLISHING HOUSE. Memorial presented Friday May 6. The delegates of the Louisville Annual Conference beg leave to State, that since their arrival in this city they have received a paper containing the proceedings of a meet ing held in tho city of Louisville on the 25th ultimo, composed of a large number of the most influential male members of all the Southern Methodist churches in that city. The object of the meeting (as stated in the paper) was to consider the propriety of ten dering to this General Conference some proposition as to the removal of the Pub lishing House of the M. E. Church, South, from the city of Nashville, Tenn., to the city of Louisville, Ky. It was agreed by the meeting that should this General Confer ence favor the removal of the Publishing House to the city of Louisville, that the members and friends of our Church in that city, should assure the payment to the House of such an amount of money as would meet the expenses of the removal and add largely to the capital of the House, — After a full and free discussion, in which a number of brethren participated, the fol lowing resolution was unanimously adpted ; “Resolved. That we, as the representatives of the M. E. Church, South, in the city of Louisville, do hereby request our delegates to the General Con ference soon to conveno in the city of Memphis, to offer to said body the sum of fifty thousand dol lars for the use and boneiit of the General Publish ing House, on ths condition of its removal from Nashville, Tenn., to Louisville, Ky.—such remov al to bo made upon the condition of tho payment of the sum named, or as soon after said payment as may be consistent with the Interests of the House.” We feel assured that w'e truly represent our brethren at Louisvillo, when we say, al though they would highly appreciate the establishment of the Publishing House in their midst, for the advantages which would accrue to their city and to the Church, that this is not the controlling consideration with them in making, through us, the above named proposition. They do not expect or design, that the proposition to donate fifty thousand dollars to the Publishing House on condition of its removal to their city, shall be a determining consideration in the pre mises. Did they nqt feel assured that Lou isville possesses the local advantages essen tial to the successful operation of the House they would not ask its removal, as they would not expect it to succeed, though they should endow it with a a capital of half a million dollars. A large proportion of the brethren making this proposition are busi ness men of long and varied experience and observation; and they well know that the essential conditions of such a suocess as the Church of the present day demands of our Publishing House, and must have, are first, facility of obtaining and cheapness of la bor ; second moneyed facilities, and third, such commercial advantages ns will enable the House to transport her products cheap ly, speedily and safely to every part of our widely extending territory. In the absence of these advantages, which are essential con ditions of a genuine vitality, and of a health ful and vigorous growth, whatever amount of capital the House might command, and whatever financial skill might be employed in its management, it would be destined to drag out an unnatural and siokly existence, and finally reach a shameful and ignomini ous death. In illustration wo refer you to the fact that, of the wholo number of Book Depositories authorized by the General Con ference of 1846, tho Louisville Depository was tho only one which achieved a financial success. We refer you, also, to the success of tho Louisville Conference Book and Tract Depository, established under the ar rangement of the General Conference of 1858, of which Dr. Bedford was agent, as another illustration of the advantages of Louisville as a business centre. This differ ence of result is not to be accounted for al together, if at all, in the difference of finan cial ability, and degree of faithfulness and energy with which theso establishments were managed, but mainly, if not altogether, in the difference of degree of conformity with the principles which control all manufactu ing and commercial operations, while we most heartily unite with the whole Church in gratitude to God for the marvelous work accomplished in the last four years in the resuscitation of our Publishing House, un der the administration of Dr. Bedford, yet we feel constrained to say that it is our opin ion that this success has been accomplished in despite of the disadvantages of the loca tion of the House, and that, more favorably located, much more would have been accom