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Bortl) feolkt (Efcristiait Slbboeatc. SortLern Preachers In the So EeTiTali. A The Foreknowledge- Bosk Editor's Dcpartssrt The demand opoa osr eolirDn? con; pel us to limit our notice of book, published by the Book Kooa at NasLviile, to only as may be reprises tt-1 ly a sj-ezlvuc-n ce'jy on the Editor's Table. When a bxk 4 fr'e-'A 01. his sllezes tUt because God foreknew that A-Lmi wou'd fall, that tLertfor Adam had not the power to ctsnd, aL'J w-s not a.

fre! agent. He further ute, that he and hi friend agree in a desire that we fchould "ive our views of the foreknowledge of; Col in its relation to the moral agency of is sent to we will either puhii-h the ters and the meiLbcrrLjp of the chimb, a notice of the Book Editor, or peruse it, and ve ry great re? nsibility. in rfclatioo to the furnish aa oririnal notice, ac-cordanz to our con verts. In niotty-ninr cases out cf a c-stimatioa of its meriis, just as the Book hundred, the fron who his b-ec-n cc-nvc-r-KUUjT may prefer. ted arcong the Metboiists, will become In other word, want of room compels t.re use ful sn 1 more Jr ia the commu- lie news we is rj j3 Loj j9 a lv We hear reports of revivals in virirx i r.srl of our Conference, of which no i a account is serA tor the Advocate.

lirctaren. prop.i a plain account of every revival, Iw publicatioa will lo I encourage others "their woric oi laita an-i of t'. the la-st week Halifax CricriT. Under date of Aug. Brethren Norman an 1 1 light write as follows: Not long since, re held a protracte-1 meeting at Concord.

an old. free meeting honse, time worn, eather beaten, and almost forsaken, i There were 20 souls converted at this itneftin one of whom was a Camtbel- 1 to deal with the Book Koom at Nashvi.le UALKIGII, X. C. ikiiv, skptkmijkk Special Agents. r.

rim oris, Weldon. Pullen, Richmond, Va. To Camp Meeting-Back Again. Two weeks ago to-day, we I' ft tho Ad-! V-eatC in th ha 11 'Is of a friend, to whom theU'litor the reader are and. took the Western train, for a Carup-j on South Iredell Circuit.

-N'o accident or incident varied the monotony of th? way. We found an excellent break- at (Inn. Trolh'rjger'H Haw llivcr House, nnd a sumptuous dinner at Col. Robards Hotel in Salisbury. These gentlemen treated us si (Jaim did the quints of old.

Ten miles above we left the cars, and wtnt in a private conveyance, through a beautiful country, to Rocky Mount Camp-ground, in the south-1 western corner of Iredell Comity. commenced on Friday night and closed on Wednesday morning. Broth- re-n Barringer, Bibb, C. M. Anderson and! O.J.

Brent, of the Conference, and Brcth-j reu B. Clegg and Brown, local preachers, were present and labored with zeal and Kucces.s. The congregations were large, and in the main, orderly. A divine power attended the aerviccs and when we left! on Tuesday, 21 white persons and 0 color- ed had been added to the church, there having been about that number of con- i lite- lie joined the Baptists, aril they immersed him again. Some people LnAsr.t"p.' Cir.ru it.

Tro. J. think there is a great virtue in a great Lewis write? Aug. Gist other quantity of water. Bro.

Ileilin, some are contributing to the interot rf the people "glory in immersion, as I heard Advocate by ending revival i.otnv. I Mr. Purify say he did, at Bank's Chap- permit tne to say that we have .1 el last year, when you so signally de- some success in our labors on LcaLurg, feated him and his understriker.sin your circuit, 2" have recer.tly bom convert- delate there. Bat Paul "God 'cd, and many more arc seeking the forbid that I should glory, save in the pearl of great price. We have a'- icross of our Lord Jesus Christ." jdone well for tie missionary ci'i-v" Among those who joined our Church was a widow lady, who Lad been a ITEMS.

i Baptist six years. She Lad her little i daughter consecrated to God ly lap-; Cvm-enti-n. The hv-I thin- She did this from her own con- ral Convention of the Protestant Kj Evictions of dutv. Through the efforts copal Church, which meet- triei.nially, 1 of Bro. Woodall, old Concord Church wH ars.mllc during m-nth, in is now undergoing repairs.

