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Soutjjmt Christian Jpbocatc.
CHARLESTON,S. C., OCTOBER 12, 1878.
We are gratified to hear that Wof
ford College is opening with flatter
ing prospects.
The publishers would be glad if
jur readers, who make orders to mer
chants and others, advertising in
the Advocate, would say in their or
ders where they saw the advertise
ment.
All agree that editors have a right
to edit, and cut off, and abridge other
people’s articles. As an abstract rule,
no one thinks of objecting to that.
But the particular application of it
tries the temper of the best of men.
Can you think of some way by which
you can exercise this necessary edi
torial prerogative in the general, in
the abstract, without making anyone
of us in particular feel cheap, by hav
ing his finest paragraphs cut away ?
You would do well to think about
this. A Well-Wisher.
We learn through brother Crittitt, of
the Cainhoy circuit, that the Rev.
Daniel Du Pre, a venerablo local
preacher on his charge, is quite ill.
Brother Du Pra has no hope of ulti
mate recovery; but liesuncomplain
ing in the hand of God, willing to
stay —ready to go. This announce
ment will prove of painful interest to
the numerous friends of our afflicted
brother, who, while they may bo sur
prised to hear of his illness, will not
be surprised to hear that his mind is
stayed on God, his strength and sal
vation.
Wo learn with pleasure and grati
tude that Dr. Kennedy, the editor-in
chief of the Southern Christian Ad
vocate, has much improved in health
from his recent residence at the Yel
low Sulphur Springs, in Virginia.
Our readers would be glad to hear di
rectly from the Doctor. We hope to
hear from him soon.
Since writing the above we have
received a letter from Dr. Kennedy,
written by himself. We are glad to
announce that he is very much im
proved in health. It is needless to
say that his interest in the Southern
Christian Advocate and the South
Carolina Conference is unabated, and
that he is ready, as he may have op
portunity and strength, to servo the
interests of Methodism in South Car
olina.
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* The last Love Feast we attended,
we were much interested in a rough
looking sailor, who, though a stranger
to the congregation, made himself at
home with us by the candid and cor
dial way he told his Christian experi
ence. Among other things, he said
that he always enjoyed his religion in
proportion as he was actively engag
ed in doing something for the Master,
that he frequently found, when among
strangers, a word for the Lord gained
him sympathy and found him friends,
and often too when and where he
least expected it. His sailor life fur
nished him with some striking illus
trations of this. We felt at once re
proved and instructed at our strange
brother’s words. They suggested to
us the importance of Christian man
liness. “Quit you like men,” is the
Apostle’s direction. It is too often
the case that wo remain babes when
we ought to be men. We lack self
assertion. We lack force. We fail
to realize in ourselves and to make
others realize in us, the pregnant mean
ing of that suggestive word—power.
Every Christian ought to be and to
prove, —a power. We frequently ought
to be ashamed of ourselves ; but never
let us be ashamed of Christ.
The Collections. —The following
are the assessments on the South Car
olina Conference this year:
Conference Collection $&^000
Bishop’s Fund v 90
Foreign Missions 2,900
Domestic Missions 6,200
Education 3,000
Printing of Minutes 400
Total $18,290
This is exclusive of a collection for
defraying the expenses of our dele
gates to the last General Conference,
and another for the relief of Publish
ing House at Nashville, both which
were special collections and were or
dered to be taken up early in the
year. What do the 43,196 Methodists
in South Carolina say about this $lB,-
290 ? Last year we raised nearly
$14,000 on these various accounts.
Shall we not raise a few hundreds more
this year? A little less than fifty
cents each will pay the amount. The
poorest of us can pay half a dollar.
Let us all pay as the Lord has pros
pered us 1 How beautiful it would be
for every Methodist of us to realize
his responsibility to God in the mat
ter of these important collections!
Every cent of every one of them is
imperatively demanded by the neeos
sitiesofthe church. Indeed the money
here called for is already due. We
have promised to pay our superannua
ted preachers, the widows and orphans
of our deceased preachers, our Bishops,
our missionaries at home and abroad,
our hard-worked and poorly-paid pro
fessors at Wofford College, we have
promised to pa} 7 all these, certain
amounts. Our promise to pay is out.
