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MACON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 8, 1875.
“In Whatsoever State,’’etc.
Paul hed mastered the most difficult
lessen of homan experience, and had
ematc : pated Lib happiness from all depen
dence upon earthly circumstances, when
he was able to say to the Philippians, “ I
have learned in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.” In this ex
alted attainment, he is not less worthy
onr imitation than in bis heroic and self
sacrificing devotion to the service of his
Master. To endure, is oftentimes more
try Dg than to do; to accept our lot cheer
fully and staud in it patiently and with
unruffled spirit, often requires far more
of the mind that wap in Christ, than to
perform services which catch the world’s
eye and win its applause. Nor is there
any grace whose cnltivation, in the pnrely
selfish aspect of the case, is more remu
nerative and satisfactory, than con
tentment. The dominance of the oppo
site spirit embitters life, magnifies its mis
fortunes -and burdens, poisons its bless
ings, and renders the man who is its vic
tim an offense to himself and a nuisance
tj his fellows. Whereas, a contented
spirit redaces the irritations of the most
undesirable lot, furnishes the most favor
able condition of mind for ameliorating
it, puts a grateful estimate upon such
comforts as are at command, bleßses its
possessor and makes him a blessing to
8 iciety. We commend this grace to our
readers, because of its social value as well
as its spiritual worth.
Just at this season, among Methodist
preachers and Methodist people, there is
apt to be peculiar need for the exercise of
this grace, as there are apt to be extensive
opportunities for its cnltnre. The “ap
pointments” for the ensuing year are soon
to be made. There are a great many men
to be provided with work, a great many
Churches to be supplied with ministers.
It is more than likely that some preachers
will feel “ afflicted” by the work assigned
them for the year,while some charges will
feel sorely aggrieved by the pastoral pro
vision made for them by the Bishop. In
either case, the evil, if it be one, will only
be aggravated instead of lessened or re
moved by quernlous dissatisfaction; while
a cheerful, contented acquiescence in the
appointment, and adjustment to the situ
ation, will abate if not wholly remove its
objectionable features. Many a preacher,
who has left Conference with a heavy
heart, feeling that he deserves a better ap
pointment, has nevertheless determined
to be contented with bis lot; and laboring
in this spirit, has passed the year so pros
perously and happily as gladly to accept
the same charge for another term of ser
vice. Many a congregation, which, in
stead of getting the man they wished
have been served with the very man they
didn’t want, by loyal contentment with
the operations of the itinerant system,
have closed the year by requesting the re
turn of the man against whose original
appointment they were almost ready to
rebel. Congregations that are “hard to
please” are cherishing a spirit that always
proves disastrous to prosperity. And, if
a preacher indulges and fosters a obronio
frame of discontent—as it is to be feared
one does, now and then—concludes that
he “ is not appreciated,” that his ability
and claims have not been fairly estimated;
or, that these have been sacrificed to the
convenience and wishes of some not more
deserving brother, —be is in a fair way to
make himself miserable, to impair his
efficiency as a pastor, and seriously to
dumage his Christian and ministerial
character in the jes of the people. There
may be foundation for these convictions,
amt there is a time and place for the tem
perate statement of his grievances; but
it docs not mend matters, and only makes
them worse, for him to allow these things
to sour his temper, embitter his tongne,
and render him discontented with his lot.
We advise all then, preachers and people,
in advance of pastoral arrangements for
the coming year, to make np their minds
to be contented with the situation, re
solved to make the most of it for the glo
ry of God and their own epiritnal ad
vancement. They may be far below the
lofty plane wnith Panl occupied, but the
cordial acceptance of our advice will
largely help them toward his high attain
ment. _
Emory College.
Just as we are leaving Macon for Griffin,
the seat of the North Georgia Conference,
we find in our morning paper the follow
ing special telegram to the Telegraph and
Messenger'.
Griffin, Ga., December 2.—Rev. Atti
ens G. Haygood, D.D., was elected Presi
dent of Emory College and Professor of
Moral and Mental Science; Dr. O. L.
Smith, Professor of Latin Literature; and
Dr. Morgan Callaway, Professor of Eng
lish Literatnre. The other Professors re
main in their respective chairs. The
action of the Board was unanimous and is
agreeable to all who are interested.
J. W. S.
Death of Mrs. Duncan. —Dr. White
foord Smith appends the following sad
note to a business communication of No
vember 27th. Mrs.Dancan was the moth
er of Dr. James A. and Rev. Wallace W.
Demean, who, together with their vener
able and sorely stricken father, will re
ceive such support under this sudden
stroke, as the prayers of a sympathizing
Church can secure:
“With pain I have to announce the
sudden decease this day of Mrs. Duncan,
wife of the venerable professor David
Dunoan. She’was at breakfast, in usual
health apparently, complained of pain in
the head, and soon became unconscious,
expiring at Ip. m. Our venerable friend
has our deepest sympathies, but, alas!
how little can they avail.”
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start for a special field of work, has be
oome almost a mis-nomer, because it is
now equally useful to City, Village, aud
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which are prepared with mnch labor,
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.North Georgia Conference.
Griffin, Ga., Deo. Ist, 1875.
The North Georgia Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, began its Ninth regular session at
the Methodist Church, in the city of Grif
fin, this morning at 9 o’clock.
The Presiding Bishop, John C, Keenr r,
took the chair, and called the Conference
to order.
Religious exercises were conducted by
the Bishop, and consisted of reading the
Scriptures, singing and prayer.
The Secretary of the last Conference
proceeded to call the roll, whereupon a
large number of ministers and lay dele
gates were found to be present.
Conference was then regularly organ
ized by the election of Jno. W. Heidt,
Secretary, and James H. Baxter, Thos. A,
Seale, Josiah Lewis, Jr, and William P.
Lovejoy, assistants.
Bishop Keener addressed the Confer
ence, touching several general interests of
the Church, and of the special work be
fore us as a denomination.
The Presiding Eiders of the Conference
were appointed a Committee to nominate
the several working oommittees.
Conference ordered a Committee on
Chnrch Buildings, to consist of one from
each District.
Leave of absence was granted to the
Board of Missions, to nominate an assist
ant Treasurer for the Board.
Jos. 8. Stewart was elected by the Con
ference Assistant Treasurer of the Board
of Missions. ,
Appointments for preaching to-day an
nounced as follows: Jno. W. Knight at 3
p. m., at the Methodist Church; W. P.