We now i Philadelphia. The that I have a good class there, which promises Whitelion-e will ten his rt signati 1 great usefulness. i to tLat body, is r. credited. It is We have also had a two days' meet- reported that the friends of Hi-Lop ing at Union, where we were "aided by Onderdonk, of New York, make Bro.

Jamieson. It was a time of pro- -another oflort to Lave him reond. fit to the Church, and two souls were 'uory of X. C. than converted.

four hundred students are in atten 1- We Lave also held a 4 days meeting ancc, and others are till arriving. just ai all newspapers do with ther pub- a duty therefore to use all proper means to lichen. It is, however, the Lest publish- gather the fruit-of our labors into the ing house in the Union, and merits gener- This duty cannot be neglected without al conMence and patronage. danger to souls. Go-J and his churth re- juire atu-nlion to this matter.

And then Cannot do it the church should be a nursing mother to A Mr. J. Perhain, of N. York, has had these babes ia Christ," training them the kindness to send us a copy of his jn the nurture and admonition of the Fourth Gift Campaign and Matrimonial Thcyshoull be led to the or di-Enterpriie," with a request that we insert cances of the church, and to the fellow-it in our Editorial columns as an advertise- ship of the saints," in the class room, and ment fow times, foi which he makes the every where. liberal offer of 811, to be paid in Gift Moreover, in all seriousness, we urge Tickets, at SI each.

1 that a copy of the N. Christian Advo- We cannot comply with the gentleman's cate should be placed in every family in request, fj" several reasons. 1. It is a which any of these young converts reside. and we cannot ghe "aid and com- It will pay them a weekly pastoral visit, fort" to any such scheme for swindling the when the preacher is away it will contri-people out of their money.

2. We should much to build them up in the knowl-have to take our pay in tickets; and ac-, arjJ the love of God, and to confirm cording to the programme, we might chance them in that form of religion which has to draw "a well known marriageable gen- k(C-n well defined as Christianity iu ear-tleman, with property in his own right, nest." Brethren, see to these things; valued at And for such a gen- suffer the word of exhortation;" and let tie man we have no use at all. We think Co.ch revival notice sent for our columns, we could invest the $50,000 to advantage; accompanied by the names of as many but could not accept that amount, with the new subscribers as possible. You will thus encumbrance of the aforesaid gentleman. proni0te the future prosperity of Zion.

Will he take our paper He might be of some use as a subscriber. Moreover, by Rev. T. H. Stockton, publishing the advertisement, and reeeiv-j Ag mmt Qnr reaJer3 know this gen-ingpayin tickets, we perceive that we tleman is an minister of the Meth-would be liable to become possessed of "a odigt irotestant Church.

He resides in beautiful young marriageable lady;" a spe- am publishes the Bible Times, cies of property, other difficulties He to uave the Bible published out of the question, might not be quite -u separate volumes and is issuing select agreeable to the little lady who keeps house portlon3 of Scripture in tract form. Some for us at home. Wherefore, we pray Mr. time gince we gtated that he haJ venturca Perham to have us excused. Will he sub- to nominate certain for the Prescribe to our paper and pay in advance President, and inti- Vi.dU the ulterior object kept in view by our We are not accustomed to indulge ia Northern brethren who would send us, tpeeulations of this nature we feel much preachers more cw-rnfl to know and to teach the Whut can our Northern Christians doj practical duties of life.

Neverthele, we should they do, for the South 15 1 I have Hr.s'l-; said that if our Northern; very cheerfully cornp.y witn the request to do any thing efiective to give our opinion, premising that want for the removal of slavery in the' South in cf pace compels us to use brevity. a way with the be-t interests of: J. Man is a moral a-ent that he both the slaves and their masters, in oth-; i i -t er in the sririt of the thev; has power ot choice, with tnc liberty it -muit do something eL-e than stana on tt a of choosing good orfcvil. Dead in tres-. dijtante arid knd misrepresent the passc3 un-i in in consequence of the churches of the South, and rarlcuttire fall, the power of free agency is restored them, as Mrs.

some others have to all men by that Ii-ht which enlighten- They must either go down to the ll South and help our Southern brethren to' eth every man that cometh into the world; do their work; or if they cannot or will by that spirit, a measure" of which is not dy that they should aid them iu every given to all men. If man were Dot capa- other way they can. Nor need they stand Lie of choosin- good or evil, he would not idle for want of ways of doing good in the i -i i i ii South. The door of usefulness is fully opeu be a responsible being. But the whole Scriptures treat man as a moral agent, ac- "'j firt want is that of faithful and i countable to God.