We owe a debt. Shall we pay it?
There is heavy responsibility some
where. In the last analysis, it is on
the individual members of the Church.
Rev. Joel W. Townsend.
We acknowledge with much satis
faction a letter from our venerable
friend, Rev. Joel W. Townsend. He
mentions, with gratitude, that though
his circumstances are much reduced
from what they were formerly, he is
able, by renting his land, to make a
comfortable living. We gladly give
place to brother Townsend :
“As it regards my spiritual condi
tion, I hope that I can say that 1 love
God and all mankind, and have good
hope of getting to heaven. I preach
ed the funeral sermon of agood woman,
Sister Polly Lamar, last Sabbath. The
number who attended her burial show
ed how much she was esteemed. She
was nearly eighty years old. lam
sent for to go to a protracted meeting,
though I cannot go till to morrow
morning. When traveling preachers
are absent, I try to fill their places as
well as I can, though I suffer with
rheumatism. My right hand isdrawn,
yet thank the Lord I write these
lines. lam so thankful that the dear
Advocate has got back to our State,
and to see how well many of our
preachers write. 1 think that I can
say in truth that I have not taken a
drink of spirits in fifty-seven years,
nor do I use tobacco in any way. Oh,
that our preachers would quit the use
of it. I beg that all will pray for
me. ” Joel W. Townsend.
Southern Christian Advocate to
be Enlarged.
We are glad to announce that with
the issue of November 2nd, we will
considerably enlarge the Southern
Christian Advocate. On that date,
it will be issued as a forty 7 column
paper, and we will adopt the more
convenient eight page form.
The patronage of the Methodists of
the Stato has placed the paper in a
position of paying its printing and
editorial expenses (nothing more).
We believe that by making the paper
as large as any of its competitors, its
present subscribers will be better sat
isfied mid it will indnee an increase
in the subscription list and advertis
ing pat'rpnage, which will justify our
taking the additional risk and expense.
We earnestly invite the co-operation
of all towards this good end. By the
help of the friends of the Southern, it
can be made to yield such a return as
will closure tho South Carolina Con
ference, as good a paper as is to be had
anywhere.
Walker, Evans & Cogsivell.
We beg leave to call very 7 especial
attention to the above. Less than
three months ago these enterprising
and liberal gentlemen undertook the
publication of our paper with nothing
to rely on for their ultimate success
but the interest of South Carolina
Methodists in a religious journal, to be
published in their own State. And
now, of their own motion, they 7 pro
pose to enlarge the paper, at very
considerable expense. This step which
they are taking cannot fail to result
in loss to them, unless the Methodists
of South Carolina respond to their
liberal conduct, by a renewed and
continued effort to enlarge our circu
lation. Do, brethren, come to our
help. Let every 7 subscriber secure a
subscriber. Will not our preachers feel
freshly 7 sprung to work. May we not
double our list by Conference? We
certainly could if all the members of
the Conference would work as some
do. Send for specimen copies. The
publishers will be glad to send them
directly to you or any address you
may suggest. Come, brethren, let us
bestir ourselves for the Advocate.
Last Sunday proved such an excep
tionally pleasant day in the great and
sweet privileges which it afforded us,
that wo cannot forego the temptation
to speak of it. We filled the pulpit of
Spring street Church in the morning,
in the necessary absence of brother
Whitman, the pastor. The commun
ion occasion was most delightlul. The
Lord was preciously near His people.
We found it good to be there. The
Sunday-school is in a prosperous con
dition. We considered it agood indi
cation that several of the elder breth
ren were present, as interested spec
tators and workers in the the Sunday-
School. In the afternoon we wor
shiped at the Orphan House. This
noble charity is one of the most im
portant and beautiful features of our
ancient and venerable city. The chil
dren make a most interesting con
gregation. They are well behaved
and interested listeners to preach
ing. There is evidence of manage
ment, in the very best meaning of
the word, in all the departments of
this excellent institution. We met
several of the commissioners, G. W.