Harrison at 7 p. m., at the Metholist
Church; R. R Johnson at the African
Methodist Church at 7 p. m.
Exhibit of Southern Methodist Publish
ing House, by A. H. Bedford Agent, was
read, and referred to Committee on Books
and Periodicals.
Committee on Nominations made the
following report which after amendments
and addition was adopted: C. D. Me-
Cutcheon was appointed in place of L D.
Palmer, and J. T. Waterman in place of
E. M. Pendleton on the Board of Educa
tion.
Committee on Chnrch Building*: J. E.
Godfrey, William King, D. C. Osborn,
H C. Christian, W. W. Simpson, S. G.
Howell, W. C. Smith, Geo. E. Gardner.
Committee on Books and Periodicals
and Southern Methodist Publishing
Honse: H. H. Parks, T. S. L. Harwell,
0. A. Mitchell, T. F Newell, J H. Jones.
Committee on Southern Christian Advo
cate: Geo. H. Patillo, G G. Smith, A. W.
Williams, W. C. Smith, Jas. L Maddox.
Committee on Public Worship: Geo.
W. Yarbrongh, L J. Davies, C. H. John
son.
Bible danse Committee; W. F. Cook,
W. T. Hamilton, G. L MoOlesky, J. H.
Harris. J. T. Waterman.
J. H. Jones was appointed in place cf
Robt. H. Hester, and W. C. Derry in
place of A. B. C Dorsey on Sunday
school Board.
A communication from Rev. Thos. O.
Summers was read, aud referred to Com
mittee ou Books and Periodicals.
The hours of 9 a. m. and 1 p. m , were
appointed as the houis of meeting and
adjournment.
The bar of the honse was fixed at a line
running across the honse at the fifth win
dow from the pulpit.
Question eighteenth was taken up, when
the following superannuated preachers
were called: Jesse W. Carroll passed and
continued; Robert A. Conner, passed and
continued; Henry Cranford, passed and
continued; Andrew J. Deavors, passed
and continued; John M. Bright, passed
and continued; James M. Armstrong,
passed and continued; John P. Duncan,
passed and continued; Milford G. Hamby,
passed and continned; Samuel J. Bellah,
passed and made effective; Jno. B. C.
Quillian, passed and continued; Goodman
Hughes, passed and continned; Morgan
Bellah, passed and continned; Jno. W.
Knight, passed and continned; Noah H.
Palmer, passed and continued; William
A. Florence, passed and made effective;
Miles W. Arnold, passed and made effec
tive; Miller H. White, passed and made
effective; Richard J. Harwell, passed and
made effective.
Rev. J. R. Mayßon, President of La-
Grange Female College, submitted a re
port of the condition and prospects of the
institution, which was referred to the
Committee on Education.
It was, on motion of James E. Evanr,
ordered that the examination of character
be condncted with open doors.
The second question, “Who remain on
trial, was taken np, when the names of the
following were called, who, after recom
mendation by the Committee of Examina
tion and the passage of their characteis.
were continned on trial, James E. Eng
land, Jesse J. Harris, Thomas J. Edwards,
William H. Trammell, James W. Lee,
Franklin M. T. Brannon, Edward A.
Gray, Thomas R. Kendall, Charles L.
Pattillo. A. J. Hughes, of this class, was
announced as transferred from the Arkan
sas Conference. He was passed and con
tinned. On motion, Robinson M.
Hughes was discontinued. His transfer
will appear in the proper place.
Sixth question, Who are received by
transfer, was called A. J. Hughes, and
Robinson M. Hughes were annonneed as
transfers from the Atkansas Conference.
The seventh question, Who are the
deacons of one year, wsb taken np. The
following were called: C. C. Carey, passed
over for the present; E.i Smith, approved
by the Committee and character passed;
Jno. D. Gray, approved by the Committee
and character passed; William H. La-
Prade, already an elder, was passed; Ben
jamin F. Farriss, already an elder, was
approved by the committees of third and
fourth years, and passed; SamuelP. Jones,
approved by the Committee, and passed.
The action of the Conference, appoint
ing 1 o’clock p. m., as the hour for ad
journment was, on motion, reconsidered,
and the hour of I‘2}£ p. m. appointed.
W. C. Smith was added to the Commit
tee on Snnday-schools.
Announcements. Adjournment.
Second Dat, December 2d, 1875.
Conference met at 9 a, m., Bishop
Keener in the Chair. Religions exercises
were conducted by Rev. TANARUS, S. L Harwell,
of the Conference.
Roll was oalled. Minutes of yesterday
read and approved,
Communications, with accompanying
documents, from J. B. McFerrin and D.
C. Kelly, general missionary secretaries,
were read and referred to the Board of
Missions.
The report of the Board of Trustees of
Wesleyan Female College, through James
Jackson, President, was read and referred
to the Committee on Edacation.
Committee on Public Worship made
appointments for the day.
Report of Publishers of Southern Chris
tian Advocate—J. W. Burke & Co.—was
read and referred to Committee on Advo
cate.
A communication was read from Rev.
R. C. Oliver, and referred to Committee
on Books and Periodicals.
Question 7th—Who are the deacons of
one year. Resumed. The following names
were called : M. L. Underwood, W. P.
Smith, and C. C. Carey. Recommended
by committee and passed. J. H. Mash
burn passed over, for the present. J. T.
Richardson passed and continued in class
cf third year.
4th Question —Who are admitted into
fall connection ? The names of the fol
lowing were called : Wiley T. Laiae, ap
proved and passed ; Thomas J. Adams,
passed and discontinued; Geo. W. Thomas,
approve! and passed, and elected to dea
con’s orders ; also J. W. G. Watkins, W.
L. Wooten, W. H. Speer, W. L. Yar
borough, Joseph H. Bently, W. R. Foote,
Jr., George E. Bonner, and W. W. Lump
kin. S. A. Mitchell passed, and and soon -
tinned at his own request.
Question 6ih—Who are received by
transfer ? was taken up. James R. Smith
was announced transferred from Baltimore
Conference; I. 8. Hopkins from South
Georgia Conference.
The following were called before the
Bishop, who propounded to them the Dis
ciplinary questions, addressed them, and
proceeded to admit them into full connec
tion : G. W. Thomas, J. G. W. Watkins,
W. T. Laine, W. L. Wooten, W. H.
'Speer, W. L. Yarborough, J. H. Bentley,
J. D. Gray. W. R. Foote, Jr., W. W.
Lampkin, Geo. E Bonner.