plished. And we firmly believe that, con tinuing in its present location, it never can reaoh tho status that will render it capable of meeting the constantly incroosing demands of our growing Church. We do not pretend to assume that Louis ville is the only point within our bounds af fording the essential conditions of success in this department of Church operation ; but we believe that it possesses these advan tanges, taking all things into the account, in a degree superior to any other point. Having thus discharged our duty to our brethren of Louisville, by presenting the above named proposition to the General Conference, we close by most respectfully requesting that this paper be referred to the Committee on Books and Periodicals, with instructions to consider and report on the same, at as early a period as possible, during the present session. N. H. Lee, Chairman of the Delegation. EAST ALABAMA MALE COLLEGE. Memorial presented Saturday May 7. To the General Conference of the M. E. Churoli, South, assembled atAiemphia: Reverend and Dear Brethren : We, the Trustees of East Alabama College, being persuaded that the time has fully arrived for the Church to establish a Biblical Institute for the proper training of can didates for the ministry, and seeing .that the ques tion la agitating the Church in many sections, and believing that your body will devise measures to found such an institution, respectfully beg leave to suggest that you establish it Id connection with this College. We feel satisfied that there is not a more eligible location for such a school In the entire South.— There is, perhaps, not a more healthy spot on tho globe than Auburn, and the community is Meth odistlc and highly refined, enterprising and Intel ligent. The College is cosy of access, being Im mediately on the leading thoroughfare from the Northeast to the Southwest, and by means of railroads now constructing, will very soon be in connection by short lines with all the Northern and Northwestern portions of our territory. It is at present in successful operation, with a well ap pointed and efficient faculty, and offers to the public all the advantages and Inducements of a first-class Institution. The building—erected before the war at a cost of nearly *BO,<XX)-is perhaps the largest and best arranged of any belonging to our Church. It was planned to accommodate oyer seven hundred stu dents. with all necessary lecture rooms, public halls etc. Wo tender to the Church the free use of the libraries of the college, and of such halls and rooms as may be necessary for a Biblical Institute for the entire Connection. Wo pray your earnest and patient consideration of the suggestion and offer we make, and If in your wisdom you should determine to establish the school in connection with our College, we pledgo ourselves to do what we can to promote Its interest and make it a bless ing to the Church. M. 8. Andrews, Pros., Jos. B. Cottroll, W. A. McCarty, Wm. Shapard. In behalf of the Trustees. Auburn, Ala., AprU 28, 1870. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND PE RIODICALS. —NO. 1. Presented, Wednesday, May 11. Your committee to whom was referred the communication of Bishop Paine, in relation to his work, “ Life and Times of Bishop McKendree,” prepared by him in compli ance with the request of the General Con ference, together with a paper from Dra. Keener and Garland touching the same mat ter, would respectfully report: That iu their judgment the work is of so great value, not only because it presents the Methodist itinerant preacher in his true light as set forth in the labors, travels and sufferings of Bishop McKendree, but because of its historic character, being the only reli able history of the Church, in many respects, during the period in which he lived, that it should be widely circulated throughout the Church, and measures should be taken to perpetuate it for the benefit of ooming gen erations; therefore, Resolved, 1. That the General Conference ex presses not only its appreciation bnt its unqualified E. H. MYERS, D. D., EDITOR WHOLE NUMBER 1802. (admiration of the manner in which Bishop Paine has discharged the laborious and delicate trust confided to him by the General Conference of 1854, in the preparation and publication of the “Life and Times of Bishop McKendree.” 3. That the Conference regards the work as an extremely valuable and timely contribution to tbo general, and particularly to the constitutional his tory of the Methodist Chnrch in America during the most eventful period of its development, aa well as a faithful ana interesting delineation c f the characters and labors of the venerable McKendree. 