SOUTHERN C H ll| STI A N ADVOCATE.
Williams, Esq., Col. Aiken, and Major
Willis, who honor themselves by close
attention to this important interest of
which they have charge. We were
much struck with the sympathetic
and affectionate interest of these gen
tlemen in these wards of the city.
We went to Trinity at night, and
heard Brother Power preach on the
sufficiency of the grace of God for us,
in all the necessities and emergencies
of life, and we humbly trust we real
ized a right to appreciate the orthodox
and wholesome lessons which he in
culcated We had an excellent con
gregation. The Trinity night con
gregations are larger than they have
been since the war. Brother Wells
had preached in the afternoon to the
united Methodist congregations of the
city at Bethel. These occasional
union services are constantly tending
to unite and strengthen Methodism
here. We consider our Church in a
prosperous condition in Charleston.
Vanderbilt University.
My Dear Brother: In compliance
with request, I send a brief account of
the current session in Vanderbilt Uni
versity. The opening sermons were
preached by Bishop Doggett and Dr.
Summers, on Sunday, Ist September,
the former presenting the attitude and
bearing of Paul before Agrippa, Acts
xxvi.: 29, and the latter giving an ad
clerum on the “oppositions of science,
falsely so called;” 1 Tim., vi: 20.
Both discourses were appropriate and
good. At the beginning the number of
matriculates was in excess of last ses
sion, at corresponding dates, but at
the end of the session fell short by 7
twenty 7 , in consequence of yellow fe
ver panic and quarantine. Tho pres
ent status as to health is given in the
following card of Dr. Garland, pub
lished in the Daily American of yes
terday, viz.:
To the Patrons of Vanderbilt
University. —The exercises of the
University opened on September 1.
No case of yellow fever has originated
in Nashville. The experience of four
weeks confirms us in the conviction
that a student arriving at the institu
tion from an uninfected locality, is in
no danger of an attack from yellow
fever. None who have been unex
posed need stay away longer. And,
in order to obviate any inconvenience
arising from delayed matriculation,
arrangements will be made whereby
their positions in their respective
classes may be recovered.
The same paper gives, to-day 7 , this
notice of the Medical Department,
viz.:
A Cheering Indication.—-The.Med
ieal Department of the Uouuutf'ty °*'
Nashville and Vanderbilt University,
opened yesterday 7 , with very flatter
ing prospects. It had been thought
that the prevalence of yellow fever in
other parts of the country would at
the start diminish the attendance of
matriculates, but the number was
greater than last year.
The prospects of both the Law and
Biblical Departments arc equally en
couraging. In the latter are young
preachers from all parts of our work,
in larger numbers and of higher aver
age attainments than last year, and it
is confidently believed that the great
est good will result to the Church at
large, from the training here given to
these earnest young men in tho min
istry. Provision has been made for
the gratuitous education of a promis
ing young man from our Conference
in this department, and his arrival is
expected in a few weeks.
Yours, very truly 7 ,
A. A!. Shipp.
Nashville, Tenn , Oct. 2, 1878.
National and Individual Afflic
tion.
Nations have only an earthly ex
istence. They are to be judged, and
hence rewarded or punished, in tho
present. W T e go to the judgment, and
to our places and destinies assigned
at the judgment, not as families, com
munities or nations, but as individuals.
Famine, pestilence, caterpillar, war,
any or all of these, may fall upon a peo
ple because of their sins. The people
having no posthumous existence, have
their judgment and suffering now.
Thus the glory of God is vindicated
in the processes of the Divine provi
dence.
Take the history of our own coun
try for the last quarter of a century.
Calamity after calamity has befallen
us. We have had war, political un
rest, financial distress, drought, cater
pillar, pestilence. We make no dis
tinction between those which can be
naturally and easily be traced to our
own responsible choice and action,
and those which appear to be an im
mediate visitation of Heaven. No such
distinction need be made. God is the
author of the affliction in either case.
