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UlisteUang.
Conference Arithmetic—No. 2.
BY S. LANDER.
At the close of the year, the stew
ards report the following amounts
collected for the support of the Pastor
and the Presiding Elder:
From Bethel, 8297.00; from Oiin,
8201.90; from Pisgah, 870.00; from
Wesley, $180.55; from Zion $120.00;
from Zoar, $115.75.
To divide these amounts, we say,
for instance, as Bethel’s assessment
for both is to Bethel’s collection for
both, so is Bethel’s assessment for P.
C. to his share of Bethel’s collection ;
that is,
As 218.75 : S2OO : : $297: $271.54, P. C.’s
?hnre.
As $218.75: $18.75:: $297: $25.46, P.
E.’s share.
By two similar proportions for each
of the othor churches, we divide their
respective collections between the P.
C. and the P. E„ and thus obtain the
following results :
I Pur Preacher in Fur Presiding
Charge. Elder.
Churches. j
j Asses’d jUoll’c’d Ass and Coll’d
Bethel :'s2oo 00'5271 54 $lB 76 $25 46
Oiin : 150 00! 184 60; 14 06 17 30
Pisgah ! 50 00 64 00 ,4 69 600
Wesley !! 175 00 165 07.! 16 411 15 48
Zion s 125 00 109 71 ; 11 72! 10 29
Zoar 11 100 00, 105 83 j 937 992
Total j {sßoo 00 S9OO 7o||s7s 00 88 445
In raising the collections ordered
by the Conference, I consolidated all
the items into one collection, which
resulted as follows:
From Bethel, $30.28; from Oiin,
$22.17; from Pisgah, SB.IO ; from Wes
ley, $18.25; from Zion, $9.19; from
Zoar, $14.95.
It remains only to ascertain how
much of the contribution of each
church is to be assigned to each ob
ject. Using the same principles as
above, 1 say, for instance,
As Bethel’s assessment for all the
objects together is to Bethel’s collec
tion for all, so is Bethel’s assessment
for any single object to the part of
Bethel’s collection to be assigned to
that object, that is,
As $25.50: $30.28:: $10: $ll.BB, Confer
ence Collection.
A5525.50: $30.28:: $4 :$4.75, Foreign Mis
sions.
As $25.50 : $30.23 :: $6 : $7.12, Domestic
Missions.- —V*
As $25,60 : $30.28 :: $3 : $3.56, Education.
As $25.50: $30.28:: $1.50: $1.78, Bish
ops’ Fund.
As $25.50: $30.28:: $1: $1.19, Pub. of
Minutes.
Treating the other churches in the
same way, and combining all the re
sults with the assessments in tabular
form, I have the following:
I | Missions.
Conf. Col- j 1( Education. I jßisu. F’nh, j Pub. Min.'
Cuuitcil Es. j lection. I Foreign. Domestic. |j
Ass’d. [Coll’d. j Ass’d. Coll’d.; Ass’d. jColl’d.j Ass’d. jColl’d. As’d. Col’d jAs’d. Col’d
i ii I || I | I |i
Bethel $lO 00 sll 88 | $4 00 $4 75 $6 00 $7 121 $3 00 $3 56 $1 50 $1 78 !$1 00, $1 19
I | j ii | I I
Oiin 7 50 8 69 3 00 3 48; 4 50 5 21 j 2 25 2 01 ! 1 13 1 30 76 88
ii ! ! i
Pisgah 2 50j 3 18 1 00 1 27, 1 50 1 9l|| 76 95 | 37 47, 25 32
Wesley 8 751 7 15 3 60 2 86' 5 25 4 29!! 2 63 2 16 1 31 1 08 88 72
j II I
Zion 6 25' 3 61 2 50 1 45; 3 75 2 16! | 1 87 1 081 94 54; 62 36
Zoar 6 00 1 5 86 2 00 2 34 3 00 3 52| j 1 50 1 76! 75 88j 50 59
Total ||s4o 00,540 371 sl6 Oo‘slC. 15!j524 00 $24 20 ; sl2 00 sl2 ll|is6 oo'sG 05i:$4 Oo'?4 06|
From these two tables the careful
observer may learn several interest
ing lessons:
1. My stewards are better collectors
than I am; for they report quite a
handsome surplus, while my surplus
age is very small.