Who are readmitted ? Rev. J. W. Tray
wick, of Cedar Town, Ga. After a long
discussion, in which a great deal was said
for brother T. as a faithful, good preacher,
it was decided not to re admit him on ae
connt of his age.
Who are received on trial ? From the
Augusta District, George W. Duval;
Gainesville District, Henry M. Quillian,
John W. Quillian ; Rome District, W. D.
Anderson, James L. Perryman.
After the usual notices, the Conference
adjourned with the Benediction.
Third Day, Deo. 3d, 1875.
Conference met at 9 a. m., Bishop
Keener in the Chair. Religions exercises
by Rev. James Jones. Roll call suspend
ed for the balance of the session. Minutes
of yesterday read and approved.
Ist Question resumed—Who are admit
ted on trial ? Vincent V. Harlan, of the
Dalton District; John D. Hammond i
Warren A. Cauler, O. A. Thrower, of the
Atlanta District ; Elam Christian, Augus
ta District.
W. E. Shackelford was called, passed,
and continued on trial.
4‘h Question —What preachers are eli
gible to Eider’s orders ? J. S. Embry, J.
R Pate, H C. Christian, and G. W.
Hardaway, passed and elected. Of this
class, the name of J. M. Parker was called,
when his presiding Elder announced that
he was dead ; died in great peace, and had
gone to his reward.
R. P. Martin elected, and continued in
supernumerary relation.
Ist Q lestion resumed —Who are admit
ted on trial ? Elias H. Wood, from Giiflin
District.
R v. O L. Smith, President ol Emory
College, made an interesting report in re
gard to the condition of the College. He
also announced his resignation, and the
election of Rev. A. G. Haygcod, D. D.,
to fill his place.
ReV. J. E. Godfrey excused from Com
mittee on Church Buildings, and J. 8.
Stewart pat in his place.
Dr. Haygood asked to be relieved from
Committee on Edacation and chairman
of the same. His request was granted,
and W. F. Cook appointed in his place.
Brother W. F. Glenn read a report from
Committee on Finance—for information
and to elicit such changes as might be
suggested.
The following members of the South
Georgia Conference were formally intro
duced to the Conference:
A. Wright, J. W. Hinton, Geo. C.
Clark, W. M. D. Bond, J. W. Burke, J.
V. M. Morris, and John W. Simmons,
also R. H. Nall of the Presbyterian
Chnrch.
10 Sh Q lestion—Local preachers for
deacons orders. The following were elect
ed: Nicholas Z. Glenn, A. C. Davidson,
David L. Parrish, Levi Q Reed, W. M.
Duncan, James 0. Bell, John J. Methvin,
Gabriel W. Moore, W. S. Fester, W. J. C.
Timmons, J. H. Callahan, Owen H. Smith,
J. T. Crowell, W. D. Payne, Josiah F.
Holmes.
14th Question —Local Preachers for El
der’s orders: James A. Baugh, W. M.
Chapman, Geo. K Quillian, James M.
Moore, John T. Whitaker, Jame Prophett,
Elijah H. Claik, Holmes Harvey.
J. Rambert Smith, a transfer from Bal
timore Conference, being recommended,
was elected to Elder’s orders, B. F.
Faris, J. F. Mixon, and Isaac G. Parks,
passed an approved examination, and are
recommended to Elder’s orders.
The ecelesit stical body adjourned tem
porarily, and the legal Conference met.
Rev. W. H. Potter, President, took the
Chair.
After some legal business connected with
tho Conference, and the appointment of
a committee to investigate the claims of
Rev. G J. Pierce against the LaGraDge
Female College, the legal Conference ad
journed.
After the nsual notices the Conference
proper adjourned with benediction.
Forsyte, North Georgia Conference—
Rev. D. D. Cox writes, November 26th :
It may be gratifying to the readers of the
Advocate to know that the Chnrch in For
syth has had a year of some prosperity.
There have been quite a number of con
versions and accessions to the Chnrch, and
its spiritual condition is much better than
it was last year ; better, the brethren say,
than it has been for fonr or five years
past. The Churches of the community
havo worked together very harmoniously
and pleasantly, and it is said that a better
feeling now exists between them than
ever before. The preacher and his family
have been kindly cared for, notwithstand
ing the great financial pressure npon the
commnnity. The presiding elder and
pastor will be paid np in full, and the
amount raised npon the other assessments
will compare favorably, we think, with a
majority of other charges. The noble
ladies of the Church, assisted by other
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
kind friends, will send their pastor to
Conference with anew enit of clothes, as
hcratofira, free of cost to him ; and the
pastor will leave the charge with a heart
full of love for all tho people of Forsytn.
A Broken Heed.
Backslidden Israel at one time looked
to Egypt for deliverance from her enemies.
This w*B a sad mistake and a great sin.
It was n mistake to put their trust in
princes—it was a sin not to put their trust
in God. And Israel was taithluliy warned,
and sorely punished. Leaning on Egypt
was leaning on a broken reed that pierced
through the hand. No: nations, indivi
duals, Churches, must lean upon God and
not upon man.
We find in the papers a statement made
by a member of the Church of Ihe Pil
grims, Brooklyn, in relation to their pros
pective loss of their gifted and devoted
pastor, the Rev. Dr. Storrs. The doctor
has been “called,” it seems, to accept the
pastorate of a church in New York City.
There was reason to believe he might ac
cept. This, as the papers tell us, has
thrown the good people of the Church of
the Pilgrims into quite a ferment $f excite
ment. The offbiary of the Chnrch had a
meeting the other day and talked tfie mat
ter over. Oae brother has
with the following statement, “ jmSlorrs'
resignation means the decline of the Church ”
Such cases are frequently happening in
the Congregational Churches. And in
Methodist Chnrobes we occasionally find a
state of things that indicates a similar dis
position to “lean upon a broken reed.”
Now and then a Methodist Church
works itself into a ferment of apprehen
sion and anxiety, lest some popular
preacher—who “draws” well—may not be
returned, or lest they may fail to induce
the Bishop to send them some “star”
they have sat their hearts upon. Oae
says, “O we must have Dr. Smith next
year—we are ruined if the Bishop takes
him away.” Another says, “O, we must
have Dr. Jones—we are rained if the
Bishop don’t send him to us.” And
mere or less such talk sorely-troubled
Presiding Elders and hard-pressed Bish
ops hear from year to year.