In the case of pestilence, or drought, or
caterpillar, He may be considered as
sending the affliction directly upon us.
In the case of war, political unrest, or
financial pressure, He allows us to be
come the authors of our own calam
ity. It is the Lord’s doing and deal
ing nevertheless. He has established
certain relations between cause and
effect. We disturb these relations
and suffer,Bid thus our suffering is
from God. Extravagance and ille
gitimate busitess processes lead to
bankruptcy atd financial ruin. Un
sanctified ambtion and a want of pa- i
triotic devotioi to the best interests of j
the country bad to political unrest j
and disaster, aid to war. These results j
traced to thei 7 causes, show that we J
are responsible for our misfortunes, j
to be sure. Gir responsibility 7 , how- |
ever, is in tMfcg transgressed laws of !
which God author, and for the
infliction of thi penalty of which He
is pledged. It is the part of wisdom
for us to accejt the situation. What
ever we realize as a national calamity 7
and affliction, whether we can see that
we have a hanl in it or not, let us as
suredly realize that the hand of God
is in it.
As we have intimated, God is sit
ting in judgment on our country. To
Him, we stand or fall. The examples
of ancient and modern nations are for
our instruction and warning. “They
shall be my people and 1 icill be their
God.” The-stoond part of the above
quotation follows in logical sequence
from the fir#t., Let us be His dcou
ple, then il f, j. ill De our (jOcT Nig"
ticnal security, prosperity, peace, per
petuity 7 , all these depend upon our al
legiance and loyalty to Him. “ Hap
py is that people w 7 hose God is the
Lord.” “Righteousness exalteth a
nation, but is a reproach to any
people.”
Nations have no posthumous exist
ence, but individuals have. God’s
controversy with a people does not
preclude the ilea of his controversy
with the individuals composing that
people. In fact, it presumes this, in
cludes this. Tho universal providence
of God is particular, and the particu
lar providence of God is universal.
When he judges a people, approving
or condemning them as such, His de
cision as to eyery individual of that
people is strictly justand right. When
He afflicts them as a people, sending
famine, pestilence, or whatever else
may suit His wise purposes and gra
cious plans, 'every individual suf
ferer of the afflicted people suffers for
the glory of God, and, if rightly in
terpreted and used by him, his indi
vidual suffering is his individual ben
efit. Every death, every case of suf
fering and dise&e, every bereavement,
every heart-pang of misery, every
shape and case of distress in the des
olating plague of our sister cities of
the afflicted W<sst, every one of these
is under the and su
pwj > isiev —fy r aiuer.
He means something to the country,
when he speaks in the suggestive way
in which bo is now so eloquently 7
speaking. There is a meaning also
to the sufferers in their individual ca
pacity. There 7 is a meaning also to
us who have been thus far spared. The
message is one to all of us and to
every one of us. God is one and truth
is one Let us hear Him and tremble
in His presence, that we may hear
Him again and rejoice in His presence.
“ Lot us stand in awe, and sin not.”
Personal Mention.
Dr. Cunningham makes pleasant
personal allusion to Dr. J. Drrz
ler, of the Missouri Conference.
“He is a bald headed, gray-locked,
and white-bearded, patriarchal look
ing man of forty-five years or there
abouts, a D. D. by an “uprising of
the people.” He reads the New Tes
tament in sixteen languages, and is
the hero of a quarter hundred theo
logical battles. He is a Kentuckian,
and his family lives near Louisville,
but he is a member of the Missouri
Conference —a ranger at large, going
whithersoever he will, and staying as
long as he pleases, fighting doctrinal
adversaries wherever occasion re
quires, holding revival-meetings, and
making occasional visits to his home.
Dr. Charles F. Deems, pastor
of the Church of the Strangers, New
York, has been invited to become a
member of the Philosophical Society
of Great Britain Dr. F. D.