-capable ministers of the in the. 2. The full and absolute foreknowledge i South, and the churches of the North can of God is very plainly revealed in the lii- I Lcdp to furnish and support them. Men of prudence and zeal are demanded, who hie, and we need not enter into argument chrisJ. crucified with all fideli.

to prove it; we may assume it as granted. and irjeulCatc on masters and slaves True, there are some who adopt Br. A. their correlative duties. In this way they i Clarke's theory, that the omniscience of may labor effectively for the overthrow of.

God is like His omnipotence that He may 1 slavery, but in a way that will benefit both i classes, for it will prepare the way by exert it or not, as He chooses and that botll wbat they should be in order! there are many things which He chooses t0 the best results. The num-, cot to foreknow. But the majority of i ber of capable ministers in the South needs thinking men believe this view to be un- to be greatly increased. In this field the sound, for the reasons riven by Mr. Wat-! Presbyterians of all schools have much to; i do in that direction.

1 am glad to see that i son; that the choice of an intelligent be-: of AIission3 of the 0ld School! ing must rest upon a reason that the rea-' IrfcfcbjtCrian Church supported last year, son must have reference to the things in or aided in supporting, rather, no less than I reference to which the choice is made 11 ministers. We wish that it Lad been i ten times as many. Ihe Southern Aid and that therefore, to assume that i Society (formed for the sake of such New; chooses not to foreknow some things, is to gcLoo, prCftbyterians and Congregational- grant that He docs foreknow all things, jsts and others who may feel disposed to because the act of choosing implies the co-operate with it) has also entered with foreknowledge. Hence, for oursclf at irit into the work." i least, we admit that God's knowledge of: Here we have their plan of operations. future events is as absolute as His knowl- The object is the removal of slavery in edge of past events.

the South." To effect this it is proposed But how does this affect the moral not to stand off at a distance and abuse agency and responsibility of man What and misrepresent the churches of the South, I influence has the knowledge of an event as Mrs. Stowe and some others have done." upon the event itself? None whatever Oh no; but they must go down South," knowledge is not influence. An event or aid them who will. It is proposed to happened yesterday, free, uncontrolled by send, not open mouthed abolitionists, but; our knowledge it was an event which men of prudence." They are to preach at Alt. lMtteen persons pro- fessed faith in Christ, and IS united with the Church.

Coe.d order and 'great seriousness prevailed; we were obliged to leave many penitents at the altar. We are spreading our books. iT i i this country. are har.pv to learn ti Baptists do not endorse Grave's Iron heel. Pray for us.

Roanoke Circuit. We are not informed of the result of the meeting at i New Hope but learn that there was a glorious revival, a mimic-r of converts, and among them several old persons. The Lord is llessing his people on Roanoke circuit. Several grey-headed men have leen converted. Davidson Circuit.

Bro. Bill writes, i in, -i i u. 29th, God has visited us with i- i. tm imes of refreshing at Lbenezcr. A times of refreshin u- several weeks.

Between 20 and 30 have nro- I fessed faith in Christ, and 13 have united with the Church. The revival continues with unabated interest. Be- I fore it shall cease may multitudes be made whole- Quite a number of colored people have leenconvcrted in the neighbor- hood of "Wesley Chapel, many of whom have joined the Church. are cx-j pecting still greater displays of divine power in the conversion of sinners, Pray for U3." Deep River Circuit. Bro.

W. Harris writes We have a glorious on thist circuit- rnr-r-rA. ly been blessed with the conversion of i 23 souls, and 22 accessions to the vyiauiv.Ai. CtJed attention tO tZ'jTU ID the Northern State to sea preachers to the South, and expressed the opinion thatrecL preacher had better stay at Lome. If tbey arc true men, they are seeded there; if they are bad if.eo, we do not want them, A of the Observer, its ksu; of Aug.

2tli, thus develop and to be prudent and in this way they may labor effectively for the overthrow of slavery." 3Ien who come among us under such auspices, prudent men," professedly sinister purpose of laboring for the removal of slavery," are precisely the most dan gerous emissaries that could be sent to I scatter "fire-brands and death" in the South. The open enemy can do no harm; but he who comes, like the Devil into Eden, cloaking his character and purpose under the mask of apparent smiles, is to be watched he is dangerous, because se- cret and unsuspected. Of the 151 ministers supported in the South hist year by this Northern Society, how many are Northern men And what security has the South, that they are not i those prudent men," who are sent to la- bor for the overthrow of slavery .1 i 1. j' fr them but discharge a plain duty of warning against all interference with the rights and the safety of the South, however plau-; sible or specious the pretext which may cover the approach of danger. A Mother in Israel.