Now —if our gentle readers will pardon
a rough word —this is all “bosh.’ K Notone
word of it—unless we have mis
taken the real foundations of the Church —
is true. If the Church of the Pilgrims
goes into “decline” only because Dr.
Stcrrs becomes pastor of some other con
gregation, then it is no true Church of
Christ—it is only a society, whose life is
bound up in the life of Dr. Storrs. If
Dr. Storrs is the life—its “author and
finisher”—its “alpha and omega” then it
will die when he dies, or whenever he
withdraws his sustaining grace,,- We are
sure that Dr. Storrs has not the least
vibration of sympathy with any such non
sense. If the Chnrch of the''Pilgrims
must go into a decline and die, simply
because Dr. Storrs goes away, theD, by
all means, let him leave as soon as he can.
For the sooner a society, calling itself a
Chnrch, and trusting in a man, *nos into
decline and dies, the better for ail con
cerned. It ought to die—najUit must
die. It has no roots. But brother
was mistaken—the Church of th|Pdgrims
will not go into decliue, not
die when Dr. Storrs goes to another field,
nor when Dr. Storrs himself dies and is
buried. Net if it is a true Church of
Christ.
There is but one life necessary to the
Church U niversal, or to any particular
Chnrch—Jesus Christ, the Sou of God.
He “who was dead and is alive ferover- ’
more” —He, but no other, is necessary to
the Church. His departure “means the
decline" of the Church. And the Church
dies that departs fnm him. A3 it seems
to ns, it must be a great offence to CLriat
Jesus, when a Church says —‘ We are ruin
ed if we don’t get doctor this, or doctor
that.” We would not stay one hour in a
Chnrch that felt its life to be bonud up in
any mere man. Not so have we learned
Christ.
It is a sad thing when a man—pnffed
np with vanity—gets it into his head that
he is necessary to the Church; it is a sad
der thing when the Chnrch—forgetting
her true life—gets it into her head that
any man is necessary to her existence or
prosperity.
Paul died and the Church lived. The
prophets, and the apostles, and the “long
bright throng” of reformers —where are
they? Dead and buried. But the Church
lives and prospers. Wise preachers will
say, we are not necessary to the Church,
but the Church is necessary to ns. A wise
Church will say, “neither Dr. Storrs, nor
any other man, is necessary to ns, our life
is hid with Chriet in God.” When a man
concludes that he is necessary to the
Chnrch General, cr to any particular
Church, the day of his usefulness is ended.
And his religion also is in danger.
The fathers said, “GodTraries his work
men, bat carries on his work.” We may
say with the Psalmist: “There is a mwer
the streams whereof shill make glad the
city of God; the holy place of the.taber
nacles of the Most High. . . . God is in
the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, aud that right early.
The Lord of Hosts is with ns, the God of
Jacob is onr refuge.”
The Church that is of God will not die
because a man goes away—or backslides—
or dies. There is no good work that must
be done f> r the Chnrch that only one man
oan do. If any man has so vain a thonght
of himself, let him reflect on Emerson’s
saying: “The world needs every man—
but not much.” If any Cnurch has such
thoughts of any man, let her beware of a
broken reed that will pierce her hand.
Oxford, Ga. H.
Comspt&enre
Letter from Philadelphia.
Dear Brother Kennedy: The good old
Advocate makes its visits to me weekly,
and gladdens my heart with the many
good things it has to say. Good they are
intrinsically, and doubly so, because they
come from home. How much happier are
we when among those we love, and in onr
own native land, where we oan hear the
gospel in its purity! We never know to
what degree to appreciate onr happy lot,
till moved, as I am, far away from all the
heavenly associations that are pecnliar to
the place of one’s birth, conversion, and
religions eLjoyment consequent npon
faitbfal performance of duty. Bat declin
ing health, and other things not necessary
now to mention, make it neoessary for me
to submit for the time being. Howmnch
happier I would be if I could be at the
session of our Conference next week and
receive an appointment! But I began to
write you a line about Messrs Moody and
SaDkey, who are in this city, and have
been for over one week holding their
meetings. All denominations here have
united and fitted up an old railroad depot
as a place of worship for them.
Eleven thousand persons can be very
comfortably seated in the building, and
at Dearly every service it is packed full,
and at times, several thousands leave for
the want of even standing room. Moody
as you know, is the preacher, Sankey the
evangelist of song.
The former a Cor gregatioDalist, the lat
ter, a Methodist. It is quite difficult to
tell in what lies Moody’s power, nr what
is in other words, the secret of hi success.
Intellectually, he is ordinary with but lit
tle cnltnre, but he has a well balanced
mind, great physical energy, unbounded
zeal, deep piety, an unlimited supply of
incidents and anecdotes, that he uses with
wonderful skill, and no regard for the
opinion of critics, all these,with Sankey’s
singing, which he does alone, and with
the congregations—continued for weeks
and months together, do tell wonderously
upon the people.
Mr. Sankey’s songs,when he sings them
alone, are certainly transoendently grand.
I never expect to hear better music till I
hear it in heaven.
These cold, worldly, phlegmatic Phila
delphians, never saw it after this fashion
The scenes at their meeting are mire like
those yon have seen in South Carolina
and Georgia, at a camp meeting when the
people were having what the preachers
call a good time, than anything I chd
compare them too. Georgia.
Philadelphia , Nov. £9 th.
Sunday-school Libraries.
Mr. Editor: DuriDgthe past three jeais,
I have repeatedly deteoted myself stroll
ing into meditations on what I believe is
a desideratum in hundreds of Sabbath
schools witbiu the bounds of the Georgia
Conference”, viz : a judiciously selected
and systematically circulated library. I
have ns often been tempted to venture, in
the Advocate, a few remarks on the sub
joct, but have successfully resisted the
impulse until now.
Ttie history of Methodism shows that
the Sabbath school was always regarded
by the fathers as a most important—mere
than that—an indispensable adjunct of
the Chutcli ; wherefore, it has been a
matter of prayir and of thonght as to
the agencies which might be made ser
viceable iu begetting and maturing, in
the minds of the scholars, an interest
which, under God’s blessings, may ripen
and manifest itself in their awakening,
conviction, and conversion.