2. Though the Circuit, as a whole,
has paid more than its assessment in
every particular, it has done so in
spite of considerable deficits at Wes
ley and Zion. Either these two
churches were assessed too heavily,
or the members there are not as lib
eral as their brethren at the other
churches.
3. Though the division of the sev
eral claims, among the several church-
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
es, has required some tedious calcu
lation, and I have had to be careful
to keep the various collections apart,
I am satisfied that the advantages
outweigh the trouble, and that it is
fair and right that the minutes should
show to which of the churches is due
the credit of bringing the Circuit up
to so respectable a report.
The Church and Her Mission.
NUMBER IV.
That Christendom is but partially
converted, needs no proof. If conver
sion means consecration, then the fact
is patent that the Church needs con
verting power. “ Whosoever he be
of you that forsaketh not all that
he hath, he cannot be my disciple,”
is the unalterable condition of disciple
ship. The Church to-day is not Apos
tolic in spirit or practice. Of course
we cannot expect to see manners and
customs entailed upon the Church, to
go down from generation to genera
tion unchanged. That would he to
set the Church up as the foe to pro
gross, and to clothe the giant in the
swaddling bands of infancy. Immense
harm has resulted already to the cause
of Christ from the attempt to wrap
the Christianity of the nineteenth cen
tury in the cast off robes of the fifth.
It is matter of rejoicing that Christ
gave no more a form of Church gov
ernment than He declared what form
of civil government was best, 110
declared great principles and left their
embodiment to the circumstances and
necessities of different ages. A stand
ing proof of the divinity of Christ and
the religion which he has given us
may be found in tho fact that these
great principles, which ho taught, are
universally applicable, and of univer
sal adaptation. Tho groat central
principle of this religion is love—love
to God and our fellow-men. This
rises above a sentiment. It is a prin
ciple, and there is power in it. It is
regal in its nature, and will not be
subject, but must govern. It may be
known by this characteristic. It is
never subservient. It sways the man
in whoso heart it is, and so controls
him that ho, like one of old, delights
to call himself the doulos —the slave of
Jesus Christ.
From what pulpit is it not preached
that God will not share the heart
with any other ? This is sound the
ology, as well as good sense. Yet in
what pew is not the attempt made to
givjo a practical refutation of th it
wholesome scriptural doctrine? Just
here is the difficulty. Love to Christ
with us is too much of a sentiment—
too little of a principle. There is too
much poetry and too little good sense
in our religion. To arouse sentiment
is easy. To play upon tho feelings
may not be difficult. What we want
is less sentiment—less feeling, if you
will, and moro hearty work.
The mission of the Church at home
now is to revive the religion of work.
There is plenty of feeling in this—
plenty of good, hearty feeling. And
this will last. When such feeling is
aroused it has a solid basis. It will
get happy at a collection as well as
anywhere else. It will shout over
any labor for the Master—and it will
be shouting that will do your soul
good to hear. Such a spirit brings
what is better than happiness —it
brings blessedness.
The only use God has for a Church
is to convert the world. This can
only be accomplished by labor. It
will take much earnest work. It can
never be effected by fitful and spas
modic efforts, here and there. There
must be concentrated effort and con
tinually exerted energy. The field for
effort opened now is in the missionary
enterprises oftho Church. The Church
at home needs revival, but the way to
revive it is to get ourselves earnestly
to work in this great cause. Different
ages of the Church have had their
peculiar work. It has taken a long
time to ground the home Church in
the leading principles of the faith.
But this has been very fairly done —
done, it may be asserted, as well as it
ever will be, until we go abroad on
our Master’s mission. Everything j
points to this as the great missionary j
age of the Church. Some are com- f
plaining of a decadence of piety at
home, and infer from this that more
effort is needed at home. Is our de
cadence due to want of effort here ?