Mrs. Bridget Clegg, of Chatham county, is in the 84th year of her age. She has raised thirteen children, all of whom are still living, except two sons, who have recently died, leaving large families. Her descendents, now living, number more than two hundred. Nearly all of them are members of the 3Iethodist Episcopal Church, South.

One of her sons is a Local Preacher, and has accomplished much for the educational interests of Western North Carolina and three of her grandsons are useful members of. the North Carolina Con2rence. For many years she has been a devoted member of the Methodist Church, and now peacefully waits until her change come." Snuff! Some weeks since we permitted an esteemed correspondent to express his objec tions to snuff-dipping through our columns. Another friend, from whom we are always glad to hear, desires to know if he may present tne otner side ot the question. If he please, no.

Deliver us from the snuff question Save us from the tobacco con troversy Because why A respected lady friend has sent U3 a letter, and given us an excoriation for in termeddling with female prerogative, which has taught us a lesson. The name of this lady friend we cannot reveal her letter we will not exhibit but it is enough to say, that it made us feel as if all the snuff mops of the country were turned into scorpions to drive us to precipitate emigration. We may enlist for the Indian wars we may do many things, but we cannot Le drawn into a controversy with the Ladies. The wcri c' reTiVii g. Bd the notices uD-ier the Lead reid, i-d think Go zzi uke ccursge.

1 Lte reTiviJs dsrolve the oion of th Isewhere. It is hmU haye entered the arena, of party politics. Are- liabh friend assures us that this wa3 an error and we cheerfully correct it, on his authority. We based the item referred to ypn a etter in a northern exchange, -which was manifestly incorrect, as we now perceive. Such men as T.

II. Stockton belong to tha whole church. js jrue rrl, 1.... TT- of the students, says Old rules are brniio-lit into farop whir-h tmvo fnr Inner A. time remained unnoticed.

are now, 7 to a man, wwrerf to stand durinq pray- -r i By what ntrht do the authorities of the Ci TT TT. State university at Chapel Hill enforce a Tl A resbytenan usaire, and revive an obsolete rule, which must have had its in old times when rresbytenan influence predom- 9 mated i lrue, the attitude in prayer is not very important but it is important to a j. i Methodists to be informed that an Insti- 4- enforces a rule which is in direct conflict with their own usage as a religious body. It is important as an index to other things behind, perhaps. Let them look to it.

The New Book on Romanism. In a notice some weeks since, of the forthcoming work on Iiomanism, by B.ev. C. P. Jones, we stated that it would be a book of 370 piges.

The types made a sIiSht mistae, which it may not be amiss to correct. The actual number of pagc3 is to Leing 20 pages more than was rePorted' which may contain matter of much interest. We are anxious to see the Book. Editor's Table. Baptism A Treatise on the Nature, Perpetuity, Subjects, Administration, Mode and Use of the Initiating Ordinance of the Christian Church.

With an Appendix, containing Strictures on Dr. Howell's "Evils of Baptism." Plates illustrating the Primitive Mode of Baptism, By Thos. O. Summers, D. D.

pp. 252. Nashville: Stevenson Evans. A copy of the above work hss been placed on our table. We have examined it, and concur in the sentiment of the late Editor of the Methodist Quarterly Beview, Rev.

Dr. MeClintock, as quoted in the Book Editor's Department of our last week's issue. Price, 65 cent3 retail; 30 Per cent discount to wholesale purchasers, University Magazine. This monthly for September is received. It has an inviting table of contents, and merits an increased circulation.

Price 2 a year. Address, Chapel Hill. Spirit of the Age. OI ims family TemPerance PaP st week, with A new volume of this excellent Family new dress and an increasing subscription list. Send 1 to A.

31. Gorman, Raleigh, and receive much more than its value, tne shape of a good weekly pa- Per one year. Hamilton, the General Tract Agent, intends to visit tLe N. C. Con- ference, at its next session in Greens- boro'.

on it ivs M. inn; Lri Wore CC'Tk' th- CLarc Mht irr. I be the in etks we M-s 1. and are cr h.ire i vet crTf.it- 1 1 i I 1 ANI IRCt IT rom lro. Jordan send the gol I woal 1 sw to re ---rf xh- Ad ve- ti pven us ":r.e sr.ocs.