Hemenway, of, the Methodist The
ological School at Evanston, 111.,
and of the committee that passed
upon the contents of the Methodist
Hymn-Book just published, contem
plates a volume that shall preserve
together brief biographies of many of
the four hundred authors represented
in the Hymn-Book, and tho special
incidents that led to the composition
of much of this lyric literature ot tho
Church Rev. D. X. La Far, of
this city, is sorely afflicted in the
in the death of his wife. Her funeral
services were conducted at the Hu
guenot Church on last Monday
Rev. Dr. E. T. Baird, ex-Secretary
of the Presbyterian Board of Publi
cation, who was charged with im
properly using the funds and credit
of the church for his private benefit,
has been reinstated by the East Han
over Presbytery in his church mem
bership, but suspended from the min
istry At the session of the In
ternational Sunday-school Committee
on 26th ult., Dr. J. H. Vincent, of
the Northern Methodist Church, was
chairman. Among the members we
observe the names of Dr. J. A. Broad
us of Ky., and Dr. W. G. E. Cunning
ham of Tenn Mr. Gladstone
will deliver his address as Lord Rec
tor of Glasgow University, in the sec
ond week in November We are
glad to infer that Bishop Pierce is
improving in health. He is able to
preside at his Conferences, but not to
preach We notice the recent
death of a son of Alexander Hamil
ton. He died at his residence on the
Hudson at an advanced age R.
W. Blew, whose recent sad death at
Memphis is so generally lamented,
was “Uncle Bob” of the Western
Methodist. He wrote for the children.
Exchange.
Zion's Merabi: If we are loyal to
the truth we shall not be disloyal to
the state.
United Presbyterian : As fellow
sufferers we are one, and the bond
that binds the world most closely 7 is
that of pain.
Methodist Becorder : The Christian
life which compasses lowliest needs
and stoops to lowliest of poor outcast
sinners, is the best exponent of the
lowly Nazarene.
Weekly IFRness: We would say to
parents. If you would help the age
to come, look well after the books and
papers which your boys and girls
read, and prune most religiously 7 their
companionship.
Watchman: The majority of min
isters cannot be eloquent, but must-be
content to be instructive, persuasive,
useful speakers, whof may never receive
applause, but may yduse many tothank
God for them.
National Baptist: The heart of
man, which in the hour of need cries
out for God, for the living God, teach
es us more wisely and more truly than
the “frigid philosophy ” that does
not go back of second causes.
Beligious Herald : It is high time
to consider whether we can much
longer have a Sabbath—anything that
is worthy of that name—if Christian
people encourage by their presence
and patronage the various devices for
making itaday fortraffieand pleasure.
Christian at Work: The Christianity
of that family is a poor thing at best
where the father, a professing Chris
tian man, finds tiino for making mon
ey six days in the week, but finds no
time for gathering his little flock
about him and offering daily incense
and prayer.
Methodist Recorder: The highest
style of preaching is that which most
accurately expounds, and most pow
erfully applies, the word which is able
to save the soul ; that which, in pur
suing its end, strikes, with Isaac Bar
row, on tho understanding, and still
more, with Richard Baxler, on the
conscience. And no sermon is worthy
tho name which does not, in some de
gree, conform to this definition.
Literary Notices and Notes.
Appleton's Journal for October. D.
Appleton & Cos., New York. —We
have found this magazine very plea
sant and instructive reading. The
several articles we have read have
prepossessed us in favqr of this p-ottf
lar monthly. ‘ It is beautifully gotten
up. The first article, “ The Multitu
dinous Seas,” is handsomely illustra
ted. The editor’s work is gracefully
done. Hero are eighteen articles—
prose and poetry—fiction and fact,
which, with tho editor’s table and
literary notices, comprise about a hun
dred pages of well printed matter.
We w-elcoine Appleton's Journal to our
table.
On the Plains and on the Peaks; or
How Mrs. Maxwell made her Natural
History Collection. By Mary Dartt.
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger,
Philadelphia. —The visitor to the Cen
tennial Exposition will find something
suggestive in the above tiile. Mrs.