Recurring to what I have learned of
Methodism, and to my own boyhood, I
must yield to the persuasion that, of all
the human agencies devised for the prose
cation of this great work, none were es
teemed more valuable than the library.
Naturally enough, too ; for just as soon as
the miud of a child begins to unfold, it
becomes inquisitive and is continually
seeking new theatres of activity.
The child that learns to read will
be quick to avail himself of the means
afforded to appropriate, to a greatt r or
less extent, the contents of the bound
volume.
Just at this stage in a child's life, in
fluences begin to woik powerfully. My
belief is, that every Sabbath school
teacher should have it in his heart and in
his power to give direction to his pupils’
reading. For, be it remembered, a direc
tion will be taken. And, a!as ! just as
the sparks are prone upward, we tend to
paths in which it is not well we should
tread. There is, in our day, a fearfully
free resort to dime novels and kindred
publications, which not only unduly ex
cite the imagination, but ultimately
estrange and debauch the mind ho, that
the lessons sought to be inculcated by
the teacher, become wearisome, and, as is
pertinently remarked in No. 46, vol. 9, of
the Sunday school Visitor, “ the influence
of the pulpit is undermined by diverting
the attention from strious things ”
Sunday-school papers have their place,
aDd accomplish good ; but I suggest the
question : Would it not be well, nay,
more, is it not absolutely tecessary that
the Church should avail herself, to the
fullest extent, of the agency to which
reference is herein made ?”
Yours, fraternally,
Martin V. Calvin.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 28 th, 1875.
Peculiarities.
Mr. Editor: I heard a speech in a Quar
terly Conference not long since, that I
cannot forget. It was appropriate, point
ed, highly suggestive. I feel like writing
on the sub ject. I may get into a “serial”
before the undertaking ends. If so,
“ Don’t view me with a critic’s eye,
But pass my imperfections by.”
We have preachers who wear “ peculi
arities” as regularly as they do their gar
ments, and some seem to think that they
ought to answer the same purpose. In
social life and in ministerial life, they do
things for which there are no directions
in “ Clarke’s Preacher's Manual,” or any
of the many books on manners. Men
generally, and preachers generally, are
severely censured for such acts; but they
are peculiar, and their conduct must not
be condemned.
At the close cf the Conference year,
when the brethren pass in review, a
brother’s “ peculiarities ” who has ignored
the discipline cf his Church, has paid but
little attention to the collections ordered
by the Conference, has detained every
Quarterly Conference daring the year by
his ignorance of the details of his busi
ness, has paid but little attention to pas
toral visiting, has aroused the criticism of
his people by his violations of many of
the rules of good deportment, is allowed
to pass muster upon the strength of a
speech from some good brother to this
effect: “That brother, Bishop, wo all
know welt. We love him. We are all
acquainted with his “peculiarities,” and
where people once become accustomed to
them, like we are, he will get along very
well.” This speech, in its charity for the
“peculiarities” of the brother, loses sight
of the interests of the Church. That is
the only objection to it, and it is to be la
mented that this objection too often has
amounted to nothing.
Brother “Slowgo” is a cipher in his
Church. He has mind, money, influence,
good social position, and somebody has
accidentally found out that he has reli
gion. He is indifferent to all the calls of
his pastor and brethren for co-operation
and sympathy in the direction of pro
gress. He takes hold nowhere. He sel
dom goes to preaching, communes or not
as a notion strikes him, falls out with the
brethren on small provocations, and stays
out beyond the remonstrances of pastor
and brethren. All this attracts attention,
becomes a topic of conversation, and some
one thinks something onght to bo done;
and something wonld be done, were it not
that everybody knows that he has “pecu
liarities. ”
Mr. Editor, you have beea to General
Conference (the failure to get votes
enough was the only thing that kept me
from going). Please tell me whyour del
egates overlooked making some provision
in our Discipline for “ peculiarities ” ?
Bishop McTyeire has also strangely over
looked this whole matter in his “Manual."
Well, we must live and learn.
I anchored onoe at the house of a broth •
of this class. My horse suffered ;so did
I. The chickens were hungry, the swine
grunted their disapproval at something,
the horses looked subdued, the cattle
chewed the cud as if meditating upon
their cruel treatment. His wife and chil
dren were silent and respectful. He was
not a railroad man. If he ever becomes
one he will tsko to the narrow gauge.
I fouud I was iu for it, and determined
to make the best, of it. The year was
drawing to a close, and the question of
ministerial support came np. Oa this
subject he seemed to be at a loss, but was
unusually com mnnicative. He talked, but
he talked off, not on the subject. He first
tried to toll me off by a narrative of his
religious experience. Finding that I was
growing dull under that, he began to ask
me questions upon difficult passages of
the Bible. Finding me still inclined to
talk about the condition of his preacher,
more anxious to expound his pocket-book
than h ; s text, he moved off ou another
tangent, and sought to enlist my sympa
thies in the nutter of his personal trou
bles. Despairing of success on my line,
I concluded to compromise, and wind up
with a pass at him in behalf of the South
ern Christian Advocate. He was a preach
er, had a large family, etc., etc I thonght
my arguments were unanswerable. He
was wide awake, and w is ready to explain
out. “L sh year,” said he, “ I took
rheumatism in my right arm.” Before
he finished that defenoe I must confess
that I felt finished. I was satisfied that
rhenmati m in the pocket book was the
main complaint.
Of course such a scene could not be
forgotten soon. My inquiries about him,
from time to time thereafter, satisfy me
that he was a very good sort of a man, but
that he had “ peculiarities.” Jonas.
Bermuda Hundreds.
Tlie New York Sun and .Moody
ami Sankey.
The New York Sun is not always a safe
guide in religious morals, nor a reliable
exponent of Christian doctrine; yet its
utterances in the following editorial on
the Moody and Sankey movement in
Brooklyn, are replete with such good
sense and sound orthodoxy, as to com
mend them to the cireful attention of
the Church gem rally.
Does it not too often happen, that, in
the strenuous efforts made to win souls
to Christ, which specially mark “ pro
traded meetings,” the i radical dnties of
Christianity are too much lost sight of,
and the obligations of the Christian life,
but indifferently alluded to, if alluded to
at all.
Conversion may be the Alpha, it cer
tainly is not the Omega of a Christian
life. There are self-denials, there are se
vere ordeals ol crucifixions of the flesh
with the lusts thereof, that are insepara
bly connected with a genuine Christian
profession; there are practical duties,that
must be assumed and faithfully observed,
and which are tssential to the manifesta
tion and development of Christian char
acter, and which may not be ignored.