-n th.s At New Sikr.i Lad 3 Whitmell 27, at r.ce Bock Spring-, making in a 'Vf 3 7. 1 ty-two person Lave been a to the church on on We praise the Lord for the tr.anift stations ef ('vtivrntiin. A convention of the friends ef Ivlucatin in North Carolina, is called at Salisbury, on the 12th October next. Airai gc-ments have been made to furni-h retnrn tickets free, and for the entertainment ot all who attend as members. A full meeting and tree con may result in, much good.

ff an Alitor. Jsiah Johnson, E-ip, Senior Editor of the Carolinian, died in I'aye-tt' ville on tLe 2.lh He was a native of Ma--acLu-sctt-, lilt had re'-id'd eve ral years in tLis State, and Lad won the of all who knew Lin Wurkni'-a J. Tuo hundred workmen 1 ave been discharged from the I. S. Armory at Springfield, ot ti.e laiinre ot toil- 1 pas the Army A rpropi lation 1,1 ti.e failure ot Loti- Xeiv Ilntintn He v.

P. F. McFarland.of John Church, Utic-a, N. has he appointed of Hartford, in place of Pi-hop O'JJeily, wLo was lost' in the Pn th' rlan FannU OJhqo. The Female College at Statesvillc "will or en its firt fusion on tlC ih Snicidf.

A man named I'ulton Pic shot out Lii own brain on the iilctuit. in Gates county. TLe cause intemperance, lie was re.pectally connected. (Jaroliiia ('olU'ic. In con- quencc of the appearance of Typhoid revt'r 1:4 the Col.

I ren lent Sahh announces the long vacation hereafter of the N. C. Conference, 'juvjurd ttrevd. The health of ifcV' -hU Lai failed, ar.d fcV' J-hUl '-'hc-l has Jaded, and hi lace CHCnt Ly Jlcv- a -An to enter ll 0 1 tl I1C T'A fiC ll fcX Cfj II f-r I-1 Lvjldnlvj. Daring a Ktorm of lain on Sunday week, the' steeple of the MetholU' Church in S'aliLurv was A1fancf an1 E.tst CUlt5 lfiUit LaVfc bcen hindered.

Dedication. A new church, very neat and commodious, was dedicated on the 10th August, near Mangurn, on Rockingham Circuit, ly Rev. II. D. 7 ilson.

ll is sermon made a good im- pression, and the cause of Methodism is looking up in that section. 7. T. Cauted ly 1 right. A Mrs.

Leonard, at Kochc-ster, who was visit- ing at tLe Louse of Mr. Caldwell, Sy racuse, which took fire, on Wednesday morning, was so much affected Lv the about an hour after Leing carried to a neighbor's house. A One Ey.d Coincident. In St. Francis county, Arkansas, recently, a one eyed man stole a one eyed mule, was arrested ly a one eyed Sheriff, and tried before a one eyed "Judge.

verts. Wc learn that when the meeting closed, more than 30 had professed faith in Christ. On Sunday, the cause of Missions was presented in an instructive and able dis- course by Bro. Barringer, and a good col- lection taken up, which would have been larger but for a rain that scattered the I i congregation. South Iredell Circuit was originally set-! tied chiefly by Presbyterians, with a few Lutherans aid Hececers.

But the bar-j liens to Methodism are giving way, and promising field of usefulness is opening; before us. Through the efforts of Bio. Brent, nearly ail who it was supposed would take our Advocate were receiving it; nev-j crthcle'is, isixtecn were added to the list; without difficulty. The crops in that section arc greatly injured by th5 drought; but there will be enough. The land is fertile, the climate healthy, the scenery beautiful, and the people gcuerally industrious and frugal We arrived at home on Wednesday morning, bringing pleasant recollections of our trip, and a de.j-" -c connrry ri.Vu its peop.e.

A Better Plan. A largo number of families in the Eastern part of the State are migratory. They Lave productive farms, many servants, and an ample income. They have as pleasant homes ns tas world has seen; but during the summer months, they seek for health in travel. Hundreds of them go northward, to the cities, to the springs, and to the sea-shore.