3. That the Bishops be, and they hereby are, re quested to put it into the Course of Study presc rlbed for undergraduates in onr ministry. 4. That we accept and hereby tender onr thanks to Bishop Paine for the copy of his work that ac companied his communication, and that it be pre served in the archives of this General Conference. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Rush, Chairman. REPOKT OF COMMITTEE ON BEVISAL. —NO. 2. The committee on Revisal beg leave to offer report No. 2. Tour committee have bad under consideration a memorial from the Virginia Conference upon the subject of District Conferences, and report the fol lowing, to bo adopted as sec. 3 of chapter 2, of the new arrangement: Question. What directions arc given concerning District Conferences ? .dajKXT i. There shall be bold annually, In each Presiding Elder’s District, a District Conference at such time as the Presiding Elder may designate and at such place as the Conference may scleet. Ans. 2. Said Conference shall be composed of all the preachers in the District, both travelling and local, and such number of laymen, to be ap pointed in such manner as each Annual Conference may determine for itself. Arm 8. A Bishop, and in iris absence the Pre siding Elder, shall preside; and if both be absent, tho Conference shall elect a President. Ans. 4. The Conference shall elect a Secretary s»ho shall keep a record of all its proceedings. Ans. 5. It shall bo tho duty of the District Con ference to Inquire particularly Into the condition of the Beveral chargee In the District. Ist. As to theTr spiritual state, and the attend ance upon the Ordinances and Social Meetings of the Church. fid. As to their financial systems, their contribu tions to Church purposes, and the condition of houses of worship and parsonages. Bd. As to Sunday-schools and the manner of con ■ ducting them, and as to education generally. 4th. As to Missions within the District; where new missions should be established, or what mis sions should be raised to circuits and stations. Ans. 6. The District Conference shall elect an nually, by ballot, from the District, four delegates to the ensuing Annual Conference; Provided, no member of the Annual Conference shall vote in said election. Ans. 7. At these Conferences prominence shall be given to all religious exercises, such as preach ing, prayer-meetings, lovc-feasts and the adminis tration of the sacraments. Tour Committee also had beforo them a (second memorial from the Virginia Conference, asking a change In Chapter ll,Sec. s,Acs. S.oftheDiscipline, by striking ont the clause which limits the number of appointments in a Presiding Elder’s District to fourteen—and recommend that the General Con ference do not concur. Allot which is respectfully submitted. J. Hamilton, Chairman. * May 11. RESOLUTIONS. Presented, read and adopted Wednesday May 11. By ChOs. Taylor. Resolved, That tho committee on Revisal bo in structed to inquire into the propriety of inserting after line 2d, page 12, of the re-arrangement, or at tho end of paragraph 16, page 71. In the Discipline, the following: “ 17. On removal of any memberof his charge to another, to write Immediately in forming the preacher in charge of the work to which such member has removed, whether with or with out a certificate.” By T. H. Reid. Resolved, That the committee on Revisal be In structed to Inquire into the expediency of chang ing the Discipline, chapter 2, sec. 8, page 50, loat paragraph in answer to question 5, as follows: After the word "change” strike out the phrase, “ Lost filled by him,” and insert in the place of It, “In which he reeldes.” Then it will read thus: “ When a travelling preacher Is located he shall be amenable to the Quarterly Conference of the charge in which he resides until he presents his certificate of location to that or some other Quarterly Con ference.” By P. A. Peterson. Resolved, That no minister of our Church shall solemnize matrimony when there is a divorced wife or husband of either party still living; pro vided, this prohibition shall not apply in the caso of an innocent party in a divorce for the cause of adultery, or to parties who have been divorced seeking to be re-united. By W. H. Bobbitt. Resolved, That tho committee on Revisal bo re quested to inquire into the (expediency of amend ing tho Discipline (new arrangement,) page. 15, answer Ist, to question 4, eighth line after the word “Church,” by adding the following words: “And they shall report the extent and result of their la* bors to tho fourth Quarterly Conference.” By J. E. Edwards. Resolved, That tho committee on Revisal be re quested to consider tbe propriety of fixing a limit as to the time within which, as a general rule, a certificate of Church membership shall entitle a member to re-admission into our Church. By T. L. Boswell. Resolved, That the committee on Revisal be and they arc hereby Instructed to inquire into tbe, pro priety of so amending the Discipline, chap. 6, sec. 5, page 26 (new arrangement,) beginning after the word “care,” by inserting the following: “ Pro vided, that if in any case said committee should refuse or neglect to perform their duty, the preach er in charge shall proceed to Investigate the ‘report’ and if he Is thereby convinced that the pnrity and peace of the Chnrch requires a trial, he shall pre pare a bill of charges and specifications himself.’ By W. G. E. Cunnyngkam. Resolved, That the commltteo on Books and Pe riodicals be instrnctcd to consider and report upon the expediency of publishing a monthly periodical devoted to tbe cause of Missions, to be under tho editorial supervision of the Missionary Secretaries. By A. L. P. Green. Resolved, That tho committee on Books and Pe riodicals be instrnoted to Inquire into the propriety of reporting in favor of creating the office of Book and Periodical Superintendent in every society, to be nominated by the preacher in charge and elected by the Quarterly Conference annually, bnt the ap pointee to hold the office until a successor has been nominated and elected; bis duties to be un der the direction of and co-operation with the preacher in charge, to assist in the circulation of the Books and Periodicals of the Church, and to be responsible to the Quarterly .Conference, of which he shall be ex-qffMo a member. By F. W. Earnest. Revolved, That the oommlttee on Books and Pe riodicals be and therare hereby requested to report upon the expediency and propriety of enlarging the Nashville Advocate to double its present size, and the election of a corps of not lees thsn three editors by this General Conference for the same, who shall devote their entire time to the interest of said paper. By H. P. Walker. Resolved, That the committee on Revisal be and the same is hereby instructed to consider the pro priety of adding the following provisions on the duties of Bishops, after the word “institution, ’ ans. 2, qnes. 3, sec. 5, chap. 2, page 61. of the Dis cipline, “and when requested by an Annual Con ference to appoint a preacher to travel at large,and do such work as the Conference may direct. William Tisdale, and “the English Bible.’’--The Dublin University Magazine says: “Tlie name of William Tyndale should be cherished by every man who enters a chnrch or sets any value upon an English Bible. He it was who gave his whole exis tence to the work of its translation, braved tho fury of his enemies, and sealed his mis sion with liis martyrdom. This extraordi naiy man——and if magnitude and impor tance of labor be estimated, this greatest and noblest of Englishmen—was bom ol the borders of Wales, where the doctrines of Wiokliffo had taken a firm hold on the peo ple’s minds. To him we owe the English Bible. It was he who first ventured openly to proclaim the necessity for promulgating that book; it was he who in solitude, iu pov erty and in peril, set about translating it; who braved the fury of the enemies of the Bible and defied them; who went into vol untary exile, and sought in a foreign land that shelter which his country refused him ; spurned by her, ho was yet faithful to her interests; banished from her shores, he con ferred on her the choicest gift she possesses; persecuted, yet undaunted ; freviled yet la boring on; robbed, but not discouraged; in sickness, in want, in shipwreck, in prison, with all faith, love, aud meekness, did this man woik ont his title to a place in the cal endar of the world’s worthies; and when tho one labor of bis life was finished, he laid down that life at the stake, with the prayer upon his lips for God’s blessing upon that oonntry for whom he bad labored, and who had cruelly betrayed him into the bands of his merciless foes.” Teaching “Scolding.”—A little girl, not six years of age, screamed out to her littlo brother, who was playing in the mud : “B?b> you good-for-nothiug rascal, come into the house this minute, or I’ll beat you till the skin comes off.” “Why, Angelina, dear, what do you mean ?” exclaimed the mortified mother, who stood talking with a friend. Angelina’s childish reply was a good com mentary upon this manner of spoaking to children: “Why, mother yon seewowere playing, and he’s my little boy, and 1 m scolding him just as you did me this morning. “Thou hast made ns for thyself, O God, and onr hearts are unquiet till they rest in Thee !” The greatest temptation the doyi i has for the Christian is comfort— Luther,