Being converted is not all; joining the
Church is not entering upon a life of ease,
nor of idleness, nor of inactivity. Onr
activities are only changed, not destroyed,
nor even lessened. The works of the
flesh are changed to the works of the
Spirit, and their recognition are as im
perative as ev r, and he is sadly deceived,
who thinks that his faith w.ll continue a
vigorous life and growth, without these
active w >rks of the Spirit.
It is because young conveits are too sud
denly taken into the Church as full mem
bers, before they have been instructed in
these truths, and have learned and have
appreciated them, that their subsequent
inconsistency of life brings snch a re
proach npon the Church, and is such a
promotive cause of practical infidelity.
R. M. L.
Iu giving place elsewhere to the earnest
and sincere letter of a perplexed “S nner,”
who thinks the religious vies of the Sun
are at variance with those of the Brooklyn
revivalists, we desire to si-.y that the Sun
is always ready to propound, apply, and
enforce the fas iamental truths of leligion
and morality, but must decline to enter
upon any sectarian controversy. We are
prepared to defend the ground we have
taken, and which we desite to see Moody
and Saufcey standing upon. We maintain
that true religion aud true righteousness
are one and inseparable, now and forever;
that a truly religions man mnst Live aDd
act righteously; that the truth of a man’s
religious miadedness must be tested by
bis righteous conduct; that genuine con
version consists in turning from evil ways
to righteous ways; that a revival of reli
gion, to be worth anything, mast be a re
vival of righteousness; that an unright
eons religionist is a fraud; that a divorce
of true religion from practical righteous
ness is impossible; and that any so-called
revival of religion, the righteous fruits of
which are not palpable, visible, manifest,
and unmistakable, is mere shoddy and
sham.
By this test we try all pnblio revivals
and all personal conversions that may pre
sent themselves to us If any one of them
cannot stand this test, we pronounce it bo
gus. If any of them seek to nullify it, or
to shirk it, or to get around it, cr to com
promise regardiug it, wo cau listen no
farther to any claims in behalf thereof.
Does a religious revival transform the
lives of those who feel its power ? This
is the question. If it do —good for the re
vival If it do not —had for the revival
We know the severity of such a test, but
we also know the importance of the thing
to be tested; and we furthermore know
the damage and danger of deception, or
self deception, in regard to it. The sin
ners of Christ’s time suia that his practi
cal r quiremeuts were harder than they
could bear; and many of them, after hear
ing his language, went away unwilling to
listen to such a doctrine. But he did not
try to suit them by changing his teach
ings or lowering his demands. He re
quired practice as well as profession; duty
as well as faith; a life as well as a senti
ment. His example, m this respect must
be copied, at least by those who call them
selves his followers.
It may be all very pleasant for people
who attend revival mietings, to get into a
s’ate of m ntal exaltatiou or ecstacy, to
have tbeir spiritual nerves titillated and
their souls set thrilling, to rhapsodize,
about tbeir joys, and to indulge in shout
ing, bingiug, and hallelnjahing. These
experiences belong to a class of phenom
ena that are interesting to students of the
human mind. But they are not true re
ligion. Tbey are not genuine conversion.
Tbey do not transform the life. A revival
ist may work them up in his audiences
without turning a single sinner from the
error of his ways; aud a man may Djoy
them every day in the week, while yet he
remains in the bondage of sin and under
the dominiou of the devil, utterly desti
tute of genuine religion. This religion
is a thing that “enters into the dividing
of the soul and marrow.” It reaches to
the roots of life; it controls the body of
life; it governs all the relations of life.
It becomes the very life itself. By so
much s it falls short of this, by just so
much does it fall short of being true re
ligion; and anything oalling itself reli-
VOLUME XXXVIII.. NO. 49.
gion which does not thus exercise its in
fluence, is a lie, a snare, and a delusion.
This position which we have taken in
the Sun is not a novel one, though it
doubtless seems both novel and startling
to many of the enamelled religionists of
the day. We ar -■ sustained iu it, and iu
every part of it, hv the uniform teaching
of the Scriptures, by the light of reason
by ancient tradition, and by the authority
of the great religions expounders of all
ages. If we might adopt oue of the dra
matic features to which brother Moodv
resorted the other day, we would prodnee
convincing testimony on the subject. We
would call Moses to the witness stand,
bearing aloft the Ton Commandments; we
wonld call the Man of Uz to read the
thirty first chapter of Job; we would dll
the shepherd King of Israel to read the
Penitential Psalm; we wonld call Solomon
with his Proverbs; we wonld call Isaiah
with his prophecies; we wonld call all the
great Hehr. w prophots down to Malachi,
and find that, their voices ou this subject
were one. Eatering the New T* aliment,
we wonld rail to the witness st.at and John
the Baptist; the antners of the Gospels;
Paul the Apostle to the Geutil-s; and so
on down to the Apocalyptic John, who
in the very last chapter of hiaßsv.-latioDs,
describes not the opinions nor tho eroo
tions, but the character of those who, by
“doing the Commandments," have the
“right to the tiee of life.” We would
call to the witness stand the Founder o*
Christianity himself, who “came not to
destroy the law and the prophets, lint to
fulfill them,” and who declared the keep
ing of the Commandments to be the real
test of true faith. We would next show
by the light of reason that in the very
nature of things true relißiou cann it be
a thing of tho mind without being a
thing of the life. Aud thus we would
make use of our other authorities if they
seemed necessary to those who rejeot the
Scriptures or do not possess the faculty
of reason.
We are aware that an emolioti may
transform a life. Oue of the pr ofoundest
sermons of the eloquent preacher, Dr.
Tunings Chalmers, is entitled “ The Ex
pulsive Power of a NrW Affection;” and
the title itself is a whole volume of sug
gestion to a thoughtful mind. He shows
that when the new affection, by which he
means the true religious affection, enters
the miud and takes possession, its pres
ence is incompatible with reason, and its
“ expulsive power ” is soon made manifest
by turning the man from his evil ways.
This is precisely the point we have been
urging; and we say that the fast of true
religion, true conversion, or a true revival
is that which the preacher thus enuncia
ted. True religion and evil ways ;re in
compatible.
We have said in these columns that the
Brooklyn revivalists, Moody and Saufeey,
have not given prop, r prominence to this
great dootrine; and we say it now again.