If not, this is not the place to apply
the remedy. We must seek the seat
of the disease—must find the cause of
the decline in spiritual health. It may
be a wrong belief, but the writer is
sincere when he believes that our own
selfishness is the cause of our declino
in piety. He does not believe that
there is less piety now than there has
been. There is more. Thank God 1
His work goes steadily on. But pro
portionately to the membership of the
Church there is less than there has
been oftentimes before. In making
this declaration we are liable to mis-
I take. We are very apt in judging
our own times to take the peculiar
work of another age, and because we
do not do as much of the same work,
to say we are not as spiritual. This
would be wrong. But aside from all
avoidable prejudices, the judgment is
forced upon us that we lack very
much the religion of work which is the
Spirit of Christ. Ciusrus.
How to Succeed.
NUMBER VIII.
My advice to the young is to let
all of their transactions be fair, just
and honorable.
I am convinced from long and care
ful observation of the truth of the old
maxim that “honesty is the best pol
icy,” even if your aims are no higher
than to make money and get gain.
Should your accountability not extend
beyond the grave, still you should be
honest and faithful in all accepted
trusts. An honest man is truthful
and reliable. A writer has said that
of the qualities that combine to form
a good character there is not one of
more importance than reliability. Tho
word itself embraces both truth and
honesty. The reliable man must be
truthful and honest, he is a man of
good judgment, not frivolous, but is
careful, prudent and thoughtful. What
ho says may be relied on. You feel
safe with your property or the ad
ministration of your affairs in his
hands. When leaving this world,
your last hours are made moro peace
ful at the thought of leaving wife and
children to the thoughtful care of a
reliable man. Pope says, “An hon
est man is the noblest work of God.”
Strive as near as poor human nature
will allow, “ to do unto others as you
would have them do unto you.”
Establish a reputation for upright
ness, promptness, and fair dealing,
and you are in the road to success.
Let all of your transactions be based
on integrity, and make your word as
good as your bond.
If you labor under disadvantages,
overcome them by patient and untir
ing application. Work diligently
while you have youth and activity.
The young man who quits his home,
and goes out into the world in search
of a fortune encounters many trials,
temptations, and difficulties. Hemem
ber there is much in making a right
beginning. Jne false step often mars
the prospects of many a young man
for life. Whatsoever duty may be
assigned yjj, jf it is sweeping tho
office, see that .he work is well done. ,
Neglect not matters of detail however j
small. Method too is important, and
will enable you to accomplish much
to your own satisfaction, and to the
satisfaction of those with whom you
have business transactions. Without
method and care, tho largest fortunes
go to waste. Never leave for to-mor
row what should bo done to-day, nor j
for another to do what might bo done |
by yourself. Every man has, or should j
have, duties of some sort to perform. ;
Whether these duties be the manage
ment of a farm or the perplexing cares ■
of a mercantile concern, ho must put j
forth his energies, and exercise his
best judgment
If you wish to succeed you must do ;
your duty faithfully to God and man.
G. W. W.
Charleston, S. C., October 1878.
Hint from a Political Newspaper.
A nowspapsr published to-day, in
our town, calls special attention to
this sentiment:
“ He who n<nv, without cause, shall
sow discord Ariel excite jealousies in
our ranks, is tot a true
We leave out a single word, that
the reader nny make soveral efforts
to fill it. Suppose we put in the word
Democrat. How put in the word lie
publican. Now put in the word
American. Yow try the simple,
grand, comprehensive monosyllable,
man. And ntw, let us try, as befits
tho reader of a religious paper, to
think of all tie flock in different folds,
and put in the! noble w’ord Christian.
Which one cU'these words most ef
fectually fills the blank ?
Think of Ihe spirit of him, “ who
without causj,” can, in any circle, be
contented to “ sow discord and excite
jealousies 1” What name, or motive,
or appeal, ought to be most powerful
in restraining or exorcising such a
spirit ?
No geographical or party line can
possibly be drawn, to include all good
men, and exclude all bad men.
“ Many a crime deemed innocent on earth,
Is registered in Heaven.”
To sow discord among Christian
men, Christian fellow-citizens, may
seem a light offence, or even a virtue.
And “men may praise thee, when
thou doest well to thy ” party, by ply
ing industriously this selfish weapon.
But the Father of all may estimate it
far otherwise.
If we can not move forwards and
upwards into 1 Corinthians, xiii. chap-
ter, let us, at all hazards, get a little
! beyond Leviticus, xix chapter, 16th
; verse. Jay.
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