Maxwell’s Natural History Collection
in the Kansas and Colorado building
was one of the great sights of that
great show. This little volume shows
how Mrs. Maxwell got up her collec
tion, illustrating the fauna and flora
of her wild Western home. The ac
count here is quite as picturesque as
her collection proved. It reads like a
novel. It is a beautifully printed
little book at fifty cents a copy, in pa
per; a dollar a copy, with gilt back
and side stamp.
The Popular Science Monthly , con
ducted by E. L. and W. J. Youmans.
D. Appleton &Cos., 549 and 551 Broad
way, N. Y.— We acknowledge the re
ceipt of the October number of this
scientific journal. We have not had
time to read it. The following is the
table of contents: Geological History
of New York Island and Harbor, by
Prof. Newberry; The Emotions in Ed
ucation, by Prof. Alexander Bain, LL.
D The "Progress of Anthropology,
by Prof. F. H. Huxley; Mon era and
the Problem of Life, Edmund Mont
gomery, M. D; Electricity in Thun
der Storms, by Elisha Foote; Con
sciousness Under Chloroform, by Her
bert Spencer; Hallucination of the
Senses, by Dr. Henry Maudsley; Yel
low Fever, by Dr. Tracy; Bird or
Reptile—Which? by Henry 0. Forbes;
The Planet Vulcan, by Prof. Daniel
Kirkwood; The Genesis of Disinter
ested Benevolence, by Paul Fried
mann ; Sketch of Claude Bernard ;
Literary Notices; Editor’s Table;
Popular Miscellany ; Notes.
Argumentative Failures of Infidelity
and Theoretical Geology, by W. R. Gor
don, S. T. D. R. Brinkeriioff, 34 Ve
sey street, N. Y. This work com
prises the Vedder Lectures for 1877.
The author writes with sprightliness
and some degree of force; but his
book will scarcely prove a permanent
contribution to our literature. We
say this because we are thoroughly
of the opinion, that he is decidedly
wide of the mark in his scientific de
ductions, and because, furthermore,
a book so carelessly written and con
structed cannot live beyond the edi
tion which publishes it to the world.
To construct a cosmogony on the
strictly literal rendering of the words
of Moses is, in our view, impossible.
We early adopted the system of Prof.
Hitchcock, that the first verse of
Genesis represented the work of crea
tion of tho heaven and the earth as
accomplished, without any limitation
as to the time employed and that the
succeeding work of creation, as re
corded in the first chapter of Genesis,
was accomplished in six literal days.
We have never had occasion to change
our view. This work will meet the
fate of another amateur scientist, of
New York, who, a few years ago,
put forth substantially the same views,
in a book which we bought and read at
the time, “Creation, a Recent Work
of God.” It attracted but little at
tention at the time, and has attracted
less since.
South Carolina Conference.
Rev. Thomas G. Herbert, Newber
ry Ct., writes a letter, of which wo
make free use. He says :
“ We have closed our series of spe
cial meetings, holding one at each
church, and continuing from three to
five days. Twenty-five have joined
the church. Some have been con
verted to God. The membership gen
erally have taken a lively interest in
our meetings, and have shared largely
in their good results. I think a revi
val that does not stir the church is
not of much consequence. \
“ We are making preparations tp
build a good church at New Chapel,
and several others are much needed.
“ I do not agree with Brother Tray
wick, in his strictures on the modern
camp-meeting. Since I have been on
this circuit, wo have built the best
camp-ground shod I ever saw, at a
cost of about two hundred dollars.
We have held four camp-meetings on
the ground. They have been of much
profit to the church in this country.
This camp-ground is two and a half
miles from the town of Newberry, and
well and pleasantly located, and destin
ed, if properly utilized, to be a tremen
dous power for good inthiscounty. My
impression is that our Southern camp
meetings are of too short duration.
If instead of four or five days, we
could stay seven to ten, the results for
good would be quadrupled or more. I
have seen men attentively listening
to preaching at a camp-meeting who
seldom or never darken the door of a
church.
“Our finances in this. Circuit are
greatly in arrears. Our people here,
as elsewhere, have for the most part
fallen into the habit of deferring pay
ments until late in tho year. 1 think
Newberry Circuit will maintain her
place in the front rank.”