They have ignored it altogether. Their
hearers would never learn it from their
preaching. We regard this as a fatal de
fect in their method aud their operations,
and have urged them to remedy it if tuey
desired to m-.ko then revival advantageous
to Brooklyn.
We have said that we should judge the
revival by its practical, visible, manifest
results. There is no other way of justly
judging it. If its converts exemplify
true religion in their works, ways, aud
lives, in lh- ir families, in society, in bus
iness, and iu the world, we shall not con
ceal its value or power. But if it gives
no such evidences of its influence, if its
converts merely change their professions
but not their practices, if they continue
to walk iu the ways of hbll while pretend
ing to be under Divine gnidanoe, if they
flatter God with their lips and serve the
devil with their hands, we cant say that
the revival has produced the genuine
fruits of true religion.
Our perplexed correspondents, “A Sin
ner,” whose letter of inquiry to tho Sun
has prompted these thoughts, mnst excuse
ns for not entering into any sectarian dis
putation concerning faith and works an
the meanß of salvation. Toe theological
logomaohists have written thousands of
volumes on the subj ect, and we have no
thing to add to them just now. We may
tell “A Sinner,” however, since he is a
man who reads and accepts the Scriptures,
though he doe* not always quote tuem
correctly, that he oan teat the real worth
of the Brooklyn revival by the hint con
tained in the lacgnage of Paul, who said:
“Faith without woiks is dead;" and who
again said: * [ will show time my fa.th by
my works.” And we mat -idd that these
wonld bo good texts for 1> nth r Moody to
take up before he leaves Brooklyn.
Littlc Saluda Circuit, Soul ii Car
olina Confarence.
Mr. Editor : Our people have boi n ,-ore
ly tried since the w r. R .-aiding in the
down-trodden, “tux ridden” county of
Edgefield,their burdens have !>• on almost
too intolerable to bo borne. The con
stant dread of the assassin and incendia
ry, kept np a state of feeling by no m< ans
favorable to religious advancement, and
which doubtless militate j seriously
against the salutary influences of the gos
pel. To some r-xent peace and quiet
have been restored; in the enjoyment of
which, the people have given more atten
tion to the claims of religion.
Up to the first of August there waa no
exhibition of special revival influence.
But the Chnrch was praying, and at our
first special meeting, embracing the first
Sabbath in August, God revealed himself
in power. Christians rtjiiced, sinners
were convicted, and monrntrs converted.
Thnsbegnn, the gracious work went-on
from church to church. A meeting was
held at 9aeh of the eight composing the
charg ', and se /en of th m sh wed riohly
in the “showers of blessing.” Zion was
made to shine with the brightness and
glory of her King,and victory was the glad
song of her rejoicing hosts. Home altars
which had decayed and fallen have been
re-erected, aDd from homes where once
no song nor prayer was ever heard, now
morning and evening, the sweet incense
of grateful, loving hearts, goes up to God.
The year closes with one hundred and
fonr added to the membership, and fully
as many or more made happy in the love
of Christ. To the brethren Manning
Brown, W. H. Lawton, L. C. Loyal, and
Geo. F. Round, itinerant, and James N.
Bouehelle, and M. M. Boyd, local, I am
gratefully indebted for valuable services,
each, at one cr mere of oar meetings.
M . H. Pooser,
Gridin Female College.
Mr. Editor: It was my privilege to at
tend Ihe closing exercises of the Fall Term
of the Griffin Female College.
Instead of the usual exercises, the young
ladies of the Oollege presented a drama
entitled “The Anglo-Saxon,” and writ
ten by Mrs. C. C. Niles, wife of the Pre
sident of the Institution. The drama
was composed with the view of awakening
in the minds of the pupils, a deeper in
terest in that neglected but important
branch of education, the history of our
country; and at the same time “to pre
sent to the patrons some of the regular
term work.” From the landing of the
Pilgrims, through the early history of the
colonics; amid the trying scenes of the
R volution ary War, and the conflict of
1812-15; as well as through the history
of our loved Southern Confederacy, the
mind is guided by one possessing rare
gifts for the task. In chaste yet beauti
ful language, the history of our land is
impressively told, and the verdiot of those
present is, that the effort is a decided suc
cess. The young ladies seemed to catch
the spirit of the authoress, and their ren
dition of the drama was highly creditable.
The ocoasion was one of unusual interest,
and I wonld close by asking wheth> r
much good might not be accomplished b.
sometimes relieving the dull monotony ol
the school room by such exercises? Y.
Sirius of % MttL
• General News.
New York, November 27.—The People's
Savings Bank closed to day. Its deposits
amount to two hundred thousand dollars.
Washington, November 28.—New candidates
for the clerkship of Ihe House are appearing
every day. The latest announcements are
Robert Tyler, of Alabama, eon ot President
Tyler, and Neill 8. Brown, Jr., of Tennessee,
son of ex Governor Neill 8. Brown. There are
now here about sixteen Senators and sixty
members of the House present in the city.
Washington, November 29—The commis
sion to examine the various surveys for a ship
canal across the Isthmus of Darien, have sub
mitted a report to the President. They are of
opinion, after full investigation, that the Nica
ragua ronte is the best. They estimates canal
from the harbor of Brite, on the Pacific to
Greytown on the Atlantic, can be constructed
at a cost not to exceed sixty six millions.
There are objections of an almost insurmount
able nature in all but the Panama and Nicara
gua routes, and notwithstanding the greater
length (186 miles) they give preference to it.
Lake Nicaragua is on this route. The Supreme
Court to day confirmed the decision of the
Court of Claims in the case of the United
States vs. the Union Pacific Railroad. This
confirms the proceedings in favor of the road,
and allows them to retain half of the amount
paid by the Government for transportation.
The case decided is only for half a million, but
the decision will hold for the future and may
involve a large amount.
WiSiHNfiTON, November 30.—Information
from the Rio Grande repiesents the trouble
from cattle stealingas bad as ever. The raiders
have a contract to deliver 18,000 head of cattle
at Monterey, and are expected to steal them
from Texas. The soldieis sent by the Mexican
government to the frontier to prevent the raids,
often desert to the cattle thieves, thus increas
ing instead of checking the depredations. Cor
tina himself has been detected shipping cattle
from Bagdad to Cuba, and cattle bearing the
marks of Texas owners. It is also known that
cattle stealers are engaged in smuggling goods
into Texas. The office hurs of the Executive
departments hereafter will he from 9 to 4
o’clock, by order of the Cabinet to-day.