From this course many evils accrue. The young, if not the elders, attending places of fashionable resort, become the slaves of fashion L.J'VWTver- ai.uLaiu'-Ja-ai5c,-iimd. sands of dollars are carried from the State, and scattered among those who are hostile to our and weariness, lassitude and regret soceeed the fatiguing campaign of pleasure. Would not the following be a better plan If a change of residence during the summer months be necessary, let the time and iLe money be spent in North Carolina. Nags-Head and Beaufort on the sea-shore the Springs in Warren the pleasant villages and the mountains in the upper part of the State; all these offer every advantage for health and reasonable recreation.

The expense, the fatigue, and the danger to morals are less than must be incurred in a northern tour; economy, patriotism, and a conservative influence would be more regarded in this way. Those who are thus migratory, and Lave families will permit another suggestion. Let them purchase a small farm near some good eehool iu the hill country, to be used as a summer residence. A few servants can be settled en it, who will take care of every thing in winter, and be on hand, with the garden, the poultry, when the family arrives in the Eummer. The children can board out in the winter, and be with the parents at their summer Lome during the months of migration.

The expense will be less, the health better, and the result more satisfactory every way, than is the present mode of a Northern tour, during what is called the sickly season in the low country. "The Northern Independent." This is the title of the new paper pub lisLed in Auburn, N. and edited by Ker. Win. Ilosmer.

Tbis gentleman failed to Le re-elected to Northern CLristian Advocate and the is the first fruit of the failure, "me aLolition sLe'et and meet-" the people in tLat Lot-Led to be well sustained. to take place the sumtntr. All the Iredell Circuit. Bro. 1).

W. Doub lUlh have been smt Lome, and tLe wr.tes, Aug. 2Sth: "The Lord is revi- will not be op-ned a-ain until ving his work among us. At our camp- the -t, October, meeting at New Union, held in connec- tion with our fourth Quarterly meeting J'-'on t. m-xnt.

I.ev. C. king, fifteen whites and nine colored were I'acher thirf circuit, is reconverted to God. Fifteen white per- e.as':'' for sons united with the church. To God 'V' Lealth, fai.ed year, in be all the glorv." the low Ianos.

H.s place is supplied by Rev. J. F. Snoot, a graduate of Jonesville Circuit. Bro.

Gunn Normal ho will offer himself writes: "The Lord ha.s revived his to the itinerant work at the next To that extent, we shall be happy to serve him. Statistics. As Conference is approaching, we venture to remind the preachers of the impor- tance of preparing the usual report of mem bers, It will be expected that each preacher in charge shall report 1. The number in full connection 2. The number on trial in each case stating how many are white, and how many are colored 3.

The num-fealbatli Schools, superintendents, teachers, scholars, volumes in library, and amount if oil i 'i 1 collected and expended lor feabbath bchool purposes; 5. Amount collected for Mis-1 sions; 0. Amount collected for Contingent 4 I Fund; 7. Amount collected for Tracts, and i now applied o. Amount collected for the i Bible Cause; t.

preacher will also report the amount of his claim for quarter-; 1 age, or salary and the amount received. It is necessary that these reports be; prompt, full and accurate and now is the i time to revise the cass books, and to pre- pare every thing, fa Conference, and for the coming year: We make these siggestions, not because we suppose brethren are ignorant of imposed fr neclect them; but because we know from experience how the pressure of other matters toward the close of the year is apt to occasion inattention to these things. Prepress cf Eelieion. Rev. Dr.

Staart Robinson in a capital article ia the Presbyterial Critic, gives a most encouraging account of tLe progress of evangelical religion in the United States, He says li After a careful comparison and bumming up of the religious statistics of the various denominations, the Evangelical bodies of the United States now number thirty thousand ministers, four millions of church members, sixteen million and a half connected by edueationjand sympathy with them, severity millions of dollars invested in church property, twenty millions annually raised for the support of ordinances at Lome, four millions for the spread of the church abroad, and twelve millions for sittings in their Louses of worship. In this estimate no account is taken of the many millions of dollars invested in schools, colleges, and seminaries, under the control of Evangelical denominations. Thus it ap- pears that, oat of the population estimated at twenty-six and-a-half millions, nearly two-thirds of the whole are members in full communion or under he direct influence of Evangelical churches." New Church in Tarboro'. We learn that the new Methodist Church in Tarhoro' is approaching completion. It is expected that it will Le ready for dedi- cation on the 4th Sonay in-October, when i a time Of -eat Interest is great interest is anticipated.