Rev. John E. Carlisle writes us a
letter, which we gladly publish. Wo
are glad to see the interest taken in
the Sunday-school work in our State,
and especially in our Church. County
Sunday-school Conventions are admi
rably adapted to deepening and ex
tending an interest on, this subject.
Brother Carlisle says:
“The Chester County Sunday-school
Convention was organized in the town
of Chester, in the Baptist church, on
MlfC-l' I* Vi a i miU' uilo Aj Aj v* iii g u’nj
were occupied in the sessions of the
convention. Most of the denomina
tions in the county weie represented.
The attendance was pretty good con
sidering the busy season on farms and
in stores. Various subjects were dis
cussed of importance to the causo.
Great harmony and fraternal regard
were manifested thoroughout. The
following officers were elected for the
next twelve months: President, Giles
J. Patterson ; Vice-Presidents, Rev.
R. W. Sanders and Dr. E. A. Atkin
son ; Secretary and Treasurer, E. B.
Cannon. The address on “ Sunday-
School Conventions,” by brother G. J.
Patterson, was an excellent one, and
the convention requested its publica
tion. Thus we are trying to show
our interest in the Sunday-school de
partment of the great work of Christ;
and thus we are taking measures to
spread an interest abroad on tho sub
ject, for we regard the work of
tho Sunday-school as of inestimable
importance and value to the Church.
May the blessingi of Heaven rest on
the Sunday-schools everywhere. ”
Rev. J. Marion Boyd, Rock Hil/ Ct.,
writes us most acceptable news from
his field of labor. We all join the
writer in his pious ejaculation and
thank Godwkhhim for the honor the
Lord is putting on his ministry. Here
is the letter :
“ I dedicated anew church eight
miles southwest of Rock Hill last Sun
day. The Lord accepted the offering
of his people by saving precious souls;
twenty-seven joined tho Church. A
new congregation is added to Rock
Hill circuit with fifty members. A
gracious meeting in. Rock Hill—eigh
teen accessions. Ahothcr at Shiloh,/
fourteen additions there. The bright
side of the cloud is turned toward
our Israel. One hundred and forty
applications for membership up to
date. Brothers Stokes, Rogers, and
Connolly have rendered valuable ser
vice. Methodism by the rivers of
water is taking deep root and spread
ing her branches abroad. Thank
God.”
Brother F. L. Martin writes on
this subject, also. He gives an elabo
rate and trenchant review of Brother
Tray wick’s strictures, to which Broth
er Herbert excepts above. These
brethren are as honest in their views
as brother Traywick is in his. Gratu
itous as it may seem and be, we very
much fear that the abuse of the privi
lege outweighs the benefits accruing
from the average camp-meeting. The
camp-meeting has been a valuable and
eminently successful means of grace
to Methodism in the earlier stages of
our history ; but striking the balance,
so far as that can be done from statis
tical reports and patent results, we
incline to tho opinion that protracted
services at the churches, and in the
churches, are more likely to be useful
and successful than these more general
and expensive gatherings. It is de
lightful to realize that in such differ
ences of opinion as here indicated and
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expressed, how most to accomplish
good to the glory of God is the only mo
tive of us all.
Rev Geo. H. Poozer writes us a
note, which we take the liberty of
publishing. It has a touching inter
estin reference to our venerable friend.
We join heartily in the prayer that
Brother Danner may be spared yet
to the Church this side of the flood :
“ I am on a visit to Early Branch,
Yemassee Ct., and find the venerable
pastor, Rev. A. 11. Danner, very ill in
deed. Although every attention is
paid him, by his friends and physi
cian, yet there seems to be but little
hope of his recovery. Earnest prayer
is offered up to God, day by day, that
he may be spared to serve a loving
people, at least a little while longer.
We have held a pleasant two days’
meeting, and it is delightful to bo
so warmly welcomed back, by apeople
to whom we preached the gospel four
successive years. Early Branch is
being steadily improved, and is now
a neat little town. In the family of
General Wm. Stokes, wo had a de
lightful home.”