Milford Pa, November 30.—The thermo
meter is two degrees above zero. The Dela
ware is frozen.
PoxionxEEPsiE, November 30 —The Hudson
is frozen over from this poiut to Albany. The
mercury stood at zero ail night. Steamers on
the river are behind time.
Boston, November 30.—We are having un
precedentedly cold weather for the season. In
all sections of New England the thermometer
is 4 to 22 degrees below zero.
Augusta, December I.—Hon. Charles Est< s
has been re-elected Mayor by 888 majority over
Dr. L. D. Ford, who waa nominated yesterday.
Montgomery, December I. — The official vote
for and against the new constitution wa count
ed to-day. The majority for ratification is
56.445; total vote east, 114 879.
Savannah, December I.—The Junction rail
road, connecting the Bavannah and Charleston
road with the Atlantic aud Gulf road, was com
pleted to-day, aud trains passed over. A large
delegation from this city mit the delegates
from Charleston at the junction, and the two
trains came in together. The completion of
this line gives through railroad connections
from the North to Florida, and Southern Geor
gia, via Savannah, and also another through
rail line to Atlanta, via Augusta. There was a
dinner this afternoon in honor of the occasion.
St. Louis, December I.—The Itepublican's
Kansas City special sajf: “Advices from Denver
report that troops have been ordered from
Forts Lmcolu and Union to the vicinity of
Cameron, New Mexico, where the Apache In
dians had revolted. Some ten days since, it
appears, one of the Apache Chiefs refused to
take the rations offered by the Government
Agent, and after some words the Indian drew a
revolver and shot the Agent through the head.
The affair caused great excitement, and after
the Indian was placed in irons the rest of the
tribe made a general disturbance. There are
grave fea'S that a general outbreak of tho
Apaches and Utes will take place. Much anxiety
is flt.
Washington, December I.— The death of
Benjamin D. Avery, United States Minister to
China, is reported.
The Canal Commissioner, after alluding to
the importance and feasibility of the canal,
says: “It is now regarded as of the highest
importance that the United States take some
action at once to carry out tho feasible plans of
the ship canal, in order to prevent either Franca
or England from coming in and reaping the
honor and profit of this great enterprise.” The
Commissioners consist of General Humphreys,
Capt. Patterson and Commodore Ammen.
In the Supreme Court was argued to-day, the
case of the Western Union Telegraph Company
vs. the Western and Atlantic Railroad Compa
ny, and a cross appeal from the Circuit for the
Northern District of Georgia. The question
involved is, whether a contract made by the
telegraph Company with the State, as owner
and manager of the railroad company, in Au
gust, 1870, by which the State was to have the
use of a wire along the line of the road from
Atlanta to Chattanooga, for the transmission
under ceitain condi.ions of messages on the
business of the road, was a contract of sale or
lease. Under a subsequent 6ale of the road by
the State, the wire was included in the inven
tory of the road and appurtenances, and the
State having paid the telegraph company the
cost of construction and equipment of the
wire, as provided in the contract, the railroad
company set up a claim to the wire and forbid
its use by the telegraph company, and proposed
to resist by force the severance of the wire by
the telegraph company, from the stations along
the road. The latter company then brought
this bill and was defeated below, the court
seeming to adopt the theory of a sale as insis
ted upon by the railroad company.
The report of the Public Printer shows the
total cost of printing, binding, lithographing,
etc, for the year ending September 30th,
was one and a half million. Besides this, the
printing of the Congressional Jtecord cost SS9,-
000. Compositors are allowed sixty cents per
thousand,or fonr dollars per day, of eight hours.
New York, December 2.—A private letter
from Ragnsa, from a lady who is an eye-witness
of the sufferings of the Herzegovinian refugees,
represents them as in a condition calling for
immediate relief. Thousands of them, she
says, must die before help can come. Her bus *
band saw the headless bodies of Christians in
the streets of a Herzegovinian town, while the
headless bodies of women were fl mating in the
river Save and in the streets of the town.
Swine were feeding on the corpses of Christian
women. The writer makes an earnest appeal
for these Christian refugees who, she says,were
compelled to flee from their homes on account
of tho persecutions of the Turks.
Washington, December B.—The Cabinet
were in session fonr hours to-day, and was prin
cipally occupied with the consideration of the
President’s message, which is now complete
with the exception of a few closing paragraphs.
New York, December B.— At a meeting of
the Board of Alderman yesterday, a petition
was received from the United American Brick
layers’ Association, asking for the passage of an
ordinance authorizing their employment on the
public works. It recited that the Association
consisted of upwards of five thousand mem
bers —that not more than one-fifth of the num
ber were working—that they had passed through
two seasons of idleness, and that the present
condition of business was such that capitalists
eould not, or would not employ them. That
they seek labor, aud not charity—that they will
not be able to sustain their families during the
winter, and that the city mnst therefore choose
between furnishing them with charity or labo r .
The petition closed with the following sentence:
“ We know that by becoming convicts we can be
assured of labor by the State or city , and we hope
we will not be driven to that extremity."
Pottsyille, December B.—ln consequence
of the over toeked condition of the Eastern
market and the close of navigation, the Phila
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
will to-morrow direct the stoppage of thirty of
their forty collieries in thi9 region, the remain
ing ten, having the producing capacity of 4,000
tons daily, to continue to supply furnaces and
railways in this vicinity. About 50 000 men
and boys are thus thrown out of work. Twenty
five individual collieries will also suspend du
ring the week. It is thought that by Decem
ber 15th the suspension will be general, and
over 10 000 people will be out of employment
in the Schuylkill region.
Foreign.
Madrid, November 27.—1 t is sscertained offi
cially that negotiations with the United States
are proceeding favorably. The relations be
tween the two countries may be regarded as ex
cellent
Madrid. November29.—The Cabinet Council
has determined that a decree should issue be
fore December sth, convening the Cortes. Cas
tello resumes the Presidency of the Ministry.
O. Toreno, Mayor, of Madrid, becomes Minister
of Foreign Affairs. The Royal Btaft has been
ordered to get in readiness to accompany the
King to the Army of the North. D-eembei 9th.
London, November 29.—The Mark Imuc Ex
press' review of the grain markets of the past
week says England has had a dragging trade