TLe new church is commodious, admirably located and arranged, and is an ornament to the town. It is highly creditable to the x3f i taste and hberahtv of the members and 1 friends of our chureh, and will eontnhute to place Methodism in Tarboro' upon a van- tage ground it has never occupied Lefore. TLe dedication sermon is to Le preached Ly Rev. Dr. Deems.

I i i I i 1 a resulted entirely from the volition of others. But now that it has occurred, we know it. Our present knowledge did not necessitate the event; on the contrary, out of the event necessarily grows our knowledge of If Wa ttliu TlPrwivP thi -4 wecii au event ana tne Knowicuge oi it. The agents who produce the event are free; the event is free. The doctrine of necessity applies just here the event occurring, and we being in a position to know it, if it do occur, there is an unavoidable necessity, that in case such an event should come to pass, we should know it.

The event may have been contingent; the agents maybe perfectly free. The event necessitates the knowledge of it. The knowledge of man, in its absolute sense, is limited to past events. But the knowledge of God exceeds ours, in that it extends to all future contingent events, and pierces through all the windings of --knWHeaglf Wtffo High. lor Wecan1-not attain unto it, until we know as wc are known." But so far as knowledge can affect the freedom and responsibility of man, the effect of knowledge upon the action is the same, whether it be foreknowledge or after knowledge, the knowledge of God or the knowledge of man.

The action necessitates the knowledge of it; and the knowledge of an act does not at all operate as a cause to produce the act. The actor is a free moral agent, and is responsible for his action. Neither the knowledge of man nor of God can at all infringe upon the free agency and responsibility of man. How different is this view from the doctrine of unconditional predestination 1 The former leaves man where God and the Bible place him, free and responsible, the proper subject of punishment and reward; while the latter makes God the first cause of all sin, and contradicts the Bible, by regarding man as a mere machine have neither time nor space to enter into the subject more fully. The secret things belong unto God; the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children." And it is plainly revealed, that He that committeth sin is of the devil.

The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Wherefore, if any man think that he standeth, let him take heed lest Le fall." Eev. Dr. Doub's Articles. The subject discussed by Dr.

Doub, and the thorough manner in which Le treats it, will amply repay the reader. We offer a suggestion, that the reader have a Bible at his elbow, and in every instance turn to the passage to which reference is made. This suggestion is the more important, as henceforth the argument is to be wholly scriptural, and Bible references will abound. Future numLers will not occupv so mueL space. The subject is one of deep interest, and we bespeak an attentive perusal.

i work on this circuit. A meeting of only two days has been held at Pros- ipect, at which seven or ei-rht nrofe-ed i conversion. Also a meeting of four meetin'r of four resulted in the Last night 1 manifested him- days' at Mt. Pleasant conversion of eleven sonls at Jctnesville the Lord (crJf In lr.v.a 1 among the students of Bro. Van Eat I on'3 school.

for a heart to give all the glory to God." Henderson Circuit. We learn lyl.gntnu ig and net on hre. from private correspondence that there t'" Cjn'A fth fire comr.ar.y and has leen a gracious revival at Kock ie Citizens the f.re was arreted, and Spring, near Henderson. Forty per-jn gc'mus have professed religion, and others Camp Jfeett'na tain. On last are seeking the pearl of great price.

Sunday, and during part of the day Bro. Joyner was aided ly Bro. Monday, there was a storm of wind and Bro. Duerwell, the Bible Agent. and rain.

The camn-Hw-etinti on Hilli- Warren Circuit. Bro. Weaver sends the following under date of Sept. 1 The Lord ha3 graciously poured IL3 Spirit upon the Church at Hebron. More than 30 souls have professed saving faith in Christ, and the entire membership has I 1 IV -I -r 1 1 ueeu inorougniy revived.

1 Have never witnessed more wonderful displays of I converting power. At time3 the Holy opu-it came line tne "rushing of a mighty wind," and the whole con -re- D-atinn wna rnr.vr.,1 Ly the tempest. The fall of torrents of rain Irouglt tLe meeting, after nine jyimeiKuciii. days continuance, abruptly to a close, i I I leaving a number of mourners at theifht and excitement, that bhe died in altar of prayer. I pray God that they too may find peace.

I am greatly indebted to Rev. Mr. Cowles of the Va. Conference and to Bros. Lowe and Reeks for valuable assistance.

May God reward them for their labor of love..