We have just received the following
from Rev. (3. A. Darby, the Presiding
Elder of the Greenville District:
“ Dr. Lander is preparing one or
two articles on ‘Conference Arith
metic.’ Do call attention to them.
They will save the statistical secreta
ry much trouble. 1 am just through
with my round of camp-meetings.
They have been precious seasons of
refreshing. We are now entering
fully into the financial work of the
year. The outlook is encouraging.
My time is almost out in this beauti
ful section of the Stato. The thought
of leaving it is very painful to me.
Our college is in a most flourishing
condition. Quite a number of new
pupils have recently entered. There
is a gracious revival among them just
now. S’x professed faith in Christ
last night, and one tho night before.
We have service in the church every
night. M y health is good.”
Rev. E. G. Price, Limestone Springs
Mission, writes, in addition to what
we have already published from his
promising field:
“ Beulah Church was dedicated tho
second Sunday in September, by tho
Rev. J. M. Carlisle. We protracted
the meeting several days. It resulted
in thirty-six accessions to the church,
and perhaps that many conversions.
Brother C. remained with me four
days, and preached several times for
us. Last fourth Sunday, Brother
Landrum Smith, a local preacher of
North Carolina, came over and bap
tized the candidates for church mem
bership, and received thirty-nine into
the church. Wo began here with
eight or ten members. We have six
ty now.” ’■*
Rev. J. W. Murray, Chesterfield Ct.,
writes:
t “The J .nr-,1 n<wu**\tl 7 y' 7 V-M' 7x ‘ 1 “H 7 "^
his'spirit at scvefal churches on this
charge, where protracted meetings
have been held. The result has been
twelve conversions and ten additions.
A goodly number of the converts were
members of tho Church. The mem
bership at these churches have been
greatly revived and strengthened.
Most of those who have professed faith
in Christ, gave the most abundant
evidence of the genuineness of Lho
work wrought in their hearts.”
Rev. J. J. Workman writes as fol
lows :
“ Brother Attaway has been, since
last Friday, holding a protracted meet
ing at Snow Hill, Sandy Springs Ct.
Twenty-five have applied for mem
bership, and the meeting is still in
progress. Brothers Brown, Wright
and Finger have assisted. Snow Hill
was a castaway, till Brother Attaway
resuscitated it.”
Connectional Facts and Figures.
The Louisville Conference met at
Cadiz, Ky., Bishop Pierce presided.
The Salisbury District, N. C. Confer
ence, supports a native teacher and
preacher in China.
Dr. Craven, President of Trinity
College, dedicated another at Shady
Grove, N. C. Conference. '
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland,
Va., has opened well, considering tho
circumstances of the country.
The Illinois Conference raised 81,000
in bonds for relief of Publishing House,
at its session closing September 16.
At the late session of tho South
western Missouri Conference, Dr. Me-
Ferrin sold $2,500 worth of\Pubiishing
House bonds.
Rov. Dr. Lafferty, Editor of the
Richmond Christian Advocate, lately
dedicated anew church on Surry cir
cuit, Virginia Conference.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate is
all aglow with revival intelligence
from the North Carolina Conference.
Many conversions and accessions to
the Church are reported.
Dr. Hendrix, President of Central
College, Mo., has assumed the balance
of the debt due on that college, after
the Church will have paid what it
can raise by other means.
Dr. Hendrix writes to the St. Louis
Christian Advocate that Central Col
lege, Mo., has had one of its largest
and most promising openings, there
being about one hundred students in
attendance the first week.
The corner stone of anew Southern
Methodist Church was laid with ap
propriate ceremonies at Lovettsville,
Loudon county, Va., on tho 18th nit.,
Dr. W. P. Harrison, of Mt. Vernon
Church, Washington, and Chaplain to
Congress, officiating.
The Missouri Conference met Sep
tember 11, Bishop Doggett presiding.
Total membership 26,868, an increase
of more than 500. “ Missouri Confer